With sadness we report the death of another classmate, LTC Troy Anthony Faber (I2) '89.  We have very few details to pass along, other than he died suddenly in the DC area either on 28 June (according to the funeral home's web site) or 1 July (according to the Washington Post obituary). 

Troy's ashes will be interned at Arlington National Cemetery with full honors later this year.  In lieu of flowers donations be made to the Wounded Warriors.

Just as we do for any fallen classmate, WP-ORG has established a eulogy page for Troy at

http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1989/46158/

Please leave some thoughts and memories for his family on that site.  It will bring some measure of comfort in their time of grief.

George Will wrote a column in the Washington Post on July 6th called "The Knock on the Door" in homage to LTC Jim Walton (G4).  Jim will be laid to rest at Arlington later this week.

Jay Folk (G3) '89 retrieved a copy of our Class Constitution from the WPAOG.  We've added this to a new section on the web site called "Class Documents", and the latest of any documents added will be listed on the web site in a section at the right.

With great sadness we report the death of LTC James J. Walton (G4) '89.  Jim was one of four soldiers killed by an IED and small arms fire on June 21, 2008, in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Please keep his wife, Sarah, in your thoughts and prayers.

ABC affiliate WJLA TV has an article and related news coverage on Jim's passing.  It tells a story of Jim's passion for his soldiers and how he was featured last month on an Albany, NY, radio station's American Heroes segment. 

You may post memories or a eulogy to Jim on his eulogy page.

Well done.  Be thou at peace.

This is interesting...USMA is rebranding itself as West Point. 

According to recent surveys, it seems people know the Air Force Academy, the Naval Academy and that other place, near Highland Falls, where the Army trains its elite officers. 

The institution is promoting "West Point," which rolls a little easier off the tongue, over the U.S. Military Academy, or USMA (pronounced yoose-ma), for short.

Read the entire article online.

Crain's New York Business reports that Joe Doran (H4) '89 is preparing to launch a new company. 

Former Microsoft heavyweight Joe Doran is moving to the Big Apple to launch Media6Degrees, a startup to help companies sharpen their ad strategies.

Congratulations, Joe!  Read the entire article.

Tom Deierlein (C1) '89 and the TD Foundation, a not-for-profit named for Tom with a mission to help needy Iraqi families and children with their most basic living needs including medical care, has recently created a partnership with Soccer Moms from Fair Haven, New Jersey to donate soccer uniforms, balls and equipment to children in Baghdad.

Cip Jungberg (B3) '89 has just arrived in Iraq to work as a civilian on a reconstruction team.  Friends may communicate with him at his blog:  http://jungberg.blogspot.com/.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. William J. Perry is to receive the 2008 Thayer Award for his many years of selfless service as a gifted and tireless statesman.  Perry’s tenure as the 19th Secretary of Defense (1994-1997) marked a time of significant change for the armed forces.  Perry is widely recognized as the father of stealth technology, though he also directed personnel, infrastructure, and ever-changing mission requirements with brilliant leadership.

There are five recipients of the Distinguished Graduate Award for 2008:  Dell Dailey ’71; James V. Kimsey ’62; Clarence E. McKnight, Jr. ’52; Wallace H. Nutting ’50; and John A. Shaud ’56. 

LTG Hagenback asked some distinguished graduates and frends of the Academy to take an outside look at Army Football and give some ideas and suggestions.  He issued a two-page report of their findings recently.