By ROBERT MILLER / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas businessman Ross Perot will receive the U.S. Military
Academy's prestigious Thayer Award in a ceremony Oct. 15 in West Point,
N.Y. The award is given annually to a non-West Point graduate
whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify
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To all members of WP-ORG,
On behalf of all the WP-ORG advisors, moderators, and tireless volunteers, I am delighted to announce that FD26 has been
successfully completed and WP-ORG's operations are fully funded for the next six months. Thank you!
The final Donation Report may be seen at:
I'd like to thank everyone who made the effort to contribute. In addition, we are grateful to those who continue to donate countless hours of their valuable time. These long hours are a donation equally as important and valuable as money. Without either, WP-ORG would not exist.
The fund drive is complete, the donation site has been shut down. Any donations that continue to be received by mail will be credited
toward FD27.
The final Donation Report may be seen at:
In addition to donation reports, we archive for each fund drive daily tallies, charts and tables comparing performance measures of current and past drives, and additional data which you may find of interest:
FD26 has been a great success. Once again, thank you!
Dempsey Darrow
USMA 1975, "Courage and Drive" CEO, WP-ORG Inc.
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Aug. 13, 2009 WEST POINT, N.Y. – Cadet Tyler R. Gordy, the son of Linda and Jeff
Schweig, of Newcastle, Calif., has been selected First Captain of the
U.S. Military Academy’s Corps of Cadets for the 2009-2010 academic
year, which begins Aug. 17, achieving the highest position in the cadet
chain-of-command. Read More...
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By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY
The U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., is the top college in Forbes magazine's list of America's best colleges.
The magazine entered the rankings fray last year and focuses on five criteria: graduation rates, number of national and global awards to students and faculty; student satisfaction (from RateMyProfessors.com), average debt upon graduation and postgraduate success, based on average salaries of recent graduates and listings in Who's Who in America. READ MORE...
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By YOCHI J. DREAZEN
West Point, N.Y.
........ The class of 1976—who left West Point at a low point for both the Army
and its famed training ground—has produced a striking number of
generals now influencing the shape of the U.S. military. All told, at
least 33 active and retired generals, now all in their mid-50s, were
among its 855 graduating members. Gen. McChrystal’s deputy in Kabul,
Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, was a classmate, as was the officer leading
U.S. efforts to train the Iraqi army, Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick. Retired
Lt. Gen. Dave Barno, who spent 19 months as the top commander in
Afghanistan, was also West Point ’76. Read More...
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