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.
LTC Stu Goldsmith (A3) '89 has tracked down how to donate funds to Greg's former battalion (2-32 FAR) for their Family Readiness Group Fund. Their new commander sends:
Mrs. Amber McCall is my Funds Manager and would be please to receive a donation for LTC Gadson. He's a source of great pride to all PROUD AMERICANS.
LTC Michael Lawson
PATRIOT 6
TF 2-32 FA
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq
Stu sends: I just spoke on the phone with Sarenna Lawson – she's a very nice person – and would be thrilled to receive any donations to the 2-32 FAR FRG Fund donated in Greg's name. Evidently, 2-32 is in regular contact with Greg and plans to continue to involve him in their activities as they return home from Iraq later this year. Since 2-32 FAR is still currently deployed to Iraq – you can imagine how much help some additional funds would be for organizing BN level FRG activities for the families and children of the service members of this unit. Here is the information on how to donate:
2-32 FAR FRG
Care of Sarenna Lawson
549 Lindsay Ave.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 73503
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/.
Shane Kimbrough (D1) '89 attended the AUSA Convention in October and ran into Kim and Greg Gadson. Shane is currently in the space program with NASA and is scheduled to fly on Endeavour for STS-126 in September, 2008. He is scheduled to do two spacewalks, fly the space shuttle and space station robotic arms, deploy a satellite, and numerous other things as part of the crew. 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.
Dell Dailey ’71 is currently an Ambassador-at-Large as the Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the Department of State. He was nominated by his classmates for over 35 years of selfless and distinguished active military and civilian service to the Nation, service that included assignments as the Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. Dell Dailey has clearly demonstrated the broad national significance of West Point.
Over the past ten years, a number of new structures have dramatically changed the landscape at West Point; James Kimsey’s name is on one of these. But his achievements go well beyond this building at his alma mater. James V. Kimsey ’62 received a nomination from his classmates for being a patriot, exemplary business leader, philanthropist and global humanitarian. Endorsements from many prominent figures – including Bob Dole, Colin Powell, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. – echoed this testimony.
The West Point Class of 1952 nominated Clarence E. McKnight, Jr. for over five decades of visionary leadership and powerful dual legacies. He is an internationally recognized authority on military telecommunications, and a pioneer in the application of communications technology to education. Distance learning has poised future generations around the world for lifelong access to education.
Wallace H. Nutting ’50 received his class’ nomination for being a model soldier/statesman, civic leader, and educator. Having attained the rank of general and serving 35 years of active military service, he retired and immersed himself in community affairs and supporting military and civilian (especially adult) education. As recent Mayor of Biddeford, Maine, he restored stability to the administration and led a surge in the renaissance of the city.
The classmates of John A. Shaud ’56 wanted to recognize his service of more than five decades promoting the advancement of freedom and the well-being of all members of the US Armed Forces. Shaud is a member of the proud community of West Point graduates who have attained the rank of four-star general in the Air Force, and his final assignment was leading the largest international military staff in history through the end of the Cold War. Since retiring in 1991, his principal focus has been mentoring and supporting fellow airmen.
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.
Randy Desoto (G3) has authored a new book titled We Hold These Truths. The description on Amazon.com is:
Two central beliefs in the Declaration of Independence have greatly shaped the United States and formed it into a country that is a beacon of liberty throughout the world. The first influential belief is that there is a providential God Who presides over the affairs of this world, and the second is that God has granted man inalienable rights. Leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Franklin Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower have appealed to these beliefs during some of the nation's most trying and defining moments, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II. Unfortunately, these founding and sustaining visions are in danger of being lost today. This book delves into the issues that surround these beliefs, states the disastrous effects that losing these beliefs would bring, and presents solutions for a nation that is in peril due to a lack of vision.
Randy also pens an occasional column for The Conservative Voice web site, the latest of which is a good review of the movie Charlie Wilson's War.
The Times-Herald has an interesting article on "Why Army Football Matters":
These are tough guys preparing to face a tough world. They want to go against the best, and not fall back on any excuses like the special academic circumstances at Army that limit recruiting, or the fact a cadet's life is hardly the same as a basket-weaving major at Gridiron State.
To those closest to it, there's just no imagining life without Army football.
I'm not sure what has changed since the '80s when Army had both "special academic circumstances…that limit recruiting" and appearances in bowl games.
Here's another great video clip with Greg on CNN for a Veteran's Day program. Keep it up, Greg! You're an inspiration to all of us.