West Point Class of 1989

It’s been just two weeks since Walter
Hill’s world came crashing down, since the premature death of the best
friend he’d ever known. But even though Barbara Hill had passed away following a
long, brave bout with cancer just 14 days earlier, Walter had never felt so
close to his mother than in the days that had just clipped by.

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Army beats Arkansas State, 38-10: Carlton Jones ran for 187 yards and two touchdowns to lead resurgent Army to its fourth straight win, a 38-10 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday.  The Black Knights (4-6) had lost 11 straight before reeling off wins against Akron, Air Force and Massachusetts. It’s the first time Army has gone unbeaten in November since 1971. Army now heads into its annual game against Navy on Dec. 3 with a chance for its best record since 1996.

Dale Henderson and Warren Hearnes were some of the USMA grads who attended the annual Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
(INFORMS) conference in San Francisco in November.  Dale presented
an interactive session on his research into techniques for solving a
temperature estimation model.  Warren spoke, for the third consecutive year, on a panel advising
doctoral students who are planning to pursue a career in
industry.  USMA sent nine cadets to participate as well a number
of professors from the Department of Systems Engineering.

This was passed along to me and I thought it was a great video.  Terry Kelly, a Canadian singer-songwriter, wrote about an experience he had when a store held two minutes of silence for veterans.  Read the background and then watch the video.  It’s worth a few minutes of your time.

{mosimage}A steaming video of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s Thayer Award acceptance speech can be viewed.  If you have difficulty playing the clip you can also read the speech.