West Point Society of the Tennessee Valley
We had a good turn out today, (over twenty) to hear Mr. Bill Stender discuss the Madison County Veteran’s Memorial and to tour the Museum. Thank you all for coming.
I know some of you are wondering who won the drawing for the tickets. Jimmy Hill was the winner.
Next month, the Luncheon will be back at the ROCC. The date is the 23rd of June. Two cadets will present, who will be at Redstone for about four weeks this summer.
Art Meier
‘63
The June luncheon will be held on June 23 instead of June 16 so we can have the cadets working at Redstone over the summer join us. We will still meet at the Redstone Officers and Civilians Club’s The Loft at 11:30 am.
The Army “A” Club is again providing the Society with a Certificate good for four tickets to a home football game (excluding Tulane and Rutgers) and a VIP parking pass.
At the 19th May Society Luncheon, the Certificate will be given to the winner of a drawing. To have your name in the drawing, please send me an email with your interest. (Or register online.)
You need not be at the Luncheon at the Veteran’s Museum in order to win the drawing. Although it would be great if you were.
GO Army!
Art Meier ‘63
BEAT NAVY!
We have our next Society meeting scheduled for the 19th of May at the Veteran’s Museum and have arranged for a speaker, Mr. Stender to come and talk to us about the Veteran’s Memorial that is to be built downtown near the Depot. It turns out that the AUSA is conducting it’s Tactical Missile Conference during the same period of time.
I still hope as many of you as possible can attend our meeting – after all it is a free lunch (I know many of you have gotten your corporations to pay for your lunch at the VBC to hear LTG Riley speak) and the BBQ in the past has been excellent.
Please sign up so we know how much food to order!
Art Meier
The next society luncheon is the 21st of April at 1130 hours at the ROCC ‘s Loft. I have asked Joe Creekmore to give us a run down on his recent visit to West Point to attend the MALO conference. Everyone who is involved with the Admissions program (and that is most of us), should come to hear what is new on the Admissions and West Point Liaison efforts.
For the May meeting – 19 May – it will be held at the Veteran’s Museum and I am looking for a speaker who is working on the Memorial to be build downtown, so put that date on your calendar. The society picks up the luncheon for this meeting – BBQ from the Club.
Art Meier ‘63
BEAT NAVY
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These folks are currently registered for Founders Day 2009 as of March 2..
1950 Grayson Tate
1956 Herb and Jane Wagenheim
1957 Robert and Claudia Westerfeldt
1958 Richard and Barbara Kloskowski
1958 Tommy and Middie Thomson
1959 James and Gurdun Burwell
1959 Jimmy C. and Clara Hill
1959 Bill and Genie McCoy
1960 Chabot and Margo Chabot
1960 James and Barbara McCollum
1960 Don and Jean Summers
1962 Bill and Rusty Burns
1962 Arthur and Ceaelia Miller
1962 Ronald and Madaline Skarupa
1962 Ted Stroup
1962 Stan and Pam Thomson
1963 Larry and Brenda Capps
1963 Art and Amy Meier
1963 William C. and Wanda Turpin
1964 Mike and Jo Moran
1965 Zig and Linda Roebuck
1965 Tim and Sandy Thames
1966 John and Gina Zierdt
1967 William and BJ Brigadier
1967 Macy and Laura Brown
1967 Kent and Roberta Kraus
1967 Don and Sarah Curtis
1969 Louis and Jenny Curl
1970 Jack and Bev Crabtree
1971 Joseph and Helen Bergamtz
1971 Robert and Louise Jacobson
1971 Randy and Joan Oliver
1971 Steve and Nancy Rice
1972 Jerome and Suzanne Gabig
1972 Jerry and Pat Hamilton
1972 Walter and Sandy Seifried
1972 Robert and Sabina Wank
1972 Will and Kay Webb
1973 George and Marcie Nobles
1974 Jeff Cerny
1974 Roberta Malcolm
1974 John and Jeanne Welt
1975 Russel Killebrew
1976 Reamer and Beth Argo
1976 William D and Ann Clingempeel
1976 Brian and Audrey Osterndorf
1976 EJ and Susan Sinclair
1977 Matthew and Mary Forbes
1977 Marc and Denise Jacobson
1978 Richard and Michelle DeFatta
1978 Bill and Nancy Forrester
1979 Paul and Debbie Gardner
1980 William and Lori-Ann
1980 Bill and Ann Crawford
1980 Steve Dwyer
1980 Marty and Carol Eaton
1980 Doug and Natalie Litavec
1981 Tom and Pandora Economy
1981 Brian and Teresa Lee
1982 Rick and Denise Sullivan
1984 Stephen and Ramona Kreipe
1984 Mick and Cheryl McGuire
1984 Steve and Moira Taylor
1985 Jon Anderson and Cee Chamberlain
1985 Valerie Coffey and Mike Britz
1985 Mike and Paula Haider
1985 Charles and Michelle Packard
1986 Joseph and Susan Creekmore
1987 Mike and Michelle Lyman
1994 Paul Andrzejewski
1995 Stephen and Jennifer Case
2005 La'Berrick Williams
Associate Member Mark and Lori Smith
Friend of West Point Tom and Christa Devanney
Friend of West Point Robert and Marilyn Whiteford
Dear Fellow Graduate
On behalf of the members of the West Point Society of the Tennessee Valley, you are cordially invited to attend the celebration of the United States Military Academy's, Founders Day 2009, at the Redstone Arsenal Officers' & Civilians’ Club, on Friday, 6 March 2009. Benny Haven’s hour will begin at 6:30 PM, with dinner at 7:30 PM. Dress is formal (Mess or Dress Blues, tuxedo, business suit, or cocktail dress).
The guest speaker this year will be LTG (ret) Theodore G. Stroup, Class of 1962; he currently is the Chairman, West Point Association of Graduates and Vice President for Education of the Association of the United States Army. More information on him can be found on our society website.
This year we will be welcoming as an Associate Member of WPAOG, COL Mark Smith. Mark is currently Commander of Fox Health Clinic and had two previous tours at West Point. He will be presented with his Certificate of Membership.
Our dinner will be salad with assorted dressings, a choice of Prime Rib of Beef or Grilled Salmon with buttered red potatoes, green beans almondine, rolls, assorted cakes for desert, with wine for toasting, and coffee/tea.
Please join us to renew old acquaintances, meet new graduates in our area, salute our Alma Mater on its 207th Birthday, and have fun. Please respond by Sunday, 1 March 2007, by accessing our Society’s website http://www.west-point.org/society/wps-tenn-valley/. A link will take you to site where you can register for the dinner or pay your dues. If you prefer to mail in your reservation, please use the attached sheet. If you do not have access to Redstone Arsenal, please notify me or need more information, please call me at 256-880-0219 or email a2meier@comcast.net.
BEAT NAVY
Arthur C Meier ‘63
President
Lieutenant General Theodore G. Stroup, Jr., currently serves as the Association of the United States Army’s Vice President, Education and as Executive Director of AUSA’s Institute of Land Warfare. Prior to his retirement from active service, General Stroup was serving as the Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. As a combat engineer, General Stroup has commanded at all levels. He has extensive overseas service as a sapper in Korea, Vietnam and Germany. His U.S. Army Corps of Engineers experience has been in both civil works/water resources and military construction. His critical staff billets have been in strategic resource planning and personnel operations for policy development/implementation in senior Army headquarters and the Army Staff, Pentagon.
General Stroup was commissioned through the U.S. Military Academy (1962) and later taught military science and engineering there.
General Stroup holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master’s in Finance and Economics from the American University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College and U.S. Army War College.
General Stroup’s additional community and volunteer activities include: Chairman of the Board, USMA Association of Graduates; President, Class of 1962 USMA; Director, Army Historical Foundation; Director, Army Engineer Regimental Association; Fellow, Society of American Military Engineers; Member, Personnel–Technology Committee, National Research Council of National Academy of Science; Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Fellow, Inter University Seminar of Society and Armed Forces; Board Member, Helping Our Heroes Foundation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; and Board member, LTG Timothy J. Maude Memorial Foundation.
It's that time again, Founders Day is almost upon us. This year Founders Day will be Friday March 6th and will be held at the Redstone Officers and Civilian Club. Benny Havens Hour will begin at 1830. The speaker be LTG (ret) Ted Stroup, Chairman of the WPAOG. You will have a choice between Prime Rib at $43 ($45 if you register online to cover the credit card processing fees) or Grilled Salmon for $40 ($42 for online registration.)
Stand by for more information and the snail mail and online registration forms.