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Colonels King, Lowe, and Stotz and Superintendent to serve Lieutenant Colonel Troppoli to retire as president of AMCSUS Major General John W. Knapp, VMI Superintendent, has been elected President of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS). General Knapp, who has been on the Board of Directors of AMCSUS for four years, will serve a one-year term. The election was held at the annual meeting of AMCSUS, March 12-15 in Alexandria, Va. Membership in AMCSUS is extended Col. King Col. Lowe Col. Stotz Lt. Col. Troppoli to essentially military schools and colleges having a member of the armed services Colonel James H. King, Jr., USA (Ret.), Director of Facilities Planning and Physical detailed (or approved) by the Department Plant; Colonel William B. Lowe, Jr., USAF (Ret.), professor ofaerospace studies; Colonel of Defense and which continue to be Kerwin C. Stotz, professor of electrical engineering; and Lt. Col. Daniel A. Troppoli, members in good standing of their regional assistant director of admissions will be recognized at a parade honoring their retirement continued on page 4 on Friday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m. Col. King came to VMI after a distinguished career of 24 years in the U.S. Army Col. Thompson, Maj. Fay Corps of Engineers, with service in the United States, Vietnam, and Germany. A 1957 selected Fulbright Scholars graduate in forestry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, King earned a Colonel Wayne C. Thompson, B.S. degree in civil engineering at the University of Missouri, Rolla and a M.S. degree in professor of political science, and Major public administration at Shippensburg State College. He is a graduate of the the U.S. Mary Ann Fay, assistant professor ofhistory, Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. have been awarded grants by the Fulbright He was awarded the VMI Distinguished Service Award in 1990. The citation noted Scholar Program for the 1995-96 academic his tireless attention to detail and his excellent planning skills and priority setting, traits year. The prestigious and highly competitive Fulbright Scholars Program offers grants for that have served him and the Institute well since 1981. Col. King has served on numerous college and university faculty, as well as for committees during his time at the Institute: the Energy Committee, the H.B. Johnson Lecture professionals and independent scholars. Committee, and the majority of the building committees. Since 1947, over 30,000 American scholars Col. Lowe received his B.S. degree from the United States Air Force Academy and have lectured and conducted research in his M.S. from North Carolina State University. He served as professor of aerospace studies countries around the globe. at VMI from 1991 until September 1994. Col. Lowe's distinguished military career includes Col. Thompson, who is combining a service in the United States, Southeast Asia, and England. Fulbright with sabbatical leave, will teach A combat flyer, he also had extensive experience as an educator in the United States in Estonia. His host institution will be Air Force. He was a member of the directing staff and advisor to the Commandant of the Tallinn Technical University, but he will also Royal Air Force Staff College, Brackwell, England, for three years. From 1988 to 1990, in offer courses at the Estonian National turn, he served as Chief of the Warfare Studies Division, Dean of the Curriculum, and Defense Academy, with which VMI has Deputy Director of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at the Air Command and developed close ties. In addition he will Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base. teach at Tartu University, which is Estonia's Col. Stotz received bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees in electrical engineering premier university, and offer special lectures from Renssalaer Poly technique Institute. Following two years in the U.S. Army Signal at Estonia's newly-created Institute for Corps, from 1954 to 1956, he taught at Rensselaer and at the University of New Hampshire. Foreign Service Personnel. Thompson says continued on page 4 continued on page 2 George C. Marshall ROTC Awards Seminar, April 12-14 Page 2 The Institute Report. April 7. 1995 "Business After Hoursu Marshall ROTC Awards Seminar, April 12-14 The Honorable Stephen Ailes, Marshall Foundation trustee and former Secretary of comestoVMI the Army and General William R. Richardson, USA (Ret.) will serve as co-chairmen of On May II, the VMI Museum will the eighteenth annual Marshall ROTC Awards Seminar. The theme of this year's seminar, be the site for the LexingtonIRockbridge which takes place April 12-14, is National Security ofthe United States. A former Chairman County Chamber of Commerce of the Marshall Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years, Ailes was co-chairman of "Business After Hours" gathering. Each the ROTC seminar in 1987. General Richardson participated in the seminar from 1984­ month a member of the local Chamber 1986 while serving as Commanding General of the Army's Training and Doctrine hosts the event for the organization. The Command. purpose of the socials is to enhance The Marshall ROTC Awards Seminar presents unique opportunities for 276 young relationships within the business men and women selected (one from each Army ROTC unit in the nation) to receive the community and for individuals to prestigious Marshall Award. VMI's representative is first c1assman Daniel S. Williams become better acquainted in a relaxed from Fairfax, Va. They are exposed to the distinguished senior military and civilian atmosphere. Sponsoring the event, leadership of the Army and participate in roundtable discussion groups, sharing views which begins at 5:30 p.m., will be the with one another and expert leaders on various topics related to the national security ofthe Office of Public Relations and the VMI United States. The Marshall Award winners were selected based on their demonstrated Museum. The occasion will present ability in academic proficiency, leadership skills and excellence in military studies. Lieutenant Colonel Keith Gibson, The keynote speaker is General John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman of the Joint director ofthe Museum, the opportunity Chiefs of Staff. On Wednesday, April 12, he will address the 11 a.m. opening session of the to showcase the newly renovated Seminar in Jackson Memorial Hall and welcome the MarshalI Award winners who come from all parts of the country. General Shalikashvili continues the tradition established by facility. two of his predecessors, Marshall Foundation trustee General John W. Vessey, Jr., USA (Ret.) and General Colin M. Powell, USA (Ret.). These men were the last two Army Generals to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and both honored the Marshall Seminar by Fulbright...continued/rom page 1 delivering major addresses. Plenary sessions will be held on April 12 at 9 p.m. in 1M. Hall, April 13 at 11 a.m. and Apri114 at 9 a.m., in the Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington & Lee University (W&L). Other distinguished speakers at the seminar include: The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Army; General Gordon R. Sullivan, U.S. Army Chief of Staff; General William W. Hartzog, USA, Commanding General of Training and Doctrine Command; and Major General James M. Lyle, Commanding General of U.S. Army Cadet Command. Many different subjects will be explored at the roundtable discussions, to be held on the W &L campus. Among them are "Israel, Its Neighbors and a Palestinian Homeland," "United Nations Peace Keeping and the U.S. Military," and "Technology and International Security Interests:" Roundtable sessions will be held Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and that his main teaching goal is to demonstrate Friday morning. how interactive teaching methods, involving Three VMI professors will chair roundtables during the seminar: Colonel Wayne participation of students in the learning Thompson, professor of political science on "NATO: Its Relevance in the Post Cold War process, can work. Era"; E. Douglass Ayer, Jr., visiting professor of international studies on "The Balkan Major Fay, who is completing her first Powder Keg"; and Captain Blair P. Turner, head and professor of history and politics and year on the VMI faculty, was selected for a director division ofliberal arts on "Cuba, Haiti and the Caribbean States." Other roundtable Fulbright research award and will do discussions will be chaired by professors from the U.S. Military Academy, Shippensburg research in Cairo, Egypt. She will be University, the U.S. Army War College, Randolph Macon Woman's College, the National affiliated with the department of history at War College, the Institute of Land Warfare, and the Command and General Staff College. Cairo University. Her research will be an Also conducting meetings are experts from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, extension ofher dissertation entitled, Women the Office of the Chief of Staff, and General Electric's Aero Space Division. and Households: Gender Power and Culture in 18th Century Egypt. She plans to expand :\J\. M.r her research into a full-length book. Earlier The Institute Report research was conducted in 1990 and 1991 Editor: Burton R. Floyd, III 0....+m~......,>. when she lived in Cairo. She is the former Supervising Editor: Lt. Col. Michael M. Strickler es ~ editor of Cairo Today, an English-language Contributing writers: Tom Joynes, Chris Clark '"?/: ~"'<I monthly published in Cairo. This marks Maj. Printed by: The News-Gazette, Lexington, Va. "VSl'ITU"\. Fay's third Fulbright award for research. The Institute Reportis published by the Virginia Military Institute Public Relations The Fulbright program is based upon government-to-government exchange Office. Eight issues are printed during the academic year. Inquiries, suggestions, agreements.

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