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15TH YEAR OBSERVANCE: REMEMBERING OUR USAWC GRADUATES KILLED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 13Commandant’s Update 18 News and Events 14 Fellows Update 19 IF Update 16Dean’s Message 20 Donor Honor Roll 18 AHEC Update 29 Taps 19 CSL Update 30 Tribute Donations 10Books By Grads & Faculty 32 Special Tributes FALL 13New Life Members 33 Mailbag 2016 LTG Timothy J. Maude, RES ’90; COL (Ret) C. Richard ‘Rick’ Rescorla, DCS ‘88; 15 Class Reunions ’76, ’86, ’96 and COL Canfi eld D. Boone, DDE ’02. See page 2. Message from theChairman Greetings to all USAWC graduates and friends of the Foundation, Chairman of the Board LTG (Ret) Thomas G. Rhame On behalf of our Foundation Board of Trustees, it is a privilege to share this magazine with you containing the latest news of our Foundation Vice Chairman of the Board and of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) and its graduates. Mr. Frank C. Sullivan Trustees Our Board met in Carlisle in early September for a very productive Annual Meeting, focusing LTG (Ret) Richard F. Timmons (President Emeritus) on ways to continue increasing support for much-needed programs across the College. Our MG (Ret) William F. Burns (President Emeritus) substantive support to USAWC is possible because of your generous support for our mission, Mrs. Charlotte H. Watts (Trustee Emerita) so thank you very much. Dr. Elihu Rose (Trustee Emeritus) Mr. Russell T. Bundy (Foundation Advisor) As you know, a successful non-profi t organization must continually renew its Board LTG (Ret) Dennis L. Benchoff Mr. Steven H. Biondolillo membership to keep current and involved. We are blessed with a terrifi c Board of Trustees Mr. Hans L. Christensen that adheres to high standards and excellent stewardship. It is never easy to say “farewell” to Ms. Jo B. Dutcher Trustees who have completed two full terms on the Board, but we must. We thank each of MG (Ret) Mari K. Eder these fi ve Trustees who worked tirelessly on behalf of the Foundation for six years on various Ms. Susan M. Finco committees and a wide range of events: MG (Ret) Yves J. Fontaine LTG (Ret) James L. Huggins, Jr. LTG (Ret) P. Kenneth Keen COL (Ret) Peter C. Langenus Mr. Stephen Linehan Mr. Mark Muedeking BG (Ret) Harold W. Nelson Mr. Jack Nicklaus II MG (Ret) Virgil L. Packett II Mr. Richard A. Pattarozzi Mr. Christopher Pohanka LTG (Ret) Roger C. Schultz Buddy Beck Ron Blanck Jessica Mitchell Jim Peake Mike Rochelle Mr. William B. Summers, Jr. MG (Ret) Luis R. Visot In our last magazine, I announced the names of our fi ve new Trustees and I’m proud to President and CEO welcome them offi cially now: LTG (Ret) Jim Huggins, RES ’99; LTG (Ret) Ken Keen, COL (Ret) Ruth B. Collins RES ’98; MG (Ret) Yves Fontaine, RES ’97; MG (Ret) Luis Visot, DDE ’01; and Mr. Chris Pohanka, NSS ‘14. All but one attended our September meeting and are shown in the Director for Development Col (Ret) Harry Leach, USAF Board of Trustees photo you see on the back cover of this magazine. Corporate Development Offi cer We also welcome COL (Ret) Ben Prescott, RES ’10, into our new COL (Ret) W. Benjamin Prescott Corporate Development Offi cer position. Ben joins Ruth Collins and Harry Leach and of course, our Board, in the eff ort to raise Foundation & Alumni Affairs Staff Janine Farson, Bookkeeper support for our programs. If you are a grad working in a corporation Donna Gellert, Executive Asst. or organization, or are connected to one that might be able to help us, Linda Caton, Alumni Affairs Offi ce Manager please reach out to Ben at [email protected]. Donna Bullis, Alumni Affairs Asst. Nancy Johnson, Alumni Affairs Asst. Th e cover photo has great meaning to all of us. Th e featured ceremony Tracy Hillebrand, Admin Asst. marked the 15th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, The Army War College Foundation and Alumni News is published by the Army War College Foundation, Inc. The Foundation 2001. We all know where we were and how we felt learning that so is a non-profi t, tax-exempt, publicly supported organization many Americans had perished that day, including many we knew personally. Our Board of under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the IRS code. All Trustees was able to attend this observance and help honor the three USAWC graduates donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The contents of this magazine are not the offi cial views of, killed on 9/11: LTG Timothy J. Maude, RES ’90; COL (Ret) C. Richard ‘Rick’ Rescorla, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, or the Department DCS ‘88, and COL Canfi eld D. Boone, DDE ’02. LTG Maude and COL Boone were killed of the Army. in the Pentagon, and COL (Ret) Rescorla was killed in the World Trade Center Towers after Thanks to the College Public Affairs Offi ce and the Photo Lab going back in to check on his Morgan Stanley colleagues. Th is 15th year commemoration for their continued support through many courtesy photos and features. was hosted by the Commandant, MG William E. Rapp, RES ’04, and featured remarks from the current International Fellows Class President, Colonel Susan M. Coyle, IF Australia, Mission of the Army War College Foundation RES ’17. She spoke eloquently as a representative of our international partners who mourned ENRICH . .the College’s academic environment, with us and still stand with us fi ghting terrorism around the world. Th e ceremony also ENHANCE . .research and outreach, FOSTER . .fraternity among alumni, featured representatives of all First Responders who gave so selfl essly that day and always. ENCOURAGE . .excellence in faculty and students, Please join me in remembering our three USAWC grads killed on September 11, 2001, and ENSURE . .preparation of outstanding leaders for the U.S. military, other government agencies, and so many more killed in hostile action fi ghting for our freedoms since that fateful day. our international allies. 2 Foundation & Alumni News Fall 2016 LTG (Ret) Th omas G. Rhame, RES ’81, Chairman of the Board COMMANDANT Greetings from Carlisle Barracks! U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE October 30, 2016 A hot and very dry summer has given way to what we all expect tough strategic problems and guide its general offi cer education, I in South Central Pennsylvania in the fall, and with that change am confi dent that we are solidly in the van. Th e CSA designated in weather have come the festivals and colors we love about this and helped to fund eight study topics for our teams to research on special place. We hope all of our “old grads” will come back to visit his behalf through a program of faculty and study research we call as have the reunion classes of 1976, 1986, and 1996. the Integrated Research Projects. Furthermore, he directed several high profi le wargames and conferences to be conducted at Carlisle Th e U.S. Army War College is most certainly living up to the Barracks, thus helping to reorient the Army intellectually towards vision of “producing strategic leaders and ideas invaluable to the its War College. Army, Joint Force, and Nation.” Our graduates of courses we teach at every level and the fruits of their intellectual and research eff orts We completed fi ve Integrated Research Projects last spring and are seen by the larger enterprise as being of tremendous value. In rolled them out to the relevant Combatant Commands and this short column, I can only touch on a sampling of the great Army entities. Our work on deterring Russia in the Baltics was work that your Army War College team is doing. Suffi ce it to say discussed at the NATO Summit in Latvia. Th e work on General that, because of the value we produce in both leaders and ideas, Offi cer attributes is redefi ning how we are educating strategic our budgets are robust, our faculty is world class and expanding, leaders. Similarly, the work on gray zone confl icts is helping the and our written products are changing the way national and Army and Joint Force think about hybrid competition in coming international leaders are thinking about some of the tough issues decades. In their unique position of interface with the joint we face. It is an exciting time to be here at Carlisle! community, PKSOI has steamed forward on an impressive rewrite of joint doctrine in stability operations. Simply put, by harnessing Let me begin by introducing our new senior the talents of our faculty and students on issues of importance leaders who arrived this summer. COL Ken to the Chief of Staff , we are helping to bring about the strategic Adgie, RES ’10 took over from Dave Funk, renaissance that Tony Cucolo envisioned. RES ’07 as Deputy Commandant. Ken comes to us from U.S. Africa Command in Th ird, our practitioners and scholars are traveling the globe Stuttgart and is joined by his wife, Paige. bringing value to Combatant Commands, domestic agencies COL Dan O’Grady, RES ’13 took over our and institutions, and partner nation militaries. In the past twelve Outreach mission from months, we have completed 88 such support eff orts outside the COL Ken Adgie Jody Petery, RES ’09. fenceline of Carlisle Barracks and nearly 50 inside our gates. Within the Schoolhouse, we have two new What we bring to those hard-pressed agencies is experience, department Chairs in COL Tarn Warren, knowledge, and greatly needed expertise…and that work is RES ’10 (DMSPO) and COL Dale Watson, making a diff erence.