Born in 1927, David C. Knapp grew up in Syracuse, New York. With the Class of ’47, Knapp received a Bachelor’s of Art in political science from Syracuse University. A year later, he walked across the stage to receive his M.A. from the University of Chicago. He was then drafted into the U.S. Army’s 2nd Armored Division in Ft. Hood, Texas to eventually serve in Korea and West Germany from 1950 to 1952.
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David A. Herrelko
From 1976-1980, David A. Herrelko was stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts, where he directed computer science-related activities with the Data Processing Branch of the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Program Office
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Moynihan served as an active duty sailor from 1944 to 1947, last serving as a gunnery officer on the USS Quirinus. After leaving the Navy he went on to earn his M.A. and Ph. D. in Sociology from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and then later studied economics at the London School of Economics as a Fulbright fellow.
Colonel F. William (Bill) Smullen
Bill Smullen’s successful career continued in the public sector in which served as an executive assistant and, later, chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, where he monitored the formulation and implementation of State Department policies and assisted with planning and development of U.S. foreign policy strategy.
Colonel Eileen Collins
At NASA, Eileen Collins famously became the first woman astronaut to both pilot (1995) and then command (1999) a Space Shuttle mission. Under her command, the shuttle Columbiamade history when it deployed a $1.5 billion telescope into orbit to enable deep-space exploration of exploding stars, quasars, and black holes.
Major General Harold B. Gibson
Like many young men during the 1940’s, Harold Gibson served his country abroad, serving primarily in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Here, he served in New Guinea, Biak Island, the Philippines, and Japan until 1946.
Carl W. Reddel
After receiving his PhD, Carl Reddel worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Defense Studies Department at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Reddel entered into the United States Air Force and worked in many military and civilian positions, including as the Executive Officer of the Air Force Section of the Joint United States Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMMAT).
Brigadier General Todd P. Graham
From a young age, Todd Graham knew he wanted to serve our country and join the military. Out of high school, Graham attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he flourished as a student and also as a cadet.
Brigadier General Ronald M. Bouchard
Ronald M. Bouchard decided to stay in-state for his undergraduate education, attending the University of New Hampshire, where he was also an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadet in the Wildcat Battalion.
Brigadier General Jerome T. Hagen
Jerome T. Hagen enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1952 at age 19, and upon completing boot camp, he received orders to serve as a drill instructor at the San Diego Recruit Depot.