General J.H. Binford Peay III 1962 Endowment for Academic Excellence
Annual Report DECEMBER 2024
Members of the Cabinet
John P. Jumper ’66, Chairman
James E. Rogers ’67, Vice Chairman
Thomas G. Slater Jr. ’66, Vice Chairman
T. Bryan Barton ’68
Bruce C. Gottwald Sr. ’54
Conrad M. Hall ’65
James P. Inman ’86
George P. Ramsey III ’72
Ernesto V. Sampson Jr. ’98
Thomas A. Saunders III ’58*
W. Ware Smith Jr. ’62
Ashley L. Taylor Jr. ’90
Donald M. Wilkinson ’61*, Founding Chairman
Staff
Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins ’85, Superintendent, VMI
David L. Prasnicki, Chief Executive Officer, VMI Alumni Agencies
Meade King ’85, Chief Operating Officer, VMI Foundation
Terrie Conrad, Vice President of Gift Planning and Estate Administration, VMI Foundation
Brig. Gen. Robert Moreschi, Ph.D., Deputy Superintendent for Academics and Dean of the Faculty, VMI
Brig. Gen. Dallas B. Clark ’99, Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Administration, and Support, VMI
Col. J.M. “John” Young, DPS, Chief of Staff, VMI
Col. Robert L. McDonald, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, VMI
Capt. Michael J. Sebastino, Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Planning, VMI
Amy Goetz, Chief Communications Officer, VMI Alumni Agencies
*Deceased
We are grateful for the time, effort, and resources invested into the thoughtful development of this transformational program at Virginia Military Institute.
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General J.H. Binford Peay III 1962 Endowment for Academic Excellence
Message from the Chair
Dear Supporters of the Peay Endowment for Academic Excellence,
It has been 7 years since the VMI Board of Visitors passed the resolution authorizing the General J.H. Binford Peay III ’62 Endowment for Academic Excellence. Since then, the combined efforts of the VMI Foundation, our esteemed cabinet members, and the generosity of you now reading this annual report have combined to secure the Peay Endowment as a defining feature of academic excellence at VMI. As always, on behalf of VMI and cabinet members of the Peay Endowment, we thank you for your commitment and continuing respect for General Peay’s immeasurable contributions to VMI.
In this report, you will see progress in each area of academic excellence featured in the Peay Endowment. We can now boast 13 Peay Chairs, 11 Peay Scholars, and four Peay Fellows, in addition to $11,776,721 in the Peay Academic Excellence Fund used to support the Peay Chairs, Scholars, and Fellow programs. I would like to emphasize the importance of the Peay Academic Excellence Fund, which allows the dean to fill funding gaps in ways that allow us to bring more candidates into the Peay Endowment programs.
Our progress in growing the endowment continues, and we can report $62.5 million in pursuit of our interim goal of $75 million and our ultimate goal of $150 million.
Finally, allow me to personally thank all of you. In General Peay’s name, you are allowing VMI to recruit the best of the best by offering fully funded opportunities never before available. By your generosity, the VMI spirit is on full display.
Yours in the Spirit of VMI,
John P. Jumper ’66 Chairman
Resolution by the Board of Visitors
Virginia Military Institute
Jan. 28, 2017
RESOLVED, that the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute has established the General J.H. Binford Peay III 1962 Endowment for Academic Excellence. The mission of the Peay Endowment is “to inspire the continuous pursuit of academic excellence in the service of the Virginia Military Institute.”
The General J.H. Binford Peay III 1962 Endowment for Academic Excellence was established in 2017 by the Board of Visitors. It honors General Peay for the exemplary qualities of character and leadership he has demonstrated through a lifetime of selfless service, beginning as a VMI cadet, sustained through a distinguished career in the United States Army and perpetuated as the 14th Superintendent of VMI.
General Peay’s devotion to excellence as a cadet was evident when at graduation he was awarded the Cincinnati Medal for excellence of character, efficiency of service, and all-around performance as a member of the Corps of Cadets. While at VMI General Peay was a quarterback on the football team, served on the Honor Court, majored in civil engineering, and was a battalion commander in the Corps of Cadets. His leadership qualities formed at VMI and later tested in senior staff and command in the United States Army resulted in advancement to the rank of four-star general and the highest levels of responsibility as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army and Commander-inChief, U.S. Central Command and all U.S. forces in the Middle East.
THEREFORE, be it further resolved, that there could be no finer tribute to General Peay, nor one more meaningful to him, than the establishment of the General J.H. Binford Peay III 1962 Endowment for Academic Excellence. His passion for the enduring virtues of the VMI experience is evidenced by his unprecedented achievements as our 14th superintendent and by the quality of the graduates VMI delivers to our nation.
–Excerpt: Resolution by the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors Jan. 28, 2017
The Peay Endowment Sponsors Four Major Funds
that Support Academic Achievement as a Tribute to Gen. Peay’s Lifetime of Demonstrated Service
Peay Merit Scholars
This is a full scholarship program designed to attract the very best young men and women nationally who possess qualities of character associated with the Institute’s 14th superintendent and have demonstrated exceptional leadership, academic excellence, athletic commitment, and interest in national service. Additionally, the Institute may also designate certain rising 2nd and 1st Class cadets as Peay Merit Scholars.
Peay Chairs
The Peay Endowment will recognize faculty for their transformational influence on VMI’s academic program and the lives of cadets. Over time, Peay Chairs will ensure VMI’s ability to attract, retain, and reward a faculty renowned for its teaching excellence, intellectual rigor, mentorship, and academic relevance.
Peay Chairs will recognize teaching and research faculty whose accomplishments in the domains of teaching, cadet development, scholarship, and citizenship are of the highest order and whose influence on the lives of cadets is profound and lifelong. Peay Chairs will also recognize and reward academic department heads who have distinguished themselves by their wise stewardship and evolution of the academic program for which they are responsible.
Peay Fellows
This program promotes careers in academia for VMI graduates by providing a funding path for those who have demonstrated the ability, passion, and potential for successful careers as faculty in higher education. The fellowship program seeks to encourage VMI graduates to return to the Institute and compete for positions on the faculty.
For each fellow, the endowment will fund 2 years of graduate-level education and 2-year terms on VMI’s renowned faculty as Instructors-in-Residence. The program reinforces the foundational importance and influence of professor-leaders on the professional and personal lives of cadets and graduates.
Peay Academic Excellence Fund
Those who are interested in supporting the overall progress of the Institute’s academic enterprise want the Institute to have the ability to reinforce successes, take advantage of new opportunities, and meet critical needs.
The Peay Academic Excellence Fund gives VMI this ability by acting much like any other unrestricted fund in that it can be used in a manner deemed necessary by the Institute’s leaders. The difference is that money generated by the fund will be used solely in support of the operational components of the Peay Endowment: The Peay Merit Scholarships, the Peay Chair Program, and the Peay Fellows Program.
The flexibility of the Peay Academic Excellence Fund means that donors to it will have an effect as profoundly transformative and enduring on VMI’s academic program as those who support other elements of the Peay Endowment.
Naming Opportunities
Fellowships: Donors of $1.5 million or more may elect to have a named fellowship.
Merit Scholarships: Donors of $1.5 million or more may elect to have a named scholarship.
Peay Chairs: Donors of $3.5 million or more may elect to have a named chair.
$62.5 Million In Gifts Designated to the Peay Endowment
In Fiscal Year 2024, Peay Endowment Income Provided: Moreschi
$1,769,000 Peay Chairs
$56,000 Peay Fellowships
$195,000 Peay Merit Scholarships
$115,000 Academic Excellence Fund
“The Peay Endowment has become an institutionalized source of distinction, recognizing outstanding faculty with chaired positions, remarkable cadets with scholarships that pay 100% of the cost of attendance, and exceptional alumni who are attending graduate school and considering a career as a college professor at VMI.
The generosity of alumni and friends of VMI provides the opportunity for VMI to make strategic investments to maintain and enhance academic program excellence.”
–Brig.
Gen. Robert W. Moreschi, Ph.D.
Deputy
Superintendent for Academics and Dean of the Faculty
Commitments by Component Through Dec. 31, 2024
Chairs
Fellowships Peay Merit Scholarships
Pledges will be fulfilled in 1-5 years
The Peay Endowment recognizes the following faculty members for their accomplishments in the domains of teaching, cadet development, scholarship, and citizenship. The naming of Peay Chairs honors individuals important to the Institute’s history—both alumni and friends—who have served VMI and/or reflected great credit on the Institute through their careers.
The Jonathan Myrick Daniels ’61 Chair for Academic Excellence
Col. Ryan R. Holston, Ph.D., of the Department of International Studies and Political Science, is an outstanding teacher who received the 2017 VMI Distinguished Teaching Award. A political theorist, Holston’s scholarly areas of interest include hermeneutics, traditionalism in political discourse, rationalism, and religion. His scholarship has appeared in some of the preeminent journals in his field. In recognition of his success as a scholar, he was honored with the Jackson-Hope Prize for Excellence in Published and Scholarly Work in 2015 and 2019.
Named in Honor of Jonathan M. Daniels ’61
In August 1965, while in Alabama aiding voter registration efforts, Jonathan M. Daniels ’61 gave his life to protect that of a teenage girl. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described Daniels’ act as “[o]ne of the most heroic Christian deeds of which I have heard in my entire ministry.” In honor of Daniels’ self-sacrifice, VMI established the Jonathan M. Daniels ’61 Humanitarian Award in 1997 to recognize individuals who have made significant personal sacrifices to protect or improve the lives of others. A barracks archway and a courtyard also are dedicated to Daniels.
The Bruce C. Gottwald Sr. ’54 Chair for Academic Excellence
Smythe
Col. Ashleigh Smythe, Ph.D., joined the Department of Biology faculty in August 2014 and was awarded tenure in 2020. She was appointed department head at the beginning of the 2024–25 academic year. Smythe has earned a national reputation for her contributions to nematode phylogeny and phylogenomics research. She is equally influential as a teacher and mentor, inspiring and influencing student researchers in collection work at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce, Florida, and VMI.
Named in Honor of Bruce C. Gottwald Sr. ’54
Since graduating from VMI in 1954, Bruce C. Gottwald Sr. ’54 has provided extraordinary service to his alma mater. He was a member of the Institute’s Board of Visitors—and served as its president from 1998–2001—and served on the boards of the VMI Foundation and the VMI Keydet Club. He was a founding member of and currently serves on the Jackson-Hope Fund Board and the Peay Endowment Cabinet, both special extensions of the Foundation. In recognition of his service and his dedicated support, he has received the Foundation Distinguished Service Award; the Keydet Club Spirit of VMI Award; and the Institute’s highest honor, the New Market Medal. Gottwald also is a nationally respected business and civic leader. His career with NewMarket Corporation, formerly Albemarle Paper Company and then Ethyl Corporation (Virginia), spans more than six decades. He is currently its chairman emeritus, having served as chief executive officer and chairman from its establishment in 2004–14.
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The Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury Chair for Academic Excellence
Col. Gregory Topasna, Ph.D., joined the VMI faculty in 2000, shortly after receiving his doctoral degree from Virginia Tech. Under his leadership, the astronomy curriculum was enhanced, course offerings added, and the minor revitalized. His passion for astronomy in the classroom, in his scholarship, and in the lab with cadets is boundless. He spends significant time with cadets, overseeing their lab work, research, and field trips. His service on two important committees—Tenure and Promotion and Institute Honors—stand out. His peers’ decision to elect him to serve two terms on the former committee testifies to their high regard for him. Year after year, as a teacher, scholar, mentor, and professional citizen, Topasna has brought distinction to himself and the Institute.
Named in Honor of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury was a Virginia-born naval officer who conducted decades of pioneering research in the fields of navigation, hydrography, geography, meteorology, and oceanography in the mid-19th century. His research and writings, which helped sailors shorten passages and aided the development of transoceanic telegraph cables, earned him widespread national and international acclaim and such titles as The Scientist of the Seas and The Pathfinder of the Seas. Maury also commanded the U.S. Naval Observatory, advocated for the establishment of a federal naval academy, and conducted research in the field of naval mines. In 1868, he joined the Institute’s faculty as a professor of physics. He served in that capacity until his death in 1873.
The Major General James M. Morgan Jr. ’45 Chair for Academic Excellence
Col. Troy Siemers, Ph.D., received his doctoral degree from the University of Virginia and joined the VMI faculty in 1999. As head of the applied math department, he led the curriculum transition from pure mathematics to applied math. His recent service to VMI has been exemplary, as demonstrated by his leadership in SACSCOC reaccreditation in 2017 and the development of a new course, Math that Matters. He has an excellent teaching record and is among cadets’ favorite teachers in the math department. Siemers has a remarkable record of interdisciplinary research, having published with scholars from a wide range of disciplines, to include physics, psychology, chemistry, engineering, biology, and economics and business. He is an active mentor to cadets, leading study abroad programs, taking cadets on field trips, and promoting undergraduate research.
Named in Honor of Maj. Gen. James M. Morgan Jr. ’45 Maj. Gen. James M. Morgan Jr. ’45 began his 38-year career of service to VMI as an instructor in the Department of Civil Engineering in 1946. Ten years later, he was a full professor and head of the department. In 1965, Morgan became the dean of the faculty, serving in that position for 18 years. A widely published author, Morgan also was a citizen-soldier, retiring from the U.S. Army Reserve as a colonel in 1981. Morgan exemplifies what VMI always has strived to produce: Graduates who are leaders in their chosen professions and dedicated to serving their country, their fellow citizens, and the Institute.
Topasna
The Lieutenant General John W. Knapp ’54 Chair for Academic Excellence
A native of Virginia, Col. Abbey B. Carrico, Ph.D, is proud to have been serving VMI since 2013. She is in her first year as head of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, where she teaches all levels of French and holds the Lieutenant General John W. Knapp ’54 Chair for Academic Excellence. In 2019, she was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award, presented to “a member of the VMI faculty [...] who is deemed especially talented at inspiring students in the development of their intellect and character.” During her time at VMI, Carrico has created a faculty teaching forum, Pedagogy 400; co-directed the summer study abroad program in Paris; and served as an assistant inspector general/Title IX coordinator. Her research, which centers on representations of the environment in 19th-century French literature, has been published by top journals and presses, including Revue Flaubert, Dix-Neuf, Classiques Garnier, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, and the Modern Language Association. She is active in the Foreign Language Association of Virginia and has presented her teaching strategies at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention. Carrico received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French with a concentration in education from the University of Richmond, a Master of Arts degree in history (European area studies) from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in French literature from Emory University. She resides in Rockbridge County with her husband, Rev. Dr. Thomas Carrico Jr., and their two daughters, Vivian and Quinn.
Named in Honor of Lt. Gen. John W. Knapp ’54
Lt. Gen. John Williams Knapp ’54, Ph.D., served as VMI’s 12th superintendent from 1989-95. He was the first superintendent to be chosen from the Institute’s faculty since 1907. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from VMI and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1965. At VMI, he rose through the faculty ranks to become head of the civil engineering department and, in 1984, was named dean of the faculty. He served in that capacity until his appointment as superintendent in 1989. Upon being named superintendent, Knapp retired from the U.S. Army Reserve after completing nearly 35 years of distinguished service.
The Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. ’81 Chair for Academic Excellence
Lt. Col. Steven E. Knepper, Ph.D., arrived at VMI in fall 2014 after earning a Ph.D. in English language and literature at the University of Virginia. A recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award, Knepper teaches a wide range of courses in VMI’s Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies, including American literary traditions, ways of reading, capstone, and a seminar on “Moby-Dick.” He especially enjoys teaching philosophy and literature, where he can discuss big questions with cadets, and American Modernism, which features favorite authors such as Robert Frost, Claude McKay, Willa Cather, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Knepper has directed capstones, independent studies, and honors theses on a variety of topics, from the poetry of Langston Hughes to the philosophy of Simone Weil, from Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic conventions to Byzantine iconography. He is the faculty advisor of VMI’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, and he
Carrico
Knepper
organizes an annual trip for cadets to the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia. Knepper has worked in the Writing Center since his arrival at VMI and has twice served as its interim coordinator (2019-21, 2023-24). Knepper is a widely published essayist and poet and serves as associate editor of The Robert Frost Review. He is the author of “Wonder Strikes: Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond” (SUNY, 2022), co-author of the forthcoming study, “Byung-Chul Han: A Critical Introduction” (Polity, 2024), and editor of the forthcoming collection, “A Heart of Flesh: William Desmond and the Bible” (Cascade, 2024).
Named in Honor of Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. ’81
The Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. 1981 Academic Excellence Chair was established in 2022 by the support of the Nancy and Bruce C. Gottwald Sr. ’54 Academic Excellence Fund. Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. ’81 earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from VMI. After a year of working at Ethyl Corporation, he entered the Master of Business Administration degree program at the College of William & Mary, and he received his MBA in 1984. He then returned to work for Ethyl, holding numerous positions, including with First Colony Life Insurance. He became president and chief executive officer of First Colony Corporation and joined Ethyl’s board of directors in 1992. He also founded Jonah, LLC, a private investment management company, which he led until his death in 2019. An active citizen, Gottwald was on the boards of numerous Richmond-area organizations. He was also a trustee of the William & Mary Foundation and a director of World Pediatric Project’s World Ambassador Society. He joined the VMI Keydet Club Board of Governors in 1985, which he served for 12 years, the last two as its president. From 2006–10, he was a VMI Foundation trustee. He also was a member of the board of VMI Investment Holdings, LLC, from 2009 until his passing. During that time, Gottwald served on the search committee that was responsible for shifting from a traditional college investment committee to the Outsourced Chief Investment Officer model, which has proven to be quite beneficial to VMI. In 2010, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell appointed Gottwald to the VMI Board of Visitors.
Jackson-Hope Distinguished Chair in Information and Social Sciences
Col. Dennis M. Foster, Ph.D., is Jackson-Hope Distinguished Professor of Information and Social Sciences and head of the Department of International Studies and Political Science. He earned a Ph.D. in political science at Pennsylvania State University and began his tenure at VMI in 2004. An expert on the influence of domestic politics and leadership psychology on war, the politics of terrorism, and nuclear proliferation, Foster’s scholarly work has appeared in such prestigious outlets as the British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Political Psychology. He has served as a mentor to more than 30 Institute Honors theses, national security minor capstone theses, and Summer Undergraduate Research Institute projects. A nominee for the SCHEV Rising Star and Outstanding Faculty Awards, Foster is the recipient of the VMI Thomas Jefferson and Distinguished Teaching Awards, the Maury and Hinman Research Awards, the Jackson-Hope Prizes for Excellence in Published Scholarly Work and Excellence in Academic Advancement, and the Wachtmeister and Jackson-Hope Faculty Development Leave Grants. As chair of the VMI Academic Board’s Academic Policy Committee, Foster oversaw the development and implementation of the Faculty Advisory Council, which was established to improve faculty governance at VMI. He is also on the board of directors of the John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis and is coordinator of the annual VMI–Heritage Foundation/ Marshall Fellowship Yalta Conference Simulation.
Jackson-Hope Distinguished Chair in Life Sciences
Col. James T. Gire, Ph.D., is the Jackson-Hope Distinguished Institute Professor of Life Sciences and the head of the Department of Psychology. He earned his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from McMaster University and joined the VMI faculty in 1994. He has guided the psychology department through many curricular innovations, including the transition from offering the dual Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science tracks to the Bachelor of Science-only degree in psychology. Gire has made many contributions in teaching, leadership, and scholarship and has been recognized both within the Institute and beyond in these areas. He has published widely in the areas of substance use and misuse, aging, and the psychological analyses of social issues. His 2023 book, “Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations.” has made a unique contribution to understanding that pervasive and intractable global phenomenon. He has received many honors and awards over the span of his career at VMI. These include the VMI Distinguished Teaching Award, the Matthew Fontaine Maury Research Award, the Wilbur S. Hinman Research Award, and the Jackson-Hope Prize for Excellence in Academic Advancement. He also served as president of the Virginia Social Science Association and won the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship. Gire
Jackson-Hope Distinguished Chair in Arts and Humanities
McDonald
Col. Christina R. McDonald, Ph.D., professor of English in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies, joined the VMI faculty as the first Institute director of writing in 2002. In addition to teaching courses in first year and advanced composition, the history of rhetoric, and the rhetorics of scientific and medical discourse communities, she is responsible for ensuring the integrity of writing instruction in the disciplines across post to ensure that VMI graduates are able to communicate effectively for a variety of occasions and purposes.
For nine years before coming to VMI, McDonald taught undergraduate and graduate courses in both literature and writing at James Madison University, where she served as director of composition and founding head of the Writing Program, an independent academic unit in the College of Arts and Letters. An honors graduate of Rollins College, she earned her Ph.D. in English, with a specialization in rhetoric and composition studies, at Texas Christian University.
McDonald organizes VMI’s nationally recognized Spilman Symposium on Issues in Teaching Writing, and she has become a popular invited speaker on using writing to promote reflective learning, particularly in electronic environments. Her publications include two books, “Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons” (Southern Illinois University Press, 2002) and “Teaching Composition in the 1990s: Sites of Contention” (Harper Collins, 1994). She has served on many Institute committees, including the Institute Honors Committee, the Core Curriculum Oversight Committee, the Tenure and Promotion Committees, and the Faculty Development Committee, among others. She chairs the Institute Writing Program Advisory Committee and the Communications Subcommittee of the CCOC. Among the various roles she plays in the profession more broadly, she currently serves as the (elected) president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, as well as a member of the editorial board of the South Atlantic Review.
McDonald has been recognized with the VMI Meritorious Service Medal (2011) and a Distinguished Teaching Award (2006).
Jackson-Hope Distinguished Chair in Natural Sciences
Col. John A. David, Ph.D, received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in applied mathematics. He then worked as a systems engineer applying technology to problems of national security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory on Hanscom Air Force Base. He joined the VMI faculty in 2011, where he currently serves as a professor and director of the Applied and Industrial Mathematics Program. This program pairs cadets with local businesses, governments, or other agencies to solve real-world problems in math, science, and engineering. In 2016, he was named the outstanding young professor in Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education. He has published dozens of articles, written two books, and patented an invention. He has advised 110 students in semester- to year-long projects in undergraduate research.
Jackson-Hope Distinguished Chair in Engineering
Swenty
Col. Matthew K. “Matt” Swenty, Ph.D, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. Upon obtaining his professional engineering license, he returned to graduate school to earn his Ph.D. in civil engineering at Virginia Tech. He then managed bridge research projects at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center for the Federal Highway Administration. At VMI, he teaches engineering mechanics, structural engineering, introduction to engineering, and independent study courses. Working with cadets is one of the most rewarding parts of his job. Swenty serves as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter advisors and helps with the local Omicron Delta Kappa Circle (leadership honor society). He is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and currently volunteers as the secretary/treasurer of the civil engineering division. He is also a member of ASCE and has served as the chair of numerous national committees, including the Committee on Licensure and Committee on Student Members. He pursues research projects on concrete bridges, civil engineering curriculum development, civil engineering ethics and licensure policies, and novel teaching applications in civil engineering education. Recently, he won the editor’s choice award for his article in the ASCE Journal of Engineering Education and won the best paper at the ASEE national conference for the civil engineering division in 2022.
First presented in 2021, the Peay Merit Scholarships are awarded to those cadets who possess the qualities of character associated with Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III ’62, the Institute’s 14th superintendent: Exceptional leadership, academic achievement, athletic commitment, and demonstrated interest in national service.
These awards are intended to facilitate the training of exemplary citizens, recognizing and rewarding their excellence as they develop into the military, political, business, and civic leaders of America’s next generation.
The Peay Merit Scholarships, covering the full cost of tuition, room, board, and fees, are offered at two points:
1. Prior to matriculation at the Institute (to those preparatory school students whose youth experiences notably reflect the qualities of character that the awards are designed to recognize) and 2. After the 3rd or 2nd Class years (to those cadet leaders who have demonstrated amply those qualities of character throughout their cadetships).
Candidates for the scholarship are evaluated in light of four criteria:
Academic Achievement
For matriculants, the academic criteria for consideration are identical to those of the VMI Institute Scholarship Program, including a minimum 3.75 high school GPA. For rising 2nd Class or 1st Class cadets, the academic criterion is a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA at the time of nomination/application.
Athletic Commitment
For matriculants, evidence of athletic commitment involves consistent and meritorious participation in athletics at the preparatory level. For rising 2nd Class or 1st Class cadets, athletic commitment involves consistent participation in intercollegiate varsity or club athletics, at the highest levels, while at VMI.
Exceptional Leadership
For matriculants, evidence of this quality includes leadership experiences (in scholastic, athletic, service, and/ or other endeavors) that clearly are noteworthy and distinguishing, such as documented instances of successful leadership in the face of significant adversity or testament of truly outstanding mentorship and guidance in leadership roles. For rising 2nd Class or 1st Class cadets, evidence of this quality involves uniquely meritorious and noteworthy leadership of cadet peers at VMI (most often as members of the Honor Court, non-commissioned or officers in the Corps of Cadets, but leadership excellence in other domains, such as athletic captains, also may be considered).
Commitment to National Service
For matriculants and rising 2nd Class or 1st Class cadets alike, the most evidence of this quality is an unambiguous commitment to commission as an officer in the U.S. Armed Forces upon college graduation. Other demonstrated commitment to national service (such as service in Teach For America or in official support of local, state, or national government) also may be considered.
Peay Merit Scholarships will be awarded on an annual basis for a maximum of four academic years (eight semesters), subject to the recipient’s continued performance at a level consistent with the awarding of the scholarship. Should the recipient for any reason cease to satisfy the requirements, the scholarship can be terminated, effective with the next academic year. Annually during the spring term, the Scholarship Selection Committee will review the record of every existing Peay Merit Scholarship holder and make a recommendation to the deputy superintendent for academics and the dean of the faculty whether the holder should receive the award in the forthcoming academic year. The Scholarship Selection Committee will use a holistic approach in consideration of all initial candidates and the annual performance of scholarship holders, including satisfactory progress toward meeting or exceeding all four criteria.
Cadet Owen Clarke ’25, who matriculated from Midlothian, Virginia, graduated early in December 2024 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
Clarke served as the acting cadet in charge of the rock climbing team. In addition, Clarke worked as a Corps Physical Training Facility cadre member and served as an S2 staff member for 2 years.
Clarke’s honors thesis is an extension of a Summer Undergraduate Research Institute research project he conducted in summer 2024 as a part of a large Washington and Lee University research collaborative assessing trout decline on the Jackson River in Covington, Virginia.
“The Peay scholarship has allowed me to pursue extracurricular and academic interests during my college career without a heavy financial burden to worry about,” said Clarke. “This has given me the chance to take risks I would not have otherwise taken, resulting in a [richer] VMI experience.”
Cadet Courtney Novotny ’25 is a biology major from Reading, Pennsylvania. She previously served as the Coast Guard detachment senior chief and as a representative for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Currently, Novotny serves as the water polo team captain, swimming and diving team member, Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society member, and works as a cadet assistant in Preston Library. In summer 2023, she was selected to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. In fall 2024, Novotny was accepted into Physician Assistant school, which she will attend after graduation.
“I feel so honored and grateful to have been awarded this scholarship,” said Novotny. “This scholarship gave me the opportunity to explore a lot of career paths, and now I get to follow my dream of attending Physician Assistant school debt-free. With this scholarship, I have been able to excel in athletics and academics and develop leadership skills, which led me to receive the Three-Legged Stool Award.”
Cadet Alden Rhodes ’26 is an international studies major from Norfolk, Virginia. He is the Navy Company 1st platoon lead petty officer of the VMI NROTC unit, the fourth platoon sergeant for Band Company, and a pipe sergeant in the VMI Pipes and Drums Band. He is a member of the national security minor program and the Institute Honors program.
“I feel very honored and thankful to be a recipient of this prestigious scholarship,” he said. “It has helped me realize my goal of relieving myself and my parents of the financial burden of college. Moreover, it has helped my younger sister’s opportunity to go to college significantly by relieving me of financial debt. VMI has supported me and my endeavors since I was a rat, and I cannot express how thankful I am to continue to receive the support of this institution. It is my goal that I will take this generosity and return it to VMI once my time as a cadet is finished.”
Novotny ’25
Clarke ’25
Rhodes ’26
Noal Savard ’26 is an electrical and computer engineering major from Wilmington, North Carolina. He is involved in the Army ROTC Ranger Challenge, Mixed Martial Arts Club, Tau Beta Pi, IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu, and Omicron Delta Kappa. Savard also serves as the 3rd Battalion S2 sergeant and is part of Army Counterintelligence Command for the Norwegian Ruck March in spring 2025. Savird has published and presented research in machine learning and looks forward to beginning his honors project.
“It’s an honor to have been selected for the Peay Scholarship, and I am forever grateful for how it has allowed me to seek out new opportunities and continue to challenge myself. My dyke, Peay Scholar Binh Tran ’23, encouraged me to apply to the scholarship. ... Without his encouragement and the support from the electrical and computer engineering department, I wouldn’t be able to continually work to better myself like the Peay Scholarship has enabled me to do.”
Cadet Julia T. Ward ’26 is an electrical and computer engineering major from Frankfort, Illinois. She is a 4-year Naval ROTC scholarship recipient, U.S. Navy option working toward a career in the Nuclear Navy as a submarine officer. She holds rank for Band Company and is a member of the VMI Pipes & Drums and an assistant captain for VMI’s water polo team, as well as an assistant prosecutor for the Honor Court.
VMI was the only college she wanted to attend by the end of her junior year of high school, and she was “ecstatic” when she learned she would be a Peay Scholar. Attending college debt-free and having the opportunity to commission into the military was a life goal of hers. She was honored to have been selected in spring 2022 for the scholarship and continues to work hard in academics, athletics, and leadership to uphold the requirements of the scholarship and to represent VMI.
Cadet Barrett Callejo ’27 is a biology major with a chemistry minor from Springboro, Ohio. She is a member of the women’s soccer team and was named to the Southern Conference’s All-Freshmen Team in fall 2023. Callejo served on the Ring Figure Committee communications team and is currently serving as a company cadre corporal. Callejo also works as a peer tutor with the Miller Academic Center, tutoring cadets in general chemistry I. She is contracted to commission into the U.S. Army.
“I am beyond honored and grateful to be a Peay Scholar,” she explained. “I am so grateful and appreciative of those who believed in me and saw my potential to help me win this scholarship. The opportunity that this scholarship has given me is amazing, and I am overjoyed by what it could mean for my future and the goals I am working toward academically.”
Savard ’26
Callejo ’27
WARD ’26
Cadet William Cockrill ’27 is an electrical and computer engineering major from Brentwood, Tennessee, who is a cadre corporal and a member of Company G.
“I am extremely humbled and grateful and strive to live up to this honor [of being a Peay Scholar],” he said.
Cadet Zachary Richardson ’28 is a history major from Cary, North Carolina. He’s a member of Band Company and the Regimental Pipe Band, the Newman Club, and a diver on the men’s swimming and diving team. He intends to double major in international studies and hopes to spend next summer volunteering and studying abroad in Africa and the Middle East.
“The Peay Scholarship has allowed me to set ambitious goals for my time here at VMI and provided me the opportunity to succeed academically and athletically here at the Institute,” he stated. “VMI was my first choice school, and I am honored to attend a college that prioritizes students’ academics, physical well-being, and careers after college.”
Cockrill ’27
Richardson ’28
General
J.H. Binford Peay III 1962 Endowment for Academic Excellence
Message from General Peay ’62
Dear Alumni and Friends,
In 2017, a small group of 14 loyal graduates, led by Mr. Donald Wilkinson ’61 as its founding chairman, conceived an idea to establish and endowment for academic excellence for the principal purpose of advancing academic excellence at VMI. This would be achieved by “significantly” expanding resources across four domains: Peay Chairs; Peay Fellowships; Peay Merit Scholarships; and a supporting Academic Excellence Fund. The “synergistic” combination of these would achieve stated goals of excellence in academics, propelling the Institute’s national and state reputation for producing the finest of graduates, leaders, and citizens of character. Certainly, excellence in academics is foundational to such lofty and admirable goals.
The “original” cabinet expressed a strong and keen interest in providing a means for encouraging VMI graduates to continue their education and return to VMI to instruct members of the Corps of Cadets while participating in the full spectrum of faculty requirements and professional growth. It was envisioned that each academic department (over time and in a steady state) may have a few Peay Fellows who expressed an interest to attend an approved graduate school and course of study and return to teach at the Institute, some for a short period and others for a lifetime of service. It would be imperative that VMI be able to afford this initiative, as well as attracting and keeping professors.
I hope you believe, as I do, that while we have a way to go to achieve ultimate financial goals for the endowment, enormous progress has been made. All of you listed in this program of the 2024 Annual Report have led us to this point. Words truly cannot express how grateful I am for your loyalty to the Institute and the many friendships that have meant so much over these many years.
Sincerely,
J.H. Binford Peay III ’62 General, U.S. Army (Retired) VMI Superintendent, Emeritus
Philip Crane ’16 is currently pursuing a Master of International Affairs degree at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
He graduated from VMI with a major in international studies and minors in national security and French. While a VMI cadet, he was a drummer in Band Company and in the Commanders Jazz Band. He served as drum major his 1st Class year. He had several “transformative experiences abroad,” which he credits to the guidance of international studies and modern languages faculty. Opportunities afforded to him as a cadet included the Hungarian Defense University, École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the Military Academy of Lithuania, and an Olmstead Scholars program in Italy.
Following graduation, he contributed to VMI as an assistant facilitator for the VMI in Paris summer program before beginning active duty U.S. Army service as an Armor officer. During his Army tenure, he served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, deploying to Iraq and Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Notably, he was selected for service in the U.S. Army Civil Affairs branch.
His VMI and Army experiences propelled his interest in Columbia University’s Economic and Political Development program, focusing on post-war reconstruction and rehabilitating societies affected by genocide. Through Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, he engaged in human rights and sustainable development workshops in both Palestine and Bosnia. In 2023, he worked for Code to Inspire, an online learning platform aimed at providing safe coding education for Afghan women and girls. In fall 2023, he prepared to collaborate with the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan to enhance the quality and accessibility of higher education in the region. He volunteers as an academic mentor, assisting displaced Ukranian youths’ access to university education in the U.S. and Europe.
He is extremely grateful to the Peay Endowment for enabling his study at Columbia University. As a teaching Peay Fellow, Crane enjoyed teaching international politics in the fall 2024 semester, and he is excited to teach AI in conflict prevention and resolution in spring 2025.
Crane ’16
Peay Fellows
Martin ’13
Donnie Martin ’13 is currently a Peay teaching fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at VMI.
Following graduation from the Institute as a distinguished graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil and environmental engineering, Martin began working in the Southwestern Virginia region as an engineer with the Virginia Department of Transportation.
In 2020, Martin moved to Lexington when his wife joined VMI on faculty. Martin would then draw his time at VDOT to a close and begin graduate school in 2021 at University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, where Jose Gomez ’79 was his advisor. Following the completion of his Master of Engineering degree in 2022, Martin began his Peay teaching fellowship at VMI.
During his cadetship, Martin served in the Virginia National Guard, enlisting in 2010. His time in the National Guard led to a rewarding career, which gave Martin experience in both the infantry and special operations. Martin is currently assigned to the West Virginia National Guard and recently returned from a deployment to the Middle East serving with a multinational counterterrorism task force.
As a cadet, Martin was thankful to be a scholar in the Institute Honors Program. Throughout his career, Martin has seen how this program equipped him tremendously to step into complex environments and problem sets and thrive. He was also involved with VMI Timber Framing. He said it has been an absolute gift to be able to continue that involvement with Grigg Mullen ’76 and bring back cadet involvement in the design and construction of the fall and spring community timber frame projects. Martin, his wife, and their two children curently live in Lexington. Martin enjoys hiking in the beautiful countryside found in the Shenandoah. He currently assists his former VMI roommate of 4 years, Thomas J. McConnell ’13, who leads an outdoors and orienteering skills program in partnership with a missionary organization, which sends them on multi-day weekend treks in the George Washington National Forest. Also, as a good engineer, Martin really enjoys Legos with his kids.
“The Peay Fellowship has allowed me to step into teaching and get the very real experience of being on the other side of the lectern in a classroom,” said Martin. “This has absolutely offered the validation that teaching is the career I want to pursue.”
Carson Knox ’22 is pursuing his Master of Arts degree in English at Florida Gulf Coast University. Originally from Magnolia, Texas, he currently lives in Fort Myers, Florida. His projected graduation is May 2027.
He graduated from VMI as an English major with concentrations in rhetoric and writing, philosophy, and literary studies. As a cadet, he was involved with Army ROTC, NCAA men’s soccer, and Cadence (VMI’s literary journal). He worked at Preston Library, the Writing Center, and the Office of Career Services and was a member of the S2 Staff.
After graduation, he moved to Fort Myers, Florida, to teach at one of the best college preparatory schools in the nation, Canterbury School. He also helps coach the middle school, JV, and varsity soccer teams. His passions include reading, hiking, and listening to music, which he enjoys sharing with his students through Canterbury’s Record Club.
“I could not be more grateful for the opportunity that the Peay Fellowship has given me. It’s hard to believe that my degree is being supported with the opportunity to work with the same professors who helped me fall in love with literature. I took as many classes as I could while at the Institute, but I look forward to learning much more from the amazing ERHS faculty and staff,” he said.
“VMI has given me so much and played such a pivotal role in who I am, and I am honored to have the opportunity to give back to a place that means so much to me.”
Knox ’22
Madeleine Austin ’20 is pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy degree in political science, with a major in political theory and a minor in international relations, at the University of North Carolina. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she currently lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Her projected graduation is May 2027.
She graduated from VMI with a double major in international studies and modern languages and cultures. As a cadet, she was involved with Army ROTC; ethics debate; designing her class’ class ring; and Cadence, VMI’s journal for literature and the arts. She worked at Preston Library and with group study sessions.
Since graduating from the Institute, she was commissioned as a U.S. Army military intelligence officer, married Joshua Austin ’20, worked as an elementary school teacher for students with special needs, and completed the Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. She also plays the banjo and writes poetry and has been published in a journal, Local Culture.
“I am working towards my degree at UNC so that I can return to VMI to teach. Teaching cadets, growing a family, embodying the life of a citizen-soldier in the Shenandoah Valley is my idea of ‘the good life,’” she said. “The Peay Fellowship is more than the stipend; it is a promise that I can return to VMI, which is the reason I’m pursuing my Ph.D. in the first place. To be a fellow under the name of one of the most honorable, respectable men I have ever known is an even greater honor.”
Austin ’20
Founding Partners
This listing includes all donors since its inception in January 2017 through December 2024. This includes outright contributions, pledges, and/or planned gifts.
Founding Benefactors
$1,000,000 and Above
Bruce C. Gottwald Sr. ’54
Charles S. Luck III ’55*
P. Wesley Foster Jr. ’56*
Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III W-’58
Thomas A. Saunders III ’58*
Donald M. Wilkinson ’61*
George J. Collins ’62
Conrad M. Hall ’65
Richard L. Goodall ’66
R.C. Saunders III ’66
Dr. & Mrs. Gary D.V. Hankins ’73
Founding Patrons
$500,000 - $999,999
Robert C. Tripp ’52*
Ran L. Phillips II ’54*
W. Ware Smith Jr. ’62
James S. Key ’63
G. Gilmer Minor III ’63*
John P. Jumper ’66
James E. Rogers ’67
Thomas Henry Zarges ’70
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Farrell II
Thomas K. Lynch
Sherri B. Roussel
Major Donors
$100,000 - $499,999
Floyd D. Gottwald Jr. ’43*
Donald B. Heslep Sr. ’56*
Stephen H. Sewell Jr. ’60*
Edmund R. Strickler ’62
Mrs. DeWitt S. Worrell W-’62
Thomas G. Slater Jr. ’66
James S.C. Phlegar Jr. ’67
Tom Richardson ’67
James L. Rutherford ’67*
Ronald E. Gallagher ’68
Robert D. Clingenpeel Jr. ’69
David L. Miller ’70
William H. Dunlap ’72
W.F. Kastelberg IV ’74
Thomas E. Gottwald ’83
Ashley L. Taylor Jr. ’90
Kurt A. Polk ’95
Benjamin J. Ashmore ’99
Harry F. Byrd III
Joan & Morgan Massey Foundation
Massey Family Foundation
E. Morgan Massey*
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Upshaw III
Donors
James W. Enochs Jr. ’49B*
Anne M. Whittemore Patterson W-’49C
John K. Taylor ’50B*
Mrs. R.A. Guthans W-’51
Mrs. J. Robert Nolley Jr.* W-’51
Paul H. Robinson ’51*
Jacob H. Wamsley II ’51*
W. Andrew Dickinson Jr. ’52
John L. Finney ’52
William C. Noell Jr. ’53
Kenneth M. Perry ’53
Jack W. Trigg Jr. ’53
John K. Tiller Jr. ’54
H. George White Jr. ’54
Mrs. C. Ronald Albrecht W-’55
Ronald M. Bryan ’55
Charles L. Echols Jr. ’55
Mrs. Larry E. Price W-’55
Jimmie V. Thurmond ’56*
J. Russell Wiltshire ’56
Claiborne Coupland Jr. ’57
Mrs. Leroy D. Hammond W-’57
Mrs. Donald K. Jamison* W-’57
Carroll A. Mason ’57
Thomas E. Powell III ’57
Armand W. Wagner ’57
Harry H. Warner ’57
John E. Woodward Jr. ’57
Mrs. David L. Camper W-’58
C. Ernest Edgar III ’58
James E. Stilwell ’58
Melvin W. Anderson ’59
Lawrence F. Johnson ’59
G. Lee Southard ’59
R. Edward Duncan ’60
J.G. Goodwillie III ’60
Mrs. William L. Knowles Jr.* W-’60
Otis R. Pool ’60
Gordon M. Shoemaker Jr. ’60
James A. Smith III ’60
J. Bolling Williamson ’60
Frederick H. Ayers III
Mrs. James V. Bickford III W-’61
Robert D. Callander ’61
David V. Harbach ’61
J. Battle Haslam II ’61
William H. Keech ’61
Benjamin P. Lynch Jr. ’61
Mrs. E.R. McDannald Jr. W-’61
John W. McDougall Jr. ’61
John C. Miller II ’61
John K. Moore ’61 USA
Mrs. Kenton B. Patrick W-’61
Robert A. Reitz ’61
W. Thomas Rutledge Jr. ’61
Ashby B. Taylor III ’61
Salvatore J. Vitale Jr. ’61
William R. Winslow ’61
R.H. Youngblood Jr. ’61
Mrs. John C. Allen W-’62
John D. Anthony ’62
C. Allan Bamforth Jr. ’62
George D. Barnes Jr. ’62
Donald W. Beckner ’62
Eldridge Blanton III ’62
Keith S. Block Jr. ’62
Joseph R. Bobbitt III ’62
Robert D. Bradley ’62
Gerald C. Burnett ’62
Howard E. Cobb ’62
Theodore C. Cooley ’62
James D. Cox ’62
Randolph M. Hamner ’62
Thomas H. Henriksen ’62
James W. Hiller ’62
Mrs. Richard H. Hoagland Jr. W-’62
Walter H. Hylton III ’62
R.L. Stinson Jones ’62
Victor D. Kane ’62
R. Danny Kiser ’62
C. Douglas Marechal ’62
Thomas R. Meler ’62
Geoffrey S. Mitchell ’62
Robert T. Mitchell Jr. ’62
C. Eugene Moss Jr. ’62
Mrs. N. Darden Nelms. Jr. W-’62
W.B. Nicholson Jr. ’62
J.H.B. Peay III ’62
George P. Pendergast Jr. ’62
Walter C. Perrin II ’62*
David D. Plageman ’62
Roy A. Raney Jr. ’62
Mrs. H. Paul Rhodes W-’62
George W. Robbins III ’62
J. Mott Robertson Jr. ’62
Seymour Samuels III ’62
Robert C. Sheldon ’62
Richard R. Speidel ’62
C. Richard Thomas Jr. ’62
J.H. Van Deventer Jr. ’62
Mrs. Jerry T. Wagner W-’62
Joseph L. Weakley ’62
M.C. Williams III ’62
Thomas H. Williams ’62
L.B. Wilson Jr. ’62
Robert D. Yearout ’62
J. Roger Craddock ’63
Dennis W. Crowley ’63
James V. McMahon ’63
Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor III W-’63
John B. Mitchell ’63
Phillip R. Ogden ’63
Robert B. Powell ’63
Howard I. Reynolds ’63
Steven Riethmiller ’63
Thomas W. Davis ’64
Donald F. Stickles II ’64
Mrs. G. Andrew Tucker Jr. W-’64
William E. Welsh ’64
Mrs. Clifford B. Fleet Jr. W-’65
J. Jeff Gausepohl ’65
William P. Gibson ’65
Marshall Henry III ’65
Thomas W. Howard ’65
Winston O. Huffman ’65
Norman D. Radford Jr. ’65
Lawrence L. Rose ’65
W. Douglas Thomas ’65
John B. Adams Jr. ’66
Ronald D. Ayres ’66
Edward F. Guida ’66
Richard K. Hines V ’66
Mrs. Hugh J.M. Jones III W-’68
Donald B. Reed ’66
Paul A. Robblee Jr. ’66
Jay C. Wegrzyn ’66
Randolph M. Blanks ’67
Paul A. Bouis ’67
David H. Bristow ’67*
Philip C. Cosby ’67
Mrs. Robert L. Green W-’67
John T. Gupton III ’67
Mrs. Samuel B. Heltzel W-’67
Mrs. Robert P. Kyle W-’67
Robert P. Kyle ’67*
T. Carter Melton Jr. ’67
Robert F. Wade ’67
Edward F. Wittel Jr. ’67
John A. Augustine IV ’68
T. Bryan Barton ’68
James C. Burns ’68
James E. Henry Jr. ’68
John C. Lane ’68
George H. Roberts Jr. ’68
Joe O. Smith ’68
Guy A. Wilson ’68
Lewis A. Yeouze ’68
Richard C. Camp ’69
Paul A. Curs ’69
Joseph N. Flanz ’69
Michael L. Santoro Jr. ’69
V.W. Southall Jr. ’69
E. Glenn White ’69
Thomas C. Massey ’70
Thomas F. Morehouse III ’70
S. Waite Rawls III ’70
L. Neil Steverson ’70
Carl A. Strock ’70
Donald W. Brown ’71
Warren J. Bryan ’71
Albert M. Davis ’71
Reid M. Dudley ’71
Robert A. Haywood ’71
Thomas O. Brock III ’72
William C. Fitzhugh ’72
William Irby ’72
Douglas A. Nichols ’72
George P. Ramsey III ’72
Ralph A. Redmond ’72
J. William Boland ’73
Garland Gray II ’73
G. Timothy Hughey ’73
Robert B. Newman Jr. ’73
Webb L. Tyler ’73
Charles L. Toomey ’74
John A. White III ’74
Daniel J. Darnell ’75
William C. Hunter ’75
Kevin V. Wright ’75
Ray S. Brooks ’76
James G. Joustra ’76
Mrs. Felix E. Deacon III W-’77
Craig T. Forbes ’77
John D. Johnson ’77
Kevin Knotts ’77
Kimber L. Latsha ’77
John T. Pace IV ’77
Christopher M. Perry ’77
Glenn R. Dallinger ’78
Robert W. Jenvey II ’78
Mark A. Walrod ’78
Richard C. Wolffe Jr. ’78
Richard A. McDonough ’79
Earl W. Bears ’80
Chalmers L. Glenn IV ’80
Patrick J. Griffin ’80
Colonel Timothy M. Hodges ’80
Craig H. Wilson ’80
John F. Ferry ’81
Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. ’81*
James A. Hart ’81
Raymond F. Moschler ’81
Grover C. Outland III ’81
James M. Waring ’81
John M. Boyd ’82
Tony Wayne Edwards ’82
Delmar E. Ertzner Jr. ’82
Mark D. Jamison ’83
James M. Outland ’83
Christopher G. Caplice ’84
James K. Dixon ’84
Bryan S. Hand ’84
Stephen E. Hupp. Sr. ’84
James D. Kenkel ’84
James M. Morgan III ’84
Barton G. Williams ’85
Vincent D. Carag Jr. ’86
James P. Inman ’86
Michael J. Karabasz ’86
Jonathan M. Bristol ’88
Gregory C. Gooch ’88
Brandon L. Baca ’89
Douglas G. Harper ’90
Quill O. Healey II ’90
Steven R. Linder ’90
John A. Whittington ’90
Charles A. Thompson ’91
Fitzgerald E. Drummond ’92
Franco Neto ’92
Shannon D. Terhune ’92
J. Clifford Foster IV ’93
John C. Guggenheimer ’93
Kirk M. Deason ’94
John J. Ambler III ’95
Zachariah Michael Becker ’95
Geoffrey E. Blum ’95
Edwin A. Boyette ’95
Charles E. Branch ’95
John M. Brooks ’95
Aron J. Buss ’95
John F. Cross ’95
John J. Devlin ’95
Lakei C. Evans ’95
Ryan J. Feeney ’95
Eric B. Fegley ’95
Michael T. Fellows ’95
Jay J. Ferriola ’95
Christopher Kiyuu Fuller ’95
Daniel E. Griles ’95
Christopher D. Hoskins ’95
Marlin M. Ikenberry ’95
Merlin M. Ikenberry ’95
Jeremy W. Ingram ’95
Raymond F. Jaklitsch Jr. ’95
Scott M. Jewell ’95
Lester Johnson Jr. ’95
James N. Joyner III ’95
Brian C. Kellner ’95
Frederick J. Killmeyer IV ’95
August A. Kraft IV ’95
Samuel G. Lawson III ’95
Steve D. Lee ’95
Hector B. Migliacci ’95
Timothy D. Miller ’95
David G. Mitchell ’95
Patrick B. Monahan ’95
Michael A. Paruti ’95
Edward Randall IV ’95
Arie C. Richards ’95
Todd D. Rupright ’95
Matthew W. Russell ’95
Jeffrey L. Ryan ’95
Bryan J. Rychlik ’95
Eric A. Schwartz ’95
D. Scott Southall ’95
Robert D. Staley ’95
Ante J. Sucic ’95
William L. Taliaferro Jr. ’95
Geoffrey A. Taylor ’95
Teiva A. Teriitehau ’95
Chad R. Tester ’95
Andrew B. Warren ’95
Frederick M. Werth III ’95
Damian O. Wilborne ’95
Christopher W. Wills ’95
Jeffrey L. Wright ’95
Charles B. Bott ’96
J. Addison Hagan IV ’97
Brook W. Barbour ’98
Jonathan N. Charbonnet ’98
Ryan J. Landmann ’98
Thierry R. Lemercier ’98
Michael P. Wilson ’99
William A. Dickinson III ’01
Jacob J. Williams ’01
Brian K. Andrew ’03
Philip D. Kerns ’03
Steve J. Nakazawa ’03
Nicholas J. Shallcross ’03
Edward Chen ’04
William C. Ray ’05
William R. Shannon ’10
Bingley B. Squire ’10
Matthew R. Brock ’12
Robert P. Edwards ’14
Evan F. Huvane ’17
Kirk C. Kalian ’19
Jacob D. Salomonsky ’21
Thomas S. Chapman ’23
Harrison M. Williams ’25
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick S. Andrews
Anonymous
Ask the Advisors
Edgar M. Baber
Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Bass
Diane Peter Bergner
Joanne Berkley
Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Berry
Austin Brockenbrough III
Jason Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Burton
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Cady Jr.
Elizabeth D. Camp
James Carafano
Dr. & Mrs. Charles M. Caravati Jr.
Col. & Mrs. Charles C. Caudill
Dr. & Mrs. Lie-Ping Chang
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Chastain III
Warren F. Chauncey
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Cheung
Class of 1958
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Cobb
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin G. Cottrell IV
Richard P. Cullen
Christina R. Cummings
Maureen Denlea
Mary P. Dominy
E Stuart James Grant Charitable Trust
Stuart & John Ellis
Frank W. Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Fulton
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Gothard
Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Green
Jane J. Gresham
John Hager
Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Hargrove Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. George T. Hashisaki
Mr. & Mrs. Quill O. Healey
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Hempt
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Higgins
Mr. & Mrs. Ira C. Houck III
Drs. Steven & Patricia House
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Innes
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jewett
Alfred Kelley
Sally P. Kennedy
Jean L. Kirkley
Tillie P. Laird
Mr. & Mrs. Byron E. Leet
Leidos, Inc.
Joan C. Mabe
Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Moon
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Morton
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Niblack
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Niver
Matthew N. Ott Jr.
Lori R. Parrent
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent L. Patterson
Brooke H. Pendleton
J. Douglas Perry
Mr. & Mrs. James S. Pessognelli
Melou C. Piegari
Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Pody
Richard & Barbara Gaby Foundation
Katharine S. Rosemond
Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation
Calmet M. Sawyer
Priscilla A. Schneider
Patrice H. Schoonmaker
Suzanne E. Schuerman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Shannon
Russell Steenberg
Douglas E. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Thom
Mr. & Mrs. Wayt Timberlake
Pete Trainer
Mr. & Mrs. David Welch
Dr. & Mrs. William F. Whitsitt
Eugenie J. Wilhelm
Gwen Wills
Mr. & Mrs. Watson H. Wright
*Deceased W-’XX = Widow
Named Merit Scholarships of the Peay Endowment
Dr. and Mrs. Gary D.V. Hankins ’73 Peay Merit Scholarship
Robert C. Tripp ’52 Dean’s Scholarship Class of 1995 Fallen Heroes Scholarship
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