BG Robert Tripp, '33, the oldest living graduate turned 102 on October 19, and was presented with gifts from the West Point Society of San Francisco Bay Area, and West Point Association of Graduates, and a Certificate of Congratulations.
West Point Alumni Leaders Conference 2013
Nina Leslie recently attended the 2013 West Point Alumni Leaders Conference, representing the West Point Society of the San Francisco Bay Area. Here are some interesting notes she had from the conference.
West Point Alumni Leadership Conference
The West Point Alumni Leadership Conference was attended by 159 people. 61 Societies and 36 Classes were represented. For more information on the Conference, including the presentations, please visit: https://www.westpointaog.org/2013LeadersConferenceWrap-up
The AOG will be putting out a “Register of Graduates” in 2015. There is a major effort to get graduates to update their information NOW in preparation for the new Register.
FOR US ALL Campaign
It’s a $350m Campaign – to date $309.3m has been received in cash or pledges. Learn more here.
The Campaign will allocate the donations as follows:
$200m For the Cadets
$70m For the Landmark (West Point)
$40m For Today, Unrestricted
$20m For the Nation
$20m For the Long Gray Line
Admissions Information
Find current class profiles here.
News - July 2013
Jose Quintero, USMA '17
Recently, Bill Schwartz ’59 approached the Board of the West Point Society to help out Jose Quintero, a young man attending Oakland Charter School, who had an appointment to West Point, Class ’17. The student needed to be at West Point with boots and shoes, that he didn’t have, and he needed help with expenses incurred in getting to West Point. The Board paid for his shoes and boots, and gave him $100 for traveling expenses. We received a nice thank you letter from him thanking the Society for helping him out.
2013 Society Dues
If you haven’t paid you dues for 2013, please consider doing so – the dues/donations are put to good use. Website to pay dues: https://secure.west-point.org/wpssfba/membership/.
Announcement Distros
From time to time we are notified of opportunities for networking luncheons, and opportunities for groups to discuss business needs and share ideas. We hesitate to send out notices for these meetings. We do not want to use our e-mailing list for someone’s business/marketing purposes, yet we don’t want you to miss an opportunity you might be interested in. When appropriate, these opportunities will be posted on our new website (there is one posted now) - reach out to Jim Wilson at james.a.wilson1@gmail.com. However, if you are interested in receiving these networking e-mails, Nina Leslie will be forming a new e-mailing list specifically for this purpose. Please let her know if you would like to be on this new voluntary e-mail list at ninaleslie@earthlink.net.
Annual Picnic
Please plan on attending our Annual Picnic on Sunday, August 25, 2013. For the last 2 years, we’ve had over 100 people attend and it is a wonderful event, free to West Point Society members. RSVP to Nina at ninaleslie@earthlink.net.
If you did not receive the news by e-mail and would like to be added to the list, please let Nina (ninaleslie@earthlink.net).
Army Boxing
"I attended the bouts last night with my father in law, Mike Gallagher, who boxed at USF 50 Years ago. Pictured here with the founder of the women's team, Cadet Camacho is from Dixon and was recruited by Howard Haupt for USMA. When she graduates in May she is headed to Fort Lewis as a Medical Service Corps officer.
The team performed magnificently last night. Disciplined in execution and gracious in victory they were awesome. Koret is a great sports complex much different from Mike's memory of the gym half a century ago. By all means go and support our team."
~ Bill Chadwick
