Alumni – Awards and Notable Alumni - Valley Forge Military Academy and College

VFMAC Alumni

VFMAC’s Honorable Alumni Awards.

We are proud to recognize the Valley Forge alumni who’ve gone on to accomplish great things as citizens and leaders.

Order of Anthony Wayne Winners

Order of Anthony Wayne for Distinguished Service

The Order of Anthony Wayne for Distinguished Public Service is Valley Forge Military Academy & College’s highest award presented to those who demonstrate exceptional public service nationally or internationally.

The Order of Anthony Wayne award was established on January 18, 1929, when the original campus of Valley Forge Military Academy in Devon was completely destroyed by fire. The heroism of the cadets during this disaster, along with their excellent motivation and discipline, inspired General Baker to create this highly coveted award, and it remains the Forge’s most distinguished award to this day.

The award is made not only to distinguished cadets and members of the faculty, but also to community leaders who have achieved standards of excellence, shown high ideals and untiring efforts above and beyond the call of duty, contributed to the esprit de corps and progress of Valley Forge Military Academy & College, and who exemplified the best traditions of public service.

Order of Anthony Wayne Winners

	Years
1975	1976	1977
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer	Alexander M. Haig	GEN Hamilton H. Howze
	Dr. Joseph M.A.H. Luns	Ronald Reagan
	Adm. John S. McCain
	J. WIlliam Middendorf
	GEN Maxwell D. Taylor
	Years
1978	1979	1981
Willaim E. Colby	LtGen Thomas P. Stafford	James R. Schlesinger
William E. Simon
GEN WIlliam C. Westmoreland
	Years
1982	1983	1984
Dr. John R. Silber	Rear Adm. William Linton Nelson	Sir Oliver Wright
	Years
1986	1988	1990
John O. Marsh	Mary G. Roebling	Warren B. Rudman
	GEN Carl E. Vuono
	Years
1991	1992	1993
Thomas L. Clancy	Dr. Robert D. Ballard	Edward G. Rendell
Adm. William J. Crowe	Gen. Paul X. Kelly	Curt Weldon
GEN Gordon R. Sullivan		LtGen John Y. Yeosock
	Years
1994	1995	1996
John H. Sununu	Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua	GEN H. Norman Schwarzkopf
	William F. Buckley
	Ronald Klink
	Years
1997	1999	2000
Tom LaSorda	Donald E. Meads	Cmdr. Paul Galanti
	Jane L. Meads	Fred F. Patten
	Beverly Thomes	Capt. Luther H. Smith
	Years
2005	2008	2011
John J. Brennan	Robert J. Frey	The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld
	Honorable Jan E. DuBois
	Years
2012	2016	2017
Mme. Barbara de Portago	Niles Dally ’63	CAPT N.F. (Red) Stein, USN (Ret) ’47
	Years
2018
MG Walter T. Lord, USA (Ret.), ’84C
John J. “Robby” Robinson ’47

Distinguished Alumnus Award

(First award presented in 1950)

Prior to 1980, the Distinguished Alumnus Award was given to alumni for a variety of reasons, including outstanding activity within the Alumni Association, as well as successes in the chosen field of endeavor. In 1980, an additional award was created – the Outstanding Alumnus Award – to be given for outstanding service to the school. Since that time, the Distinguished Alumnus Award has been limited to alumni who have become distinguished in their chosen field of endeavor.

Distinguished Alumnus Award Winners

	Years
1950	1952	1953
Earl A. Sneeringer ’30	Nathaniel E. Duval ’34	Julio C. Morales ’31
Harold G. Simms ’29	Jerome D. Salinger ’36	I. Bernard Cohen ’33
George C. Seybolt ’32	Allen Sutter ’33	I. Bernard Cohen ’33
	Years
1954	1955	1956
Henry E. Bowes ’32	Bissett J. Roberts, ’30	William P. Dix, Jr. ’37
Robert C. Richardson, III ’35	Alexander Day Surles, Jr. ’32	William Z. Scott ’35
C. Charles Vache ’43	William R. Kavanaugh ’29	William E. Zabel, Jr. ’36
Lester A. Wilson ’3
	Years
1957	1958	1959
William R. Coon ’40C	John G. Zierdt ’32	David C. Birdsell ’36
Fred B. Leavy ’38	Andrew J. Sordoni, Jr. ’35	Alfred Sasser ’42
C. Clifford Mendler ’36	Albert H. Holland ’36	Robert H. Smith ’34
Allen F. Weidman ’38		Harold G. Wilson ’36
	Years
1960	1961	1962
Guy B. Wheeler, Jr. ’34	James J. Pellerite’44	William S. Todman ’34
Charles R. Calhoun ’33	Richards H. Jarden ’42C	Lyndon H. Landon, Jr. ’40
Walter A. Miller ’35	Frederick W. Boye, Jr. ’34	Glenn F. Hake ’33
Sidney Offit ’46		Harry A. Grammes ’33
	Years
1963	1964	1966
Robert W. Strong, Jr. ’35	Robert L. Frantz, Esq. ’43	Paul A. Powell ’40
William Pollock ’33	Frank F. Reinhardt ’41	Milton M. Charen ’34
E. Bruce Haman ’34	John A. Snively ’33
Leonard Erb ’38
	Years
1967	1968	1969
George H. Bortz, Jr. ’38	Harry J. Mier, Jr. ’40C	Jess A. Bell ’43C
Edward H. Ellis, Jr. ’33		Allen W. Dawson ’44
		Edward D. Sacks ’44
	Years
1970	1971	1972
Houston B. Marshall ’35	Howard K. Dreizler ’51C	William R. Rose ’45
J. Wilbur Mack ’35	John H. Humpton, Jr. ’43	C. Elwood Parker, Jr. ’46
John J. Ernst, III ’45	James M. Naye ’37	Sidney Augstein ’42C
James R. Eagan ’51C	Claude J. Schlanger ’43
David T. Brown ’33
	Years
1973	1974	1975
Rafael Hernandez Colon ’53	Arnold P. Paltrow ’33	Roy J. Sherry ’34
Henry P. Fowler ’60C		Richard L. Kattel ’56C
Paul E. Galanti ’57
	Years
1976	1977	1978
Samuel Evans, III, ‘42	William R. Tiefel ’52	Howard A. Forster ’48
W. Thomas Sykes ’50	Robert C. Mehlin ’51C	Samuel D. Thompson, Jr. ’48
	Years
1979	1980	1981
Harry C. McCreary, Jr. ’45	Gaspar Roca ’45	Alfred A. Sanelli ’39
Carl E. Mangum ’64C
	Years
1982	1983	1984
The Hon. Warren B. Rudman ’48	Jaime S. Carrion ’48	James L. Underkoffler ’40C
	Years
1985	1986	1987
Samuel S. Bretzfield ’43	Mario J. Boiardi ’44	Walter J. (Chappie) Lehman, Jr. ’57
	Years
1988	1989	1990
GEN Lucius D. Clay, Jr. ’37	GEN H. Norman Schwarzkopf ’52	James W. Sturr, Jr. ’60C
James E. Jewett ’64
Allan P. Jaffe ’53 (posthumous)
	Years
1991	1992	1993
John A. Bergfeld, MD ’56	David Price Trainer ’62	Leland A. Stanford, Jr. ’34
	Years
1994	1995	1996
LTG John J. Yeosock ‘55	LTG James A. Brabham ‘57	Alan R. Buckwalter, III ‘66
	Years
1997	1998	1999
CAPT Norman F. (Red) Stein ‘47	William R. Floyd, Jr. ‘63	William J. O’Hara, Jr. ’67
		Patrick M. O’Hara ’73
	Years
2000	2001	2002
Robert J. Woodling ’36	Michael A. Nolen ’6	Robert P. Freeman, ’52
	Years
2003	2004	2005
J. Kent McNew, ’61C	Ivan R. Sabel, ’63	Donald A. Mosites, ’52
	Years
2006	2007	2008
Richard A. Hocker ’64	Dr. Neil R. Arbegast ’52	Mr. John Werner, II ’50 TAPS (Accepted by Mrs. Werner)
		Mr. Lester Botkin ‘69
	Years
2009	2010	2011
Mr. Daniel D. Crawford ’67	Robert Bacine, Esq., ’60	Carl R. Eckardt ’50
		Henry W. Lush ’50
		George H. Schildge ’56
	Years
2012	2013	2014
Philip L. Gildenberg ’52	N. Gene Banco ’63C	William S. Aichele ’70C
Daniel J. Reavy ’77 / ’09HC
Ronald E. Tschiegg ’52C
	Years
2015	2016	2017
LTG Gustave Perna USA ’81C	Barry Sandrew, Ph.D. ’66	LTG Michael S. Linnington ’76 USA (Ret.)
	Dr. William Beute ‘63C

Outstanding Alumnus Award

The Outstanding Alumnus Award is presented to an alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding dedication and support of Valley Forge Military Academy & College over a sustained period of time since graduation.

Outstanding Alumnus Award Winners

	Years
1978	1979	1980
William E. Zabel, Jr.,’36	Richards H. Jarden ’42C	Not Awarded
	Years
1981	1982	1983
John B. Falion ’33	Leland A. Stanford, Jr., ’34	Lewis H. Elliott ’55
	Years
1984	1985	1986
William T. Gans, Jr., ’61C	Marshall Abramson ’60	Joseph D. Formisano ’63C
Donald I. Guss ’53C		Rudolf W. Herzog ’35
	Years
1987	1988	1989
Robert J. Woodling ’36	Adin B. Capron ’54	Michael E. Lyon ’54
David P. Trainer ’62	P. Donald Rieck ’43	William J. Taylor ’58
	Years
1990	1991	1992
William L. Schmidt, Esq., ’64	John J. Gallagher, Jr., ’65C	Richard A. Silhol ’47
W. Thomas Sykes ’50	Frank W. Guthridge, Jr., ’71	Colonel Tomas B. Puyans ’48C
	Years
1993	1994	1995
LTC James A. Fraley, Jr., ’70C	Frank T. Becker ’67C	Gilbert S. Benjamin ’63C
Colonel Richard M. Artz ’56	LTC Douglas B. Davis, USA (Ret.), ’70 / ’72C	LTC Romulo R. Diez ’56
		COL Thomas W. Medearis ’66
	Years
1996	1997	1998
Howard A. Forster ’48	Conrad E. Muhly, IV, ’73	Niles P. Dally ’63
Harry M. Judge ’67	John W. Robinson ’47	Dung T. Lam ’85C
Franklin M. Seeley ’43		CAPT C. Carter Nute ’58 / ’60C
	Years
1999	2000	2001
Gerald J. Supplee ’69	Mark A. Schneider ’67	Not awarded
John R. Rapp ’74C	Frank A. Serino ’77
	Thomas L. Smith ’71C
	Years
2002	2003	2004
Stephen M. Grimble ’62	Robert M. Rosend ’69C	Not awarded
	Years
2005	2006	2007
Ira Thomas Goldblum ’69	Bryan K. Geiling ’94 / ’96C	COL Thomas A. Balish ’78 / ’80C
Samuel M. Laird ’62	Jeffrey G. Little ’78	William J. Wyatt ’57
Richard W. Orr ’62, (posthumously)
	Years
2008	2009	2010
J. Walter Mosetter ’75 / ’77C	William M. Beute ’63C	Gordon Hanscom ’62/’64C
	Alfred J. Heyer ’69	Walter Matlack ’76
	Years
2011	2012	2013
Arthur R. Lambert ’60	N. Gino Banco ’63C	Roque Schipilliti ’06
Robert O. Shapiro ’60	Peter A. Huchthausen ’57
	David W. Martin ’59
	Years
2014	2015	2016
Ford “Woodie” Stevens ’60	Hugh B. Roberts ’56	David Esqueda ’98, ’00C
James “Pete” McLallen ’62, ’64C		Tim Graham ’66
	Years
2017	2018
COL Joseph A. Bartasius ’81, ’83C, USA (Ret.)	William H. Martoccia, Jr. '73, '75C
Robin C. Lahiri ’85

Honorary Alumnus Award

(First award presented in 1941 but award not formalized until 1981)

An Honorary Alumnus Award may be presented only to an individual who is not an alumnus or current employee and who has given outstanding service for the benefit of Valley Forge Military Academy & College in support of its high standards, traditions and goals, in direct support of its programs, or in direct service to its cadets. (1) Those who, as friends of the school, have shown their dedication and commitment to the school and through their actions, merit special recognition by the school as an alumnus; and (2) Those who have previously served on the faculty or staff at Valley Forge and who, by virtue of the longevity, quality and impact of service meet the qualifications above and who, therefore, merit special recognition by the school as an alumnus. (Current employees will not be eligible for bestowal of the award while in current employment status.)

Honorary Alumnus Award Winners

	Years
1975	1981	1982
MG Milton H. Medenbach ’41H	Louis Kapelski ’81H	Dr. Millard E. Gladfelter ’82H
	Years
1983	1984	1985
Achille F. Barone ’83H	Robert E. Porter ’84H	T. George Downs ’85H
	Years
1986	1987	1988
Donald E. Meads ’86H	Bob Hope ’87H	LTG Willard Pearson, USA (Ret.) ’88H
	Years
1989	1990	1991
Ernest P. Raum ’89H	Jane L. Meads ’90H	Doris L. Atkins ’81H
	COL D. Keith Feltham ’90H
	Years
1992	1993	1994
James P. Schellenger ’92H	LTC L. Maitland Blank ’93H	Rev. J. Louise R. Baker ’94H
COL J. Stuart Mulkerns ’92J	BG Anna K. Bullock ’93H	Bruce H. Hooper ’84H
	Colonel William J. Godfrey ’93H	Colonel George W. Rickert ’94H
	Years
1995	1996	1997
COL Walter R. Badham ’95H	Theodore Clattenburg ’96H	Doris Hodson ’97H
COL Stanley A. Harris, P.C., ’95H	COL John R. Romine ’96H	COL Harry Hodson ’97H
Helen C. Medenbach ’95H
LTC Bertram South ’95H
	Years
1998	1999	2000
Robert W. Miller ’98H	Dr. Frederick Breitenfeld, Jr., ’99H	BG Alfred W. Hess ’00H
	COL John W. Lord, III, ’99H	COL Victor C. Infortuna ’00H
		RADM Virgil L. Hill, Jr., ’00H
		Mrs. Kim Hill ’00H
	Years
2001-2004	2005	2006
Not awarded	COL Danny Jaynes ’05H	Not awarded
	Years
2007	2008	2009-2012
LTC James F. Coates, USA (Ret.), ’07H, TAPS	Conrad G. Follansbee, ’08H	Not awarded
	COL Ken Seitz ’08H
	Years
2013	2014	2015
Mr. Augustine Negro 13H	COL Dominick P. Lorusso, Jr. ’14H	Hollis M. Cheshire ’15H
Mr. Ronald Reddy ’13H		John F. Haines ’15H
	Years
2016	2017	2018
COL Lee Temperton, VFMAC (Ret.) ’16H	Mrs. Lini Stevens ’17H	G. E. Patrick Murray, Ph.D. '18H
COL Gerald Cupo, VFMAC (Ret.) ’16H		Chris Roussos '18H
LTC Victoria Flood, VFMAC (Ret.) ’16H