22 Kasım 2013 Cuma

Notre Dame Army ROTC to receive Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Award

Army ROTC


The University of Notre Dame Army ROTC will be presented with the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Award at halftime of the Notre Dame vs. Army men’s basketball game at two p.m. Sunday (Nov. 24) at the Purcell Pavilion.


The award, considered the Heisman Trophy of Army ROTC, is given by the Buy of the Founders and Patriots of America. The Buy was founded in 1896 and is manufactured up of “associates” who trace their ancestry back to the very first colonists and who have forefathers who served in the American Revolution.


The Buy presents the award to “the very first-area winner for the 12 months of U.S. Army ROTC units, possessing excelled both in the Military Science plan and in academic endeavors.” The Notre Dame Army ROTC unit joins an elite group of colleges that have won this award, which recognizes both Notre Dame’s historical contributions to Army ROTC and the excellence of the current Notre Dame Army ROTC plan.


The award will be presented by Rev. Edward A. “Monk” Malloy, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. Lt. Col. John A. Polhamus, professor of military science at Notre Dame, will accept the award.


This is the third time the Notre Dame Army ROTC has acquired this prestigious award. Earlier many years contain 1986 and 1988.


The University of Notre Dame has a single of the strongest and oldest lineages tied to the Reserve Officer Instruction Corps in the United States, dating back to 1853 with the establishment of the Continental Cadets. Notre Dame President Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C., sent 7 Holy Cross priests, like Rev. William Corby, to serve the needs of the Union Army. Father Corby was with the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg and later on returned to Notre Dame. He grew to become the University president and supported the creation of several military instruction units. The contemporary Army ROTC started its current chapter at Notre Dame in 1951.



Notre Dame Army ROTC to receive Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Award

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