[sticklist] - COL Tom Medearis '66 departing VFMAC

[Richard Forno]

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All,

It is my sad duty to report that COL Tom Medearis '66 will not be  
returning to Lee Hall as Commandant for this coming academic year and  
is departing VFMAC.

Please note that there is no official news from the school or the  
Alumni Office on this item as yet -- however, I have received personal  
confirmation of this from Tom this morning, and presume the Alumni  
Office and/or Administration will make an official announcement at  
some point.  Please note that I have no further information to report  
to you on this most regrettable of news items.

As I told Tom this morning, I (as do all Alumni) hold him in the  
highest regard as a person, American, and a genuine example of what  
General Baker wished to produce when he founded our school.  As one of  
Tom's proteges' from B Co nearly two decades ago, I still apply many  
of his lessons on a daily basis -- words cannot explain fully what his  
presence at VF and personal examples of leadership, integrity, and  
fairness have meant to me, my fellow Alumni, and the legacy of our  
Alma Mater.  I presume that many of you feel the same way.  Thank you,  
Tom.

More to follow if/when/as it becomes available, but I wanted to pass  
the word.

Rick '90 '92C





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