- Alden Partridge
Alden Partridge, (February 12, 1785 - January 17, 1854) was a writer, surveyor, legislator, an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a pioneer in U.S. military education. A native of Norwich, Vermont, he attended nearby Dartmouth College and graduated from West Point in 1806. He spent his entire U.S. Army career at the Academy, serving until 1818 as an instructor first of mathematics and then engineering. From 1814-1817 Capt. - Richard W. Schneider
Dr. Richard W. Schneider, RADM. USCGR (Ret.) is the 23rd President of Norwich University. He has served as President since 1992. - Allen Doyle
Allen Michael Doyle (born July 26, 1948) is an American golfer who is a leading player on the Champions Tour, the world's richest tour for senior golfers. Doyle was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and raised in the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Norwich University in Vermont. Exceptionally for a future leading professional, and despite winning numerous amateur titles, … - Arthur Chase
Arthur Chase, Alpha/Norwich 1856, is the co-founder of Theta Chi Fraternity. He was born on October 21 1835 in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He entered Norwich University in 1852 where he roomed with a young cadet named George Dewey who later became famous as an Admiral. Chase was 20 years old when he assisted his distant cousin Frederick Norton Freeman in the founding of Theta Chi Fraternity. He was elected the first president of Alpha Chapter, with Freeman serving as secretary. - Gordon R. Sullivan
General Gordon R. Sullivan was born September 25, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Quincy. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor and awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Norwich University in 1959. He holds a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire. His professional military education includes the U.S. Army Armor School Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, … - Gideon Welles
Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 - February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869. His buildup of the Navy to successfully execute blockades of Southern ports was a key component of Northern victory of the Civil War. Welles was also instrumental in the Navy's creation of the Medal of Honor. Born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, Welles earned a degree at Norwich University. He became a lawyer through the then-common practice of reading the law, … - George Colvocoresses
George Musalas "Colvos" Colvocoresses (October 22, 1816 - June 3, 1872) was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded the USS "Saratoga" during the American Civil War. From 1838 up until 1842, he served in the United States Exploring Expedition, better known as the Wilkes Expedition, which explored large regions of the Pacific Ocean. Three separate geographical features, two on the west coast of the US and another in Antarctica, were named for Colvocoresses. - Michael Mori
Michael Dante Mori (born October 4, 1965) is a major in the United States Marine Corps. He is best known as the military lawyer of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, an Australian citizen convicted of providing material support for terrorism. Major Mori spent four years in the enlisted ranks, reporting for training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. After attending Norwich University, a military college located in Northfield, Vermont, and graduating in 1991, … - Ernest Willard Gibson
Ernest Willard Gibson (December 29, 1872 - June 20, 1940) was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont. Gibson graduated from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont in 1894 where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, and from the University of Michigan School of Law. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1906 and to the Vermont State Senate. He served in the Vermont National Guard from 1899 to 1908, … - Ernest W. Gibson Jr.
Ernest William Gibson, Jr. (1901-1969) was a Governor of Vermont, a United States Senator and a U.S. federal judge. He was the son of Vermont Senator Ernest W. Gibson. Gibson graduated from Norwich University in 1923, where he had been a member of the Alpha chapter of Theta Chi International Fraternity and served on the faculty of New York Military Academy from 1923 to 1924. He obtained his law degree from The George Washington University Law School, … - George A. Converse
George Albert Converse (13 May 1844 - 29 March 1909) was an officer of the United States Navy, who was noted for his contributions to naval engineering. He saw service in the Spanish-American War. Born 13 May 1844 in Norwich, Vermont,where he also attended Norwich University and was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Converse was appointed midshipman 29 November 1861. He was a pioneer in the use of electricity on board men-of-war, … - William Rutherford Mead
William Rutherford Mead (1846 - 1928) was an American architect, a part of the McKim, Mead, and White firm. He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His sister, Elinor, later married novelist William Dean Howells, and his younger brother Larkin Goldsmith Mead became a sculptor. William graduated from Amherst College in 1867, and later studied under Russell Sturgis in New York City. - James Porter
James Ezekiel Porter (1846-1876) was one of General Custer's officers killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. James E. Porter was born in Strong, Maine, in 1846. He attended Bates College (called the Maine State Seminary until 1863) from 1862-1863 and then Norwich University from 1863-1864. Porter was then was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1869. - Charles A. Plumley
Charles Albert Plumley (April 14, 1875 - October 31, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont, son of Frank Plumley. Born in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, Plumley attended the public schools. He was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, in 1896. He served as assistant secretary of the State senate in 1894. Principal and superintendent of the Northfield graded and high schools 1896-1900. - Steve Palermo
Stephen Michael Palermo (born October 9 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1977 to 1991. His field career ended when he was shot in the back following his intervention in an altercation outside Campisi's, a Dallas Italian restaurant. He wore uniform number 14 when the American League began using uniform numbers for its umpires in 1980. - Harry Bates Thayer
Harry Bates Thayer (1858 - 1936), U.S. was an electrical and telephone businessman. He designed an electrical punch card machine in 1887 at Dartmouth College. He was educated at Northfield High School in Northfield, Vermont. He then attended Norwich University (the Military College of Vermont) for 2 years before attending Dartmouth College. His career started in 1879 as a shipping clerk at Western Electric Company. He was the International department manager in 1897. - George Partridge Colvocoresses
George Partridge Colvocoresses was a U.S. Navy rear admiral. He was the son of Captain George M. Colvocoresses, the adopted son of Captain Alden Partridge, founder of Norwich University in Vermont. George P. was a graduate of the Norwich University class of 1866 and led a distinguished military career. He born in Norwich, Vermont, April 3, 1847, to Greek immigrant George M. Colvocoresses and Adeline Maria Swasey. - Isaac D. White
Isaac D. White commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC) from July 1957 to March 1961. He gained his commission into the Cavalry in 1923 and went on to serve in World War II and the Korean War. Because of his extensive experience in tank warfare, "Armor Magazine" dubbed him "Mr. Armor" upon his retirement. White graduated with a bachelor's degree from Norwich University in 1922. He subsequently earned a Master of Military Science from Norwich in 1951. - Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding (December 3, 1853 - March 17, 1934) was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877. He studied law in Montpelier, Vermont and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Fargo, North Dakota. - Marjorie Welish
Marjorie Welish (born June 2, 1944) is an American poet, artist, and art critic. Welish is a graduate of Columbia University and received her M.F.A. degree from Vermont College and Norwich University. She is also a painter and is represented by Baumgartner Gallery (New York) and Aaron Galleries (Chicago). She lives in New York City and teaches art and literary criticism and art history at Pratt Institute; she has also frequently taught poetry at Brown University. - Edward Stanly
Edward Stanly (January 10, 1810-July 12, 1872) was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the State in the U.S. House for five terms. In 1857, Stanly ran for Governor of California but lost to John B. Weller. Politicians of the mid-nineteenth century remarked that Stanly bore a strong physical resemblance to William H. Seward, though this resemblance lessened over time. Stanly was born in New Bern, North Carolina, on January 10, … - Peter Plympton Smith
Peter Plympton Smith (b. October 31 1945) a former member of the United States House of Representatives. Son of prominent banker and State Senator Frederick P. Smith, Peter P. Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in Burlington, Vermont, enrolled at Phillips Academy, from which he graduated in 1964. He received a B.A. in History from Princeton University in 1968. In 1970, Peter P. Smith received a Master of Arts in Teaching, through a two year course, … - Colin Kenny
James Colin Ramsey Kenny (born December 10 1943) is a Canadian Senator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Colin received his high school education at Bishop's College School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966 from Norwich University. In 1967, he received a Public Service Fellowship from the Tuck School of Business. Kenny's political career began in 1968 when he served as executive director of the Liberal Party of Canada in Ontario. - Thomas E. G. Ransom
Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom (November 29, 1834 - October 29, 1864) was a surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Ransom was born in Norwich, Vermont, son of Colonel Truman B. Ransom, who was killed in action at the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War, when the younger was only 14 years old. The father was remembered by a participant in that battle, … - Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is the elder of the two daughters of United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. Lynda Bird was engaged to Bernard Rosenbach before she met the actor George Hamilton, who himself had been engaged to Susan Kohner. In 1966, Lynda Bird and Hamilton began dating. Because of an increase in Secret Service protection of Presidential relatives resulting from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, … - Frederick W. Lander
Frederick West Lander (December 17, 1821 - March 2, 1862) was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet. Lander was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Edward and Eliza West Lander. He was educated at the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont and took up the profession of civil engineering. - Clark L. Ruffner
General Clark Louis Ruffner was born January 12, 1903, in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1924. Most of his early career was spent in various cavalry units until his appointment as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Norwich University in Vermont from 1937-1940. During World War II, Ruffner first served as Assistant Chief of Staff and then Deputy Chief of Staff for VII Corps from 1942-43. - Hiram Paulding
Hiram Paulding (1797-1878) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the War of 1812 until after the Civil War. Paulding was born the son of John Paulding at Cortland, N.Y., December 11, 1797. He was appointed Midshipman on September 1, 1811. During the War of 1812, he served on Lakes Ontario and Champlain, commanding the second division from "Ticonderoga" during the Battle of Lake Champlain. - Alden Partridge Colvocoresses
Col. Alden Partridge Colvocoresses, USA (Ret.), developed in 1973 - 1979 the Space-oblique Mercator projection with John Parr Snyder and John L. Junkins. Colvocoresses was the first to realize that such a projection was needed and mathematically feasible, and in 1974 defined it geometrically as a projection that maps images from Landsat satellites, which he used to develop the first satellite map of the United States. - Earle E. Partridge
General Earle Everard Partridge was one of the first U.S. Air Force 4-star generals, and a veteran of three wars. Partridge was born in Wichendon, Massachusetts, enlisted in the Army in July 1918 at Fort Slocum, New York, and was assigned to the 5th Engineer Training Regiment at Camp Humphries, Virginia. He went to France in August 1918 to join the 79th Division, participating in the St. Mihiel and Argonne operations prior to the Armistice. - David T. McLaughlin
David T. McLaughlin (March 16, 1932-August 25, 2004) was the 14th President of Dartmouth College, 1981-1987. Mr. McLaughlin also served as Chief Executive Officer of Orion Safety Products from 1988 to December 31 2000. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aspen Institute from 1988 to 1997 and its Chairman from 1987 to 1988. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Toro Company from 1977 to 1981, … - Meredith Farkas
- Amanda Catanio
Amanda S. Catanio is the Librarian Assistant of the Pritzker Military Library and joined the staff in September 2006. She is responsible for processing Inter Library Loan requests, providing cataloging assistance to the librarians, and other reader services. Amanda graduated from Norwich University in the Corps of Cadets in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Studies in War and Peace and a minor in English. - Jake Head
Native of Worcester, Massachusetts. Attended Doherty High School in Worcester. Fourth child of five boys and one sister. Both parents were teachers. Graduate of Norwich University in Northfield Vermont. Majored in Communications and played Football for the "Cadets." Debut role: Spring Break Lawyer Role of Ox. Breakthrough role: "First Monday" playing death row inmate Moses Brown. Notable role: playing Nicky D., in Lay it Down for director Mike Cargile. - Michael Markulec
Michael Markulec brings Lumeta nearly 20 years of network design, business development and operational management experience. At Lumeta Markulec is responsible for managing a team of services and support professionals in domestic and international operations. Prior to joining Lumeta Markulec was the COO of nex-i.com, which was successfully acquired by Eureka Broadband. - Aaron The Librarian
I'm the Systems Librarian at Shippensburg Univeristy. If you're having trouble with one of the Ship Library databases or have a question about finding resources for a class, let me know via this profile or AIM ShipLibrary for suggestions on ways to get to what you want. - Michelle Lange
I go to a military college in Vermont... I am 19... I love to go out, and most of all... I love to laugh... I donno, I really don't like writing about myself. - Amanda
I hate how silly people sound when they describe themselves. If you're here, you know who I am and what I'm like. - Jen Bryan
We cannot find it within ourselves to falter and burn out. - Jeremy Wood
Not much to say. I currently go to school and work full time at Norwich University. I'm a geek (can't deny it) so most of the day I'm in front of a computer doing something. If you want to know anything else just ask.
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