More to the Point
The Unofficial Newsletter of the Class of 1977
Living the Principles of Duty, Honor, Country by continuing to serve our fellow graduates, our alma matter, and our country.
A Little Perspective
So there we were, battling Holy Cross in Michie Stadium on Oct 27, 1973, halfway through an agonizing football season during plebe year. Although we struggled valiantly throughout the game, we ended on the low side of a 10-17 final score. By season’s end we were 0-10, the worst football record in USMA history so…
Deb
Mini-reunion and BBQ tailgate
Friday, 5 Nov 21, Fort Worth, TX Head ‘em up, move ‘em out to a mini-reunion and barbecue at Steve and Laurel Morrow’s ranch in Fort Worth on 5 Nov. Over 80 classmates and guests have already signed up. Click here for the poop sheet on how to mosey up to this event (the day…
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Welcome
Welcome to the first issue of our unofficial/unauthorized newsletter! Its purpose is to reach out, connect, support, and celebrate with classmates, families, and friends of the West Point Class of 1977. We want to make this newsletter easily understandable from the “Star Men” to the ‘Ejection Section”, in a format more like People Magazine than…
April 2021 – More to The Point
Welcome… to the first issue of our unofficial/unauthorized newsletter! Its purpose is to reach out, connect, support, and celebrate with classmates, families, and friends of the West Point Class of 1977. We want to make this newsletter easily understandable from the “Star Men” to the ‘Ejection Section”, in a format more like People Magazine than…
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USMA ’77 Grads Are Returning to Ireland in 2018!
USMA ’77 Grads Are Returning to Ireland in 2018! View this email in your browser THE 2018 USMA 1977 IRELAND MINI-REUNION TOUR The below information is designed to accomplish two objectives: 1. Formally announce that plans for a 2018 USMA 1977 Class one-week mini-reunion in Ireland are underway. 2. Conduct a survey of classmates’ interest in a 2018 one-week mini-reunion in Ireland. The…
John W. HolbertClass Gift Fundraising Update
Classmates: We are just seven months away from celebrating our 40th Class Reunion at West Point! As we’re closing in on this milestone event, I wanted to present you with a status update on our Class Gift fundraising campaign. As of 3/1/2017, we have $582,783 committed to our class gift campaign, or 58% of our…
Hotel Thayer and Reservation Issues
Classmates, this is a letter sent to me from Carlys Lemler, a manager at the Thayer Hotel in response to the complaint placed on our class’s behalf Tuesday. esprit de corps Hi Rich, Thank you for taking the time to chat with me today. I am sorry that some of your classmates were inconvenienced by…
Draft Itinerary for our 40th Reunion
Draft itinerary for our 40th reunion October 5 – 8, 2017. We hope you’ll join us. Greetings USMA77 Classmates! There have been several requests for a Reunion Agenda. Please find below a rough (say again, rough) draft itinerary of the weekend. This will be finalized in the May/June time frame so there is plenty of…
Thayer Hotel is full!
Classmates, Thank you for your quick response this afternoon – the Thayer Hotel room block is full! If the Thayer is still your first choice, please contact them to have your name added to the wait list, then call one of our other blocks to make a reservation. Most of the other hotels need a…
USMA77 Company Class Rep Legacy Reunion Update 020217
Greetings Classmates! Esprit de Corps! There is much to report. Firstly, please keep in your prayers our great classmate, Greg Gorzelnik. Greg, suffered a stroke several weeks ago [Jan 12 or 19?]. Here is a note from his wife, Monica. Greg had a basal ganglia hemmoragic stroke at 4:30 Thursday morning. He was doing his usual…
Donating Stock to our AOG class fund
Disclaimer: I am not a tax advisor, or an attorney, but I’m pretty sure either of those would agree with the below. If you have appreciated stock or (some) mutual funds, you can donate those to the AOG without first cashing them in. This offers a great advantage to both you and the AOG, and here’s…
David Anselmi40th Reunion Lodging Opportunities
Greetings USMA77 Classmates! Esprit de Corps! Our lodging mission is to drive as many rooms as close as possible to USMA. Our social coordinator, Deb Reast, and our AOG representative, Lexie Davis, have performed an exhaustive search for available lodging in the area and have created the attached spreadsheet below. For the convenience of less-experienced…
Rich TrotterLooking Back and Looking forward to October 2017 Reunion
Fellow USMA 1977 classmates – Enjoy this short video selection of photo clips like this one from the Howitzer. Here’s the video link: http://bit.ly/1UjFXKf
Brushing up before the reunion.
For classmates and members of The Corps who want to brush up on our Alma Mater before next year’s reunion or share in “reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!” here’s to Army Blue. Enjoy the lyrics.