BOARD OF VISITORS TO MEET AT WEST POINT – July 31, 2009

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy will meet Friday, Aug. 7, at 8:30 a.m. in the Superintendent’s Conference Room, Taylor Hall, Bldg. 600, to review and receive updates on the academic, physical, military programs, physical equipment and fiscal affairs.

The Board of Visitors is appointed under the provision of Section 4355 of Title 10, United States Code.  It is the duty of the board to inquire about the academy’s morale and discipline, curriculum, instructions, physical equipment, fiscal affairs and academic methods.  The board consists of presidential appointees and members of Congress.

Presidential appointees are John S. Rainey; Dr. Charles Younger; Blake G. Hall; Karen Hughes; Frederick Malek and Randolph Brock III.  The senators are Kay Bailey Hutchison; Jack Reed; Mary Landrieu and Richard M. Burr.  Representatives include John McHugh; Maurice Hinchey; Todd Tiahrt; Jim Marshall and John Hall.

About West Point
West Point, The U.S. Military Academy, is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering. Its mission remains constant-to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu