[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     IN RECOGNITION OF COL. PIERCE ALBERT RUSHTON, JR., DIRECTOR OF 
       ADMISSIONS AT THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY IN WEST POINT, NY

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                           HON. SUE W. KELLY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 13, 1995
  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, Col. Pierce Albert Rushton, Jr., Director of 
Admissions at the U.S. Military Academy which is located in my District 
in West Point, New York, is retiring this year. He has a long and 
distinguished career of service to his country and the continued 
development of its future leaders.
  At this point Mr. Speaker, I would ask that the attached statement be 
inserted into the Record for my colleagues review:

       Colonel Rushton will retire from active military service in 
     September 1995. Colonel Rushton's long and distinguished 
     career as a soldier began in 1959 with his graduation from 
     West Point and has spanned over 36 years. Colonel Rushton has 
     made immeasurable contributions to the U.S. Army and to the 
     U.S. Military Academy. Throughout his career he has 
     distinguished himself as an exceptional leader, who fostered 
     and upheld the timeless and honorable traditions of the U.S. 
     Army.
       As a soldier, Colonel Rushton served the nation in Germany, 
     Vietnam, Korea, and the United States. He commanded a 
     battalion and four different companies. Among these were 
     command of the Command Operations Company of the 1st Infantry 
     Division during the height of the Vietnam conflict, and 
     command of the 142d Signal Battalion, 2d Armored Division, 
     Fort Hood, TX, during the era of vital division testing. He 
     served as battalion executive officer of the largest signal 
     battalion in the Army in Korea, on the Department of the Army 
     Staff in Washington, DC, and with TRADOC Combined Arms Test 
     Agency at Fort Hood. He is a graduate of the Air War College, 
     Montgomery, AL and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff 
     College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
       Colonel Rushton holds a master of science degree in 
     management from the University of Alabama and was elected to 
     Beta Gamma Sigma academic fraternity. His first assignment to 
     the West Point staff and faculty was from 1972-1975 as 
     Associate Director of Admissions. In 1979, Colonel Rushton 
     returned to West Point as the Deputy Director of Admissions. 
     In 1985 he was appointed by President Reagan as the U.S. 
     Military Academy Director of Admissions. During his tenure in 
     admissions, Colonel Rushton developed and implemented a 
     number of impressive initiatives. Some of the more important 
     and far-reaching actions for West Point have been the 
     development of comprehensive admissions tracking and trend 
     analysis; the first use of student search programs for the 
     Military Academy; the development of a state-of-the-art 
     training and assessment program for newly assigned admissions 
     officers; the opening of field offices in California and 
     Texas, and the establishment of the West Point Spotlight 
     School Program and Annual USMA Admissions Distinguished 
     Service Award. During Colonel Rushton's admissions service, 
     the U.S. Military Academy has enrolled 87 percent of the 
     women and 77 percent of the African-American graduates in its 
     history.
       Colonel Rushton serves as a member and secretary of the 
     U.S.M.A. Academic Board and as a member of the 
     superintendent's policy board. He has been directly involved 
     in enrolling 20 West Point classes or approximately 34 
     percent of the total graduates of West Point. As a result of 
     Colonel Rushton's dedicated leadership in attracting and 
     admitting the best young people our Nation has to offer, West 
     Point has retained its position as one of the country's 
     finest institutions of higher learning and the premier leader 
     development institution in the world.
       Colonel Rushton and his wife, Charlene have two children, 
     Stephanie Patelli of Fort Irwin, CA and Cheryl Neuburger of 
     Katonah, NY.
       Colonel Rushton's many friends, fellow soldiers, and the 
     Corps of Cadets join together on this day, to wish him the 
     best of health and happiness and continued success.
     

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