The Fount

 
Cadet Chase Mohler - Regimental Commander – Political Science (American Government) Major. Native of Beaufort, South Carollina.

 

Commander Edward W. Kay - 1st Battalion Commander - Political Science (International Politics & Military Affairs) Major. Native of Pittsford, New York.

 

Commander Jared S. Newman - 3rd Battalion Commander - Criminal Justice & Spanish Major. Native of Beaufort, South Carolina

 

The new chain of command will assume its responsibilities on May 4th.

 

A member in The Citadel’s Department of English since 1975, will retire in August 2007. Professor Phil Leon, who received his B.A. (1966) and M.A. (1970) from Wake Forest University and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University (1974), has established a well- Professor Philip Leon, a faculty earned reputation as a scholar and writer and, as a teacher, has achieved a high degree of popularity with students in spite of being known as a disciplinarian and a practitioner of rigorous academic standards. Among the recognitions of his excellence as a Citadel faculty member were “Company Academic Advisor of the Year” in 1999, a “Faculty Achievement Award” in 1996, and a Krause Award for outstanding faculty achievement presented during the 2003-2004 academic year. Prof. Leon has published six books—on literary subjects such as Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and William Styron, and on non-literary subjects including hazing at West Point and a biography of Nanny Wood. His seventh book, Sir William Osler, Medical Humanist, is scheduled for publication in April 2007. In recognition of his work on the eminent physician Sir William Osler and related subjects, Prof. Leon was elected to membership in the American Osler Society, an international society limited to 75 members worldwide, and in 2004 was granted faculty status by the Society of Apothecaries of London (Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine). He has made presentations at prestigious venues such as The Royal College of Physicians in London and the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. 

 

In addition to his academic career, Prof. Leon had a distinguished career as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army Reserve. He is a graduate of the United States Army War College and served tours at the Defense Intelligence Agency. From 1987-1990 he took a military leave of absence to serve as a senior advisor to the superintendent at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Following that he commanded a military intelligence training unit at Fort Bragg. When he retired from the Army Reserve, at the rank of Colonel, after thirty years of service, Prof. Leon was honored with a Legion of Merit Award.
 
Congratulations to Cadet Andrew Jones (German major) who just received notification this morning, March 4, 2007, that he was selected for a prestigious Fulbright scholarship (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html).  This is the 7th Modern Languages Fulbright recipient (from German Section) in the past 6 years, an impressive record.
 

Photo courtesy of  College of Charleston.

The Citadel and its Board of Visitors have announced that Dr. Sam Hines of the College of Charleston has been selected to become the next provost and dean of the college. He will begin work July 2, 2007.
 

Dr. Hines was selected from a pool of 48 applicants. He was among 10 semi- finalists named for the position. He replaces Donald A. Steven who left The Citadel last year. Brig. Gen. Harry Carter (USAFR retired), professor of business administration, has been serving as interim provost.
 

Cadet Devine, a Psychology Major, was presented with Medal of the Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patrick Devine of Roswell, Ga. 
 

The Medal of the Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina is given annually to the senior cadet officer who best exemplifies the combined qualities of a good soldier and a good citizen – characteristics of the patriots who fought to obtain America’s freedom and which the Society pledges to perpetuate. These citizen-soldier characteristics are modeled after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a Roman farmer who became a successful general, and charter members of the Society of the Cincinnati, include George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Marquis de Lafayette.
 
Cadet Devine is the Regimental Commander and as the top ranking cadet he oversees the 2,000-member South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Majoring in history, he is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the international history honor society.
 
Devine’s accomplishments include Gold Stars for academic achievement, Dean’s List, President’s List and Commandant’s List recognition, the USAA Spirit Award for outstanding student accomplishment and the Maj. William Mark Hutson Award for Leadership and academic excellence. He is a member of the Army ROTC, Re-enactment Society, the campus spirit committee and a Writing Center tutor.
 

Devine also has served as an editor of the Gold Star Journal and as a tutor in The Citadel’s Writing and Learning Center. He is a member of the history honor society of Phi Alpha Theta and has made Gold Stars, Dean’s List, the Commandant’s List and President’s List during his career at The Citadel.
 
Devine holds the Shawn Williams Memorial Scholarship and a two-year Army scholarship. Among other activities, Cadet Devine has participated in intramural football, basketball, billiards, soccer, and softball. He has participated in the Cordell Army Rangers and now serves as a cadet evaluator in the Army ROTC program.
 
During his junior year, he received the William Mark Hudson Award presented annually to the second class cadet who displays an excellent sense of duty and best embodies the corps values of The Citadel. Upon graduation, Devine will commission into the aviation branch of the United States Army and will attend flight school at Ft. Rucker, Ala., in the fall of 2007.
 
During his time at The Citadel he has served twice as an administrative clerk, as the Regimental Sergeant Major, and finally as regimental commander.