Henry Thomason was the Valedictorian of his P.M.A. class of 1879. He was trained as a doctor and served in the US Military. In 1898, he enlisted in the Spanish American War as Major and Surgeon in the Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He served as an...
Captain Frank Spang graduated from Pennsylvania Military College in 1939. He distinguished himself as battalion captain of his class, and also as the first four letter athlete in the history of PMC ( he played basketball, golf, tennis, and...
Edwin A. Howell was born on May 11, 1871 in New Market, N. J. In 1887, his father was hired by PMC as a Professor of Engineering. Having completed one year of study at Alfred University, Howell followed his father and joined the class of 1890. ...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war; Pennsylvania Military College; Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
In Chapter 16 - Cadet Life 1930-1954, Moll discusses the climate at PMC during Word War II and how the ASTP, ASTRP and later Veterans students shaped the student body. Moll, C.R. (1954). A History of Pennsylvania Military College 1821-1954....
Burton Hill Mustin was born February 8, 1884, and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from PMC in 1903 with a degree in civil engineering, an 88.7 average and received the Eastern Alumni Association Marksmanship Medal. At PMC Mustin...
This collection includes photographs of laboratories, classrooms, and class pictures. These images provide a glimpse of the institution, showing how it changed from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
Caesar Augustin Grasselli II was born on February 17, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio. His great-grandfather founded Grasselli Chemical Company of Ohio, which became a duPont subsidiary in 1928, and his father was vice president of E.I. duPont de Nemours...
Eisenhower Visits Campus, 1963. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first PMC Honorary 1st Captain. John Lance Geoghegan presents General Eisenhower with a plaque and the sabre that is symbolic of the rank.
Major General Edwin Elliot MacMorland, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, was born on July 22, 1892. In 1910, he entered the University of Missouri, although he was a second alternate to receive an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in...
William John Wolfgram excelled academically, at every program that he attended, and demonstrated a strong dedication to military service at a young age. With his academic and military achievements, and his impressive wartime record, he serves as...
William L. Cottee, born in 1901, graduated from Northeast High School in Philadelphia. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Classics from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1933 he came to Pennsylvania Military College as an...
