Graduation DinnerClass of 2020

Friday, June Twelfth Two Thousand Twenty

Washington Hall

United States Military Academy

• MENU •Filet Mignon

Lobster Tail w/ drawn butter

Corn Souffle

California Blend Vegetables

Caesar Salad

Chocolate Layer Cake

New York State White Wine

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• PROGRAM •Master of Ceremonies .............................Second Lieutenant Emma Powless

Invocation .............................................. Second Lieutenant Matthew Arnold

Toasts:

To the President of the United States .......... Second Lieutenant Jacob Ryser Response: “To the President”

To the United States Army .......................Second Lieutenant Minsung Kim Response: “To the Army”

To the United States Military Academy . Second Lieutenant Deanna Edgar Response: “To the Military Academy”

To our Guests .......................................... Second Lieutenant Kevin Shinnick Response: “To our Guests”

To Fallen Comrades ................................... Second Lieutenant Michael Shin Silent toast

• DINNER •Introduction of the Guest Speaker ........ Second Lieutenant Joshua Phillips

Address ............................................................. General James C. McConville

Army Birthday Cake Cutting ................ Second Lieutenant Amy Ziccarello

Toast:

To the Class of 2020 .......................Second Lieutenant Daine Van de Wall Response: “With Vision We Lead”

GENERAL JAMES C. MCCONVILLE40th Chief of Staff

United States Army

Gen. James C. McConville assumed duties as the 40th chief of staff of the U.S. Army, Aug. 9, 2019, after most recently serving as the 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.

He is a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and was a National Security Fellow at Harvard University in 2002.

McConville’s command assignments include commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), where he also served as the commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; deputy commanding general (Support) of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), where he also served as the deputy commanding general (Support) of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom, commander of 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom; commander of 2nd Squadron, 17th Calvary Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); and commander of C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Light).

His key staff assignments include the U.S. Army deputy chief of staff, G-1; chief of Legislative Liaison; executive officer to the vice chief of staff of the Army; G-3 for 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); J5 strategic planner for U.S. Special Operations Command; S-3 for 25th Combat Aviation Brigade; S-3 for 5th Squadron, 9th Cavalry; and S-3 for Flight Concepts Division.

McConville is a senior Army aviator qualified in the AH-64D Longbow Apache, OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, AH-6, AH-1 Cobra and other aircraft. His awards and decorations include two Distinguished Service Medals, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Star Medals, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, three Meritorious Service Medals, two Air Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, four Army Achievement Medals, the Combat Action Badge, the Expert Infantryman’s Badge, the Master Army Aviator Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.

THE CLASS OF 2020 U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY

CLASS COMMITTEEPresident ................................................... Second Lieutenant Joshua PhillipsVice-President ..........................................Second Lieutenant Emma PowlessSecretary .................................................. Second Lieutenant Amy ZiccarelloTreasurer .....................................................Second Lieutenant Minsung KimHistorian ......................................................... Second Lieutenant Jacob RyserISO .............................................................. Second Lieutenant Deanna Edgar

RING AND CREST COMMITTEEChairperson........................................... Second Lieutenant Matthew ArnoldDeputy Chairman ............................Second Lieutenant Montgomery Potter

CLASS ADVISORLieutenant Colonel Kenneth Scerbo

(Signal Corps)

CLASS OFFICER IN CHARGEMajor Nicole Kruse

(Aviation)

Alma Mater

Hail, Alma Mater dear, To us be ever near,

Help us thy motto bear Through all the years.

Let duty be well performed, Honor be e’er untarned, Country be ever armed,

West Point, by thee.

Guide us, thine own, aright, Teach us by day, by night,

To keep thine honor bright, For thee to fight.

When we depart from thee, Serving on land or sea, May we still loyal be, West Point, to thee.

And when our work is done, Our course on earth is run, May it be said, ‘Well Done;

Be Thou At Peace. E’er may that line of gray Increase from day to day,

Live, serve, and die, we pray, West Point, for thee.