UC Celebrates a Military Milestone at Sheakley Athletics Center on April 1

Ceremonial cannon fire will ring from the University of Cincinnati's Sheakley Athletics Center on April 1, part of a military tradition, that will serve to highlight and close a UC Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) centennial celebration.

While the nation observes the 100th anniversary of the United States Military ROTC on June 3, 2016, the university will mark the 99th anniversary of the UC Army ROTC this April.

From 3-4 p.m., Friday, April 1,

on Sheakley Athletics Center, UC Army and Air Force ROTC faculty members, student veterans, UC administration and a ceremonial 45-piece band will gather for an afternoon of celebration and the announcement of two former UC military service members for nomination into the ROTC Hall of Fame. The UC community and members of the public are invited to attend the 3 p.m. event.

• Sheakley Athletics Center is located adjacent to Marge Schott Stadium (lower right) of this map.

Edward S. Smith

, retired UC faculty member and former commissioned officer in the Army Reserve, and

Major General (Ret) Dennis E. Lutz

, Eng ’73, UC ROTC alumnus, will be announced as the 2016 UC Army ROTC Hall of Fame nominees for their significant U.S. and UC ROTC military contributions.

Presiding over the festivities will be Provost Beverly Davenport, acting on behalf of President Santa J. Ono. And ceremonial speakers will include UC’s Lt. Col. Jason Bender, UC Army ROTC and professor of military science; and UC’s Lt. Col. Tyler Moore, UC Air Force ROTC and professor of aerospace studies. 

First established in April 1917 as the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) and Military Department under the then College of Engineering –– following the entrance of the United States into the First World War –– UC’s SATC later evolved into the Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) in January 1920.

Several years later, UC’s Military Department was renamed as the Department of Military Science and moved under the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences where it has remained.

Before celebratory cake and refreshments are served to all at the conclusion of the event, a promotion ceremony will be held for one of the Army ROTC faculty members, Capt. Carey McIntyre, assistant professor of military science who will be promoted from captain to major.

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