One of the USMA 1951 "Disenrollees"
In 1951, I was a student and member of the University of Michigan AFROTC. The Cadet Wing Colonel was a dis-enrolled West Point football player who had transferred to Michigan following the football cheating scandal at the military academy. He had been expelled along with Army Coach Earl (Red) Blaik's son and a number of others.
The cadet in question was an exemplar to all the other cadets, and he went on to fly after his graduation and commissioning.
The point, as it occurs to me, is the fact that the Honor Code was not applicable in his assessment at Michigan and it now occurs to me as to how significant the Honor Code is at the service academies. My example demonstrates that you can succeed without it --- but not at those service academies where it applies. You violate it, you will be expelled, and all the cadets/mids know this! I strongly endorse their policy.
In 1951, I was a student and member of the University of Michigan AFROTC. The Cadet Wing Colonel was a dis-enrolled West Point football player who had transferred to Michigan following the football cheating scandal at the military academy. He had been expelled along with Army Coach Earl (Red) Blaik's son and a number of others.
The cadet in question was an exemplar to all the other cadets, and he went on to fly after his graduation and commissioning.
The point, as it occurs to me, is the fact that the Honor Code was not applicable in his assessment at Michigan and it now occurs to me as to how significant the Honor Code is at the service academies. My example demonstrates that you can succeed without it --- but not at those service academies where it applies. You violate it, you will be expelled, and all the cadets/mids know this! I strongly endorse their policy.