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Ranking Cadet Officers, 1895-1972

This list includes the ranking Cadet Officers from 1895 to 1972, organized alphabetically by last name. Following the name is the year of the officer's service. During the period of World War II a number of students were unable to serve for a full year. Names with an * indicate the cadet served part of the year.

  • Atkinson, H., 1937
  • Barlow, W. K., 1958
  • Beville, R. M., 1918
  • Bird, D. W., 1960
  • Boatwright, W. P., 1907
  • Bonsack, S. W. (III), 1940
  • Butler, H. W. 1924
  • Byrne, W. H., 1915
  • Catlin, J. E., 1922
  • Cawthon, J. R., 1943*
  • Chewning, Z. W., 1938
  • Combs, C. E., 1957
  • Davidson, H. L., 1902
  • Davidson, M. W., 1901
  • Davis, C. B., 1921
  • Dixon, L. R. 1966
  • Dorsey, C. L., 1945*
  • Ellett, H. K., 1944*
  • Fairer, A. W. (Jr.), 1919
  • Gary, H. H., 1904
  • Glenn, D. W., 1939
  • Glenn, E. G., 1949
  • Harper, H. H., 1927
  • Hartman, W. T. (Jr.), 1926
  • Hartt, W. H. (III), 1961
  • Hearne, Phillip T., 1972
  • Heneke, W. R., 1943*
  • Henley, R. R., 1906
  • Hester, L. A., 1923
  • Hildebrand, C. K., 1905
  • Hoehl, E. R., 1933
  • Hudgins, W. C., 1928
  • Hutchinson, G. W., 1899
  • Janney, J. K., 1970
  • Jones, J. B., 1944*
  • Keller, H. E., 1917
  • Leadbeater, T. R., 1929
  • Legge, W. R., 1913
  • Liipfert, W. J., 1912
  • Lowe, D. E., 1963
  • McGinnis, T. D., 1916
  • McLaughlin, A. C. J., 1946
  • Martin, D. D., 1909
  • Morton, B. B., 1925
  • Mullins, R. W. (Jr.), 1968
  • Osterbind, C. C., 1903
  • Owens, M. A., 1931
  • Parrish, B. S., 1953
  • Parsons, G. L., 1908
  • Payne, F. P., 1942
  • Pierce, W. M., 1920
  • Powell, J. H., 1965
  • Powell, R. G. 1969
  • Priddy, Lawrence, 1897
  • Rainey, D. M., 1952
  • Robertson, Rolfe, 1948
  • Rose, W. A. (Jr.), 1954
  • Russell, R. E., 1964
  • Show, D. L., 1959
  • Simmons, L. D., 1934
  • Sinclair, R. W., 1967
  • Snider, G. E., 1932
  • Stafford, E. E., 1911
  • Stager, A. N., 1971
  • Strong, H. T., 1930
  • Stull, O. M., 1896
  • Sutton, L. V., 1910
  • Tait, L. C., 1941
  • Thomas, F. G. (Jr.), 1950
  • Thompson, T. T., 1956
  • Umphlitt, C. J., 1951
  • Waddy, W. P., 1895
  • Wade, L. P., 1955
  • Waller, E. P., 1900
  • Wildes, G. W., 1935
  • Wilson, S. H., 1947
  • Wise, H. A., 1898
  • Wist, S. B., 1936
  • Wysor, W. G., 1914
  • Zuidema, G. L., 1962

Source: Kinnear, Duncan Lyle,The First 100 Years: A History of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Educational Foundation, 1972), Appendix III, p. 479.