October 29, 2024

The Citadel Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Highlight William B. Sansom, '64 Sansom served as chairman of the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority and transportation secretary for the State of Tennessee. He was also a former commissioner of the finance and administrative departments of the State of Tennessee. Sansom served as chairman and CEO of the H.T. Hackney Company of Knoxville, Tenn., a wholesale grocery, gas & oil, and furniture manufacturing company and previously served as president of American Limestone Company. Sansom served as chairman of The Citadel Trust in 2006 and the football field at Johnson Hagood Stadium is named in his honor. To learn more about The Citadel Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni List, visit citadelalumni.org/news-stories/distinguished-alumni.

October 28, 2024

Sketch of the proposed new Citadel campus by Oliver J. Bond, October 28, 1918 – From The Citadel Archives https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/461

On October 27, 1934, Parents' Day is established as an annual event.

October 27, 1974: By Dawn's Early Light, an episode of the TV series, Columbo, shot on campus at The Citadel, was first aired.

The Citadel War Memorial was dedicated on October 27, 2017.

Today we remember Author Pat Conroy, '67, on what would have been his 79th birthday.

Today, National Day of the Deployed, which honors United States military personnel deployed around the globe, we are thankful for all of our deployed alumni and the sacrifices they make to protect us!