Articles by Citadel Alumni

Association Contributes to Scholarships

The Citadel Alumni Association capped off a banner year of giving at its annual membership meeting. The Association will contribute $900,000 to support college operations, CAA legacy cadet and need-based scholarships, and enhance The Citadel’s Service to Country Tuition Scholarships and National Service Room and Board Scholarships for ROTC cadets.  […]

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1982 Legacy Salute Battery

Traditions are a powerful, strange and special phenomena. That is true in our families, with our closest friends and, especially, in our Citadel family. The Citadel is rife with traditions, both old and new. Our most sacred Citadel traditions honor our graduates, especially those who have passed. The various monuments, […]

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Alumnus Profile: Odie Delaney, ’13

Odie Delaney, ’13, arguably The Citadel’s most celebrated wrestler, is an undefeated MMA fighter, a father and a budding novelist in Biloxi, Mississippi. But his success wasn’t instant. First, he had to pin his demons to the mat.

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Donald K. Pyle, ’60

Donald Kempson Pyle, 86, Fallston, Md., a member of Esdraelon Lodge #176 AF & AM, Cardiff, MD, peacefully passed away on January 25, 2023 at his home in Fallston. Born in Baltimore City to Kempson and Dorothy (Loving) Pyle, Donald was a graduate of Baltimore City College and The Citadel, […]

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Harold J. Ingram, ’56

Harold “Romie” Jerome Ingram, age 88, of Columbia, South Carolina passed away on Monday, January 23, 2023. Romie was born in Columbia, South Carolina. The third son of Elizabeth Hanlon Ingram and Lamar Wallace Ingram, Sr., he was predeceased by his wife, Mary Furtick Ingram; brother, Lamar Wallace Ingram, Jr.; […]

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Robert A. Daniel, ’49

Robert Anthony Daniel, 97, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of Lucia Hannaford Daniel, entered into eternal rest Thursday, January 26, 2023. His Funeral Service will be held Monday, January 30, 2023 in The Church of the Holy Communion, 218 Ashley Avenue at 2:00 p.m. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery. The family […]

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Larry R. Fisk, CGC ’78

Larry Russell Fisk, 80, of James Island, South Carolina, passed away peacefully at his home Tuesday, January 24, 2023. His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 AM Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at Nativity Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family […]

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Edward S. Parks, Jr., ’61

Edward S. Parks Jr., 83, Major, US Army retired, of Glouster, Mass., passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. He leaves behind his wife and companion of 39 years, Thelma A. (Silva) Parks. Born in Gloucester, the son of E. Sumner Parks Sr., and Florence E. Parks, he attended local […]

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Lloyd R. Gunn, Jr., ’59

Lloyd Rice Gunn, Jr., of Charleston, husband of Edith King Salvo Gunn, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on January 27, 2023. Born in Charleston, South Carolina on November 9, 1936, he was the eldest son of Lloyd Rice Gunn and Mary Louise Hynes Gunn. Lloyd graduated […]

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Martin J. Macary, ’88

Martin J. Macary, 56, of Wolcott, Conn., beloved husband of Terry (Pfeifer) Macary, died unexpectedly January 25, 2023, at Saint Mary’s Hospital. Martin was born November 29, 1966, in Waterbury, the son of the late John and Henrietta (Howes) Macary. Martin proudly graduated from the Citadel, the Military College of […]

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C. Richard Richter, CGC ’81

Charles “Rick” “Ricky” Richard Richter, 78, of Ladson, SC passed away on Sunday January 15th, 2023 at 8:30pm. Rick was born November 20, 1944 to Rexford Leroy and Louise (Baumgart) Richter in Charleston, SC. Rick grew up living on John’s Island and was a country boy with a big heart that […]

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