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Class of 1975 - Key Data
- Appointed:1404 on Monday, July 5, 1971
- Graduated:756 on Wednesday, June 4, 1975
- Commissions:
- USAF-742
- US Army-2
- US Navy-4
- US Marine Corps-2
- Foreign-3
- Not commissioned-3
- Graduation Speaker:
- The Honorable James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
- Presented Commissions:
- The Honorable James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
- Presented Diplomas:
- The Honorable James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
- Cadet Wing Commanders:
- Bentley B. Rayburn (Fall and Spring)
- Scholarships:
- Guggenheim: Anhalt, David A., Heil, Michael L., Joslin, Randall G.; Wolfe: Else, Steven E.; Hertz: Losi, Peter C.
- All-Americans (sports):
- Dick Mcintosh (Outdoor Track); Pat Rupel (Outdoor Track); Fred Whitican (Outdoor Track); Chris Goetsch (Pistol); Stan Siefke (Pistol); Len Salvemini (Soccer); Rick Mcalester (Swimming 4 time); Bob Orwig (Wrestling)
- Class Officers:
- President - James W. Carlson, Scribe - Foster Bitton, Treasurer - Scott Hente, CAS Representative - Bruce Mitchell
Class Motto: Ignotum Vincere (To Conquer the Unknown)
Brian Duffy, Astronaut (1986).
Douglas Fraser becomes first U. S. Air Force officer to be named Commander, United States Southern Command (2009).
Brian Duffy named to United States Astronaut Hall of Fame (2016).
Kurt Bock elected Chairman of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (2017).
David Ehrhart named Air Force General Counsel (2017).
Dr. William G. Buchta named President of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2018).
David Tillotson appointed Director of the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio (2018).