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Gift |
Amount |
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1 |
Reviewing Stand on the Plain |
$270,000 |
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2 |
Andre C. Lucas Scholarship |
$35,000 |
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High Technology
Classroom |
$290,000 |
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4 |
Lucas Military Heritage Center |
$2,250,000 |
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Lucas Center
Endowment |
$200,000 |
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'54 gift total: |
$3,045,000 |
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1st
Gift, Reviewing Stand on the Plain
Used
for seating dignitaries and guests at
Corps of Cadets parades and reviews. This gift was presented in 1984 at the
30th Reunion. ‘54 donated $270,000.00
for this gift.
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Plaque on Rear of Reviewing Box
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Front View of Reviewing Box
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2nd
Gift, Andre C. Lucas Scholarship
This gift, made at the 35th Reunion in 1989,
established a scholarship named for our
classmate Andre C. Lucas. The scholarship
allows one prospective cadet to attend a
junior college or prep school for one year
in preparation for the academic rigors of
the Military Academy. ‘54 donated $35,000.00
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3rd Gift, High Technology
Classroom
The class
presented the High
Technology Classroom to the
Academy at its 40th reunion in 1994. Initially
used to incorporate the
latest technologies into cadets’
learning experiences, it was
realized that the classroom was better used
as an academic laboratory to test new
technologies and equipment before
introducing them to the entire Corps.
In 2008 the Academy created a Center for
Teaching Excellence with a mission "to
enhance cadet intellectual development." The
High Technology Classroom is now
incorporated into this center as the Center
for Teaching Excellence Classroom. In 2009
the classroom was moved from Thayer Hall to
a place of prominence on the first floor of
Jefferson Hall, the new library. The Class donated $290,000.00
for this gift. A portion of this money
was set aside and remains today as an endowment to provide
technology upgrades to the classroom.
The
pictures below were taken at out 55th
Reunion.
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4th Gift, Lucas Military
Heritage Center
This was
our 50th Reunion gift. The Lucas MHC
includes an outside entrance, a corridor
leading to an anteroom, and a large
classroom and display area in West Point’s
Olmsted Museum located on South Post
adjacent to the Visitors’ Center. The room
can be used as an academic classroom with
state-of-the art audio-visual equipment with
high-speed data/video links to the world.
It also provides museum display areas and
for conducting seminars and briefings. The
entrance area to the Lucas Center contains a
large patio with two granite benches and a
granite monument on which are etched the
names of 14 members of the Class of 1954 who
gave their lives in combat for our country. The center is named for Andre C. Lucas. His
name and a plaque describing the action for
which he was awarded the Medal of Honor are
part of the display at the entrance. The
class donated $2,250,000.00 for this gift.
The gift was formally presented to the
Academy on May 10, 2006.
5th Gift, Lucas Center Endowment
The
class donated $200,000 for an endowment to
provide for the continued maintenance and
upgrade of the center. |
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