Class Notes
Submit news about your deployments, job and rank changes, awards and honors, family announcements, photos, and other news at vtcc.vt.edu/classnotes.
1960s
Terry Lyon ’68 was the featured artist at the Art Pannonia gallery in Blacksburg for the month of June. The title of the exhibit was “Farms, Faces and Figures.” He recently had a write up in the New River Valley section of the Roanoke Times.
1970s
M.K. Miles ’71 was inducted into the Army Corps of Engineers Gallery of Distinguished Civilians on June 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C. During his 35-year career with the Army Corps of Engineers, he helped revolutionize engineering and navigational practices worldwide during the early development of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.
Members of the Class of 1972 arrived in great numbers for events this summer and fall to celebrate their 50th reunion.
1980s
Col. Robert (Scott) Lyman ’84 was hired as the Associate Director of Major Gifts for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.
Maj. Gen. Timothy Williams ’85 took the oath of office as Adjutant General of Virginia on June 28, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia.
1990s
Brig. Gen. Douglas Clark ’90 completed his tour as the Chief of Staff of the NATO Joint Warfare Centre in Stavanger, Norway and is now the commanding general of 4th Marine Division.
Rear Adm. Michael Steffen ’92 completed his assignment as the commandant of Naval District Washington and is now serving as the commander of Navy Reserve Forces Command.
Brig. Gen. Kelly Dickerson ’95 completed his assignment as the Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army John Fitzgerald Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Bragg North Carolina and is now assigned to the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve in Fort Belvoir, VA as the G-357, Director of Operations, Plans, and Training.
Brig. Gen. Jasper Jeffers III ’96 completed his assignment as the Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Georgia and is now assigned as the Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism, J-3, on the Joint Staff in Washington, DC.
William "Bill" Jones ’98 and Shawn Talmadge ’98 earned their master's degrees in strategic studies from U.S. Army War College.
2000s
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Cheng ’01 retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service. He served as an infantry officer and deployed to Afghanistan three times and once to Iraq. He is an acquisition officer fielding new equipment.
2010s
Capt Chris Hintz ’17 and his fellow Marines stopped by Blacksburg this summer and were nice enough to share information about their aircraft with the Hokie Community!