The Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame
The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame was established in 1958 to honor Infantry Officer graduates of the Officer Candidate School Program who distinguished themselves in military or civilian pursuits. In 2002 the Hall of Fame was opened to graduates from all U.S. Army Officer Candidate Schools from across the history of the U.S. Army.
Selection and induction into the Hall of Fame is not guaranteed. The qualifying criteria for selection are as follows:
- Commissioned from any active component Army OCS program and accomplished one of the following:
- (1) Awarded the Medal of Honor
- (2) Attained the rank of Colonel while serving on active duty or the reserves.
- (3) Elected or appointed to an office of prominence in the national or state government.
- (4) Achieved national or state recognition for outstanding service to the nation.
- (5) Attained an exceptional wartime service record.
All U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame inductees are considered notable. There are over two thousand inductees; just a few of them are listed here to represent all the others:
- Honorable Hugh J. Addonizio, politician
- Honorable William F. Buckley, Jr., political commentator
- Honorable Robert J. Dole, politician
- Honorable Winthrop Rockefeller, politician
- Honorable Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense
- General Tommy Franks
- General Robert C. Kingston
- General Frederick J. Kroesen, Jr.
- General John Shalikashvili
- Lieutenant General David S. Weisman
- Major General George F. Close Jr.
- Major General Michael D. Healy
- Major General Phillip Kaplan
- Brigadier General Julia A. Kraus
- Brigadier General Belinda Pinckney
- Colonel Leland B. Fair
- Colonel Ronald F. Fraser
- Colonel John L. Insani
- Colonel Leo J. Meyer
- Colonel Robert Nett
- Colonel Alan Reich
- Colonel Rick Rescorla
- Colonel Archibald D. Scott III
- Colonel Carolyn R. Sharpe
- Lieutenant Colonel Don C. Faith, Jr
- Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur A. "Sid" Sidney
- Major Dick Winters
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