Legacy cadets and students receive their diplomas from special alumni
Attending The Military College of South Carolina is a tradition for some families that dates back generations. That presents a special opportunity for cadets and students to receive their diplomas on stage from a mother, father, or another close family member who is a Citadel graduate.
The South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 2019 has 58 legacy students who invited special presenters. Their names are as follows:
| Graduate Name | Alumnus Name | Relationship |
| Kenneth Cezar Balding | Capt. Webster D. Balding, USCG (Ret.) ’86 | Father |
| Claude Baldwin V | COL Claude Baldwin III, USMC (Ret.), ’61 | Grandfather |
| Claude Baldwin IV ’86 | Father | |
| Charles Reid Bearden | Charles Paxton Bearden, ’91 | Father |
| Richard Stockton Blanchard III | Richard S. Blanchard Sr., ’57 | Grandfather |
| Richard S. Blanchard Jr., ’86 | Father | |
| Robert Hasselle Bowles | Dr. Robert H. Bowles, Sr. | Grandfather |
| Jackson Daniel Boyd | James M. Boyd, ’93 | Father |
| Nicholas Bryant Brace | LTC Keith Brace, USA, (Ret.), ’91 | Father |
| Parker Thomas Buchanan | MAJ John Bonnard Roache, SCNG, ’98 | Step-father |
| Andrew Carlisle Burckhalter | Joseph Cook Young, ’89 | Step-father |
| Parker Ross Byrd | Allen Ruffin Carter, Jr., ’62 | Grandfather |
| Paul Clayton Calcagno | Paul Anthony Calcagno, ’89 | Father |
| Edward Bennett Chapman | Augustus “Gus” Graham Chapman, ’88 | Father |
| Stephen Joseph Churchill | Thomas H. Churchill, III, ’91 | Father |
| Richard Leroy Cook III | Richard L. Cook, Jr., ’84 | Father |
| Skylar Roderick Cooper | Dr. J. Patrick Johnson, ’78 | Father |
| Hunter Elizabeth Crawley | Ronald William Crawley, ’83 | Father |
| Charles Stephen Deaver III | Chuck Deaver, ’90 | Father |
| Richard Anderson Drake | Thomas Anderson Drake, ’89 | Father |
| Koby Thomas Eklund | Gregory Brad Eklund, ’91 | Father |
| Thomas Jeffrey Fender | Charles Russ Fender, ’86 | Father |
| Jordan Thomas Fitzgerald | David Fitzgerald, ’91 | Father |
| Maxwell Garner Fleming | Dr. David Stephen Fleming, ’91 | Father |
| James Gara Fleshman III | James Gara Fleshman, II, ’90 | Father |
| Henry Walton Flowers | Walton K. Flowers, ’88 | Father |
| John Rhett Frazier IV | John Rhett Frazier, III, ’90 | Father |
| James Harold Green Jr. | James H. Green, ’87 | Father |
| Sheldon Grey Herbert | Talvin T. Herbert, ’86 | Father |
| Michael Ashford Hopersberger | Dr. Clinton J. Butler, CPS, MC, USN (Ret.), ’78 | Father |
| Robert Cornelius Hudson | David Knox Hudson, ’84 | Father |
| James Matthew Hurley | COL James B. Hurley, USAF (Ret.), ’82 | Father |
| Austin Brooks Jowers | Harvey Allen Jowers, ’86 | Father |
| Jonathan Abbott Kelley | Raymond Kelley, ’83 | Father |
| Evan Howland Stanton Kent | LTC Clifford J. Kent, USA (Ret), ’84 | Father |
| John Paul Kinson | Joseph Robert Kinson, ’93 | Father |
| Abigail Glenn Koger | Robert Koger, ’63 | Grandfather |
| Thomas Ernest Lariviere | MAJ GEN James Lariviere, USMC (Ret.), ’79 | Father |
| Matthew Burns McClain | William James McClain, ’87 | Father |
| COL Terrence McClain USA (Ret.) ’56 | Grandfather | |
| Matt Allan Munday | Warren Munday, ’71 | Father |
| Michael Henry Murphy IV | COL Michael H. Murphy, III, USARNG, ’93 | Father |
| William Marshall Pickens | Kenneth Marshall Pickens, ’82 | Father |
| Milton Sadler Poe | Alvis Bynum Poe, III, ’81 | Father |
| James Richard Pugh Jr. | Dr. James Richard Pugh, Sr., ’85 | Father |
| James Henry Pugh, ’61 | Grandfather | |
| William Gareth Rasberry | John L. Rasberry, ’57 | Grandfather |
| Nathaniel Thomas Scoggins | Thomas R. Anderson, PE, ’63 | Grandfather |
| Thomas Hugh Simrill IV | Thomas Hugh Simrill, III, ’81 | Father |
| Zachary Pierce Sisson | Lovick Pierce Suddath III, ’57 | Grandfather |
| Briggs Anderson Smith | Dr. Kenneth Ashley Smith, ’88 | Father |
| James Bonner Snyder | Colonel Douglas A. Snyder, SCM, ’82 | Cousin |
| Harry David Stone III | Jim Marion Cherry, Jr., ’61 | Grandfather |
| Shona Grace Sulzbach | Edward Sulzbach, ’86 | Father |
| Kevin Christopher Swain | Dr. Christopher Curtis Swain, M.D., ’81 | Father |
| Griffin Scott Swope | CDR Scott Swope, USN (Ret.), ’91 | Father |
| Tidal Lawton Timmerman | Harold Timmerman, Jr., ’88 | Father |
| Griffin James Uschelbec | James M. Uschelbec, ’87 | Father |
| James MacArthur Watkins III | James MacArthur Watkins, Jr., ’89 | Father |
| William Burke Watson IV | William Burke Watson, III., ’74 | Father |
| William Walker Wright III | William Walker Wright Jr, ’79 | Father |
| Robert Scarborough Young | Chief Deputy Attorney General W. Jeffrey Young, ’77 | Father |
The Citadel Graduate College Class of 2019 has 18 legacy students who invited special presenters. Their names are as follows:
| Graduate Name | Alumnus Name | Relationship |
| Courtney Elizabeth Ambrose | Harrison S. Ambrose, ’17 | Brother |
| John Wriston Barnes | John Milling Barnes Jr., ’81 | Father |
| Henry Walker Bruce | Charles Michael Bruce, ’74 | Father |
| Scott Carlyle Caffey | Robert A. Caffey, ’79 | Father |
| Thomas Anderson Charles | 1LT Collin Michael Charles, USA, ’17 | Son |
| Rebecca Leigh Cook | Richard L. Cook, Jr., ’84 | Father |
| Meagan Collins Downing | Christopher Taylor Collins, Jr., ’86 | Father |
| Robin Caddelle Easterlin | Megan Easterlin Smith, CGC ’18 | Daughter |
| Dean Ronald Easterlin, ’79, CGC ’80, ’12 | Husband | |
| Jonathan Ross French | CDR Timothy Francis French, USN (Ret.), ’82 | Father |
| Aimee Stoll Fulmer | Ronald C. Fulmer, Sr., ’67 | Father |
| Lauren Deas Gilbert | Cameron Anderson Gilbert, ’15 | Husband |
| Victoria Lee Hinson | Robert Brian Hinson, ’82 | Father |
| Elizabeth Hooks | Dr. Gregory Stuart Hooks, ’85 | Father |
| Victoria Nicole Lockridge | James Lockridge, ’71 | Father |
| Lindsey Marie McDaniel | James H. McDaniel, Sr., CGC ’76 | Father |
| Thomas Schaefer | LT COL Steven Allen Schaefer, USAF (Ret.), ’84 | Father |
| Ryan Holmes Small | Allie Holmes Tronoski, CGC ’05 | Sister |
| Amber Noel Wittman | Maj. Duane Lee Wittman, USA (Ret.), ’75 | Father |
| Sgt. Aaron Wittman, USA (posthumous), ’07 | Brother |
The Citadel’s Evening Undergraduate Studies program Class of 2019 has 3 legacy students who invited special presenters. Their names are as follows:
| Graduate Name | Alumnus Name | Relationship |
| Talmadge Richard Tillman | Christa Kelley Simpson, CGC ’11 | Wife |
| Ryan Westberry | John T. Torlay, ’56 | Grandfather |
| Nicole Westberry |
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