Alumni Veterans Tribute

Designed by university architect emeritus Robert Keller ’73, the Tribute is an artistically reflective place to express and experience the values and emotions that are stirred while remembering our veterans. �þ�ˮ�� currently acknowledges nearly 8,000 alumni who have served and 279 killed in action or missing in action.

About the Tribute

�þ�ˮ��'s Alumni Veterans Tribute celebrates our proud tradition of alumni in military service. Recognizing all five U.S. military branches, the Veterans Tribute consists of the following five elements:

Two interwoven and rising spirals that represent liberty and justice and wind inward toward an illuminated U.S. flag
An engraved band of names on the spirals of those who were killed in action or missing in action, symbolically placing �þ�ˮ��’s heroes at the foundation of U.S. freedoms
Inscriptions of the Bill of Rights, military oath, Pledge of Allegiance and Preamble to the Constitution on the metal cap of the wall
Quotes from former U.S. Presidents Benjamin Harrison (�þ�ˮ�� 1852), Woodrow Wilson, and Harry S. Truman, and Gen. George S. Patton.
A five-pointed star, featuring five entrances that each have a triangular planter box with the seal of one of the military branches

Your Service Counts

Are you a �þ�ˮ��an and a Veteran?

�þ�ˮ�� and the �þ�ˮ�� Alumni Association wish to celebrate the fine tradition of military service by its alumni (anyone who attended �þ�ˮ�� for at least one semester). If you or a member of your family served in the military, we want to ensure that our records of your service and those of your loved ones are up to date.

In addition to reporting service, records of living veterans can be included in a searchable, public database; however, participants must opt in for inclusion.

Student Veterans Center

�þ�ˮ��'s Student Veterans Center in Wells Hall provides student veterans and military-affiliated students with a space to be around others with similar backgrounds and experiences. The Center is available to the students 24/7 and includes such amenities as desktop computers, comfortable furniture, a television and refrigerator, and lockers for storage.

The Center is handicapped accessible, in the center of campus and close to the Campus Avenue Building, which houses two locations the veterans may need: One Stop and the Student Success Center.

Students working in the Oxford campus Veterans Center using laptops

�þ�ˮ�� Friends, American Heroes

�þ�ˮ�� has a proud tradition of alumni in the military, which includes the service of Terry Graves ('67) and William "Rich" Higgins ('67)—best friends in college who became two of �þ�ˮ��'s most decorated veterans.

An old college yearbook page showing Terry Graves and William Higgins's image next to each other

“That �þ�ˮ�� has produced more than its share of military leaders over generations, from Souers to Buehl to Higgins to Arthur to Ralston, underscores its reputation as a premier institution of relatively small size. Consequently, a tribute to �þ�ˮ�� Veterans not only honors America's fighting men and women, but also recalls the high values we hold dearly and have inculcated in our students since �þ�ˮ��'s founding in 1809.”

Lt. General Robert R. Ruark ’81, USMC
�þ�ˮ��’s highest-ranking active military officer

Make a Gift

You can also send your gift online or by postal mail to the following address:

�þ�ˮ�� Foundation
Panuska Development Center
725 E. Chestnut Street
Oxford, Ohio 45056

Please checks payable to "�þ�ˮ�� Veterans Tribute."

�þ�ˮ�� ROTC students carry the flags during a ceremony.

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About the Tribute

Your Service Counts

Student Veterans Center