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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. This article lists those alumni of the Military Academy who graduated top, or first, in their class.

All USMA cadets are rated each year; and get a final rating when they graduate. The cadet with the highest class rank is the one that has the best combination of score, academic standing, additional merits and demerits. The United States Military Academy opened in 1802;[1][2] the initial class having just two cadets. The academy started the practice of ranking its graduates in 1818.

Top-ranking graduates

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Year Name Highest Rank Notability Sources
1802 Joseph Gardner Swift Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General 		First graduate ever, Superintendent of the Military Academy (1812–1814) and Chief of Engineers; resigned 1818, surveyor of the port of New York, government civil engineer. [a]
1803 Walker Keith Armistead Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General 		Chief of Engineers 1818-1821; colonel 3rd U.S. Artillery [a] [b]
1804 Samuel Gates Second Lieutenant Resigned 1805; merchant. [a] [b]
1805 George Bomford Colonel Chief of Ordnance; Inspector of Arsenals, inventor and designer of weapons and defensive installations. [a] [b]
1806 William Gates Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General 		Given active assignment at age 75 in 1863. [a] [b]
1807 Justus Post Colonel Quartermaster General 1814-1815; disbanded 1815, becoming farmer, judge,engineer and Missouri state senator. [a] [b]
1808 Daniel A. A. Buck Captain Disbanded 1815; lawyer, representative and speaker Vermont House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman; clerk, War Department, Treasury Department [a] [b]
1809 Christopher Van Deventer Major Chief Clerk in the War Department 1817-1827; resigned due to financial scandal. [b] [3]
1810 No one graduated this year [a]
1811 Alexander J. Williams Captain Son of Jonathan Williams, first superintendent of West Point. Killed in action at Fort Erie 1814. [a] [b]
1812 Joseph M. Wilcox First Lieutenant Killed in action and scalped by Creek fighters 1814 [a] [b]
1813 George Trescott First Lieutenant Only graduate 1813; resigned 1819, becoming a civil engineer and rice planter. [a] [b]
1814 George Gardiner Captain Killed in action against hostile Seminoles 1835 [a] [b]
1815 Henry Middleton Second Lieutenant Resigned 1816; graduated from law school 1822, never practiced; author. [a] [b]
1816 No one graduated this year [a]
1817 Augustus Roumfort Second Lieutenant, USMC Resigned 1818; military storekeeper, Ordnance Department 1834-41; mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1863-1866 [a] [b]
1818 Richard Delafield Brigadier General
Bvt. Major General 		7th, 11th, and 13th Superintendent of the Military Academy (1838–1845, 1856–1861 and 1861), Chief of Engineers (1864–1866) [a]
1819 William A. Eliason Captain Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in New York at age 39. [a]
1820 Stephen Tuttle 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in Florida at age 37. [a]
1821 Edward H. Courtenay 2nd Lieutenant Second Lieutenant, resigned 1829; professor at West Point 1829-1834; then college professor and civil engineer. [a] [b]
1822 George Dutton Major Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in Philadelphia at age 54. [a]
1823 Alfred Mordecai Major Served in the Ordnance Dept., Asst. Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy & Asst. Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy, observer in the Crimean War 1855‑57; resigned 1861. [a]
1824 Dennis Hart Mahan 2nd Lieutenant Military theorist that heavily influenced Civil War tactics; taught Engineering at the Military Academy for over 40 years. [a]
1825 Alexander D. Bache 2nd Lieutenant Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, served as Vice President of the U.S. Sanitary Commission during Civil War [a]
1826 William H. C. Bartlett 2nd Lieutenant taught Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the Military Academy for 37 years [a]
1827 Ebenezer S. Sibley Lieutenant Colonel served in the Artillery and in the Quartermaster Department [a]
1828 Albert E. Church 1st Lieutenant taught Mathematics at the Military Academy for 46 years [a]
1829 Charles Mason Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant Asst. Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy. Highest graduating score in USMA history, and famous for graduating one slot ahead of Robert E. Lee, who had the second highest score in USMA history. [a]
1830 Alexander J. Swift Captain served in the Corps of Engineers, died after he became sick during the Siege of Veracruz 1847 [a]
1831 Roswell Park 2nd Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned in 1836, becoming a scholar, a clergyman and an author. [a]
1832 George W. Ward 1st Lieutenant Served in the Artillery; resigned in 1836, becoming a merchant at Matagorda Bay, Texas. [a]
1833 Frederic A. Smith Captain Served in the Corps of Engineers; died 1852 at the age of 40. [a]
1834 William D. Fraser Captain
Bvt. Major 		Served in the Corps of Engineers; died at Key West at the age of 42. [a]
1835 George W. Morell 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)
Major General (USV) (unconfirmed) 		Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned 1837, becoming a lawyer and a judge in New York State, also colonel of NY militia; commanded an infantry division in the American Civil War. [a]
1836 George L. Welcker Captain Served in the Corps of Engineers; died 1848 at age 36. [a]
1837 Henry W. Benham Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Brigadier General (USV) 		Commanded the Engineer Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. [a]
1838 William H. Wright 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in 1845 at age 31. [a]
1839 Isaac I. Stevens 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Major (USA)
Major General (USV) 		Served in the Corps of Engineers; commanded an infantry division when he was killed at the Battle of Chantilly 1862. [a]
1840 Paul O. Hébert Lieutenant Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Colonel (USA)
Brigadier General (CSA) 		Governor of Louisiana, 1853-1856. During the Civil War he participated in the Confederate Defense of Vicksburg and the Battle of Milliken's Bend. [a] [4]
1841 Zealous B. Tower Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Brigadier General (USV) 		Served in the Corps of Engineers, Superintendent of the Military Academy (1864–1866) [a]
1842 Henry L. Eustis 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV) 		Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned in 1849, becoming professor of engineering at Harvard University; commanded an infantry brigade during the American Civil War. [a]
1843 William B. Franklin Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Major General (USV) 		Served in the Corps of Topographical Engineers; commanded an infantry corps during the American Civil War. [a]
1844 William G. Peck 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Topographical Engineers; resigned in 1855, becoming professor of mathematics and astronomy at Columbia University. [a]
1845 William H.C. Whiting Captain (USA)
Major General (CSA) 		Died as a POW in New York in 1865. [a] [5]
1846 Charles Seaforth Stewart Colonel
Brigadier General, Retired 		Served in the Corps of Engineers [a] [b]
1847 John C. Symmes Captain Served in the Ordnance Department; retired 1861 due to disability from disease and exposure in the line of duty. [a]
1848 William P. Trowbridge 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned in 1856, becoming an assistant to the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey; served as a civilian engineer during the American Civil, in charge of supplying engineering materials for the field armies; after the war, professor at Columbia and Yale. [a]
1849 Quincy A. Gilmore Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Major General (USV) 		Served in the Corps of Engineers, commanded an infantry corps during the American Civil War [a]
1850 Frederick E. Prime Major
Bvt. Colonel [a] 		Served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1851 George L. Andrews 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)
Bvt. Major General (USV) 		served in the Corps of Engineers, was an infantry and staff officer during the American Civil War, became Professor of French at the Military Academy [a]
1852 Thomas L. Casey Brigadier General Chief of Engineers [a]
1853 James B. McPherson Brigadier General (USA)
Major General (USV) 		served in the Corps of Engineers, killed at the Battle of Atlanta 1864 while commanding the Army of the Tennessee [a]
1854 Custis Lee 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Major General (CSA) 		Eldest son of Robert E. Lee, served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [a] [6]
1855 Cyrus B. Comstock Brigadier General (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA) 		served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1856 George W. Snyder 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Major (USA) 		served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1857 John C. Palfrey Captain (USA)
Bvt. Brigadier General (USA)
Lieutenant Colonel (USV) 		served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1858 William C. Paine Captain served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1859 William E. Merrill Lieutenant Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Colonel (USA)
Colonel (USV) 		served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1860 Walter McFarland Lieutenant Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1861
(May) 		Henry A. du Pont Captain
Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel 		served in the Artillery [a]
1861
(June) 		Patrick O'Rorke 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Colonel (USA)
Colonel (USV) 		killed at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 while in command of the 140th New York Infantry regiment [a]
1862 Ranald S. Mackenzie Brigadier General (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA) 		served in the Corps of Engineers as well as in the Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry [a]
1863 John R. Meigs 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Major (USA) 		served in the Corps of Engineers, was killed during the American Civil War in 1864 [a]
1864 Garrett J. Lydecker Brigadier General served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1865 Charles W. Raymond Brigadier General served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1866 Henry M. Adams Brigadier General served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1867 Ernest H. Ruffner Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1868 Albert H. Payson Captain served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1869 Eric Bergland Major Served in the Corps of Engineers; was a 1st Lieutenant of 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War [a] [7]
1870 Francis V. Greene Captain (USA)
Major General (USV) 		served in the Corps of Engineers, participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) with the Russian Army, commanded infantry during the Spanish–American War [a]
1871 James R. Wasson Colour Sergeant (USV)
Major (USA)
Colonel (Japanese Army) 		enlisted during the Civil War and the Philippine–American War, left the U.S. Army four times (mustered out twice, resigned once and dismissed once), also served in the Imperial Japanese Army [a]
1872 Rogers Birnie Colonel served in the Ordnance Department, was a civil army consultant during World War I [a]
1873 William H. Bixby Brigadier General Chief of Engineers [a]
1874 Thomas W. Symons Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1875 Smith S. Leach Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [a]
1876 John R. Williams Colonel served in the Coastal Artillery, Asst. Professor of French (1878–1883) [a]
1877 William M. Black Major General Chief of Engineers
1878 George M. Derby Lieutenant Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [8]
1879 Frederic Vaughan Abbot Brigadier General Commandant of Engineer School 1917–18, Acting Chief of Engineers 1919–20 [a]
1880 Oberlin M. Carter Captain Dismissed 29 September 1899, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5,000 and be confined five years in a penitentiary, by order of a general court martial. [a] [9]
1881 John Millis Colonel Department Engineer, Southeast Department during World War I [a] [10]
1882 Edward Burr Brigadier General Commanded 62nd Field Artillery Brigade on Western Front in World War I [a]
1883 George A. Zinn Colonel Son of Union Army colonel Henry I. Zinn; Division Engineer, North Pacific Division during World War I [a] [11]
1884 Irving Hale Brigadier General [a]
1885 Joseph E. Kuhn Major General Commanded 79th Division on Western Front in World War I [a]
1886 Henry C. Newcomer Brigadier General Assistant Director of Chemical Warfare Service [a]
1887 Francis R. Shunk Colonel Grandson of Pennsylvania governor Francis R. Shunk; Department Engineer, Northeastern Department during World War I [a] [12]
1888 Henry Jervey Major General Served as Director, Operations Division, General Staff during World War I [a]
1890 Edgar Jadwin Lieutenant General Director of Division of Light Railways and Roads, AEF [a]
1891 Spencer Cosby Colonel Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia 1908–09; Commanded 5th, 605th, 209th Engineers [a]
1892 James B. Cavanaugh Colonel Cavanaugh House (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District Commander's residence), at the Chittenden Locks, in Ballard, Seattle, are named after him. [a] [13]
1893 George P. Howell Colonel [a]
1894 William B. Ladue Colonel Commanded 314th, 603rd, 211th, 1st, 11th Engineers; Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia 1927–30 [a] [14][15]
1895 Edward H. Schulz Colonel (National Army)
Lieutenant Colonel (Regular Army) 		Served in the Engineers, as regimental and district commander. [a] [16]
1896 Edwin R. Stuart Lieutenant Colonel [a]
1897 William D. Connor Major General Chief of Staff SOS AEF 1918–19; Commanding General SOS AEF 1919; Commandant, Army War College 1927–1932; Superintendent and Commandant, United States Military Academy 1932–38 [a]
1898 Frank C. Boggs Jr. Colonel [a]
1899 James A. Woodruff Major General Commandant, Engineer School 1921–24; Director Command and General Staff School, 1928–31; Commanded Hawaiian Division 1938–39 [a]
1900 George B. Pillsbury Brigadier General Commanded 115th Engineers, 40th Division and 102nd Engineers, 27th Division in France; Assistant to Chief of Engineers 1930–37 [a]
1901 Edward N. Johnston Colonel [a]
1902 William A. Mitchell Brigadier General Officer in World War I receiving the Distinguished Service Medal and the Croix de Guerre and was an officer of the Legion of Honor. After the war he became a professor of engineering at West Point and while there revised many of the textbooks for his department. [a]
1903 Douglas MacArthur General of the Army (USA)
Field Marshal (Philippine Army) 		Corps of Engineers; Chief of Staff, Brigade Commander, and Commander of the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division during World War I; Superintendent of the Military Academy (1919–22); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army; commanded the U.S. Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in charge of Occupied Japan; commanded the United Nations Command during the Korean War; awarded the Medal of Honor, Grand-croix of the French Légion d'honneur, Congressional Gold Medal, 3 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 7 Silver Stars [17]
1904 Charles R. Pettis Colonel [a]
1905 Dewitt C. Jones Colonel [a]
1906 Harold S. Hetrick Colonel [a]
1907 James G. Steese Colonel [a]
1908 Glen E. Edgerton Major General Governor of Panama Canal Zone 1940–44 [a]
1909 Stuart C. Godfrey Brigadier General Chief Air Engineer, CBI 1943–45 [a]
1910 Frederick S. Strong Jr. Brigadier General Command North West Service Command 1944; UK Base 1945 [a]
1911 Philip B. Fleming Major General Federal Works Administrator 1941–49; Ambassador to Costa Rica 1951–53 [a]
1912 Howard S. Bennion Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers during World War I
1913 Francis K. Newcomer Brigadier General Governor of Panama Canal Zone 1944–49 [a]
1914 William H. Holcombe Brigadier General Commander Ramgarh Training Area [a]
1915 William E.R. Covell Major General served in the Corps of Engineers and the Quartermaster Department [18]
1916 John Howard Wills Major awarded Distinguished Service Cross for actions on 21 July 1918; killed in action on 29 July 1918 [a]
1917
(April) 		Harris Jones Brigadier General awarded Distinguished Service Cross for actions in World War I; Professor of Mathematics, USMA 1931–47; Dean of Academic Board, USMA 1947–56 [a]
1917
(August) 		Herman H. Pohl Colonel [a]
1918
(June) 		John Paul Dean Major [a]
1918
(November) 		David W. Griffiths Colonel [a]
1919 Louis George Horowitz Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers, his son James Salter also graduated in 1945 [19]
1920 James B. Cullum Colonel [a]
1921 Morris H. Marcus Colonel [a]
1922 Charles J. Bartlett Colonel CG 84th Infantry Division [a]
1922
(June) 		Frank L. Beadle Colonel [a]
1923 Frank R. Johnson First Lieutenant Rhodes Scholar [a]
1924 Wallace H. Hastings Colonel [a]
1925 Charles H. Barth Jr. Brigadier General Killed in air crash in Iceland that also killed Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews on 5 May 1943 [a]
1926 William C. Baker Jr. Major General [a]
1927 Hans W. Holmer Colonel Served as Assistant Professor of Mechanics at West Point. During World War II he was Engineer, Army Ground Forces, at Headquarters, Army Ground Forces. After the war he served as Director of the Transport Office of the Allied Military Government in Germany. [a] [20]
1928 Luke W. Finlay Brigadier General Resigned as Second Lieutenant of Engineers to study law at Yale, becoming a lawyer in 1934 and counsel for Standard Oil Company in 1938. He returned to the army during the war, serving as executive officer to the general commanding the Transportation Corps. After the war he was several times recalled to service, in 1952 serving in Europe with the diplomatic rank of minister. [a] [21]
1929 Horace F. Sykes Jr. Colonel [a]
1930 Paul F. Yount Major General In charge of military railways in Iraq, Iran and Burma during World War II. Chief of Transportation, Department of the Army (1953 to 1958). [a] [22]
1931 Kenneth A. McCrimmon Brigadier General Commanding General, First Logistical Command. Legion of Merit 1961. [a] [23]
1932 Rush B. Lincoln Jr. Major General Chief of Transportation (1962–1963) [24]
1933 Kenneth E. Fields Brigadier General Awarded the Silver Star as commander of 1159th Engineer Combat Group at the Battle of Remagen in 1945. Received the Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1955 for his contributions to the development of thermonuclear weapons. [a] [25][26]
1934 Charles F. Tank Brigadier General Participated in the invasion of North Africa as a staff officer, and in the Battle of Anzio as CO of a combat engineer battalion. Transferred from the Engineers to the Transportation Corps in 1950, he served as commanding general of several transportation commands. During his career he was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Legion of Merit. [a] [27]
1935 John D. Bristor Colonel District Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, 1950-1953. [a] [28]
1936 Oliver G. Haywood Jr. Brigadier General, USAF Doctor of Science and Chief of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. [a]
1937 Arthur W. Oberbeck Lieutenant General CG 1st Infantry Division, Joint Task Force Eight [29]
1938 John R. Jannarone Brigadier General Professor of Physics and Chemistry at West Point; Dean of the Academic Board, 1965-1973. [30]
1939 Stanley W. Dziuban Sr. Colonel [31]
1940 Harold C. Brown Colonel Served with the Corps of Engineers in New Guinea and the Philippines in WWII. Received a Master of Nuclear Science at the University of Chicago in 1948. Served as District Engineer for USACE in Galveston, Texas. Retired from the Army to the Seattle area in 1966 and worked for Boeing until his final retirement. [a]
1941 Alfred J. F. Moody Brigadier General Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. [32]
1942 James Hart Hottenroth Colonel Army Corps of Engineers. Served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam where he Commanded 159 Engineer Group in 1965. [c]
1943
(January) 		Dimitri A. Kellogg Colonel [33]
1943
(June) 		Thomas K. Oliver Lt. Colonel [34]
1944 James F. Scoggin Jr. Colonel [35]
1945 Dwight A. Riley Jr. First Lieutenant [a]
1946 Wesley Posvar Brigadier General Rhodes Scholar; Taught at the Air Force Academy [36]
1947 Robert M. Montague Jr. Brigadier General Son of Lieutenant General Robert Miller Montague. Vietnam War strategist who later served as executive director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and the Special Olympics. [37]
1948 Joseph M. Kiernan Jr. Lieutenant Colonel Killed in a helicopter crash while on a combat reconnaissance flight near Bien Hoa, South Vietnam on 3 June 1967 [38]
1949 Richard T. Carvolth III Captain Rhodes Scholar; killed in a plane crash while making a night instrument take-off at Oxnard Air Force Base, California, on 10 July 1954 [c][39]
1950 William B. DeGraf Colonel served as an enlisted soldier during World War II and received a battlefield promotion to 2nd Lieutenant in 1945, later served in Korea and Vietnam [c]
1951 Gordon E. Danforth Colonel served as Air Force pilot [c]
1952 Harry L. Van Trees First Lieutenant Sc.D.EE, M.I.T. Professor of Electrical Engineering, M.I.T.

M.I.T loaned him to DoD where he was Chief Scientist of the Defense Communications Agency, Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I. Received IEEE Kilby Gold Medal in signal processing, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2015. [40]

1953 Ed D. Davis Colonel Earned his pilot's wings in the Air Force before serving in logistics and training posts, retired in 1981 [c]
1954 Marion F. Meador Lieutenant Colonel Resigned in 1974 [d]
1955 Lee D. Olvey Brigadier general Rhodes Scholar; Retired in 1989 [d]
1956 Robert A. Stewart Colonel USAF; MIA 12 May 1967, later declared dead [d]
1957 John H. Vickers Colonel Retired in 1980 [d]
1958 George W. P. Walker Second Lieutenant Died in a civilian small plane crash, 31 January 1959[41] [d]
1959 James L. Abrahamson Colonel Professor of History at USMA, Army War College and Campbell University. Author of several books. Died 12 October 2020 [d][42]
1960 Charles P. Otstott Lieutenant General Commanded 25th Infantry Division. Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1990 to 1992 [d]
1961 John L. Kammerdiener Major [d]
1962 John H. Fagan Jr. Second lieutenant Retired with disability 1963 [d]
1963 Homer J. Holland Major Resigned in 1972 [d]
1964 Jere M. Richardson Captain Resigned in 1968 [d]
1965 Daniel W. Christman Lieutenant General Superintendent of the Military Academy (1996–2001), retired in 2001
1966 Wesley K. Clark General Rhodes Scholar, Commander of SHAPE during the Kosovo War, retired in 2000
1967 Ernest C. Heimberg Jr. Captain
1968 Lamar C. Ratcliffe Jr. Colonel
1969 Howard J. Von Kaenel Major General Rhodes Scholar
1970 Jack Carl Zoeller Captain Rhodes Scholar. Founder, Purefy. Has been a CEO in the financial services industry for over 30 years, including at EF Hutton Indemnity. He served as a US Army Ranger and infantry commander in the 82nd Airborne, and holds degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Oxford University.
1971 John William Murray Moore MD, MPH LTC Army Medical Corps Physician Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Walter Reed AMC (1986-1991); Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Rady Children’s Hospital and UC San Diego Medical School (2006-2021)
1972 Timothy T. Lupfer Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes Scholar
1973 Jay C. Willis Major
1974 Ralph H. Graves Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [c]
1975 John M. McMurray Lieutenant Colonel
1976 Danny Mac Davis Colonel Rhodes Scholar
1977 Greg A. Bowers Captain
1978 Jeffrey W. Long Major Olmsted Scholar
1979 Bert Mizusawa Major General
1980 Chris C. Casciato Captain
1981 Kenneth P. Fleischer Captain
1982 Peter R. Mansoor Colonel General Raymond Mason Chair of Military History, Ohio State University
1983 Mark S. Martins Brigadier General Rhodes Scholar; Served as Chief Prosecutor of Military Commissions from 2009 to 2021
1984 Patrick M. Wray Captain
1985 Lawrence M. Young Captain served as infantry officer, resigned in 1990, later graduated from Yale [c]
1986 Mike Pompeo Captain resigned in 1991, formerly served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Formerly served as United States Secretary of State.
1987 Michael F. Garceau Captain
1988 Doug Fraley Captain Rhodes Scholar
1989 Patrick A. Brown Marshall Scholar; oncology and pediatrics faculty at Johns Hopkins University [43]


1990 Edward P. Hoyt Marshall Scholar
1991 Richard O. Burney Colonel Marshall Scholar; Surgeon
1992 John R. Sadler Jr. Captain
1993 Marc Wehmeyer Lieutenant Colonel
1994 Todd Morgenfeld Pinterest CFO
1995 Rebecca E. Marier (McGuigan) Lieutenant Colonel First female valedictorian; Harvard Medical School Graduate, General Surgeon [44]
1996 John R. Hughes
1997 Adam K. Ake Brigadier General Rhodes Scholar, Assistant U.S. Attorney [45]
1998 W. Patrick Connelly Captain
1999 Walter R. Cooper III Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes Scholar
2000 William W.F. Parsons Colonel
2001 Seth A. Bodnar Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes Scholar, President of University of Montana [46]
2002 Brian Clymer Captain
2003 Brodie Hoyer Lieutenant Colonel
2004 Daniel G. Kang Captain
2005 Michael D. April Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes Scholar. Harvard Medical School Graduate.
2006 Jonathan Bate Lieutenant Colonel on active duty, formerly an Economics Instructor at United States Military Academy [47]
2007 Gregory J. Stevens Major
2008 Scott Y. Yang Captain
2009 Brady Dearden Captain on active duty [48]
2010 Elizabeth Betterbed Major Second female valedictorian; Rhodes Scholar, on active duty, currently serves in the Corps of Engineers [49][50]
2011 Marc Beaudoin Major
2012 Alexander George Pagoulatos Captain [51][52]
2013 Adam Leemans Captain USAR, currently serves in the Corps of Engineers [53][54]
2014 Louis S. Tobergte Captain Rotary Scholar (University of Leeds), Defense Ventures Fellow (Cohort 12) [55]
2015 Courtland R. Adams Captain
2016 Joshua D. Allyn Captain
2017 Hugh P. McConnell Captain
2019 David Bindon 1st Lieutenant
2020 Lynne D. Mooradian 1st Lieutenant Third female valedictorian [56]
2021 Justin Michael Gittemeier 2nd Lieutenant [57]
2022 Holland F. Pratt Rhodes Scholar [58]
2023 Kai L. Youngren Rhodes Scholar [59]
2024 Skyler J. Chauff 2nd Lieutenant Medical Service Corps Officer [60]

Notes

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  1. ^ Declined brevet as Brigadier General
USMA Distinguished Cadet Plaque, Eisenhower Barracks

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^ a: Cullum, George W. (1879). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802. West Point, NY: United States Military Academy Library.
^ b: Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the Officers United States Army. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

^ c: Hoppin, C. J. (2009-04-24). Same Date of Rank - Grads at the Top and Bottom from West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781453524411.[self-published source]

^ d: Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy (1990). Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy (Eisenhower Centennial Editions ed.). West Point, NY: Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy.

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