Order of the British Empire is Conferred on Kaufman '68

On May 30^th 2006, BG Dan Kaufman, former Dean at USMA and now college president extraordinaire of Georgia Gwinnett College, was made an “officer of the most excellent Order of the British Empire.”  The ceremony took place in the British Embassy chancery in Washington, and the award was presented by the British ambassador himself.  Dan was granted the award on the basis of his work as Professor and then Dean at USMA to deepen USMA’s ties to the UK through cadet exchanges, emphasis on Rhodes, Marshall, and Truman scholarships, and in many other ways.  Dan shared the stage with General Michael “Buzz” Mosely, Chief of Staff of the USAF (who was knighted), and David Thomas Green, a physician and inventor of an array of patented arthroscopic surgical devices.  Quite an honor, and quite a ceremony.

Report by Tom McNaugher '68