Class of 1963
From USAFA Folklore
| Class of 1963 | |
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| No. of appointees: | 755 |
| Inprocessing Day: | 26 June 1959 |
| Fall Cadet Wing Commander: | |
| Spring Cadet Wing Commander: | |
| No. of graduates: | 499 |
| Graduation Date: | 5 June 1963 |
| Graduation Speaker: | President John F. Kennedy |
| Class Motto: | Ad Novos Mundos (Toward New Worlds) |
| Class Greeting: | |
| Class Exemplar: | |
| Class Color: | Gold |
| Class Web site: | http://www.usafa63.org/ |
The Class of 1963 is the fifth class to graduate from the Academy.
[edit] Distinguished Graduates
- John L. Borling - Prisoner of War
- Jerry D. Driscoll - Prisoner of War
[edit] Statistics
All but one of the 1963 graduates were commissioned; nine members of the class were commissioned in other military services. Sixteen 1963 graduates retired as general officers.
[edit] Trivia
The Class of 1963 was:
- the first class to spend all four years at the permanent site
- the first class to graduate in the new stadium
- the first class to produce a USAF Chief of Staff
- the first class to be addressed by a president at graduation. In appreciation, the graduates made President John F. Kennedy an honorary classmate, making them 500 strong. Less than six months later, he was dead, his assassination a harbinger of young lives about to be cut short.
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