Mother’s Day at PMC

 

Beginning in 1950, PMC hosted what would become an annual tribute to the mothers of PMC Cadets. The annual program consisted of a Full Dress Mother’s Day Parade with the Cadet mothers “Taking the Review.”  A traditional part of the program was the presentation of a red rose to the mother of each Cadet in attendance. The program also consisted of the presentation of various awards.  Among the most anticipated and coveted award was the promotion of several members of the Fourth or “Rook” (freshman) Class to the rank of Cadet Corporal.

Those Fourth Classmen were chosen with very carefully. Each Company Commander would recommend to each Battalion staff a cadet that was observed as: “Having outstanding Military Bearing.”  The candidate also needed to have a strong academic record to be considered.  With the approval of the Commandant’s staff, the Mother’s Day Corporals were chosen for their “achievement of outstanding military and academic records” while being a member of the Corps of Cadets.

The annual Mother’s Day Ceremony and the Father and Son Banquet were highlights of the year.  Both events were always well attended and established friendship and goodwill between PMC and parents.

Mother’s Day Corporals

Mother’s Day Parades

Mother’s Day Corporals Listed by Year

Mothers Day	Name	Class
1950	Charles F. Hiltner	53
1950	Charles S Nagle, Jr.	53
1951	Nicholas A. Cellucci	54
1953	Charles A. Callahan	56
1953	William S. McKee	56
1953	Charles W. Solliday	56
1954	Louis Sasso	56
1954	Donald J. Ainsworth	57
1954	Franklin A. Walsh	57
1955	Eugene A. Ellis	58
1956	Robert E. Hofman	59
1956	John J. Rogers	59
1956	Joseph Smith	59
1957	Guy D. Haag	60
1957	Stanley J. Martin	60
1957	Frederick L. Reigel	60
1958	Thomas P. Cope	61
1958	Alfred B. Emma	61
1958	Roger A. Godin	61
1959	Franklin H. Andrew	62
1959	Robert L. Dainton	62
1959	William E. Muehsam	62
1959	Robert Bellinger	62
1959	Barry Ernest	62
1959	William A. Kester	62
1960	Raymond L. Hastings	63
1960	John L. Geoghegan	63
1960	Albert Hansen	63
1960	Bruce Overton	63
1961	Gordan L. Carlisle	64
1961	Robert Duffy	64
1961	Lorenzo E. Fesler, Jr.	64
1961	Douglas D. MacDonald	64
1961	Nicholas Manente	64
1961	Glenn MacCausland	64
1961	Gerrald W. Schmidt	64
1961	Robert L. Sicotte	64
1961	Dennis Vetock	64
1962	Shelley J. Horwitz	65
1962	Norman Goldberg	65
1962	George Vincent	65
1963	William D. Duthie	66
1963	George Graner, Jr.	66
1963	Charles E. March	66
1963	Gerald F. Johnson, Jr.	66
1963	Marvin G. Shipps	66
1963	Edward R. Taddeo, Jr.	66
1963	Peter M. Zeimann	66
1964	Charles C. Cole	67
1964	Richard Hodges	67
1965	Ronald L Callentine	68
1965	Robert S. Chamberlain	68
1965	Frank J. Del Sole	68
1965	Denis L. Grealish	68
1965	Malcom W. MacNab	68
1965	Richard A. Schwartz	68
1965	Stephen Vasak	68
1965	Kenneth O. Wofford	68
1966	Thomas Dougherty	69
1966	Robert Heitman	69
1966	Robert F McCaffrey	69
1966	Daniel Orne	69
1966	James W Pherson	69
1966	Mark Richards	69
1966	Carlton K Rohrbach	69
1966	William E Storms	69
1966	David Williams	69
1967	Richard Beals	70
1967	John Czekner	70
1967	James Howard	70
1967	Larry Spang	70
1967	Frederick Walker	70
1968	Wayne Austerman	71
1968	Louis Cioletti	71
1968	Philip DeGrott	71
1968	Nelson Enriques	71
1968	Steve Fowler	71
1968	John Molnar	71
1968	Robert Somers	71
1968	Tom Soper	71
1969	Charles Driggers	72
1969	Bob Gerling	72
1969	Stanley Greenwood	72
1969	Geroge Hedrick	72
1969	Michael Lennon	72
1969	Philip Lewis	72
1969	Paul S. Lewis	72
1969	Pasquale Verrastro	72
1970	Edward Albertson	73
1970	Glen Dower	73
1970	George Kinoshita	73
1970	William McKeon	73
1970	Samuel Sides	73
1972	Randolph Hessman	75
1972	Les Ware	75