22 ROTC students to receive military commissions in May 6 ceremony

Twenty-two University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who have participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at UNL are scheduled to receive commissions in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps on May 6.

Following UNL commencement exercises, a joint commissioning ceremony involving the four service branches will be conducted beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., where UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman will address the new officers.

In addition, each service branch will have separate commissioning ceremony. The Air Force ceremony will be in the Nebraska Union auditorium at 5:30 p.m. May 5. Ceremonies for the other services will be in the Nebraska Union immediately following the May 6 joint ceremony.

Following is a list of candidates by hometown, with their service branch and the rank at which they will be commissioned.

NEBRASKA

Albion: 2nd Lt. Curtis Richard Michael, Air Force.

Bassett: 2nd Lt. Spencer Paul Murdock, Army.

Bellevue: 2nd Lt. William Lincoln Henjum, Army.

Broken Bow: 2nd Lt. Kathleen Elaine Kawata, Air Force.

Cairo: 2nd Lt. Brian Edward Stoltenberg, Army.

Kimball: 2nd Lt. Ferris Lucas Linn, Marines.

Lincoln: 2nd Lt. Ross Eugene Agee, Air Force; Ensign Tyra Lorraine Drake, Navy.

Merna: 2nd Lt. Jason Wesley Parsons, Air Force.

Milford: 2nd Lt. James David Chester, Army.

Omaha: Ensign Kathryn Theresa Gelenter, Navy; 2nd Lt. Nicholas Frank Petersen, Air Force; 2nd Lt. Jonathan Michael Trizila, Marines; 2nd Lt. Guinio Warren Volpone, Army.

Papillion: 2nd Lt. Andrew Kevan Kousgaard, Air Force.

ELSEWHERE

Bethesda, Md.: 2nd Lt. Jonathan Matthew Warson, Army.

Glenwood, Iowa: 2nd Lt. Michael Scott Pyle, Air Force.

Ipswich, S.D.: Ensign Richard James Gillick, Navy.

O'Fallon, Mo.: 2nd Lt. Pamela Lenore Bracey, Army.

Watertown, S.D.: Ensign Jared Mark Stimson, Navy.

CONTACT: Col. Robert R. Tovado, USAF, Chair, Aerospace Studies, (402) 472-2473