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Show Cadets, left to right: Tom Korologos, Larry Couch, Lyle Rich, Ashby Decker, Roger Tonnesen, Jack Carlson climbing into plane. Lt. Colonel Leon A. Smith Officers are, from left to right: Captain Whitney, Robert Atkinson, Gary Lyman, Richard Latimer, LeRoy Pyper, Clifford Lee, and Richard Parker. Staff and student officers include: Captain Elmer T. Davis, Jr., Instructor Air Science, Donald L. Tisdel, Gordon Jensen, Gary C. Brim. Major Arnold W. Seeborg In the middle of an air age focusing on officers and pilots, the University of Utah Air Force ROTC prepared men through a four year program for commissions in the United States Air Force. Studies varied from general air science to officer qualifications. For diversity, cadets visited neighboring air force bases, flew USAF aircraft, and spent months in summer camp. The program includes only top students and narrows the class for scholastic and physical reasons each year. Not content with military activities alone, officers urged their cadets to enter intramural sports, work on campus committees, and support social functions sponsored by the military. During winter and spring quarters, wives and sweethearts of the cadets were orientated into Air Force life with special lectures and tours of Hill Air Force Base. Among activities of the corps were the Male Chorus, Arnold Air Society, and an AFROTC rifle team that competed with teams throughout the nation. 289 |
