Riverside Military Academy
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| Riverside Military Academy | |
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| Address | |
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2001 Riverside Drive Gainesville , Georgia | |
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| Type | Private military boarding school |
| Motto | Mens Sana In Corpore Sano (Latin), A Sound Mind in a Sound Body (English) |
| Established | 1907 |
| President | Lt.Col. James G. Spivey, USA (ret), interim[1] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 520 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Newspaper | Reveille |
| Yearbook | Bayonet |
| Website | www |
Riverside Military Academy is a private, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys in grades 7 through 12 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States.
Leadership
Col. James H. Benson (USA-ret) served as president of the academy from 2009 to 2016. Col. William J. Gallagher (USA-ret) was president from June 2016 until his abrupt resignation in May 2018. The interim president is Lt. Col. James Spivey, the school's commandant.[2][3]
Notable alumni
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- Félix Arturo González Canto, governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo (1987)
- James Earl Carter, Sr., father of U.S. President Jimmy Carter (attended 1911)
- Tyler Carter, former clean vocalist of the metalcore band Woe, Is Me, and current clean vocalist of Issues
- CeeLo Green (Thomas DeCarlo Callaway), singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor
- Bobby Greenwood, professional golfer (attended 1957)
- George O. Jackson, Jr., photographer (1960)
- Rocky Lanz, USA Winter Olympic-Worldcup bobsledder (1990)
- Admiral David L. McDonald, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations during the Vietnam War (1924)
- Victor Oscar Pacheco Mendez, CEO of Grupo VOPM;[4] founder of Panacrédito[5]
- Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill, composer, arranger, and conductor (1938)
- Patrick O'Neal, actor
- George P. Oslin, inventor of the singing telegram (1913)
- Luis M. Proenza, university president (1962)
- Tommy Prothro, football coach (1938)
- Johnny Riddle, baseball player (1926)
- Red Sanders, football coach (1923)
- Everett Strupper, leading scorer in the Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 football game of 1916; member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1914)
- Douglass Watson, soap opera actor (1938)
- Brown L. Whatley, chairman of major Florida real estate developer Arvida Corp. in the 1960s; president, 1952–53, of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (1919)
- Nizar Zakka, Lebanese-born information technology expert jailed in Iran in September 2015[6]
- Victor Miguel Pacheco Mendez, President of Dominican Wings
- Offset (rapper), rapper
References
- ^ "President's Welcome". Riverside Military Academy website. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Silavent, Joshua (May 8, 2018). "Riverside Military Academy president resigns effective immediately". Gainesville Times. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Silavent, Joshua (May 20, 2018). "Riverside official addresses rumors about president's abrupt departure". Gainesville Times. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ http://www.vopm.net
- ^ Panacrédito.do préstamos rápidos
- ^ "Backlash Against U.S. in Iran Seems to Gather Force After Nuclear Deal". The New York Times. November 3, 2015.