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    Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 – September 7, 1872) also known as the "Father of the Military Academy", was an early...
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  • recipient of the Sylvanus Thayer Award receives a medal with a bust in profile of Thayer on one side, with the inscription: "The Sylvanus Thayer Medal Awarded...
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    engineering degrees were women. Thayer School of Engineering is named for Colonel and Brevet Brigadier Sylvanus Thayer, a Dartmouth College alumnus from...
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  • bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the father of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and founder of the Thayer School of Engineering...
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    The Gen. Sylvanus Thayer House, also known as the Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, is an historic house at 786 Washington Street in Braintree, Massachusetts...
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    River at 674 Thayer Road in West Point, New York on the campus of the United States Military Academy. It is named after Sylvanus Thayer, West Point class...
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  • Silvanus (redirect from Sylvanus)
    Look up Silvanus or Sylvanus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silvanus or Sylvanus may refer to: Silas (Silvanus), disciple, mentioned in four New...
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    Colonel Sylvanus Thayer became the Superintendent and established the curriculum, elements of which are still in use as of 2020[update]. Thayer instilled...
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    mother, he became the youngest superintendent since Sylvanus Thayer in 1817. However, whereas Thayer had faced opposition from outside the army, MacArthur...
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    Thayer (1737–1800), American Revolutionary War officer Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), United States Army general, Father of West Point Nathaniel Thayer...
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  • of Fame. (1975) Vermilye Medal from the Franklin Institute (1975) Sylvanus Thayer Award from the United States Military Academy (1982) Francis Boyer...
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    Philippines Thayer Family Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), U.S. general (Army), Father of West Point Nathaniel Thayer (1769–1840)...
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    Service Medal and the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy (1970); the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy (1971); the Congressional...
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    James Jay. Mahan's middle name honors "the father of West Point", Sylvanus Thayer. Mahan attended Saint James School, an Episcopal college preparatory...
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    skills were recognized by his instructors and the superintendent, Sylvanus Thayer, and he began teaching courses as an acting assistant professor during...
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    "Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872) Class Of 1808". West Point in the Making of America. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 7 April 2009. "The Sylvanus Thayer...
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    money for care packages for American troops. He received the 2015 Sylvanus Thayer Award, awarded by the West Point Association of Graduates to a non-West...
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    Thayer Monument is a white granite monument and statue of Sylvanus Thayer at the United States Military Academy, designed by sculptor Carl Conrads and...
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  • in 1802. In 1817 the academy was transformed by the appointment of Sylvanus Thayer who drastically reformed the curriculum. The harsh winter of 1777–1778...
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    Freedom, with Distinction. In 1964, he was awarded the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy for his service to the...
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  • general and brevet major general Simeon Thayer (1737–1800), Rhode Island Militia brigadier general Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), Union Army brevet brigadier...
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    planets". In 1986, he was awarded the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award. He was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences...
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    For his service to his nation through the USO, he was awarded the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1968,...
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    Chamber of Commerce luncheon held there. Blue Hills Reservation General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace Hollingsworth Park Monatiquot River Pond Meadow Park South...
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    Mississippi. For his commitment, Vinson was awarded the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy. In 1964, President Lyndon...
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    Virginia. Dulles was posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom and the Sylvanus Thayer Award in 1959. A central West Berlin road was named John-Foster-Dulles-Allee...
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    Gregory 2022 This is Christmas Ray The Pale Blue Eye Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer 2023 Bolan's Shoes Jimmy Northern Comfort Edward Wicked Little Letters...
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    Award for Excellence in Entertainment, the Spirit of the USO Award, Sylvanus Thayer Award, Doughboy Award, Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, and the Ellis Island...
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    1959. In 1983, he was awarded the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award. He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America as...
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    (Advance Tool & Die), renaming the entity Thayer Aerospace after West Point superintendent Sylvanus Thayer. Venture funding for the private organization...
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