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8/24/95                                   Bob Lowry

ROTC COMMISSIONING CEREMONY FOR 20 AUBURN STUDENTS

      AUBURN -- Twelve Auburn University students will receive 
commissions in the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps during the ROTC 
Joint Commissioning Ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
      Jordon Cochran of Ozark, who will be commissioned a second 
lieutenant int the Air Force in communications/computers; and Lon Oliver 
of Grand Island, Neb., who will be commissioned as a Navy ensign for 
pilot training, will be honored as Distinguished Military Graduates.
      Also, Shawn Huey of Renton, Wash.; Albert Outcalt of Fort Myers, 
Fla., and Harry Phelps of Morgantown, Ky. -- all headed for the Navy's 
officer candidate school in submarines -- will be honored as 
Distinguished Military Graduates.
      AU President William V. Muse will address the 155th commissioning 
ceremony, which begins at 9:30 a.m. in Langdon Hall.
      Other students to be commissioned include Conway Brooks III of 
Birmingham, second lieutenant, Army, field artillery; Bradley Mitchell 
Jr., of Anniston, second lieutenant Army Reserve, chemical corps; Thomas 
Billups Jr. of Montgomery, second lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve; Derek 
Harris of Gallion, second lieutenant, Air Force, transportation; and Mark 
Tate of Spartanburg, S.C., second lieutenant, Air Force, transportation.
      Others to be commissioned as ensigns in the Navy following 
officer candidate school in submarines are: Wilmer Henderson of Easley, 
S.C; Howard Kolb of Keystone Heights, Fla.; David Lammers of Norwood, 
Ohio; Mark Santalla of Waveland, Miss.; and Timothy Zane of Broward, Fla.
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