NROTC Alumni

Miami University NROTC Alumni Organization

The NROTC Alumni Organization is a constituent organization affiliated with the Alumni Association and the NROTC Unit of Miami University. Its more than 2300 members were commissioned as Navy and Marine Corps Officers upon graduation during the past 75 years since NROTC was established at Miami. The Organization advances the educational purposes of the NROTC Program, its Midshipmen, and the Unit Officers and staff teaching Naval Science. It promotes fellowship of its members with reunions and special publications, encourages their philanthropy to the Miami Fund in support of NROTC activities, and administers the annual Admiral Sidney W. Souers Award honoring a distinguished graduate. The Organization’s programming is managed by a Board of Directors recruited from its members.

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Supporting the Miami NROTC Alumni Organization

You can show your support for Miami NROTC by making a gift to one of two funds, the Midshipmen Leadership Development Fund or the Souers Distinguished Alumni Award Fund.

Midshipmen Leadership Development Fund

The Midshipmen Leadership Development Fund is a fund that enables Miami University midshipmen to attain "an extra margin of leadership excellence" for effectiveness as future commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps. Private contributions of NROTC alumni and others provide access to leadership and character development activities that create direct and explicit leadership skills for these soon-to-be officers.   Supporting this fund neither replaces nor reduces the U.S. Navy's financial responsibility, it complements, reinforces, expands and assures Miami's NROTC tradition and reputation of a "cut above" officer preparation.  To make an online gift to the Midshipmen Leadership Development Fund, please click here.

Souers Distinguished Alumni Award Fund

The Souers Distinguished Alumni Award Fund has been established to assist with the administration of the annual Admiral Sidney W. Souers Distinguished Alumni Award. The Souers Award is named for Miami Class of 1913 alumnus, Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, who interrupted a most successful business career to serve in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Following the war, Admiral Souers remained in government service as the executive secretary of the National Security Council and then as the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency before resuming his career in the private sector.  Admiral Souers died in 1973, and the Souers Award was created in 1977 with a bequest form his widow, Sylvia. The Souers Award is presented annually to a Miami NROTC graduate who "distinguished him or herself within their chosen field of endeavor, be it military or civilian." You can view a list of past recipients of the Souers Award.  To make an online gift to the Souers Distinguished Alumni Award Fund, please click here.

Making a Gift Via Check

To make a gift via check, please make the check out to Miami University and mention either the Midshipmen Leadership Development Fund or the Souers Distinguished Alumni Award Fund in the memo line. The check can be mailed to the following address:

Attn: Mark D. Macechko '01
Miami University Alumni Association
725 E Chestnut St.
Oxford, OH 45056

Miami University NROTC Alumni LinkedIn Group

Miami University NROTC Alumni Organization is on LinkedIn!  If you are not already familiar with it, LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking.  As of July 2009, it had more than 43 million registered users spanning 170 industries.

Several of your Miami University and Navy ROTC shipmates are already members on LinkedIn and the recently formed group for people affiliated with Miami and the Navy unit.  LinkedIn groups are used to network and share discussions, job postings and other items of interest to those who share a common background or interest.

To join the Miami University NROTC Alumni Organization group on LinkedIn, please go to this link.  Even if you are not a member of LinkedIn yet, you can go to this link and it will walk you through it. 

For additional information or if you have questions about LinkedIn, you can contact Captain Loren Heckelman, USN (Ret.), Class of 1979.

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