United States Army War College International Fellows Hall of Fame explained

The US AWC International Fellows Hall of Fame[1] honors USAWC international graduates "who have attained, through military merit, the highest positions in their nation's armed forces, or who have held an equivalent position by rank or responsibility in a multinational organization."[2]

Commandant of USAWC DeWitt C. Smith is primarily responsible for the creation of the International Fellows Program’s (IFP) 1977.[3] From a start with six foreign students in 1978, the program now sustains over forty International Fellows (IFs) per year. Usually, only one IF per representative country per academic year participates in the program. While the fellows program was established in 1978 and the first induction into the IF Hall of Fame took place in 1988.[4] Inductees are awarded in person at Carlisle Barracks. Since its inception over 1,900 international fellows graduate from 130 countries have been part of the fellows program.[5]

List of IF Hall of Fame fellows

List of fellows!Fellow No.!Flag!Country!Name!Year!Ref
BotswanaLouis Matshwenyego Fisher1998
NorwayGEN Paal Frisvold2005[6]
BangladeshLG Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury2005
31CanadaGEN Walter Natynczyk2009
32DenmarkMG Niels Bundsgaard2011[7]
33IndiaGEN Vijay Kumar Singh2011[8]
IndiaGEN Bikram Singh2013[9]
43HungaryGEN Tibor Benko2013[10]
48ChileGEN Humberto Oviedo2014[11]
49OmanMG Matar Salim Al Balushi2014[12]
50KoreaGEN Seung Jo Jung2014
51UgandaGEN Edward Katumba Wamala2014
52DenmarkGEN Knud Bartel2014
53United NationsMG Kristin Lund2015
54LithuaniaMG Almantas Lieka2015
55AustriaGEN Othmar Commenda2015
56TunisiaBG Ismail Fathalli2015
57RomaniaGEN Nicolae Ciucă2015
58AlbaniaMG Jeronim Bazo2015
59BulgariaMG Neyko Nenov2016[13]
60Czech RepublicMG Jan Gurnik2016
61NepalGEN Rajendra Chhetri
62NorwayGEN Odin Johannessen
63ColombiaGEN Alberto José Mejía Ferrero2017[14]
64EstoniaBG Indrek Sirel2017[15]
65EstoniaBG Artur Tiganik2017
66GeorgiaMG Vladimer Chachibaia2017
67CroatiaGEN Damir Krstičević2018[16]
68Taiwan/ROCGEN Chiu Kuo-cheng2018[17]
69NorwayMG Eirik Kristoffersen2019[18]
70NorwayMG 2019
71MalaysiaGEN Ahmad Hasbullah2020[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Fellows Program: International Hall of Fame. US Army War College. 16 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Norwegian Special Forces Commander becomes 70th member of USAWC International Fellows Hall of Fame. Martin. Robert. 18 December 2019. US Army War College. 16 March 2019.
  3. Book: Hickey, Lieutenant Colonel James R.. DTIC ADA391203: The History and Significance of the U.S. Army War College International Fellows Program. 2001-03-28. Defense Technical Information Center. 2001. DTIC_ADA391203. en.
  4. Web site: U.S. Army War College inducts Canadian general into International Fellows Hall of Fame. Seltzer. Rick. Patriot-News. The. 2009-09-23. pennlive. en. 2020-03-18.
  5. Web site: International Hall of Fame Inductees. US Army War College. 19 March 2020.
  6. Web site: March 2005 Banner Archives - Norway, Bangladesh officers inducted in International Fellows Hall of Fame. Gamble. Staff Sgt. Krishna M.. 2012-12-15. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121215121451/http://www.carlisle.army.mil/banner/archives/2005_3.html. 2012-12-15. 2020-03-18.
  7. Web site: Danish officer inducted into Army War College Hall of Fame. Gregg. Becca. 24 January 2011. The Sentinel. en. 2020-03-18.
  8. Book: Tripathi, Parijat. Indian Army Chief's. January 0101. Prabhat Prakashan. en.
  9. Web site: Press Release On The Visit To Usa By General Bikram Singh, Chief Of The Indian Army. 7 December 2013. Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA. 2020-03-18.
  10. Web site: Hungarian officer becomes 43rdinductee into Army War College International Hall of Fame. Reynolds. Suzanne. 10 May 2013. www.army.mil. en. 2020-03-18.
  11. Web site: Army South, Chilean Army strengthen relationships during War College Hall of Fame ceremony. Ramon. Robert. 19 May 2014. www.army.mil. en. 2020-03-18.
  12. https://usawc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fall2014_Final-without-insert.pdf Army War College Foundation and Alumni News
  13. Web site: The U.S. Army War College Honors the Late Bulgarian Major General Neyko "Nick" Nenov. 2016-01-07. U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria. en-US. 2020-03-18.
  14. Web site: Gen. Alberto Mejia, speaks to the U.S. Army War College resident class of 2017, staff and faculty members during his induction into the International Fellows Hall of Fame. Little. Chuck. 2017. Alamy. en. 2020-03-19.
  15. Web site: Two Estonian Generals inducted into the International Hall of Fame. Martin. Robert D.. 12 October 2017. US Army War College. 2020-03-19.
  16. Web site: Defence Minister Krstičević to Be Inducted into U.S. Army War College Hall of Fame. www.total-croatia-news.com. en-gb. 2020-03-18.
  17. Web site: Minister joins US college hall of fame. Tien-pin. Lo. Chin. Jonathan. 2018-09-25. Taipei Times. 2020-03-18.
  18. Web site: Army War College International Fellows Hall of Fame honors Norwegian Maj. Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen. Martin. Robert. 28 October 2019. US Army War College. 2020-03-18.
  19. Web site: Malaysian Hall of Fame inductee: grow your relationships. Martin. Robert. 13 March 2020. Army War College. 2020-03-19.

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