United States Army War College International Fellows Hall of Fame

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.[3] 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.[1] 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

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List of fellows
Fellow No.FlagCountryNameYearRef
BotswanaLouis Matshwenyego Fisher1998
NorwayGEN Paal Frisvold2005[6]
BangladeshLG Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury2005[6]
31 CanadaGEN Walter Natynczyk2009[4]
32 DenmarkMG Niels Bundsgaard2011[7]
33 IndiaGEN Vijay Kumar Singh2011[8]
IndiaGEN Bikram Singh2013[9]
43 HungaryGEN Tibor Benko2013[10]
48 ChileGEN Humberto Oviedo2014[11]
49 OmanMG Matar Salim Al Balushi2014[12]
50 KoreaGEN Seung Jo Jung2014[12]
51 UgandaGEN Edward Katumba Wamala2014[12]
52 DenmarkGEN Knud Bartel2014[12]
53 United NationsMG Kristin Lund2015[5]
54 LithuaniaMG Almantas Lieka2015[13]
55 AustriaGEN Othmar Commenda2015[5]
56 TunisiaBG Ismail Fathalli2015[5]
57 RomaniaGEN Nicolae Ciucă2015[5]
58 AlbaniaMG Jeronim Bazo2015[5]
59 BulgariaMG Neyko Nenov2016[14]
60 Czech RepublicMG Jan Gurnik2016[5]
61 NepalGEN Rajendra Chhetri[15]
62 NorwayGEN Odin Johannessen[5]
63 ColombiaGEN Alberto José Mejía Ferrero2017[16]
64 EstoniaBG Indrek Sirel2017[17]
65 EstoniaBG Artur Tiganik2017[17]
66 GeorgiaMG Vladimer Chachibaia2017[5]
67 CroatiaGEN Damir Krstičević2018[18]
68 Taiwan/ROCGEN Chiu Kuo-cheng2018[19]
69 NorwayMG Eirik Kristoffersen2019[20]
70 NorwayMG Torgeir Gråtrud [no]2019[2]
71 MalaysiaGEN Ahmad Hasbullah2020[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "International Fellows Program: International Hall of Fame". US Army War College. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Martin, Robert (18 December 2019). "Norwegian Special Forces Commander becomes 70th member of USAWC International Fellows Hall of Fame". US Army War College. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Hickey, Lieutenant Colonel James R. (2001-03-28). DTIC ADA391203: The History and Significance of the U.S. Army War College International Fellows Program. DTIC_ADA391203. Defense Technical Information Center.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ a b Seltzer, Rick; Patriot-News, The (2009-09-23). "U.S. Army War College inducts Canadian general into International Fellows Hall of Fame". pennlive. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "International Hall of Fame Inductees". US Army War College. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b Gamble, Staff Sgt. Krishna M. (2012-12-15). "March 2005 Banner Archives - Norway, Bangladesh officers inducted in International Fellows Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  7. ^ Gregg, Becca (24 January 2011). "Danish officer inducted into Army War College Hall of Fame". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  8. ^ Tripathi, Parijat (January 0101). Indian Army Chief's. Prabhat Prakashan.
  9. ^ "Press Release On The Visit To Usa By General Bikram Singh, Chief Of The Indian Army". Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. ^ Reynolds, Suzanne (10 May 2013). "Hungarian officer becomes 43rdinductee into Army War College International Hall of Fame". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. ^ Ramon, Robert (19 May 2014). "Army South, Chilean Army strengthen relationships during War College Hall of Fame ceremony". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. ^ a b c d Army War College Foundation and Alumni News (Fall 2014). Retrieved on 18 March 2020. Archived on 18 March 2020.
  13. ^ Lithuanian Maj. Gen. Almantas Lieka induction into the USAWC International Fellows Hall of Fame, retrieved 2020-03-19
  14. ^ "The U.S. Army War College Honors the Late Bulgarian Major General Neyko "Nick" Nenov". U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  15. ^ Gen. Rajendra Chhetri induction into USAWC International Hall of Fame, retrieved 2020-03-19
  16. ^ Little, Chuck (2017). "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". Alamy. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  17. ^ a b Martin, Robert D. (12 October 2017). "Two Estonian Generals inducted into the International Hall of Fame". US Army War College. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  18. ^ "Defence Minister Krstičević to Be Inducted into U.S. Army War College Hall of Fame". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  19. ^ Tien-pin, Lo; Chin, Jonathan (2018-09-25). "Minister joins US college hall of fame". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  20. ^ Martin, Robert (28 October 2019). "Army War College International Fellows Hall of Fame honors Norwegian Maj. Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen". US Army War College. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  21. ^ Martin, Robert (13 March 2020). "Malaysian Hall of Fame inductee: grow your relationships". Army War College. Retrieved 2020-03-19.