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P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education (PCE) — Established in 1973 to provide need-based grants to women in the U.S. and Canada whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families. Has given $70 million in grants.
Roads' quotation "We P.E.O. women would join hands in any movement looking toward the abolishment of war" is used as the slogan of a Sisterhood-funded scholarship intended to promote international peace through access to education for girls. [9] Sisterhood members celebrate Founders' Day on January 21 to honor Roads and her co-founders.
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) Small Satellite Program (SSP) [110] was founded in 1999 to actively pursue flight opportunities for miniature satellites designed, constructed, tested, and commanded or controlled by midshipmen. The USNA MidSTAR Program's first satellite, MidSTAR I was launched 8 March 2007. [111]
Alice Bird Babb (May 8, 1850 – November 21, 1926) was a professor and one of the founders of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.She worked with the sisterhood for 36 years. In 2022, a Wyoming chapter held a play in which members portrayed her and the six other founders.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO(T) is Rear Adm. John Lemmon, [12] U.S. Navy. PEO(T) comprises twelve major program offices: [13] PMA-205: Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program [14] PMA-209: Air Combat Electronics Program [15] PMA-226: Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program [16] PMA-213: Naval Air Traffic Management Systems ...
Name Class year Notability References William Harwar Parker: 1848 Naval Academy Instructor and Professor of Mathematics, Navigation and Astronomy (1853–1857); served with the Virginia State Navy during the American Civil War, then the Confederacy and Confederate States Naval Academy by serving as its Superintendent from October 1863 on the school ship CSS Patrick Henry, located outside of ...
Founders say they are still in the process of acquiring a building and plan to be located in the Richland area. The school expects to operate on a four-day, weekly schedule.
This list is drawn from graduates of the Naval Academy who became CNOs. The Academy was founded in 1845 and graduated its first class in 1846. The first alumnus to graduate and go on to become a CNO was William S. Benson, who graduated from the Class of 1877. The current CNO, Jonathan Greenert, is also an Academy graduate.