Tag: Decorated Deacs

A Wake Forest affinity group sees military service as a way to better the lives of others.

Retired Army Col. Jay Waters ('87) bikes from coast-to-coast to honor veterans.

'As it turns out, I have never really left Wake Forest and Wake has never stopped changing me.'

Tim Ralston ('02) is on the front lines helping airmen cope with stress, deployments.

Scott Weltz (JD '94) witnessed history and the end of an era.

Vern Pike ('58) recalls life, death and freedom at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie.

Barefoot kicker Eddie Ladd (’59) caused quite a stir.

Greg Buck (MBA '08) of JDog's Junk Removal follows his passions for business and the military by hiring, and serving, veterans.

Once a cheerleader for the Deacs and now a champion for support of Navy families, Joette Horton Seniff ('90) receives rare civilian honor for her public service.

Tyler Van Zandt ('08) comes back 'home' to renovate his old dorm.

From Iraq to Arlington National Cemetery, Archaeologist Sonny Trimble ('74) is known for getting things done. He has spent his career studying the science of humans, ever in search of history and what remains.

Fifty-year-old Memories of People and Two Places — Wake Forest and Vietnam — Come Flooding Back

In 1966, teammates Al Koehler ('63) and Butch Hassell ('64) crossed paths in South Vietnam.

Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) can still recall the fear he felt as a young ensign aboard a destroyer escort off Iwo Jima.

Col. John C. “Jay” Waters (’87) honors the fallen every day of the year.