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Pershing Rifles Heritage

 

 The Full Heritage List

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 Beyond General Colin Powell and actor James Earl Jones, many Pershing Rifles (both organizationally and as individuals) have gradually lost touch with a rich military, civilian, and cultural heritage that starts with the founder and extends through the Brotherhood’s 125+ year existence, to the present day.

To this end, the Heritage Committee was voted on and created at NATCON 2020, with the purpose of:

  • Maintaining the record of notable Pershing Riflemen by establishing, and sustaining a systematic process for updating, expanding, preserving, and publicizing the Pershing Rifles Heritage
  • Ensure that the Pershing Rifles Heritage is available to be appropriately instilled into the candidate and/or orientation programs of the Pershing family of organizations

       

The Heritage List

Is the result of their efforts. This ever increasing list is an official curated compilation of Notable Pershing Riflemen to document and honor notable Brothers and Sisters who have achieved distinction in military, civilian, and cultural fields, preserving the 130+ year history of the organization by highlighting the careers of these distinguished members.  The list has grown, and you can access the Full List, or a
breakout of those in the categories of   Notables,   Hall of Valor,   and Fallen Brothers
(links will open a .pdf in a new browser tab)

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Notables

Hall of
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Fallen
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 The Heritage Committee is tasked with

  • Developing, establishing, and maintaining reasonable criteria and the systematic process for inclusion of a Brother in the various Heritage List categories, to include
    • Selection/inclusion criteria/policies
    • nomination procedures/form
    • The Review and approval process
  • Maintaining the Heritage List names and the stories behind the names
  • Expanding, preserving, and publicizing our Pershing Rifles Heritage

In order to execute this mission, the Heritage Committee will need the help of ALL Pershing Riflemen, to identify notable Brothers, and submit them to the Committee for review.

We realize that some may feel upset if/when their candidate is not selected for addition to the list, especially in some of the broader categories such as “Business and Professional”, but rest assured that the Heritage Committee will review all submissions, and address their decisions.

The “Heritage approval Committee” will consist of seven NSPRAA members, with a mix of generations, experience and geography.

To view the Heritage list, click the button for the list:

     

If you would like to submit a name for the committee to consider for inclusion on the list, please click on submit a P/R.

For information on becoming a Heritage Committee member, contact the Committee Chair at Heritage@nspraa.org.

Heritage Team Committee Members:

 

Kevin Upton (A-12, Northeastern Univ), Committee Chair

Heritage@nspraa.org
 

Kevin Born, Advisor

Joe Harris (L-4, North Carolina State Univ), Committee member

Dr. Paul Severance (A-12, Northeastern University), Committee member

Bill Krondak (A-2, Univ of Nebraska), Committee member

Vacant, Committee member