Author Archives: Chips Lanier

War Zone Addresses of VMI Alumni Sought

Posted on 27 November 2006 by Chips Lanier

From the VMI Department of Communications and the Alumni Association LEXINGTON, Va., Nov 20, 2006 — The Virginia Military Institute Alumni Association is again collecting mailing addresses of alumni deployed overseas as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring … Continue reading →

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New TV Spots in Marketing Efforts

Posted on 6 November 2006 by Chips Lanier

Fall 2006 TV Ads Airing VMI Communications & Marketing, in cooperation with the VMI Alumni Association, and media partner NBC-TV Roanoke, WSLS-TV, has produced a second series of television commercial spot announcements as part of its marketing efforts to build … Continue reading →

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Changes on the Post

Posted on 12 October 2006 by Chips Lanier

For those of us out in the hinterlands, we don’t get to Lexington very often and see the physical changes happening around the Post. I happened to look at the VMI WebCams today and noticed the BIG change to Lejeune … Continue reading →

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VMI Football on the Tube

Posted on 6 October 2006 by Chips Lanier

Glenn Kuntz dropped me a line with the following: The VMI-Army game will be broadcast on the ESPN Classic Channel at 1:00 PM on Saturday, 7 October. Additional info: It will also be on the ESPN 360 Channel. Check here … Continue reading →

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What do you do in your free time?

Posted on 2 September 2006 by Chips Lanier

I got a note from Bill Scherer and started a new sub-album for photos of our various pastimes. We do become interesting in our later years. Here’s his note: Chip– I’m going to Bonneville tomorrow to set a new World … Continue reading →

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Carl Strock Resigning as Chief Of Army Corps Of Engineers

Posted on 16 August 2006 by Chips Lanier

From the “Early Bird” New York Times August 11, 2006 Chief Of Army Corps Of Engineers Is Quitting By John Schwartz The head of the Army Corps of Engineers will resign, the Army announced last night. Lt. Gen. Carl A. … Continue reading →

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New Alumni Association Site Up

Posted on 8 August 2006 by Chips Lanier

From the VMI Web Site: The VMI Alumni Agencies has unveiled a new Web site with features that allow alumni to stay connected with their Brother Rats, classmates, friends, and the Institute. The VMI RANKS (www.vmialumni.org) is a revised Web … Continue reading →

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Lejeune Hall Holds Last Event

Posted on 18 July 2006 by Chips Lanier

And it was brand new when we were Rats!! The Lexington News-Gazette had an article about the last event in Lejeune Hall. Link to the article here. Time marches on and barracks has to get bigger (like my waistline!) UPDATE: … Continue reading →

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Add VMI ‘70 to Your News Reader

Posted on 6 July 2006 by Chips Lanier

In case you have missed it, the VMI ’70 Web Site is RSS enabled — you can use your news reader (or browser if you use Firefox, Safari or Opera) to check for headlines before visiting the site. There is … Continue reading →

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Northern Virginia Radio Campaign

Posted on 1 June 2006 by Chips Lanier

From Inside VMI (link) VMI Office of Communications & Marketing has negotiated best rates with DC101, Washington, DC’s most listened to classic rock station and Washington’s radio leader for more than 30 years to reach our potential target audience of … Continue reading →

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