Army Comptrollership Program 2005 graduation--dual master's degrees awarded.

The Army Comptrollership Program (ACP) Class of 2005 graduated from Syracuse University on August 5, 2005. The class comprised 27 students: 12 active duty military, 3 active Reserve officers, 11 Army civilians, and 1 U.S. Air Force civilian. Each student completed 60 graduate credit hours in 14 months and was awarded both an MBA from the Whitman School of Management and an MA in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Most passed the Certified Defense Financial Manager examination and completed Six Sigma Champion Training. Mr. Nelson Ford, Principal Deputy for Controls to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), was the graduation speaker.

Colonel (Ret.) Al Runnels (ACP Class 1983) was selected as the tenth recipient of the McCall Award. This award was established in honor of Lieutenant General (Ret.) James F. McCall, former Comptroller of the Army and a graduate of the program (ACP Class 1970). This honor recognizes an alumnus of the Army Comptrollership Program for his or her significant contributions to the resource management profession. COL Runnels is assigned as the Deputy Director, Military and Civilian Pay Services, Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

Mr. Stephen Barth (ACP Class 1995) was selected as the twenty-first recipient of the Keenan Award. This award was established in memory of Leonard F. Keenan, former Deputy Comptroller of the Army and a graduate of this program (ACP Class 1967). This honor recognizes an alumnus of ACP and is an acknowledgment of the emphasis Larry Keenan placed on ensuring that advanced education opportunities were made available to the civilian members of the Army's Comptroller career field. Mr. Barth is Chief, Installation, Civilian and Military Costing Division at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller).

Nine members of the class were initiated into the National Business Honor Society--Beta Gamma Sigma. These were Erin Connolly, Teresa Fiegl, Major Gary Green, Andrea Harris, Major Harold Moxley, Andrea Powers, Lieutenant Colonel John Styer, Captain Matthew Tatman, and Major William Thornhill.

Captain Kathleen Neuman received the Laychek/Rasmussen Award for Selflessness and Spirit. This award is voted on by class members and is named in honor of David Laychek and Rhonda Rasmussen, ACP Class 1992, who were killed in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, while working in the Army's Operating Agency 22.

Those interested in applying for future classes of the Army Comptrollership Program should contact Colonel (Ret.) David B. Berg, Director of Army Programs and Executive Education, at [phone] or [e-mail]. The Web site address is Whitman.syr.edu; click on Prospective Students/Defense Comptroller Program.