Riverside Military Academy

Infobox Private School
name = Riverside Military Academy


established = 1908
type = Private, Boarding, Day
religion = none
head_name = Superintendent
head = Col. Guy Gardner, USAF ret.
city = Gainesville
state = GA
country = USA
campus = 236 acres
enrollment = 400 total
faculty = 60
class = 12
ratio = 10:1
year = SAT = 1100athletics = 14 Interscholastic Sports
colors = Blue and White
mascot = Eagles
homepage = [http://www.cadet.com/ www.cadet.com]

Riverside Military Academy is an independent, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.

History

Riverside Military Academy was chartered in 1906 and opened for classes in September 1908. Its founders were Professors Haywood Jefferson Pearce and Azor W. Van Hoose, Jr., longtime proprietors of all-female Brenau College in Gainesville. In 1913, a young educator named Sandy Beaver became president of the academy, and in 1915 he gained ownership of it. Beaver would go on to run Riverside for the next 56 years. [http://www.negahc.org/exhibits/legacy_tributes/index.php]

Enrollment

Riverside Military Academy has an enrollment of approximately 400 students. [http://www.cadet.com/about/profile.html] Tuition for boarding students is $26,400 a year ($28,400 for international students); for day students, $14,500. [http://www.cadet.com/admissions/forms.html] [http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/91]

Notable alumni

*James Earl Carter, Sr., father of U.S. President Jimmy Carter (attended 1911)
*George P. Oslin, inventor of the singing telegram (1913)
*Everett Strupper, leading scorer in the Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 football game of 1916 and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1914)
*Richard S. Boutelle, CEO of Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. in 1950s (1916)
*Brown L. Whatley, chairman of major Florida real estate developer Arvida Corp. in 1960s and president, 1952-53, of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (1919)
*Football coach Red Sanders (1923)
*Admiral David L. McDonald, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations during the Vietnam War (1924)
*Baseball player Johnny Riddle (1926)
*Roger Lewis, first president of Amtrak (1928)
*Lieutenant General Bertram Cowgill Harrison, USAF, commander of Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force, Turkey (1933)
*Jazz man Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (1938)
*Football coach Tommy Prothro (1938)
*Soap-opera actor Douglass Watson (1938)
*Leroy B. Raffel, co-founder of Arby's fast-food chain (1944)
*Howard A. Kalmenson, founder, president and CEO of Lotus Communications Corporation (1949)
*University president Luis M. Proenza (1962)
*Psychologist Henry L. Roediger III (1965)
*Félix Arturo González Canto, governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo (1987)
*United States World Cup Olympic Bobsledder 2002-2006, Rocky Lanz (1986-1990)
*Actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261021/] Pablo Espinosa (1987)
*Soldier M/SGT (R) Gilbert M. Berg (1951) DISTINGUISHED HONORARY MEMBER RANGER HALL OF FAME (2007)

External links

* [http://www.cadet.com/ Official School Website]