The Department of the Air Force, on the recommendation of Lt. Col. Leonard J. Jindrich, Aerospace Education Instructor of Marist, has chosen Father Vincent Brennan as the recipient of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Outstanding Service Award.

The spirit and intent of the reward is recognition for prolonged outstanding support by an influential official. Normally recommendations are only considered for three or more years of outstanding service by college deans and presidents.

The recommendation for the award to be given to Father Brennan on Oct. 27, 1968, was carefully screened by the AFJROTC Awards Board. The award singles out Father Brennan’s outstanding service to the Air Force and its ROTC program.

The citation accompanying the giving of the award will read:

During the period between 1965-1968, Father Brennan contributed immeasurably to the AFJROTC program. His experience as secretary of the National Association of Military Schools was utilized at several conferences at the Air University and Air Force Headquarters pertaining to the establishment of the AFJROTC units in secondary schools. Many of his recommendations concerning the salary schedules of the retired personnel on duty in the program were adopted. At Marist School, Father Brennan made superior facilities available to the program and caused it to be integrated into the school curriculum with a minimum of confusion. His enthusiastic support of the program influenced the other faculty members to welcome the program and accept the AFJROTC personnel as full-fledged members of the faculty. Father Brennan has always made time available for ceremonies that publicized the program. During the time that the AFJROTC program has been at Marist School, Father Brennan has never missed an opportunity to promote the program and has never failed to indicate other than his complete support for it.

The award will be presented during the Cadet Officer Commissioning Ceremony at Marist Oct. 27, 1968. Father Brennan who is presently stationed at Lafayette, La., will return to Marist for the ceremony. On this occasion the 1968-1969 Cadet Officers will officially receive their commissions and assume their positions as officers of the Marist Cadet Corps.