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Fishburne Head Elected AMCSUS President
Posted by Derrick Weaver on Mar 16 2008 at 9:15 PM

Alexandria, VA –The Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS) has elected Fishburne Military School’s ninth Superintendent, BG William W. Alexander (VA), to be the association’s next president. The association, founded in 1914, is comprised of military colleges, junior colleges and secondary schools throughout the country. Membership includes 42 nationally recognized programs such as Virginia Military Institute, The Citadel, Norwich University and Texas A&M.

According to Alexander, “AMCSUS has been an integral part of Fishburne’s heritage ever since its founding.” Fishburne Military School was a founding member of AMCSUS and FMS’ second Superintendent, COL Morgan Stanley Hudgins (a 1901 graduate of VMI) also served as the association’s president. “This election is a great honor for Fishburne Military School as well as for me,” Alexander noted.

Alexander, a 1964 Graduate of Fishburne, was appointed Director of Development at FMS in 1998 and has served as the school’s Superintendent and President since 2004. He holds a BS from East Tennessee State University and an MA from the University of Kansas. Alexander retired from the United States Army after a distinguished 30-year career.

During his tenure as Fishburne’s Superintendent, Alexander has overseen the 129 year old educational institution’s transition into the technological age. Curriculum expansion, new classroom technology and student quality of life improvements have been hallmarks of his term as Fishburne’s head. Implementing “new media” approaches to marketing and advertising, Alexander has also worked to streamline the school’s public face while updating and upgrading on-campus communications and security technologies.

AMCSUS is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to, as put forth in its Constitution, promoting the common interest of all members and to advance their welfare; promote and maintain high scholastic, military and ethical standards in member schools; represent the mutual interests of the member schools before the Department of Defense as well as the general public; foster and extend patriotism and respect for duly constituted authority; and cultivate citizens who love peace and who strive to maintain it.

Founded in 1879, Fishburne Military School is a private all boys' boarding and day school for grades 8 through 12 that overlooks the town of Waynesboro, VA in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. Distinguished as the oldest and smallest of Virginia's Military Schools, Fishburne offers individualized attention in a caring, family-oriented environment.  FMS strives to provide the Corps of Cadets with a sound academic foundation, a healthy mental and physical environment, as well as military training for better understanding of the obligations of honor, citizenship, and self-discipline. For more information visit: www.fishburne.org.