Who are the former and current presidents of Xidian Military Academy?

On March 1802 and 16, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the main drafter of the Declaration of Independence, signed a congressional decree announcing the establishment of the "American Military Academy" at West Point Military Academy. West Point Military Academy is the earliest military academy established in the United States. Its first president was Jonathan Wilhelms, the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, a famous American politician and scientist. However, it was Colonel silvanus Thayer, the president from 18 17 to 1833 who was honored as the "father of West Point Military Academy". Because it was during his tenure that he improved the academic level of West Point Military Academy, strictly enforced military discipline, and emphasized honesty and integrity. He also advocates Thayer's teaching method, that is, teaching in small classes, taught by tutors who are familiar with professional knowledge, and students and tutors discuss courses every day. This method is still widely used in West Point Military Academy.

The first president of jonathan Wilhemlms West Point Military Academy. As a scientist, Williams attaches great importance to the construction of teaching staff and recruits a large number of talented teachers to teach. However, due to the exploratory stage at that time, the lack of experience in running a school, and the lack of systematic teaching materials and equipment, the courses offered did not form a system, and there was neither a complete teaching plan nor a perfect management model, which led to his mediocre performance during his tenure and failed to cultivate any outstanding talents.

Joseph G Swift/KLOC-0 graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1986, and 18 12 became the second president. He made some necessary reforms to the West Point Military Academy, which laid the foundation for the development of the military academy. During his presidency, West Point Military Academy trained some outstanding military and engineering talents. Such as james monroe, Eisenhower, Bradley, Aloncen Brewer, Willard, William W Gordon, Simon, etc.

Alden partridge graduated from West Point 1806. 18 15 us president Madison decided to separate west point military academy from the corps of engineers and set up a full-time principal, with partridge as the third principal. He has made great contributions in establishing strict rules and regulations, offering new courses, putting forward new teaching requirements, designing new school uniforms for students and establishing more schools. However, due to the lack of trust in the faculty, he interfered with the professor's work at will; Do not carry out superior orders; Allow students to graduate without passing the exam; Excessive punishment of students, cronyism and abuse of power have led to the serious spread of factions, sheltering revenge and liberalism in military schools, which has cast a historic "shadow" on West Point Military Academy. 1865438+In July 2007, partridge was sent to a military court for trial.

Sylvanus Thayer graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1808 and became the fourth president in July. During his tenure 16 years, he carried out a comprehensive and successful rectification and reform of West Point Military Academy. For example, the policy and principle of running a school have been clarified, and a four-year education plan focusing on civil engineering technology has been formulated; A complete teaching system has been established, and a small class teaching method has been pioneered, in which students are divided into more than a dozen classes, and the rankings of students are evaluated according to their academic achievements; Established a famous honor system, emphasizing students to observe discipline through self-discipline; Re-established the position of the commander of the student team, established a strict negligence punishment system and so on. His reform of West Point Military Academy and his learning thoughts have a decisive influence on the future of West Point Military Academy. With his efforts, West Point Military Academy became the best engineering school in the United States, and its position in American society reached its peak in the following years. In view of Searle's outstanding contribution to West Point Military Academy, people call him "the father of West Point".

Robert e lee graduated from west point military academy on 1829 and became the president on 1852. He and Jefferson Davis, Secretary of the Army, made a major reform on the teaching plan implemented by West Point Military Academy since 1820. The school system has been extended to five years, and courses such as English, military law, philosophy, history, literature and Spanish have been added, and the field training time has been increased. It was not until the end of the civil war that the academic system was restored to four years.

Douglas macarthur graduated from West Point 1903. After World War I, he came to West Point Military Academy as the principal with the mission of "revitalizing the military academy". He first set out to restore the tradition of the military academy, relax some regulations, reduce corporal punishment on freshmen, establish an assessment system, and reinvigorate the morale of students; Physical education courses have been added, and physical exercise has been raised to the same important position as scientific culture and military training in the education plan; In order to broaden students' knowledge, courses such as aerodynamics, internal combustion engine principle, world geography, international relations and overseas operations have been added, and the proportion of foreign language teaching and humanities and social sciences courses has been increased; Instructors are encouraged to study postgraduate courses and academic committees are allowed to visit other institutions. His new viewpoint that "the military education practice of West Point Military Academy should focus on the modernization of military technology and equipment" was later called "MacArthur's view of modern military education". He served in the West Point Military Academy for three years, which not only inherited the basic principle of Thayer's Thought, but also greatly broadened the vision of American military education, changed the practice of American military education from facing domestic problems to facing the whole world, and made the West Point Military Academy enter an important period in history. MacArthur himself is also called "the founder of modern military education".

Andrew J. Goodpaster graduated from West Point 1939. During 1976, the biggest cheating incident in West Point shocked the whole country. In order to restore the prestige and image of West Point Military Academy, Goodpaster, former assistant to the President and commander-in-chief of the European Union Army, took the initiative to change the rank of general to lieutenant general and became the president of West Point Military Academy. He took "establishing a new attitude of change as one of the important tasks" and carried out a comprehensive rectification and reform of West Point Military Academy, which gradually restored its respected position in the public mind. Many of his reform measures and academic thoughts provided theoretical and practical basis for the reform of West Point Military Academy in 1980s.

Luno is currently the 56th president of the United States Military Academy at West Point. His predecessor was retired Lieutenant General Dan Christman of the United States Army, and he is now the senior vice president in charge of international affairs of the National Chamber of Commerce.