Major Robert M. Danford, Commandant of Cadets, introduces a course on leadership. 1924 Michie Stadium completed. 1926 Government-owned Hotel Thayer completed. 1929 Washington Hall completed. 1933 Act of Congress authorizes awarding the Bachelor of Science degree to Academy graduates.
Academy acquires additional territory to the west and south for tactical military training.
The Tactical Training and Firing Center used for the summer training of cadets named Camp Buckner in honor of LTG Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., Class of 1908, killed at Okinawa. Russian language study introduced. Under Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, Superintendent, curriculum is revised and modernized. 1947 New instructors selected in advance of actual assignment to West Point in order to attend a civilian university for graduate work. The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the United States Military Academy of these web sites or the information, products or services contained therein.