Question: What is the year of the person who was born on August 15 , 1954 and belongs to alumni of Military Institute in Virginia ?

text: Virginia Military Institute
Alumni
VMI 's alumni include the current Governor of Virginia , the current Secretary of the Army , a Secretary of State , Secretary of Defense , a Nobel Peace Prize winner , Pulitzer Prize winners , 13 Rhodes Scholars , Medal of Honor recipients , an Academy Award winner , an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner , a martyr recognized by the Episcopal Church , Senators and Representatives , Governors , Lieutenant Governors , a Supreme Court Justice , numerous college and university presidents , many business leaders ( presidents and CEOs ) and over 285 general and flag officers , including service chiefs for three of the four armed services . Two recent Chiefs of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers , Lieutenant Generals Carl A. Strock and Robert B . Flowers , as well as Acting Chief of Engineers Major General `` Bo '' Temple , were VMI Civil Engineering graduates . [ 101 ]
Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was founded in 1839 and is the first public Senior Military College in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other Senior Military College in the United States, VMI enrolls cadets (uniformed members of the Corps of Cadets) only and awards baccalaureate degrees exclusively. VMI offers its students, all of whom are cadets, strict military discipline combined with a physically and academically demanding environment. The Institute grants degrees in 14 disciplines in engineering, science, and the liberal arts, and all VMI students are required to participate in ROTC. While VMI has been called The West Point of the South, it differs from the federal military service academies. As of 2019, VMI had a total enrollment of 1,722 cadets. All cadets must participate in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) of the United States Armed Forces programs, but are afforded the flexibility of pursuing civilian endeavors or accepting an officer's commission in any of the active or reserve components of any of the U.S. military branches upon graduation. VMI's alumni include a Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, the current Secretary of the Army, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, 7 Medal of Honor recipients, 13 Rhodes Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, an Academy Award winner, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, a martyr recognized by the Episcopal Church, Senators and Representatives, Governors, including the current Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governors, a Supreme Court Justice, numerous college and university presidents, many business leaders (presidents and CEOs) and over 290 general and flag officers across all US service branches and several other countries.
Name Year Notes
Lewis Burwell Chesty Puller 1922 Resigned from VMI after freshman year to enlist as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1918 ; became lieutenant general and most decorated Marine in U.S. history
Edward M. Almond 1915 Commander of U.S. Army X Corps during Korean War
Mel Brooks Did not graduate During World War II , the U.S. Army used VMI to give technical education and training to soldiers who did not matriculate as cadets nor live within the VMI cadet system . Before becoming a filmmaker , he trained at VMI for 12 weeks
James E. Brown III 1976 Fellow and past president of Society of Experimental Test Pilots and Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society
William A . Brown 1980 U.S. Navy vice admiral , Deputy Commander , United States Transportation Command ( USTRANSCOM )
Josiah Bunting III 1963 Superintendent of VMI , 1995-2002 ; Rhodes Scholar ; author
Withers Burress 1914 Professor of Military Science and Tactics at VMI ; Commanding General , U.S. Army 100th Infantry Division
Harry F. Byrd Jr 1935 Senator from Virginia ( 1965-83 )
Richard E. Byrd 1908 U.S. Navy rear admiral , polar explorer , Medal of Honor recipient ( 1926 )
Tom C. Clark 1921 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ( 1949-67 ) , United States Attorney General ( 1945-49 )
Dabney Coleman 1949 Movie and television actor
Harold Coyle 1974 U.S. Army major ; novelist
Charles Allen Culberson 1874 U.S . Senator ; Governor of Texas
Samuel C. Cumming 1917 Decorated USMC Major General during World War II
Jonathan Myrick Daniels 1961 American civil rights activist and one of fifteen modern-day Anglican Church martyrs
James U. Downs 1963 Senior resident superior court judge in western North Carolina , 1983-2013 ; lawyer in Hickory and Franklin , North Carolina
Richard Thomas Walker Duke 1844 Confederate Colonel ; Member of U.S. House of Representatives and Virginia House of Delegates
Edward Edmonds 1858 Confederate Colonel of the 38th Virginia Infantry , killed-in-action during Pickett 's Charge
John D. Ewing 1913 Publisher of Shreveport Times , 1931-52
Moses Jacob Ezekiel 1866 Sculptor