NAM-POWs who earned academic distinction degrees at the doctorate level
Everett Alvarez
LHD, Honorary Degree Law Degree, George Washington University, 1980 Passed the WASHDC Bar exam.
Ronald G. "Ron" Bliss
Law Degree, general practice in Austin, Texas. Ron received his law degree from Baylor University in 1976. He was head of the intellectual property department of Fulbright and Jaworski until his death in 2005.
Michael T. Burns
JD, Univ. Indiana Private practice Sarasota, FL
William W. Butler
DMV, practiced veterinary medicine in Califoirnia.
Phillip Butler
PhD, Professor USNPS
Ronald E. Byrne, Jr.
PhD, Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from US Merchant Marine Academy.
Michael P. "Mike" Cronin
JD, General Practice of law in Maryland. Represented APU, Washington, DC. Georgetown Law School, 1994.
George "Bud" Day
Law degree, general practice between Korea and Vietnam.
Guy D. Gruters
Law degree, Georgetown School of Law
Porter A. Halyburton
LHD, Honorary Doctorate, University of Rhode Island LHD, Honorary Doctorate, Greensboro College Professor of Strategy Emeritus, Naval War College
Carlyle (Smitty) Harris
JD, Current member of Mississippi bar University of Mississippi Law school, 1981
Kenneth R. "Ken" Hughey
Law Degree, LA County Prosecutor
Robert C. Jones
Law Degree
Floyd H. Kushner
MD, U.S. Army Flight Surgeo
William P. "Bill" Lawrence
Distinguished Graduate Award, USNA
Roger G. Lerseth
PhD in Political Science from Boston University, Boston, MA, in January 2001. Professor of Strategy and Policy, Naval War College, Emeritus.
Edward W. Leonard, Jr.
JD. from Univ. of Texas, Austin 1982. State Bar of Texas 1983 and Oregon Bar Association 1993.
Thomas M. McNish
MD, Emory University School of Medicine, 1978. boarded” in Family Practice and Aerospace Medicine as well as being one of only eight “Dual Rated” Pilot-Physicians in the Air Force.
Edward Mechenbier
Georgetown School of Law
Joseph E. Milligan
DMV, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 1979.
PhD, Nutrition and Physiology, Rutgers University, 1979.
Dennis A. Moore
Law Degree, California Western School of Law in May 2005.
Ben M. Pollard
PhD, Honorary Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2012
Richard R. Ratzlaff
Law Degree
Herbert Benjamin Ringsdorf
MD, General Practice, Flight Surgeon, “Board Certified” in Family Practice
David J. Rollins
DBA, Doctor of Business Administration, U.S. International University, 1983.
Brian J. Seek
DDM, practiced dentistry 25 years USAF & 10 years in AZ (prisons). University of Alabama School of Dentistry, 1978.
William L. Shankel
MD, Bethesda Naval Hospital (general surgeon). Board certified in surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. General surgery for 20 years in various hospitals, Kauai, Hawaii.
JD, practiced in Washington state. Assistant US Attorney. Georgetown School of Law
Charles Everett "Ev" Southwick
D, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA (a University of California School), Class of 1976.
Donald R. Spoon, M.D.
MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 1978; Family Practice Residency, Eglin AFB, 1981; Senior Flight Surgeon.
James B. Stockdale
Distinguished Graduate Award,
Some bios report that he had 11 honorary PhD degrees, but they are not listed.
Tom Storey
PhD, Honorary degree, Millikin University, Decatur, IL 1973
Robert H. Shumaker
PhD Electrical Engineering, USNPS, 1977
PhD, Honorary Degree, Westminster College; New Wilmington, PA, 1984
Distinguished Graduate Award, USNA, April 2, 2011.