Graduates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants

Ten members of the University’s class of 2018 were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
Eleven 2018 ROTC graduates from area colleges, including ten from The University of Scranton, were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a ceremony held on Scranton’s campus in May. From left: 2nd Lt. David Augusto de Leon II, 2nd Lt. William C. Beck, 2nd Lt. Lindsay Clifford, 2nd Lt. Robert J. Turlip, Jr., 2nd Lt. Stephen Thomas Fitch, 2nd Lt. Ryan J. Feeney, 2nd Lt. Michael Kolcharno, 2nd Lt. Paul J. Piekarz, 2nd Lt. John Paul Filipczyk, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Truitt and2nd Lt. Noel B. Hanson.
Eleven 2018 ROTC graduates from area colleges, including ten from The University of Scranton, were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a ceremony held on Scranton’s campus in May. From left: 2nd Lt. David Augusto de Leon II, 2nd Lt. William C. Beck, 2nd Lt. Lindsay Clifford, 2nd Lt. Robert J. Turlip, Jr., 2nd Lt. Stephen Thomas Fitch, 2nd Lt. Ryan J. Feeney, 2nd Lt. Michael Kolcharno, 2nd Lt. Paul J. Piekarz, 2nd Lt. John Paul Filipczyk, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Truitt and2nd Lt. Noel B. Hanson.
Ten members of The University of Scranton’s class of 2018 and one graduate from Pennsylvania State University Scranton were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a ceremony held on Scranton’s campus in May.

The University of Scranton ROTC graduates who were commissioned at the ceremony are:

2nd Lt. William C. Beck of Bear, Delaware;

2nd Lt. Lindsay Clifford of Monroe, New York;

2nd Lt. David Augusto de Leon II of Greenwich, Connecticut;

2nd Lt. Ryan J. Feeney of Morris Plains, New Jersey;

2nd Lt. John Paul Filipczyk of Benton,

2nd Lt. Stephen Thomas Fitch of Villanova,

2nd Lt. Noel B. Hanson of Prospect Park,

2nd Lt. Paul J. Piekarz of Brooklyn, New York;

2nd Lt. Mohammed Aji Notonegoro Truitt of Whiting, New Jersey;

2nd Lt. Robert J. Turlip, Jr. of Archbald.

In addition to The University of Scranton graduates, also commissioned at the ceremony was Pennsylvania State University Scranton graduate 2nd Lt. Michael Kolcharno of Dunmore.
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