About
Subject
- Reserve Officers Training Corps
- ROTC
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Native American
- Diversity and inclusion in the early years
Repository
University Archives, duPont-Ball Library, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
Source Collection
Stetson University, duPont-Ball Library, Photograph Collection
Rights
Copyright Stetson University, DeLand, Florida. May not be reproduced without permission. Permission: http://stetson.edu/library/permissions.php
Title
Billy L. Cypress, an ROTC member, is given a 2nd Lt. commission pin by his mother upon graduating in 1965. He was the first Native American to graduate from Stetson University. After rising to the rank of Major in the Army and earning master's and doctoral degrees, he served as the Executive Director of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum.
Names
- Billy L. Cypress
- William Cypress