UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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Pag 29 !SH£ g " nber, 1964. It has been require. - all y nee opened in 1868. AT the • Officers' Training Coro: ake A n y , | y, or Air Fore,. " T o ~ i enrollment, first semest *, • . of whom 205 a at the Chicago Undergraduate Division, and 1,580 at «*

19 took c ning of the former University Cadet Brigade Ins: on \ p r o Lded at Urbana-Champaign in Artillery, Armor, C . Infantry, Ordnance Corps, Quartermaster Corps, and Signal Corp A comb .ed t -year coin Is offered at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. Qua ed may take two years of advanced training leading to reserv —. . for outstanding graduates ormnrtunitv rn-r Pi nnrrrmn Q e n o n i n -fh • Army. Total Army ROTC enrollment is 799, first semester, 196U-65. This 205 at Chicago, and 59^ at Urb ana-Champaign. The University military partmen. is Detachment No. 1, U.S. Army ROTC Instructor Group, Xlth U.S. Army Oor . Commandant is Col. Harold L. Dorsett. At Chicago Undergraduate Division Ma . Joseph E. Chave . as established at Illinois in 19^5- A Marine Corps option is provided in ju: or and senior years. NROTC students are in three categories: 1. lar students," selected annually through nationwide examinations, receive ee educa jnal expenses and are paid $600 a year. They are commissioned in the Regular Ma r Marine Corps and must serve four years on active duty. 2. act ients" elect to take Naval ROTC instead of Army or Air Force. After ng examinations* they enroll with the idea of taking four years of training ng a commission in the Navy or Marine Corps Reserve and serve three years ac .. 2. "Naval science students" are those who for some reason are mmediate r enrolled as contract midshipmen but aspire to be so enrolled the ng semester or year. Enrollment is 207, first semester, 1964-65. .ng off r of the Naval ROTC is Capt. John L. Nielsen. I . T started as a separate unit in 19^9- Qualified students may take -OC advanced training during their junior and senior years which will qual-' them for a commission upon graduation and give them the opportunity to t or navigator training or to begin an Air Force career field which 1 based on their academic training. Students in the scientific and engineering f have an excellent chance of further graduate work in their field at Air Force The unit is Detachment 190, Air Force ROTC, under the Air University i 8 e. The Commanding officer \ Colonel Russell P. Strange.

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