2020 National Legion College begins Saturday
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2020 National Legion College begins Saturday

After a few postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 National American Legion College class will meet in Indianapolis, Nov. 13-19. The 27 students will meet at National Headquarters for the week to enhance their knowledge of the organization and its overall mission, and to learn ways to become an effective leader and mentor.

As a group, the students will meet in the National Executive Committee room on the fourth floor of the headquarters building to focus on training and engagement, membership retention, resolution writing and more. The 2020 class will graduate Friday, Nov. 19. Visit legion.org/college to follow coverage.

Below is the 2020 American Legion College class. 

Alabama: John “Buddy” Keen

Alaska: Michael Hayward

Colorado: Joseph Schmidt

Connecticut: Frank Poirier

Florida: Bruce Comer

Georgia: Lewis Kent

Idaho: Brenda Hokenson

Illinois: Celeste Latham 

Kansas: Michael Cole

Louisiana: Edwin Wilson

Massachusetts: Scott Conner

Minnesota: Randy Olson

Missouri: Rose Noonan

Montana: Duane Cunningham

Nebraska: Ronald Riley

Nevada: Pranava Moody

New Jersey: John Dunne III

North Carolina: Michael Donnelly

North Dakota: Dan Brown

Ohio: Kevin Motter

Oregon: Kevin Sands

Pennsylvania: Lewis Jones

South Carolina: John Lonergan

South Dakota: Krisma DeWitt

Virginia: Richard Ward

Washington: Jessie Horton

West Virginia: Donald Lambert