CHARACTER MAKES THE MAN - THE STORY OF THE KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE: 1845-1975 ON DVD

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Roger Cole ’58, Ken Harper ’48, and Bill Vermillion ’63 are pleased to announce that the Kentucky Military Institute Legacy Documentary DVD is now available. Click on Trailer 1 above for a short KMI DVD trailer introduction or “Click below to purchase your DVD.

Many of you may have seen Character Makes the Man – The Story of the Kentucky Military Institute: 1845 1971 at the premiere showing at the Palace Theatre in Louisville or the Venice Theatre in Venice. Others may have seen one of the showings on Public Television stations in Kentucky, Florida, or neighboring states. Now you have an opportunity to purchase a personal copy of the Character Makes the Man Legacy Documentary while at the same time enhance the Legacy of KMI. The KMI Documentary DVD will always be there when your thoughts drift back to the days of your youth or your days at the Kentucky Military Institute.

DVD sales proceeds will benefit the Kentucky Military Institute Memorial Endowment which is domiciled at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation in Venice, Florida. Annual grants from the Kentucky Military Institute Memorial Endowment will benefit the Venice Museum and Archives for their management of the Kentucky Military Institute collection and display of KMI memorabilia and for the maintenance and expansion of the KMI Archives and Legacy.

"KMI Special Pictures and Videos"

"Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus" (Last Performance)

• John Bond. KMI class of 1958.    OBIT     Registration required!

• Jim Williamson, KMI class of 1962    OBIT     Registration required!
  
• Venice Holiday Parade
  The 49th annual parade also kicks off the City of Venice's Centennial Celebration, with the parade's theme being "All Aboard the Centennial" — paying homage to those who took the train to Venice, from the circus to BLE (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) and KMI (Kentucky Military Institute) cadets and dignitaries." 5-9 p.m. Nov. 29; Downtown Venice; venicegov.com
  

• Richard Selleck article by Leon.   Registration required!
• Teddy Colley, KMI 1964x    OBIT     Registration required!

• Richard Selleck, K M I class of 1967.  OBIT     Registration required!

• Atten......tion. Cadets!
  
  Our Venice reunion is coming together.  Last Monday Bill Victor and I met in Punta Gorda and toured the new Military Heritage Museum.
  We were so impressed that we decided to make it a reunion destination for the troops. 
  We'll get everyone down and back via a bus, and we'll have to do it in two shifts like we did in Pensacola back in 2018.
  This excursion will be on Friday, April 17, and our banquet will be held that evening.
  Last Tuesday we met at City Hall with the Mayor, City Manager, and their staff. 
  We're working on events with the city for Saturday, April 18.  So.........stay tuned. 
  Exciting times await us.
  
  Leon
  

• Ron Clifford, Class of 1964x.    OBIT   Registration required!
• A Girl Who Grew Up With the Boys at KMI  (NEW)   
  
• Lady Faculity - 1956   (NEW)

• James Edwards, Class of 1963.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Ken Lowry, Class of 1961.     OBIT   Registration required!

• Bob Oakley, Class of 1962.     OBIT   Registration required!

• Gary DOTSON, Class of 1960.  OBIT Updated.    Registration required!
• Bill VIVIANO, Class of 1960.  OBIT Updated.      Registration required!

• William Smallman, Class of 1971.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
•  Alumni Database UPDATED  08/20/2025.      Registration required!

• Winston Clifton, Class of 1960.      OBIT   Registration required!

• Bill Girdler, Class of 1966x.    OBIT   Registration required!
• Walter Nichols, Class of 1963.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John Dart, Class of 1965.      Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Bill Curry, Class of 1971.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Dennis OVERHOLSER, Class of 1964.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Dan Robey, Class of 1967.  OBIT  Registration required!
• Dennis Edward Sullivan,  Class of 1966. OBIT  Registration required!

• Jay Crawmer, Class of 1960.    OBIT  Registration required!

• David Cassini, Class of 1955.    OBIT  Registration required!

• Willson Edwards, Class of 1959.    OBIT  Registration required!

• Jeff Norris, Class of 1962.    OBIT  Registration required!

• James Kaiser, Class of 1954.  OBIT  Registration required!
• David Schum, Class of 1955.    OBIT  Registration required!
• Richard BEAN, Class of 1968x.   OBIT  Registration required!

• James Bourn, Class of 1956.    OBIT  Registration required!

• Ralph Rudolph, Class of 1956.   OBIT  Registration required!

• Albert Hockensmith, Class of 1972.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John White, Class of 1952.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Joel HOWARD, Class of 1956.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John WALTER, Class of 1961.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Peter LANHAM, Class of 1953.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Crawford Fugate, Class of 1967.      Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Earl HEINER, Class of 1953.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John DART,  Class of 1965.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)  
  
• Taylor James, Class of 1951.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!) 
  
• Ned BOGIE, Class of 1960.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!) 

• Harvey Chenault, Class of 1970.    OBIT  Registration required!

• David. FINK, Class of 1965.  Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Jack Fisher, Class of 1964.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Dave WULFHORST, Class of 1956x.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Craig Knobloch, Class of 1967x.    OBIT  Registration required!

• Sandy Parker, Class of 1943.    OBIT  Registration required!   Almost made it to 100 years old!!!
  

• Richard Sutherland, Class of 1953.   OBIT.   Registration required!
• Dr. Clinton W. Kelly III  Bio, Class of 1955.  Registration required!

• Herb Wells, Class of 1964.   OBIT   Registration required!

• James R. McKnight, Class of 1951.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• George Barnes, Class of 1960.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Isaiah Cunningham, Class of 1964.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Fred FRANCIS, Class of 1957.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Frank Tuckwiller,  Class of 1957.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Jim CREECH, Class of 1954.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Paul KETCHUM, Class of 1953.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Jack Kreamer, Class of 1949.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Bill Gross, Class of 1950.   OBIT     (Registration required!)
• Jack REESE, Class of 1954.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Ernest Wedding, Class of 1968.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Dean Kohlhepp, Class of 1968.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Max BARNES, Jr., Class of 1960.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Richard Stephenson, Class of 1958.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Bruce Liebenthal, Class of 1954.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Kip Rhea,  Class of 1955.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John SHANNON, Class of 1954.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John Busch, Class of 1960.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Mike Younger, Class of 1955.      OBIT.   (Registration required!)

• Greg Nelson, Class of 1962.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Regan PHILLIPS, Class of 1954.     OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Bill Curry, Class of 1960.   OBIT   (Registration required!)
• Ken JOHNSON, Class of 1954.   OBIT   (Registration required!)
• Joe Fishman, Class of 1960.      Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• John Busch, Class of 1960.      Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• David Albrecht, Class of 1960.      Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Bob Ghee, Class of 1953.        OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Jim "Roy" Reed, Class of 1955.   OBIT   (Registration required!)
• Alan Fugate, Class of 1967.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Wally Hall, Class of 1942.  OBIT   (Registration required!)

• John Hickey, Class of 1966.   Obit.     (Registration required!)

• Ed Seagram, Class of 1948.  KMI 2026 Reunion message.
  

• Neal Bowen, Class of 1966.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Selby John Proud, Class of 1966.  Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Thomas Walter Rossi, Class of 1966.  Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Mike  Auxier, Class of 1953.   OBIT.     (Registration required!)

• Jackson Guerrant, Class of 1965.   OBIT   (Registration required!)
• John Robert Downes, Class of 1965 Pg     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Thomas Corwin Klein, Class of 1965 Pg     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Frank Lively, Class of 1963.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• Updated the master alumni database.     (Registration required!)

• Michael Wilch, Class of 1966.  Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• John Finefrock,  Class of 1969.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Les Stonecypher, Class of 1966.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Writing Venice's history, one chapter at a time By LARRY HUMES Class of 1965.
  The reception at the bookshop started at 6 pm on March 29th and the book signing started at 6:30.
  
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• Mike Perren, Class of 1963.     OBIT  (Registration required!)

• Robert Sterling HALL, Class of 1952.     OBIT  (Registration required!)

• Philip Cordes, Class of 1947.     OBIT  (Registration required!)

• Writing Venice's history, one chapter at a time By LARRY HUMES Class of 1965.
  The reception at the bookshop starts at 6 pm on March 29th and the book signing starts at 6:30. If you plan to attend, be sure and make a reservation as they can only accommodate about 80 or so people.  If you live in the Venice area, you can visit the store and pick up a ticket for the book signing or call them and be added to the reservation list.
  
  The Island Bookshop
  Located in: Merchants Of Venice
  Address: 206 Miami Ave W, Venice, FL 34285
  Phone: (941) 416-5511
  
  

• Mel  Dunn, Class of 1958.        OBIT     (Registration required!)

•  Bob Fischer, Class of 1963.     OBIT     (Registration required!)
  

• Hal Morrison, Class of 1966.    OBIT     (Registration required!)

• Updated the master alumni database.     (Registration required!)

• Charles Stoup, Class of 1954.   OBIT      (Registration required!)
  Services will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 11:00 AM at St. John’s Episcopal Church on the Square in Carlisle,.PA
  

• Robert H. Doumas, Class of 1948   OBIT   (Registration required!)

• AH Ewing Historical Pictures  (1943-1944)     (NEW)

• Robert Lewis, Class of 1946.    OBIT     (Registration required!)

• Jack Alt, Class of 1952.   OBIT           (Registration required!)

• Eric Miller, Class of 1967  Tales of the Wild West: Western Historical Fiction
  

• Richard Allen Vinton, Class of 1947.    OBIT    (Registration required!)

• George Thomas, class of 1968.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
  

• George Joblin, Clss of 1946.    OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Hershell Murray, Class  of 1955.    OBIT      (Registration required!)
  Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday September 17, 2024 at 11 a.m.
  

• Harold A. Merten, Class of 1945.      OBIT.       (Registration required!)

• New KMI Historical Marker Webpage. 
  

• KMI Database - Selecting State now sorts results by City!    NEW       (Registration required!)

• Ned Southwick, Class of 1958.    OBIT      (Registration required!)

• Carl Breitenstein, Class of 1959.    OBIT     (Registration required!)

• Richard Potts, Class of 1963.     OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Skip Stigger, Class of 1956.    OBIT    (Registration required!)
• Kirk Brandon, Class of 1956.   OBIT   (Registration required!)
• Bill Nuckolls, Class of 1963.     OBIT   (Registration required!)
• Herbert Moore, Class of 1948.   OBIT   (Registration required!)
• Joe Wells, Class of 1959.     OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Updated the master alumni database.     (Registration required!)
• John William Frank Haner, Class of 1956   OBIT     (Registration required!)

• Charlie Hammond, Class of 1968.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Pete Haner, Class of 1962.   OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Otto Prusnick, Class of 1962.   OBIT     (Registration required!)

• Jim Norris, Class of 1952,   OBIT.    (Registration required!)

• Bruce Baker, Class of 1957post graduate.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• David Levinson's pictures from the 2024 alumni reunion.
  

• Lowell Watson, Staff 1965-67.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!) Listing under 1965.
  

• Ray Lippert, Class of 1967.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• City of Venice Centennial - 100 years of your City on the Gulf
  

• Bill Houston, Class of 1952.   OBIT.    (Registration required!)

• Ed Gerhold, Class of 1961.   OBIT.    (Registration required!)
• Steve Grossman, Class of 1962.   OBIT.    (Registration required!)

• LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE PAID FOR THE REUNION
  

• Joey Bruno, Class of 1973x.     Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• KMI Reunion 2024
  
  Itinerary:
      * Thursday, Registration starting at 3 PM, ( time subject to change )
      * Friday - Churchill Downs:  luncheon buffet Friday afternoon
      * Saturday - Alumni meeting:  Saturday morning
          Louisville Slugger Museum -  Saturday afternoon
          Banquet -  Saturday evening
      * Sunday: Everyone goes home with a smile on their face and a hangover.
  

• Bob Curtis, Class of 1955x.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• John Lawson, Class of 1953.   OBIT.    (Registration required!)

• LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE PAID FOR THE REUNION.

• "Kentucky Military Institute in Venice: Presented by Larry Humes, KMI Graduate"
  YouTube presentation of Larry's presetation on April 16, 2024.
  

• John Morgan, Class of 1965.   Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE PAID FOR THE REUNION.
  

• VENICE AREA HISTORICL SOCIETY PRESENTS: "KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE: 126 YEARS OF ITS HISTORY
  LARRY HUMES, KMI 1965 GRADUATE
  

• Jerry Zegart, Class of 1970x.  Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
  

• Updated the master alumni database.     (Registration required!)

• Hershell B. Murray, Class of 1955.   OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Tim Kraft, Class of 1959.    OBIT   (Registration required!)

• John "Tom" Benson" Marshall, Class of 1966.    OBIT    (Registration required!)

• Tom Mansfield, Class of 1962.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Penn Broecker, Class of 1962.    OBIT.   (Registration required!)

• Ned Wilson, Class of 1967.    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)
• 1861 Pre War KMI uniform - "Reconstruction"

• Dale Stahl, Class of 1955.   OBIT     (Registration required!)
  
• Rugeley Devan, Class of 1959.     OBIT   (Registration required!)

• Richard CUMMINS, Class of 1968x    Contact information update!  (Registration required!)

• Jim Pruden, Class of 1944.  ‘FIRST LADY OF STAGE’ JO PRUDEN DIES.