We hope you enjoy these images from the 2023 Alumni Parade and Distinguished Graduate Award Ceremony at West Point.

Diane and I recently hosted a mini-reunion of 21 of my West Point classmates (Class of 1975) and company mates (Company G-2) and their spouses in Orlando.  We arranged for lodging at the Rosen Centre (you may recall, Harris Rosen is a Veteran and friend), golf at Isleworth, and a dinner at Isleworth.  Other events […]

We had the honor of recently attending the Elizabeth Dole Foundation Heroes & History Makers Celebration, the ten-year anniversary of the foundation.  Diane and I sat at the head table with Senator Dole, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, USAA CEO Wayne and Ginney Peacock, Hilton EVP Danny and Sharon Hughes, […]

I was recently invited to The White House to attend the unveiling of the official portraits of President and Mrs. Obama. The National Museum of American History Prior to the event I visited the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.  It is one of my favorite museums in D.C.  The Smithsonian does an outstanding job […]

What follows is a journal type re-cap of my experience not only as a recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, but my interactions with other award winners as well. Upon landing in the Washington, D.C. area we grabbed our luggage, and then took a taxi to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on 22nd Street in Georgetown which […]

Learn more below about the amazing experiences from attendees of the 2022 McDonald Conference for Leaders of Character hosted at the United States Military Academy (USMC). Wilma Tay Wilma Tay (WCAS ’24) attended the 2022 McDonald Conference for Leaders of Character, hosted at West Point, the US Military Academy, in New York. The conference brings […]

The mission of the McDonald Conference for Leaders of Character (MCLC) is to bring together a diverse group of the top undergraduate student leaders from across the globe with world class senior leaders who act as mentors in a team-based, experiential event that bolsters leadership skills, fosters critical thinking and collaboration, and develops potential strategies […]

The Diane J. and Robert A. McDonald Family Foundation was recently recognized by the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) at their Dinner of Gratitude on September 27, 2021 for being a “champion for veterans and DAV’s mission.”  The McDonald family, led by past Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. McDonald, helped raise money […]

Robert McDonald will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming 2022 North America Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky. The virtual summit which takes place on February 28th will bring together virtually the region’s best organizations and C-Suite leaders to exchange and learn best practices on leadership, diversity & inclusion and success across […]

Below is a photo gallery and video courtesy of The German Marshall Fund of the citizen-led effort in the building of Veteran’s services in Ukraine: