Davison attended MMA for eight years, arriving from his hometown of Mercer, Missouri, as a fifth grader. He served as B Company Commander in the Junior School in eighth grade. Honors included Best …
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Missouri Military Academy will celebrate its 136th Commencement in weekend activities May 16-17 on the Academy’s campus in Mexico. Commencement speaker will be Iowa attorney George F. Davison, a 1968 MMA graduate, according to an MMA news release. Access this school link for the end-of-the-year schedule, including commencement activities: https://www.missourimilitaryacademy.org/parents/special-events/end-of-year-schedule
Davison attended MMA for eight years, arriving from his hometown of Mercer, Missouri, as a fifth grader. He served as B Company Commander in the Junior School in eighth grade. Honors included Best Drilled Old Boy in the Junior School and Superior Cadet in high school. A four-year member of Delta Phi, he was named Most Versatile Cadet when he graduated as a cadet captain and band commander in 1968.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a law degree from Drake University in Des Moines and has been a member of the Iowa bar since 1980. Davison’s early career included work at radio stations in Missouri and Iowa. Later, he had teaching stints at Des Moines Area Community College, Central College in Pella, Iowa, and Drake University. For more than 20 years, Davison was a member of the MMA Board of Visitors and the Board of Trustees.
Commencement events at the Academy will span two days, beginning with a final assembly and eighth-grade promotion on May 16. The day will also feature the Senior Baccalaureate service at 5 p.m. in the MMA Chapel and the Senior Banquet at 6 p.m. in the Gymtorium. Commencement begins at 10 a.m. on May 17, in the MMA Gymtorium, immediately followed by Final Formation on the Front Campus, the release stated.
With 49 graduates, MMA’s Class of 2025 has achieved a college acceptance rate of 100% at schools such as the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York University, Rutgers University, Hult International Business School, the University of Missouri, Truman State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Norwich University, Augustana University, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans, The Citadel Military College of South Carolina, Depauw University, Creighton University, Virginia Military Institute, Arizona State University and Texas A&M University.
MMA graduating cadets have been offered more than $10.3 million in college scholarships so far, the release stated.
