From left: Captain David Sabulsky, ROTC instructor, and J. David Truby, professor emeritus of Journalism

The donation came from Truby’s own professional library collection.

“I have known and worked with the ROTC folks ever since coming to IUP in 1970 and thought the students and staff would make far more use of these resources than I would at this point in my life,” said Truby, the cofounder and first chair of the Journalism Department.

The donated books include all branches of the service and range from military history to tactics, weaponry, logistics, and intelligence. Truby also gave the library his collection of documents and papers on topics such as 21st-century warfare, counterinsurgency, and psychological operations.

“Dr. Truby has been a great mentor to many of our cadets, who are now officers, and a true friend to this organization with this generous gift, a reflection of his dedication to the development of our future Army leaders and to IUP,” said Capt. David Sabulsky, ROTC instructor.

IUP has commissioned more than 1,944 students as U.S. Army officers, and 19 more are set to be commissioned later in the 2012–2013 academic year.

Truby was on active duty with the U.S. Army in 1960–1961 and then served as a Combat Intelligence noncommissioned officer for the U.S. Army Reserve. He has also served as a consultant to the military.

In addition to this most recent donation, the IUP Libraries is home to the J. David Truby Special Collection, which contains his journalistic and investigative books, manuscripts, speeches, and more.

Event Overview

• Date: Friday, October 5, 2012
• Time: Same-day registration at 2:30
• Race time: 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Pierce Hall, 1140 Maple St.
• Participation Fee:
  • Early Registration $10 (Now through September 21 in person)
  • Register online $13.25 (Now through October 4)
  • Same-day Registration: $15

Everyone receives a t-shirt!

Prizes for the top three male and female racers.

For more information, visit the IUP Army ROTC Facebook page.

Cosponsored by Rho Tau Chi and Gingerbreadmanrunning Co.

IUP Army ROTC

The Veterans Day parade was about to begin on November 11, 2011, when Indiana officer Cpl. Wesley Hite was directed to a fifty-year-old man who had collapsed due to an unknown medical emergency in the 400 block of Philadelphia Street, according to a letter Sutton sent to Lt. Col. Harold Whiffen, the professor of military science at IUP. The man reportedly had no vital signs.

Sutton said Cadet Derek Lyons, an IUP junior from Pittsburgh, stepped forward without hesitation and began giving rescue breaths to the man while Hite started administering chest compressions. In a short time, the victim began breathing on his own again and was taken by ambulance to Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Sutton said in his letter that it was later learned that the man had suffered a seizure.

Because of medical privacy laws, no additional information was available from the hospital on the man’s condition, but police sources said the ill man recovered.

“Cadet Lyons’ performance brings forth a most positive image of himself as well as that of the organization he represents, the Army ROTC,” Sutton wrote in his letter.

Whiffen said that for his major role in the rescue, Lyons’ name was submitted for an ROTC medal.

Another ROTC cadet, Shannon Elkins, a senior from Indiana, also assisted at the scene of the medical emergency, Whiffen said.