DESCRIPTION

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Hall of Fame honors those persons who have contributed significantly to language training or use within the Department of Defense. It consists of a permanent display at the Presidio of Monterey, with appropriate displays describing the stalwarts of the Defense language community and their valuable contributions to improved language training and better employment of military linguists in the defense of our nation.

ELIGIBILITY

Any person who has made a lasting contribution to language training or military linguist operations in the Department of Defense is eligible for nomination to the Hall of Fame. However, to ensure that actions for which persons are nominated are of an enduring nature, and to prevent any appearance of impropriety, all actions must have occurred at least ten years prior to the date on which the nomination is submitted.

Nominees need not be graduates, faculty, or staff of the Defense Language Institute. Nominees may be living or deceased.

NOMINATIONS

Anyone may submit nominations for Hall of Fame candidates.

Nominations are accepted year-round, but all selections will be made during the month of August each year. The cutoff for consideration of a nomination in a given year is 31 July.

Nominations that are not selected for induction will not automatically be considered again in future years. If a nominator wants to have a nomination reconsidered, he or she must resubmit the nomination.

Submissions should include the following:

Name, address, phone number, and email of person submitting the nomination
(in case the review board has questions or needs more information)

Name of nominee
Address, phone number, and email of the nominee or a representative
Relationship to DLIFLC, if any
Detailed justification for the nomination (maximum of 3 pages long)

Submit nominations in hard copy to:
Commander
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
ATTN: Public Affairs Officer
Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944
or electronically through the DLIFLC website, www.dliflc.edu, or through the DLI Alumni Association (Hall_of_Fame@dli-alumni.org). Electronic nominations may be inserted in the body of the email or as an attachment to the email.

Honorees are selected from among all nominations by a review board consisting of:

DLIFLC Commandant
DLIFLC Assistant Commandant
DLIFLC Command Sergeant Major
DLIFLC Chancellor
DLIFLC Historian
DLI Alumni Association President

Selection is by simple majority vote. In the event of a tie, the Commandant will cast the deciding vote.

The review board convenes on the first workday in August of each year. It will review all nominations submitted up to 31 July of that year. There is no minimum or maximum number of honorees selected each year.

Honorees selected by the board are notified in a letter from the Commandant. The list of all honorees will be published on the DLIFLC and DLIAA websites, and through appropriate news outlets (i.e., Military Times, Stars and Stripes, local newspapers).

INDUCTION

Honorees are invited to attend the annual induction ceremony, held in conjunction with the DLIFLC anniversary celebration on or about 1 November of each year. They or their representatives will have an opportunity to make remarks during the ceremony if they desire. However, attendance at the ceremony is not required for induction into the Hall.

Honorees receive an honorary Associate of Arts degree from DLIFLC. They will also receive a plaque attesting to their induction into the Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony will include the unveiling of descriptive displays (photos, documents, etc.) describing the honoree and the reason for induction.

Note: Find the nomination format at: http://www.dli-alumni.org/hall_of_fame/HOF_NominationFormat2007.htm