Texas A&M University President Dr. R. Bowen Loftin ’71 announced on Jan. 22 the resignation of Corps of Cadets Commandant Lt. Gen. John Van Alstyne ’66.

“Gen. Van Alstyne has served our University with great honor and unquestioned dedication after an Army career in which he distinguished himself as well as his country and his University,” Loftin said. “On behalf of the entire Aggie family, I thank Gen. Van Alstyne for his decades of exemplary service.”

Loftin appointed Corps Chief of Staff Col. Jake Betty ’73 (pictured) as interim commandant while he begins “a dialogue with the Corps Board of Visitors and groups of students, faculty, staff and former students to initiate a process of identifying the next commandant of the Corps of Cadets.”