Alex Master ’09 served as a guest inspector during the Culver Annual Review in March. Culver photo/Camilo Morales

Army Cadet Alex Master ’09 received the George C. Marshall Award during a conference at the Marshall Center at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. The award is named in honor of Gen. George C. Marshall, who served in World War II as the Army  chief of staff and in the post-war era as secretary of state and secretary of defense.

The award is presented annually to the most outstanding Army ROTC cadets in military science studies and leadership values in each battalion at host universities and colleges. This is a national award and the highest award an ROTC cadet can receive.

Master is a senior at Purdue University and Battalion Commander of the Purdue ROTC “Boiler Battalion.” He was a guest inspector during the Culver Annual Review in March.