Gold Star Hall Criteria General Understandings in the Matter of Refining the Criteria
Final Report - March 26,2004, amended April 28,2006
- The military and the way combat is waged
have changed dramatically since World War
I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam and this
affects the way criteria are applied.
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- No criteria will fit every case and therefore,
judgments must be made.
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- A representative committee should review
and vote upon each name submitted for inclusion
in the Gold Star Hall.
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- It may not be possible to trace or discover
all possible eligible persons.
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- Criteria that are established by the committee
will be used for all selections after January
1, 2004
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Gold Star Hall Selection Committee
The selection committee may include:
- Appropriate members of the Alumni Association
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- ISU professors of Military Science
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- ISU student - military science or former
active military
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- Memorial Union representative(s)
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Criteria for Inclusion in the Gold Star Hall
- Must be a current or former ISU student who was enrolled and attended class on a full-time basis.
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- Must have died during or as a direct result
of government-sponsored military operation.
The cause of death was directly related to
the military operation and occurred in the
theater of operation
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- Must have served in the Air Force, Army,
Coast Guard, Navy, Marines or Merchant Marine
in an active or active reserve capacity
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- The military operation must have occurred
during the official dates of a war or conflict
as defined by the US Dept. of Defense.
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Other Recommendations
- All reasonable measures will be taken to
discover, solicit or encourage submission
of names for inclusion, using available Iowa
Sate channels as well as other public media.
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- Upon conclusion of their work, selection
committees will retain all records of their
deliberations, and submit them to University
Specials Collections for long-term storage.
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- The committee fully supported development
of a centralized location for information
about individuals whose names are inscribed
in Memorial Union Gold Star Hall.
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