John Rogan Gets Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs
Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

Past Award Recipient
February 2009
(presented April 2009)

WISCONSIN BOARD OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, John F. Rogan was born in New York City, New York in 1926 and was raised in Gortgarn, Northern Ireland and Elmira, New York; and he relinquished his divinity school deferment to be drafted into the Army on June 29, 1945 for combat training at Camp Wheeler, GA; and following Japan’s sudden surrender he transferred to the Finance Corps and graduated with honors from Officer Candidate School, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Finance Corps in November 1946; and

WHEREAS, over the next 25 years, he served as a Finance Disbursing Officer with the Occupation Forces in Tokyo, Japan, an Artillery Battery Commander, Battalion Operations and Training Officer with the 52nd Artillery Brigade at Fort Hancock, NJ, the Deputy Director of Finance with the U.S. Civil Administration in Naha, Okinawa, the Finance and Accounting Officer at West Point, the Finance and Accounting Officer and a Senior Staff Officer in the Office of the Comptroller with the 8th Army in Seoul, Korea, and as Director of Settlement Operations at the Army Finance Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison; and he is also a graduate of the Artillery and Guided Missile School at Fort Bliss, the Finance Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benjamin Harrison as honor graduate, Indiana University, with Bachelor and MBA degrees, and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth; and

WHEREAS, he completed his career as the youngest Colonel at the Finance Center and in the Finance Corps on July 1, 1970; and was inducted into the Army Finance Corps Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member of the Regiment; and his military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Presidential Certificate of Appreciation, Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation, National Defense Service Medal, w/Oak Leaf Cluster, WWII Victory Medal, Army Campaign Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal; and

WHEREAS, following his military career, he was the Wisconsin State Finance Director for 13 years, serving five different Governors; and during that time, he was President of the National Association of State Auditors Comptrollers and Treasurers, a member of the National Council on Governmental Accounting and the Council on State Governments and National State Comptroller’s Association; and he also played a key role in the establishment of the new Governmental Accounting Standards Board and the State Employees Combined Campaign for Charities; and

WHEREAS, over the past 38 years, he has been a volunteer with the Catholic Diocese of Madison, serving as a member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, Diocesan Appeals Committee, Holy Name Seminary Advisory Board, Diocesan Finance Council, Saint Raphael Society Board, Diocesan Corporate Board, and the Diocesan Cemeteries Board; and he served a four-year term on the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ National Advisory Council and is a member of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; and he has served the St. Bernard Catholic Parish of Middleton in a variety of lay leadership pastoral capacities for many years; and he is a 4th Degree member of the Knights of Columbus; and he and his wife, Ann, are the parents of nine children; and

WHEREAS, he is a member and past president of the Madison Serra Club and was recognized as Serran of the Year in 2004; and he is a member of various military, civic, and professional organizations; and in 1993 he was one of four Vietnam-era veterans honored by Vietnam Veterans of America for outstanding community achievements since leaving military service.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Marvin J. Freedman, Chair of the Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs, proclaim JOHN F. ROGAN as the recipient of the Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award on this 20th day of February 2009.

MARVIN J. FREEDMAN, Board Chair