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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 16, 2008 No. 08-004
TOPEKA SOUTH ARMORY FOYER TO BE DEDICATED TO MAJ. RON ROUSSER A ceremony will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 at 3 p.m. to dedicate the foyer of the Topeka South Armory at Forbes Field to the memory of Lt. Col. (Kansas) Ronald Rousser who died unexpectedly in February 2006. Rousser was a Project Manager for the Kansas Army National Guard’s Directorate of Facilities Engineering, and was responsible for the successful construction of the multi-million dollar facility. The ceremony is open to the public. The Topeka South Armory is Building 688 at Gary Ormsby Drive and J Street. Rousser was born on Sept. 6, 1964, to Robert and Linda Rousser. He graduated from Manhattan High School, Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering, and Webster University with a Masters degree in Computer Resources Information Management. He also was a graduate of the Army Command General Staff College. Rousser enlisted in the Army after high school, and was later selected to attend Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a second lieutenant upon his graduation. He served as a Signal Officer and a Battery Commander in the 1st Battalion, 127th Field Artillery and also as the signal officer for the 35th Division Artillery. At the time of his death, Rousser was serving as the signal officer for the 635th Regional Support Group and had been selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel. He received numerous military awards and recognitions, including the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, induction into the Order of Saint Barbara, and a saber recognizing his successful service as a Battery Commander. In his civilian career, Rousser worked for Hoss and Brown Engineering in Topeka and for the Kansas Division of Facilities Management as an Architectural Engineer. He was later a project manager in the Kansas Army National Guard’s Directorate of Facilities Engineering, where he supervised a number of important projects across the state. Rousser was a member of the Design Builders Institute of America, the U.S. Signal Officer Association, the U.S. Field Officer Association, the National Guard Association, and the Kansas State University Alumni Association. He and his wife Christina were married in 1994, and they had one daughter,
Kaitlyn. In addition to his parents, he is also survived by three brothers
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