A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W

board of directors

Capitalize when referring to a specific board (e.g., The Citadel Foundation’s Board of Directors). Do not capitalize “board” or “director(s)” when used separately.

Several new members were appointed to the board of directors.

The board also approved two new directors to fill vacant spots.

Bond Hall

One of the first buildings constructed when the college moved from Marion Square in 1922. Bond Hall is the college’s main administrative building. It was named after Col. Oliver J. Bond (Class of 1886) who served as president from 1908 to 1931.

bulldog monument

Army Maj. Sam M. Savas, Jr., Class of 1951, conceived the idea of a brass bulldog while he was teaching military science from 1962 to 1965. After he was killed in Vietnam in October 1965, cadets donated their brass belt buckles, hat brass and breast plates to create this brass model of the college mascot. The monument also bears the name of his son, Navy Lt. Sam M. Savas III, Class of 1979, who died during a military rescue operation 20 years later.

Buyer Auditorium

Pronounced boo-yer.

Named after Citadel Class of 1980 graduate and former Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer. Located on the second floor of Mark Clark Hall, the auditorium is frequently used for campus lectures, fine arts performances, student meetings, Red Cross blood drives and various departmental functions.

Byrd Hall

Pronounced bird.

Named for Col. R. M. Byrd, Class of 1923, who was the head of the chemistry department and also served as an academic dean. It was completed in 1968.

cadets

Only capitalize “cadets” when used as a title (Cadets Sanderson and Salazar) or as part of the phrase “Corps of Cadets,” not as a common noun (The cadets leave for winter furlough after their last exam.).

cadre

Upper-class cadets of high academic and military standing selected to train freshman cadet recruits. Collective noun, singular in usage but plural in function.

The cadre is responsible for training and motivating the incoming class.

Capers Hall

Houses the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Zucker Family School of Education. It is named for Ellison Capers, an 1857 graduate who became a Civil War general, and his brother, Francis Withers Capers, who served as the third superintendent of the college from 1852 to 1859.