CLEVELAND -- Allan Kaupinen, a former Kent State University athlete, Cmdr. Michael Platt, commanding officer of Air Station Detroit and retired Lt. Cmdr. Jim Loomis, a former Coast Guard aviator, accept a posthumous Distinguished Alumnus Award given to Lt. Jack Rittichier from Joel Nielsen, director of athletics at Kent State University, Feb. 5, 2011. Rittichier, captain of the Kent State football team in 1955, was killed on June 9, 1968 while flying a helicopter rescue mission in Vietnam and is the namesake of Kent State University's football MVP award. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class George Degener.)
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