Local cadet graduates from West Point

Cadet William Cox Tucker III, son of Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. William Tucker of Mountain Brook, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in May.

Tucker is a 2009 Mountain Brook High School graduate. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in human geography with honors and French. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Army Aviation branch and will report to Fort Rucker for his first assignment.

The U.S. Military Academy is a four-year coeducational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City.