Orinda's Liam Dowd Graduates From West Point

WEST POINT, NY — Cadet Liam Breese Dowd, son of Mark and Kellian Dowd of Orinda, graduated May 27 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Dowd is a 2019 graduate of Miramonte High School. While at West Point, he majored in international affairs with a minor in nuclear engineering. Dowd served as the captain of West Point’s Model United Nations team, which catapulted to No. 13 in the nation under his leadership.

Dowd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Field Artillery branch and will report to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington for his first assignment.

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering and continues today as the world's premier leader-development institution, consistently ranked among the top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant — to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U.S. Army.