New Mexico Military Institute

New Mexico Military Institute is located in Roswell, New Mexico. Founded in 1891 by Col. Robert S. Goss as the Goss Military Institute, and inspired by Virginia Military Institute, NMMI includes a four-year high school and a two-year junior college. It is one of five Military Junior Colleges in the United States. NMMI first admitted women as cadets in 1977, although some women did attend as day students in the early years of the school.

Notable alumni

• Bill Daniels, cable television pioneer.
• Sam Donaldson of ABC News
• Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotel chain (caught breaking into the mess hall one night)
• Paul Horgan, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author who also served as the school's librarian for a time.
• Peter Hurd, artist and friend of Horgan's who painted the controversial presidential portait of Lyndon B. Johnson (also operated an on-campus distillery while a cadet)
• Roger Staubach, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys
• Frank D. White, governor of Arkansas (who defeated Bill Clinton after his first term)
• Owen Wilson, movie actor (Bottle Rocket, Shanghai Knights)
• Craig McNeil, an Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse prosecutor and contributor to the Village Voice. He once helped put a Mini Cooper sideways in the little Sally Port.