Robert Edward Femoyer

Robert Edward Femoyer (October 31, 1921 – November 2, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer, and is the only navigator to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He is also one of only eleven known Eagle Scouts to receive the Medal of Honor; the others are Aquilla J. Dyess, Eugene B. Fluckey, Thomas R. Norris, Arlo L. Olson, Mitchell Paige, Ben L. Salomon, Britt Slabinski, Leo K. Thorsness, Walter Joseph Marm Jr. and Jay Zeamer, Jr.

Biography

Femoyer was from Huntington, West Virginia, an Eagle Scout, he attended Virginia Tech, from 1940 to 1943.

Femoyer Hall Virginia Tech's Femoyer Hall is named for Second Lieutenant Femoyer, a member of the Class of 1944. Femoyer Hall was originally built as a residence hall in 1949, and then served as an academic building, housing the Naval ROTC unit at Virginia Tech as well as the Student Success Center. In October 2021 it was demolished due to an overwhelming maintenance backlog, and will be replaced by a new dorm housing the Corps of Cadets.