Ryan Lucas Lohr Lowe of Hollywood, Maryland successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical and professional military training, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Robotics and Control Engineering and a commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy.

Ryan is a graduate of Great Mills High School, in Great Mills, Maryland. Immediately following his graduation, Ryan will begin pursuing a Master of Engineering degree in Robotics at the University of Maryland’s Graduate School. From there, he will begin training as a Navy Pilot in Pensacola, Florida.

Ryan is the son of Charles and Michelle (Fisher) Lowe and the grandson of Robert and Helen Fisher of Moundsville and Nancy Lowe of Shadyside (formerly Bellaire).

Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy today is a prestigious four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically to be professional officers in the naval service.

More than 4,400 men and women representing every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen. Each year, approximately 1,200 students are admitted to the Naval Academy’s incoming class.

U.S. News and World Reports has recognized the Naval Academy as the #1 public school, #4 engineering program, and #6 liberal arts college. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. They also study subjects such as leadership, ethics, small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, and military law.

Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a Bachelor of Science degree in a choice of 26 different subject majors and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.

The academy’s alumni include, one president, 29 members of Congress, five governors, 73 Medal of Honor recipients, two Nobel Prize winners, 55 astronauts, and 4,000 admirals and generals.