Victory Forge Military Academy - Alan Weierman

Alan Weierman

The president or commanding officer of Victory Forge, often referred to as "the Colonel", is Alan Weierman. He lists his qualifications as including a Ph.D in specialized business, a masters degree in counseling and psychology, certification as a behavioral analyst, and (as of 2008) 29 years of experience in child care and youth services.

Mr. Weierman was a troubled youth himself. His father was an alcoholic who supposedly was a very violent man who beat up the family daily. Mr. Weierman's mother died when he was 11. Mr. Weierman has stated that he was an alcoholic by age 10 and was involved with drugs, gangs, and crime.

In 1986, while working at his father-in-law's Brinkhaven Home in Ohio, Mr. Weierman was accused by a 16-year-old female resident at the facility of having had sex with her 30 times between August 1985 and June 1986. The police chief of Lawrence Township stated that "his investigation found sufficient probable cause to prosecute Weierman, including a polygraph test given the girl and a calendar she kept of the alleged sexual encounters". The case against Weierman was later dropped.

In 1989, Weierman was charged with obstructing justice for not reporting an allegation of child molestation that two girls made against a former director of the school. The charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.