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U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association O

N 1 J U N E 1967, following the conclusion of all regular business coming before the spring meeting of the Association's Board of Trustees, an organizational session was held and the newly elected President and Trustees took their seats as such.

As the new President Admiral Carney has addressed the following message to all members of the Association.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Traditionally, the Alumni Association has considered a major mission to be "service to the Naval Academy." T h a t is a proper mission, but only in the context of a broader responsibility to the Naval Service for the obvious reason that the Naval Academy exists only to prepare young men to meet the requirements of a military career.

Our Association is unique just as the Service Academies are unique in the educational field. T h e graduates of the Service Academies for the most part enter a common profession, and the older graduates on active duty have a vital interest in the junior officer crop.

Today's midshipmen are the subordinates of the immediate future and the potential leaders of later days. Consequently, our alumni have a vested interest in the product which the Naval Academy turns out. W e have, I believe, a proper interest in the policies and procedures governing the molding and tempering of that product.

Professional competence in these days calls for an unprecedented spectrum of knowledge and skills; but in the profession of arms intellect alone is not the measure of military competence. Added ingredients of character, motivation and discipline are essential.

Admiral Carney

Relieving Vice Admiral William R. Smedberg, III, '26, Admiral Robert B. Carney '16 became President for a two-year term of office. Trustees at Large retiring from the Board were Rear Admiral G. L. Caswell '27, Rear Admiral L. S. Kintberger '32, Rear Admiral H . B. Miller '24 and Captain D . J. Walsh '27. T h e new Trustees at Large, elected to serve for three years, are Rear Admiral J. F . Calvert '43, Rear Admiral J. W .

Crumpacker '31, Mr. H . R. Duden, Jr., '47 and Lieutenant Commander R. B. Pirie, Jr., '55.

T h e Alumni Association should work in every practical way to support the Naval Service in its obvious need for Naval Academy graduates who have that balance of academic achievement, military character, and motivation essential in the make-up of those who will be entrusted with leadership in the military scheme of National defense and security.

Constructive and valid thought can certainly be distilled from the wealth of military experience and distinguished civilian accomplishment written into the record by our members. T h e Alumni Association has an obligation to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy and to the Naval Service to produce its best thought in the interest of the Academy's basic mission of turning out properly conditioned career officers.

RoBT. B. CARNEY

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SHIPMATE EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor R. B. DERICKSON '33 Capt. USN (Ret.)

Administrative Assistant BARBARA B. FAIRLAMB

Sept.-Oct., 1967

No. 7

CONTENTS

Editorial Assistant ORETHA SWARTZ Contributors HAYES, SCHRATZ, LARDNER, THALMAN Published monthly (July-August and SeptemberOctober combined) by the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc., W. F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Executive Director. Membership dues (including Shipmafe), $10.00 per year. Subscription rate $10.00. Canadian and foreign subscriptions, $11.00. Single copies $1.00 each (for members additional copies are 50c each). Entered as second class matter at the post office, Baltimore, M d . , under the Act of March 3, 1879.

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The Chief of Naval Operations

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There Was Not Always a CNO

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Exit With a Full Heart

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Profile of the Class of 1971

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Attrition at the USNA

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Athletics

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Capitol Hill

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The Naval Academy, Its Mission and Its Staff

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The Naval Historical Foundation

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Alumni Fathers of USNA Class of 1971

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Welcome to Homecoming

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Now Hear This

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Chapter News

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THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS Admiral Moorer

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T 10:30 a.m. on 1 August in the Field House at the Naval Academy Admiral Thomas H . Moorer relieved Admiral David L . McDonald as Chief of Naval Operations, becoming the eighteenth officer to hold this top military command in the United States Navy.

Admiral Moorer is the first to fly the personal flag of the Chief of Naval Operations after having flown his four-star flag successively as Commander in Chief, U . S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, U . S. Atlantic Fleet—each for a full tour of duty. In the latter assignment Admiral Moorer was additionally N A T O ' s Supreme Allied Commander, Adantic, and Commander in Chief of the United States Unified Command, Atlantic.

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H O M A S H I N M A N M O O R E R was born in Mount Willing, Alabama, on 9 February 1912. Following his schooling in Montgomery, he entered the Naval Academy in 1929 and was graduated and commissioned ensign on 1 June 1933.

Ensign Mooter's first assignment was to the USS SALT LAKE CITY. Early in 1934 he was detached and ordered to the new cruiser N E W ORLEANS being fitted out at the N e w York Navy Yard. Following her commissioning he served in her gunnery and engineering departments until June 1935.

Early in the summer of 1935 Lieutenant (jg) Moorer became a student at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola and, on completion of a year's flight training, was designated Naval Aviator.

In August 1936 Lieutenant (jg) Moorer was assigned to Fighting Squadron One-B, based briefly in the USS LANGLEY and later the LEXINGTON. A year later he was assigned to Fighting Squadron Six based in the USS ENTERPRISE. Continuing duty with that squadron until August 1939 he then joined Patrol Squadron 21 and was with that unit when the Japanese attack occurred on Pearl Harbor.

Soon after the entry of the United States into World W a r II Lieutenant Mooter's squadron was transferred to the Southwest Pacific where, during the Dutch East Indies Campaign, he was shot down in a PBY north of Darwin, Australia. H e was rescued by a ship which was itself sunk by enemy action that same day. Rescued again, he spent the next four months with Patrol Squadron 101 operating in the hostile regions northwest of Australia.

In July 1942 Lieutenant Commander Moorer returned to the States and the following month departed for the United

Kingdom where he served until March 1943 as a mining observer for the Commander in Chief, U . S. Fleet.

Once again returning to the United States, he fitted out and assumed command of Bombing Squadron 132, operating in Cuba and Africa from its base at Key West, Florida. Upon his detachment from that command he was assigned and served as Gunnery and Tactical Officer on the staff of Commander Air Force, Adantic, from March 1944 to July 1945.

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I T H the end of World W a r II, Commander Moorer was ordered to the Strategic Bombing Survey operating in Japan. In May 1946 he was detached and became Executive Officer of the Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia, where he served for two years. T h e n followed sixteen months as Operations Officer in the USS MIDWAY after which he began a seven months' tour of duty on the staff of Commander Carrier Division Four.

A year's duty as Experimental Officer at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, was followed by two years at the Naval W a r College, Newport, Rhode Island.

August 1953 saw Captain Moorer on the staff of Commander Air Force, Atlantic Fleet.

In May 1955 Captain Moorer became Aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. T h e r e he served for one year before being detached to sea duty as C o m m a n d i n g Officer of the USS SALISBURY SOUND.

One of the first two of his Naval Academy class promoted to flag rank. Rear Admiral Moorer was named Special Assistant, Strategic Plans Division in the Office of die Chief of Naval Operations. From January 1958 until July 1959 he was Assistant chief of Naval Operations ( W a r G a m i n g Matters) after which he served for a year as Commander Carrier Division Six. Following two more years in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, this time as Director of the L o n g Range Objectives Group, Rear Admiral Moorer was named Commander Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral.

In June 1964 Admiral Moorer was appointed Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, and in April 1965 he relieved Admiral H . P. Smith of the three top Atlantic commands.

Mrs. Moorer is the former Carrie Ellen Foy of Eufala, Alabama. T h e Moorers have three sons and a daughter. The immediate future will find the Moorers residing in Admiral's House, Washington, D . C , but home is Eufala.

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THERE WAS NOT ALWAYS A CNO A Development of the Top Military Leadership in the U. S. Navy

by L. Robert Davids

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N tracing the history of the military leadership of the U. S. Navy there occurs a major problem which has no counterpart in the other military services. The Army has had a military head since 1775 when George Washington was designated as Commanding General. This position was subsequently held by such ofiBcers as Winfield Scott, U. S. Grant, and many others in proper succession until 1903 when the title was changed to Chief of Staff, the present designation. The Marine Corps has had its Commandant since it was established, and the Air Force has had a specific military head since it was known as the Air Arm of the Army.

In comparison, the Navy picture is cloudy and confusing; for many years it was without a designated military head. The top post in the Navy today is the Chief of Naval Operations, &st established in 1915. For most of the previous 140 years there was no specific post for a military head of the Navy and the top naval officer was adjudged usually as the senior officer in rank, although his duty often was far removed from the seat of Government.

To establish some sort of continuity in top Navy rank, it is necessary to go back to the beginning. As far as the Department of the Navy is concerned that was 1798, but for the Navy itself, or for the Fleet, it was 1775.

When the Revolutionary War began in that year, the Continental Congress, with a Marine Committee handling naval affairs, appropriated money for several ships and, on 22 December 1755, named five captains who would command these ships. Esek Hopkins, a 57-year-old commercial sea captain from Rhode Island who had extensive privateer experience during the French and Indian War, was the senior officer. He was placed in overall command of the ships and as such was Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, the equivalent title held by General Washington in the Army. The other four Navy captains were Dudley Saltonstall, Abraham Whipple, Nicholas Biddle, and John Hopkins, son of the Commodore.

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ships and officers and his relations with the Marine Committee were not cordial. After several disputes, Commodore Hopkins was censured by Congress on 16 August 1776, and on 26 March 1777 he was suspended from service. Dismissal came on 2 January 1778.

In the meantime, by resolution of 10 October 1776, Congress first established rank and precedence of captains. The new list of 24 captains was headed by James Nicholson, member of a famous sea-going family from Maryland. With the dismissal of Commodore Hopkins, Nicholson became the ranking officer in the Navy. John Barry and John Paul Jones, both of whom were to overshadow Nicholson during the War for Independence, were ranked 7th and 18th, respectively, in the same listing. Jones never ceased to protest against his lack of seniority to the Marine Committee. He often criticized those officers who ranked over him and in some cases this criticism was warranted.

In June 1781 when Jones was placed in command of the AMERICA, the largest ship in the Navy, a committee of Congress recommended him for the rank of rear admiral.

Captain Nicholson, who was fitting out at Philadelphia, protested that to promote Jones would be a terrible injustice to the captains who were still senior to him. Nicholson's adverse testimony ruined Jones' chance for promotion. Likewise, the Continental Congress did not take kindly to appointment of an Admiral, feeling that the title had "Royal" overtones.

Nicholson thus continued as senior naval officer to the end of the war. This was the case even though he was captured by the British following a bloody engagement in August 1781 and was held prisoner until the peace was signed in 1783. He did not resume command of a ship, as the Navy was dissolved after the close of hostilities. Congress did not formally end the Naval Establishment by act or resolution; the Navy literally went out of existence with the sale of its last

N 1794 the depredations of Barbary pirates resulted in plans being made for the Iorganization of a new naval force. Congress authorized the construction of six new ships and on 5 June of that year six officers were appointed to command these ships. Paul Jones had since passed away, but John Barry was still active and the "Fighting Irishman" was ranked first in the list of captains. H e was followed by Samuel Nicholson, younger brother of James; Silas Talbot, a Representative in Congress from New York; Joshua Barney, Richard Dale, and Thomas Truxtun.

The younger Nicholson and Talbot had both served as captains in the Continental Navy during the Revolution.

These officers—^with the exception of Barney, who refused his appointment—^were active in the naval war with France which took place in the closing years of the century.

In the midst of this conflict—in April 1798 —administrative control of the Navy was centralized in the Executive Branch of the Government with the establishment of a Department of the Navy. Benjamin Stoddert was named the first Secretary and it was his stated duty "to execute such orders as he shall receive from the President of the United States relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war as well as all other matters connected with the Naval Establishment of the United States."

This action, of course, brought specific and enhanced civilian direction to the Navy, but it did not change the situation regarding military leadership. Captain Barry continued to serve as senior officer, but in that capacity had no special function. In addition, his personal relatonship with Secretary Stoddert was not particularly close. The Secretary made the statement in a letter written in 1799 that Captain Barry is "old and infirm, and not satisfied that he is not made an admiral."

If Barry had any illusions about making rear admiral they were shattered in 1801 when the Peace Establishment Act cut back ship, the ALLIANCE, in August 1785. the size of the Navy to about one-half of its Congress paid little or no attention to the previous size. Two years later, on 13 Septemnaval needs of the country for the next ber 1803, Barry died and Samuel Nicholson nine years. Even when the Executive Branch moved up as the senior officer. Nicholson had was established under the Constitution in given up command of the CONSTITUTION 1789, no provision was made for a Navy and was serving as the first Commandant of Department. The few naval matters were the Boston Navy Yard, a position he held until his death on 29 December 1811. handled by the Secretary of War.

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Alexander Murray then gained the distinction of being the senior captain on active duty. One of the last remaining veterans of the Revolutionary Navy, Murray had settled down as Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He held this post throughout the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain and was overshadowed by the younger officers like Oliver H. Perry, James Lawrence, Thomas Macdonough, Stephen Decatur, and Isaac Hull, who became the popular heroes of the conflict.

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of the fleet and still have time to administer the many details of the Department. After more than a year of "negotiation" between the Navy Department and Congress, a plan was recommended to Congress on 9 January 1815 by a House Committee on Navy Reorganization "to alter and amend the several acts establishing a Navy Department by adding thereto a Board of Commissioners."

A bill embodying such a plan passed both the House and Senate with certain amendments and was signed by President Madison on 7 February 1815. This Act established the Board of Navy Commissioners, composed of three ranking Navy captains who were to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Under the superintendence of the Secretary, the Board was to "discharge all the ministerial duties of said office, relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war, as well as all other matters connected with the Naval Establishment of the United States."

Each Commissioner was to receive $3,500 a year, and the ranking officer of the three was to be its president. Captain John Rodgers, who earlier had been offered the post of Navy Secretary by President Madison but declined, was considered a favorite for the post of President, although Alexander Murray was the senior captain on the active list. Rodgers was, in fact, asked by the new Navy Secretary B. W. Crowninshield to study the list of available captains then on shore duty and make recommendations. Regarding the senior officer of the Navy, Rodgers had this to say: "Commodore Murray, although an amiable old gentleman, has not been regularly bred to the profession of a seaman; his pretensions, therefore, as a Navy officer are of a very limited description." Rodgers instead suggested the names of several younger officers, namely William Bainbridge, Isaac Hull, David Porter, and Charles Morris. Madison then chose Hull and Porter along with Rodgers, who, as senior captain of the three, became president of the Board. The three Commissioners were confirmed by the Senate on 8 February.

Shortly after formation of the Board, a dispute arose between the Secretary of the Navy and the Commissioners over spheres of duty. The Board claimed the right to exercise control over the movements of the fleet and the personnel of the Navy. Secretary Crowninshield disputed this contention. The disagreement was finally resolved by President Madison, who decided that the Navy Commissioners should handle such matters as the building, repairing, and equipping of ships and the superintending of Navy Yards, but that military funcitons such as the appointment and assignment of officers, and the employment and movement of ships should remain for the most part with the Secretary.

Although his decision was probably not directly related to this dispute with the Secretary, Captain Hull left the Board in November 1815, little more than one-half year after taking the assignment. His place on the Board was assigned to Stephen Decatur, who served along with Rodgers and Porter until that fatal day in March 1820 when he was killed in a duel with Captain James Barron.

His death was the climax of a smoldering feud that had run its course for several years and which was an unfortunate byproduct of the officer rivalries that existed in the Navy of that era. Rodgers had advised Decatur not to accept Barron's challenge and refused to serve as Decatur's second. Nevertheless, both Rodgers and Porter witnessed the duel held on the outskirts of Washington and were with Decatur when he died later in the day.

Decatur's post was left vacant for almost three years, until Captain Charles Morris was appointed in March 1823. A few months earlier Porter had been succeeded by Captain Isaac Chauncey, and in December 1824, Rodgers was succeeded as President of the Board by Captain William Bainbridge.

Rodgers headed the Mediterranean Squadron until May 1827 when he returned as President of the Board. This time he remained as head of the Commissioners for ten years.

He left this top Navy post in May 1837 and died a year later.

In the 27-year history of the Navy Board of Commissioners, 16 different officers served as Commissioner, including five as President, j Rodgers was easily the dominant person in the history of the Board, serving almost 20 years as President. In addition to Bainbridge who served from December 1824 to May 1827, there was Isaac Chauncey, May 1837 to his death in January 1840; Charles Morris to June 1841, and Lewis Warrington to the end of the Commission system in August 1842.

URING the last several years of the D existence of the Board, there was a growing feeling of dissatisfaction with it both in and out of the Navy. There was agitation particularly for a more rapid transition to a steam-ship Navy and the technical leadership necessary to carry out this change. The guiding spirit of the recommended change of administrative system was Navy Secretary James Paulding, who had served as Secretary of the Board 1815-1823.

He had submitted a lengthy and elaborate plan of Navy reorganization to Congress at the end of 1839 which would scrap the Commission system and transfer its general functions to separate bureaus. This change was desired on the grounds that the Commissioners did not have individual duties and responsibilities. They acted mainly as an advisory board. The Secretary of the Navy wanted the officers in the Department to relieve him of the "numerous and multifarious" duties which he did not have the specialized knowledge or the time to perform.

Abel Upshur, who became Navy Secretary in 1841, urged quick Congressional approval of the plan. He recommended that the work of the Navy Shore Establishment be directed by seven bureau chiefs. However, the Act of 31 August 1842 which abolished the Navy Board of Commissioners, provided for only five bureaus. They were (1) Navy Yards and Docks; (2) Construction, Equipment, and Repair; (3) Ordnance and Hydrography; (4) Provisions and Clothing; and (5) Medicine and Surgery.

Navy Yards and Docks was considered the Number One bureau, with the Commandant S H I P M A T E

of each Navy Yard reporting to the Chief of BuDocks. Captain Lewis Warrington, who had been the last President of the Board of Commissioners, was named chief of this bureau. The other two Commissioners in 1842 also assumed duty as bureau chiefs.

Ordnance and Hydrography was headed by Captain William Crane, and Captain David Connor, who shortly was to lead U. S. naval forces in the Mexican War, served as Chief of Construction, Equipment, and Repair. The concentration of top military authority in the Navy was thus expanded from three commissioners (one designated President) to five bureau chiefs without a specifically designated leader. This once again opened the question of who was the number one officer in the Navy.

In 1842, the controversial James Barron was the senior officer on the Navy list, but he was not on active duty. He was not in the good graces of the Navy Department, partly because of the poor reaction to his duel with Decatur, and he did not have a command from 1838 to his death in 1851.

The second captain on the list was Charles Stewart, but he also was awaiting orders. He soon was placed in command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, but in this capacity, it must be remembered, he reported to the Chief of BuDocks, Lewis Warrington Warrington was the senior officer among the bureau chiefs and undoubtedly had the most authority in the Department He filled in as Secretary of the Navy for a month in 1844 when Secretary Gilmer was killed in the gun explosion aboard the USS PRINCE-

TON, an accident which also took the life of former Secretary Upshur, who had since become Secretary of State. This disaster had additional effects upon the Navy Department and the bureaus, as the Chief of Construction, Equipment, and Repair was also fatally wounded. This being an ordnance disaster, CaptaiQ Crane, Chief of BuOrd, ultimately incurred some responsibility for the accident.

Although he had disapproved of the gun and refused to witness the trials, his suicide in the Navy Department in 1846 was attributed to brooding over the accident.

In this emergency. Captain Charles Morris was called in to become Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, and Warrington shifted from BuDocks to BuOrd. These two senior officers, who had more than 100 years of active service between them, greatly stabilized the bureau system in the critical early years of its existence.

In 1850 the resourceful Warrington filled in again briefly as Secretary of the Navy ad interim when the post was vacant. When he died in October 1851, Captain Morris succeeded him as Chief of BuOrd, a bureau of increasing importance and responsibility. In addition to having responsibility for ordnance matters and the Hydrographic Office, this bureau also was given responsibility for the Naval Academy. Morris also succeeded Warrington as senior officer in the Department.

When the elderly Morris died in January 1856, he was succeeded as senior captain by Joseph Smith, Chief of BuDocks since the transfer of Warrington to BuOrd ten years before.

T this time, however, tracing the role of military leadership in the Navy becomes A even more complicated. On 28 February 1855, Congress approved an Act to Promote the Efficiency of the Navy whereby a Board of Naval Examiners was set up to judge the efficiency of officers in various grades to see if they were competent to perform their duties. Up to this time the Navy had no SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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retired list, and it was. inevitable that thp active list eventually should become—as one historian put it—"cluttered up with elderly incompetents and other dead wood." Promotions were slow because captain was the highest rank and the number in this rank was limited by statute.

The Board of Examiners, consisting of 15 officers, was appointed by President Franklin Pierce on 5 June 1855, with Captain William Shubrick as ranking member. The Board made its report on 20 July. It found 201 officers incapacitated for physical and other reasons. It recommended that 49 be dismissed from the Navy; 81 be retired on furlough pay; and 71 be retired on leave of absence pay. Secretary of the Navy James Dobbin and President Pierce both gave their approval to the findings of the Board and the plan was put into effect on 14 September 1855.

It caused an immediate and tremendous sensation. Many officers of past renown found their names on the reserved list—it was not called the retired list. A storm raged both within the Navy and without, and Congress received many complaints and petitions on behalf of officers affected by action of the Board. Of interest to this study was the fate of two captains, Charles Stewart, the senior officer of the Navy, and Joseph Smith, the ranking officer in the Navy Department. When the Naval Register was printed in January 1856, both were on the Reserved List in that category to receive leave of absence pay. Stewart complained bitterly of this injustice and sent an emotional petition to Congress pointing out his past services and asked that he be restored to the active list.

Captain Shubrick, who was chairman of the Navy Efficiency Board, and who incidentally became senior officer on the active list with the removal of Stewart, stood by the actions of the Board. Referring to officers placed on the Reserved List with full leave of absence pay, he said, "It is no degradation. It is rather a high compliment. Indeed it is the generous act of a government, saying to the meritorious officer, you have served with fidelity."

But many officers did not see it this way, and Secretary of the Navy Dobbin apparently had some serious second thoughts as indicated in his Annual Report to the President in 1856. To fill several vacancies in the grade of captain he diplomatically suggested that certain officers might be restored to the active list. He said that he could not go against the recommendations of the Board, but added, "If the sword of any one of those gallant men has been incautiously taken from him, all right-minded men will say, let his country restore it to him with all the honors and reparation due to injured merit."

He then rather pointedly referred to the great responsibilities of BuDocks and the good work of Commodore Smith, who in fact continued as Chief of BuDocks although technically placed on the Reserved List.

Stewart also continued on active duty as Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

After much discussion, marked by many intemperate assertions. Congress passed a law in January 1857 giving to each officer who had been dismissed or placed on the reserved list the right to have his case reexamined before a court of inquiry. If they passed—and many of them did—they could be restored to the active list. Smith was among those who first had their names restored, but, as pointed out earlier, this made little difference because he had continued on active duty.

L. Robert Davids was born in' Iowa in 1926.

After two years of active duty with the Air Force in World War II he attended the University of MLssouri where he received a bachelor of journalism degree in 1949 and an M.A. in history in 1951. In 1961 he was awarded the degree of Ph.D. in international relations by Georgetown University. Mr. Davids began his federal civilian service with the Defense Department in 1951, and from 1954 to 1958 he was editor of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps Bulletin at BuDocks. For the past nine years he has been employed by the Atomic Energy Commission where he is presently a management reports officer. This is Mr. Davids' second article to be published in Shipmate.

Stewart was also restored to the active list, but with extra remuneration. On 2 March 1859 the House of Representatives passed a joint House-Senate resolution conferring the rank of senior flag officer upon the old-time Navy veteran. Technically, this was not a new rank but it was a special designation which lifted Stewart above the other Navy captains. His special flag was flown on the main mast at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

S can be understood, the objectives of A the Navy Efficiency Act were only partially realized. Further efforts were made to promote the efficiency of the Navy in the first emergency period of the Civil War. On 21 December 1861 the Navy's first retired list was established for those officers who were either 62 years of age or who had 45 years of active service. Both Stewart, who was 83, and Smith were placed on the retired list along with Shubrick and a number of other senior officers. Stewart finally gave up his post at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, but many of the other retired officers stayed on active duty because of the war emergency.

Smith continued as Chief of BuDocks; in fact he remained in this post until 1869, a continuous tenure of 23 years, considerably longer than any other bureau chief.

The indecision about who was the ranking officer in the Navy was cleared up in July 1862 with the establishment of the rank of rear admiral. David Farragut was the first officer commissioned in this new rank, being honored for his outstanding contribution in the War Between the States. The 16 July Act of Congress also promoted three other active duty officers to rear admiral; and eight officers on the retired list, including Stewart, Smith, and Shubrick. By the same Act, commodore became a fixed rank for the first time. Previously all captains commanding or having commanded squadrons were recognized as commodore, although never actually commissioned as such.

On 21 December 1864 the three-star rank of vice admiral was created for Farragut, and on 25 July 1866 he became an admiral.

When the Hero of Mobile Bay was promoted to the 4-star rank in 1866, David Dixon Porter, son of the old Navy Commissioner, and foster brother of Farragut, became vice admiral. Therefore, in the five years from 1861 to 1866, the Navy rank structure went from a lengthy list of captains in 1861 to one admiral, one vice admiral, several rear admirals, and a sizeable number of commodores in 1866.

Farragut served as admiral from 1866 until his death on 14 August 1870. Porter then succeeded him in the four-star rank and Stephen Rowan, the Irish-bom veteran of many engagements, .. aS promoted to vice admiral. Porter and Rowan served in the two top ranks for the next two decades. Because of their special rank, neither was subjected to mandatory retirement at age 62. Admiral Porter, the ranking officer in the Navy for more than 20 years, served much of this time as Head of the Board of Inspection. Although Porter dominated the Navy Department in 1869 when Adolph Borie was Secretary, his influence was not very great in later years. Rowan died on 31 March 1890 and Porter on 13 February 1891. Both posts of admiral and vice admiral were then left vacant, and for the next 8 years a succession of rear admirals headed the active list.

None of these senior officers from 1891-99 was a bureau chief, a position usually filled in this period by a commodore. Unlike the era of 1842-62, there were now higher-ranking officers in the Navy Department than the bureau chiefs, whose authority had diminished somewhat. There also were high-ranking officers at sea.

George Dewey, Commander of the Asiatic Squadron, held the rank of commodore at Manila Bay in April-May 1898 and was made a rear admiral right after that crucial phase of the Spanish-American War. By the end of 1898, the 61-year-old hero had become, through the gradual process of seniority, the ranking officer in the Navy. Therefore, he was already at the top of the list when on 2 March 1899 he was promoted to admiral of the Navy, a rank created specifically for Dewey. "This put him head and shoulders over the rest of the naval officers, for the rank of vice admiral was not filled.

By the same Act of 2 March which gave Dewey his promotion, the rank of commodore was abolished on the active Ust. Dewey served as Admiral of the Navy until his death in January 1917, filling the special post of President of the General Board of the Navy Department. The General Board, established in March 1900, was the most important of a number of Navy boards established in this period. Its mission was "to assure efficient preparation of the Fleet in case of war and for the naval defense of the coast."

OME of the Board's administrative funcS tions later came into conflict with the system of naval aides established by Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer in 1909, and the Office of Chief of Naval Operations which evolved therefrom. Secretary Meyer set up, by Navy regulation, four general divisions in the Department to cover Operations of the Fleet, Personnel, Material, and Inspections. This new organization, called the "Naval Aide System," made some improvement in coordinating the work of the bureaus, but it lacked statutory authorization. Josephus Daniels, when he became Secretary in 1913, allowed the Aides for Personnel and Inspections to be detached without relief. He retained the Aide for Operations, Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, who renewed his efforts to obtain statutory authorization for his office.

Fiske and other officers worked with Congressman Richard P. Hobson, former naval officer and a hero of the Spanish-American War, to incorporate a provision in the Naval Appropriation Bill pending early in 1915.

The provision for an operations officer was modified considerably before it passed both Houses of Congress on 3 March 1915. The 10

Bill stated, "There shall be a Chief of Naval Operations who shall be an officer on the active list of the Navy appointed by the President. . . . for a period of four years, who shall under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy be charged with the operations of the fleet, and with the preparation and readiness of plans for its use in war.

HE establishment of the Office of Chief of Naval Operations was a much-needed T step but the initial authority of the CNO was somewhat restricted. One glaring weakness was that the CNO had no direct authority over the bureaus. Fiske, the Aide for Operations, had made a number of enemies in his aggressive efforts to set up the new office, and the honor of being the first CNO fell to RAdm. William S. Benson, who took office on 11 May 1915.

Another indication that the new position did not have full significance was Benson's two-star rank. The same act of 3 March which created the new office gave spot rank of admiral to the Commanders-in-Chief of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic Fleets. Even the second in command of the Atlantic Fleet, Henry T. Mayo, served as vice admiral, the first time a naval officer held that rank since the death of Rowan in 1890.

However, in August 1916, Congress authorized the rank and title of admiral for CNO and gave him added responsibility "under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy." The death of Admiral Dewey in January 1917 also resulted in the shift of some of the importance of the General Board to the Office of CNO. The Board then became almost exclusively an advisory body.

Henceforth the only qualification to the CNO's over-all authority as military leader of the Navy was his lack of direct legal authority over the bureaus and the rather ambiguous role of the Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet. Between the two World Wars, the title of Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet, was held by the senior commander of the three U. S. Fleets—^Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic.

At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, Admiral H. E. Kimmel, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, was also Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet. When he was replaced, Ernest J. King, Atlantic Fleet Commander, was designated Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet on 18 December 1941.

The General Board was ordered to study the respective duties of CNO and Commander-in-Chief with a view to resolving any conflict under wartime conditions. The eventual result was issuance of Executive Order 9096 on 12 March 1942, combining the two positions with the duties devolving upon one officer. This one officer was Admiral King, who took over the Office of CNO from Admiral Harold Stark.

While the Navy had no admiral from 1775 to 1862 and therefore was continually outranked by Army generals, the tables were turned briefly in the 1920s. After General of the Armies John J. Pershing retired in 1924, the rank of the Army Chief of Staff was major general. At the same time CNO was a four-star admiral. This unequal status, a source of acute embarrassment to the land forces, continued until 1929 when Congress finally authorized four stars for the Army's top officer.

Another provision of this same Executive Order was to give CNO legal authority over the bureaus, a matter which, through the passage of time and the atmosphere of wartime mobilization that prevailed, had become academic.

Until World War II, officers filling the post of CNO held spot rank of admiral, and reverted to their regular rank when completing their tour. After Pearl Harbor and the advent of accelerated promotions, the "spot" was removed. In December 1944, King was promoted to Fleet Admiral along with William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President, and Chester W. Nimitz, Commander of the Pacific Fleet. King was succeeded as CNO by Nimitz in December 1945. When the latter's 2-year term was completed in December 1947, the CNO position was thereafter filled by 4-star admirals.

Tenures of the 17 CNOs who have completed their terms have varied from the 20 months served by Forrest Sherman prior to his death in 1951, to the six years served by Arieigh Burke 1955-61.

H E Chiefs of Naval Operations now have T given recognized military leadership to the Navy for more than one-half century, 1915-67. Prior to that time, this leadership was noticeably lacking, frequently in periods when it would have been helpful to the Navy Secretary and beneficial to the operating forces. "The absence of a designated military head placed a greater responsibility on the Navy Secretary, who frequently was a political appointee who had little knowledge of naval affairs. Furthermore, tenure in office for the Secretary was usually rather brief except for rare exceptions such as Gideon Welles, 1861-69. It also was common, particularly in the first half of the 19th century, for the Secretary to remain in Washington only when Congress was in session. Under these various conditions, a designated military head would have given continuity and balance to naval policy; would have contributed to better military morale; and would have served as a topmost naval position to which officers could aspire.

An indication of what a top military head could do for the Navy prior to 1915 can be gained from observation of the later careers of Captain Rodgers and Admiral Dewey.

Neither one had a position comparable to CNO, but both were highly respected and made their presence felt. It must have been comforting to President Monroe to have Rodgers as President of the Navy Commissioners in 1819, for instance, when the Secretary of the Navy (and Congress) was absent from Washington for nine months. Rodgers, who was offered the post of Secretary more than once but declined it, had added basis for authority as President of the Commissioners because from 1821 to his death in 1838 he was also the senior officer in the Navy.

Dewey's role in the early 1900s was somewhat similar. He had tremendous popularity, which included a boom for the Presidency in 1901. As Admiral of the Navy, he had no one near him in rank and, while his post of President of the General Board was primarily advisory, he wielded great influence in the first decade of this century, a period that saw no less than eight Navy Secretaries call on him for guidance. From these two prime examples, lessons could be learned and insights obtained about what could be gained from a military leader of the Navy, a position finally realized in 1915 when the Office of Chief of Naval Operations was established.

SHIPMATE

Those specifically designated military heads of the Navy, such as the Chiefs of Naval Operations, are carried below along with the chief claimants to the top military position in the earlier period of the 192-year history of the Navy.

Entry Date Rank

Position or Designation

Naval Officer

Commander-in-Chief 775 Capt. Esek Hopkins Senior Officer 777 Capt. James Nicholson (Navy Dissolved after Peace with Britain, September 1783) Senior Officer 794 Capt. John Barry 803 Capt. Samuel Nicholson 811 Capt. Alexander Murray President, Navy Comm.

815 Capt. John Rodgers 824 Capt. William Bainbridge 827 Capt. John Rodgers 837 Capt. Isaac Chauncey 840 Capt Charles Morris 841 Capt. Lewis Warrington Senior Bureau Chief 842 Capt. Lewis Warrington 851 856 859 862 864 866 870

Capt. Charles Morris Capt. Joseph Smith Capt. Charles Stewart RAdm. David Farragut VAdm. David Farragut Adm. David Farragut Adm. David D. Porter

891 892 894 895 897 898 898 898 899 915 916 919 923 927 930 933 937 939 942

RAdm. Louis Kimberly RAdm. Bancroft Gherardi RAdm. James A. Greer RAdm. George Brown RAdm. WiUiam Kirkland RAdm. Joseph Miller RAdm. Francis Bunce RAdm. George Dewey Adm. of N . George Dewey Senior Officer (only Adm.ofN.) Chief of Naval Ops. RAdm. WiUiam Benson Adm. William Benson Adm. Robert Coontz Adm. Edward Eberie Adm. Charles Hughes Adm. WUliam V. Pratt Adm. William Standley Adm. William D. Leahy Adm. Harold R. Stark Adm. Ernest J. King

944 945 947 949 951 953 955 961 963 967

FAdm. Ernest J. King FAdm. Chester Nimitz Adm. Louis E. Denfeld Adm. Forrest Sherman Adm. William Fechteler Adm. Robert B. Carney Adm. Arleigh A. Burke Adm. George Anderson Adm. David McDonald Adm. Thomas H. Moorer

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EXIT WITH A FULL HEART

by RAdm. Charles H. Lyman, USN (Ret.)

that the wind blows harder and harsher up near the top of the mountain. And I hark back to the pungent comments of a number of flag officers under whom I have served in the past, and ponder that we've had this plethora of administrative headaches and THE SUEZ IMBROGLIO proliferating paperwork (though in lesser OCTOBER 1953 I see the Destroyer-Submarine piers at the degree) for years and years.

I see the Throne Room at Buckingham Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Alongside lie But that doesn't make me like it, and I Palace. My wife and I are being presented the destroyers EATON, BACHE, BEALE and to the Queen. (I am the Naval Attache at MURRAY, nested together; they have steam yearn for the days when an officer, on findour Embassy in London.) And I see the to the throttles and are ready for sea, with ing himself faced with a problem, said to charming and gracious lady who symbolizes lines singled up. Crisis is once again abroad himself, "Now what is the best possible so magnificently Britain and its Common- in the world, and once again navy ships are course of action?" rather than "In what file wealth. The occasion is an evening diplo- getting under way for far places on short will I find a directive which will tell me matic presentation and the scene is one of notice and without fuss or fanfare. The Suez what to do in a case like this?" The armed stateUness and of grandeur, rendered doubly Canal is blocked, and more U. S. Naval forces should be forbidden the use of the colorful by uniforms and native costumes power is needed around on the other side printing press; written orders (except my from all over the world; the only trouble is of it. The BACHE is outboard, and we hear own, of course) should have to be done in that everybody is so resplendent that one her captain's quiet order, "Let go all lines. long-hand. With a quill pen. On papyrus. caimot be quite sure whether one is address- All engines back two-thirds." She silently ing a Prime Minister or a Private First Class. gathers sternway, clears the pier while at APRIL 1959 I see the "back chaimel" at the Naval I glance down at my wife by my side, the same time swinging her stern around so and am grateful that she can share with me that the bow heads down channel, and then Base, Philadelphia. This is a storage basin this pleasure and privilege. Of course, to my kicks ahead with a swirl of white water under wherein are moored a large number of ships mind it is also an honor to the Queen to her fantail. While she is still so engaged, of the mothball fleet. There are battleships, meet Marjorie Lyman, and it is a tribute to the BEALE has also cleared the pier, fol- carriers, cruisers, and especially destroyers; Her Majesty's graciousness that she somehow lowed in quick succession by the MURRAY their names bring forth a large segment of conveys to us the impression that such is and by the division flagship, the EATON. They the naval history of World War II. form up and stand down the Elizabeth River the way she feels about it.

I go aboard a destroyer which is outboard for Thimble Shoals Channel, Cape Henry in a nest of six. She has the numeral "675" and the open sea. They are on their way on her bow and stern. I cannot go below MAY 1955 I see the Admiral's dining cabin in HMS around the Cape of Good Hope, up through decks, as she is sealed up under continuous SHEFFIELD, flagship of the British Mediter- the Indian Ocean, and into the Red Sea and dehumidification, but I go up to her bridge, ranean Fleet. As U. S. Naval Attache in the Persian Gulf through the back door, be- and memories come flooding back.

London, I am aboard as the guest of that hind the blockage at Suez.

I have seen this ship before. I have seen fine gentleman. Admiral Sir Guy Grantham, her in the builder's yard at Kearny, N. J., Most of the families have said their goodthe Commander-in-Chief. We have sailed in 1943. I have seen her outfitting and comfrom Malta a few days previously and now, byes in the privacy of home (or, to be more missioning at the New York Navy Yard, exact, in the current nomadic domicile), with much of the fleet in company, we have with her flag going up for the first time. 1 come up through the Aegean and are about but some of the wives and children have have seen her taking her first unsteady to enter the Dardanelles, headed for Istanbul. come down to watch the departure; as the steps in Long Island Sound; shaking down ships disappear around the bend of the off Bermuda; doing one convoy trip in the Dinner is just over. It has been served channel, they soberly turn from the pier.

Atlantic and then making tracks to the wars early, in order that we may be up topside Vaya con Dios. before entering the narrow part of the strait, out in the Pacific. I have seen her going "—And grant, O most merciful Father, and the evening light is still coming in the from San Diego to Pearl Harbor at 26V2 that those of us in the distant seas may in knots in order to get there in time for the port as the table is being cleared. Outside, due time return in safety to enjoy the next operation, coming in with the engineers just a short distance to port and starboard, blessings of our land—" respectively, are (to give them their World practically sponging the last drops of oil War I names) Cape Helles on the European (From the old Navy prayer) from the tanks. I have seen her in the Fast side and Kum Kale on the Asiatic.

Carrier Task Force in the South and Central Pacific; in the assault on Kwajalein and For the British Army and Navy, this area TRIBULATIONS OF A FLAG OFFICER I see innumerable "Friday afternoon later resting with the fleet at the captured evokes painful yet heroic memories. Precisely 40 years ago, right in these waters, the Royal flaps," late evenings at the desk, and Satur- atoll of Majuro. I have seen her in the Navy gave its life blood in support of its days and Sundays masquerading as weekdays. raid on Truk; and in the sorting out of things sister service, and lost five battleships (not to I see barrels of administrative minutiae after the INTREPID was torpedoed there; and mention ships of smaller size) in the process. perched on bales of paperwork and all de- at Jaluit. I have seen her picking up oiir On these now-peaceful beaches and hills manding my immediate right-this-minute downed aviators. I have seen her in fair back from Cape Helles, over 40,000 British attention. I see too many desks and too few weather and foul; in calm seas under a South Pacific moon and in a welter of spray in Army men were killed and 79,000 wounded; ships' bridges. it was a military debacle but full of indiviJeezle beezle; this is not at all the leisurely the cold and stormy North Atlantic. dual and (mass) bravery.

And always with her head up. dignified pace at which I was once led to After the table has been cleared, the believe that admirals conducted their affairs!!

She is the USS LEWIS HANCOCK. She was my first command, and her image is endecanter of port has been passed around. I have been hornswoggled.

But then I reflect that it is a law of nature graved on my heart.

(Always clockwise; never in the opposite This is the seventh and last of a series in which Adm. Lyman has recorded many of his recollections of the more than forty-three years of service to his country in the United States Navy.

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direction.) Toasts to the Queen and to the President of the United States have been drunk, and now there is one more: "Be they in Devonshire or be they in Pennsylvania—THE HILLS OF HOME."

S H I P M A T E

"They rowed us out against the wind; it shifted when we started in.'

" A splendid opportunity is ofFered the midshipmen to learn at first hand the basic elements of marine engineering."

Back in the days of the watchmark . . .

Four-pipers, greyhounds of the sea, "FORM D O G . "

June 1934 and the Battle Force comes east for a fleet review.

Queens of the Seas

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was out there with a rifle over my shoulder, changes have taken place. There are twice as many Midshipmen, the saplings which edged the field are now full-grown, and some athletic fields have been created nearby by ••fills" out into the river. But the general

"I hove seen her in fair weather and f o u l . "

NOVEMBER 2 7 , 1 9 6 1

I see Narragansett Bay, with Newport and Jamestown, R. I., gazing placidly at each other across the clear cold water and contemplating a restful winter between "summer seasons." Snow has already been in the air, and the thermometer reads way down there near the guard around the bulb. There is much traffic in and out of the bay, both by merchantmen and by ships of the Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, which I command.

My flagship, the USS YosEMriE, is standing out. She is a beautiful ship, and especially so when seen against the rocky New England coastline with its background of dense trees right down to the shore. She is rigged for sea, and is shipshape in every detail. My blue 2-star flag ffies from her mainmasthead, and the sight of it is particularly poignant to me this morning for reasons which will be clear in a moment. The ships heads through the channel between Fort Adams and The Dumplings, and on out toward open water.

The trouble with all this is that I am seeing it not from on board but through the window of a room in the U. S. Naval Hospital, on the shore of the bay. A week ago I have had major abdominal surgery. Standing orders prescribe that when a Flag Officer is operated on, a despatch shall be sent by the hospital to the Secretary of the Navy giving a summary of conditions found, and especially a prognosis; such message was, I noted with disquiet, not shown to me, but the Lyman Intelligence Service (Spying Done at all Hours at Reasonable Rates) has told me with unimpeachable authority that the general gist was that things don't look so pretty good for the future, and replacement in command is necessary. Washington has ordered a successor to be sent forthwith and has directed tiiat I stand "Detached and to continue treatment."

The YOSEMITE really doesn't have any grounds to be still flying my flag, since I have been detached, but her skipper, Les Hubbell (bless his heart), is flying it anyhow, knowing that unless the medicos have me on one of their tables at the moment, I'll be watching as the ship goes by.

My heart weighs 29Vi lbs. and is resting heavily on the pelvic bone. And frankly, I am scared completely out of any few wits with which I may heretofore have been endowed.

"O God, our help in ages past; Our hope for years to come."

(Later, and deeply thankful, note: Now, after almost 4 years and some notable medical vicissitudes, it all seems to be safely in the past tense—says he with all fingers crossed.)

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"She Is the USS LEV/IS HANCOCK and her image is engraved on my heart."

setting is the same. The grass is just as green, and the view out over the Severn just as pretty. The music is just as stirring, and the execution of the parade by the Midshipmen is just as precise. (Come on, you stubborn brassbound ox; get the moss off your back and admit that they put on a darned sight better performance than you and your lubberly cohorts did!)

But most important of all, the same spirit pervades the scene, and the same traditions of the service are there in full force. (Plus a few which have been added in these fortysome busy years.) It is "Homecoming" day, and as my aging contemporaries and I listen once again to the Star Spangled Banner swell forth, we give grateful thanks for the life which has been ours. And then as the Brigade passes in review we stand there, grey of hair but ten feet tall, and watch the Navy of tomorrow swing past.

"So hoist our colors; hoist them high and vow allegiance true, As long as sunset gilds the sky above the ocean blue."

(Navy Blue and Gold)

are duly sympathetic, I know (they are my good friends), but the end product is as welcome to its addressee as a combination of the black plague, the boll weevil, and fog at sea.

And I see, in my mind's eye, the inevitably upcoming ceremony in which I will turn over my command to someone less encumbered with years, and retire. It will be an agreeable affair; I will be ushered out with full graciousness and wished a fair wind and a following sea. Friends and old shipmates will be present, and some of the oratory will perhaps be more generous than accurate. But however I may finagle the program, there unavoidably comes the point where I must say those fateful words, "Haul down my flag, please, sir." And all the while I shall be thinking enviously of old Commodore Catesby Jones, out in the Pacific in the early 1840s, who sailed off into the trackless reaches on a cruise of unspecified itinerary so his relief could not find him. A pox on modern communications!

Somehow the curtain is coming down all too soon. The script has not been fully carried through!! Not yet has this blue-uniformed Walter Mitty accomplished the tremendous feats of naval derring-do with which he has exercised his imagination ever since he was first able to contemplate the glories of the United States Navy.

But it has been a thoroughly wonderful life, rich in service to one's country, replete with interesting experiences in widespread parts of the world, profoundly rewarding in so many intangible (e.g., not financial) ways, and always alive with the heart-warming comradeship of my fellow wearers of the Navy blue. It is with a deep sense of thanks for innumerable blessings that I exit with a full and grateful heart.

Comes now, finally, the time to hang up my sword on the wall of the den (wherever we will settle, after all these years as nomads). And comes also, wonderfully, time to take my wife by the hand and walk through the heather on the hill.

SUMMER, 1965

I see, all too clearly, the letter which is even now being concocted in the blue and gold precincts of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. It is a thoroughly calamitous, iniquitous and lugubrious piece of paper, terminating my service on the active list of the United States Navy. And all on account of a confounded calendar. "Having reached the statutory retirement age—" and other such inescapable technicalities. It is being cranked out in the ponderously routine course of the turning of Washingtonian wheels; its writers

LET GO THE STARBOARD ANCHOR. SITUATION WANTED, MALE. Retired naval officer, no business experience, superannuated by calendar but not by outlook, desires position in keeping with what he claims to be his manifold talents. Excluded from consideration is anything involving selling to former shipmates, or capitalizing on Pentagon contacts.

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I see once again the Brigade of Midshipmen on parade on Worden Field, Annapolis. As compared to ye olden days when I SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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RANK IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS

A PROFILE OF THE CLASS OF 1971

by Dr. William S. Shields, Dean of Admissions T ^ H I S PROFILE of the entering Naval Academy -*- Class of 1971 has been prepared as a guide to prospective candidates, school authorities and other interested persons. The characteristics noted will aid guidance counselors in determining the representative backgrounds and qualifications of young men entering the Academy, and it is hoped that this information will prove of assistance in advising prospective candidates.

tained; and physical fitness is developed to a high degree. The graduate receives his Bachelor of Science degree and his Commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy and joins his fellow officers in a rewarding life of service to his Country.

Each candidate for the Naval Academy must meet general eligibility requirements as to citizenship, age, character, and marital status. He must obtain a nomination either from a Member of Congress or from one of the competitive sources.

In addition to presenting an acceptable secondary school record, he must score acceptably on specified College Board tests or, if he holds a Congressional non-competitive nomination, he may present a satisfactory one-year college record. He must also qualify physically. It is in most of these respects that the Naval Academy's admissions procedures and requirements dififer from those of civilian institutions. Detailed information on the above matters is contained in the Catalogue, which may be obtained from the Admissions Office, U. S. Naval Academy.

Nominated Examined Qualified scholastically Offers of Admission Admitted

In the selection of candidates who are competing for appointments, the Naval Academy takes into account the quality of the secondary school record, additional study, the College Board scores, extracurricular activities, athletics, honors and awards, employment outside school hours, recommendations of teachers, guidance counselors, principals, coaches and others who know first-hand the candidate's accomplishments, his potential, and his motivation for a career in the Naval service.

The prospective candidate should be informed that, while admission to the Naval Academy is highly selective and competition during the four years is keen, the associations and experience of these four years are rich indeed. The highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty are characteristic of the Brigade; the basic curriculum is supplemented by a broad elective course program; a comprehensive extracurricular program is main-

VOLUME OF APPLICANTS Number 5818 5166 1963 1599 1385

COLLEGE BOARD SCORES The Naval Academy requires that all candidates take the Scholastic Aptimde Test and the Achievement Tests in English and either Level I or Level II Mathematics. The following table covering the Class of 1971 shows the per cent within score ranges of those qualifying for entrance by examination: Sat Sat Eng. Score Range V M Comp.

Math.

750-800 1% 8% 1% 9% 700-749 5% 17% 4% 19% 650-699 11% 33% 9% 24% 600-649 23% 26% 24% 26% 550-599 29% 15% 29% 18% 500-549 25% 1% 25% 4% 450-499 6% 8% Mean Scores 584 655 576 653 DISTRIBUTION OF CLASS BY SCHOOLS Per Cent Admitted from public schools 84 Admitted from independent schools 16 13% of the Class of 1971 had some college preparation (one-half year or more) prior to admission.

ATTRITION AT THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY For the five most recent graduating classes (1962-66 inch), attrition has averaged 3 1 % for the four years. Two-thirds of this attrition has occurred during the first year. Of the losses during the first year, about one-fourth occurred during fourth class summer.

90% of the attrition occurred during the first two years.

99% occurred during the first three years.

Midshipmen appointed from among the Qualified Alternates have the lowest attrition of any category ( 2 6 % ) ; next are the Presidentials, sons of members of the Armed Forces (26.8%); then the Congressional principals (29.6%); with the highest attrition being from the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve (37.5%) and the Regular Navy and Marine Corps (46.1%).

The two largest categories of attrition are "Voluntary Resignation" and "Academic Discharge." Ten years ago, losses due to academic discharge were twice as great as losses due to voluntary resignation. Today, we have the reverse of that situation, with twice as many losses due to voluntary resignation as to academic discharge.

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in attrition, through statistical analysis, exit interviews, and speculation.

Those who resign have slightly better College Board scores in English than the class average (1191 vs. 1179 on SAT-V and EC for the Class of 1968), but they have the same College Board scores in Mathematics as their classmates (1312 vs. 1311 on SAT-M and Mathematics).

Those who are discharged for academic deficiency have slightly below class average scores in English (1169 vs. 1179) and substantially below class average scores in Mathematics (1246 vs.

1311).

The high school standing of those who voluntarily resign during the first two years at the Naval Academy is almost identical with the rest of their Academy classmates (88% vs. 90% from the top 4 0 % ) , but the academic dischargees have a much lower high school standing (67% vs. 9 0 % ) .

In terms of academic performance at the Naval Academy, the voluntary resignees average almost as well as their classmates (2.53 vs. 2.58 at the end of the first year, 2.55 vs. 2.65 at the end of the third semester, 2.67 vs. 2.69 at the end of the second year).

First Second Third Fourth

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS Honors Valedictorians Salutatorians National Honor Society Other Honor Societies Academic Awards and Medals Scholarship Winners Science Fair Award National Merit Scholarship Recognition. . . .

Per Cent 3 3 36 11 35 41 8 15

Per Activities Cent Class Officer or Student Body Officer 32 School Publication Staff 27 Varsity Athletics 71 Subject Clubs (Latin, French, Math., etc.). . 43 Dramatics 30 Debating 13 Musical Groups 35 Youth Service Groups 76 Eagle Scout 9 Boys State 18 ROTC 7 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION Midshipmen are admitted from every state in the Union and the District of Columbia. The Class of 1971 includes 1 from each of the following foreign countries: Philippine Islands, Peru, Venezuela, Korea, Chile, Uruguay, Malaysia and Costa Rica.

SONS OF ALUMNI The Class of 1971 included 64 sons of Naval Academy graduates (4.6% of the class).

Academic dischargees receive their low grades much more frequendy in the Mathematics, Science, Engineering courses than in the Social Science and Humanities courses (86% vs. 36% of their D's and F's for first semester of fourth class year, 88% vs. 20% for second semester).

The exit interviews we have conducted over the past two years have revealed only one major reason for resignation during the first year, namely, a dislike on the part of resignees for the military aspects of the Naval Academy, its regimentation, indoctrination and confinement.

Speculation as to the reasons for the increase in resignations and the decrease in academic discharges has suggested several contributing factors.

The Academy's admissions standards have been made more demanding and there has been a strengthening of secondary school education throughout the country, so a decrease in academic attrition should not be surprising. The widespread availability of scholarship aid at other colleges and universities makes the "free education" aspect of the service academies less appealing. The permissive quality of our society makes for less ready acceptance of military discipline. It is to be noted that in recent years, the experience of the Military and Air Force Academies has been similar to that of the Naval Academy, which suggests that at least part of the explanation for the increase in resignations may be found in factors that are common to the three academies.

S H I P M A T E

ATHLETICS

by Budd Thalman

There are a lot of encouraging signs that Navy is ready to burst from its football doldrums of the past three seasons.

Still due for a look is the top plebe scorer, halfback Ron Marchetti, who missed spring drills due to an appendectomy.

"This could be our year," Coach Bill Elias says with characteristic enthusiasm.

In the all-important quarterback slot, Elias has John Cartwright, now a first classman, who has been Navy's number one signal-caller for two seasons. Cartwright tied Academy records for TD passes in a season (10) and single game (3) last fall. Ken Pease, chiefly a JV for two years, and Clint Harden, who tossed for 13 touchdowns as a plebe and spent last season on the bench, ranked 2-3 behind Cartwright after spring ball.

Elias has at least three strong arguments for improvement of Navy's gridiron fortunes. The Midshipmen, it will be remembered, have not climbed above the .500 mark since the 1963 team went to the Cotton Bowl with a record of 9-1.

"First and foremost," Elias points out, "this club has experience. We have 21 of 33 lettermen back, fifteen of whom were starters against Army. We can position a veteran at every spot on the offensive unit except center. Some of last year's key defenders are gone but the returnees outnumber the missing.

"Secondly, our 1967 club will have more speed than any I've coached here. This may be one of our most important assets. When I speak of speed, I mean at every position both offensively and defensively.

"Our third major plus is attitude. Under the conspicuous leadership of captain Bill Dow, we had our best spring practice in three years. This team has husde, desire, and determination in large quantities. If attitude can make a winner, our success this fall is assured."

Despite the large numbers of letterman talent, Elias did not adopt a "stand pat" attimde during spring practice. There were numerous position switches, key among them the move of Terry Murray, Navy's top rusher for the past two seasons, from running back to flanker.

There was also some shuffling on the coaching staff, necessitated by the new appointments of Whitey Campbell and Joe Mark and the departure, in early June, of Jack Gregory and Sterling Brown. Gregory, last year's offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, left to become head man at Villanova University and took Brown along as an assistant. Brown worked with the Navy JV's and did scouting last season but was scheduled to handle linebackers in the fall.

As Shipmate goes to press, the coaching staff is still a man short but Elias has made these assignments: Lee Corso, last year's defensive backfield coach, moves into Gregory's spot as offensive coordinator and quarterback mentor; Joe Mark, offensive line; Whitey Campbell, offensive backs, flankers, and split ends; Carl Schuette, defensive line, and Steve Belichick, linebackers.

In the area of player personnel, Elias considers the Murray shift "one of the most significant moves we made all spring." As a running back for the two previous seasons, the 174-pound Allendale, N. J., firstie lugged the ball 288 times for 1,054 yards and seven touchdowns. He set a new Academy record for total carries last fall with 171 trips from scrimmage—three more than Joe Bellino made in his great 1960 season.

At least in part, the coaching staff's motivation springs from the opinion that Murray's presence at flanker will take some of the heat off recordsetting split end Rob Taylor, who gained 727 yards on 55 receptions last year.

To afford the luxury of using his top running back as a pass receiver, however, Elias must find someone to fill Murray's shoes. Spring practice may have provided the answer in Roland Laurenzo and Jeri Balsly, a pair of lightweight (168 and 180 pounds respectively) sprinters, who alternated in Murray's spot. Both possess the breakaway speed Navy has lacked in recent seasons.

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At fullback, Tom Daley, last year's starter and number two rusher, returns. The offensive line lacks experience only at center, which could be the top trouble spot. Kit Ruland, a two-time letterman at tackle, is the club's top offensive blocker.

Captain Dow, who in Elias' words is "'a 250pound hitter in a 210-pound frame," is anchor man of Navy's front five on defense. Dow and left tackle Emerson Carr give the Midshipmen an exceptionally strong combination on the left side.

At middle guard, a close contest is in the works between Craig Honour and Ted Krai, both lettermen. Honour, slighdy the larger of the two at 6-foot-3, 213 pounds, has the current edge.

Right tackle Tom Cleverdon and right end Jon Bergner are being groomed as replacements for the missing Dave Tate and Curt Schantz. Both have some varsity experience.

Youngster Ray DeCario and second classman George Mather, who was moved over from tight end, won the linebacking spots during spring ball. While both men are green, they show great promise. Lettermen Bill Sciba and Fran Poole bring some experience to the linebacking corps.

In the secondary, cornerbaclt Rogers Lammers and safety Rick Bayer are returnees from last year's foursome, which finished among the nation's leaders in pass defense. Bayer was Navy's top interceptor last fall. He had to pass up spring practice with a back ailment but is expected to be ready this fall. Lammers, considered one of the best at his position in the East, also experienced some medical difficulty in the spring, injuring a knee midway through the drills. Don Estey and Wade Roberts, reserves in last year's secondary, are the likely starters in the left cornerback and safety roles.

The kicking game is one of Navy's major uncertainties. John Church is back to handle kickoff and conversion chores. Church may also add punting to his specialties. If Church isn't the punter, Don Estey probably will be.

J. Turnley Todd, less than six weeks removed from the jungles of Vietnam, was appointed to the Navy football staff on July 1. Todd's appointment was announced by Capt. Alan R. Cameron, Director of Athletics.

Todd, 25, will be assigned duties with the junior varsity and will help with the scouting this fall.

His only previous coaching experience was as an assistant at Virginia during the spring of 1964.

The new coach returned in late May from an eleven and one-half month tour in Vietnam as an Army First Lieutenant. He was executive officer of a rifle company and earned the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and the Purple Heart during his service in Southeast Asia.

A guard and linebacker for Coach Bill Elias at Virginia, Todd earned three football letters and was captain of the Cavaliers in 1963. He was an AU-Adantic Coast Conference choice at guard his senior season, made the Virginia "Big Five" all-star eleven, gained recognition as Virginia's "College Lineman of the Year," and won the University of Virginia "Best Blocker" award.

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Drafted as a "future" by the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League, Todd tried one season of professional ball (1964) but was dogged by persistent knee problems in trials with the Packers, New York Giants, and Philadelphia Eagles.

Fall Sports Schedules: Cross Country September 23, West Virginia; 30, William & Mary.

October 14, St. John's and N.Y.U. at New York City; 2 1 , Penn State; 28, at Maryland.

November 10, Heptagonals at New York City; 20, I-C-4-A's at New York City; 25, Army.

150-Pound Football October 7, Rutgers; 14, at Princeton; 21, Penn; 28, at Cornell.

November 4, Army; 10, at Columbia.

Plebe Football Sept 30, NAPS. October 7, William 8e Mary Frosh; 14, Syracuse Frosh; 20, Vkginia Tech Frosh; 27, Buffalo Frosh.

November 4, Villanova Frosh; 11, Columbian Prep; 18, Bullis Prep.

Sailing September 23-24, North Hempstead Regatta (Shields) at Kings Pomt, N. Y.; September 30October 1, Inter-Service Academy Sloop Championships (Shields).

October 7-8, Area Championships—^Vogeler Trophy (Dinghy) at Philadelphia; 14-15, Quadrangular (Shields) and Team Racing Eliminations (Dinghy); 21-22, McMillan Cup Regatta (Dinghy); 28-29, Nevins Trophy Regatta (Dinghy) at Kings Point, N. Y., and Quadrangular (Shields) at Annapolis.

FOOTBALL

Date September September October October October

23 30 7 14 21

October 28 November 4 November 11 November 18 December 2

Opponent Penn State Rice Michigan Syracuse William & Mary (HOMECOMING) Pittsburgh Notre Dame Duke (Oyster Bowl) Vanderbilt Army

November 4-5, Fall Team Racing Championships (Dinghy) and Quadrangular (Shields); 1112, Fall Monotype Championship (Dinghy); 1819, War Memorial Regatta (Dinghy).

Soccer October 7, Merchant Marine; 14, N.Y.U.; 18, Gettysburg; 21, Penn; 25, at Penn State; 28, West Chester.

November 4, Maryland; 11, at Swarthmore; 17, Georgetown; 25, Army.

Capt. Alan R. Cameron recendy announced new captains for six 1968 spring sports and co-captains in two others. They were chosen by their teammates in the traditional elections at the conclusions of the spring season.

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by Fred Lardner

" D Y THE TIME you read this, the 1967 pay -*-* controversy will have been setded. Originally, a majority of House members and almost one-half of the Senate had sponsored bills to give postal letter carriers a 14 percent pay raise. The pressure on members of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee has been intense, but we think it is a bluff, that letter carriers don't wield that much political influence. Two plans are now considered; one would give postal workers a 7.5 percent increase and civil service workers a 5 percent increase, and the other would give postal workers more, up to 12.5 percent, and civil service workers 4.5 percent.

The military pay increase depends on the civil service pay increase, so acmally it depends on the political influence that leaders of postal unions claim that postal workers have. A 5 percent civil service pay raise would mean a 6.2 percent military pay raise, since the military raise is on basic pay.

July 1, 1967, is the proposed effective date of the pay raise bill as of this writing. October 1, 1967, was the date that President Johnson suggested.

Gross Pay Formula Abandoned. The Defense Department Pay Study Group has abandoned plans to establish a table of gross pays for submission to Congress later this year or next year, with gross pay based on the sum of basic pay, present quarters and subsistence allowances, the tax advantage of these two allowances, and the amount necessary to compensate for a deduction for contributory retirement. It would be impractical to establish such tables, without knowing whether they would be acceptable to the Internal Revenue Service or the Congress. In adding to pay the tax advantages of the two allowances, it

was originally assumed that the IRS would get this money back in taxes. But there would be no assurance they would get the same money back. The addition of the tax advantages to pay would raise the tax base of some but not of others. As for an increase in pay to cover reductions for contributory retirement, this might simply be a waste of effort, since both the Armed Services Committee have indicated many times they are against a contributory retirement system.

As for quarters and subsistence allowances, they are based on 1962 and 1952 costs, respectively, and service members would be better off not to have these allowances made part of a new pay system.

Instead of trying to arrive at tables of gross pay as mentioned, a very difficult task, the Hubbell group intends instead to base new military pay tables on civil service pay. President Johnson has said he wants to make gross military pay equal to civil service pay, and this is a quick way to do that. There will be difficulty in making grade comparisons, since there are 23 military grades and 18 civil service grades. It has to be assumed that every member will get a pay increase and no one will get a pay decrease. Special pays and allowances, excepting quarters and subsistence allowances, would have a relation to the new gross pay, but this does not mean that all of them would be increased. For instance, there would be no change in hazard pays. The "hardship" pay proposal, which originally was a proposal for a special pay for surface sea duty in the Navy and a hardship duty pay for certain members of the other services, has been abandoned. Retirement pay would probably remain about the same as now, with the multiplier of 2!4 percent of basic pay for each year of service being reduced.

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The application of quarters and subsistence charges would be complicated. There would be no such charges to units operating in the field or afloat. Members would have to pay a fair rent for base family quarters, and the rental of quarters off base.

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The Defense Department has ordered studies of certain phases of the careers of commissioned officers and of the rotation of officers, and also of the need to increase numbers of general and flag officers in the various services.

The career-rotation study will be conducted by the Hubbell group. During the past several years hearings on Defense Department appropriations bill have revealed considerable controversy over the number of rotations of officers and enlisted men in the services, with members of the Appropriations Committees contending that there are too many rotations, and departmental witnesses having a tough rime explaining them. Ranking officers in each service have contended that the frequency of rotations is one of the primary reasons for leaving the service. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara is reported as believing that the number of family moves is uneconomical and causes too much trouble for personnel.

The career pattern study will primarily concern Army line officers, surface line officers of the Navy, and pilots.

General and Flag Officers. For years the services have asked for additional increases in numbers of general and flag officers, but have not got what they wanted. The number of these officers actually operating within a service is limited by the fact that an average of over 25 percent of them have to serve within the Department of Defense and its agencies or elsewhere in the government, and a 1957 ruling by the Senate Armed Services Committee prevents the services from having as many such officers as authorized by the Officers' Grade Limitation Act. The number of general and flag officers legally authorized, and the number permitted by the Senate committee are, respectively, as follows: Army generals—^526 and 498. Navy admirals— 316 and 302. Air Force generals—442 and 425. f Marine Corps generals—79 and 75.

F In fiscal 1967, of 1,289 ranking officers, 329 t were assigned to work in departments other than their own, and these outside assigrunents will increase to 351 in the 1968 fiscal year.

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Following is part of the testimony delivered by Vice Admiral B. J. Semmes, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower and Naval Reserves) and Chief of Naval Personnel, during hearings on the fiscal 1968 Defense Department appropriations bill.

"Through the current fiscal year, applications have substantially exceeded openings in most officer procurement programs," Admiral Semmes said.

"As a consequence, we have been able to exercise somewhat higher selectivity than has been the case in the past. . . .

"Although officer recruitment in general has been adequate, input at the bottom is not the sole answer to problems generated by the southeast Asia buildup. We continue to have a shortage of surface line officers in the grades of lieutenant commander, through commander, with overages in the grades of ensign through lieutenant. This, of S E P T E M B E R - O C T O BE R ,

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course, does not compensate for experience. A most critical problem is the shortage of young pilots in the grade of lieutenant. As a result, we have found it necessary to defer, selectively, resignations and retirements for some Regular officers.

These deferrals are limited primarily to lieutenant commander and lieutenant pilots with some officers of special qualifications.

"Activities in the combat areas are being kept up to an augmented allowance somewhat higher than the peacetime norm. This has been accomplished by moving people from less critical areas, gapping billets until we can train the required replacements, and by deferring some inputs to war colleges and graduate education programs. The Secretary of Defense's recent approval of an increase to the overall Navy pilot training rate in fiscal 1969 to 2,525 per year, which will produce 1,800 Navy pilots in 1969, should improve the junior officer pilot inventory in the coming years.

"Despite improved recruiting for officer candidates in nearly all programs, the need for further improvement in retention remains. The acute shortage of middle grade surface officers and junior pilots is a result of declining retention. The tempo of naval operations today, especially in southeast Asia, with long and repeated separations from family, is the primary cause of increases in voluntary separations from the Navy. The majority of losses occur at or shortly after completion of obligated service in the grade of lieutenant.

The growth of the airline industry in recent years and the resultant demand for commercial pilots have been the major factors in the loss of our young pilots to civilian life.

"Of particular concern for the future is the increasing number of Regular officer resignations, indicating that many who had previously decided on a Navy career have changed their minds. We are continuing to focus study and action on the retention problem."

of the Federal Government, and is available to only about 3.3 million people in non-government employment.

"There is not yet a clear precedent for such a benefit in the civilian sector," Mr. Morris said.

"We believe this is an important consideration, and that improvements in compensation should give first priority to achieving complete comparability in the regular compensation of military personnel."

The subcommittee, headed by Representative James A. Byrne (D.-Pa.), held hearings on the subject of dental care in late July. Two bills, by Representatives Mel Price (D.-Ill.) and Robert L. Leggett (D.-Calif.), are being considered by the subcommittee. The Price bill would cover dependents of active duty personnel. The Leggett plan would cover active duty dependents, retirees and their dependents, and survivors of deceased personnel, active and retired. Beneficiaries would pay the first $25 of the dental bill ($10 for patients 14 and younger), and the government would pay the balance.

Mr. Morris said that if a dental care program proves desirable, the most logical plan for the present might be one applying to active duty dependents only and varying the costs to be shared by the family. Such a plan, he said, might cost $60 million to $100 million, as compared to an estimated cost of $125 million for the Price plan (H. R. 11363) and $240 million for the Leggett plan (H. R. 2821).

The subcommittee is exploring the whole idea of a dental care program. This has been under study in the Defense Department for some time.

The military departments do the dental work of quite a number of dependents now, and the aid societies pay for quite a lot. But a large number of dependents need dental care, and all this talk about a government program makes their teeth worse.

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The Defense Department has provided a new system of payments for treatment of dependents by a doctor under the new medical care law. The law provides a "maximum fee" schedule, which was negotiated by the government and the state medical societies. However, many physicians have refused to accept dependent patients because their normal charges are higher than the maximums authorized per operation, treatment, or visit.

The House has passed H. R. 2082, which would provide travel and living allowances to help pay for the education of children of military families living in remote areas. The bill applies to two classes of students, and provides: 1. Room, board and periodical transportation for elementary and secondary school students who must attend boarding schools away from the duty station of their parents; 2. One free round trip per year between the overseas duty station and the United States for dependents who are college undergraduates in this country.

This program would apply to some 3900 families living in areas where no American-type schools are available, as in Asia, the Near East, and Africa.

In many cases the dependent paid the doctor's charge, turned in the receipt, and was refunded the legal maximum charge, less than she paid.

The change will affect retirees and their dependents more than it does active duty families.

For both outpatient and inpatient care, retirees pay a higher percentage of doctors' charges than active duty families pay.

Home Nursing Care Authorized. The Defense Department has authorized home nursing care at government expense as part of the military medical care law. Incidentally, the name of this program has been changed to "CHAMPUS," standing for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, to distinguish it from the civilian medical care program. The law authorizes use of nurses at home when ordered by the physician, but it does not say when or how a nurse might be used. The new ruling makes use of private nurses quite liberal.

Dental Care. Although many members of Congress and the American Dental Association would like to see a program of dental care for military dependents partially financed by the government, it appears that the Defense Department is really against it at this time.

Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas D. Morris (manpower and personnel) told a House Armed Services subcommittee that dental care "as a fringe benefit is still in an emerging status for civilian employees," is not generally available in the large health programs of civilian employees 20

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The House Armed Services Committee has killed $317.2 million which were part of an original Defense Department construction authorization bill (H. R. 9356) for fiscal 1968. The new bill, H. R. 11722, does not reduce the fiscal 1968 housing program, now set at 12,500 units, including 5070 units for the Navy, 4580 for the Air Force, and 2850 for the Army.

Some of the Navy projects were eliminated from the bill to give the Navy a chance to reevaluate them, according to committee spokesmen. Among these was the proposed Navy Surface Combatant Officer School at Littie Creek, Virginia, which would have cost, with its instruction building, bachelor officers' quarters, and messhall, $4,171,000. There was some non-expert support for this school, since the idea might attract more officers to duty on surface ships of the Navy. Navy hospital projects held up are the $13.8 million replacement hospital for the Charleston Naval Hospital. According to the committee, plans and specifications for this project will be completed

in time to permit award of a contract in fiscal 1968. The proposed hospital, to cost $5,908,000, and the Corpsmen Barracks, to cost $375,000, scheduled for the Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, were also delayed.

Other Navy projects eliminated were: the proposed $5,291,000 new WAVE recruiting center at Orlando, Florida; the $510,000 CPO open mess at the Jacksonville, Fla., Naval Air Station.

The fiscal 1968 housing requested is part of a request for 53,000 new units in the next five years.

This would increase the military on-post housing by some 40,000. Closing of bases and deterioration have decreased the total of available military on-post housing by 13,000 units. Even if the 12,500 units for fiscal 1968 are approved and built, about two-thirds of the military families would still be living off base.

A survey made by the Army, which questioned about 13,000 men in ranks E-3 to 0 - 5 , and some returning Vietnam veterans, indicated a broad objection to off-base housing, as being too costiy, too distant, and/or of inadequate quality. The Defense Department, which would like to have more on-base housing, may make its own survey on this subject.

The 1968 bill would increase the quality of family housing by increasing from $17,500 to $19,500 the average unit cost in this country. The maximum cost of a single unit would be increased from $28,000 to $35,000.

Housing Bias Ban

Senator Daniel B. Brewster (D.-Md.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in late July that the Defense Department had collected information on off-base housing available to Negro servicemen around more than 300 military installations in every state.

As of the end of July about the only installations where off-limits bans have gone into effect are located in Maryland, at Andrews Air Force Base, Ft. Meade, the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Edgewood Arsenal, Ft. Holabird. Senator Brewster said that action was taken in Maryland first because the state legislature passed a resolution requesting such action.

Fred Frederick, president of the Laurel, Md., Chamber of Commerce, said Under Secretary of the Army David E. McGiffert had pledged at a June 6 meeting that the off-limits directive would be withdrawn from the Laurel area because owners of 75 percent of the housing units had agreed to integrate. Spokesmen for Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said that the Secretary, while hailing 75 percent desegregation as a realistic figure to strive for, had no intention of letting the other 25 percent in the Laurel area (within seven miles of Ft. Meade) off the hook.

"The method used by the Secretary of Defense could affect the economic welfare of our entire community," said Mr. Frederick.

The action of the Maryland state legislature gives this off-limits procedure some sort of legal sanctity. But one wonders how far the Defense Department might or dares to go. It must be assumed that, in order to be tagged with an offlimits sign, the owner of the place bearing the sign must have violated some law or allowed a law to be violated. But failure to desegregate housing is not a violation of law, at least not yet, in almost all of this country.

In the Washington, D. C , area strong efforts were made to have DOD apply its off-limit sanctions. However, Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance (now resigned) told J. Charles Jones, chairman of the Action Coordinating Committee To End Segregation in the Suburbs (ACCESS), that such sanctions in Washington "could create chaotic conditions in the residential status of thousands of Defense families."

In Washington a housing referral service was established for the benefit of Negro service famS H I P M A T E

ilies, and Brigadier General William E. Ekman, who had been deputy commanding general of the Army Infantry Training Center at Ft. D k , N . J., was placed in charge.

This off-limits program for real estate owners who do not desegregate was considered hurriedly in connection with the 1968 Defense Department appropriations bill. Only one member of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative Robert L. F. Sikes (D.-Fla.), objected.

"It is the most obnoxious and unjustifiable invasion of privacy that has been announced in a long time," Sikes said. "I am surprised that this sort of thing would even be considered in a democracy, much less promulgated."

Battleship New Jersey To Vietnam Within about a year the USS N E W JERSEY'S nine 16-inch guns will be throwing 1900-pound shells 21 miles to cover 85 percent of the inland targets now being bombed in South and North Vietnam.

Various studies of prisoner attitudes have indicated that the U. S. weapons the enemy fears most are big guns and big bombs. They reach him in the deepest jungle and even destroy underground retreats three layers down. The N E W JERSEY will supply even bigger guns.

It will take $27 million and 10 months to reactivate the N E W JERSEY. She will be the only batdeship in the world on active duty.

For many months various key members of the Congress have been pressing for use of batdeships in Viemam waters. Senator Richard Russell (D.Ga.) has said he would keep urging use of a 'oattleship until the Defense Department gave in.

Representative Daniel J. Flood (D.-Pa.), Member of the House Appropriations Committee, has often criticized the Navy for letting the aviation experts kid the department out of big guns.

"You will recall about 10 years ago when the Navy went missile happy and they started taking guns off everything," he said at a hearing earlier this year, "I started to raise the roof about this.

I don't know where you were then, but we had a lot of carrier types in here. I saw three- and four-stripers sitting back there snickering at me because I was insisting, pounding the table, and saying: 'Do you mean to tell me you are abandoning guns.' What about the Marines? What about shore installations? What about mobility? What about small wars?'

"This was when you were going to win any war in 30 minutes with carriers. Do you recall those days in the Navy when anybody who talked about a 5- or 8- or 10-inch gun was a littie dull?"

Admiral Semmes: "I believe your convictions at that time were borne out and justified."

Mr. Flood: "I just wanted to hear that."

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THE NAVAL ACADEMY ITS MISSION AND ITS STAFF b y Professor Ernest H a w k i n s , D e p a r t m e n t of A recurrence of some past unpleasantness may well be avoided if there is a widespread consciousness of the mission of the Naval Academy.

In these changing times when changes are to be expected at the Naval Academy, but when some individuals and groups will approve any change if "that's the way it's done in civilian colleges," it should be kept in mind that our Academy has always been much more than just an academic institution and it must remain that way if it is to keep faith with the taxpaying citizens, who support it for a special purpose. If it were to become just another academic school, there would be no excuse for its existence.

The Naval Academy has a uniquely important purpose quite different from that of a civilian college. In a civilian college, one thousand students have one thousand different goals. These students pay their money for programs consistent with their goals, and the college has the responsibility of providing those programs, however varied they may be.

Mathematics

On the other hand, one thousand midshipmen all have one goal, consistent with the stated mission of the Academy, and that is "to graduate qualified for and dedicated to the Naval Service."

Each midshipman accepts public funds for his support here and he has the responsibility to accept a program consistent with the Academy's mission.

It is reasonable to expect, therefore, that at the Naval Academy there is some restriction on the freedom of choice, both by the midshipmen and by the staff. Compared to the offerings in a civilian college, midshipmen need relatively few elective courses and an instructor here should not expect to teach any course that he wishes nor to teach a course with any emphasis that he wishes.

To my knowledge, during past years here, there have always been some individuals who have criticized and belitded the Naval Academy beyond justification. It is a fact of history that the Naval Academy before and after 1910 produced graduates qualified for and dedicated to the Naval Service, and these graduates formed the nucleus

THE NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION The Naval Historical Foundation celebrated its 40th Anniversary during 1966. To commemorate that occasion, it undertook two projects. It entered into an agreement with the Library of Congress to index and catalogue its collection of 250,000 or more "raw" papers, manuscripts and letters which the Foundation has acquired and placed on loan there. It also contracted to enlarge and renovate the Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum which it operates.

The project with the Library of Congress was started in September 1965. It will take at least three years to complete. Because the Foundation retains ownership of the Collection, the cost of the project ($43,000) is a charge which the Foundation must pay. The Collection consists principally of the personal papers and records of distinguished personnel. They contain naval historical data and information covering the entire life of the Navy, not elsewhere available. When

U.S.N.A.

the project is completed, the entire collection will be readily usable by interested students and researchers. The Foundation is convinced this project will make a valuable contribution to the public knowledge of Naval History. The Librarian of Congress says, "There can be no question of its potential benefit to historical scholarship."

The Secretary of the Navy in his Notice 5340 of 3 May 1967 to "All Ships and Stations" invites attention to the objectives of the Foundation and the historical value of the project with the Library of Congress. In it he also requests Commanding Officers "to disseminate the contents of this Notice to their personnel so that interested parties can make tax free voluntary contributions to the Foundation."

The Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum located at 1610 H Street, N.W. (two blocks from the White House) occupies the old Carriage House of the historic Decatur House. The renovation and

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of a fighting Navy that won in World War I. The next thirty years brought many changes, but the Naval Academy before and after 1940 produced graduates qualified for and dedicated to the Naval Service, and these graduates formed the nucleus of a fighting Navy that won in World War II. Another thirty years will necessitate many more changes, but will the Naval Academy before and after 1970 produce graduates qualified for and dedicated to a variety of civilian jobs or will it produce graduates qualified for and dedicated to the Naval Service who will form the nucleus of a fighting Navy that will win in the next major conflict? This is more than an academic question.

It is hoped that the answer wUl be in the afiSrmative.

With my academic background, even after thirty-eight years here at the Academy, I do not presume to know what the total program of the Naval Academy should be. Those with years of experience at sea know better than I what the Navy needs. I will venture to assert, however, that it requires more than academics to produce a Naval Officer and, consistent with the Academy's stated mission, the first responsibility of the faculty is midshipmenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to instruct, train, and stimulate them for a career in the Naval Service and a faculty member's worth to the Naval Academy is direcdy proportional to his success in this tri-fold endeavor.

enlargement was completed in March of 1965. Il was first opened in 1950 to display the many historical artifacts, documents, models, etc., which have been given to the Foundation. Diuing these 16 years, there have been 31 separate exhibits to match significant dates and events in Naval history. No admission is charged and 25,000 persons visit the Museum each year. The present exhibit shows 177 years of Coast Guard History.

The Foundation depends for its financial support on membership dues, individual and business contributions and income from its moderate investments. Present membership is almost 1900 and includes civilian and Naval Reservists throughout the Country plus many active duty personnel including 5 5 % of the Flag Officers. Officers serve without pay. There are, however, one administrative assistant, plus three Museum personnel, all retired Navy enlisted personnel, on the payroll.

The Foundation is anxious to increase its membership and to acquire material of Naval historical significance to add to its collection. Those interested may receive information by writing to the Naval Historical Foundation, c/o Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 20360.

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USNA AND USMA ALUMNI FATHERS OF USNA CLASS OF 1971 USNA 1914 VAdm. Theodore D. Ruddock, Jr. USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Theodore D. Ruddock, III 1923 Mr. Vincent J. Conroy Mid'n. Vincent P. Conroy, Jr. 1927 Capt. Eugene L. Lugibihl, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Lee Lugibihl 1931 R.\dm. Sidney J. Lawrence, SUN (Ret.) Mid'n. Charles H . Lawrence 1932 Mr. Lawrence S. Brown Mid'n. Michael M. Brown 1934 Capt. William T. Dutton, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Benjamin Dutton 1935 â&#x20AC;˘Capt. John H . Theis, USNR Mid'n. James T. Theis 1936 Col. Merlyn D . Holmes, USMC Mid'n. Merlyn D . Holmes, Jr. 1937 CapL Joseph T. Yavorsky, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Peter B. Yavorsky 1938 *RAdm. George C. Bullard, USN Mid'n. George C. Bullard, Jr. CapL Theodore A. Grell, USN (ReL) Mid'n. Theodore A. Grell, Jr. RAdm. James J. Stilwell, USN Mid'n. Robert R. Stilwell Col. Richard D. Weber, USMC (ReL) Mid'n. Richard D . Weber, Jr. 1939 Mr. Edwin L. Harris Mid'n. Charles P. Harris CapL Paul E. Loustaunau, USN (ReL) Mid'n. Paul J. Loustaunau CapL John E. Parks, USN Mid'n. Edward J. Parks 1940 Cdr. WUliam R. Bottenberg, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Richard B. Bottenberg Cdr. Christian H. Cochran, USN (ReL) Mid'n. Charles T. Cochran 1941 Cdr. Edward C. Hines, Jr., USN (ReL) Mid'n. Edward C. Hines, III Cdr. David P. Polatty, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mid'n David P. Polatty, III RAdm. William E. Lemos, USN Mid'n. Peter B. Lemos * Deceased SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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1942 Cdr. William S. Brown, USN (ReL) Mid'n. William B. Brown Capt. Handford T. Cruser, III, USN Mid'n. Handford T. Cruser, IV Capt. William F. Farrell, USN Mid'n. Richard J. Farrell Capt. Charles M. Young, USN Mid'n. Cassin Young, II 1943 Capt. John M. Barrett, USN Mid'n. John M. Barrett, Jr. Capt. Warren A. Grossetta Mid'n. Warren A. Grossetta Mr. Norbert F. Hesse Mid'n. Donald E. Hesse CapL Carl O. Holmquist, USN Mid'n. Kurt E. Holmquist Cdr. Leonard G. Smith, Jr., USN (ReL) Mid'n. Leonard G. Smith, III 1944 CapL Robert J. Alexander, USN Mid'n. Patrick F. Alexander Cdr. Francis D. Barton, USN (ReL) Mid'n. David C. Barton CapL Cyrus H. Butt, III, USN Mid'n. Cyrus H. Butt Cdr. Gordon Duncan, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Michael G. Duncan Cdr. Paul L. Havenstein, USN (ReL) Mid'n. Walter P. Havenstein Capt. Robert L. J. Long, USN Mid'n. William T. Long Cdr. George F. Moran, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Ronald K. Moran Capt. James R. Wish, USN Mid'n. James A. Wish CapL Jack L. Wohler, USN Mid'n. Stephen A. Wohler 1945 CapL Wilton L. Atkinson, USN Mid'n. Leland D. Atkinson Capt. James G. Gallemore, USN Mid'n. James B. Gallemore CapL Joe L. Midgett, USN Mid'n. Joe C. Midgett Mr. Donald E. Rockwell, Jr. Mid'n. Donald E. Rockwell, III Capt. Theodore A. Wagner, USN Mid'n. Theodore A. Wagner, III Mr. John R. WUhelm Mid'n. John R. Wilhelm, Jr. Cdr. Henry R. Wilson, USN Mid'n. Henry R. Wilson, Jr. 1946 Cdr. Artiiur K. Bennett, Jr., USN Mid'n. Artiiur K. Bennett, III CapL John G. Boniface, USN Mid'n. John M. Boniface Cdr. James W. Foust, USN Mid'n. John T. Foust Capt. Charles H. Griffiths, USN Mid'n. Charles H. Griffiths, Jr. Mr. Hubert M. Stiles Mid'n. Clay O. Stiles CapL Alfred J. Whittie, Jr., USN Mid'n. Alfred J. Whittie, III

1947 Mr. Sumner W. Burgess Mid'n. Richard S. Burgess LCdr. Bradley L. Daley, USN Mid'n. Bradley L. Daley, Jr. Cdr. Robert E. Enright, USN Mid'n. Joseph E. Enright Cdr. Noah W. Gokey, III, USN Mid'n. James W. Gokey CapL Isham W. Linder, USN Mid'n. Bruce R. Linder Cdr. Maurice O. Muncie, USN Mid'n. John C. Muncie Cdr. John P. Shelton, USN Mid'n. John P. Shelton, Jr. Mr. George G. Strott Mid'n. George G. Strott, Jr. Cdr. Bernard J. Bandish, USN Mid'n. Bernard J. Bandish, Jr. 1948 Cdr. William R. Ayers, USN Mid'n. Robert S. Ayers Cdr. John P. Holland, USN Mid'n. John P. Holland, Jr. Mr. Wilbert G. Wheldon Mid'n. Richard G. Wheldon 1949 Cdr. Albert A. Schaufelberger, Jr., USN Mid'n. Albert A. Schaufelberger, III 1959 Mr. Delbert C. Setde (Stepfather) Mid'n. Robert H. Setde USMA 1936 Col. Harry E. Mikkelsen Mid'n. Harry E. Mikkelsen 1940 Col. John R. Knight Mid'n. John R. Knight, Jr. 1941 Col. Michael J. L. Greene Mid'n. Michael J. L. Greene, Jr. 1942 Col. Garth Stevens Mid'n. William T. Stevens 1943 Mr. William N . Sparhawk, Jr. Mid'n. William N. Sparhawk, III 1945 Mr. William D. Raymond Mid'n. Philip L. Raymond 1946 Maj. Rolland A. Dessert Mid'n. Ross S. Dessert LtCol. Alfred H. Victor, Jr. Mid'n. Henry P. Victor 33

HOMECOMING 1967 Dear Alumni: Once again it is my most pleasurable duty to welcome you back to the Naval Academy on the occasion of Alumni Weekend.

This year the weekend is 20-22 October. William and Mary, I am told, will be coming on strong this year with their best team in a long while. Navy, captained by Bill Dow, with many returning lettermen, will provide us with a strong home team.

Rear Admiral W. F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Executive Director of the Alumni Association, and Captain A. H. McCain, Head of the Weapons Department, are combining their superb talents again this year to plan for the big occasion. Let me urge you to give them your full support in making this weekend a success. In this regard you will want to consider joining us for the Alumni Assembly in the Brigade Assembly Hall. We hope to have Admiral Carney introduce Admiral Moorer followed by General Greene as our principal speakers.

As in years past, the Alumni Association has mailed reservation cards for dinner, reception and lodging to all alumni. If you have not received yours, or need assistance with any other aspect of the weekend, please contact the Alumni Association, Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

I look forward to a big turnout.

Sincerely,

Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy Superintendent

RESERVATION AND TICKET INFORMATION Reception, Dinner and Dinner-Dance The cost o£ the reception, dinner and dinner-dance is |4.00 per person. Please return your reservation card with the Alumni Association as soon as you can so that the planning committee may have early and firm information.

Football Game The Naval Academy Athletic Association will handle your requirements for tickets to the football game. Ticket applications have been mailed directly to Athletic Association members. Non-members may request tickets directly from the Athletic Association by a letter accompanied by a remittance.

If you wish to be seated with your class, please so indicate.

Tickets for this game are $4.50 plus 50 cents to the total to cover insurance, postage and handling charges.

HOMECOMING SCHEDULE—20-22 October FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 1000-1800 Registration at Alumni House.

1205 Brigade noon formation.

1215 Luncheon in Mess Hall for Alumni who are fathers or legal guardians of midshipmen. Note: Your Midshipman must make arrangements for this in Bancroft Hall.

1300-1600 Patrol craft tours of Naval Academy waterfront.

1545 Dress Parade on Worden Field.

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Brigade evening formation.

Pep Rally—Tecumseh Court.

Reception in Dahlgren Hall.

Dinner in Mess Hall.

Seating by classes.

2130-0030 Dance, Dahlgren Hall. Informal, no tickets required. (Beverages available.)

2130-0100 Open House at Alumni House.

SATURDAY, 21 OCTOBER 0900-1015 Class meetings, if scheduled.

1030-1110 Alumni Assembly, Assembly Hall. All hands invited.

1135 Brigade noon formation.

1300 March-on for football game.

1400 Navy vs. William and Mary football. Please request football tickets direct from Athletic Association— not the Alumni Association. Price per ticket $4.50, plus $.50 handling charge per order.

1700-0100 Open House at Alumni House.

1700 Class reunions and parties as scheduled.

SUNDAY, 0800 0900 1030 1130-1215

22 OCTOBER Catholic Mass in Main Chapel.

Protestant Holy Communion in St. Andrew's Chapel.

Divine Service in Main Chapel.

Visits to midshipmen's rooms by parents and guardians. Visits to Company Wardrooms by Sponsoring Classes.

1230 Brigade noon formation.

1400-1700 Sailing.

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SEA BREEZES

by Paul Schratz '39 SHAKESPEARE AT THE WAR COLLEGES A year at the War College is one of the great experiences of a career. The opportunity for midcareer replenishment at the fountain of knowledge is stimulated by outstanding lecturers in all phases of contemporary life on the planet. Brain cells are refreshingly titillated. Cherished illusions are shattered; other conclusions are seen in an entirely new light.

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An inevitable by-product of the daily lecture roudne is a gradual awareness of "in" words in the vocabulary. When combined with the equally tenacious military habit of data-taking, the result often proves merely that the more useless the data the more extensive the record.

Below is not in that category. Based on extensive research, our studies show clearly that the "in" language for 1967 (fiscal, of course) is as follows, in descending order of preference. The scale is not times used. To be eligible a word had to be used once or more by five speakers.

Sixteen words not used at least monthly were prompdy removed. T o avoid the possibility of a single speaker tilting the record with his favorite word, the figures are not word use but number of speakers who used a word already on the "in" list.

NEWS

OFFICERS President— ADM. ROBERT B . CARNEY, USN (Ret.) '16 (4521), Washington, D. C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— R A D M . ROBERT H . BARNUM, USNR '33 (11102), Scarsdale, N . Y.

Putting it all together, with full credit to Colonel Ralph Spanjer, USMC, and Malcolm McLean, USIA, the following is a "Soliloquy to a Dichotomy" as expressed in Shakespearean modern English.

Vice President (Central Area)— M R . JOHN F . GORDON '22 (6330), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Vice President ( Western Area)— V A D M . HAROLD O . LARSON, USN (Ret.) '25 (7899), Coronado, Calif.

Past President— V A D M . WILLIAM R . SMEDBERG, III, USN (Ret.) '26 (8367), Washington,

D.C. Executive Director— RADM. W . F . FIITZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's Representative— CAPT. R . E . HAWTHORNE, USN '43 (15416), USNA, Annapolis, Md. At Large (To serve until Spring Meeting 1968) CAPT.

EDWARD

L . BEACH,

USN

'39

(13221) RADM. C

CAPT.

PAUL

R.

SCHRATZ,

USN

'39

(13436) S . COOPER, USN (Ret.) '27

(8653)

CDR. HARRY D . TRAIN, II, USN

'49

(20423) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1969)

L T G E N . A. L. BOWSER, JR., USMC '32

(10650) RADM.

J.

V A D M . R . B . PIRIE. USN

(Ret.)

'26

(8189) E.

KIRKPATRICK,

USNR

CDR. C . A. H . TROST, USN '53 (23314)

( R e t ) '31 (10277) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1970) R A D M . J. F. CALVERT, USN '43 (15332)

M R . H . R . DUDEN, JR. '47 (19003)

R A D M . J. W. CRUMPACKER, USN (Ret.)

LCDR. R . B . PIRIE, JR. '55 (25101)

'31 (10294) From Local Chapters (To serve until Spring Meeting 1968) CAPT A J. GREENACRE, USN (Ret.) '26

(8197), Annapolis MR.

W . J. TONER,

'24 (7369), New York JR. '43

(15778),

Boston CAPT

HERBERT

CAPT. PAUL W . SIEGRIST, USNR (Ret.) M R . ROBERT W . BAKER '53

(24208),

Peninsula I.

MANDEL,

USN

(Ret.) '38 (13155), New London R A D M . CAMERON BRIGGS, USN

(Ret.)

'25 (7873), Coronado

'25

(8107), Philadelphia CDR. ROLAND

R . RIGGS, USN

(Ret.)

'04 (2653), San Francisco

R A D M . L . J. JACOBI, USNR (Ret.) '21

(5786), Detroit

V A D M . F . T . WATKINS, USN (Ret.)

'22 (6359), Seattle

L C D R E R . QUADY, USNR '43 (15800)

Los Angeles SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

CDR. R . A. SENTMAN, USN (Ret.)

VADM.

JOHN

SYLVESTER, USN

To exacerbate or not to exacerbate, that is the dichotomy; Whether 'tis more viable vis-a-vis the mind to suffer The thrusts and boggles of outraged escalation.

Or to take arms against a sea of pragmatism.

And by opposing, end them. To die, to crunch No more, and by a crunch the way we end The xenophobia and the thousand counterproductive dialogues That flesh is heir to; 'tis an in-house ambivalence Devoutly to be opted, to die, to sleep; To sleep; perchance to dream; ay, there's the quid pro quo; For in the proliferation of sleep what dreams may come.

When we have shuffled off this infrastructure.

Must give us pause per se; there's the caveat That conceptualizes a low silhouette: For who would bear the whips and scorns of detente.

The oppressor's expertise, the proud man's hegemony, The pangs of despised rapprochement, the real world's mix.

There parameters of ofEce and the spurns That patient pluralism of the unworthy takes.

When he himself might his quantum jump make The credibility gap.? Who would options bear To grunt and sweat under a weary time frame.

But that the dread of something after assured destruction.

The undiscovered confrontation from whose scenario No traveller returns, puzzles the sine qua non, And makes us rather bear those force strucmres we have Than fly to others whose state of the art we know not of.?

Having articulated, let me postulate— To exacerbate or not to exacerbate, is that a dichotomy?

(Ret.)

'26 (8148), Washington, D. C. 1967

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ALL HANDS USS NIMITZ

NEW SUPE FOR PG SCHOOL

The U. S. Navy's second nuclear power attack aircraft carrier, CVA (N)-68, is to be named for the late Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz '05.

Authorized under the FY 1967 Shipbuilding and Conversion Program, the NIMITZ will be an improved version of ENTERPRISE. She will be powered with the new two-reactor plant which has been under recent development by the AEC. With an overall length of 1,092 feet and a beam of 134 feet, the ship will have a full load displacement of approximately 91,000 tons.

A $40,000,000 negotiated cost plus fixed fee contract for advance planning, scheduling, engineering and design work, material procurement, and prefabrication for construction was awarded to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. on 31 March 1967. The construction contract itself has not been awarded.

The cost of the NIMITZ will be $427.5 million.

RAdm. Robert W. McNitt '38 will succeed RAdm. E. J. O'Donnell '29 as superintendent of the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey.

Adm. O'Donnell, upon his retirement about 1 August, will become president of the New York Maritime College at Ft. Schuyler.

THE AUGUST ISSUE? If you failed to notice in the June-July issue an item entided "By Any Other Name" you may wonder what happened to the August issue. This is that issue. The fact that this year it is designated the September-October issue is merely a device to get Shipmate into step with the rest of the publications world. Your next Shipmate will be the November issue and will be published the end of October instead of the end of November as it formerly was.

Adm. McNitt is a graduate of the PG School and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

In addition he holds the degree of master of science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE—1968 ELECTION The following precept to the Nominating Committee has been issued by the president.

Class secretaries, chapter secretaries, individual alumni and groups of alumni are urged to submit recommendations to any member of the committee to assist the committee in drawing its slate of nominees for the spring election 1968.

29 June 1967 To: Commander C. A. H. Trost, USN

Adm. Raymond A. Spruance '07, left, and RAdm. E. J. O'Donnell "29, right, superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, assist Adm. Royal E. Ingersoll '05 in breaking ground for the school's new academic building to be named Ingersoll Hall, honoring the Admiral, his late father RAdm. Royal R. Ingersoll '68, and his son Lt. Royal R. Ingersoll, 2nd, '34, who lost his life aboard the USS

HORNET in

1942.

Adm. Ingersoll and Adm. Spruance are eminent in World War II naval history, having served as CinC, Adantic Fleet, and Commander, Fifth Fleet in the Pacific, respectively.

Ingersoll Hall, when completed in approximately 18 months, will contain classrooms, faculty offices, a small auditorium, a computer center and a closed circuit television system. The building is designed for 72,000 square feet of space.

Subject: Nominating Committee, U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Ass'n 1967-1968 1. In accordance with Paragraph 1 of Section VI of the By-laws of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, a Nominating Committee consisting of yourself as Chairman, and the following members, is hereby appointed: EAST—Cdr. C. A. H. Trost '53, Chairman, Trustee-at-large, Active Duty USN, Office SecDef, 11016 Gainsborough Rd., Potomac, Md. 20854; Mr. Walter J. Toner, Jr. '43, Local Trustee, Boston Chapter, Bethlehem Steel Corp., 4400 Prudential Tower, Boston 02199; Lt. Spencer A. Barrow '50, Lt. USNR, Former Sec'y N . Y. Chapter, 404 W. 116th St., New York, N. Y. 10027; Lt. Thomas C. Grzymala '62, Active Duty USN, Naval Sci. Dept. USNA, 14-C Sellers Rd., Annapolis, Md. 21402.

CENTRAL—Cdr. James H . Smeds '48, Active Duty (SC) USN, Navy Electronics Supply Office, Great Lakes, 111. 60088.

WEST—Lt.Gen. A. L. Bowser, Jr. '32, USMC (Ret.), Trustee-at-large, 1241 Prospect St., La Jolla, CaliL 92037; Capt. James T. Traylor, Jr. '43, Active Duty USN, 108 Rendora Circle, Coronado, Calif. 92118.

2. The Nominating Committee, in accordance with the By-lawrs, shall submit to the Board of Trustees, not later than December 10, 1967, a slate of candidates for the election to take place in the Spring of 1968, for the following offices:

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Eastern Area Vice President (two-year term) Western Area Vice President (two-year term) Four Trustees-at-large (three-year terms)

ATLANTIC C O M M A N D RELIEF jK - •"«

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Adm. Thomas H. Moorer '33 and his successor, Adm. Ephraim P. Holmes '30, discuss the challenges and problems of the Atiantic Command before the change of command ceremony on 17 June at Norfolk, Va. Adm. Moorer has held the assignments of NATO Supreme Allied Commander Adantic, Commander in Chief of the U. S. unified Adantic Command and Commander in Chief of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet since May 1965. Adm. Holmes comes to his new assignment from duty as Director of the U. S. Navy's Program Planning in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

The Executive Director will handle the actual transmission of the report of the Nominating Committee to the Board of Trustees and the publication of the slate in the January 1968 issue of Shipmate, as required by the By-laws.

3. A resolution of 29 May 1959, passed by the Board of Trustees, reads as follows: "The President, in appointing the Nominating Committee, shall point out the requirements for the ensuing year with a view to obtaining equitable distribution of the Trustees among the various categories—classes, geographical areas, active duty, retired officers, civilians, etc."

4. In accordance with this resolution, 1 point out to the Nominating Committee that the membership of the Association is almost equally divided between (1) active duty officers and (2) those resigned or retired. Therefore, equitable distribution would be two of the four trustees from each of these groups.

5. The membership of the current Board of Trustees is unbalanced regarding class spread. Of the 31 members of the Board, 20 are from the classes of '39 and earlier; the remaining eleven are: fovir from the class of '43, one from the class of '47, one from the class of '49; two from the class of '53, one from the class of '55 and two local trustees not yet elected by the San Francisco and Connecticut Chapters. In submitting its slate of nominees, the Nominating Committee should give due weight to the desirability of including outstanding candidates from the younger classes. Of the current Board, the terms of the Eastern Area Vice President '33, the Western Area Vice President '25, and four trusteesat-large, one in '27, two in '39 and one in '49, will expire. Local trustees (12) who will be re-elected or whose terms wdll expire are unknown since their election is entirely a matter of local decision.

6. While the number of nominees is at the discretion of the Nominating Committee, you are informed it was the consensus of the Board of Trustees at a recent meeting that no more than two candidates for each vacancy should be nominated by the Nominating Committee.

7. I further point out that it is particularly necessary to nominate only those who are members of the Association and are a^illing to serve, and whose prospective duties, jobs, or professions during their tenure of office will permit them acmally to devote a reasonable amount of time to service in the organization, including reasonable expectancy of attendance at the semi-annual meetings of the Board of Trustees.

ROBT. B . CARNEY

Admiral USN ( R e t ) President HEADQUARTERS REPORT

CENTURY CLUB Subsequent to the publication of the June-July issue of Shipmate, and prior to the end of the Annual Fund Raising Campaign for 1966-1967 on June 30, two more alumni contributed $100 or more which entided them to membership in the "Century Club." These two individuals prefer to remain anonymous, but wish to credit their contributions to the class of '09. This brings the total "Century Club" membership for the 1966-1967 Fund Raising Campaign to 75. In view of the fact that this phase of the Fund Raising Campaign was of no more than four months duration, the results are most gratifying. The Association looks forward to an increase in "Century Club" membership in the coming year.

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THE C O M M A N D A N T OF MIDSHIPMEN

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Sheldon Kinney '41 has been an outstanding Commandant of Midshipmen since January 1964. On 5 July 1967 at a ceremony on the steps of Bancroft Hall, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. Shortly thereafter he, accompanied by Mrs. Kinney, departed for Caracas, Venezuela, where he attended graduation ceremonies at the Venezuelan Naval Academy and participated in the dedication of new academy facilities. Director of the Venezuelan Naval Academy is RAdm. Jn^e C. Srijas, USNA '47.

The largest class ever admitted to a U. S. service academy entered the Naval Academy on 28 June when some 1,400 candidates from 50 states and 8 foreign countries took the oath of office as midshipmen. Although in years past, midshipmen at the Academy have included citizens of Japan and the Philippine Islands, nominations this year were open for the first time to candidates from other eastern and southeastern Asian countries. The new class includes a midshipman from the Republic of Korea and one from Malaysia. Other foreign nationals are from the Philippines, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica for an overall total of eight.

PLEBE CLASS

DEATH OF PROFESSOR L A N G D O N

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Mrs. Kinney gives Sheldon Kinney a hand with a new cap.

Following the Kinneys' return to the States, Adm. Kinney attended the Conference of Service Academy Superintendents at the Coast Guard Academy in New London.

On 2 September Adm. Kinney is scheduled to be relieved as Commandant of Midshipmen and will proceed to Long Beach, Calif., where he will become Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Eleven.

Captain Lawrence Heyworth, Jr., '43, one of 19 U. S. naval officers qualified as a submariner and aviator, has been named as the new Commandant He reports from duty as Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Prior to this duty Capt.

Heyworth served as the first commanding officer of the Navy's newest attack aircraft carrier, USS

Assoc. Prof. Robert M. Langdon of the Academy's Department of English, History and Government lost his life in an airplane crash on 23 June. The accident which took the lives of all 30 passengers and the 4 crew members occurred near Blossburg, Pa. During his 20 years as a member of the faculty at the Naval Academy Prof. Langdon taught American Diplomatic History, Naval History, Economic Geography and most recendy was specializing in African area studies. In addition to devoting much time to various professional writings, he was active in a number of programs of the Naval Institute.

Prof. Langdon enjoyed an exceptionally wide acquaintance throughout the Brigade of Midshipmen and was a popular instructor from the outset of his service. His wit and humor as a speaker at football rallies are well remembered by recent Academy alumni.

He is survived by his widow, the former Virginia Griffen, of Rt. 2, Edgewater, Md., two sons and a daughter.

1967 REGISTER OF A L U M N I The n e w ! 967 REG/STER is available for distribution

AMERICA.

Mrs. Heyworth is the former Jean Holloway, daughter of Admiral James L. Holloway, Supertendent of the USNA from 1947 to 1950.

H O M E C O M I N G INFO

Homecoming 1967 is scheduled for 20-22 October. As in the past the program and reservation cards will be mailed to all alumni for whom the Association has an address. If we don't have your address, please let us know immediately.

Widows are invited and welcome as always.

Those who wish to attend are asked to write to the Naval Academy Alumni Association, Annapolis, Md. 21402, for further information.

$5.00 plus postage ($1.25 west of Miss.; TS^ east of Miss.)

Enclosed is $ Please send 1967 REGISTER to:

Mail to: ALUMNI HOUSE Annapolis, Md. 21402

Hasit CaU ANDERSON, J O N A T H A N WAVERLY (MAJGEN USA RET ' 1 1 ) , 15 June ' 6 7 , D e W i t t A r m y H o s p i t a l , Ft. Belvoir, V a .

A N T O N I A K , CHARLES (CAPT USN RET ' 3 4 ) , 3 June ' 6 7 , A n n a p o l i s , M d .

ARMSTRONG, PHILIP McCUTCHEON, JR. (LCDR USN ' 5 3 ) , 8 June ' 6 7 , M e d i t e r r a n e a n Sea. BRERETON, LEWIS HYDE (LGEN USAF RET ' 1 1 ) , 2 0 July ' 6 7 , W a l t e r Reed G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. BUTLER, CHARLES THOMAS (CDR USN ' 5 3 ) , 14 June ' 6 7 , S a n f o r d , F l a .

CAMPBELL, JAMES COVODE, JR. (2/LT USMC ' 6 7 ) , 7 June ' 6 7 , A n n a p o l i s , M d .

CARY,

ROBERT

WEBSTER,

JR. (RADM

USN

RET ' 1 4 ) , 15 July ' 6 7 , T o l e d o , O h i o .

CASSELL,

ROBIN

BERN

July ' 6 7 , N o r t h

(LTJG

USN ' 6 4 ) , 15

KITCHENER

(CAPT

USMC

JOSEPH

LANGHORNE

RANDALL JACOBS ' 0 7 (ENS USN

(CDR USN RET ' 0 8 ) , 1

July ' 6 7 , U S N H , A n n a p o l i s , M d .

BERRY ' 1 5 , 11 June ' 6 7 ,

Tampa, Fla. DOHERTY, J O H N W I L L I A M

WEAVER, J O H N BUXTON ' 2 2 , 4 M a y ' 6 7 , Rich S q u a r e , N . C.

' 6 1 ) , 2 July ' 6 7 , V i e t n a m .

DOBYNS, GEORGE

WALKER,

RET ' 3 7 ) , 11 July ' 6 7 , C o l u m b i a , S. C.

June ' 6 7 , V i e t n a m .

COCHRAN, SCHAMYL

TOTH, STEPHEN SPENCER (LT USN ' 6 3 ) , 8 June '67, Mediterranean Sea.

Vietnam.

CHMIEL, LARRY VINCENT (2/LT USMC ' 6 6 ) , 2 COATES, STERLING

duty and commanded the Destroyer Base and Receiving Station at San Diego. He was awarded PHARES, EVERETT LANG (RADM USN RET ' 3 2 ) , the Legion of Merit for outstanding services as head of the Naval Repair Base at San Diego, 4 July ' 6 7 , Deming, N . M . serving from the opening of hostilities until 8 PLATT, FRANCIS CHEDSEY ' 3 4 , 2 3 M a y ' 6 7 , Sept. 1945. He also held the Mexican Campaign N o r t h G u i l f o r d , Conn.

Medal. He was again retired in September 1946.

REEVES, J O H N WALTER, JR. ( A D M USN RET In 1915, at the request of the Assistant Secre' 1 1 ) , 15 July ' 6 7 , U S N H , Pensacola, Fla. tary of the Navy Franklin D . Roosevelt, Como.

SCHWAB, JACOB CLIFFORD (LTJG USN RET McCandless designed the official presidential flag.

He continued research and writing on the Amer' 2 7 ) , July ' 6 7 , C a n t o n , Mass.

SELIGMAN, M O R T O N TINSLAR (CAPT USN RET ican flag, and at the time of his death was collaborating with a classmate, RAdm. W. C. ' 1 9 ) , 9 July ' 6 7 , U S N H , San D i e g o , Calif.

Furlong, USN (Ret.), on a book, History of the SHEPARD, EVAN TYLER (RADM USN RET ' 3 5 ) , U. S. Flag, for the Smithsonian Institution.

7 June ' 6 7 , V A H , N e w i n g t o n , Conn.

He is survived by his widow, Velma Kitson McCandless of Mariposa; a son, RAdm. Bruce SOLTYS, MITCHEL STANLEY (LCDR USN ' 5 4 ) , McCandless, USN (Ret.) '32, a Congressional 12 July ' 6 7 , S i g o n e l l a , Sicily.

Medal of Honor holder, of Pendennis Mount, SOUCEK, ZEUS (LCDR USNR RET ' 2 3 ) , 4 June Annapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Velma Overstreet of ' 6 7 , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. Mariposa; seven grandchildren and seven greatOne grandson, LCdr. Bruce STRICKLAND, GLENN BEAUREGARD (CDR USN grandchildren.

McCandless II, USN '58, is an astronaut staRET ' 0 9 ) , 18 June ' 6 7 , A t l a n t a , G a . tioned at Houston, Tex. PAGE, BENJAMIN H., DR. ' 1 4 , 2 J u l y ' 6 7 , H i l l s b o r o u g h , Calif.

(2/LT USMC ' 6 6 ) ,

2 July ' 6 7 , V i e t n a m .

WITT, CHARLES D O N (LT USN ' 5 9 ) , 2 4 M a y ' 6 7 , South V i e t n a m .

BYRON McCANDLESS ' 0 5

Como. Byron McCandless, USN (Ret.), a national authority on the American flag, died of a heart attack at his home at Mariposa, Calif., on 30 May. Graveside services and interment were at Mariposa Cemetery.

DuBOSE, LAURANCE TOOMBS ( A D M USN RET ' 1 3 ) , 11 July ' 6 7 , U S N H , Charleston, S. C.

VAdm. Randall Jacobs, USN (Ret.) of Danville, Pa., died on 19 June at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda. Services and interment were held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. Jacobs, who was Chief of Naval Personnel during World War II, was born in Danville. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in September 1906 with the class of 1907, he served in various batdeships and destroyers, including the ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE. He was an instructor

in the Department of Seamanship at the Naval Academy, and had four tours of duty in the Bureau of Navigation.

At the outbreak of World War I in April ^

D U N C A N , CHARLES W I L L I A M ' 2 1 , 2 7 A p r i l '67, Camden, N. J. EARLE, J O H N HORATIO ' 0 8 , 9 J u l y ' 6 7 , M i l f o r d , Conn.

ENGLUND, HARRY WALLACE (CAPT USN RET ' 3 0 ) , 17 June ' 6 7 , P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a .

1917,

Adm. Jacobs

commanded

USS JOUETT

with additional duty in command of Division 4, Destroyer Force, Adantic Fleet. He commanded the destroyers

SCHENCK and

CONVERSE; headed

the Discipline Section, Enlisted Personnel Division, Bureau of Navigation, then commanded the

( A D M USN

MoNOCACY and BLACK HAWK, flagship of Destroyer

RET ' 1 6 ) , 4 J u l y ' 6 7 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

While in command of the MONOCACY he was in

FECHTELER,

WILLIAM

MORROW

Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet until February 1929.

FITCH, H O W A R D WESLEY (CAPT USN RET ' 1 9 ) , 1 June ' 6 7 , Riverside,

charge of the evacuation of the Upper Yangtze River.

Calif.

6 June ' 6 7 , P e a r l a n d , T e x .

GRAMMAR,

WILLIAM

MICHAEL

He

commanded

USS UTAH

1932-34;

was Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force, and was assigned Commander, Training Squadrons 1 and 7.

GIVENS, EDWARD GALEN, JR. (MAJ USAF ' 5 2 ) , (1/LT USMC

'65), 2 0 M a y ' 6 7 , Vietnam.

GRANT, LOUIS RANDOLPH, I I (LT USN ' 6 2 ) ,

Byron McCandless '05

Como. McCandless was born in Endicott, Neb., 6 J u l y ' 6 7 , n e a r P a t u x e n t NAS, M d .

H A M I L T O N , W I L L I A M J O H N , I V (LT USN ' 6 3 ) , and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1905.

27 M a y ' 6 7 , Coronado,

Calif.

H A X T O N , RALPH GLOVER (CDR USNR RET ' 0 9 ) , 8 June ' 6 7 , G r e e n v i l l e , Miss.

HICKS, W I L L I A M WHINERY (COL USA RET ' 0 8 ) , 1 J u l y ' 6 7 , C o r o n a d o , Calif.

'67, Columbia, M o .

(RADM

USN RET ' 2 2 ) , 17

June ' 6 7 , Los Altos, Calif.

JACOBS, RANDALL June ' 6 7 , USNH, KELLER, CLARENCE RET ' 3 3 ) , 5 June

( V A D M USN RET ' 0 7 ) , 19 Bethesda, M d .

ARMSTRONG (RADM USN ' 6 7 , Venice, Fla.

LEE, JEROME A D D I S O N (CDR USN RET ' 1 3 ) , 2 4 June ' 6 7 , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.

Chief of Naval Operations and the following year was aide to Secretary of the Navy Josephus from

1917-20, and was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service in patrolling enemy waters and escorting convoys of troops and supplies during World War I. After serving as executive officer of USS KANSAS

and commanding Destroyer Division 30, Como.

McCandless headed the Physical Training Department at the Naval Academy from 1923-26. He commanded USS BRAZOS; attended the Naval War

Randall Jacobs '07

College at Newport, R. I.; commanded USS

In December 1941 Adm. Jacobs became Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, which was renamed the Bureau of Naval Personnel at the beginning of World War II. His main objective in establishing the WAVES in 1942 was to use women for clerical and desk jobs to free more men for service at sea. He designated the first director and established the main officers' school at Smith

RALEIGH; headed the Branch Hydrographic Office

L O C K W O O D , CHARLES ANDREWS ( V A D M USN RET ' 1 2 ) , 6 June ' 6 7 , M o n t e Sereno, Calif.

LOVETTE, LELAND PEARSON ( V A D M USN RET ' 1 8 ) , 10 July ' 6 7 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

McCANDLESS, BYRON ( C O M O

the Great White Fleet, and was aide and flag lieutenant in the batdeships WYOMING, CONNECTICUT and ARKANSAS. In 1915 he was aide to the

Daniels. He commanded USS CALDWELL

H I N T O N , J O H N (COL USA RET ' 1 6 ) , 2 0 June HUBER, V E R N O N

He served in USS MAINE and USS LOIJISIANA in

USN RET ' 0 5 ) ,

3 0 M a y ' 6 7 , M a r i p o s a , Calif.

28 MclLVAINE, HENRY CLAY, JR. (CAPT USNR NICHOLAS, 'RET 10), '1 17 2 )June ,W 2 0I LSept.

L' I6A7M, Tucson, ' STUART 6 6 , San A r(LCDR Di zi e . g o , USN Calif.

RET

in Boston, Mass., then completed the senior course at the Naval War College. From 1935-37 he was Chief of Staff to Commander, Destroyers Battie Force, after which he commanded the Destroyer Base at San Diego. He was transferred to the retired list in June 1940 but continued on active

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College, Northampton, Mass. For his services he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. .â&#x20AC;˘\.dm. Jacobs served as Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District from October 1945 to July 1946, when he was placed on the retired list. He remained on active duty as governor of the U. S. Naval Home in Philadelphia until November 1952. He held a number of honorary degrees, including the LL.D. from Northeastern, Holy Cross, Trinity College, Franklin & Marshall, Pittsburgh, Southern Methodist and Northwestern Universities. He also held the Cuban Pacification Medal, the Yangtze Service Medal, among others.

He had been a member of the Rotary, Masons and Elks Clubs.

He is survived by a brother, R. K. Haxton, Sr.; a sister, Mrs. Louise H. Gray.

RALPH GLOVER H A X T O N ' 0 9

He is survived by his widow Barbara, of 119 South Irving St.; a daughter, Mrs. Edward T. Mulhern; a brother, Mr. W. C. Nicholas of New Brunswick, N. J., and a sister, Mrs. Moncure C. Carpender of Short Hills, N . J., and a granddaughter.

GLENN BEAUREGARD STRICKLAND ' 0 9

Cdr. Glenn B. Strickland, USN (Ret.) of Duluth, Ga., died on 18 June in an Atlanta hospital. Following cremation, interment was held in the Methodist Cemetery at Duluth.

Cdr. Strickland was born in Duluth. He was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1909, and later received a Master's degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. He first served in the RHODE ISLAND and WORDEN, and from

1912-15

had duty in USS QuiRos in the Asiatic Station; in USS CINCINNATI on the China coast, and in USS Surviving are his daughter, Mary Jane Jacobs PoMPEY in the Philippines and China. After comof Seattle, Wash.; a son. Col. Randall Jacobs, Jr., pleting flight training at Pensacola he was desigUS-A.F (Ret.), of the Elmendorf Air Force Base, nated naval aviator No. 34 in June 1916. He Jonathan Waverly Anderson '11 served as inspector of aviation material at Detroit Alaska, and two grandchildren. and Buffalo, then returned to Pensacola as test During World War II Gen. Anderson comand experimental aviation pilot.

SCHAMYL COCHRAN ' 0 8 manded the 3rd Division in the African operaHe commanded the Naval Air Station, Montauk, tions, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Cdr. Schamyl Cochran, USN (Ret.), of AnnapLong Island; served as navigator in USS S T . Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. Following olis died on I July in the Naval Hospital after a short illness. Graveside services and interment LOUIS, and in the air department in the WRIGHT. the war, he served in two additional assignments He was retired in June 1930 but was recalled were held at Arlington National Cemetery. before taking charge of U. S. Military Assistance to the Philippines, in which capacity he was Cdr. Cochran was born in Houston, Tex., and to active duty in September 1941, serving as Port retired in 1950. graduated from the Naval Academy in 1908. He Director, Key West, until again retired in October 1945. He then engaged in farming, real sened throughout World War I and was retired He is survived by his widow Dorothy, of 505 in October 1926 due to physical disability. He estate and investments in Georgia. He was a Life Woodland Drive, Alexandria, Va.; a son, Col. J. Member of the Naval Academy Alumni Associareturned to active duty during World War II W. Anderson, Jr., USA, now serving with the tion. and retired as a commander. He formerly owned 24th Infantry Division in Germany; two daughthe Cochran and Bryan Naval Academy Preparaters, Mrs. Andrew J. Goodpaster and Mrs. FreeSurviving are a son and two daughters; eight man W. Bowley, and six grandchildren. grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. tory School in Annapolis.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. MarW I L L I A M STUART NICHOLAS ' 1 0 LEWIS HYDE BRERETON ' 1 1 garet C. Hazard of Durham, N . C , and Mrs. Ina LCdr. William S. Nicholas, USN (Ret.) of C. Hubard of Owings Mills, Md.; six grandchilLt.Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, USAF (Ret.), died Tucson, Ariz., died on 17 June after a long in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C , on dren and nine great-grandchildren. His wife, illness. Following cremation services were held 20 July, after a heart attack. Services were held Isabelle, died on 15 December 1966. in St. Philip's in the Hills. in Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington JOHN HORATIO EARLE ' 0 8 LCdr. Nicholas was born in New Rochelle, National Cemetery with full military honors.

N. Y. He attended Rugers Preparatory School in Mr. John H. Earle of Sarasota, Fla., died of New Brunswick, N . J., before entering the Naval cerebral hemorrhage in a Milford, Conn., hospital Academy, from where he was graduated in 1910. on 9 July.

At the beginning of World War I he was on duty Mr. Earle was born in Chicago, 111. He graduin Detroit in connection with the construction of ated from the Naval Academy in 1908, and immediately resigned as a passed midshipman. He Eagle boats, but was forced to retire because of ill health in November 1921. ser\ed in the U. S. Army in the Coast Artillery An invalid for several years, he lived in New Corps with service in France during World War I, and resigned as a major in August 1919. He York City, then moved to Tucson in 1933.

Partially recovering his health, he was active in had been a member of the U. S. Coast Guard affairs and served four years on the City Council.

Reserve for some years.

At one time he was vice chairman of the RepubThe son of the well-known American artist, the lican City Central Committee; was associated late Lawrence C. Earle, he had been associated with a real estate firm as a broker, and farmed with the Vick Chemical Co. in New York for 4000 acres of cotton. For the past 20 years he has many years. Following retirement he made his been vice president of Rysdale Associates Archihome in Florida. tects of which his daughter, a former WAVE, is now head. Regardless of ill health, he found Survivors include his widow, Alice, of 707 time to participate in the organization of the Point of Rocks Road, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Fla., Naval ROTC at the University of Arizona, and and 30 Winona Ave., Weekapaug, R. I.; five served on the faculty for three years. A member sons. Col. John H . Earle, USMC (Ret.), Capt.

William K. Earle, USCG, Capt. Robert A. Earle, of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, he was particularly interested in the Academy's USC & GS (Ret.), Capt. Otis J. Earie, USN (Ret.) '30, and Richard C. Earle; and ten grandchildren. company wardrooms project, and had recently given $100 to the association.

Lewis Hyde Brereton '11

Cdr. Ralph G. Haxton, USNR (Ret.), died in Greenville, Miss., on 8 June, after an illness of several months. Interment was in the Greenville Cemetery.

Cdr. Haxton was born in Worthington, Ind., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1909.

He served in USS MINNESOTA for three years, then in the Asiatic Station in MONADNOCK, BAINBRIDGE and SARATOGA. During World War I he had

duty in the Bureau of Navigation; served as executive officer in PASTORES; gunnery officer in GEORGIA, and was exec of PRAIRIE. He resigned in

May 1920 and engaged in the lumber, timber and farming business in Greenville.

He joined the Naval Reserve and during Worid War II had duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence and was intelligence officer. Canal Zone.

Due to a heart condition he retired in 1943, and continued farming and farm implement business.

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J O N A T H A N WAVERLY ANDERSON ' 1 1

Maj. Gen. Jonathan W. Anderson, USA (Ret.), died on 15 June at DeWitt Army Hospital, Belvoir, Va. Services were held in Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Gen. Anderson, who was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911. He was commissioned in the Field Artillery, U. S. Army, and during World War I served as Commander 76th Artillery during the MeuseArgonne offensive. For his services he was awarded the Silver Star Medal with three citations.

Gen. Brereton was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended St. John's College for two years. He was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911 and two months later was commissioned in the Coa.st Artillery, U. S. Army. In 1913 he became one of the first Army aviation pilots. During World War I he served with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for action against the Germans. He remained as Chief of Staff of the Air Group of the U. S. Army of Occupation at the end of the war.

In 1921 Gen. Brereton and Gen. Billy Mitchell began experiments on the effectiveness of aerial bombing of enemy ships. By 1925 they were practicing full-scale aerial attacks using captured German warships as targets. Upon the outbreak of World War II the effectiveness of such bombing was proven.

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Early in the war Gen. Brereton commanded U. S. Forces in the Philippines and in India. In 1944 he was appointed Commander, Tactical Air Force Command organized to lead the Allied invasion of Europe. In August of that year he was placed in command of the Allied Airborne Army, a consolidation of British and American forces, which caught the Germans by surprise in the invasion of The Netherlands. For his outstanding services he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and Medal; Silver Star Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Air Medals, as well as a number of foreign awards including the Croix de Guerre from France and Belgium, and decorations from Holland, Greece, Poland and Great Britain.

Following retirement in 1948, Gen. Brereton served as president of the Overseas Service Corporation, and was associated with the United Services Life Insurance Co. for several years. He is Charles Andrews Lockwood '12 survived by his widow Zena of Box 1303 Winter Park, Fl. 32789; a son, L. H . Brereton, Jr. of Washington, D. C ; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth He first served in USS MISSISSIPPI and USS B. Pottinger of Orange, Calif., and a brother, ARKANSAS, then was ordered to Asiatic Station for instruction in submarines in USS MOHICAN. During Capt. William D. Brereton, USN (Ret.) '08 of World War I he commanded USS MONADNOCK Chestnut Hill, Mass. and served as Commander First Submarine Division, Asiatic Fleet. In April 1918 he had duty in J O H N WALTER REEVES, JR. ' 1 1 Japan, then commanded G-1 and N-5.

Adm. John W. Reeves, Jr., USN (Ret.), died After duty in Headquarters, U. S. Naval Forces on 15 July at the Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla. operating in European waters, Adm. Lockwood Services were held in the Aviation Memorial commanded the ex-German submarine UC-97 and Chapel, Naval Air Station, with interment in USS QUIROS at Shanghai, China. He was aide Barrancas National Cemetery.

Adm. Reeves was born in Haddonfield, N. J., and flag lieutenant on the staff of Commander and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911. Yangtze Patrol Force, Asiatic Fleet; a member of the U. S. Naval Mission to Brazil, and served as He served in the batdeships MISSOURI and WYOMING, then joined the DRAYTON which partici- Chief of Staff and Aide, Commander Submarine pated in the occupation of Vera Cruz in 1914. Force, U. S. Fleet, which was redesignated Commander Submarines, Scouting Force. Upon the During World War I he served in USS SAMPSON based at Queenstown, Ireland, and later was aide outbreak of World War II he was naval attache and flag secretary to Commander Naval Forces, at the American Embassy in London and for his outstanding service he was awarded a Letter of Eastern Mediterranean.

Commendation with ribbon from the Secretary He commanded USS WORDEN, and the PARROTT of the Navy. on Yangtze Patrol. After flight training at PensaIn April 1942 Adm. Lockwood commanded cola he was designated a naval aviator in 1936, Submarines, Southwest Pacific based in West then became executive officer in the carrier LANGAustralia, and was awarded the Order of the LEY. In 1938 he headed the Fleet Air base, Pearl Orange Nassau with Swords by the Netherlands Harbor, and was serving as commanding officer in USS WASP upon the outbreak of World War II, Government, and a gold star in lieu of the third Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally and participated in that ship in the reinforcement meritorious service. In February 1943 he became of Malta in 1942.

Commander, Submarines Pacific Fleet, with headAs Commander Alaskan Sector, Northwest Sea quarters at Pearl Harbor and later at Guam, and Frontier, he was awarded the Distinguished Serwas awarded the Legion of Merit, the Distinvice Medal for exceptionally meritorious and dis- guished Service Medal with gold star in lieu of tinguished service. In November 1943 he became the second such medal. At Pearl Harbor he Commander Carrier Division Four and was award- directed submarine operations that sank eleven ed the Legion of Merit with combat " V " for ser- Japanese aircraft carriers, one battleship and five vices on Truk Atoll, and a gold star in lieu of cruisers. The submarines also performed notable the second DSM for services in the Eastern Caro- rescue operations in picking up crews of downed lines and the development of Ulithi Atoll as a B-29 bombers between Iwo Jima and Japan. fleet anchorage. In March 1945 he became Commander Naval Air Transport Service with headAdm. Lockwood was in USS MISSOURI in quarters at Oakland, Calif., and was awarded a Tokyo Bay for the formal signing of the Japgold star in lieu of the third Legion of Merit for anese surrender on 1 September 1945. In Decemservices in increasing the air lift support. ber of that year he became Naval Inspector General, and was retired on 1 September 1947. He He was Chief of Naval Air Training with addiwas technical advisor for Warner Brothers, Metrotional duty as Chief of Naval Air Basic Training Goldwyn-Mayer, Lakeside Productions and Stanley NAS, Pensacola, until retirement in May 1950. Kramer Pictures, and wrote several books on He also held the Mexican Service and Yangtze submarine life, including Hellcats of the Sea, Service Medals, the Distinguished Service Order of Through Hell and Deep Water, Down to the Sea Great Britain. He was general manager. Depart- in Subs and Battles of the Philippine Sea. He was ment of Airports, Los Angeles for two years, then a member of the Masonic Order and Rotary Intermoved to Florida where he was active in civic national. affairsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Red Cross, United Fund and the Surviving are his widow Phyllis of 18234 Daves Navy League. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ave., Monte Sereno, Ca. 95030; two sons, Adrian N . Balstra.

Charles Lockwood III '54, and Edward I. Lockwood, and a daughter, Phyllis.

CHARLES ANDREWS L O C K W O O D ' 1 2 VAdm. Charles A. Lockwood, USN (Ret.), died LAURANCE TOOMBS DuBOSE ' 1 3 of a heart attack on 6 June at Monte Sereno, Calif. Services were held in St. Andrew's EpiscoAdm. Laurance T. DuBose, USN (Ret.), died pal Church at Los Gatos, with interment in on 11 July at the Naval Hospital, Charleston, Golden Gate National Cemetery at San Bruno.

S. C , after a heart attack. Services were held in Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington Adm. Lockwood was born in Midland, Va., National Cemetery with full military honors. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1912.

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Laurence Toombs DuBose '13

Adm. DuBose was born in Washington, D. C , and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1913.

He served in USS CONNECTICUT during the revolution in Mexico in 1914 and in the uprising in Haiti in 1915. He was serving in USS TEXAS upon the outbreak of World War I. He was an instructor in the Department of Seamanship and Flight Tactics at the Naval Academy from 192932; commanded USS SCHENCK; returned to teach at the Academy in 1934; completed the Naval War College course at Newport, R. I., in 1940, and was on the staff at the time of Pearl Harbor.

Taking command of USS PORTLAND in April 1942, he was awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism . . . off Santa Cruz Island . . ."; a gold star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for action near Guadalcanal; a Letter of Commendation for services in the Batde of the Solomon Islands, and was entided to the ribbon for and facsimile of the Navy Unit Commendation awarded the ship. In May 1945 he commanded Cruiser Division 13, and was awarded the Legion of Merit with two gold stars, each with combat " V " for services on the Coast of Sicily and for operations off Saipan; a third gold star in lieu of the Legion of Merit for bombarding Iwo Jima, and a Letter of Commendation with ribbon and combat "V" from the Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet.

In April 1945 Adm. DuBose became Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Naval Forces, Europe, with additional duty as naval attache at the American Embassy, London. He served as Commandant of the Sixth Naval District, Charleston; Commander Battleships-Cruisers, Pacific Fleet with additional duty as Commander First Task Fleet; commanded Crtiisers-Destroyers, Pacific Fleet, and appointed Chief of Naval Personnel in January 1951. After serving as Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier with additional duty as Commander Adantic Reserve Fleet from February 1953 to June 1955, he was retired. He held a number of other decorations.

He is survived by his widow Gertrude of 49 Church St., Charleston, S. C ; a daughter, Mrs. Royal K. Joslin of Alexandria, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. John Blake Gordon and Miss Camille DuBose, both of Washington, D. C , and Mrs. William T. Magruder of Arlington, Va., and four grandchildren.

JEROME A D D I S O N LEE ' 1 3

Cdr. Jerome A. Lee, USN (Ret.), died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at 3804 Kanawha St., N.W., Washington, D. C , on 24 June. Services were held at Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Cdr. Lee was born in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1913. He had 15 years of sea duty, with assignments as first lieutenant in USS LANGLEY; first mate in the transport KITTERY; navigator

in USS MEMPHIS,

and commanded USS GUAM in the Yangtze Patrol. He served two years in the Hydrographic Office, Navy Department; completed the Navr.l S H I P M A T E

War College course; commanded the Naval .Ammunition Depot at Kuahua Island, Pearl Harbor.

He was chief engineer, executive officer and navigator in USS FANNING during Worid War !, and while serving in the N E W HAMPSHIRE participated in the capture and occupation of Vera Cruz.

Following retirement in 1934 he was in the investment business in Washington until 1940, when he was recalled to active duty during World War II. He taught seven years in the Department of Seamanship and Navigation at the Naval Academy, then retired in 1947. From then until 1957 he lectured in electrical engineering at George Washington University. He was a member of the "Golden Knight Circle," a 50-year member of the Army and Navy Club, and of the Queenstown Association. He was awarded the Mexican and Dominican Campaign Ribbons; the Expeditionary Campaign, American Defense and American Theatre Campaign, and Yangtze Service Medals.

He is survived by his widow, the former Eugenie Blandin whose father, Lt. John J. Blandin '82, died from injuries received when USS MAINE was blown up in Havana Harbor in 1898; as senior officer who died in the explosion, his name is inscribed at the top of the list on Maine Monument in .Arlington National Cemetery.

He is also survived by a son, Cdr. Jerome A. Lee, Jr.. executive officer of the Naval Reserve Training Center at Houston, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. Edwin Oien of Bay Shore, N . Y., and Mrs. Herman DeHaas of Orono, Me., and 14 grandchildren.

BENJAMIN H . PAGE ' 1 4

Dr. Benjamin H . Page died at Mills Memorial Hospital, San Mateo, Calif., on 2 July. Interment was in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park at Colma.

Dr. Page was born in Emporia, Kan., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1914. He served as a submarine commander during World War I, and was one of the first graduates of the Naval Submarine School at New London. He resigned as a lieutenant (jg) in January 1920, then studied at Stanford University where he received his A.B. and M.D. degrees. He was a physician and surgeon and lived in California for 41 years. He was a member of the California Academy of Medicine.

Survivors include his widow, Gretchen, of 663 Woodstock Rd., Hillsborough, Calif.; a son, Dr. Benjamin Page of Hillsborough, and two sisters, Mrs. Olive Nesbitt of Idaho and Mrs. Dorothy Cove of Stockton.

William Morrow Fechteler '16

Leland Pearson Lovette '18

Adm. Fechteler was born in San Rafael, Calif., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916.

During World War I he served in USS PENN-

Naval Academy, and was graduated in 1917 with the class of 1918. He first served in USS MARBLEHEAD, and commanded USS Subchaser 302 during World War I which assisted in the capture of the German raider AGASSIZ at Mazadan, Mexico.

He was commended by the Navy Department and the British government for assistance rendered HMS VIOLET in April 1918. He also served in USS MACDONOUGH in patrol and convoy duty in the war zone, and was navigator of USS CLEVELAND, a former German vessel, later renamed USS MOBILE, which returned American troops from France.

SYLVANIA,

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PERRY.

He was Chief of Staff to Commander, Destroyers Battie Force, U. S. Fleet, upon the outbreak of World War II. After serving as Director of Officer Personnel in the Navy Department in 1942-43, he joined the Pacific Fleet as commanding officer of USS INDIANA, and was awarded the Bronze Star. Later in the war, as an amphibious group commander, he participated in ten operations against Japanese-held New Guinea and the Philippines. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in the planning and coordination of joint assault operations in the Southwest Pacific as Commander, Amphibious Group Eight.

In 1945-46 Adm. Fechteler was Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel; commanded Adantic Fleet Battleship and Cruiser Forces, then served for three years as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Personnel. He became Commander in Chief, U. S. Adantic Fleet in 1950, with additional duty as U. S. Representative to NATO's Planning Group. During the Korean War he was appointed Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and was largely responsible for the expansion of naval forces to meet the needs of the Korean conflict and for the planning of naval operations in support of the United Nations' Forces in Korea.

He was named Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe in 1953, a post he held until his retirement in July 1956. He continued on active duty as a member of a special committee studying security matters for the Secretary GEORGE BERRY DOBYNS ' 1 5 of Defense. On 6 Dec. 1956 he was named a Mr. George B. Dobyns died of pneumonia in a planning consultant in General Electric Company's hospital at Tampa, Fla., on 11 June. Services and Atomic Products Division in Washington, D. C , interment were in Pensacola.

Mr. Dobyns was a native of Washington, D . C , and engaged in long-range planning in the atomic but moved to Florida in the late 1920s. He was energy field.

Adm. Fechteler was awarded a gold star in graduated from Columbia Preparatory School and lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal as attended the Naval Academy with the class of Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the 1915. He received a degree in mechanical engineerJoint Chiefs of Staff, and a DSM by the War Deing from the Stevens Institute of Technology in partment for service as Attack Group Commander New Jersey in 1916. In recent years he managed in the Southwest Pacific area in 1944-45. He also a pharmacy in Bushnell, Fla., where he was held the Legion of Merit and a Letter of Commayor for two years. After serving in the Army mendation by the Secretary of the Navy, among during World War I he was employed as a other awards. mechanical engineer at the Naval Gun Factroy, Washington, D. C. He is survived by his widow, Goldye Stevens Survivors include his widow Naomi, of P. O. Fechteler of 5169 Watson Street, N.W., WashingBox 464, Bushnell: a son, Edwin, fo Jacksonville, ton, D. C ; a daughter, Joan Fechteler Dickson, Fla.; a brother, Col. Thomas G. Dobyns, USA and a stepson, Rodney H. Dobson, also of Washof Washington, D. C ; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy ington.

Morrison of Washington and Mrs. Elmer Freemire of Baltimore; several grandchildren and LELAND PEARSON LOVETTE ' 1 8 great-grandchildren.

VAdm. Leland P. Lovete, USN (Ret.) of Alexandria, Va., died on 10 July of a blood clot W I L L I A M M O R R O W FECHTELER ' 1 6 at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda. Services were held Adm. William M. Fechteler, USN (ReL), former Chief of Naval Operations, died at the Naval Hos- in Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington pital, Bethesda, on 4 July, after a heart attack. National Cemetery with full military honors.

Adm. Lovette was born in Greenville, Tenn. He Services were held at the Ft. Myer Chapel, with attended Tusculum College before entering the interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

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pines; District Communication Superintendent and radio material officer, Sixteenth Naval District; the Naval War College; the Office of Naval Communications and attended the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; aide on the staff of Commander Batdeship Divisions, Battle Fleet, and Commander Battie Force; attended the Postgraduate School at Annapolis, then instructed in communications and radio, 1932-34.

Adm. Lovette commanded USS BARKER, then served on the staff of Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet. He became Director of Public Relations, Navy Department, in 1937; commanded USS SELFRIDGE in 1940, then in August 1941 was transferred to USS SHAW as Commander Destroyer Division Five based at Pearl Harbor. Two ships of his division were lost in the attack by the Japanese. He returned to the Navy Department in January 1942 as Director of Public Relations for two years. For his services during this period he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

In September 1944, Adm. Lovette took command of USS GUAM which later participated in the two-day strike against the Ryukyus and inland sea area of Japan; for his services he was awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit.

In January 1946 he was named Chief of the Naval Mission to Brazil. He retired in June 1949.

Adm. Lovette also held the American, AsiaticPacific Area and Asiatic Occupation (China) Medals; the Order of British Empire; the Grand Official of Honor Merit of Brazil, and the World War I and II Victory Medals. He was author of a number of books of Navy life, including Naval Customs, Traditions and Usage, printed by the U. S. Naval Institute, and authored a number of articles in the Proceedings. His article, "Naval Policy at the Cross Roads," won him the Institute's Gold Medal in 1930. He formerly was commander of the Washington, D. C. Chapter, Military Order of World Wars, and for several years was director of public relations for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a Life Member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

His widow, Charmian Brictson Lovette of 2003 Glen Drive, Alexandria, Va., survives him. Also a brother Frank H . Lovette, and two sisters, Mrs. Marianna L. McCorkel and Mrs. Wendell F. Kline.

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NEWPORT NEWS, then had flight training at Pensacola, Fla. He was designated a naval aviator in March 1925. He served in USS RANGER from her commissioning in 1934 to 1936, and later commanded Patrol Squadron 20. H e then served on the staff of Commander Aircraft Scouting Force.

CHARLES W I L L I A M D U N C A N ' 2 1 He was in the maintenance division. Bureau of Mr. C. William Duncan, of Pennsauken, Aeronautics, upon the outbreak of World War II, N. J., died on 27 April at Cooper Hospital, and after his detachment in January 1944 he comCamden. A reporter and sports writer, he was manded USS SUWANNEE. For exceptionally meriwith the Camden Courier-Post for the past nine torious conduct during operations in the Southyears and had worked there until two days before west Pacific Area he was awarded the Navy Cross his death, after a heart attack.

Mr. Duncan was born in Gettysburg, Pa., and and Legion of Merit. graduated from Gettysburg College in 1917; he was a member of the college Board of Trustees for 25 years. He attended the Naval Academy with the class of 1921. After serving in the Navy during World War I he resigned, then served in the Naval Reserve during World War II to 1955, as a lieutenant commander.

In 1919 Mr. Duncan started his newspaper career on the Gettysburg Times. He later worked on the former Philadelphia Evening Ledger for 16 years and the Philadelphia Inquirer for 12 years.

He was a member of the Major League Baseball Writers Association and had known scores of baseball greats, including the late Connie Mack.

His television show, "Grandstand Manager," was broadcast from the Phillies games for several j'ears.

A four-time president of the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association, he was honored by having a special award established in his name this year.

William David Johnson '21 Surviving are his widow, Lillian, of 2270 Gross Ave., Pennsauken; a son, William Duncan; a In February 1945, Adm. Johnson became Depdaughter, Mrs. Barbara Hudson, and three granduty Chief of Naval Air Training and Chief of children.

Staff to the Chief of Training at Pensacola. He was Chief of Staff to Commander Eighth Fleet EVERARD MAURICE HEIM ' 2 1 (redesignated Second Task Fleet) and to ComCdr. Everard M. Heim, USN (Ret.), died on mander in Chief, U. S. Adantic Fleet. He served He is survived by a brother, Mr. Guy C. Fitch as Commander Fleet Air Wing Two; Chief of of Inyokern, Calif. His wife Louise died in 1951. 25 March in Adanta, Ga., after a heart attack.

Requiem Mass was said at the Immaculate Heart Naval Air Technical Training, Naval Air Station, of Mary, followed by interment in the National M O R T O N TINSLAR SELIGMAN ' 1 9 Memphis; commanded Carrier Division One durCemetery, Marietta, Ga. ing the Korean hostilities when he also served as Capt. Morton T. Seligman, USN (Ret.), died Cdr. Heim was born in Brooklyn, N . Y., and Commander Task Force 77. In one 12-month in Coronado, Calif., on 9 July. Services and interment were in the National Cemetery, Santa Fe, graduated with the Naval Academy Class of 1921. period he ordered a total of more than 6500 sorties against the Communists; two-thirds of He served in the batdeship PENNSYLVANIA from N. M., on die 19di. them were close air support missions. For his 1921-24, then in the tanker KANAWHA until 1928 Capt. Seligman was born in Salt Lake City, services which ". . . contributed in large measure when he was assigned to the Naval Station at Utah. He graduated from the Naval Academy in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as communications offi- to the success of the United States Naval effort in I9I8 with the class of 1919 which saw service the Korean conflict and to the termination of cer. He was radio officer in USS NEVADA for three during World War I. He first served in the hostilities with enemy aggressor forces . . ." he years, followed by several tours of communication transport MANCHURIA, then in USS STOCKTON and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. the BLACK H.\WK at Inverness, Scodand. For his duty at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, in USS OKLAHOMA, and the First Naval District where command of USS C-272 in mine sweeping in the In February 1954 he reported as Commander he was a pioneer in radar work and later as North Sea he was awarded the first of three Navy Pacific Division, Military Air Transport Service, electronics repair officer on the staff of ComCrosses. serving until his retirement on 1 June 1956. He mander Service Force, Pacific. was entitled to the Presidential Unit Citation He was assigned to USS BROOKLYN in 1920, From February 1945 until his retirement on 1 Ribbon, and held the Second Nicaraguan Camthen transferred to USS CLEVELAND operating in Mexican and Central and South American waters. Jan. 1947 he was liaison officer with the Army paign Medal, Korean Service Medal, Philippine at Fort Monmouth, N. J. He was on the faculty Liberation Ribbon, among others.

After completing flight training at Pensacola in 1922, he served in aircraft squadrons attached lo at the Georgia Institute of Technology until June He is survived by his widow, Florence, of 904 1965, when he retired and joined the faculty of OKLAHOMA, AROOSTOOK and LANGLEY until May Onaha St., Honolulu; two brothers. Col. J. M. Falls Business College where he was working at Johnson, USA (Ret.) of San Juan Bay de .\llende, 1925; was assigned to the Naval Air Station, Pearl the time of his death.

Harbor, and Fighting Squadron Six based in USS Mexico, and Capt. L. W. Johnson, USA (Ret.) SARATOGA. Following a tour of duty in the Bureau Survivors include his widow Marcella Eberenz of Coronado, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Laura of Aeronautics he commanded Fighting Squadron Heim of 2335-C Briarcliff Rd., N.E., Atianta, Ga. Graham Gibbons of Montgomery', Ala. One, also based in the SARATOGA. 30329; a son, Ralph Heim of Westchester, Pa.; V E R N O N HUBER ' 2 2 two daughters, Marcella and Margaret Heim of He served as Carrier Air Group Commander in RAdm. Vernon Huber, USN (Ret.) of La USS RANGER from 1937-39; had duty at the Adanta; three granddaughters; a brother, Arthur I. Heim of Beacon, N . Y., and a sister, Mrs. Carl Jolla, Calif., died of emphysema while on a visit Naval Air Station, San Diego, then after the outEmans of San Francisco. in Los Altos on 17 June. Services and interment, break of World War II joined the carrier LEXwith simple military honors, were in Golden Gate INGTON. For services as executive officer of that WILLIAM DAVID JOHNSON '21 National Cemetery, San Bruno. ship he was awarded a gold star in lieu of a VAdm. William D. Johnson, USN (Ret.), died second Navy Cross, for extraordinary heroism in Adm. Huber was born in Philadelphia, III., and at Tripler Army General Hospital in Honolulu, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1922. He the Batde of the Coral Sea. Secretary of the Navy on 26 May. Following cremation, memorial serFrank Knox cited him for heroic actions in the was assigned to USS CONNECTICUT and served vices were held at the Naval Submarine Base rescue of many survivors from the sinking ship; in USS SEATTLE for two years, after which he Chapel, with memorial services also held in St. had flight instruction at the Naval Air Station, he was awarded the Purple Heart for a broken Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy on 16 Pensacola. From 1931-34 he served in USS N E W back in that engagement.

June. Interment was in the Naval Academy CemeCapt. Seligman also held a third Navy Cross, YORK, operating with Batde Division 1, Batde tery. the Air Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Force. He was first lieutenant and damage conAdm. Johnson was born in Deatsville, Ala., and trol officer in USS RALEIGH, flagship of Comand campaign ribbons from both wars. He comattended Marion Institute before entering the Naval manded the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Peru, mander, Destroyers, Scouting Force, U. S. Fleet Academy, from where he was graduated in 1921.

Ind., but was retired in November 1944 because which participated in the evacuation of refugees He was assigned to USS MISSISSIPPI and USS of his back injuries. from Spain. He had successive duty in the Office H O W A R D WESLEY FITCH ' 1 9

Capt. Howard W. Fitch, USN (Ret.), died in his sleep at his home in Riverside, Calif., on 1 June. Graveside services with full military honors were held at Arlington National Cemetery on the 7th.

Capt. Fitch, who was born in Washington, Neb., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1918 with the class of 1919. He served in USS N E W HAMPSHIRE until July 1918 when he was transferred to Destroyer Force, based at Brest, France, and assigned to USS PARKER. He completed instruction in submarines, and commanded consecutively USS K-5, USS N-2 and K-7. He studied electrical engineering at the Postgraduate School, then in cognizance of the School served at the Navy Yards in Philadelphia and New York, Columbia University and the General Electric Co. of Pittsburgh.

His various assignments included the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Academy, as an instructor; the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit at the University of California; the Naval War College, and command of the minelayer USS TERROR. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service off Casablanca, French Morocco, in November 1942.

In May 1944 Capt. Fitch became Assistant Director for Mine Warfare, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, serving until the surrender of Japan. For this service he was awarded the Legion of Merit. He headed the Mine Warfare Section until October 1948 when he became commanding officer. Naval Schools, Mine Warfare at Yorktown, Va., from which post he was retired in 1950.

He held the China Service, American Defense Service, European-African-Middle Eastern Area Campaign and the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medals, and the Order of the British Empire.

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He is survived by his widow, Adelia, of 250 J Ave., Coronado; and his mother, Mrs. James L. Seligman of Santa Fe. He was the nephew of Gov. Arthur Seligman.

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of the Chief of Naval Operations and as aide to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, then commanded USS LIVERMORE until December 1942; he was in the North Adantic area upon the outbreak of World War II. On 7 December 1942 he took command of Destroyer Division 26, and in 1944 became Escort Commander, Operational Training Command, Adantic. For these services he was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct for performing . . . "arudous escort duties in the North Atiantic . . . participated in assault on and the invasion of Mehdia, Morocco . . . and of Licata, Sicily . . ."

He served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 1944-46, then was appointed Governor of American Samoa with additional duty as Commander, Southern Pacific Area and Commander Naval Station, Tutuila from 1947-49.

He again served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and in 1950 was designated Chief, Naval Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Italy, where he remained until retirement on I July 1953. He was awarded a number of other medals, including the European-AfricanMiddle Eastern Campaign Medal, and was a member of the Masons and the Sojourners.

LCdr. Soucek was born in Medford, Okla., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1923.

During his first class year he was captain of the lacrosse team, and was selected an all-American in that sport. He served in the battleship CALIFORNIA for two years, and was designated a naval aviator after flight training in Pensacola. In 1928 he set a world's endurance record for aircraft nonrefueling flight, spending 36 hours and 13 minutes in the air over the Delaware River basin; at the same time his brother, the late VAdm. Apollo Soucek, USN (Ret.) '21, held the world altitude flying record.

From 1927-29 LCdr. Soucek became superintendent of the Naval Aeronautical Engine Laboratory at Philadelphia, then resigned from the service. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1936 until retirement in 1962. In 1936 he joined Bendix Aviation Corp. where he was in charge of research, then later was employed by the W. L. Maxson Corp. as vice president for the development and sale of computers, and vice president and director of the Brewster Aero Corp. He also held positions as president of the Philharmonic Radio Corp., government sales manager for the Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, and general manager of the mechanical division of General Mills.

In 1959 he established and maintained the company's corporate office in Washington, then the next year became vice president of the Grand Central Rocket Co. where he stayed until Lockheed Aviation acquired the firm in 1961.

In 1964 he retired as vice president and chairman of the board of the Electronics Teaching Laboratory, a subsidiary of the Rockefeller Foundation. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni ."Association and the Army and Navy Club.

After three years at the Naval Air Station, San Diego, he became communications officer on the staff of Commander, Aircraft Batde Force and was serving in this capacity upon the outbreak of World War II. He participated in the attacks on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, the raids on Wake and Marcus Islands, the Battie of Midway, and the Battie of the Eastern Solomons. After serving on the staff of Commander, Task Force 16, he became communications officer on the staff of Commander South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force; in June 1944 he transferred in a similar capacity to the staff of Commander, Third Fleet, and took part in fleet combat operations in the Ryukyu Islands, Formosa, Philippines, and Batde of Leyte Gulf.

In August 1945 he commanded the Naval Air Station at Dallas, Tex., then the escort carrier USS RENDOVA and the USS BADOENG STRAIT, after

which he served on the staff of Commander, Fleet Air in San Diego. From July 1949 to July 1951 he commanded the Naval Base, Kodiak, Alaska, with additional duty as Commander Naval Air Bases, 17th Naval District. After attending the Naval War College he commanded the aircraft carrier WRIGHT, then became a inember of an advanced smdy group at the Naval War College. He was retired on 1 July 1956.

Adm. Dow held the Silver Star Medal with gold star, the Legion of Merit with combat "V," Bronze Star Medal with "V," Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two silver stars and four bronze stars for 14 engagements, among others.

Surviving are his widow, Helen Elizabeth, of the Admiral Farragut Apartments, Hilltop Lane, Annapolis, Md.; two daughters, Mrs. Chariene Anthony of Las Vegas, Nev., and Betty Ann Dow of Loomis, Calif.; three brothers, Como. Jennings B. Dow, USN (ReL) '20, of Charlottesville, Va., Walker K. Dow of Longmeadow, Mass., and Dewey M. Dow of Toledo, Ohio.

CLARENCE EVANS BOYD ' 2 7

Capt. Clarence E. Boyd, USN (Ret.), died instantly in a collision with a truck near Kingstree, S. C , on 2 May. Services and interment were in the National Cemetery, Beaufort.

Capt. Boyd was born in Jersey City, N. J., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927. H e

Vernon Huber '22

He is survived by his widow, Ida, of 8439 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla, Ca. 92037.

served in USS TEXAS, HANNIBAL and PERRY, and in 1942 commanded USS STRINGHAM in the

J O H N B U X T O N WEAVER ' 2 2

Mr. J. Buxton Weaver died on 4 May at Rich Square, N . C. Services were held at the Rich Square Methodist Church, with interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

Mr. Weaver, a native North Carolinian, was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1922. He served in the Marine Corps until 1930, as a first lieutenant, with assignments at the Marine Barracks, Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I.; the First Brigade Marines at Haiti, and at the Army Signal School, Fort Monmouth, N . J. He received a license to practice law in 1937 and later became solicitor of Northampton County Recorder's Court for five years, and attorney for the Roanoke Electric Membership Corporation. He was chairman of the Northampton Memorial Library board and was a member of the Rotary Club and the Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his widow, Marguritte; a daughter, Mrs. Linda W. Heiser of Garden Grove, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred W. Keen of Rich Square, Mrs. Minnie Eatman of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Helen W. Gibbons of Hamlet, N . C , and a brother, Robert S. Weaver of Saltville, Va.

Zeus Soucek '23

He is survived by his widow Linda M., of 4000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D . C ; a son, John V. Soucek of Minneapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Anne Weissenborn of Essex Falls, N . J., and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Coughlin of Bethesda; nine grandchildren and a brother, Capt. Archie H. Soucek, USN (Ret.) '37, of Silver Spring, Md. Another brother, Capt. Victor H. Soucek, USN '31, died in 1966.

Guadalcanal area during World War II, for which he was recommended for the Silver Star.

After attending the Naval Postgraduate School he was an instructor in the Department of Mathematics at the Naval Academy, and completed an assignment with the NROTC Unit at the University of South Carolina.

LEONARD JAMES D O W ' 2 6

RAdm. Leonard J. Dow, USN (Ret.), died at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, after a heart attack, on 29 May. Services were held in the Ft. Myer Chapel, followed by interment with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Adm. Dow was born in Bowling Green, Ohio.

He played guard on the Navy football team during the 1924-25 season and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1926. He served in USS OKLAHOMA and USS SARATOGA before entering flight

ZEUS SOUCEK ' 2 3

LCdr. Zeus Soucek, USNR (Ret.) of Washington, D. C , died on 4 June at Georgetown University Hospital after a long illness. Services were held in Joseph Gawler's Sons Funeral Home, with interment following cremation.

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training at Pensacola, Fla., where he was designated a naval aviator in November 1929. In September 1933 he participated in the first long distance mass flight from Norfolk, Va., to Coco Solo, Canal Zone, for which he received a commendation from President Roosevelt.

Clarence Evans Boyd '27

His commands included USS SEMINOLE, the DOYLE,

the

MATTAPONI which

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won the Amphibious Force Award for Battie Readiness. Nineteen of his 30 years of service were at sea. His last assignment before retirement in 1957 was Chief of Navy MAAG, Oslo, Norway. He was awarded the Norwegian Viking (14th Century) sword with a separate silver plate inscription by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence in appreciation of his services.

After receiving his Master's degree in mathematics at Duke University, he taught that subject for two years at Orlando College in Florida, then three years at the Citadel. He made his home in Charleston and was a member of the Charleston Country Club, among a number of other clubs and associations.

Surviving are his widow, the former Mary Norman of Baltimore, who is now living at 85 Tradd St., Charleston; a daughter, Mrs. Stafford Green of Charleston; a brother, Mr. William Pinckney Boyd of Columbia, S. C ; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest McLaughlin of Salters, S. C , Mrs. Camille Montgomery of Kingstree, S. C , and three grandchildren.

Pensacola, and was designated a naval aviator in May 1937. He served in USS OWL in Patrol Squadron 14 (redesignated 52) which participated in the rescue of the crew of a Greek mercant vessel, SS TZENNY CHANDRIS, and

received

a decoration by the Greek Government. He was serving in Patrol Squadron 102 based at Cavite, Philippine Islands, when the United States entered World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary flying achievement on 10 December 1941, while commanding a PGY type airplane on reconnaissance duty, and was entided to the Presidential Unit Citation with ribbon.

After heading Section, Aircraft Power Plant Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics, he served in various aviation engineering capacities in the Pacific area. From 1947-50 he was a member of the staff of the Naval War College at Newport, R. I., when he provided technical advice and lectured on aviation logistics and petroleum subjects. He headed the Experimental Engineering and Power Plant Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics, specializing in research on new engines for aircraft and guided missiles. In 1953 he became Director of Tests at the Naval Air Missiles Test Center at Point Mugu, Calif., then was retired because of a heart condition in April 1954.

Capt. Antoniak was director of technical development for Solar Aircraft Company and concurrentiy assistant general manager of Electronic Systems Development Corp., a subsidiary of the company. He suffered a stroke in 1963 which forced his retirement as a consultant for Northrup Corp. and General Electric Co. in Los Angeles.

He was chairman of the San Diego section of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1958-59.

HARRY WALLACE ENGLUND ' 3 0

Capt. Harry W. Englund, USN (Ret.), died at a Bryn Mawr, Pa., hospital on 17 June, following a heart attack. Services were held at St. George's Episcopal Church in Ardmore, with interment with simple military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born in Ashland, Wis., where he attended Northland College, Capt. Englund was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930. He served in USS WEST VIRGINIA; received a Master of Science

degree in naval construction from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and had assignments at the Portsmouth, N . J., New York, Pearl Harbor and Norfolk Navy Yards. In Brooklyn he had charge of construction of USS IOWA, the first 45,000-ton class battleship. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement while hull superintendent at Pearl Harbor for the last two years of World War II, when he was direcdy responsible for the longest dry-docking program in naval history, over 2000 ships in two years.

He served as logistics officer in USS TACONIC; conversion design officer. Bureau of Ships; Assistant Inspector General (Navy), Industrial Survey Division; Industrial Manager, 15th Naval District; Inspector of Naval Material, Atlanta, and Supervisor-Inspector of Naval Material, Southeastern District with headquarters at Upper Darby, Pa. Following retirement in 1957 he was planning director and assistant to the president of C. H .

Wheeler Manufacmring Co., and later was with the Philadelphia Gear Corp. as a marine engineer, and with H . Newton Wittelsey, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers, as a department head.

Two years ago he joined Sanders and Thomas, consulting engineers where, as naval architect, he was in charge of the firm's participation in the Bureau of Ships Quality Reliability Assurance Program at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and other naval support projects.

Clarence Armstrong Keller, Jr. '33

As commanding officer of Patrol Squadron 101 he was entitled to the Army Distinguished Unit Emblem with oak leaf cluster awarded Patrol Wing 10 of the uniL In January 1943 he became Commander, Headquarters Squadron, Fleet Air Wing 14, then commanded Rescue Squadron Two attached to Fleet Air, West Coast. As executive officer and operations officer with Air Transport Evacuation Squadron One he was entitled to the ribbon of the Navy Unit Commendation for outstanding heroism in support of military operations during the Okinawa Campaign.

Adm. Keller commanded the Naval Air Station, Oakland, Calif., then Air Transport Squadron Four; for two years he served in USS PHILIPPINE SEA. He was on the staff of Commander Military Air Transport Service; officer in charge of the Air Transport Programs Section, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, then was commanding officer of the Naval Air Station at Johnsville, Pa., of Fleet Air Service Squadron 77, redesignated Naval Air Facility, Naples, Italy, and of the Naval Air Station at Grosse He, Mich. Following retirement in September 1959 he worked for a corporation installing missile bases in Italy, then became executive director of the Venice Area Chamber of Commerce in Florida.

Charles Antoniak '34

He is survived by his widow, Marguarita Ellen, of 1528 Monitor Road, San Diego, Ca. 92110; four children, Mary Ellen, Helen Elizabeth, Charles Edward and Ens. Peter Richard Antoniak, USN '67 of Port Hueneme.

EVAN TYLER SHEPARD ' 3 5

RAdm. Evan T. Shepard, USN (Ret.), died of cancer at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Newington, Conn., on 7 June. Services were held in the Shepherd of the Sea Chapel at Groton, Conn. Following cremation, interment was in Temple Hill Cemetery, Genesco, N. Y.

He is survived by his widow Charlotte of 705 Laguna Drive, Venice, Fla. CHARLES A N T O N I A K ' 3 4

He is survived by his widow, Sylvia, of 3557 Woodcrest Ave., Newtowne Square, Pa. 19073, the daughter of the late Capt. C. R. Simmers, USN (Ret.) '32; two daughters, Mrs. Nicholas Falcone and Miss Evelyn Englund and two grandsons of Bryn Mawr, and a sister, Mrs. Evelyn Parker of Washington, D. C.

Capt. Charles Antoniak, USN (Ret.), of San Diego, Calif., died on 3 June of a heart attack in Annapolis, Md., where he had gone to attend graduation exercises of his son at the Naval Academy. Requiem mass was offered in Immaculata Chapel, with interment in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Diego on the 10th.

Capt. Antoniak, who was born in Auburn, CLARENCE ARMSTRONG KELLER ' 3 3 N. Y., was graduated from the Naval Academy RAdm. Clarence A. Keller, USN (Ret.), died on in 1934. He served in USS MISSISSIPPI, then in the 5 June in Venice, Fla. Services were held in destroyer DENT before going to Pensacola for Venice, with interment in Ariington National flight training; he was designated a naval aviator Cemetery. in 1937. He served with Scouting Squadron 42 Adm. Keller was born in Wichita, Kan., and operating from USS RANGER, then with Utihty Squadrons 2 and 4. In 1941 he attended the Naval attended the University of Wichita for one year Postgraduate School at Annapolis and received his before entering the Naval Academy. He was Master's degree in aeronautical engineering from graduated with the class of 1933. He served in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1944.

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Evan Tyler Shepard '35

Adm. Shepard was born in Fort Edward, N. Y., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1935.

He served in USS COLORADO for three years, then attended Submarine School at New London, Conn.

He served in the S-40 on the China Station and was in the R-20 upon the outbreak of World War II and was her commanding officer in the Adantic area from November 1942 until June 1944 when S H I P M A T E

he took command of the PICUDA. There he gained fame as one of "Loughlin's Loopers" who wreaked havoc on Japanese shipping in the East China Seas for over a year. For his outstanding services he was awarded the Navy Cross and a gold star in lieu of a second such medal and was entitied to the Navy Unit Commendation with ribbon.

In January 1946, Adm. Shepard took command of the B.\LAO, then the H.ALFBEAK; served on the staff of Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet; commanded Submarine Division 12, then attended the .\rmed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va. He was assistant section head of the Strategic Plans Division in the Office, Chief of Naval Operations; was a member of the Joint Continental Defense Study Group; commanded USS FULTON, then Submarine Squadron 10.

From 1957-58 he was Director of Warfare Analysis Division, Office of Naval Research. Since his retirement in 1958 he has been technical head of requirements and operations analysis in the Information and Environmental Systems Department of the United Aircraft Corporation Systems Center. He had earlier attended George Washington University.

Survivors include his widow, Marjorie L. Shephard of Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, Conn.; a son, James R. Shephard of Lackland Air Force Base, Tex., and a daughter, Mrs. Peter Parnell of Milford, N. J. JOSEPH LANGHORNE WALKER

'37

Ens. Joseph L. Walker, USN (Ret.), died at his ho.Tie in Columbia, S. C , on 11 July. Services were held at the Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, followed by interment.

Ens. Walker was born in Henderson, Tex., and attended Marion Instimte before entering the Naval Academy. He was graduated with the class of 1937, and retired in October 1938. He then became engaged in commercial, heavy and residential construction, real estate appraising, and was a member of the Appraisal Institute. He had summer courses at St. Petersburg Junior College and Harvard University. In 1951 he became an area engineer for E. I. DuPont de Nemours Co. on the Savannah River Atomic Energy project at .\iken; was in the real estate business for several years, then joined the South Carolina Highway Department. He was appointed right-of-way engineer in 1965.

Surviving are his widow, Lucille, of 130 Carriage Hill Apartments, Columbia; two sons, Capt. Steven C. Walker, USA, and Michael L. W. Walker who is with the Federal Bureau of Public Roads at Austin, Tex. EDWARD GALEN GIVENS, JR.

'52

Maj. Edward G. Givens, Jr., USAF, an astronaut serving with the U. S. Air Force Special Activity Squadron, National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Houston, Tex., died in a car accident at Pearland, near Houston, on 6 June.

The accident occurred when Maj. Givens and two other Air Force officers were returning from Houston when they had attended a meeting of the Quiet Birdmen, a fraternal organization of Aviators.

Memorial services were held at the Seabrook Methodist Church near the Manned Spacecraft Center, with services held in the First Baptist Church at Quanah, Tex., and interment in the church cemetery. His body had been flown to Quanah in an Air Force transport escorted by a fellow astronaut, Lt.Col. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF. Maj. Givens was born in Quanah, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1952. After completing flight training at the USAF Air Training Command he was a flight commander and fighter pilot with the 35th Fighter Interceptor Group on duty in Japan. He served as an instructor at the Air Force Interceptor Weapons School from January 1956 to March 1958 and subsequendy attendS E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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ed the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California; following graduation, when he was awarded the "Outstanding Graduate Certificate," he became an instructor in the Stability and Control Section.

He was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1953 and served in the destroyer escort MCCAFFERY until June 1955 when he joined the landing ship FORT SNELLING.

In February 1958 he was transferred to the staff of the Commandant, Third Naval District in New York, then had duty in USS BETELGEUS. He served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel for two years, then on the staff of Commander Naval Beach Group Two for operations and plans. In March 1966 he was assigned to the LIBERTY. Surviving are his widow Marie and five children, Philip M., Ill, Timothy B., Christopher M., Katharine K. and Elizabeth R. of 131 Cayuga Road, Virginia Beach, Va. 23462; his father, Mr. Philip M. Armstrong of Detroit, two brothers, John and Christopher, and a sister Marjorie Armstrong.

CHARLES THOMAS BUTLER ' 5 3

Edward Galen Givens, Jr., '52

His next assignment took him to the Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, where he was a project pilot with Air Development Squadron 4. While there, he not only conducted operational evaluations but was responsible for compiling and developing the operational procedures and tactics for fleet operation of the F8U-2N. He served as assistant to the Commandant at the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School from November 1961 to September 1963 and then attended the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, from which he graduated in 1963. Upon selection for astronaut training he was assigned as project officer with USAF SSD Detachment 2 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. He was selected by NASA in April 1966 as one of 19 astronauts. He was one of three astronauts picked as a support crew for the prime and backup crews for America's first manned Apollo flight, set for early next year.

Cdr. Charies T. Buder, USN, died on 14 June as the result of injuries suffered in an aircraft accident at the Naval Air Station, Sanford, Fla. He was undergoing refresher training in the RA5C Vigilane in preparation for carrier qualifications and subsequent assignment as executive officer of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron Nine in USS SARATOGA at the time of the accident. Memorial services were held at Paintsville, Ky., his home town, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on the 20th.

He is survived by his widow, the former Ada Eva Muuss of Bedford, Mass., who lives at 306 Shadow Creek Drive, El Lago, Seabrook, Tx. 77586, and son Edward G. and daughter Catherine H.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Givens of Quanah.

Charles Thomas Butler '53 PHILIP McCUTCHEON ARMSTRONG, JR. ' 5 3

LCdr. Philip M. Armstrong, USN, executive officer in USS LIBERTY, was killed when the ship was mistakenly attacked by Israeli forces on 8 June in the Mediterranean. Services were held from the Twiford Funeral Home, Virginia Beach, Va., with interment in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors on 16 June.

Philip McCutcheon Armstrong '53

LCdr. Armstrong, who was born in Detroit, Mich., enlisted in the U. S. Navy in July 1947, and served with Patrol Squadron 23, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, before entering the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Bainbridge, Md.

Cdr. Butler was posthumously promoted to the rank of commander on 20 June. He had attended Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of KenWcky, and served in the Marine Corps before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1953. He served in USS INGRAHAM, then completed basic air training at Pensacola, Fla., followed by advanced training at Corpus Christi, Tex. He had duty with Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 8, Attack Squadron 151 as electronics and special weapons officer, then became assistant training officer on the staff of Commander Fleet Air at Alameda. Following a two-year course at the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif., he became weapons officer, U. S. Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility at Kirtiand Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N. M. He was awarded the Air Medal and Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious performance of duty during combat flights performed in Vietnam with Reconnaissance Attack Squadron Five, and also held the United Nations and Korean Theatre Medals. He joined the staff of Commander Reconnaissance Attack Wing 1 in May 1966.

He is survived by his widow, Barbara Ann, and five children, Sharon Kaye, Mary Lee, Richard Wallace, John Charles and Robert Winston, of 108 Crystal View South, Sanford, Fl. 32771; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Butier of 520 Highland Ave., Paintsville, Ky. 41240.

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ALEXANDER

McCLURE

LUPFER

'58

LCdr. Alexander M. Lupfer, USN, died in the crash of a TF9-F Cougar jet southwest of Kingsville, Tex., on 13 May. He was serving as flight instructor. Training Squadron 23, Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Kingsville at the time of the accident. Services and interment were held at Arlington National Cemetery on the 18th.

four years in the destroyer D E HAVEN, as damage control assistant and chief engineer. The D E HAVEN was stationed in Japan for three years and in Yokosuka he became a Master Mason of the Yokosuka Lodge. He also had duty as operations officer in USS PROVIDENCE. In the fall of 1964 Lt. Witt attended the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif., where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology. He served with Commander, Amphibious Training Command Pacific and the Naval Inshore Operations Training Center, Mare Island, then in February was assigned to Commander River Patrol Force Vietnam. He had attended the counterinsurgency, survival training and Vietnamese Language School. He was an expert pistol shot and held the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for the Lebanon Operations 1958. At the time of his death he was commander of River Patrol Force Section 531 at My Tho. Surviving are his widow, the former Katye Drew, of Costa Mesa, Calif., and two children, Lisa Monique and Dexter Bates, of 2603 Willo Lane, Costa Mesa, Ca. 92627; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bates Emory Witt of P. O. Box 1528, Lubbock, Tx. 79408.

LOUIS RANDOLPH

Alexander McClure Lupfer '58

LCdr. Lupfer attended Admiral Farragut Academy before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1958. He was born in Miami, Fla. Following his designation as naval aviator in March I960 he served with Fighter Squadrons 124, 142, 132, and 53, and was operations training officer for Fighter Squadron 194 preceding his attending the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif., where he completed aeronautical engineering and engineering science courses. He joined Training Squadron 23 in June 1965. He held the Expert Rifleman Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for services in Vietnam.

GRANT, 2 d , ' 6 2

Lt. Louis R. Grant, 2d, USN, was killed on 6 July while flying a UH-IB helicopter near the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Md. At the time of the accident he was a student at the Navy Test Pilot School. Services and interment were at Arlington National Cemetery.

Surviving are his parents, Capt. and Mrs. Joseph C. Toth of 301 53rd St., Virginia Beach, Va., and a sister, Mrs. James A. Linen IV who lives in Chicago, III., and Greenwich, Conn.

GRAMMAR

'65

Lt. William M. Grammar, USMC, was killed following capture by the Viet Cong in the vicinity of Quang Tri, Vietnam, on 20 May. Services were held at Crown Heights Baptist Church, with interment in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Lt. Grammar was born in Oklahoma City, and graduated from Harding High School where he won a letter in football. He was active in Scouting and church activities. He attended the University of Oklahoma one year before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1965 in the upper twenty-five percent of his class. Following completion of Basic School at Quantico, Va., he reported to Camp Lejeune, N. C , where he was executive Officer of G

'59

Lt. C. Don Witt, USN, died as die result of heavy enemy rifle fire while on board a river patrol boat in the Ham Luong River south of My Tho, South Vietnam, on 24 May. Five other men in the boat were killed in the ambush. Services were held in the New Christian Church at Lubbock, Tex., with graveside services and interment at Lubbock Cemetery with military honors.

Stephen Spencer Toth '63

W I L L I A M MICHAEL

Surviving are his widow, Glenda Louise, and daughter, Pamela, of 1021 Hall S L , Kingsville; his mother, Mrs. Dorothy B. Lupfer of Kendall, Fla. CHARLES D O N WITT

he was graduated in 1963. He served in the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY as engineering officer. In 1965 he was ordered to USS ALBANY, a guided missile cruiser, where he was ASW officer for almost two years. This ship was responsible for recovery of the lost hydrogen bomb off the coast of Spain and Lt. Toth's department had an important part in search operations. He was assigned to the LIBERTY, a communications research vessel, in November 1966 as navigator and operations officer.

Louis Randolph Grant '62

Lt. Grant was born in Quincy, Mass., and attended Thayer Academy and Brown University before entering the Naval Academy. He was graduated with the class of 1962. After completing flight training at Pensacola, he reported to HC Squadron 2 at Lakehurst, N. J., in 1963. From then until 1966 he made several Mediterranean cruises in carriers of the Atiantic Fleet flying rescue helicopters. He held the Air Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

He is survived by his widow, Penelope, the daughter of RAdm. and Mrs. James Edward Leeper of Falls Church, Va., who has made her home at 107 Linden Lane, Lexington Park, Md.; his parents, Capt. and Mrs. E. Milton Grant of Vallejo, Calif., and a brother, Robert Grant of Norwich, N. Y. STEPHEN SPENCER TOTH

Charles Don Witt '59

Lt. Witt was born in Amarillo, Tex., and graduated from the Lubbock High School where he was manager of the Westerner football team.

He attended Texas Institute of Technology for one year before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1959. He served 36

'63

Lt. Stephen S. Toth, USN, died of wounds sustained when USS LIBERTY was accidentally attacked by Israeli Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on 8 June. Services were held in St. Andrew's Chapel on 14 June, with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Lt. Toth was born in California, and graduated from St. George's School in Newport, R. I. He attended Virginia Military Institute for one year before entering the Naval Academy, from where

William Michael Grammar '65

Company, 2nd Marine Division, and commanded the sub unit while on a six-month Mediterranean cruise. After attending the Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, he reported in February to Headquarters Military Assistance Command, Saigon, with duty at Quang Tri as advisor to the South Vietnamese Army.

He is survived by his widow, the former Patricia Sledd of Richmond, Va.; an infant son, Richard S H I P M A T E

Alexander; his parents, Lt.Col. G. R. Grammar, USA (Ret.), and Mrs. Grammar, all of 6474 Steriing Drive, Oklahoma City, Ok. 73132; two brothers, Robert E. Grammar and Richard Patrick Grammar.

GERARD JOSEPH ZOPF

'65

Lt.(jg) Gerard J. Zopf, USN, died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation due to a fire at his residence at Scituate, Mass., early on the morning of 21 May. A solemn high mass was held at St. Elizabeth's Church in Manhattan, N . Y., with interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery at Hawthorne, N. Y. Lt. Zopf was born in New York City, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1965. He was on the Superintendent's List for four years, was a member and instructor of the Scuba Diving Club, the Newman Club, sailing and fencing teams, and was director of the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference. In 1964 he participated in the Newport to Bermuda race as a member of the sailing team.

Following graduation, Lt. Zopf attended the Nuclear Power School at Mare Island, Calif.; the Nuclear Prototype School at West Milton, N. Y., and was graduated from the Submarine School at New London, Conn., on 7 April 1967.

After reporting to USS CATO, a nuclear power submarine under construction at Quincy, Mass., he returned to New London to attend Sonar School for three weeks. At the time of his death he was living with two other officers at Scituate.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard J. Zopf of 525 W. 238th St., New York City, N. Y.; a brother. Ens. Alan Garrett Zopf, USN '66, San Diego, Calif., and a sister, Christine, who attends .\lbertus Magnus College in New Haven.

LARRY VINCENT

CHMIEL

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2nd Lt. Larry V. Chmiel, USMC, was killed in action near Quang Tri, Vietnam, on 2 June.

Requiem Mass was said at the St. Jane Frances Church at Riviera Beach, Md., with interment in the National Cemetery, Baltimore, with military honors.

Lt. Chmiel, who was a native of Baltimore, enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 1959. He attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1966. He attended Basic School at Quantico and was ordered to Vietnam last January; he was injured in action last May. He was serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, Fifth Marine Division.

He is survived by his widow, the former Judy Lee Peoria, a first grade teacher who lives at 801 Marigold Road, Glen Burnie, Md. 21061; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Chmiel of 222 Hilltop Road, Riviera Beach, Md. 21123, formerly of Baltimore; and his grandmothers, Mrs. Catherine Chmiel of Baltimore and Mrs. Clarence Dew of Martin's Ferry, Ohio.

JAMES COVODE

CAMPBELL, JR. ' 6 7

2nd Lt. James C. Campbell, Jr., USMC, died early in the morning of 7 June when the car he was driving on the Cape St. Claire road near Annapolis left the road and hit a tree. He was returning to the Naval Academy following a visit with his parents who were staying in the area during Jime Week. Services were held in the Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church, with interment in Robinson Run Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. Lt. Campbell was graduated from the Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from the Naval Academy with his classmates of 1967. He

Sec'y, VAdm. Alexander Sharp, USN (Ret.), 6306 Bannockburn Dr. Bethesda, IVld. 20034

A printed cachet commemorating the christening of the new submarine tender L. Y. SPEAR AS36 was to be issued on 7 Sept. when the ship was floated out of its building basin at Quincy, Mass.

The ship was named for Lawrence York SPEAR, a former president of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and one of the men primarily responsible for development of the modern submarine.

After graduating second in his class, he applied for duty with the Construction Corps and received a B.S. degree in marine engineering and naval architecture in 1893 from Glasgow University, Scodand. He served as superintendent of construction and repair at Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethtown, N. J., then resigned in 1902 and joined Electric Boat; he was president in 1942 and chairman of the board in '47. He died in September 1950.

Mrs. Marion Leigh Wells, widow of Capt.

Chester WELLS who died in 1948, died on 3 June at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, after a heart attack. Services were held at Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Mrs. Wells, who was born and educated in Australia, lived in Chevy Chase, Md., for a number of years. She was the daughter of Sir Hugh Dixson, founder of the British-American Tobacco Co. in Australia.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Christian L. JoUey of Wheaton, Md., and Mrs. Elizabeth W. Magnifico of London, England; a sister, Mrs. Christian Thornett of Sydney, Australia, and four grandchildren.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1967

was posthumously commissioned in the Marine Corps on 8 June. He stood number 40 in his class of 887 members and was on the Dean's and Superintendent's lists every semester. He was a member of the varsity crew, the Antiphonal

James Covode Campbell '67

Choir, Foreign Relations Club, and had been awarded a Mershon Fellowship to do graduate work in political science at Ohio State University, specializing in national security policy.

He is survived by his parents. Dr. and Mrs. James C. Campbell of 346 Bower Hill Road, Pittsburgh; three sisters, Marda Beth, who is in the Peace Corps in the South Pacific; Joyce D., who is smdying in London, and Nancy Ann who is at home.

Congramlations to Adm. Thomas C. HART, who was 90 years old on 12 June. A great celebration took place in Sharon, Conn., where he lives, and the admiral made a fine speech to the

Photo hy Martha Porter, Lakeville Journal Adm. Hart '06 and First Selectman Richard Cariey made a triumphal tour of Sharon Gree n on the occasion of the admiral's 90th birthday.

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townspeople who turned out to honor their "most distinguished citizen."

Ceremonies started when a school band assembled before King House, Admiral and Mrs. Hart's old Dutch colonial home which they purchased 43 years ago. There the admiral's fourstar flag was raised to the peak of the flag pole.

He was driven in a festooned golf cart on a tour of the Green, where a long table was set up with punch bowls flanking a giant birthday cake surmounted by an anchor. Many congratulatory telegrams were read, including one from the White House.

A joint resolution passed by the House and Senate was read which said, ". . we of Connecticut's General Assembly salute this most remarkable gentieman; this able seaman, mentor, statesman, leader of men and commander of ships, on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday."

Mrs. Isaac C. Bogart, wife of Capt. BOGART, USN (Ret.) of Chevy Chase, Md., died on 8 June.

Interment was in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

The Bogarts were great amateur golfers; their son recently won the amateur golf championship of Washington, in company with a friend. The class extends sincere sympathies to our classmate, and to his sons, Douglas and Ralph, and three grandchildren.

Mrs. Nell Doig Woodworth, member of an early-day San Diego, Calif., family, and widow of our classmate, Capt. Edwin B. WOODWORTH, died recendy in Portland, Ore. Her ashes were buried in a commemorative plot at the Naval Training Center beside her husband, who died in 1931. In the early 1920s he was credited with laying out the former Naval Training Station, now NTC, San Diego.

Surviving are two daughters, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Sec'y, Capt. R. C. Parker, USN (Ret.) 5706 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, Kid. 20014

There is an old Navy yarn about the officer who, in describing a gathering that he had just attended, said: "It was a nice party. Nobody got thrown out; nobody called anybody else a so-and-so; it was a nice party!" These high standards were more than upheld recently, when the 50th anniversary of our class of 1907 was celebrated by groups in both the Washington and Newport areas and for all we know to the contrary, by smaller groups and individuals elsewhere.

As narrated by George BOWDEY, the Newport party was held at the Navy Reservation there, in conjunction with the local chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, whose president, Capt. Thomas A. Brown '35, cooperated heartily with 1907. The result was an excellent party at the Naval Base Officers' Club.

Those attending were the Bill AMSDENs from Middletown, R. I., the Kent HEWITTs from

Orwell, Vt., the Louis McKEEHANs from Jamestown, R. L, and Mrs. Richard E. Cassidy from Newport. Rufus King was kept from coming by his duties as a college professor in Providence, R. I. Other members in that area, but unable to attend, were Lester Adams of Thomaston, Md., Claude Bassett of Waltham, Mass., Francis Plummer of Dalton, Mass., and Charles Pousland of Manchester, Mass. Mrs. Phil Hammond, widow of our classmate, could not come but was represented by her daughter, Mrs. Charles Cook.

In the Washington area, on the afternoon of 31 May, Capt. and Mrs. Russell Crenshaw, Jr., with whom our "Billy" was staying, entertained the available members of 1907 and their ladies with a cocktail party at their home at 206 North View Terrace, Alexandria, Va. A most enjoyable time was had by all.

The next day at the Army and Navy Club we held an official '07 lunch, which had been ably arranged by Cap Bemis. Those attending were Cap Bemis and Hazel, Billy Crenshaw and Polly, Johnny Hoover and Helen, and Dolly Windsor with Virginia. Unattached were Frances Allen, Eleanor Almy, Rita Brown, Evalina Cohen, Lois Simpson, Polly Slayton, Nancy Torlinski, May Wallace, Deac Cummings, J. W. W. Gumming, Dutch Heim (who came all the way from the west coast), Mike Schuyler, and "Sunny Jim" Parker; Betty Parker was under the weather and could not make it. Greetings were read from Bess and Putty Read in Miami, and from Adrian and Mrs. McClure in Falls Church.

If there was any business to be transacted, we forgot about it. There was no speech making except a brief greeting by Johnny Hoover. Thereafter it was just pleasant visiting, salted with yarns all the way from life in the old USS WALLAPALOOSA back in 1910, to boasts about what our various grandchildren are now doing. As remarked at the beginning, it was a nice party!

The naval career of the late VAdm. Randall JACOBS has been well covered in print; and the various high positions he held, mostly in connection with Naval Personnel, are known to us all.

Few duties were tougher than his because the allocation of jobs to naval officers means much to them and their naval careers, and yet often necessitates disappointing many, including personal friends.

We believe that Randall Jacobs was highly successful in giving officers the duty they requested whenever possible, while hewing rigidly to the line of what was fair to all and best for the service as a whole.

Shipmate received the following letter from Commodore Badt: "On 28 May, I advised Shipmate that, on account of my health, I must discontinue to serve as secretary for the class of '08.

"Since 1 May, I have spent most of May, June and up to 15 July in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, and am still undergoing treatment there. I regret that my health does not permit me to continue to work as secretary."

Mrs. Elise R. Cutts of Milford, N. H., widow of CapL Elwin F. CUTTS, USN (ReL) who died in March 1965, died on 10 July. Services were held in Ft. Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

She is survived by a son, Capt. Robert E. Cutts, USN (Ret.) '38 of Long Beach, Calif.; five grandchildren and two brothers. A daughter, Lucy, the wife of RAdm. Raymond A. Moore, USN, of Alexandria, Va., died on 17 June.

Pres, and Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.), 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. 21401

Ralph Glover HAXTON: I am sorry to report that Hax died 8 June at the home of his nephew, Kenneth Haxton, Jr., in Greenville, Miss. He had been seriously ill for some time. He moved into the home of his nephew last January; about the first of May he began to weaken rapidly and finally passed away a littie over a month later.

Hax was a native of Worthington, Ind., where he spent his early years. After serving in World War I he resigned from the naval service and moved to Greenville, entering the lumber and timber business, and farmed. He served in the Naval Reserve during World War II but in the summer of 1942 was taken ill, and later resigned.

His wife predeceased him; he had no children.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Hax was a gentle and loving man. I remember that I was in the midst of relieving Theodore Wilkinson as Director of Naval Intelligence when word was received of Hax's illness.

Glenn Beauregard STRICKLAND: LCdr. Glenn C. Strickland, USNR (Ret.), wrote that his fatiier, Cdr. Glenn B. Strickland, USN (Ret.), died in an Atlanta hospital on 18 June. Following cremation, a marker was placed in the family plot in the old Methodist Cemetery, in Duluth, Ga. Strick was designated naval aviator number 34 in June 1916. He retired on 30 June 1930 and was recalled to active duty as Port Director, Key West, Fla., from SepL 1941 until Oct. 1945. After final retirement he operated his 80-acre farm and was interested in real estate and invesmients in Duluth. He was the Pacific Fleet champion in tennis doubles for one year.

Mark HERESY (Como. USN Ret.) writes that his granddaughter, Caroline, was one of 50 high school students to be chosen to join the Marine Biology Group of La Jolla for research this summer.

Steve STEPHENSON: Steve and Mrs. William Converse Skinner were married on 1 June at 11 A.M. in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy. Captain James E. Reeves, senior chaplain, officiated. May and I attended the wedding, as did her favorite nephew and his wife.

The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bardett of New York City and the widow of the late Mr. Skinner. As Polly Barriett she came to the hops at the Naval Academy as Steve's date. Steve and Polly are at home at Litchfield Rd., Norfolk, Conn.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.), 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey 0. Thomas 25 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. 46902

LCdr. William Stuart NICHOLAS, USN (Ret.).

It is with deep regret that \-'e learn of the death of our old and esteemed friend and classmate.

Bill Nicholas, at his home in Tucson, Ariz., on 17 Class of 1 9 0 7 r e u n i o n , N e w p o r t , R. I.

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June. What a flood of memories is unleashed when one of the "Old Guard" passes on! What a gallant and successful fight Bill has made to prolong the few weeks the medicos gave him when he retired in 1921 with TB. He stretched those few weeks into 46 active and constructive year. We recall the attendance with Barbara at the 50th anniversary class reunion; and his attendance by proxy—orchids for the ladies—at the 55th. Our sympathy goes out to Barbara and their family.

A note from Capt. Walter E. (Squarehead) BROWN announces his return to Pocatello from a 4-month round-the-world trip aboard a freighter of The President line. It is the best way to get away for the winter, he says. A splendid comfortable ship, excellent service. A deck chair in the tropics beats shoveling snow in Idaho.

Wish all 'lOers could read the lovely note from Margie (Mrs. Pat) Flanigan. It is too long to quote, and rather hard to condense.

Howard K. (Chink) Lewis '10 as he celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary and his 80th birthday at home in Honolulu.

Big events in the LEWIS family in Honolulu.

Chink (Capt. Howard K.) and Ethel celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with their children about them—two came from the Continent for the occasion. And, he has joined the 80-plus club. Here is how he looked on that occasion!

Our 1910er of the Mondi!

A newsy letter of chit-chat about 'lOers and associates in Southern Cal. from Capt. Frank (The Skate) LUCKEL. He mentions Baldy (VAdm. C. A.) POWNALL and Mary; Gus (RAdm. A. H.) GRAY; Hap (CapL H. R.) HEIN and Cornie; Geo. (VAdm. G. L.) WEYLER—in a convalescent home; Chet (CapL C. C.) JERSEY; and some very complimentary remarks about "associates" Mary (Mrs. Don) Beary, Fanny (Mrs. Ted) Sherman and Evelyn (Mrs. F. P.) Traynor. He enclosed a cut-out from the local paper showing what our class girl might look like if a modern day sultry actress posed for it—as compared with the demure young lady who did some 60 years ago. Your reporter wishes that more classmates would follow Frank's example in kind.

The MOOREs (Charlie and Anna Louise) are off for their favorite summer hideaway at Small Point Beach, Me. Much social activity is being planned when Frances Underwood (Judge) visits San Diego.

More about that next time.

It was interesting to read in a note from Irene Husrvedt's sister, Mrs. Alice Cooper Bailey, of their delightful visit with Pauline (Governor Sam) King and her family in Honolulu. Pauline and the Cixiper girls (daughters of an early territorial Governor of Hawaii) grew up together— attended the same schools—and were close family friends in the pre-statehood days.

A very pleasant summer passes for your reporter under the shade trees of his own back yard, with occasional visits from his descendants of both generations. He wonders how much dope might be picked up for this letter if he should venture east for ."Mumni Homecoming!

HOMECOMING 20-22 October 1967 SE PT E M B E R - O C T O BE R,

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Sec'y, Capt. W. D. Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Adm. Harry W. Hill, USN (Ret.) 201 Prince George St. Annapolis, Md. 21401

Again I regret to lead off this column with news of the death of three outstanding classmates whose obituaries are recorded on another page of this issue. On 22 June, Jonathan ANDERSON passed away after a heart attack, in the hospital at Fort Belvoir, Va. At the Naval War College in 1937 your correspondent drew John Anderson as a roommate and found him not only an outstanding student of warfare, but a wonderful shipmate with a delightful family. We all join in deepest sympathy to Dorothy and family.

On 15 July, Jack REEVES died following a stroke in Pensacola, Fla. Throughout his career Jack had been one of the most capable naval officers of our class. Your correspondent was shipmate with Jack putting the light cruiser CONCORD in commission, in which he was chief engineer.

For two years in succession he won the Engineering Trophy. Later he shifted to aviation, and in World War II was one of the most aggressive and capable carrier task force commanders in the drive across the Pacific. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his daughter, Mrs. A. W. Balstra.

Just as we go to press, word was received of the death of Lewis BRERETON who was buried at Arlington on 24 July. Lewis, after graduating, transferred to the Army, and in 1913 became one of the first Army Aviation pilots. Throughout his entire military service he was outstanding, and was the first in our class to get his two stars.

We are extremely proud of Lewis' fine record, and extend our deepest sympathy to Zena.

Duck RODGERS writes that he and Ruth, in their customary optimism, left Montego Bay in June to return to Cornwall, N. Y., where they were greeted by a snowstorm. They were both fine, and expected to do a litde running around New England this summer.

Fred and Ardis KURFESS recentiy returned from a trip to Australia to visit their geo-physicist son. Ardis is completely recovered from her illness of last fall.

On 22 July, Scott and Gladys McCAUGHEY helped celebrate the wedding of their oldest granddaughter, Elizabeth, to Ens. R. S. Thomas, USN. Our congratulations.

Our west coast bureau reports that Norman Scott, Jr. is now executive vice president of Matson Navigation Co. in San Francisco.

Starr's son, CapL Randolph King, has moved into Porter Road quarters. He is Head of the Department of Engineering.

Vince MEYER's son, recently reported in Vietnam, is now commanding the 9th Division of Artillery in the Mekong Delta.

Bernhard and Elsa BIERI celebrated their 54th anniversary on 27 June. Congratulations! They are still constant travelers—always on the go.

Harry and Margaret HILL, in July, enjoyed the visit from their three great-grandchildren who, with their parents, arrived, one from Long Beach and two from Hawaii, on a vacation trip to visit CapL and Mrs. John C. Hill in Washington.

Sec'y, Como. R. S. Wentworth, USN (Ret.) 1922 Carrollton Rd., Annapolis, Md. 21401

John FALGE writes me that the operation on Barbara's throat was successful. No problem.

John could not attend Charlie LOCKWOOD's funeral because Barbara was released from Letterman shortly before the exercises. Charlie was buried near Adm. Nimitz, his wartime C-in-C. Charlie is survived by his wife, Phyllis, the daughter of Noble E. Irwin, our stern old duty officer. In addition to Phyllis, he is also survived

by two sons, Charles, III of Portola Valley and Edward I., a Honolulu Harbor pilot, and by a daughter, Mrs. John Canty of Notre Dame, Ind. Charlie was a very competent submarine commander and, with it all, a sunny and attractive man with a sly sense of humor.

Ruth and Ozzie OSGOOD had a 55th reunion party for the west coast section of the class on 22 May at their home at 939 Coast Boulevard, La Jolla.

Tip TISDALE is keeping his apartment at 4200 Cathedral Ave. Dorothy entered Bethesda on 7 May for an operation and passed away on 17 May without leaving the intensive care room.

Tip has the deep sympathy of the class. He will need understanding and love in the lonely months to come. Bob Lavender and George Fort attended the graveside srevices. Claire Zacharias, Peggy Lavender and Edythe Fort were present When Bisch and Mary BISCHOFF passed through San Francisco on 9 March, they had dinner with the Falges at Nimitz Club on Treasure Island. The Bischoffs are now back in Annapolis.

Si Venter graduated from (xilgate in June after he completed his orientation course in economics in London. He reports to the Officer Candidate School in Newport on 16 Aug. for four months intensive training. His commission will be awarded him in December, Heaven willing.

I saw Si when I visited the Venters in Branford after his graduation from Colgate. Si will make a fine, reliable, competent officer.

Elizabeth Ten Eyck has moved to Eastport, Annapolis. She is not too far from her sister who lives in Baltimore. I have talked to her twice.

Mary B. Hall is back from her travels in the British Isles. The address of her apartment is 1055 Norman Dr., Annapolis, Md. 21403, next door to her daughter Betty Williams.

I haven't heard whether Bob and Peggy LAVENDER have started their swing through the far west with its many beautiful parks, mountains and lakes. The Pacific is worth going far to see.

The class is still anxious to find the oldest great-granddaughter of a member of our class. If you have such a jewel in your family, please write us.

Exec. V. P., Paul D. Sleeper, Apt. 710 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008

I feel that it is adding injury upon injury when I have to report the loss of two of our very fine classmates, and the widow of a classmate, in one issue of Shipmate (please see Last Call in this issue). Cdr. Jerome A. (Jakey) LEE, USN (Ret.), died 24 June at his home in Washington, D. C , and Adm. L. T. (Duby) DUBOSE, USN (Ret.), died 11 July in a hospital in Charleston, S. C. Jakey was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Pallbearers were classmates Abbott, Hall, Helmick, Sleeper and close personal friends Capt.

R. N. McFariand, USN (Ret.), and Col. Frank Abbott, USAFR. Glenn E)avis also attended but could not be a pallbearer as he had to leave immediately after the Ft. Myer Chapel services.

(While I was attending Jakey's services, my 11th grandchild, a boy, was born in a D. C. hospital.)

Our regular class flowers were sent, and a note expressing deep appreciation for them has been received from the family, as well as for the many notes of sympathy from classmates. As flowers are not allowed in the chapel for Catholic services, his widow had them sent to The Litde Sisters of the Poor for their enjoyment.

As of this date (20 July) class news must be sent for the Sept.-Oct. issue of Shipmate. However, I have received expressions of our loss and real sympathy for his family from many classmates. These are best covered by the following 39

excerpts in a letter written by Adm. Robert B. (Mick) Carney, to Mrs. Lee: ". . . He and I served together in the littie FANNING in WWI. Jakey was a fine shipmate, thoughtful, always good natured, never a complaint, and his unfailing good humor took some of the edge off the discomforts of rough seas, soaked clothing, cold food, and tense night escorting maneuvers."

Duby DuBose was also buried in Arlington, with services in Ft. Myer Chapel. Classmates Abbott, Davis, Hall, Helmick and Sleeper were pallbearers. Our regular class flowers were sent and his widow and family have expressed their real appreciation for them and the many notes of sympathy they have received. It is too soon for me to have received word from any but local classmates; but dated 5 July I received a card from Duby stating "So sorry to get news about Jakey Lee's passing. Some day I may get to one of the D. C. luncheons." As our class president, Duby was especially well known and liked; he really did a fine job for our class. (Glenn Davis, former 1st VP, with power of succession, is now our class president—more power and a long life to him.) Our 1914 Lucky Bag says of Duby, "Funliving and jolly, you will always find him a sure cure for the blues"—he will be sadly missed.

Mrs. Louise Keisker, widow of Capt. Herman E. KEISKER, USNR (Ret.), died on 19 July in the Rogerville Hospital, Tenn., following a heart attack. Services were held in the Rogerville Presbyterian Church, with graveside services and interment in Arlington National Cemetery on the 24th.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Richard Bennink of Winchester, Mass., and Miss Nancy Keisker of Rogerville, and three grandchildren.

The class sent flowers for her services, and attending were Henry and Marnie Abbott, Glenn and Marguerite Davis and Paul Sleeper. The sympathies of the class are extended to the family.

Those attending one or more of our May, June, July D. C. luncheons were Abbott, Craven, Davis, Hall, Helmick, Jupp and Sleeper. We were also glad to have Davidson A'13 and Col. Dupuy, USA (Ret.), with us. Craven, Davis, Helmick and Sleeper also enjoyed very much attending one or more of the A'13 D. C. luncheons.

Since last reported in Shipmate we have received generous contributions to our class fund from Gray, Shine and Mrs. J. B. (Charlotte) Timberlake. Thanks to them from '13.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Cdr. A. H. Eddins, to 412 S. Main St., Covington, Tenn., P. O. Box 126, 38019.

CLARKE—(5 July) "Leave soon for a stay in New York until after Labor Day." DALE—"My grief is the land assessment on my land has been raised 500%! Ouch!!"

DILLINGHAM—"My son now with Douglas Aircraft Co. in their Missiles Div." EDDINS—"Stop-overs by classmates invited; on U. S. # 1 , 40 miles N. of Memphis."

GRAY—"Expect to fly East to see our son Bill for our 50th wedding anniversary on 29 Sept.

Hope to see some of the D. C. group and to visit the Naval Academy." (Note of 14 July.)

HARTLEY—"Glad to hear of classmates, I was 'STAR' man in the 'Wooden' section at USNA. Feeling better now." Also, "Deac" Hans '14 wrote me that he had been a close friend of Howard, served with him years ago, and had recendy called on him where he now is in an excellent nursing home; also said he was in fine spirits, and proudly wearing his Academy blazer.

(Thanks, Deac, for the dope.)

HATCH—5 July—"Dorothy and I just had wonderful trip thru Pormgal, Spain, Italy and France."

HALL—Did you know Jim made his 8th holein-one on golf course this spring? PDS. HUDSON—"Ft. McClellan grows and grows.

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Also list of retirees now over 200 in this area.

I was the first around here, and am the oldesL" LEE "Doc"—"Talked to 'Pink' Hoard on phone yesterday, 7 July. He is visiting his brother."

QUINLAN—12 July—"Back in Nederiand, Col., for a few months."

SEARLES—"If anyone comes by Philadelphia, give me a call. I'll buy you a lunch. My grandson who graduated N'65 is now a JG Lt., and has his wings."

SEIBERT—"Polly and I had a vacation in New England this summer. My best to all."

Also received cards or notes from Brownell, Clarkson, Donahue, Evans, Grayson, Henderson, Hoard, J. C. Jones, J. D. Jones, Masek, Mrs. P. P. (Janet) Rodes, Ruble, Thebaud, Thurston, Tisdale, Todd and White. All of these and those above send their best to all '13ers everywhere, as I do.

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Maury, USN (Ret.) 208 Prince George S t . , Annapolis, Md. 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.), 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, Calif. 92042

July was a very sad month for the class as we lost two more classmates; this leaves only 59 of us left out of 154 who graduated. Benny PAGE died on 2 July and Bob CARY on 15 July. You will find a general history of their careers in Last Call.

After many months of being in a coma at a nursing home near Bloomingdale, Calif., Benny Page finally succumbed. For nearly two years I kept in touch with Gretchen, his widow, and she would keep me informed as to how he was getting along.

Benny resigned from the Navy on 20 January 1920, after which he studied for the medical profession and became a well-known physician in his area of California; he was also an outstanding surgeon. The class sent a contribution to the Heart Fund in his memory.

After a long illness Bob Cary finally passed away due to a heart attack at his home in Toledo, Ohio. He was an outstanding naval officer, and one of two members of our class to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor; the other was Harold ROOKS. Funeral services were held on 19 July at the Fort Myer Chapel followed by graveside services in Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were classmates Hale, Maury, Perry, Redman, Spanagel, and Struble '15, Carney '16, and one of Bob's sons-in-law. A spray of flowers was sent by the class. He is survived by his widow, Jane, and four daughters.

Dick TRIPPE sent me the sad news that his wife, Uldene, had passed away on Decoration Day. She had been ill for quite a number of years.

Ralph DAVIS spent a few days in Annapolis the early part of July visiting his son Cresap and family. During the visit Hazel and I enjoyed a delicious dinner given in Cresap's attractive home.

I received a letter from Bill LARSON'S wife Martha the latter part of June in which she stated that Bill is progressing nicely from the stroke he suffered about six months ago. He is now able to walk but has to use a cane whenever he goes outside the house. After a littie more improvement in his right hand he will be able to drive a car.

Martha also mentioned that they will leave Atianta early in September and will setde near Silver Spring, Md., which is fairly close to Washington.

Hazel and I received a wedding announcement from Bette Boak the early part of June with the notice that on 6 March she married Mr. George C. C. Stout in New Orleans. Here's wishing them both much happiness.

Rosie ROSENDAHL is now O. K., but had a tough winter healthwise. In February he had a

gall bladder operation and was out of the hospital for only a short time when he had to return for a hernia operation.

We recentiy received a picture postcard from Jane Doyle with the news that she had moved from Washington, D. C , and that her new address is El Cordova Apt. Hotel, Coronado, Calif.

Liz Jalbert had the misfortune of having a fall in her home the early part of June which resulted in a fractured right knee. She is in the Naval Hospital here and will probably be there for several months. Hazel and I go over to see her quite often; she now seems to be comfortable and cheerful.

Ted RUDDOCK recendy sent a generous check to be donated to the upkeep of the 14th Company's wardroom in Bancroft Hall. I sent this to Don ROYCE who takes care of all contributions for this particular item.

In connection with this wardroom (for first classmen only) it was dedicated in its new location on Sunday, 4 June, during June Week. Being the only member of the class who lives in Annapolis, I was the honor guest, which I appreciated very much. It was a joyous occasion and attended by all of the first classmen in that company, their families and girl friends. In the wardroom is an enlarged photograph of the Class of 1914 which they obtained from the Naval Academy Museum.

You will find this photograph in the 1914 Lucky Bag several pages before the beginning of our biographies.

The wardroom is very attractive and the following items presented by the class are there: a bookcase containing books presented by Clare Mecum in memory of Charles; a gold colored rug; several mahogany benches; attractive cushioned chairs and a large TV set.

The officer who handles all details for the 14th Company is Lt. Robert J. Ross; he informed me that he would be glad to show this wardroom to any member of the class who should be visiting Annapolis.

"A TOAST TO THE BEST OF THEM ALL, FOURTEEN!" Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D. Struble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver S t . , Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. M. W . Hutchinson, Jr. 6 Acton Place, Annapolis, Md. 21401

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William Morrow FECHTELER. Bill died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in the late afternoon of 4 July, a few hours after he was stricken at his home in Washington. It was mercifully sudden and he was spared a lingering illness.

The immediate cause of death is believed to have been an aortic aneurism. Bill had undergone surgery for a similar trouble a year or so ago, but had come through in good shape and was a cheerful frequenter of the Army and Navy Town Club.

He was buried at Arlington on 7 July with full military honors. At the services, to pay last respects and to give tangible sympathy to the family, were classmates, old Navy, Army associates of wartime and Pentagon days, and many old friends. The pallbearers were Admiral McDonald, the Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral Anderson, former Chief of Naval Operations; Len Austin, Walt Calhoun, Mick Carney (also former CNO), George Hussey, Raddy Radford, Jim Steele, and his close friend Dr. Thomas McKnew of the National Geographic Society.

Bill was elected class president when 1916 rendezvoused at Annapolis for the Fiftieth Reunion. With wisdom—almost with clairvoyance— S H I P M A T E

he had turned our class funds over to the Alumni Association only about ten days before his death.

His steady hand on the 1916 helm will be sorely missed.

The papers ran good accounts of the highlights of his long and distinguished career, particularly his wartime service in the Pacific and the many posts of great responsibility, afloat and ashore, which he had held, including that of Chief of Naval Operations.

Bill's experience and knowledge in the fields of personnel legislation and management were unexcelled, and over the years he contributed wise and strong leadership in those all-important areas. His views on personnel matters were listened to with respect in the Congress, and were even sought in industry.

He had a reputation for being a patient and attentive listener—to requests, complaints, or even a time-worn story. As one classmate put it, "He always gave you his full attention and you knew his answer would be considered and fair."

The class says "well done" to his memory and extends heartfelt sympathy to Babe and the family.

1916 salutes the class of 1918 at Homecoming who will celebrate their golden anniversary. Those of us who were guests at the informal 1918 luncheon held at the North Island Club wish to express appreciation for the invitation to assist in celebrating the 50th anniversary of their graduation. It was a grand party. Details, we believe, will be found under '18's column.

Masqueraders. Pat and his charming wife. Flora, are now entrenched in Escondido, a quaint village on the outer fringes of San Diego. Pat managed to break his hip in a fall around Christmas and has been out of circulation until now. He has just graduated from his walker and is now navigating with little trouble with two canes. Welcome back, Flora and Pat. In June we received an invitation to attend the graduation ceremonies of Pacific College in Lakeside, Calif. Our Rosy FEINEMAN was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor and is now buried deep in his law books preparing to take his state boards. Soon there will be another shingle hanging in Long Beach and we will have another friend in court should we manage to get fouled up with the law. Congratulations, Rosy.

Now the tales of those SD 'I6-'17-'18ers are continued. 15 June found 21 of that outfit boarding the Admiral Kidd Club. Those prelims opened an interesting session. Leon FISKE, who with Marge had recently abandoned Hawaii for the time being at least, prompdy took over, winning the first contest.

Another winner also came from '16, our Soc McGINNIS, who is definitely making a run to capture the all-time champ of these contests now held by Merrill COMSTOCK. Duke CARRINGTON, who has been out of circulation for some time due to poor health, came aboard and was given a warm welcome. Duke appears to be doing well in his battie to avoid the medics and the NH, for which we are glad.

Marguerite and Amos ROOT celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on 7 June. Marguerite has not been too well lately, thus the celebration was a quiet one with only the members of the family attending. They were married in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Providence, R. I. Their family consists of two sons and their wives, a niece, and 5 grandchildren. Congratulations, Marguerite and Amos!

Remember Pat Donavin '08? Pat is an honorary member of our class dating back to those days just before graduation when he coached the

Ing KILAND, ably assisted by Chippo ROGERS, gave a glowing account of the happenings at the recent '17 50th anniversary held in Annapolis. There was also a birthday to celebrate. Our elder statesman. Possum WEBB, reached his 40th-plus milestone and was accorded the cake-candle treatment, accompanied by the best efforts at harmony by those scoundrels after a warm-up trial. With that this session was terminated, setting 13 July as the next confrontation. . . . That day arrived with 27 of the outfit reporting aboard. Same club and the same

general procedure. A new champ was crowned in those prelims. Soc McGinnis had won, taking over from Merrill Comstock, who reigned over these many moons. All hail the new champ! The main attraction was to have been the presentation of a framed print of the U. S. Naval Academy as it appeared in 1908—one of those beautiful prints turned out by the Hingham Original Print Co. In the absence of the president of the club, who was unfortunately callecl away, Mr. Jack Austin, the affable manager of the club, accepted with pleasure. This picture now hangs on the bulkhead where the ladder to the second deck and the main dining room takes off. George Chapline brought his son, George, Jr., and Stan Strong '29.

We were pleased to learn that George, Jr., was recendy awarded his Doctor's degree from Cal Tech in nuclear physics. He was warmly congratulated for this achievement. Also, our newest compatriots, Wilbur Shown '17 and Watson Bailey '18, were inducted into the group. Then birthday acknowledgements were held. There were five of them: George Chapline, 9 July; Fred Haeberle, 18 July; Soc McGinnis, 23 July; Erky Erskine and B. Cochrane, 27 July. Erky could not make the party, so Tommy Sprague was his proxy and consumed Erky's cake. It was a grand party.

President, RAdm. Walter C. Calhoun, USN (Ret.), 4230 Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016 Sec'y, Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.r) 248 King George St., Annapolis, Md. 21401

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The usual 1916-17 luncheon was held at the Army and Navy Club on 15 June. Those attending: Brady, (3alhoun, Dean, Small, Hanafee, Jenkins, Forshew, and Noble. A motion was made and seconded at the luncheon to cancel the July and August luncheons and to meet again on Thursday, 21 Sept. The vote of approval was unanimous.

Cap WARD writes in, "Molly and I—but I am certain it includes everyone who attended'— would like to try to adequately express our sincere and keen appreciation of the splendid way the whole reunion was planned and executed.

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Credit to this goes to you and your troops. Letters that I have received since the reunion bristie with praise. It could not have been better." Cap also states, "that I had no business coming to the reunion as I had been suffering from arthritis, but thought it a do or die proposition. I came home in a wheel chair."

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Lisle SMALL underwent an emergency operation at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, on 12 May at the time of the 50th reunion of the class.

Later he was transferred to the Naval Hospital, Bethesda. At the present time he is at home recuperating. All the class wish you well.

On 1 July a check made payable to the Midshipmen Welfare Fund was forwarded to RAdm. S. H. Kinney, Commandant of Midshipmen, in the amount of $100 for continuation of the Wardroom Sponsoring Program for the 17th Company of Midshipmen established by the class of 1917.

From Walt Calhoun: Mrs. J. H. Conyne was present at the 50th Reunion of the class of 1917, USNA, at Annapolis, Md. Unfortunately, her name was unknowingly omitted from the list of widows attending when submitted to Shipmate for editing in the June-July edition.

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Sec'y, RAdm. E. E. Duvall, USN (Ret.) Apt. 755-B, The Westchester Washington, D. C. 20016

E. W. WUNCH reports that whenever possible he and Eleanor make trips within continental USA, to Hawaii and other islands. They have three sons, two possessing Master's degrees; one Ph.D.; five grandchildren, one nearly ready for college. "E W " further speaks of the usual ills associated with old age; which ills they are trying valiantly to overcome.

Joe FOWLER is now vice president of Disneyland Operations and in addition is chairman of the Board of WED (Walter E. Disney) Enterprises, which enterprise is responsible for all Disneyland design work including that projected for Florida, namely Disneyland EasL As that operation gets moving, we hope to see more of Joe on this coast.

From El Cajon we learn that Don CURTIS has "been up to his neck in avocados," having just picked the biggest crop he has ever had. He and Frances were so "done in" at the finish that they took off for a few days' rest and relaxation in Sequoia. (Don also had harvested a good crop of Macadamia nuts.) They expect to leave El Cajon the day after Labor Day and motor east, stopping off for a look at Expo 67 in Montreal, then through New England, New York City, the Poconos, Baltimore and then to Annapolis for our 50th reunion.

Writing to us recendy, Gordon ROWE told that his youngest son, Roger Mayes Rowe, was married on 15 April to Miss Suanne Cunningham of Lowellville, Ohio, and that Gordon and his wife Doric flew east to the ceremony.

Nell Bannerman has been living ^t 20 Myrtie Court, Columbia, S. C , for the past' three years.

She attends Retired Officer affairs about every three months, does a lot of Red Cross volunteer work and in addition has a small part-time job.

Tommy and Margie TOMLINSON have returned from their annual Mexican hegira after spending four pleasant months at Audencia Bay fishing, swimming, hunting, etc. with trailerite 42

pals. Tommy reports that he has become pretty skillful in dodging loose livestock (burros, etc.), pilgrims, et al., on Mexican highways, but the horde of "fast backs" piloted by reliefers and welfarers on U. S. highways gives him the "willies." He plans to attend the reunion of "Golden Eagles" at NAS San Diego on 20 July and to quote from his letter: "If the C-140 which I use occasionally is in order and if my arthritis will permit me to crawl in and out of the cockpit, I will fly it out once more to cover the western part of the route I followed in October 1925 flying my JN-4D from duty at the NA to duty with Fighting Squadron Two." Coming east by car, the Tomlinsons will visit their daughter Sheila Olson and her husband Cdr. Hal Olson, USCG, who have a home in Bowie, Md. Sam HAIGHT wrote to us on the eve of his departure for Bozeman, MonL, in which area he expects to remain for the summer. In fact, for the last 15 years, he tells us, he has spent most of the spring, summer, and fall in the Rockies; trout fishing is the strong magnet that draws him out there, with some days of duck shooting. On the occasion of '17's golden anniversary in May, Sam had a reunion of his own with his one-time 9th Companymate, USNA swimming teammate and shipmate in USS HURON, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet窶馬amely Capt. Charles K. Post '19.

Having swum for USNA in 1915, '16, and '17, Haight and Post, when in the HURON, organized a team that competed with local swimming clubs up and down the China coast: Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Chefoo. In the Magellan Carnival of 1920, Quartermaster Cooper, Post and Sam represented the HURON. Post made off with two gold medals and a Far Eastern record for the 100-yard back stroke, while Cooper and Haight competed in the 100- and 220-yard free style events; all collected assorted medals, cigarette cases and cups. Surely this was a fine reunion of two friends who flew the "Gold and Blue" on the far China station.

And speaking of reunions, we had the privilege and pleasure of attending some of the events during '17's celebration of their Golden Anniversary in May last at Annapolis. Aside from seeing many other old friends, it was my special treat to greet my first roommate, Charles Weitzel, who, along with his wife Vi, had journeyed all the way from Auckland, N. Z. Topics under the general category of "Do you remember when?" were tossed back and forth somewhat in the same manner that Charles used to fling me around preparatory to his more formal wresding bouts in the gym.

We have the following from Don CURTIS on '18's West Coast Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation luncheon: "It was 28 June, exactly 50 years since the class of '18 graduated from the Naval Academy. Of course big plans are afoot for an appropriate celebration at Homecoming weekend in Annapolis in the fall, but this was the day on the west coast. The San Diego group of '18, though small in number, was doing something about i t The Sprague, Curtis, Nichols trio had been busy with plans for weeks and today meant an early rising for all hands as the climax was in sight. The Neptune Room at North Island Officers' Club was a flurry of activity as the men reviewed their plans and the girls, graciously assisted by Lily Thornhill, beautified the goldclothed table with Navy ribbons, gold-sprayed Macadamia leaves and an abundance of the clearest blue lilies of the Nile from the Nichols' garden.

Claire Sprague gave the final touches to the accent bouquets and arranged the home-produced small chow for the KTs. The final count of 72 showed 33 from '18 including 6 class widows with their attractive blue and gold corsages, 24 from '16 and 15 from '17.

"Happy Hour was a delightful blur of beaming faces, lots of chatter and tall tales of 'do you remember?' Some had not seen each other since graduation. The local '18ers aside from the com-

mittee were Barnes, Bailey, Erskine, Perkins and Williams-Foote. J. W. Rogers came from Seattie and Lyle Henifin from Kingman, Ariz. From Calif, there were Dr. Hank Stailey from Santa Rosa, Red Lockhart from Palo Alto, busy Joe Fowler from Corona Del Mar, busy because he is the man that makes Disneyland tick, and Tim Withers from Laguna Hills. Drawing numbers for seating signaled chow time. Only the head table were given their numbers, for the rest it was chance and suspense. Prior to 'piping down' we all joined hands for a moment of silent prayer for those who left our ranks, followed by 'The Lord's Prayer' in unison. There were no interruptions to our spring luncheon of fresh fruit cup, crab Louie and orange parfait with triple sec.

Then Don Curtis introduced our class widows: Marie Gotten, Zoya Farrell, Rachael Fischler, Phylis Kedder, Annabel Sprague and Lily Thornhill. They were followed by a bow from those at the head table: Tommy and Claire Sprague, our organizers, Don and Cess Curtis assists, Joe our five striper, and Maurie Fowler, Fred and Faye Haeberle from '17 (Fred had a few well chosen thoughts for us), and Bunny and Polly Cochrane from '16. Bunny spoke of the deep affection among the three classes. Joe read a telegram from the Washington Committee wishing happiness for our graduation day party and he issued a warm invitation to those present to visit him in 'The Magic Kingdom.' He then proposed a toast to '18. This was followed by toasts from Tommy Sprague to the President and a final one to the Navy.

"By this time all the champagne had been consumed, so, led by our very able Dorothy Nichols and accompanied by our talented Claire Sprague, we sang Navy Blue and Gold, There's an Aggregation, Anchors Aweigh, Halls of Montezuma, Eternal Father, and God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again. What we lacked in harmony we made up for in nostalgia. It was a good party."

We would like to comment upon the passing of our esteemed classmate, VAdm. Leland Pearson LOVETTE who, both from his devotion to the service and from his accomplishments in private life, we believe to have been one of the outstanding members of our class. His official biography recounts all of the duties he skillfully performed while in the service, at sea and on shore assignment; they speak for themselves. As for his life after retirement, we find ourselves unable to chronicle in any detail his many and varied interests in history and religion and research here and abroad; or to mention the many articles he wrote, speeches given and travels made. We admired his incessant search for knowledge in all fields, and for his charities. One benevolence, though of long ago, was told to us recendy by his widow, Charmian. It seems that when Leon was skipper of the PAMPANGA in China in 1924, his top mess boy brought his son on board to help in the pantry. This promising litrie Chinese boy, by his untiring industry, endeared himself to all hands. In the course of his cruise in Chinese waters, Lovette somehow put a stop to the fighting between rival brigand forces. Having found favor at home for preserving the peace, Lovette's request to bring the Chinese boy to the United States was granted. Lovette paid the boy's way and sent him to school in Tennessee, where the lad graduated from State Normal College, later taking a Master's degree at the University of Southern California. This enterprising Chinese boy, now a grown man and successful in business on the west coast, journeyed all the way from San Francisco to attend Leon's funeral. (Thus we see the fruit of Leon's original kindness of many years ago.) At that service, the Rev. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson spoke the following words which we, with Dr. Elson's permission, take the liberty of quoting in part: "Leland Lovette was naturally and instinctively the gentieman. He seemed to be free from guile, S H I P M A T E

resentment, or jealously or envy. . . . an advocate of good citizenship . . . he knew and understood the meaning of our national heritage and the necessity for maintaining the rich traditions and ceremonies as they contribute to national strength and well-being."

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Sec'y, VAdm, H. R. Thurber, USN (Ret.), 1661 Crescent PI., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20009

With deep regret we record that two more classmates no longer answer "Present"—Rosie FITCH and Mort SELIGMAN. Rosie died in his sleep at his residence, 3668 Adams St., Riverside, Calif., 31 May. Graveside services were held at .Arlington National Cemetery 7 June with full military honors. He was laid to rest sharing in the plot with his wife, Louise Jarman Fitch, who died 15 August 1951. Honorary pallbearers were Callaghan, DuVal, Dyer, Fink, Hicks, King. Settle, Tarbutton and Thurber.

Class flowers were sent. Surviving Rosie is his only brother, Mr. Guy G. Fitch of Inyokern, Calif., who expressed great appreciation to the class of 1919 for taking part in the services.

Mort Seligman died at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, 9 July. A memorial service, well attended, was held in the Naval Air Station Chapel, San Diego, on the 12th. After cremation, burial was in the National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N. M., on die 19tii. Tom JETER and Chick CARTER represented '19 at the memorial service and flowers were sent in the name of the class to the service in Santa Fe. Surviving are Mort's widow, Adelia, of 350 J Avenue, Ojronado, Calif., and his mother, Mrs. Ruth Stevenson of Santa Fe. We also are saddened to log the passing of Harriet Ramsey, beloved wife of our RAdm. Logan C. Ramsey. Harriet died of cancer 29 May at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. Services were held at Fort Myer Chapel 2 June, followed by interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers were '19 classmates Callaghan, Fink, DuVal, Dyer, Greer, Settie, Thurber and Wisenbaker. Other '19ers present at the services included the Rochesters, Tarbuttons, Nellie Stevens, Dulany Dierdorff, Virginia Kincaid.

Harriet and Logan met while attending high schools in Washington, and were married upon his graduation 6 June 1918 from the Naval Academy. During Logan's career as a naval aviator, they were stationed in Washington on many occasions, and on Ford Island at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. After his retirement, they lived in Philadelphia. In addition to Logan, Harriet is survived by a daughter, Mary Ann Ramsey of Philadelphia; a son, Logan C , Jr. of Hollywood; two brothers, retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Robert C. Kilmartin of Washington and retired Marine Corps Col. Frank L. Kilmartin of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Richard G. Paine of Falls Church, Va., and Mrs. Albert C. Clarke of Richmond. Logan and their children were profoundly touched to have his classmates act as honorary pallbearers, and by their being with him, before and after the services, at the Brighton, where he stayed before remrning to Philadelphia.

Preparations for Homecoming—Friday, 20 Oct., through Sunday, 22 Oct.—are beginning to firm up. In addition to the Academy's homecoming events. Harry and Betsy ROCHESTER renew their invitation to Nineteeners (including widows) to cocktails at Alumni House 1645-1845 Saturday the 21st, after the football game with William and Mary. And Dulany Dierdorff invites Nineteeners to an informal, post-chapel gathering at her home on Sunday the 22nd, saying: "You-all come!

Heah?"

Incidentally, Nellie Stevens will not be "at home" this Homecoming, but will be back from a month's transcontinental tour (Denver, Hollywood, (Coronado, Indiana) in time for the Rochesters' party, at least.

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Also, speaking of Annapolis, Alice Vose has sold the Vose home in Amherst, N. H., and bought a house on Southgate Ave. in Annapolis. She will be a most welcome addition to the '19 colony there.

George and Adaline DYER are scheduled to return to Annapolis mid-September from "Summer Simmer Down" in Melvin Village, N. H., driving by way of the Ralph ROBERTSes in El mira, N. Y., and the Dick CRAWFORDs in Port Royal, Pa. By the time this Shipmate is on the stands, monthly cla.ss luncheons at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, will have been resumed. The first one was set for Tuesday, 5 SepL, the second for Tuesday noon, 3 Oct. So far this year, before the summer hiatus, these class luncheons have been enjoyable and well-attended.

Bill CALLAGHAN had a couple of rounds with Bethesda this last spring and summer, and came away the end of July with winner's honors.

Don and Henriette KING visited in August at Virginia Beach with daughter Annie (Dietrich) and family of four—one daughter, three sons.

Cdr. "Beau" Dietrich, father of the four King grandchildren, is commanding a destroyer in Vietnamese waters.

Dan McGURL, sending in his biography and corrections for the 50th Directory, notes that he has re-retired from the instructional staff at Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia, that he still maintains an active interest in Merion civic affairs, and that he and Helen hope to travel.

Lee MILLS, with a check for dues, says Shorty is about the same, and that he would like to see any Nineteeners coming by Fairview Rest Home, Route 6, Asheville, N. C. Jack REDMAN, west coast associate, sends in news of others and fills us in on his and Lillian's schedule. At the time of writing, he was about to drive up to the Bohemian Grove to help open camp for the summer two-week annual encampment to be held the last two weeks of July. He and Lillian planned to take off for Minnesota late August or early September, "driving with our golf clubs in the car." He adds "Lillian and I, by the way, hope to drive back to the 50th next year."

Venus SHORT reported to Jack in mid-June that his new address as of 29 June would be 851 P. Ronda Mendoza, Laguna Hills, Calif. 92653.

He and Carolyn sold their house in Pacific Grove.

Jack writes: "Shorty says tell Ray they are not so modest, just shy; and besides he couldn't see so well to write, due to his eye operation; but now he can see good with his left eye. He said his golf was worse than mine (and that's bad!)."

Chick CARTER wrote Jack: "My Ruth and I are taking Manana Southern California in our stride, and so long as we don't try to do the hundred-yard dash in ten flat, find it all to our liking. I still manage to do something in real estate, and can see no end to its activity. . . .

Sorry I haven't more news, but take heart when I realize that at this time of our lives, 'no news is good news'."

Russ IHRIG writes: "We are moving . . . to a bluff over the American River, five minutes from first tee. No orchard. 'Repeat,' says Peg, 'no orchard.' Pool and air-conditioning will encourage daily siesta of about four hours. Cheerio."

New address: 6245 Rio Bonito Drive, Carmichael, Ca. 95608. (By my map, about 15 miles northeast of Sacramento, and not too far from Lake Tahoe.)

Bert GRIFFITHS writes that their ties with the east coast are chiefly through Shipmate and the class, and they may not make the 50th. He hints, however, "We do have east coast visitors" and welcome them.

Sophie (Thompson) Smith writes she plays golf quite often with Bebs Jeter, that she sees Ann Richardson and Hazel Roper at meetings in

San Diego of the Sub-Chapter of the Society of Sponsors, of which they are members. Sophie says she and Don ('21) are learning a new type of life—vacationing in a camper-truck. So far they have explored Baja California, and in June were off for six weeks discovering Alaska!

Jack Redman says that Marian and Jo-Jo ANDERSON came to a cocktail party he and Lillian gave at Treasure Island, and that Jo-Jo found a comfortable chair and had "a great time." Chick CARMINE and the Charlie RENDs were other '19ers present. Jack says Paul LEE is still "coming along good."

Nineteeners will receive soon the plans for our 50th Anniversary Reunion, as basically decided upon in the '19 business meeting at our 49th reunion. Yen CONEY has graciously consented to serve as special assistant to the class chairman and will be the man-on-the-spot concerning arrangements for accommodations, programs, and the like.

Malcolm and Marcia SCHOEFFEL spent the summer "up north," basing on their apartment in Alexandria, Va., and seeing children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. They "have transportation for Europe and return in September via the so-called Army and Navy Club excursion.

Then back to Naples (Fla.), where we have recendy become citizens, in late October or early November." . . . Red wrote your class secretary the end of May as follows: "In the Class Bulletin you allude to a reputation given us by the Settles of being golf and bridge players. Now I wish to make a very precise distinction. We admit to spending a lot of time on the golf course and at the bridge table, but I haven't the gall to make any claims beyond thaL Nevertheless, we accept gladly the Ihrigs' challenge for May '68; and other challengers may form line to the right. (See P.S.)" . . "P.S. My cribbage championships of the Pacific Ocean Areas (1945), Mediterranean Sea (1949) and Fairfax County, Va. (1950 to date) remain undefeated. Any takers?"

(Ed. Note. Me, I'm an acey-deucey man. One of my grandsons has a silver cup originally presented to me, and on which is inscribed the fact that I was the champion acey-deucey player of the Pacific Fleet in 1929 and 1930, and of the Atiantic Ocean in 1951 and 1952. Perhaps I can be coaxed out of retirement to defend my titles, provided challengers present duly accredited qualifications. HRT) Sec'y, Capt. Roswell B. Daggett, USN (Ret.), P. 0. Box 201 Annapolis, Md. 21404

As Stated in the Last Call section of Shipmate, Swede MOMSEN died on 25 May at Bay Pine Veterans Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery on the 31sL The following from the class were honorary pallbearers: Haff, Hague, Savvy Harrison, Hepburn, Lyon, Nibecker and Osborn. Also attending were Bryan, Crowe, the Daggetts, Goggins, Marilyn Hepburn, Holsinger, Korns, Wap Martin, Mead, Clyde Smith and the Wachriers.

I have had a very nice note from Swede's widow, Anne, in which she thanked the class of '20 for the kindness and help given to her. She was particularly appreciative of the assistance given by Harry MARKELL, who lives in S L Petersburg, and by Don OSBORN who handles funerals for classmates in Washington. Anne stated that she had received a beautiful "Certificate" honoring Swede for his devotion to his country from the President. Also she included a copy of a letter she had received from SecNav which stated in part that "Admiral Momsen was unquestionably a master of submarine warfare, as he was described in the citation for his Navy Cross. More than that, he was a man whose inspiring and manifold efforts in the service of his country brought greater safety to his fellow submariners and lent special honor to the Navy."

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Anne said Swede suffered terribly this last year, but never once complained and died as he lived, fighting to conquer "this thing too." Harpers is publishing his life on 26 Sept. entided The Rescuer. Swede did get to see a rough copy of it.

Anne intends to continue to reside in St. Petersburg at 2840 Edwards Ave., South.

Harold PARKER was kind enough to bring me up to date in news of his family. It was all good except one part referring to Harold himself. His oldest grandson has completed his three-year assignment to active duty as a LL(jg) (SC) USNR as supply and disbursing officer of a destroyer. Number two grandson was summoned by his draft board from college and is now in the regular Army as a tank repair specialist. Number three, Robert Douglas Wightman, entered the Naval Academy in June as a member of the class of 1971. Others in the family, including two great-grandsons, are doing fine.

But Harold said Betty and he did not go to the swearing-in ceremony at the Academy because he has had another recurrence of cancer in his throat. Harold says there is no secret about his condition and no reason it should not be mentioned in this column so his friends elsewhere will know. He is still at home, with weekly visits to Oakland Naval Hospital, but successful control appears unlikely. I hope his many friends will write to him.

Since Shipmate is published bimonthly during the summer, there are two class luncheons at the Army and Navy Club to reporL On 26 May attendance was 17, which included Browder, Bryan, Christmas, Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Curts, Daggett, Hague, Holsinger, Lyon, Meade, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Pearson, Thompson and Wachtier. At this luncheon class officers elected for the ensuing year are: president. Jack LYON; secretary, Ros DAGGETT; treasurer, Don OSBORN. At the 30 June luncheon, 19 attended as follows: Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Daggett, Savvy Harrison, Holsinger, Felix Johnson, Lyon, Mansfield, Mead, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Patterson, Plaskett, Clyde Smith, Swanson, Thompson, Wachtier and Ed Wilson.

Wally HIGGINS sent in his biography from Japan where he has lived for the past 22 years, having arrived there on a military government team assigned to the 41st Infantry Division. In 1950 he established a business in Japan as industrial consultant which is still flourishing. Over the years he has become involved in establishing new businesses and representing both American and Japanese firms. He is also involved in an insurance business, public relations and real estate. Currently he is spending much time in connection with land reclamation and industrial development of Okinawa. By his first marriage in 1919 he had four sons. He is now married to a Japanese lady of high standing whom those of us who attended our 45th reunion had the pleasure of meeting.

Sueno is most charming and we hope to see her again at our 50th. This marriage resulted in two sons who are now in high school. Their new home is at Atsugi Heights. From 1946-64 they lived in Yokosuka where Wally still maintains an office. He speaks Japanese fluentiy. His address is Wallace L. Higgins, 1543 Terao, Ayase Machi Koza Gun, Kanagawa, Japan.

Another non-grad, whom it is always a pleasure to hear from, is Urban Tigner HOLMES, who maintains a strong interest in our class. He is a professor at the University of N. C , at Chapel Hill. He expects to be attending a Fulbright Committee meeting in Washington towards the end of July and hopes he can arrange to attend our class luncheon on the 28th. His second son-in-law, CapL Hampton Hubbard, is presentiy Chief of Urology at Bethesda. I thought some of you oldsters might want to know this. At least it will give you something in common to talk about during that unpleasant examination. Dr. Hubbard's oldest son entered the Naval Academy in 46

June with the class of 1971. Tigner Holmes reports 17 grandchildren.

I had a nice note from Jean Hopwood. She says she tries to keep busy with local volunteer work as well as baby-sitting with the grandchildren.

With the slightest excuse she will dash down to Bethesda where young Hoppy is on duty. Del FAHRNEY reports that they are ensconced on their Littie Grenadier Island, Rockport, Ontario, Canada, until 17 Sept. The DAGGETTs enjoyed two weeks during June in Georgia.

Sabby SABALOT took his two oldest granddaughters to France the latter part of June. Sabby remained for about three weeks when he returned home. The girls will remain abroad until the end of the summer and will attend a school in France whose enrollment is limited to 10 students. I heard today, 20 July, that the night before last Sabby had pains in his chest, called a doctor and was taken to the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, where he is being treated for a heart condition. He is not allowed visitors but is resting comfortably. Shortly before leaving for France, Sabby sold his home on Conduit S L , Annapolis, and moved to an apartment in Watergate Village in Eastport. His address is 670 Americana Drive, Apt. 26, Annapolis, Md. 21403.

Other address changes: W. A. P. THOMPSON, 756 Fairview Ave., Apt. D, Annapolis, Md. 21403. G. A. PATTERSON, 762 Fairview Ave., Apt. E, Annapolis, Md. 21403. R. T. COWDREY, 38 Grumman Hill Road, Wilton, Conn., 06897.

By the way, we now have 24 classmates living in Annapolis.

Paul and Emily HEINEMAN again invite the class to their home immediately following the Homecoming game with William and Mary on 21 Oct. Their address is 343 Dewey Drive, Annapolis, which is in the Admiral Heights section close by the stadium.

Sec'y, Capt. S. S. Bunting, USN (Ret.) Kensington House, 10225 Kensington Parkway, Kensington, Wld. 20795

The Washington-Annapolis group held a cocktail dinner party at the Army and Navy Town Club in Washington on 25 May. The following attended: Wop Barbaro and Fran Hunt, the Fred Boones, the Cat Browns and their son LCdr. Randolph Brown, USN; Oz Colcloughs, Jim Dudley, Homer Eimers, Alwilda Ferris, Bill Fletchers, Fully FuUinwiders, Nemo Gaineses, Dan Gallerys, Van Hamiltons, Harold Hauser, Wilson Leggetts, Kitty Van Zant, Blackie Loker, Lulu Lee Bowman, Country Moores, George Russells, Oral Swigarts, Lindy Jamison, Ed Thompsons, Pinky Thorp, Josie Herd, Allen Blow Cook and Rosie Booth.

Allen Blow recentiy left for London to spend the summer. He tells me that London is the finest summer resort in the world. Allen is very popular in England, where he served during the war years, and he will have his usual gay time I am sure.

Our beloved classmate, Dave JOHNSON, died at Tripler General Hospital on 26 May. Dave had a distinguished career as a naval aviator and received many decorations including the Navy Cross. A memorial service was held in the Submarine Base Chapel at Pearl Harbor, with Olee Olson representing the class. Another service was held for Dave in the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis on 16 June. The following classmates attended: Blackie Loker, Harold and Vera Houser, Dolly Fitzgerald, Don Giles, Willie Sewell, Charlie Erck, Van Hamilton, Bill Fletcher, Homer Eimers and Ken Noble. Dave was interred at the Naval Academy. He leaves his wife Florence of Honolulu, two brothers and a sister.

Dan GALLERY has been visiting various ships of the Sixth Fleet to gather up-to-date material for future use in his professional writings. He arrived on board USS SARATOGA on 1 July and left her on the 7th.

Frank and Jerry SHANNONHOUSE spent several days recently visiting the Joe SAURETTES at their home in Chatham, Va. Bob JASPERSON's youngest son Michael, now an associate professor of English and history at the Naval Academy, recently received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in European history at Georgetown University. Michael graduated with distinction. We are very proud of him.

George YOUNG, Lt. USN (ReL), is now living in Apartment lOA at 812 Park Ave., New York City.

We just received the tragic news of the death of the Oral SWIGARTs' youngest son, Robert, on Independence Day. Services were held in F L Myer Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery on 19 July with full military honors.

Robert, a captain in the Marine Corps, was in command of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, which was engaged in heavy fighting in the area just south of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam. Born in Annapolis on 15 Jan. 1923, he had attended Penn State University and in 1953 joined the Marines. He leaves his widow Lorraine; two sons, Robert W. Jr. 6, and David 4, and a daughter Christine 2, who live in Oceanside, Calif.

The following members of '21 attended the funeral: McCollums, Purves, Housers, Don Giles, Louise Eimers (Homer was on a trip to Florida), Lamdins, Blackie Loker, Syd Bunting and the Beards.

Tommy DELL, Frank EGGERS, and Sugar and Willie SCHINDLER represented '21 at the fourth annual reunion of the American Battleship Assn. in Las Vegas 8-11 June. Any BB sailors interested in this worthy and objective organization of old salts can get information and membership application (yearly dues S3) from the American Batdeship Association, P. O. Box 11247, San Diego, Ca. 92111. The reunion for 1968 will be held in San Francisco and in Seattle in 1969.

Hook BUTTERFIELD reports that the following classmates attended the monthly get-together on 23 May at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego: Acuff, Butterfield, Curry, Hickey, Bascom Jones, McHugh, McKee, Miller (USMC), O'Brien, Perdue, Roberts, Rockwell, Stafford, Don Smith and Wray.

Charlotte and Ed KLINE returned from a trip to Hawaii in May. They had been visiting their son, Capt. Ed Kline, Jr., and family. Ed Jr. has a very interesting assignment on the staff of CinCPac. While in Honolulu the Klines attended a party at the Bobby Morses (1922) where they ran into Ole Olson and Johnny Heath's widow.

On 28 June instead of holding our usual monthly luncheon at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, we met at the Alumni House, Annapolis. The luncheon was unusually good, with Crabtown's famous crabmeat as the main course and served in the attractive patio back of the House. There was a large turnout consisting of Fitzgerald, Loker, Cat Brown, Giles, Fletcher, Lamdin, Erck, Barbaro, Purves, Bunting, Dudley, Ed Thompson, Houser, Condon, Swigart, Sewell, Jasperson, Noble, Van Hamilton, and Eimers.

BAY AREA NEWS On 2 June, the Bay Area '21ers celebrated the 50th anniversary of our entrance into the Navy with a cocktail party and dinner-dance at the Casa de la Vista of the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island. All hands heartily approved of the committee's work and danced until the wee small hours. The following classmates and guests attended: Irene and Monty Berthold, Pat and Ab Carlisle, Marie and Nick Carter, Florence and George Cohan, Gypsy and Nick Coulter, Virginia and Michael Creagh, Marian Cross, Lee and Dalton Davis, Marjorie and Dave Davis, Billie and Hank Divoll, Susie Duncan, Marian and Looie Entwistie, Harry and Evelyn S H I P M A T E

Guthrie, Vera and Jimmie Harris, Irene and Doc Harris, Dodie and Darrell Hoover, Lowden Jessup, Bunty and Lew Johns, Mildred and Edmund Kirby-Smith, Margaret and John Larimer, Betty and Bob Lewis, Marcia Loechler, Eleanor and Norman McKee, Virginia and John McQueen, Bobbie and John Madden, Margot and Al Main, Dodie and Scup Miller, Kay and Slats Moore, Ruth and Phil Nichols, .Anice Ramsey, Corinne and Jim Reisinger, Tram Roland, Ells Roth, Bess and Piggie Schwien, Frank Talbot, .^nna Thayer, Kathie and Tommy Thomas, Bob Wadell, Mary Ann Wills, and Virginia and Charlie Woodson.

On 24 June, Virginia and John McQUEEN entertained with cocktails and dinner in their beautiful patio in Menlo Park. This was the first of a series of parties which they planned for the summer. Guests included Pat and Ab Carlisle, Brig.

Gen. and Mrs. Samuel B. Griffith, Margot and Al Main, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McKelvy, Anice Ramsey, Corinne and Jim Reisinger, Kathie and Tommy Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Jan Tibbe.

Bess and Piggie SCHWIEN have returned from a visit with their grandson and his bride. Ens. and Mrs. James A. Boorman, III. Skip is presently the legal officer at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Fallon, Nev. Raleigh Stanton Hales, Jr. was married to Diane Cecilia Moore on 8 July at the St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church in Long Beach.

Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller Farm, R2 Box 146, Mercersburg, Pa. 17236

NOTICES Plans are progressing nicely for our 45th reunion at Homecoming in October. A full schedule of events has been arranged and a large mrnout is expected.

Classmates: Milton "Mary" MILES' book about his wartime advenmres in China is scheduled for publication by Doubleday and Company in October.

From Denver comes a note in which Charlie McWHINNIE reports that he and Edna left in early May on a trip to Europe, later attending the Rotary International Convention at Nice, France.

"While in Nice we had the pleasure of a visit with our classmate, Cy Olch.

"Cy was very hospitable and we enjoyed seeing him. He entertained us with excellent cocktails and a delicious lunch. He also gave us a lot of information about the area and showed us around the city.

"As you may know, he leads a very cosmopolitan life in a delightful part of the world. He seems completely at home there and speaks the language like a native. He reported that Duke Guider had visited him earlier this month. Cy is hopeful that he will be able to attend the 45th reunion this year."

Stevens Institute of Technology has published a comprehensive and most interesting book. Research at Stevens, Report for 1966. Opening with a foreword by the Institute's Director of Research, Howard OREM, the report covers projects embracing a wide range of subjects in many and varied fields. Sponsors of the projects include the U. S. Navy, NASA, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U. S. Army, U. S. Air Force, Department of Interior, Atomic Energy Commission and a host of other federal agencies together with numerous private corporations.

Omer and LilLa KNEELAND sailed in SS SANTA MERCEDES on 27 May, through the canal and as far south as Callao, Peru. "It was rough going— crossing the equator (my first offense—and they laid for m e ) , " writes Omer. "I am now a Shellback—my sprained back is almost back in shape.

On the return trip, got off in Panama and had five delightful days at the El Panama Hilton.

Then took SS ORSOVA to San Francisco, very British, but the food was marvelous."

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Written from Moraga, Calif., he enclosed the following extract from the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine of October 1953. This, for the first time to my knowledge, provides to the class the details of Eddie's demise.

"Edward Bernard LYNCH died April 13 of a heart attack in Minneapolis, where he had lived for many years. He was survived by his wife Louise; two boys, Dennis and Michael (the latter on active duty with the Air Force in Japan); and a daughter Mary. Eddie was famous as a fighting competitor, from his high school days in Aberdeen, S. D., where he was all-state quarterback, throughout his life, ."^t Dartmouth, he was unanimous choice for All-Eastern end in 1922 and was rated high among All-American candidates. In addition, he was Eastern Intercollegiate boxing champion. He joined "Doc' Spears at Minnesota as end coach, and coached at Iowa, Wisconsin and Carleton College. He had a successful business career with the investment firm of Merrill Lynch (no relation), Pierce, Fenner and Beane, in Minneapolis, where he was president of the Twin City Bond Club and a member of the Investment Bankers of America. At the outbreak of World War I Eddie resigned from the U. S. Naval Academy to enlist in the Marines, and returned to active duty as a naval officer. He had been an active hunter and fisherman, owning a cabin in the woods near the Twin Cities, on a trout stream."

Frank Edwin FAHLQUIST died in Barrington, R. I., on 1 Jan. '67. He entered the Naval Academy from the ranks, and plebe year roomed with Phil Goldsmith; they were both caught by the Medical Department for weak eyes and had to resign. Ed then went to Brown University. He became an internationally recognized authority and consultant on water supply and engineering geology and traveled to all continents for his work. He was, at various times, consultant to the U. S. Engineers, War Department, the United Fruit Co., and the governments of Colombia, Argentina, and Iran, working on large dams and other public works construction.

Ed worked on such large-scale reservoir projects as the Quabbin and the Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel; was senior geologist and engineer for the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission in Massachusetts, and later worked with the Army Engineers on the Connecticut Valley Flood Control for nine years as geologist and area senior engineer.

He was semi-retired in 1961. He had been a trustee of the Merriam Library, West Brookfield, Mass., and Deacon Emeritus of the Barrington Congregational Church.

Sherman CLARK advised, "I am off for bonnie Scotland and points south (Spain) shortly after August firsL I'll be back home at the end of September."

Getting into the numerical spirit of Reunion 45, Ruth and Murray STOKES celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on 22 July. In the form of a picnic supper at Cxjnsuelo and Strib SNODGRASS' farm in Martinsburg, W. Va., they were joined by a few other sojourners on that famous trip to the west coast aboard USS ARGONNE. Eleanor and Bev COLEMAN and Ruth and George COOPER recalled memories of the trip with Strib and the honorees. Harriet and Jerry STACEY rounded out the 1922 contingent.

Recorder, RAdm. Arthur A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), 3900 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20008 Actg. Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow, (SC) USN (Ret.), 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis, Md. 21401

From Skinny Joe's tiring hands, I have grabbed the torch (translate buck) for the Shipmate column. We hope to keep "stirring up responsiveness in a bunch of independent" classmates. To bring the AGETON hegira up-to-date, Jo and Art flew

back from three lovely months in Hawaii, Art via San Francisco, Jo via Coronado, where she picked up her mother, then all stopped by Boulder, Colo., to visit Arthur A., Jr., USNA '64, who works for Action Research Institute and is candidate for an advanced degree at the University of Colorado.

We arrived home in May and will strive to carry on Skinny Joe's excellent production until we begin wandering again in January 1968. We are enjoying Mary Jo Ageton Binder's two lovely girl-children, Ainslie half-past-3 and Hilary just 2. We second Skinny Joe's amusing remarks anent the hazards of baby sitting at an advancing age.

Karl HENSEL phoned while brief-stopping in the Nation's Capital to visit daughter and grandchildren. Olive and Karl spent 18 May-28 June as follows: Flew to London, thence to Norway and wonderful Copenhagen, writes glowingly of touring England (Chilton Hills, the Cotswolds, Valley of the Wye) in a Vauxhall, and Ireland in an Anglia; from Shannon, flew back, and now are home again in Fort Myers, Fla., fighting a nightraiding raccoon for their mangoes. Plans for September include Washington, New Jersey, and as far west as South Dakota.

Scandinavia was the locale of Fred and Louise WITHINGTON on their 20 May to 12 June travel jaunt—by Holland American Line to Rotterdam, and from there by bus, plane, and train through Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. In each of these countries, they spent four days in the capital, then bussed about the country for a few more days. In Norway, they took a Norske freighter through the fjords to the North Cape and back; flew to Scotiand, whence they flew home. On 30 July, Fred and Louise will leave for their usual summer month in Massachusetts.

Gordon and Gussie DAISLEY report the arrival of their fourth grandchild, William P., Jr., on 22 May. The Daisleys visited Honolulu from 5 to 31 Aug., combining American Bar Association convention with "rest and rehabilitation"; good spot for it.

Al and Bunny MURDAUGH returned in May from a fascinating tour of Sicily (Siracusa, once co-capital of Greek Empire, Agrigento, Caesaria, more Greek monuments and architecture than in Greece), then flew to Athens via Malta; after seeing the Greek mainland, took the steamer trip about the Greek Isles, Mikynos, Crete, Rhodes, etc., with extended stays in the latter two, toured Agamemnon's palace. In Vienna, most appropriately, enjoyed opera "Electra." Since August 1966, after resigning from George Washington professorship in engineering, Al took a three-day-a-week position with Georgetown Research, where he still labors, too hard. Bunny says.

Savvy NORTHCUTT wrote Morris that Marie and he, in December, will move into Rossmoor retirement community (counterpart of Rossmoor, Md., where Gerry and Marge FARRAR live, when not summering in New Hampshire, as at present) —new Northcutt address: 1480 Creekside Drive, Apt. A-111, Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596. Rossmoor, Cal., is 45-minute drive from San Francisco on former Stanley Dollar estate. Savvy and Marie "enjoy reading the come-to-life '23 notes."

Louie BRENDEL and wife Emmy have also retired to Rancho Bernardo Planned Community, where Louie reports that "I am busier now than when I put in a 12-hour day as an advertising man commuting to New York City." An enclosed clipping shows that Louie is a Drama Club player, with a big badge as Sheriff in a recent play.

It is good to be editing Louie once again, as ye scribe did in the Keystone paper of the PENNSYLVANIA some years ago. The following, however, is unedited: Louie and Emmy were recentiy visited by their son, Maj. Jo Brendel, USAF (USNA '54), and his wife, Marcia Leiss Brendel, and daughters Marilyn 11, Lisa 2, and son Greg 9. Jo left in July for 13-month tour in Taiwan, the family remaining in Honolulu.

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Louis reports a happy marriage: Harry CHASE and new wife came by for a visit and a good old gabfest.

Duke CHANDLER, Louise reports, has improving health. At hand is a long clipping from Norfolk reporting that Duke has presented his collection of papers to William and Mary College, which "contains papers, articles, books, and other materials which (both as a naval officer and an educator) signify Dr. Chandler's life and his contributions to the nation, the cause of higher education, and to 20th cenmry society." The article informs us that Duke has been honored by the Republic of Italy for his contributions to education, and by the General Assembly of Virginia.

Neale and Janet DIETRICH are our travelers: to Charleston, S. C , in July for dedication of Hunley (Charieston) Naval Museum (Congressman Rivers was the speaker); in August, to Mobile, Ala., for the Silver Anniversary of the commissioning of batdeship ALABAMA, now maintained by the State of Alabama as a memorial to World War II military personnel. The occasion also feamred a reunion of all personnel who ever served in ALABAMA. DOC, as senior survivor among plank owners, made the principal address.

Joe BRIGGS, who was best man at the wedding of Bill and Marge HAMILTON, in July went to Charleston and stood up with their son William in the same capacity. In August, Joe spent some time in Maine, took in Expo 67, and visited in New Hampshire. Future plans include a trip to Europe.

Dr. Harold BEESON (Si to you-all) was slated to set up the Middle East regional medical facility for the Department of State in Iraq. The recent unpleasantness in that troubled region necessitated change of plans to Beirut, Lebanon, where Harold and Mary Leigh moved in August. Address care AmEmb, that city.

Jack SHAW, with an assist from Hube McLellan, produced the most news of '23ers "who have had the good sense to make the Great Pacific Northwest their more or less permanent headquarters," that Shipmate has ever received: Mac and Ednah McLELLAN continue living in Seatde since he retired from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. area manager. Mac carries on many community activities; received award from Instimte of Life Insurance for chairing the two-year fund drive for Crisis Clinic. Since Crisis now belongs to U. G. N., Mac directs his energy to Job Therapy, Inc., which rehabilitates prison inmates and parolees to return them to productive and self-supporting (legally) citizens. More power to you and your program, Mac. Ed COLLINS, retired from Alexander and Baldwin, home-bases in Seatde, spends time in Gearhart, Ore., and San Francisco, and was three months in Palm Springs last winter and spring.

Since retirement from the Navy, Hank and Edna AGNEW have lived in Tacoma, where he has managed the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and kept it in the black by his effective and energetic efforts to procure new members. Last year he attended the 50th anniversary of graduation from Visalia High School, Calif. Signing up for our 45th, Hank?

Harry DOWNS, who left '23 in mid-stream, retired in 1965 as chief weatherman in Seattle, after 43 years government servcie. A fine article in Seattie P-I credits him with gardening and photographic hobbies and membership in American Meteorological Society and the Federal Toastmaster's Club. He is frequentiy at the '23 table at alumni dinners.

John BROWN, with Boeing since retirement from the Navy, has returned from Alabama to Seattie and is still with their Minute Man Program. John and Rene made the grand tour of all Hawaiian Islands except Molokai (but missed Jo 48

and me; sorry John!). This summer they mushed to Alaska, Skagway and Yukon. Unable to strike gold or find the Hermit of Sharktooth Shoal, they are home again.

'23ers at 25th reunion. Don't forget our 45th!

Dates are firm for our 45th Reunion. The first event will be cocktails and buffet at the Arleigh BURKEs' home, 8624 Fenway Dr., Bethesda, on 16 May 1968. Plans have been made for the Naval Academy and Annapolis 17-19 May 1968, but the detailed schedule is not yet firm. The first reunion notice will be mailed to all classmates and widows this fall. In the meantime, send in a fresh address if changed; send any suggestions or ideas about our 45th to Fred Withington (who has that torch), 5141 Palisade Lane, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016.

Owen E. "Buck" CARTMEL, retired Army for some years, home-based in Seattle, travels to Colorado, California, Mexico and way points.

M. Moine MILLER operates the Where-To-Go Travel Agency in Seattie, in charge of group tours; ready to tell any classmate where he can go and how.

Homer B. "Doc" HUDSON, Peggy tells me, has a touch of "poor-man's-gout." Peg and Doc visited friends and toured England, Scotiand, Wales and Ireland in rented cars during August and September.

BITS AND PIECES: Skinny Joe WENGER and hausfrau are taking a well-deserved rest; with possibly an adventure to Expo 67 before the summer ends; Jack and Ev SHAW spent three months at Palm Desert, welcomed Gen. Ike Eisenhower and Mamie when they came for their stay, along with 1500 other persons; Jack reluctantly accepted the role of reporter for the Great N.W.; reports that Ev and he will visit daughter Susie and family (two boys) in London late this summer; Lou FABIAN "does not choose to report" from L. A. area, sent a few gripes but no news even of himself, but learned from letterhead he is with Fabian & Co. in Beverly Hills. Wonder who "& Co." is or are and what they do? Nineteen at the June luncheon at A-N Club; next meeting, second Wednesday in Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec, at Army Navy Country Club, where parking is free and more readily available; Pete HAAS (back from Mediterranean) and Charlie BEAUMONT both on deck and looking fit and cheerful; Bob COFER and Pablo BARRETT took over their duties as Jefe and V. P. of Washington Group—reminds me of jingle that Pablo composed about a famous D. O.—"What ho, what hi, what manner of man is this?" and then something about a "perpetual parenthesis"; Allan BRES at last reports still in dock at Bethesda; Stew LINDSAY to Nova Scotia for summer; Bill VON DREELE shucking corn in Alabama— back home in Washington; Scaley SHOUP and Pat off on European tour; Elliot and Beatrice STRAUSS in London through August; picture of Ike TEUSCHER in Point Reyes Station, Calif., paper, official hat judge at the Primrose Tea, wearing a wild hat (like to know more about this and you, Ike); Arleigh BURKE, busiest man in '23, had time for handshake but not to eat at

last luncheon; Mel GROSVENOR off to summer home, Bien Breagh; Anne and Melvin and son Edwin attended coronation of King of Tonga on 4 July, Mel as a member of official U. S. Delegation; Bud RUBLE wrote from Menlo Park and said, "I'm surely no good as (your) helper." His only news was a clip from the column "Date Book" of 9 July 1967, "Loretta Young and U.S.N. Admiral John WILL are a dynamic duo."

Like Louie Fabian, no news of Maurie, young Richard, Ann and grandchildren or himself, or Burt and Donna DAVIS nearby. Give with some dope on yourself, next letter. Bud. Don't wait for Bud, Burt. What's news with Donna and you?

Mrs. Betty Bennett Stillman and RAdm. Beverley Randolph HARRISON, USN (Ret.), both of Coronado, were married on 15 July in North Island Galilee Chapel in the presence of family members and intimate friends. A small champagne reception followed in the North Island Officers' Club. They are living at 670 Alameda Blvd., Coronado. Congratulations and best wishes from the class!

Elsewhere in this issue is reported the death of our classmate, Zeke SOUCEK, which has saddened all of us. He returned to our fold in the Washington chapter some ten years ago and soon cemented old friendships and made new ones, both among our classmates and their wives and in the Washington community. Zeke will be gready missed by all of his friends. Linda wrote to our classmates, through Bob Cofer, now chairman of the Washington chapter, in part as follows: "It is somehow comforting to realize that our tremendous loss is shared by so many wonderful and dear friends. God bless you all." Our sympathy goes out to Linda and the others of his family. We are each of us a litde less for his loss. Zeke had a genius for friendliness and companionship.

If you have enjoyed these "gnits and gnats" of news these past few months, though Skinny Joe and the below subscribed have transcribed them for presentation in these pages, it was the stirring of "responsiveness" of members of the class which has made it possible to present a better picture of the class of 1923. You are the ones who provide the news for the column; please keep it coming, by 10 OcL, Nov., Dec, and so on, individually or collectively to the above address of the recorder, who now subscribes himself, after the manner of the hidalgo in Spain or any Spanish American Estado. S.S.S. Arturo.

Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.), 22 Macopin Ave. Upper Montclair, N. J. 07043

Our 43-year Reunion at Monterey on 4 June was an outstanding success. Many of us echo the words of Roy HARTWIG: "Dot and I are tickled pink with ourselves for having had the get-upand-go to make that trip." Under Hatcher's leadership the host group had splendid arrangements, and the facilities of the Postgraduate School are excellent. Arrivals began on 2 June, and there was good representation at the parties, including Gene and Hal ARMORS' open studio (with a fine display of Hal's wood carvings) and the openhouse of Heloise and Bob THATCHER. That night there was an informal dinner-dance at the club which was a fine warmer-upper for the big event of the following night (by that time the Seatde delegation had arrived). Sunday's preliminary meetings were a delightful breakfast party provided

by Icky and Pinky HOPKINS and an equally delightful brunch by Helen and Bud YEOMANS, at their respective fine homes in Pebble Beach. There were many other small gatherings around the Peninsula. Your reporter does not have a list of those attending but each of the 82 at the main dinner meeting on Sunday night also attended at least one of the earlier informal gatherings.

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Attending the '24 quarterly dinner, San Diego, 26 May.

Yes, 82, including wives and widows, attended the Sunday fete and Bob lists them as couples except as noted ( 1 ) : Herlihy, Mrs. Isabelle (J. A.) Baldwin (1), Montgomery, Beatty, Wight, Carlson. Hartwig, Red Williams, Hunter ( I ) , Becker, Lillard, Topper, W. A. Evans, Reither (1), Farrell, Gore, G. E. Peterson, Berdiold, Blaylock ( I ) , Wheeler, Siegrist, P. K. Smith, Kearns, Berthschy, Magly, C. R. Bryant (1), Strohecker, Lankenau, Armor, Bare, Cuder, Gardner, Hatcher, Hopkins, Layton, Yeomans, Ricketts, Deam, Towner, Borgen, Shepherd (1), Hardie (Bedford), Poupeney and Bunker. The wives sparkled, and the classmates all seemed to be at their best (attest: the secretary recognized on sight every one except Cy Bryant). Some of us thought Bob Bare looked to be the youngest. It was a grand memorable REUNION! All hands were interested in reading the posted letters and telegrams of regret from those who could not attend, but sent greetings, including Robillard (in Europe), Miller (attending Annapolis Trustees meeting), Cochran, MacDonald (at son's USNA graduation), Mrs. Ellie Warren, Mrs. H. T. Read (at garden convention), Keyer (making Class Award presentation at Annapolis), Hickey (teaching), Thomas (garden conference), Bednar, Coley (niece's wedding), Poncho Davis, Blough (wedding), Bearce, Randolph (trip east), Woodward, Shannon, Ekstrom, Griese (Christina broken foot), Woodyard, Mrs. Dewey Collins, Janice Wilkin Lester, Kissam ("how come you're on Castro Road, Woof?"), Rook, Dancy, Page Smith, Swart, Dan Martin, Richter (back east), Kraft (carrying the mace in Trinity College procession). Walker (in Pormgal), Garvin (teaching), Mrs. R. A. Anderson, Don Fairbairn, Falge (touring), Colt, Mrs. Ruth Templeton, Art Wood, and Lewis.

As yet we have no picture of the Monterey reunion, but there is a fine picmre (thanks to Swede Ekstrom) of the 26 May quarterly dinner of the San Diego Group, held at Marine Corps C.O.M., hosted by Ethel and Count WOLOWSKY. Three new members were on hand, along with some visitors from a distance, the total of 45 being Gloria and Bill Bailey, Ruth and Charlie Beatty, Alice and Jack Bellerby, Helen and Forest Bunker, Easley and Cowboy Cameron, Marge and Jim Dancy, Lucy and Frank Deam, Esther and Art Dickie, Bill Deutermann, Helen and Eddie Edgar, Betty and Swede Ekstrom, Dottie and Wayne Gamet, Orville Gregor, Mrs. M. C. Heine and guest, Mrs. Merritt Car Upham, Bess and Willie Hurst, Fern and Eric Lankenau, Jane and Hal Leslie, LaReah and Joe Lillard, Adeline and Austen Magly, Mrs. Jessie Rutt, Norma and Paul Siegrist, Evelyn and Hal Tiemroth, Mrs. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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Betty Young, Ethel and Count Wolowsky. Bill Deuterman is returning to his Westport, Conn., home, but is considering setding in San Diego.

The Siegrists were guests of the Hursts, and Paul was called on to report on "his area." Other reports came from Forest Bunker and Frank Deam, recendy remrned from long trips. Absentees? Jan Fish visiting in Hawaii; Bill Hickey teaching; Polly and Nat Hudnall "gone fishing"; Lloyd and Don McLean tied up by sale of their home in Coronado.

At the 6 June awards ceremony at the Naval Academy, Bob KEYER presented the Class of 1924 Award, a sword, for highest standing in engineering to Midn. Richard W. Mies, who stood # 1 in his class of 1967. He comes from Chicago, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.

At the 24 May Washington luncheon were Granberry, Jaudon, Dick Johnson, Kalisch, Keyer, Kelly, Longfellow, Mercer, Nesser, Petersen, Ramsey, Robillard, Sinclair, Van Steenbergh and Verge. Rods VERGE'S new address is 710 Americana Drive, Annapolis. Sam KELLY said he had completed his big job on the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial (Commission.

Tommie DYER announced his retirement from U. of Md. at our 28 June lunch in Washington.

Other reports: Bill Bullis on his school enlargement plans; Ed Cunningham on European travel; Roy Hartwig on west coast trip, and Reed Adams on work he planned with midshipmen. Others present were Burroughs, Hoffman, Kalisch, Keyer, Mercer, Nesser, Petersen, Robillard and Wright.

We note here that only six attended both of these summer lunch meetings, a good reason for not having them less frequent.

Our people seem to be talking more about the coming 1969 reunion at Annapolis, and on the west coast they seem to favor a longer reunion, an extension of several days' time, to make the long trip eastward more worthwhile. This will get attention as our plans are made. Those from the east who were at the Monterey reunion can understand this; since they made the most of the trip.

The Pete PETERSONs apparendy came the longest distance, followed by the HARTWIGs, who motored. Both couples did a lot of sightseeing en route. The SIEGRISTS went first to Coronado as guests of Bess and Willie HURST, who took them to the 26 May dinner there. Easley and Cowboy CAMERON gave them a day-long tour of San Diego, and with the Hursts they enjoyed also a tour of La Jolla and dinner with Evelyn and Hal TIEMROTH. Also a nice visit with Fern and Eric LANKENAU. Sara and Mike KEARNS could not make the San Diego meeting, but picked up the Siegrists near L. A. and drove them to Monterey. The Siegrists lingered

at Carmel for a few days; visiting with the Armors and the Hopkinses. There were pleasant visits with the Farrells, Ash Evanses, Wights, Wheelers and Htxjvers '21.

Bess and Willie HURST missed Monterey to be in Alexandria, Va., for a send-off of their son, Lt.Col. James C. Hurst, USAF, and family prior to their departure for overseas duty at Bonn.

Mrs. George Welsh and RAdm. Edwin James TAYLOR, Jr., married on 3 June, at Bismarck, N. D. At home: 929 North First St. Mrs. Dorothy Robins Standley and RAdm. Wayne Neal GAMET were married 20 May at Long Beach, with only their respective sons and daughters present. A reception followed at the Officers' Club, Terminal Island, which was attended by the Camerons, Deams and Wolowskys.

With much regret we have learned of the deaths of wives of two classmates. Mrs. Isabel W. Weyse Hedding, wife of VAdm. Truman J. HEDDING, died on 16 June in Menlo Park, Calif., after a prolonged illness.

Mrs. Esther Wagner Nunn, wife of RAdm. Ira H. NUNN, passed away following a heart attack in Washington, D. C , 29 June. Interment was in Ft. Lincoln Cemetery, following services at St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Surviving in addition to Ira is a daughter, Frances L. Nunn.

We regret to announce the 26 June death of Christopher, three-month-old son of Maj. and Mrs. Thomas A. Townsend, at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Grandparents are Capt. and Mrs. Arthur W. TOWNSEND. P. K. SMITH a GREAT-grandfather! We've just learned of the 2 March birth of Michael A. Minihan, whose father is 2d Lt. Kenneth A. Minihan, son of P. K.'s daughter Shirley. Is this a new first for our group, or is our features editor behind in his observations? Well, the "GreatGrandfather" race is onâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are there others? Shall we buy another cup on which to engrave names of the greats, now that our Father-of-the-Year contest seems ended, with Lou Gwinn holding the cup in that race?

And (perhaps) here is another first: S. Denmead KOLB (called Stan) proudly reports that his grandson, George G. Strott, Jr., has entered the Naval Academy with the class of '71. His father is George G. Strott, Sr., '47, and his uncle is Stan's son S. D. Kolb, Jr. '59. Do we have any other classmates with grandsons at USNA? (Don't wire, just write!)

Bob Keyer locates another! George H. BELLINGER wrote in to give his address as 2016 Olive Springs Road, Marietta, Ga. 30060, and expressed interest in our reunions and asks for a picture of the Monterey group. Bob also uncov49

ered the current address of Joe (J. W.) FOWLER, who left California in 1960 and is now at 121 Carlyle Drive, Indian Bluff Island, Palm Harbor, Fla. "We keep well and busy,'' reports Weary WILKINS. "I was our Volusia County 1967 Easter Seal Campaign Chairman, and that kept me out of mischief from December to June. Ellen is now chairman of the London Symphony Orchestra hospitality committee, which orchestra was here again for the Florida Summer Music Festival, from 9 July to 6 AugusL" after that the Wilkinses made their annual trip north to visit children and grandchildren and to attend the 9 Sept. launching of the new nuclear sub USS NARWHAL at Groton. Weary was skipper of the old NORWHAL at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec. 1941, and made three submarine war patrols in her.

Frank FALGE sends in a June report from Torremolinos, Spain, where he and Rose were spending a few days prior to going on to Cordoba, Seville, and "all through Portugal." Earlier they had revisited Gibraltar before going to Casablanca, where Frank had "participated" while in the MASSACHUSETTS in WW II. But on 14 July they were back in Washington, where they hosted a dinner with the Bert Kalisches and the George Robillards. This was really a celebration, 47 years and 11 months after Frank, Bert and George enlisted in the Navy, along with Lennie Day, John Caples, Jack Kennaday, Slim Palmer and Charlie Schenck. Bert let it be known that he is typically "occupied" with getting out his 12th Army Group "Eagle" Bulletin, acting technical advisor on a war film for the Corregidor-Bataan Commission of which Sam Kelly is executive director, etc.

From Hap GOODALL: "I saw Milton Roths last week—he looked well and is working for an engineering firm and does a lot of traveling. Dan Martin will retire from Hughes Tool about 1 Sept. and join his wife at their new England home (address please, Dan!) . . ." Hap says, "My son, his wife and twin boys enlivened our home for 8 May days; I drive back to San Jose with them to spend several days."

Seen at the Navy League Convention at Jacksonville in May: Betty and Bill BROWN, Kitty and Preston MERCER (natl. treasurer of the League); Bob Goldthwaite (who also visited Bancroft roommate Archie FREELS), Winnie (League natl. vice president) and Howie COLLINS. Rube BENTON, who had to cancel a dinner date with Mike Gibbons last winter because of his father's death, after attending Rube's youngest son's OCS graduation at Newport, says of the latter: "The last of my four sons has followed in the footsteps of his three older brothers and become a member of the naval establishment—for the next two years, at least."

Gladys (Mrs. C. G. '20) Smith reminds us that in the F L Lauderdale area we have three classmates: BLANCHARD, HUCKINS and TEMPLE. We've had no news of Ted and Brownie for years, but a late June postcard from Tom Huckins tells of their arrival at Lisbon after a 7-week crossing, and "expect to end my cruise in Palma de Mallorca in a couple of weeks and settie down for a while."

Our Washington Group regrets that Kay and Ev BURROUGHS left them in August to settie down at 510 J Ave, Coronado, Ca. 92118.

Noble tells of a party given in June by Edna and Whitey (W. L.) RICHARDS at their beautiful Ithaca home in celebrating their 43d wedding anniversary. Well, 43 is about all any of us can celebrate, but there were surely many others celebrating a June Week, 1924, marriage. Prof.

Richards has now ended his 13-year teaching career, and at his retirement luncheon the Cornell School of Civil Engineering faculty presented him with a certificate of appreciation.

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The Hanson BALDWINS are moving I SepL to Roxbury, Conn, (with a New York apartment this winter); and in packing up Hans uncovered a lot of midshipman-mementoes. He submits a 1922 Panama newspaper account of our time down there on second class cruise. Remember coaling ship at Colon, Gatun Lake, Culebra beach, and 1 Aug. ".'\rrive at Halifax"?

Our Washington "Chowder Club" continues its Friday meetings at the A & N Country Club.

Bob SWART wants you Washington visitors to remember these meetings, and reports that Bob HATCHER and Willie HURST were welcomed at a June meeting by Beakley, Bradley, Longfellow, Sisson, Sutiiff and Swart.

Charlie BEATTY and Ruth are now California acclimated. While visiting Santa Barbara they read of a series of lectures on "Sky Spectaculars" being given at the Museum of Natural History

by CapL Crutchfield ADAIR. We'll be looking for you at Annapolis Homecoming 20-22 OcL

Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.) 3055 Foxhall Road, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016

It is with sincere regret that we report the death of Mrs. Charlotte Copping, the wife of Gus COPPING, of an apparent heart attack on 10 July.

She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on the 13th, following a Mass at Fort Myer Chapel.

Charlotte, the daughter of an Army family, and Gus met in the Asiatic Station and were married in Manila in 1930. Besides Gus, she is survived by her mother, five sisters, a daughter and five grandchildren.

Bill SIHLER reports that he is going into semiretirement and resettling in a delightful spot in Old Saybrook, Conn., where he and Helen bought a house on a neck of land between Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River. His new address is 48 Fenwood Grove Road, Old Saybrook, Conn. 06475. He asked that this be published so that if any '25ers are up that way they can give him a call. He also reports recentiy joining the grandparent group.

George PURMONT has returned to San Francisco where he continues to act as a substitute teacher and semi-pro golfer. He is living at the Lombard Hotel, 1015 Geary St. . . . Red MARKHAM announces that he has retired and is moving to Sedona, Ariz.

Slim BEECHER recendy had a new song accepted for publication by Robbins-Feist-Miller Corp., the same publishers who put out his Song of Old Hawaii and Nimitz, Halsey and Me. The name of the new one, Saturday Night in Lahaina, is another "Hawaiian type." Ask your favorite disc jockey to play it.

Last report from George BAINS on their globe girdling trip was from Palma de Mallorca, 3 May, where they were getting a much-needed resL Their plan was to get back to Florida by 12 June . . Butch PARKER recentiy returned from a visit to Carmel, Calif. While there he had a get-together with Hap and Margaret LYON, Tiny and Helen SCHULTZ, Margaret DILLAVOU, and Mary HOBBS (Ira was away on account of the death of a friend). Butch brought them up-to-date on the doings of the Washington group, and reports that they all seemed to be in good spirits . . . Among other travelers, Kay and Kent LOOMIS jet over to London on 1 SepL They will .split the month between England and Ireland.

We enjoyed receiving a long and infrequent letter from Bull WRIGHT. He reports "Biddy and I are both hale and hearty and subject to no more aches and pains than the average healthy person of our age." He then went on to say that he had a couple of "irritants" in the past two years. The first was two years ago when they

found he had a throat cancer "and tho iiot, I hope, unduly alarmed, one cannot help being somewhat concerned about such a deal." They (the Naval Hospital) wanted to send him up to San Antonio to the Air Force Hospital where they have one of those monsters (an accelerator which looks like a space capsule). In the end he took treatment in a private hospital and has made a good recovery with no sign of recurrence.

His second "irritant" occurred in early June when he defied the old safety rule—always go astern of a ship and ahead of a horse. "I had an altercation with one of the granddaughters' saddle horse.

Got kicked in the chest and face . . . I got a busted nose and a fracture of the bone in the left eye socket. They put a plate in the latter and it is coming along fine." Outside of that. Bull's life is dull and uninteresting. His only impatience is for his peripheral vision to get back to normal before bird shooting season. His report on last year, and again I quote—"I got about 150 doves, 150 quail, and some 40 ducks." I wonder what the origin of his nickname is.

At the July luncheon of the Washington group VAdm. Bob Pirie '26 was a guest and he explained the mission and goals of the Naval Academy Foundation. On the same occasion Butch PARKER on behalf of the class presented him, for the Foundation, the $1000 which had been voted as part of our memorial. Butch then gave us a report on the class tree. He has been working with the Academy on this. They have assigned us a spot in front of and across the road from the Administrative Building. During the week preceding the luncheon, he had gone with an Academy representative to the Gude Nursery in Washington to choose the tree. The choice is a willow oak, some 20' high and a trunk diameter of 7". Butch was delighted with it and feels sure that it will be a source of pride to the class to have their plaque on it. In September Gude will move it to the Naval Academy, plant it and guarantee its life for a year.

Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th S t . , North Arlington, Va, 22201 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg, I I I USN (Ret.), 8405 Burdette Rd. Bethesda, Md. 20014

It is with regret that we report the death on 29 May of RAdm. Leonard James DOW, USN (ReL), at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis. "Ham" Dow's obituary will be found in the Last Call of this Shipmate but his classmates will always remember him as one of the really solid citizens of our class, from the days when he filled a big hole at guard on the Navy football team at the Academy. We will miss him. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on 5 June with the following acting as honorary pallbearers: Bob Armstrong, Paul Dudley, Jack Greenslade, Jim Leeper, Ben Lovett, Sam McKee, Ford Taylor and Bob Quackenbush '27.

The class extends deepest sympathy to Helen, who is living in the Admiral Farragut Apartments, Hilltop Lane, Annapolis, Md., and to their two daughters, Mrs. Chariene Anthony of Las Vegas, Nev., and Betty Ann Dow of Loomis, Calif.

Helen Dow has expressed her deep appreciation to the class for their beautiful flowers and expressions of sympathy.

It is also with regret that we report the deaths of the wives of two of our classmates: Theodora Sigrud Hufty, wife of RAdm. Malcolm A. HUFTY, USN (Ret.), in Bremerton, Wash, (exact date not known: CS), and Margaret Murphy May, wife of RAdm. Eugene F. MAY, USN (Ret.), on 16 May in Birmingham, Ala. She was buried in the National Cemetery, Pensacola. Peg May was a graduate of Florida State University and George Washington University, and had been extremely active in many endeavors in the community of Foley, Ala., where the Mays have made their home since his retirement in 1956 on Bon Secour River.

S H I P M A T E

Forty-one years after our graduation, the loss of wives of our classmates is almost as acute as is the passing of a classmate. To Malcolm Hufty and his family, and to Mike May and his, we extend our deepest sympathy and understanding of their loss.

Two announcements from the public press have been received by the CS about classmates, partially quoted below: "The New York Chamber of Commerce announced today the election of Rear Admiral Robert H. Meade. USN (Ret.), a partner in the firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, engineers, as chairman of its Public Service Committee. .A.dmiral Meade served in the Civil Engineers Corps of the Navy until his retirement in 1957, and for several years following his retirement was consulting engineer and technical assistant to the commissioner of New York City's Department of Marine & Aviation.

"In addition to being former chairman of the Chamber's Committee on National Security, he is active in a number of professional societies, including the Society of American Military Engineers, of which he is past national director."

"Newark, N. J., 9 Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rear Admiral Albert G. Mumma, USN (Ret.), was elected to the Board of Directors of First National State Bank of New Jersey at the board's regular meeting, held yesterday. He is President and chief operating officer of Worthington Ck>rporation.

"Admiral Mumma joined Worthington in June 1959 as vice president of engineering, and in 1961 was elected vice president, group executive. He was elected a director in 1962, executive vice president in 1964, and president in .\pril of this year" (promotion was never like that in the Navy: CS).

"He is a director of Howard Savings Institution, Newark; New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., and Webb Instimte of Naval Architecmre.

He is also a member of the Maritime Transportation Research Board, and has been a director of the New Jersey State Safety Council and Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, and is a national associate for Newark for Boys' Club of America. Clubs to which .'Admiral Mumma belongs include the New York Yacht Club; India House; Short Hills Club; and Balmsrol Golf Club.

"Admiral Mumma was born in Findlay, Ohio, and is married to the former Carmen Braley of Iowa City, Iowa. The Mummas, who live in Short Hills, N. J., have three children, Albert G. Jr., John S., and David B." (CS comment: In his spare time .\l plays golf, but it is understandable why he does not have a two or three handicap!)

What happened on the barge trip the Washington contingent had planned on taking up the old C&O Canal on 17 July? Nothing! Believe it or not, the canal sprang a leak, dried up, and all trips through June and July had to be cancelled while workmen tried to make it water tight again.

Perhaps we'll try to set it up again, some day.

Joe CALLAHAN writes from O)ronado with the news that Norman HOLT's son, Neil L., has just graduated from Poway High School with a major in phsyics, 5 academic letters, 3 scholarships, and 4 years as an honor smdent. He has been accepted at Carnegie Tech, where he will enter the College of Science this fall. Norm would have been very proud of him, as is his mother, Dorothy, who has been living in Poway, Ca. (P. O. Box 78) 92064, since Norman died in December 1964.

Charlie LYMAN has sent in the picture of 10 '26ers rallying around the beloved "Bert" Franke, wife of our esteemed former Secretary of the Navy Franke, at the Navy League convention, 1-5 May, held in Jacksonville, Fla. Ben CUSTER has again proved to me that he is a gendeman and a helpful classmate, in addition to being a scholar, in that he noted my appeal for help in an earlier Shipmate and has SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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sent in a number of newsworthy items about classmates. In this, he has been aided and abetted

by Red HALLORAN, who is living at Eastern Point, Gloucester, Ma. 01930, since he retired from business a couple of years ago. Thanks to you both!

John and Audrey O'SHEA are living at Indiatlantic, Fla., which is below Cape Kennedy on Merritt Island. John is reported to have said that .Audrey got tired of seeing him loafing and made him go back to work teaching math in a nearby junior college, where some of his students are the young engineers and technicians from the Cape and the Space Program.

Henry BOORSE, Dean of the Faculties at Barnard College, has finally succeeded in finding a new president of the college so that he will not have to add another year to his additional duties as acting prexy there. Ben reports that Henry is fine and as young looking as ever.

Bill WHITESIDE, who lost his wife three years ago, is taking his daughter, a Barnard freshman, to Europe in June for a good holiday and a tour of Britain and the Continent. It is reported that he is a very handsome "figger" on the campus, with his white mustache and slim, military figure making him look like a retired Indian .A.rmy colonel.

Ben CUSTER's contributions were written right on the heels of his yearly extremely busy commencement turmoil. I had thought he was assistant to the president of Columbia University but his letterhead indicates that he may have the new title of "Coordinator of University Planning" (new to me, that is: CS). As an interesting sidelight, he commented on the fact that Columbia had given Master's degrees several years ago to two foreign officers who were studying management in the Business School. He had known both of them and now feels that their educational efforts were not wasted, judging by their recent successes. One is now Commander, Israeli Ground Forces and the other, the Deputy Air Force Commander of the Israeli Air Force. (I think we can all agree that their understanding of management has been proven beyond any doubt, in one of the most amazing military campaigns in modern history: CS.) Ben says that he is getting on with his major project of educating his own children, adding that he had not intended writing about his own family until he finished copying what "Middy" HALLORAN had to say about "what might interest other people." His oldest son Scott is practicing law in Manhattan, with Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons and Gates; his wife has just passed her exams for the Ph.D. in English at Harvard and will teach at Barnard next year; "no nepotism: neither Henry Boorse nor I (Ben) knew of it until the Head of English had given her the job." Ben's younger son Barry is in the first year of law at Columbia, having finished Harvard last year. He has been selected as an International Fellow at Columbia and taught creative writing in the Rye Public School this summer. Carson, Ben's older daughter, is completing her junior year at Goucher College and goes to Washington as government intern in Ogden Reid's office this summer (despite the fact that Reid is a Republican and Ben is one of the few in Rye who is a Democrat).

His youngest daughter Penelope finishes freshman year at Barnard and is working this summer in the London slums, as a Winant Volunteer. Last summer she worked in the VISTA program in the mountains of West Virginia.

"Middy" HALLORAN's gleanings followed a comment that is pertinent so I will quote him: "Smeddy has a real problem in getting classmates to talk, trained as we have been to the 'silent service.' . . . I think we all resist talking about ourselves, the trivia. But, here we are getting along in years with a sincere interest in the lives of those with whom we have been associated for so many years. To be sure, not all of us became president of GE or RCA, after retiring, and so

there is little to boast about; our lives, in our own eyes, may be dull and pedestrian, yet of interest to the readers of the '26 column."

Halloran's harvesting: A note to him from Duke BUSCK indicates that he is doing over a house near Uvalde, Tex. He had sold his boat and gone ashore for some thigh surgery at the nearby AFB ho.spital.

Doug GLADDING has a home in Annisquan, a part of Gloucester, but spends much of the year with his wife on board his boat. He leaves in October, heading for Florida via the Inland Waterway, goes to North Key Largo, where he is the vice commodore at the Ocean Reef Club, and returns to Gloucester in April.

Neil BANKS, Jr. lives near Red HALLORAN and is the president of BAMCO, a metal spinning company. He reported that Neil senior had been in an automobile accident about November of last year and had been painfully injured but is up and about his business again. (This is the first news I have had about the accident: CS.) Finally, Tom reports that he saw Bill COOPER in the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, and that he seemed to be in considerable pain. (CS comment: A long letter just received in time to make the deadline, from Bill in the Naval Hospital. He says he is much better, feels that he is going to be all right, and is planning on moving with Lois to their apartment in Newport about the first of July. This will be good news to Red and Sperry Clarke, with whom the CS had dinner on 16 June at the NAS, Corpus Christi, at which time he only knew that Bill was still ill in the hospital.)

Bill Cooper writes, further, that their address in Newport will be 23 Old Beach Road; that they own a fine piece of property on Eustis Ave., across from the reservoir, on which they hope to build; that he will probably give up golf because he wants to do a lot of boating and wants two boats, a "day-sailor" and a power boat that sleeps four, in which he can cruise down the Inland Waterway. (This will be wonderful news to all your friends, Bill: CS.) About his children. Bill says: "Young Bill lives in Middletown, which will be reasonably close to us. He is now manager of his company and a Rotarian. Jack has graduated, married a girl we are crazy about, and is working for a bank in Providence, as head of a department, and continuing his study towards his Master's degree. Ann is in Alexandria, near Washington, with a highly successful husband, and they are building a new house in Fairfax." Bill will not formally retire from the United Fruit Company, of which he is still a vice president, until 1 August 1968.

A final word about the Sperry CLARKES. They both look fine; Sperry very slender and fit and looking the part of the vice president of the bank, which is his second career. He told me that he still enjoyed golf but that his handicap of 22 showed that it wasn't very good. Others at the dinner, who played with him, told a different story; that he was a very tough competitor, that he won more money than he lost, and that they weren't sure how he managed to maintain that very useful, and profitable, handicap.

Your CS flew from Washington to Corpus Christi on Navy Relief business, and saw a part of the immense Navy Relief festival, carnival and air show which went on for three days and was expected to draw over 200,000 people. This will make a large contribution to the continuing work of the Navy Relief Society which, last year, handled almost five million dollars in taking care of the Navy and Marine Corps OWN people.

This might not be a bad place to remind those who are retired regulars that the Navy Relief is still available to them if they have genuine distress; to them and to their dependents, or widows; and that our newest program of lending money, at zero interest, to sons and daughters of Navy and Marine Corps personnel, active or retired, or 51

deceased, for college or vocational training after high school, is available to those whose own resources cannot be stretched for those purposes. A letter to Navy Relief Headquarters, Munitions Building, Washington, D. C. 20360, will bring full information.

Those of you who have had the intention of making this year's voluntary contribution to the 1926 Class Fund, but who have procrastinated or forgotten to write out a check, are urged to do so and mail it to RAdm. J. F. Greenslade, Treasurer, 5020 Millwood Lane, Washington, D. C. 20016, RIGHT NOW. SHORT SPLICES (gleaned from notes accompanying contributions to the class fund).

Pete WYCKOFF, in sending in his substantial contribution, hopes that the Shipmate reminder concerning voluntary dues has the same effect on others that it had on him, when he realized that he had forgotten to do anything about it.

Ken CORNELL writes from Box 139, Clean, N. Y., that he is still teaching Spanish and linguistics at St. Bonaventure, but is looking forward to retiring after two more years and the opportunity to attend some of our class meetings. For his summer holiday, Ken planned on studying in the Chinese School at Middlebury College. He also reported a letter from Caesar Taecker, written from Paris, after a cruise to Madeira, Oslo, etc.

Dan S"WEENEY, vice president of Virginia National Bank, writes from Norfolk that he and Julie see few classmates, other than the Romosers and Yates Stirlings, occasionally. It was heartening to read that he not only agrees that it is a shame not all of our classmates belong to the Alumni Assn., and take Shipmate, but that he will make an effort to get at least one additional member from among the approximately 125 who do not now belong. (There has been an improvement since I last counted: CS.) Neil BANKS does have a comment on his accident; says he ran into a ditch while driving a car. His resultant hospitalization, plus procrastination, plus press of business delayed his contribution.

Bob MEADE, mentioned earlier in this column, gave proof that he reads it, when he admitted that his contribution was the direct result of the Shipmate reminder. Thanks.

Gladys Wilfong sent a contribution with the comment that "The USNA always meant so much to Jack that I want to continue his interest in this way." Gladys sold their sloop MAMOOK; hard to do because it had been a part of the family for several years, but she couldn't keep up the "spit and polish." She heard that Jim Russell took second place in the sailboat races at the Tacoma Daffodil Festival this spring. (If we know Jim, and I think many of us do, he will win those races pretty soon, as soon as he learns all the currents: CS.) Ted AYLWARD, president of the Langhorne Spring Water Co., was also reminded by the Shipmate '26 column, and rebounded beautifully.

He said in his letter, "Someday in the near future when I retire—oh happy day—I am going to surprise the hardworking corresponding secretary by sending him a long letter full of dope."

Don ALEXANDER, "On board ALEXIS, Miami Beach," gave an address that is probably his landbased one: 1928 Purdy Ave., Miami Beach, Fl. 33139.

Peter PYZICK cleaned out his desk and came across a notice that a contribution to the class fund would be appreciated; an old, old one. He sent double because Mame assessed him the double amount for being so late. Same old story, he says. "Miss the bell, and take your demerits."

LATE FLASH Just before the deadline came such welcome news in a phone conversation with RAdm. Draper Kauffman, the Superintendent, at noon 21 June, 52

From the left: Bill Pryor, Nan and Kenny Craig, Esther Stroop, Joe Grenfell, Marge Lyman, Mrs. W. 6.

Franke, Charlie Lymon, P. D. Stroop, Jim and Gerry Russell. Present but not in the picture—Herman Reich.

'26 party to honor the Taylors and the 41st anniversary of graduation.

that I'll pass it along to those whose papers wouldn't pick up an event important only to a small group of readers-yachtsmen and Naval Academy grads. In the Annapolis-to-Newport race, which was sailed in very rough weather which dismasted at least two of the yachts, the over-all winner was only 1 minute and 2 seconds ahead of the Naval Academy's MARADEA, captained by an ensign and sailed by an all-midshipman crew. The field included some of the finest sailors and yachtsmen in the east. This feat will do much to make up for the miserable showing of the Naval Academy varsity and plebe crews in the recent IRA (the old Poughkeepsie crew race).

A late report has been received about the 3 June, 41st anniversary party in honor of Jack and Amelia Taylor, from Hugh WEBSTER who says, "In the consensus of all, this was the best '26 party that we have had in the Bay Area." Cass Smith and Clyde Summers came from the east, the Floyds from San Diego, and the Stefanacs from San Luis Obispo. Present were 42 classmates, wives and widows, among whom were Armentrouts, Cecils, Ericksons, Fredericks, Frenches, Hayes, Johnstons, Kobeys, Langleys, Rodgers, Rules, Shepards, Singletons, Stefanacs, J. B. Taylors, J. McN. Taylors, Watsons, Websters, Whippies, Cass Smith, John Ellison, Kaye Thomas, Bob Lowther and Dorothy Di Marco.

Art RULE has volunteered to run the party in the fall, with the help of Lief ERICSON. Jimmy and Elva LEEPER are grief-stricken over the loss of their son-in-law, Penelope's husband, L L Louis Randolph Grant II, USN '62, who was killed while piloting a helicopter near Patuxent, Md., on 6 July. The class extends its deepest sympathy.

During July I signed and mailed out to 149 members of our class, both graduates and associate members, a letter asking them to join the Alumni Association. These are all non-members, though I noted several of our most active and enthusiastic alumni supporters who must have forgotten to renew their dues, or lost their notice, on that list which was sent to me by the Association. There is no question in my mind but that membership in the Association is worthwhile for each person who values his association with the Academy and the friendships he made there. It is only through the Association's Shipmate that we can keep current on Academy changes and improvements, and in touch with our classmates and class affairs.

Sec'y, Cdr. Howard C. Adams, USNR Pacific Far East Line, Inc., 918 16th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. Howard W. Gordon, Jr., USN (Ret.), 3127 IBth St., North, Arlington, Va. 22201

Jacob Clifford SCHWAB (Lt.jg Ret.) was buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Mass., after suffering a fatal coronary early in

July.

Turk POWELL reports a small '27 get-together in Miami in conjunction with a meeting of the USNA Alumni Association of which he is president in that area. Pictured at the Chez Joey Restaurant in Boca Raton are: Eleanor Fitzwilliams, Fitz, Frankie Powell, Turk, Van Brockman and Bill. Visiting from Del Ray Beach also were Willie and Grace Outerbridge. The chairman of the board of trustees of Jacksonville University has announced the election of Howard CALDWELL to that board. He cited Howard's membership as an example of military and civilian leaderS H I P M A T E

ship working together for the advancement of higher education in the greater Jacksonville area.

Congratulations, Howard.

The Washington-Annapolis area wives held a get-together in .A.nnapolis on 14 June with Eleanor Mitchell and Liney Rubins as hostesses.

After a happy-hour at Liney's home that was enjoyed by all, they went to the Annapolis Yacht Club for a delicious crab luncheon. At a short business meeting following luncheon. Marge Caswell, the very capable chairman of the '27 wives for the last two years, asked to be relieved of the job and Marie Herron was elected to take over.

July first found Louise and Bob FOLEY entertaining all of the available class and their wives in the Washington area, at a most delightful cocktail, buffet, garden party, at their home in Bethesda. Their yard is a beautiful example of Bob's prowess in his chosen civilian profession as a landscape gardener. Let this not detract from Louise's outstanding ability in the other departments around the home such as the preparation of the appetizing menu enjoyed by those who were there. Congramlations also on getting out some of '27 we see too litde of.

Notes on the FABULOUS FORTIETH—As we go to press 70 days, a sleep and a butt or 10 weeks to '27's big weekend—the homewardbound pennant is aflying and so is time. Too late for Maryland Inn! Filled up—how are you doing, mate? Better get that reservation in pronto—don't forget, YOU must send in for your football game tickets—to the Athletic Assn. Add these names to those previously published: Halle Allan, Ashford, Barbot, Bnmer, Cook, Devlin, T. J. Flynn, Hoerner, Hottel, Lucier, McKechnie, G. A. Moore, Palmer, Took, are among the early birds with firm reservations. Did you misplace that mailing with the dope sheet on hotels, etc., instructions and reunion activities reservation?

Write for a duplicate now. Do you remember what events you signed up for? Don't worry, when you check in at Alumni House your reservation form wiU be returned to you. Clever? See you in October. Regards, Parker.

Sec'y, Mr. John T. Kent 6209 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016

On 13 July, in a brilliant ceremony held in the rose garden at the White House, before a distinguished group of Military and Congressional leaders. President Johnson presented a gold star, in lieu of the Second Distinguished Service Medal, to Dave McDONALD. The citation read as follows: "For exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility as the Chief of Naval Operations from 1 August 1963 to 1 August 1967.

Throughout four years of unprecedented military demands in a peacetime environment, Admiral McDonald's superb leadership, judgment and professional skill have guided the operating forces of the Navy to ever-increasing standards of operational readiness and combat effectiveness. In periods of extreme tension, and of combat itself, naval forces have repeatedly proven ready and responsive in support of United States interests beyond our shores. Under Admiral McDonald's executive direction, these forces have responded so superbly, and new capabilities and concepts have been fostered so effectively, as to markedly increase not only the readiness of the Navy itself, but also the national appreciation and respect for naval forces as a vital, responsive factor in the protection of the United States and its citizens, and in the defense of the free world. By his professional leadership and devotion to duty as the Chief of Naval Operations during this most difficult and challenging period, Admiral McDonald has rendered exceptionally valuable and distinguished service and has contributed greatly SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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D a v e M c D o n a l d speaking to the '28ers a n d wives a t the luncheon held in his honor a t the A r m y a n d N a v y Country C l u b on 13 July.

to the success of the United States and friendly forces engaged in combat, and to the protection of citizens of free nations around the world, thereby upholding and contributing to the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

Dave received his first Distinguished Service Medal in 1963 for exceptionally meritorious service as Commander, U. S. 6th Fleet, Mediterranean.

All '28ers and Navy people everywhere can be proud of Dave's accomplishments, after more than 43 years of naval service. No small credit goes to his charming wife Tommy, and we join with their many friends in extending congratulations, and in retirement a fair wind and a following sea.

The Washington-Annapolis group held a testimonial luncheon for Dave and Tommy McDonald at the A / N Ck)untry Club on 11 July. It was a most successful occasion and much credit is due to Art Binney and Harry Sears for making all the arrangements. An embossed memory book with autographs and photographs, of those attending, was presented to the McDonalds to commemorate the event. Others present were: Hattie and Petey Anderson, Elsie and Bob Archer, Jean and Art Binney, Dona and Jimmy Boyd, Ginny and George Collins, Betty and Frebbie Freiburghouse from Norfolk, Louise and Red Gallery, Ginny and Jimmy James, Bert and John Kent, Georgina and George King from Simsbury, Conn., Bucky Lee, Christine and Earl Logsdon, Frances and Ned Lull, Louise and Bob Morris, Betty and Swede Norgaard, Mary and Bob Peden, Barbara and Bill Schoech, Harry Sears, Callie and Owsley Stanley, Guy Stringer, Steve Tackney and daughter Priscilla, Mary Tyler and John Urquhart, Nancy and Bob Watts, Frances and Bob Wood. It was an extreme pleasure to have Kay Quinn join us, and with her were son Tommy, on leave before join-

ing his ship for Pacific duty, and his lovely wife, Jennifer.

Vince and Dot TREANOR were the gracious hosts for the 1967 edition of the Nutmegger's Reunion. The event was held on the weekend of 30 June-2 July at their beautiful estate. Hobby Horse Farm, near Andover, Mass. The house dates back to the early period of the last century and it is charming in every respect.

Events started off with a bang on Friday evening, the usual social hour, and a steamed clam and lobster dinner. This was just the beginning— assembly on Saturday started at noon, with a barbecue on the Treanors' terrace, followed by a dip in the pool and badminton by the more agile and youthful '28ers. On Saturday evening Vince arranged for the use of his club (Lanam) in Andover for dinner. The roll call for dinner included: Carolyn and Ski Burzynski, Vic Cole, Mac Flanders, Bert and John Kent, Georgina and George King, Clarisse and Ted Martin, Bess and Al Momm, Betty and Swede Norgaard, Bunny and Lew Sayers, Jess and John Scott, Dot and Vince Treanor. It was a pleasure to have with us for the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Al Damon, brother and sister-in-law of Georgina King.

Mac FLANDERS sends the word that Joe FINNEGAN is now residing at 606 Main St. in Maiden, Mass., and enjoying life to the hilt.

Congrats, Joe, we hope to see you at the 40th reunion in May, if not before.

Kenny WEIR checked in and out at Bethesda before we knew it. However, Art Binney and Tom Jones had brief visits with him and report that the medicos gave Kenny a clean bill of health. Congrats! Kenny is presentiy residing at Gilmer, Tex. A surprise visitor in Washington this past summer was Jim SPILKER, who is now living in San Francisco. Good to see you, Jim.

N u f m e g g e r s Reunion, A n d o v e r , Mass., 1 July 1 9 6 7 .

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Swede NORGAARD received the following interesting letter from George Huff—"My retirement was of short duration. I reported to work as a value engineer. Naval Weapons Center, Seal Beach, Calif. (George had retired from General Dynamics Convair Division in September 1966— Ed.) "What appeals to me is the fact that I am back in the Navy. The Civil Service advertised for weeks, in an effort to fill this position, and the impulse to sign up was too strong to resist.

"I am hoping that I will find time for the Aviator's Reunion at Pensacola. One of the main disadvantages, in working, is you never have the opportunity to visit old friends and classmates.

Before you realize it, the years flash by and only our book, the Twenty-Eighter, brings us all together again." (Zk>ngramlations, George, on your new job. We are looking forward to seeing you at the 40tii reunion, 17-18 May 1968.

Midn. First Class George Charles Volkman of Baltimore, Md., was the winner of a gold watch awarded by the class of 1928 for his contribution to baseball during the past season. We congratulate him and also for his fine record in the Army-Navy game when he was the winning pitcher. A nice note of appreciation was received from Ensign Volkman by Jimmie James.

Al and Dede TAYLOR are now settied permanently in Dallas, Tex. Al's address is 4546 Westway, Zip Code 75205.

Sec'y, RAdm. C. B. Laning, USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Drive Falls Church, Va. 22041 WEST COAST Sec'y, RAdm. Robert N. S. Clark, USN (Ret.) 28232 Lobrook Dr., Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. 90274

Your retiring reporter took a couple of days of hard-earned leave to check on the retiring activities of Gus GRAY. We then went to Art HILL's beautiful office in downtown (2 blocks) Rancho Santa Fe. Art looks like a beach guard in top condition. His real estate office is a beautiful vantage point for girl-watching.

From there we hiked past Escondido to Al LOOMIS' hilltop avocado ranch, where we missed Al but got a grand tour with Lisa. Al was at an avocado growers meeting. The spread is as beautiful as the unbelievable color postcard he sent. Lisa says Al works all day among the trees, coming in two or three times for a dip in the pool.

Some time ago we ran across a 1943 Plan of the Day of USS DIXIE. It had been saved because of the plea printed therein by the skipper for the crew to conserve Johnny paper. Lo! The aide to the exec was one Otto KUHN. By passing the masterpiece to him, we finally provoked a report from Otto, out in San Francisco. The rumor is true. He lives in the city and commutes to the country (Lockheed) to work. He enclosed reprints of parts of featured speeches at the Commonwealth Club of California by one Sam GRIFFITH and one Roy JOHNSON. Otto says, "As to the local crew—Al White, Si Johnson, George Ashford and Monty McCauley— none is more than a half mile from where we live, but with divergent interests we don't seem to cross paths very often. We see Si at the golf club once in a while, but he is usually finishing when we are starting.

"Cleleste spent a month in Madrid visiting Sally who is now married to a Spaniard, and had a baby daughter born while Celeste was there. Incidentally, Dick and JoAnne Visser were a great help to us in shipping a mess of stuff over to Sally. In addition to the Vissers, Celeste also saw Boney and Kitty Close '24 over there. Sally's timing did not mesh with my vacation dates so I could not make the trip. As to 1969—I would like to make it, but can't be sure. Celeste may decide that is the right time for another visit to

Madrid!"

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Dick WOLFE is once more trying to get through the U. S. Naval Academy, this rime vicariously. He says: "I do not, as you know, have any sons but as you may not know I have quite a number of godsons. One of them, Richard Madison Crouch, has been appointed to the Naval Academy and will report for duty on 27 June. It sounds ridiculous to talk of anyone as being in the class of 1971. Elizabeth and I will be sailing in SS ATLANTIC from New York on 24 June to prowl the Mediterranean. If you should happen to be in New York at about sailing day, please be sure to let me know.

"Our grandson, John Andrew Hubbell, lives with his parents at Choate School in Wallingford, Conn. His father not only teaches English but also coaches football, hockey and lacrosse. You will be happy to know that our grandson first skated on the hockey link at the age of 13 months."

The best speech your secretary ever heard (with exception of Dean Dowling's speech to '29 first class which led us into revolt and curtailed liberty) was one by George WALE. It was just one of his run-of-the-mine talks to Navy Leaguers.

Consequendy, it was a surprise to get the following letter from George, who is seemingly in the quietest and contented retirement.

"I retired on I July 1964, and settied in a new home which we built in North Stonington, Conn. It is equi-distant from Norwich where I work and where our daughter and son-in-law live and from New London where Rosie has two sisters living. We live more or less in the country and we love it! We are fairly close to the SubBase New London (Groton) so we get a chance to see old Navy friends from time to time. Immediately after I retired, I went to the University of Rhode Island for one year of courses in education. Upon completion, I was certified as a mathematics and science teacher in both Rhode Island and Connecticut. I taught science for one year in Westerly, but last year I moved to Norwich where I teach my favorite subject, algebra, to high school freshmen at the Norwich Free Academy. It keeps me busy and keeps me young, working with these youngsters. In my spare (?) time I work around the house and in our fairly large yard and garden; especially now during summer vacation.

"The big news of late is that Rosie sponsored the new nuclear submarine USS POGY, II (SSN647), at her launching on 3 June in Camden, N. J. As you will remember, I was the first CO of the first POGY in WW II. The launching was a thrill for all of us. Our daughter was matron of honor and I was extremely proud of Rosie as she broke the champagne bottie on the ship's prow on the first swing!! A real gala occasion!!

"There are not many classmates nearby. We see the Ramsbothams often as they live in Stonington, close by. Many Navy retired people live around here, but very few '29ers. In fact I think that Rammy and I are the only two classmates in this area.

"This sort of brings things up to date. As you know, we have two children. Rosemary lives with her husband and two young sons in Norwich, they are expecting a third child any day now!!

George, Jr., has just recently moved to Washington, D. C , to accept a position in the State Dept. His wife and son and daughter will join him there next month. So you see we have four and eightninths grandchildren!

"With George in Washington, we hope to get down there once in a while. When we do, I shall give you a ring. Meanwhile, Rosie and I send our warmest regards to the class."

John ZIMMERMAN writes from Jerusalem on 13 June: "For '29 news you can report that Mrs. Zimmerman and I are safe. St. George's Cathedral was only about 200 ft. from the old armistice line, and in the attack of the night of 5-6 June, we were in the middle. The cathedral was hit by shells or mortar fire from both sides, but suffered littie

damage—except that we have littie glass in our windows; nor do we have electricity, water, or phones. Fortunately, the cathedral has cisterns, and we have water. There were no casualties to staff.

Lillian and I moved down from our second floor apartment early on 5 June, where we had several bullets through our glass. We spent the next two days within stout stone walls of the cathedral buildings. The Archbishop could cross the lines before, and he has this mail box in the other sector. At present no mail into or out of what was the old city on the Jordanian side of the border.

The town is full of Israeli soldiers, we are under curfew except 0900-1500. There has been looting

by Israelis, which has wiped out stocks of small shopkeepers who have lost all they had. The Battle of the Philippine Sea was simpler!"

From Kemp TOLLEY: "Sorry to be missing the lunch, but on the 30th I take off with the girls to drive to Montreal to put them aboard ship for Leningrad, to return Kosygin's visit."

Bill DARNELL finished a year of going "up the downstairs" in June and writes the following: "Don't believe I have seen a '29er since Whitey Bacher was out here this time last 5'ear and we looked up a few survivors together. Did have a vicarious visit with Kempovich Tollei recentiy, through a Baltimore cousin who met him at a dinner party. It seems regrettable we do not have a regular meeting here in San Diego, such as j'ou have in Washington. A good-sized delegation in this county, but it's not getting any bigger. It would be a good move to try it before time runs out for more of us. I would be willing to work with or for anyone in an attempt to get such a luncheon started, and am very much in earnest about it. I am still teaching school for money, and more recently have tried some newspaper writing for fun. Mostiy letters to the editor, but boastfully I enclose a feamre story that did get printed and impressed no one except myself. Our older daughter finished high school last week; younger son will be a sophomore next year. Marie and I send fondest regards to the graybeards and grandparents of 1929."

Donald H. (Jack) DALTON, Washington attorney, was re-elected president of the Ck)lumhia University Club of Washington, D. C. He was first vice president of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and taught at Southeastern University. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, and is a member of the American, Federal, District of Columbia, Chicago and Maryland Bar Associations. He also belong to many patriotic and fraternal organizations.

Photo by Harris & Eiaing Donald H. Dalton '29

Donald is married and has four children, and makes his home at 8603 Springdell Place, Chevy Chase, Md. A .son, Donald, Jr., is a sophomore at Yale, and his daughter Doris is married to John R. Harper, and will teach mathematics at M.I.T. We received a good letter from Red CHRISTIE, cheerfully humorous as always. He ends his masterpiece with "don't print any of this." So all we can report is that all 300 pounds of him are still alive in Rolla, Mo. Gov ROGERS made a special side trip to lunch with the Washington gang of '29ers (4th Wed. every month at AN Club). He S H I P M A T E

has been the world's largest producer of wheel balancing weights, exporting to some 60 countries, or, as some might put it, "getting the lead out."

The following remarks concerning Fred LIPPERT are from the publication of the American Electric Power Co. of New York, sent in by Mac McCOY: ". . . .\ll it takes to earn a Ph.D. degree is some brains, more guts, a wonderfully understanding wife, a first-class Educational Plan, and 24 minutes on the subway each day for three years to study up on )'our German and Spanish.

So says Fred Lippert, employe relations director for the Service Corporation, who will become Dr. Frederick G. Lippert II at New York University's commencement exercises next month.

"Since he started work on his doctorate in September 1963, Fred has attended class two or three nights a week at NYU's Graduate School of business; put in two hours of study each day on the train commuting from Connecticut; brushed up on his language requirements on the subway; spent four hours studying each Saturday and Sunday; took and passed a six-hour qualifying examination in economics; spent four months writing a dissertation for which he later received an W " Fred is the second "doctor" in the family; the other is his son, Fred III, a physician in Burlington, Vt.; his other son Phillip is an Army captain now serving in Vietnam.

Sec'y, BGen. Ronald D. Salmon, USMC (Ret.), 640 Oakland Ter., Alexandria, Va. Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. M. H, Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, D. C. 20016

I regret very much that Dutch WILSON is no longer our corresponding secretary, particularly as I have been detailed by Red AILES to relieve him of said duties. I'll do my best, but all hands are warned that I am already looking for a relief!

It is with deep regret that we received notification of the deaths of Harry Wallace ENGLUND, Edward Neal LITTLE, and Edmund Sylvester L. M.\RSHALL. Harry Englund and Ed Littie were buried in Arlington.

Attending the June class luncheon at Fort McNair were .^.iles, Alexander, Craighill, Jenkins, Masterson, McCuUough, McGregor, Sands, Simons, Wadsworth, Whelchel, and Williams. At the luncheon AILES, ALEXANDER, MASTERSON and SIMONS were elected to form a new Washington class committee. Charley BROOK was reelected treasurer.

Charlie MARTELL spent a few days in midJuly in Tower 16 at Bethesda Naval Hospital with a kidney infection.

Eph HOLMES has left Washington for Norfolk and four stars as Tom Moorer's relief. Red and Peg AILES are touring the northeastern states and Canada, and visiting Expo '67. Ann Peterson and daughter Betsy have been touring Europe this summer.

Rolla and Vola ADAMS are off to Europe to put their daughter Adair in school in Paris.

Marian Blackburn had an interesting trip to visit her sister in Africa. Jean Miller has been touring Spain with her sister.

Eddie and .4nne WAGNER have both sons back from Vietnam. One is an Army officer and the otiier a naval officer. Brick BLACKBURN had ear surgery at Bethesda, but was out and looking very fit after a few days.

Edward Herbert Stevens, son of Ted and Ev STEVENS, was married June 17th to Miss Harriet Swinson at S L John's Church in McLean, Va. Mush DORNIN will soon be taking over as ComEIeven in San Diego.

Many classmates do not belong to the national Naval Academy Alumni Assn. and therefore do not receive Shipmate. It would be very helpful if each could persuade a non-member to join the Association so we can give him the dope.

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As the new corresponding secretary for the cla.ss, I would appreciate very much receiving news items about members. I would particularly like to receive short resumes of what each classmate has been doing since retiring.

Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN (Ret.) 1109 Grove St., N.E. Albuquerque, N. M. 87110 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. S. W. Betts, USN (Ret.) Atmospheric Sciences Program National Science Foundation Washington, D. C. 20550

We were all saddened by the sudden death of Pablo WEATHERWAX, which was reported in the June-July issue. To set the record straight.

Wax did not die at F L Belvoir as reported, but was found drowned at dockside in Litrie Hunring Creek near his home in Mt. Vernon. He had apparendy fallen while readying his sailboat for a fishing trip and lost consciousness after striking his head. j\lso omitted from the obituary item was the fact that he received a Legion of Merit for his accomplishments in his last duty assignment as Director of Pan American Affairs in the Naval Missions and Advisory Group of the Office of the CNO. We are indebted to Ralph CULLINAN for word on South American reverberations: "Today's Rio papers carried the announcement of a mass which the Brazilian Minister of the Navy, Adm. Augusto Rademaker, is having said on the occasion of the seventh day after the death of our good friend Pablo Weatherwax.

"As we all know. Wax had a facility for making friends and he was steadfast in maintaining an almost fierce loyalty toward them. Such was the case with his association with Admiral Rademaker, whose close friendship and respect he enjoyed and for whom Wax always had high regard, perhaps most notably at moments when the 'slings and arrows' of local internal differences may have rendered such manifestations of constancy all the more meaningful."

We share with Margaret and Joe TOTH their grief over the tragic loss of son Stephen in the attack on the LIBERTY in the Mediterranean. Interment was at the Naval Academy with full honors in a very impressive ceremony attended by many classmates.

An earlier letter from Ralph CULLINAN has some interesting excerpts: "With the arrival today of the new Register, my annual trek into the nostalgic seas of the past has commenced once again. I am told that at St. Elizabeth's there are people who spend the entire year perusing the telephone directory, but somehow my fondness for spending long hours with the Register in hand seems to me somewhat more justified.

"Now, noting a certain paucity at times in the '31 section of the columns of Shipmate, I modestly offer the following for possible inclusion, for the amusement of at least some: "An astonishing thing happened to me today in front of the post office. I was wearing a very light, warm-weather sport shirt (and the usual accompanying raiment, of course), when a distinguished elderly gentieman—a complete stranger— approached me and asked in impeccable English, with only the slightest trace of a Portuguese accent, if my profession was that of a sea officer.

"Recovering from the initial shock, I answered somewhat skeptically that it was indeed. Smiling benevolendy he said simply: 'Your port running light is showing.' A pencil-type flashlight with red plastic hood had been inadvertentiy left alight in my breast pocket.

"For want of a handy quartermaster, I turned the thing off, myself, thanked my benefactor and asked him to join me in a nearby sidewalk cafe for a cool draft of ale. He politely declined, no doubt fearing on the strength of the strange encounter that the grog would be poisoned!"

From another distant point, Bangkok, Sam TAXIS dropped a note to the effect that he was barnstorming around there and in "other parts of the north." He is, in fact, on a short mission for the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense.

Ed M C D O N A L D reports that he will again guide and protect a couple of shiploads of tourists when they go to Antarctica next season for Lindblad Travel, Inc. of New York. Both tours involve jetting from New York to New Zealand and Australia to embark aboard the ice-reinforced ship MAGGA DAN, then visiting a dozen isolated South Pacific Islands, McMurdo Sound, and Tasmania.

Ed works as manager of Polar Operations at Alpine Geophysical Associates, Inc. of Norwood, N. J., occasionally serving in a consultative capacity for such programs as Antarctic touring. He says that sometimes, amazing incidents do occur on these tours. Last February, for instance, Ed was marooned ashore for 24 hours in a howling blizzard with 12 women and 8 other men tourists at Half Moon Islet in the South Shetland Islands when the ship's boat was damaged by a sudden Antarctic storm.

Wayne ADAMS says the Adamses have struck their tent at St. Cloud, France, and have hoisted a ridgepole at a new address: 62 Wiesbaden. Nietzschestrasse 45, West Germany. Their new telephone is 79348.

"We have enjoyed our stay in France, and are sorry to leave, but as long as I'm in business I must be where the customers are. At least my travel can be cut somewhat—it seems lately that we are always on the wing.

"Please pass the word along to all classmates that as always the latchstring is out, and we'll be happy to see you all. If anybody needs his liver overhauled, Wiesbaden is the place for iL" Dick HAY has a new address: 288 Smith Neck Road, S. Dartmouth, Ma. 02748.

"Daughter Susan graduated from Vermont College so have decided to 'retire' from the Technical Materiel Corp. where I have been for the last six years.

"As soon as I am a free agent, I hope to get down to Washington '31 activities more often.

In any case, will see you at Homecoming this fall."

The last D. C. class luncheon was such a success you should know who made it. You might even recognize a few friends: Doc Snyder, Gus and Ted Torgerson brought him along and as you can see he is looking fit as a fiddle and playing the same old snappy tune. Jane and Mike O'Connor, Anne and Lew Lewellen (on their way west in a trailer after a few months in Europe), Fran and Don Wilber (nearing the end of a short stay here and headirig back to Pullman, Washington), Alice Thomas, Margaret Werts, Betty and Johnny Hughes, Helen and Bill Leverton (who have just left for Whispering Pines), Dorothy Olsen and Ward Shields (see marriage information), Ruth and Sherry Betts, Frances and Ray Hunter, Jim Davis, Judy and Jack Miner, Cesca and Dick Steere, Homie and Jack Parham, Evie and Tommy Rogers, Marge and Al Reed, Johnny Crumpacker, Johnny Webster, Audrey and Jim Dempsey, Jay and Floyd Myhre, Dorothy and Doug McFarlane, Carlotta and Bill Williams, Peggy and Jack Fitzgerald, Mike Gaasterland and Red Ramage.

Eari GALLAGHER has been selected by BuPers as one of the first of the NJROTC Naval Science Instructors and will start classes at Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, Md., this fall.

As of 4 July, George DEMETROPOLIS expected to leave the USAF Hospital at Wiesbaden, Germany, soon to return home to Greece. Demo, Maria and the three children have been residing in Athens for some years where he had been associated with Droulia and Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Mrs. John McMillan Hamilton of Ossining-onHudson, N . Y., announces the marriage of her daughter, Mrs. Florence Sara Hamilton White, to RAdm. Josef Marshal GARDINER, USN (Ret.), on 5 July in Washington, Va. The couple will live in Washington, D. C , and Flint Hill, Va. And on 8 July we attended the marriage of Dorothy Olsen and Ward SHIELDS at tiie Navy Chapel on Nebraska Avenue here in D . C. A light rain held off and didn't pour down until the reception at the Bethesda O' Club was delightfully underway. The couple is residing at 1301 S. Scott St., ApL 511, Ariington, Va. 22204.

Capt. Ward T. Shields '31 and Dorothy Olsen Shields whose wedding was on 8 July.

From London Dick ANDREWS writes that as of 9 July he and Fanny have had a marvelous trip, "23 days in the British Isles and we have covered the waterfront. North and South England, part of Wales, Ireland and Scotiand." Dick reports seeing RAdm. Lou Kirn '32, Naval Attache in London, and Adm. John S. McCAIN, our own 4-star Junior (very busy and doing a terrific job). The Andrews' trip was delayed for a time when they journeyed to Santa Fe for the burial of Dick's mother early in June. On that occasion HAGBERG joined them for lunch at the Albuquerque Sunport as they returned to Hillsborough, Calif. Whatever their secret, it is a pleasure and a revelation to see a '31 couple looking so youthful and well.

Sec'y, RAdm, Robert B. Fulton, 11, USN Commander, NAVSEC (6600) Dept. of Navy Washington, D. C. 20360

ADDITIONAL '32 JUNIORS ON ACTIVE DUTY Through oversight, we missed some of those who were reported to us earlier. Also, we have been advised of other sons and daughters of the class, and they are listed here: L L John S. (Rusty) Lamade, (SC) USN, Finance Officer, NavActs, London, England; 56

It was parricularly good to hear from Eno Gail McAlpine Ross (Cdr. O. B., SC, USN), KNOCK after so many years. He has been with U. S. Navy Finance Center, Cleveland, Ohio. the State of Illinois Division of Highways for Lt. R. J. Lavern, III, USN—USS JAMES MONROE. over 14 years now; and prior to that obtained a LL(jg) Dan C. Lavery, USN—USS OAK H I L L . degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri. He supervised the construction and REUNION maintenance of many of the fine new roads in We hope that all of you have signed up to that state, and now is with their office in Springjoin us on the Homecoming Weekend. In case it field. slipped your mind, remember Andy NISEWANER Jake and Marge LARK live in the Philadelphia wants to hear from you and urges you to get your suburban area, where Jake is engaged in adminreply to him. istration work with the Philadelphia RedevelopOwen FANG is back in the Washington area ment Authority. Their two daughters, Peggy and after some six years in Alabama. Down there he Louise, have been smdying at Penn State. enjoyed the meetings of the Naval Academy Mac and Jean McALPINE are living in San Alumni Assn. at the Officers' Club at Redstone Antonio, Tex., where Mac is teaching in junior Arsenal in HuntsviUe. Owen is still with the same high. Both their daughters are married now—• organization—Great Books.

Gail, in the Navy, and Heather to an engineer Jack HORNER, rector of the Church of the stationed in Lebanon. The boys are srill at home, Transfiguration (Episcopal), looks forward to Rick at Trinity University and Roddy completing attending our planned reunion. Son Jack became high school as president of the Smdent Council rector of the Church of the Transfiguration in and guard of a winning basketball team.

Ironwood, Mich., last summer, and the youngest, Jack MORSE is now with Stanford Research Dick, is studying math at the University of MichInstitute, and he and Helen are living in Menlo igan.

Park and enjoy, with many others of the class, the Magruder TUTTLE retired on 30 June as Chief advantages of life on the peninsula. Announcement of Naval Air Technical Training, and moved into was recendy made of the marriage of Miss Arlene their house in Pensacola, Fla., which they built Evans to LL(jg) John H . Morse, III, '64 in Havre some 15 years ago. Tutt has accepted a job as de Grace, Md. John is presendy stationed in executive director of the Fiesta of Five Flags. His Charleston, S. C , in USS LEWIS AND CLARKE. duties start on 1 September 1967. After that date, Si PERKINS has been with the management the address will be 55 Star Lake Drive, Warringconsulting firm, McKinsey & Co., since 1959. He ton, Fla. Classmates are invited to come by and Tutt promises to put on a fiesta most any old time. is with their Chicago office, and he and Page live in the suburb of Hinsdale, III. Si is also A change of command and retirement ceremony serving as our regional representative for the midwas held on the Naval Station Parade Ground, dle section of the country, his territory extending Norfolk, Va., on 30 June. Lt.Gen. Alpha L. from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico.

BOWSER, Commanding General, Fleet Marine So you fellows out there, give him a hand.

Force, Adantic, was relieved by Lt.Gen. Richard Jack ROUDEBUSH, now living in LaCanada, G. Weede, USMC. Following the change of comCalif., is with Jet Propulsion Lab. He is also mand, a retirement ceremony was held for Gen. taking an active part in Navy League functions, Bowser. We expect that by now the Bowsers have with occasional golf at Apple Valley Country settied in San Diego, where they were looking Club. forward to seeing the large number of '32ers who The Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Inare already located there. dustries, located in Pascagoula, Miss., is the new Al and Lillian KAPLAN moved to Camarillo, address of Floyd SCHULTZ. He and Nancy left Calif., about two years ago, where they have a Bremerton last spring after three years in comlovely new house. She is teaching art in one of mand of the shipyard there. the high schools there and he is chairman of the Another one of the wanderers of the class is science department of one of the junior highs. Son Sug SUGARMAN—who is enjoying life travelling David, who is with the Stanford Research Insti- around the country by automobile in between tute, is now in charge of their office in Bangkok, efforts to grow a lawn in Alexandria, Va. Thailand.

Joe THOMPSON is a recent retiree also, from the Travelers Insurance Co. where he last served as vice president in Toronto, Canada. Earlier assignments found him in Portland, Me., New York City, and Hartford, Conn. Joe is delighted to be back in Maine and resident in Kennebunkport, just across the inlet from Ted Hodgkins' place. He is also enjoying renewed contacts with our Bostonians, Cy Brewer and Horace Rounds.

Down in Jacksonville, Fla., Wiggie WIGELIUS continues the practice of law, specializing on one hand in divorce, adoption and automobile accident cases, but also in aerospace and industrial engineering cases. One of his boys is coaching high school sports, another is an Army officer, a third may well become an outstanding football candidate at the Academy, and daughter Frannie is a swimming star.

Bernie FREUND is executive director of the Portsmouth Area United Fund, where he is setting new records in campaign successes.

Dick HARWOOD writes in from New Orleans, La., saying that he is now with the Boeing Co. at their Michaud Plant, engaged in the Samrn Booster Project to take young Bruce McCandless to the moon.

The next time you are in Las Vegas, and in trouble, remember the name of HEINLEIN. Oscar writes that at present he is engaged in Nevada At the change of command ceremony retiring politics, and acts as a consultant to Las Vegas LGen. Alpha L Bowser '32 passes the FMF Lant Strip Hotels—also on the executive committee of Colors to LGen. Richard G. Weede '35 who sucthe State Republican Central Committee. ceeds as commanding general.

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In answer to my inquiry Hal KNOERTZER says that he is fully retired. "Retired, unwillingly in June 1960, to make room for younger officers.

Passed up 'tombstone promotion' because of resolution to stay with the Navy 'as long as it would have me.' Formnately did not have any urgent needs that required additional income so have remained fully retired. Do considerable hunting (mosdy deer and elk) in both Idaho and Washington—so far with more than average success.

Also fish, primarily for trout, so the meat problem is not acute even at the present inflated prices.

Not that wild game and fish are cheap—think the statisticians figure $10 a pound on the average— but have been successful enough so probably not too much over $5 a pound in my case. However, it is a by-product in a way and the pursuit of it gave me at least two months of enjoyable occupation this year.

"Do some travelling around the Northwest and along the coast (own a 24' motor home) although can't say it is of the travelog variety—mostly back country where there are still more trees than people, which is all to the good. Have even found a spot or two where there isn't a beer can or botrie under every tree and such places are really hard to find these days. Probably the first thing our astronauts will find on the moon is litter!"

Loki and Peggy MANG spend a great deal of time in their sports fisherman MUMA in Pensacola.

Last summer, in celebration of the landing of Tristan de Luna, they took part in the boat parade. Navigation was by Dutch CLOSE and Hap ASMAN. With this high-priced help, they kept station perfecdy. Loki wrties that he and Peggy have been taking, at the Pensacola Junior College, courses in English, Spanish, stocks and bonds, real estate for the home owner, and (Peggy) real estate practices and principles for brokers.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of RAdm. E. L. PHARES, USN, on 4 July.

Pharo had been living in Florida until recently when he and his daughter, Patricia, went to Deming, N. C , where he died suddenly of a heart attack. Pat plans to stay out there, and her address is: Miss Patricia Phares, R. I, Box 206, Spanish Stirrup Ranch, Deming, N . M. 88030.

Chmn,, Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.), U. S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Md. 21402

The monthly meetings of the Washington group were suspended during July and August but will resume in September. It has been decided that this meeting will be held on the 23rd in Annapolis and the wives are not only invited, but urged to attend. The schedule calls for cocktails and luncheon commencing at 11:30 A.M. at the Annapolis Yacht Club, followed by the Penn State football game. Those planning to attend should

drop a note to Turner Duncan (address given above) requesting luncheon reservations. They must also submit their football ticket application for the game to the Naval Academy Athletic Association prior to 22 Aug. The number of classmates serving in 3 or 4-star grade was increased to 13 when Ralph SHIFLEY received his 3 stars. Ralph's assignment is Deputy Chief of Naval Operations-—Logistics. Congratulations, Ralph!

When Warren CHRISTIE sent in his contribution to the class fund he noted that he was teaching engineering at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. In his letter Warren laid claim to some kind of class record in that he and Daisy now have 7 grandchildren, all of whom are Navy Juniors. Does anyone dispute Warren's claim to a record ?

The rest of the news this month is all sad.

Word was received that Margaret Jackson, wife of our classmate Charlie, passed away on 3 June in San Jose. Charlie's address is 1334 University Ave., San Jose, Ca. 95126. Word was also received that Clarence Keller died on 5 June in Venice, Fla. He was buried in Arlington the 15th, with simple military honors. His widow, Charlotte, can be reached at P. O. Box 582, Venice, Fl. 33595. The third tragedy was the death of Midn.

2nd Class Phillip Schwab, son of Herb and Graysie. Phil was killed in an automobile accident on 15 June near Phoenix, Ariz., where he had been visiting a classmate while on leave. Herb attended the Academy with '33 and '35. Funeral services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel on 18 July and burial was at the Naval Academy Cemetery. All classmates will join in extending deepest sympathy to Charlie Jackson, Charlotte Keller and the Schwab family.

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, Wld. 21401

Classmates will regret to have noted the sudden passing of Tony ANTONIAK on 3 June recorded in the Last Call of this issue. The class made a contribution to the Washington Heart Association in memory of Tony and San Diego area classmates were in attendance at the funeral services. Larry BECHT makes this fine report: "Services were held in San Diego Saturday, 10 June, for our dear friend and classmate, Capt.

Charles 'Tony' Antoniak. All of the pallbearers were from '34 and included: Jim Davis, Jack Phelps, Larry Becht, Tom DuBois, Pop Gunn, Leo Flynn and Butch Robbins. Many other classmates in the area also attended. Flowers were sent in the name of the class. As you know, Tony was stricken while he was in Annapolis to attend the graduation of his son, Peter. Peg Antoniak was an inspiration to all of us.

"It is perhaps out of Tony's passing that many of us can take a fresh view of life. Here was a real man—a sincere friend; loyal to the Navy, his

H a n k M o n r o e ' 3 3 , ComPhibTraPac, receives the Legion of M e r i t from C h a m p Blouin ' 3 3 , ComPhibPac. RAdm. M o n r o e was cited for the d e v e l o p m e n t of t r a i n i n g in riverine w a r f a r e a n d a r a p i d e x p a n sion of missions in training functions for personnel enroute to duty in Southeast Asia a n d V i e t n a m operations.

country and his family in every respect. When we look out over the ocean, hearing the soft murmur of the waves and the light whisper of the wind, we think of Tony—in all of his kindness, his ready humor and his keen approach to problems both big and little. Perhaps, in restrospect, we should strive to be more kindly to others—let harsh words remain unspoken—and take comfort in the many blessings that we all enjoy. Time is truly getting short for many of us in the class of '34—let us use it constructively as true humanitarians."

Before his death Tony had agreed that his son Peter should carry the same sword that he had carried during his naval career. He did not know that Peter had won the Navy League of the United States annual award, an inscribed officer's sword, for the most original technical paper written by a midshipman of the graduating class.

So Ensign Antoniak was given the value of a new sword in cash and the inscription was put on Tony's sword.

Another classmate, who has been out of contact with most of us for many years, passed away on 23 May. Francis Chedsey "Ched" PLATT of North Guilford, Conn., had a short tour with the class of '34 but will be well remembered for his performance in the boxing ring. After leaving the Academy plebe year he was with Bethlehem Steel Corp., Baltimore, and eventually lost contact, presumably returning to Connecticut. Barbara Piatt included the following in a brief message: "Ched's illness was short, thank God for his sake. But he remained, up to the last, the gentle, kind person he always was."

Besides his widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Barbara P. Veach of Arlington, Va., and Mrs. John P. Dunlap of Guilford, Conn.; two sisters, Mrs. Louise P. Gould of Roslyn Harbor, N. Y., and Mrs. Jean P. Pierce of Ossining, N . Y., and eight grandchildren.

C h a m p Blouin was host f o r a g a l a class cocktail p a r t y in C o r o n a d o on 6 M a y . The p a r t y was a tremendous success a n d was a t t e n d e d by 8 1 p e o p l e fri San D i e g o / L o s A n g e l e s a r e a . Following cocktails the g r o u p a d j o u r n e d to the OfRcers' C l u b for dinner a n d d a n c i n g .

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Back in the Washington area: John WILEY and Red BRUCHEZ (Dahlgren).

Departed from this area, Ernie CHRISTENSEN to relieve Magruder TUTTLE as CNATechTra at NAS, Memphis, 30 June.

Sec'y-Treasurer, Capt. Louis N, Detweiler, (SC) USN, 6650 Van Winkle Drive, Falls Church, Va. 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. E. D. Vestel, Jr., (SC) USN (Ret.), 1406 Pine St. Key West, Fla. 33040

So you'll understand why some of the following items appear more like history than news, we'd like to say that the copy for this SeptemberOctober issue of Shipmate was due in Annapolis 24 July although you probably won't be reading it until October.

After a two-year stint with the JCS, Dick LYNCH was granted a reprieve and is now out where the tradewinds blow. As ComHawSeaFron, Dick joins our growing number of classmates in the Honolulu area. From Kailua, out that way, Johnny HEATH reports baching it a while this summer while his wife was back in Annapolis visiting her family. Johnny is going to try and get a '35 group together in Hawaii and we hope some of those Hawaiian-based '35 flag officers will provide photographic coverage.

The following note dated 27 June was received from Jack McCORMICK and Jerry: "Dear classmates: We thank you very much for the beautiful flowers sent to our son John's funeral service at the Nortii Island NAS Chapel. He was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery with full honors.

The pallbearers were from our class: Frank Wheeler, Skip Sellers, Ralph Baum and Bruce Ross. In addition there were Ralph Pray '33, Harry Stark '36, Swede Olsen '38 and John Nichols '43. Sincerely, Jack and Jerry McCormick."

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others. Ross FREEMAN, Jack SEYMOUR and Lou MILLS were particularly helpful to her in her bereavement.

Virge McQUARRY, in a short note from his Cheltenham, Pa., home, says our missing Hank THOMAS is in the Seatde area working for Boeing on the supersonic transport. How about someone from Seattle furnishing our secretarytreasurer with Hank's current address? And while we're speaking of the Puget Sound country, Harv HEADLAND has just left the university in Tacoma after four years of teaching there. Harv is also working for a doctor's degree, but in business administration at the University of Oregon.

He says being an instructor is about the same as being a jg. He expects to make full professor in about the same time it took him to make captain—18 years.

In June '35's last four SC admirals got together for a final active duty photo. The occasion was the award of the Legion of Merit to Steve for exceptionally meritorious service as Deputy Chief, BuSandA, and as Deputy Commander, NavSupSysCom. From the left are: Johnny Bottoms, Hersch Goldberg, Steve and Joe Lyle. Hersch and Joe are now retired.

A note from JSC GABBERT, senior engineer with Raff Analytic Smdy Assoc, in Silver Spring, Md., tells us Dermott HICKEY is working for Raff on a full-time basis this summer. In the fall he'll work only one day a week while he attends the University of Maryland in pursuit of a doctorate of history degree. Dermott had been with the Office of Naval History several years before his retirement and completed one year at Maryland under the GI Bill of Rights in June.

Perry McINTIRE and wife Anita returned to Annapolis from their Fremont, Calif., home, along with two of their four daughters, in June. While back east Anita attended her high school class reunion on 1 July in Annapolis. Perry saw his family in Maine and the whole gang headed up to Canada and took in Expo '67 before heading back west.

We're pleased to report Johnny HACK's widow Ginnie is working in Town and Country, a Coronado ladies apparel shop. If you need something in that line, you couldn't find anyone nicer or more accommodating than Ginnie to help you make a selection. Also the Hacks' daughter Virginia Anne was married in August to Peter Smith Ring in Washington. Prior to her wedding Miss Hack, a '64 American University graduate, had been employed as secretary to Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy.

Another wedding of interest to '35ers was the marriage of Miss Tajie Ann Baum to LCdr. Robert Lee Anderson, (MC) USN, at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Coronado on 24 June. Following a wedding trip to Hawaii, the couple is residing in San Diego. Mrs. Anderson is the daughter of Ralph BAUM and Katie.

LGen. Richard G. Weede '35 receives his 3rd star from his father and LGen. Bowser '32 while Mrs. Weede assists. Gen. Weede recently relieved Gen. Bowser as CG, FMF Lant.

Our extremely able, conscientious and devoted secretary-treasurer Lou DETWEILER has recentiy undergone several eye operations at Bethesda.

These had to do with a detached retina. We hope that by the time this issue of Shipmate is distributed, Lou's eyes will be in good condition and the surgery only a memory. During Det's absence his class work—and there's plenty of it—is being done by Det's bride of some years, Ida Mary, by Fletch LAMKIN and by Det's most capable secretary, Mrs. L. Zimmerman. Thank you all!

We hadn't heard from Mike BESSON for some time, so we thought we'd drop him a line and ask him what gives at that APO address he uses.

The answer is plenty! Mike had several tours of Winnie Lyndon was moving back to the Washduty in Europe, so he gravitated back there after ington area with the children in August. She was his retirement in March 1960. He spent about four hoping to find an apartment in Virginia. Winnie and a half years at the principal German Univerexpressed her deep appreciation to the class for a sity in Frankfurt/Main studying banking along donation to the Washington Heart Assn. in with business and economics. His 135-page thesis Charlie's memory. Winnie added it was most comwritten in German was on the balance of payforting to see so many classmates at the funeral ments problem. During this period Mike got to and to receive so many wonderful letters from know Europe pretty well, having criss-crossed it 58

many times from Helsinki to Lisbon. Deciding his age and lack of business experience would mitigate against getting a choice job, Mike chose to invest in stocks and real estate. Things went pretty well except for an orange grove around Orlando, Fla., that turned sour.

Anyway, last February Mike finally took the big step and married a 28-year-old Copenhagen beauty in Vienna. Since then the Bessons have been touring America, driving from Montreal to Miami Beach, Mexico City, Tiajuana, British Columbia, and finally to Pordand, Ore., where Mike's letter came from. By the time this appears in print, Mike will have taken in Expo '67 and returned to Frankfurt/Main

in SS UNITED STATES.

Mike plans to remain in Europe indefinitely so that postoffice address on Lou Detweiler's class roster is still good.

Among the classmates Mike saw or talked to in the U. S. were Bill HYLAND, Steve CARPENTER and of course that old blue water salt George Towne BAKER, which brings up another yarn.

Seems like in early July George Towne had his yeomanette Betty pen a card from Mazatlan, Mexico, relating an epic ten-day voyage from Coronado in the 40' yacht ESPIT. Betty not only had to keep the log but was lookout, cook and dishwasher along with Helen and Bill Lowrey '30.

Betty says there were several minor inconveniences like engines breaking down, ditto automatic pilot, being lost several times and a little matter of capsizing. When the ship was safely in port at Mazatlan, one Baker was called Captain Bligh and it wasn't Betty.

Lyle BLOHM has been in Carlsbad, N . M., since 1938 and says he guesses he's become a desert rat because he enjoys the southern New Mexico country so much. Lyle was forced to move to a dry climate because of his health and the area around Carlsbad seems to be the perfect spot for him. Lyle is a stockbroker with Goodbody & Co. He has a 26-year-old son working for Sperry Rand in Phoenix and another who's 20 and a junior at New Mexico State University. Outside of Ted Neyman, his old (we don't mean it the way it sounds) roommate, he's seen very few classmates.

He'd welcome any of the gang from '35.

Jim SCOTT has been living in Camp Hill, Pa., a Harrisburg suburb, since shortiy after retiring.

Jim heads a non-profit corporation called "Pennsyhanians For Right To Work." Jim says both his home and office phone numbers are in the Harrisburg telephone book and Mar and he would like to hear from any friends in '35 passing through.

Better still, Jim says, would be if you could attend one of those Friday monthly luncheons in Harrisburg where the regulars are Tony PARRY, Dauphin County Chief of Detectives; Johnny MILLER, purchasing officer with AMP; Spurg SHARROCKS, Lancaster, Pa., City Administrator; Jack MANN, Pennsylvania R. R. sales manager from Reading, and of course Jim ScotL The sympathy of all classmates goes to Noel GAYLER whose father, Capt. Ernest R. Gayler, (CEC) USN (ReL), died at his home in Seattle in June. Capt. Gayler, who was 93 years old at the time of his death, had a very distinguished career in the Navy. Funeral services were at Ft. Myer on 30 June with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

John MIDDLETON says the Pacific Northwest is wonderful and even the rainy season doesn't bother him. He's living in a new home in Medina but his Bellevue postoffice address on the class roster is correct. Sammy NIXDORFF must feel the same way about Puget Sound country.

Bitten by that camping bug again, he converted his VW station wagon into a camper, took Barbara aboard and set sail for that magnetic Pacific Northwest. We hope they'll take time out to tell us about their trip. We also learned from John that Freddy DE ARELLANO works for the Naval Ordnance Systems Command in Washington and can be reached by dialing OX 6-4571.

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Hersch GOLDBERG, Chief of the Supply Corps and Commander Naval Supply Systems Command, went on the retired list 1 August after a change of command and retirement ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard 31 July. .A,t this writing we aren't sure what Hersch plans on doing after terminating his naval career, but we wish Helen and him nothing but the very best in the future.

Jack SEYMOUR and Jack GERWICK attended the funeral service for Ty SHEPARD (see Last <2all). Jack tells us Larry EDGE, who was skipper of the BONEFISH when that submarine was lost in the Sea of Japan in June 1945, has a son Lawrence Lott Edge, Jr., who was graduated from Yale on 12 June. He now plans to attend Harvard Business School. Sally (Edge) Fletcher and Larry's daughter Sarah were on hand for the ceremonies al New Haven.

Bill JACKSON and Helen have announced the engagement of their younger daughter Jerri Lynn to David Leedy, whose dad Ralph Gordon Leedy was in '43 and who is on active duty as a supply corps captain. The wedding was scheduled to be held in Encino, (Z^lif., after David completes Army OCS in September. The Jacksons' elder daughter Dale has been working at State College in Long Beach while her husband is patrolling off Viemam in the MSO

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Way back in March Bill's old roommate Don VAN NESS was assigned to the Long Beach Naval Station for two weeks active duty. One evening the Jacksons were able to persuade a few classmates to drop by and say hello to Van. The gang which got together is shown in the accompanying photograph. If it appears a little dim, it could be because the Pony Express isn't what it used to be and age could have faded it. Anyway, in the front row are Helen Jackson, Marie Van Ness, Bobbie Prickett, Agnes Keithly and Susan Marcus. In the rear are Woody Dodge, Van, Eleanor Dodge, Bob Prickett, Myers Keithly, Bill Jackson and Marcus Groome. Everybody had a lot of fun, particularly Bill and Van reminiscing about those Bancroft Hall days.

D. W. GILMORE, senior vice president of Kansas City Life Insurance Co., tells us his son Webb '66 completed nuclear power school at Mare Island in March. He's now at the nuclear protot)pe school in Schenectady and is slated for sub school in November. Gil, who keeps in close touch with Don Van Ness, says Don is so busy making money he has to sit up nights counting it. That could explain the yawn on Van's face in the accompanying picmre taken at Bill Jackson's.

Bob KELLY'S son Bob, Jr., was graduated 32 years and 1 day after his dad. Young Bob is slated for 19 weeks at NAS Glynco attending CIC and Air Intercept School. Then he'll go to BRUMBY, a Newport-based DE. Hazel and Bob's other son Jim was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in May. With a name like Kelly he could go a long way around Boston.

From Albuquerque Don CLAY tells us he resigned his job with Airtronics, Inc., of Fairfax County, Va., on 24 Feb. to establish his own consulting business in the southwest. He presentiy has several clients and is trying to diversify his business so he won't have all military work.

Marion and Don say they'd be happy to hear from any classmates traveling east or west on Route 66 who might be dropping into the Sandia complex.

Meanwhile they send their best to all.

The sympathies of the class are extended to the Herbert S. SCHWABS in Pacific Palisades, upon the loss of their son, Midn. Philip B. Schwab, class of '69, in a car accident near Phoenix, Ariz., on 15 July. Herb was a member of both '33 and '35.

Midn. Schwab was enroute a classmate in Phoenix. He the Naval Academy on 26 training. Services were held in

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Chapel on the 18th, with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Bob KAIL will remain at the American School in London for another year. He is Associate Headmaster and in addition teaches advanced math and acts as principal of the 180-student high school. Bob says Merrie Olde England has changed a bit since he first touched her shores. No PX privileges for retired personnel, a socialist government and a limited physical plant at the school crowded with the children of American businessmen. Bob adds they can only take the top students and they concentrate on getting them into college. He says they are great fun to teach but very challenging and it all keeps him alert and feeling young. He misses seeing classmates and says if you're in London give him a call. He can always be reached through the school.

In case you use Lou DETWEILER's 31 May class directory for a Xmas card mailing list, here are a few changes you might like to make.

J. J. BARANOWSKI now lives in Apt. 304, 8701 Delgany Ave., Playa del Rey, Ca. 90281.

Fen A. BROCK's mail should go to 524 Almond Ave., Long Beach, Ca. 90812. Ned DOUGHERTY'S new address is "Courtside," Newport, R. I. 02840.

Mrs. Dumay Gorham has moved to 622 E. Main St., Washington, N. C. 27889. John J. JAY resitles at 2410 Peachwood Circle, N.E., Adanta, Ga. 30329. R. B. LYNCH's home address is 6 Halealii Rd., Honolulu, Hi. 96818. Tom McGRATH's address should be changed to 6 Woodland Dr., Cohasset, Ma. 02025. The Steve SHERWOODs live at 200 Rosecrans S L , San Diego, Ca. 92106. Mrs. John H. Theis has moved to 65 Parker Hill Rd., Gardner, Ma. 01440. Lou M. AYERS' address should be 1401 W. Jefferson Dr., Lake Charles, La. 70601.

Sec'y, MGen. P. R. Tyler, USMC 5529 Edgement Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22310 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St. Annandale, Va. 22003

Well, in the last issue we prayed for the rains of May to stop, and they did just in time to bring in the hottest and most humid June this Washington area has known in many a year. Nevertheless, as we face July on this last week of June, the weather is cooler, and we can only hope the rest of the summer will stay that way. At any rate we hope so, for having retired on 1 July, as we mrn out this copy for the fall issue, Ede and I are in the throes of packing and getting ready to head for Nags Head, N. C , for three weeks where we hope to relax and enjoy the first month of retirement fishing, swimming, and just plain loafing. If you could have seen our little Opel station wagon—the logistic train—you'd have sworn we were evacuating Annandale to become beachcombers for life—who knows? Maybe we will! Time will tell.

25 May found the windup of the '66-67 season luncheons, again at the Hunt Room of the Jefferson Hotel. Fifteen were in attendance: Baumeister, Dick Bradley, Ellis, Folsom, Gordy Fowler, Jim Gray, Hanger, Ed King, Law, Morton, J. O. Phillips, Jack Turner, Tyler, Ware, and Bob Williams. It was good to see Jack TURNER, back from a retirement tour all over Europe and the Mideast, and "Onion" PHILLIPS again, both of whom were surprise attendees. Except for Ed K I N G ' S announcement of the June dinner-dance and Paul TYLER's report on the additional funds received for the 36th Company wardroom project, not much business was transacted; everyone just yakked and enjoyed the excellent buffet.

"Are you too old to dance?" said the Flyer to all hands. "Of course not! Then attend the class of '36 dinner-dance, 17 June, at the Army and Navy County Club, 19 to 2400; cocktails on the roof, dinner in the Sun Room, followed by dancing in the evening moonlight on the roof garden." And that we all did; 13 couples including

the Baumeisters, Fred Bennetts, Dick Bradleys, Ellises, Flemings, Jim Grays, Hangers, Kikers, Ed Kings, Laws, J. O. Phillipses, Ryders, and Tylers. Claudiana and Joe Rice, unformnately at the last minute, could not join us due to other family commitments. As advertised, the moonlight was there, the evening Washington skyline beautiful in its aurora of white light, and the dinner and dancing excellent. A good time was had by all, especially by the Laws and Ellises who were celebrating their 29th wedding anniversaries. It was agreed we should all have such get-togethers more often. Our thanks to our hosts and hostesses: Beulah and Ed KING and Blanch and Jack BAUMEISTER. A notice from their Publnfo Office announced that Don WILSON joined the staff of Tracor, Inc., Austin, Tex., in their Sherman Lake, Calif., branch as senior scientist in the company's Information Systems Progress Department. Tracor is an advanced technology company with branches in eight states. Before joining them, Don had been head of Litton Industries' Fleet Operations Section since his retirement in 1966 when he left MSTS. Our best wishes to Don for success in his new position.

A letter from George WHITMYRE reports he is now living at 412 East Mayfield Drive, Grand Junction, Co. 81501, where he moved in April 1966 upon being transferred by Standard Oil of Ohio to be maintenance superintendent of an oil shale planL He asks for Harry Stark's present address and says his family is growing up—Laura is 17, Leslie Ann, 15, and Bruce, 11. Bruce plays Little League baseball and is trying to make a trout fisherman out of his dad.

Robbye King, Beulah and Ed's daughter, won gross honors in the Women's District Golf Association Star Cup tournament with an even par round of 72 at the Argyle Country Club as she tuned up for the U. S. Open championship at Hot Springs, Va. Robbye is the former District and Maryland state amateur champion. Our best wishes to Robbye for continued success.

A note from Ann King Batcheller dated 18 June says, "My father and all of us are most appreciative of the card of sympathy from the class of 1936. Through you we should like to convey our thanks."

Dave RICHARDSON has returned from the Vietnam area and assumed his new duties as AssL CNO for Air (OP05). Also reported as returning but not heard from are Jim O'Grady and Ben Robertshaw.

Capt. William A. Ellis '36 was awarded the Legion of Merit on 29 June for services while on duty in the National Security Agency. The presentation was made by LGen. M. S. Carter, USA, Director, NSA, while Mrs. Ellis and Dr. L. W. Tordella stand by.

Paul TYLER has gone to great lengths to put out an up-to-date and accurate class directory.

However, on mailing it to all classmates, many were returned for lack of proper address. We can't keep track of you if you don't tell us where you are! If you would like a copy of the new directory, send Paul a request with a self-addressed envelope enclosed, and he will see that you get one posthaste.

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Retired today, 30 June; off for Nag's Head tomorrow to loaf and fish for three weeks. See you again in the October issue.

From L. R. (Bob) Schulz '34: "Since Bill Ellis has been the correspondence secretary for '36 for as long as I can remember, I thought it appropriate that I send in the enclosed photo and news item for him. The occasion was the presentation of the Legion of Merit to Bill on 29 June. The decoration was awarded by the Secretary of the Navy for the President in recognition of Bill's exceptionally meritorious service during 1964-67 while Bill was on duty in the National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md. The presentation was made by Lt.Gen. Marshall S. Carter, USA, Director, NSA, before a sizeable gathering of Bill's friends and associates in NSA and the Naval Security Group. Special guests were Bill's wife Edie and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert Densford (Vivian) whose husband was the late Bob Densford '27."

Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Cdr. J. P. IVI. Johnston, USN (Ret.), 5439 41st St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20015

WASHINGTON NEWS The Thirtieth Reunion marches into the immediate future of less than 90 days hence. Those at the class luncheon and gatherings here in Washington all talk of it. There have been three such gatherings, two class luncheons and the 3 June party in honor of that day some 30 years ago.

The 3 June Washington reunion dinner and dance was attended by Mary and Dave Bell, Jean and John Reese, Curly and Mac Adams, Missy and Charlie Dodds (up from Annapolis), Betty and Charlie Lake, Gwen and John DeVane, Cynthia and Squire Pridmore (from Guantanamo), Mary and Walt Barry (up from Norfolk, Va.), Janet and Red Vance, Jean and Red Woodard, Bob Farrington, Caroline and Larry Bernard, Eloise and Tom Davies, Ray and Jack Wadleigh, Lois and Bob Erly, Bea and Dinty Moore (from New York City), Anne and Jimmy Cruse, Midge and Jimmy Denton, Bea and Larry Brantley, Cliff Messenheimer, Marcella and Wes Steesy, and Betty and John Johnston.

Bits of news picked up at the party reveal that Red WOODARD has acquired an Unlimited Master's License from the Coast Guard. Jean and Red recendy left for the San Diego, Calif., area.

Jimmy DENTON now does some work for the Air System Command. He and Midge have five grandchildren.

Janet and Red VANCE are moving into a new home. Red is at the University of Virginia, teaching a course in political science. Janet sells real estate from time to time.

The 8 June class luncheon followed shortiy thereafter with 11 present: Tom Adams, Ted Gibson, Tony Zavadil, Jimmy Denton, Jimmy Gustin, Bob Farrington, Red Woodard, John Johnston, Jimmy Cruse, Morgan Baldwin, and Curt Kelly.

This luncheon was meaningful. It was Curt KELLY'S last luncheon as an active duty officer.

Jimmy GUSTIN was leaving for Wisconsin before the next luncheon and Red WOODARD would be leaving for San Diego. Tony ZAVADIL said he had been transferred to the temporary disability retired list as of 1 June.

Bill LOWNDES wrote from Berkeley, Calif., and forwarded a newspaper article from the San Francisco Chronicle of 5 June. The article is about 12 column inches long describing the "Stormy Petrel," a unique weapon invented by a former Navy officer. It is about Spike BARKLEY and his company. Aquanautics, Inc. It is an unmanned, remote controlled, waterborne device that can be launched by ships or dropped from aircraft.

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G e r r y Joyce ' 3 7 , Dodie Robinson, Kathy a n d D a v e Robinson ' 6 5 , Kay Joyce a n d Jesse Robinson.

Gerry JOYCE has written two interesting letters of recent date so the quotation will start: "We've bought a place in Baylake Pines (2409 Lookout Court, Virginia Beach), almost on Lake Joyce, and will retire there. I expect to teach next fall along with several other classmates. I know Walt Barry (incidentally his son is also being married on the 10th but I don't have any more details) will be teaching and I understand that Red Hessel will also. Waffles Ingling already is, as you know. Squire Pridmore will be relieved as ComFltTraGrpCtmo on the 17th by Joe West '39, and according to the last dope I have from Squire, they will settie in this area, at least temporarily. Sally is planning matrimony in the near future, but I don't have any more dope on it right now. Maybe next week. Squire and Cynthia are up now for Sally's graduation. He'll be in the office next Monday or Tuesday and I'll try to get the dope. Incidentally, we're on the autovon 244-6161 for my office. Rex Wheeler has acquired a fine houseboat and apparently is planning to soak up a litrie more sea duty after retiring.

Charlie Burch is with the admissions department at Old Dominion College after retiring earlier. I've heard rumors that Bill Crenshaw and Tex Lander are going to do nothing but beat the turf on the local golf course out (Coronado way. Bill used to get through here regularly, but haven't seen him for a few months.

"It does seem strange to be hanging up the sailor suit for the last time after having worn it for 34 years. Even though both the kids will be gone soon and we do have one grandchild, I don't feel too much older—except, of course, in the morning when all sorts of creaks and groans tear themselves out of the joints, so maybe it is a facL I forgot Joe Dalton but I really don't know what his plans are."

After Gerry's 2 June letter quoted above he wrote another briefer one which contained the photograph of his daughter's marriage to Jesse ROBINSON'S son Dave. Again I will quote Gerry's letter: "Here's the picture I promised you. I think the details were provided earlier, but to rehash—the kids (Dave and Kathy) were married 10 June at the Fort Story Post Chapel. Dave is attached to USS CONYNGHAM based here in Norfolk; he is class of '65. If it's any interest, his best man was our son, Gerald T. Joyce, II, also '65. Somehow or another, it almost looks like a closed loop system—or at least keeping things within the class.

"As you know, I'll be retiring Friday along with a goodly number of others—-Rex Wheeler, Joe Dalton, Walt Barry, Squire Pridmore and Red Hessel, to name a few."

Curt KELLY wrote a within Washington, D. C , note to me: "Ard Grantham and I attended the funeral of young L L Richard Earl Ball, II, at Arlington on Monday morn, 27 June. It was simple and short but effective in the military fashion. Dick Ball, his wife and daughter and a

few other friends of the Balls were also present."

Virginia and Dick's son was killed in an automobile accident in Norfolk on 23 June.

Dick BALL is now retired. He and Virginia have their residence at 2648 Trousdale Drive, Buriingame, Ca. 94010.

From Cxjlumbia, S. C , came a newspaper clipping that tells the class that Joseph L. WALKER, right-of-way engineer for the South Carolina Highway Department, died on 11 July at his home, 130 Carriage Hill Apartments, Columbia, S. C. Al GERKEN, Commander, MSTSGulf, writes from New Orleans, La., on 26 June, forwarding a biography to help the 30-year Fix. He says in part: "As you can see from the enclosed biography Charlotte, Freddy and I are departing from the good Navy life at New Orleans.

"I see Frenchy Lirette at the Alumni Chapter monthly meetings, and we see Dick Rogers who's on the 8 th ND Staff at social functions periodically.

The three of us comprise the entire class muster in the area.

"We intend to visit relatives way-up-north immediately after retirement. Then we'll head south again to avoid the snows, and start serious retiring activities."

Thirteen classmates on 13 July met for the second Thursday class luncheon at the Army and Navy Country Club. Larry Bernard, Tom Adams, Jack Wadleigh, Jack Slaughter, Ted Gibson, Chuck Stein, Curt Kelly, Jimmy Denton, Larry Brantley, Dave Bell, John Johnston, Wes Steesy and Morgan Baldwin made up the group.

Larry BRANTLEY has tiie Shakey's Pizza Parlor franchise for the Rockville, Md., area. He announced his opening as of 12 July and issued a complimentary large pizza dinner to each classmate presenL The address, 1471 Rockville Pike.

In a conversation with Dave BELL, in passing, he said he had just made permanent admiral.

Tom MILLER, in a telephone conversation, said he believed that Scoop VORSE was now in Costa Rica. Tom has moved to Stonington, Conn., address, 53 Church St., Zip 06378. Tom was intrigued with his father's energy—he came out of a hospital at 81 years of age to assume office as Head, Nevada State Park Commission in Reno.

Gene RANKIN, with letter date of 2 July, writes: "The class of '37 USNA, Southern California contingent, got together for the 30-year party at the Amphibious Base Officers' Club, Coronado, on 3 June. Of the 31 or so classmates in this area, 15 gathered together with their wives to make it an extremely pleasant occasion. The ladies were greeted with 'aloha' and an orchid lei flown in from Hilo for the occasion.

"Although some of the classmates had not seen each other for 10 to 30 years, there was litrie difficulty in reestablishing rapport, embellishing old stories, bringing up embarrassing moments, and tracing career patterns—military and civilian.

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"Stumpy Baker, as CO of the Amphibious Base, was the congenial host for cocktails and dinner.

Johnny Nielsen handled the details for the Los Angeles area and I covered the San Diego area and acted as secretary and treasurer for the occasion. Needless to say, the event was buoyant and full of fun. The imprompm speeches were indeed hilarious and worthy of the occasion.

"As a sterling rendition of Navy Blue and Gold was sung, we all got goose bumps and heart tugs.

Thirty-four years of association and friendship brought us closer together. Lorraine Baker, a talented poet, put the occasion to verse and made us all more proud than ever to be members of the class of '37. Ah, 'twas quite a night!

"I have enclosed a picture of the group and a copy of Lorraine's poem. Our only regrets are that all of the '37ers and their wives who reside in this area could not attend. Unformnately, my wife, Virginia, was in New Orleans with her hospitalized mother. Personal illness kept several others from being present.

"Shown in the picture, from left to right: standing, Stan Zimney, Ralph and Margaret Benson; Martha Zitimey, Larry and Sally Julihn; 'Old Folks' and Peggy Taylor, Jack Whisder, Johnny and Bernie Nielsen, Vic and Ellie Wildt, Swede Hansen, Jim Scales, Stevie Hansen, Frank and Margo Buckley, Duke and Judy Ferrara, Flick and Meg Hale, Walt and Dolly Keen, Lorraine and Stumpy Parker, Katie and Sid Friedman. In front, Ruth Whisder and Gene Rankin.

"For your information, I am keeping an up-todate roster of the class for this area. I would appreciate hearing from any classmate in the Southern California area whom I did not contact for this party, who moves into the area or who is visiting here."

Lorraine's Poem on the Thirtieth Reunion— USNA 1937: "And so here we are— '37's sober, grey, united littie group—• Wondering what we ate between The dessert and the soup.

You can't say we're not qualified sailors of sort— Even though it took 30 damn years to get back to Home porL And so here we are—landlubbers— Some of us—we lost during the 30-year sail.

Dear friends, our classmates; Names come to me, to us all, but to what avail.

Their memory is ours, most precious, of our 30 years.

We still feel the heartache, the sting of tears.

They are our Special Heroes—Class of '37— And by the hand of God—here we are— So let's celebrate in memory of them, and for ourselves, And cast off the line, up anchor and sail Just one more time— Just one more time!!"

'37'$ Thirty-year party. Southern California.

involved with the wedding in that our son is an usher, and she is our godchild. Since this would have been the last opportunity for me to attend a class function while still on active duty, I particularly regret our inability to come. Please do me a favor and in some way give my best regards to the whole gang, and tell them that I will look forward to seeing them and swapping experiences after I get setded in my new job one way or another. I would appreciate it very much if you would ask the person who keeps the roster to add my name to it, as I will probably be traveling a good bit in my new job, at least at the start, and possibly could attend some of the class luncheons if 1 could get the schedule. My business address will be Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, 25 Broad St., New York City, and my home address will be Lahaska, Pa., telephone: 215-794-7613. Good luck to the gang."

Good luck to you, John, and Godspeed in your second career. We look forward to seeing you when you pass through town and will keep you on the roster. And to Kay and Chet our sincere thanks and a hearty "well done" on our best picnic to date.

On the sad side, I regret to report that Lucy Moore passed away on 17 June at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. She was buried in Arlington Cemetery. 'The class sent flowers and many were able to attend the beautiful service in Ft. Myer Chapel. To Randy, daughters Elise and Judy and brother and classmate Bob Cutts, we extend our deepest sympathies.

The Heydon WELLS were in town as guests of the Grant HESTONs after a tour of Europe on the occasion of daughter Dee's college graduation.

While in town we all attended the lovely wedding of Nancy BOYD and Lt. Joe Durham, USN, in the Navy Chapel on Nebraska Ave., with a reception at Evans Farm Inn. We wish the young couple happiness and success and extend our congratulations to Ruth and Gid. The Wellses announced that Dee was engaged and would be married in Charleston in August. Jean Heston is Dee's godmother and announced plans for a shower for her which the Wellses will come up for and many Washington area wives will attend.

The Hestons then took off for a vacation at the Dorado Beach Club in Puerto Rico to celebrate son Grant, Jr.'s, graduation from Gettysburg (College. I was stuck in the Pentagon but will head for the Dorado Beach Club the day after 1 retire.

I have always said the class of '38 was most formnate and if I had the chance to do the 30 years over again I wouldn't change a day of it.

The selection of Mike RINDSKOPF for flag rank only proves my point. It couldn't have happened to one more deserving and we are proud of you and wish you well, Mike, as one of those who will continue to run this Navy in the great '38 style.

Other welcome guests to town recentiy were the Guy GUGLIOTTAs as guests of die Jim ANDREWS. They live at 25351 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and came east for Guy, Jr.'s, graduation from Columbia University and entrance into OCS. Guy is an engineering supervisor with Guralnick and Lee Engineering Co. George MUSE came back from California for a special board in BuPers and learned his new duty would be as Commander Naval Reserve

Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN 3900 Watson PI., Apt. 7B Washington, D. C. 20016

WASHINGTON AREA NEWS The local gang, about 65 strong, gathered at the lovely home of the Chet OWENS in McLean, Va., for what we hope has become an annual and happy custom. The swimming pool was most inviting and the buffet which Kay prepared all by herself was delicious. It was our first chance to welcome the Les O'BRIENs to Washington duty and again see the AKERs and BOWERs from Bainbridge.

We had hoped to say aloha to the LEYDONs, who retired on 1 July, but they sent regrets with the following nice note: "Betty and I are sick that we cannot attend the class picnic but our niece is being married in Philadelphia on that day, and we are very much SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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Norfolk group dinner-dance at the Phib Base Officers' Club for local '38ers and visiting classmates from Washington.

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Training in Omaha. Harry STOTT, also from California, came back to deliver a graduation address at Lewes High School in Lewes, Del., his home town, where he graduated 35 years ago.

His subject, "The Individual."

BOSTON AREA NEWS On his last visit Ray BERTHRONG, Chief of Staff First Naval District, promised to send some dope on the Boston area and here is his excellent report: "It has taken considerably longer than it should have for me to write regarding our classmates in the Boston area. I had hoped to see a number of them at the '38, '39 (also '37 and '40) semi-annual party in the Newport area. We did see Bill and Fran Alford at whose home the party was held and Joe and Margaret Bauer who were the only other '38ers present. But we had a good time seeing them and lots of friends from the other classes. It has been busy in Boston and I haven't had a chance to write until now.

his disability. Charlie and Irene plan to retire to their lovely home in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Me., which they purchased several years ago and is delightful. The Marinkes have one daughter in college and their son will start high school next year in Bar Harbor. Charlie plans to retire in fact at least for the immediate future. Also present at the luncheon was Ed Conrad who retired last June and has been living in the area since then. Ed and Margo are now in the process of moving from the Boston area to Henniker, N. H. They bought a 175-year-old home there on 40 acres of beautiful New Hampshire hills and say they would be happy to see classmates passing through. Ed is joining the faculty of New England College in Henniker and will teach sociology and geography as assistant professor of political science.

"Bob Huron, who was retired last summer, was able to get away from his 'very interesting' job working with and managing computers for NASA Electronic Research Center in Cambridge.

He and Betty are living in a new home in Winchester, Mass. They have been busy getting settied most of the time since they arrived and are thoroughly happy and busily occupied in their new life.

"Tom Suddath has an interesting job in the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. He lives south of Boston in the town of Cohasset and is quite active in Navy affairs in the area, being the newly elected president, Boston chapter, of the Alumni Assn., and among the leaders of the new Boston Association of the U. S. Naval Instimte.

"Bob Millard works at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, principally on the Apollo project, and lives in Manchester by the Sea, Mass. Bob is a yachtsman and spends as much of his summers as possible in his 34-foot ketch. He recommends the New England area and Manchester in particular as a most enjoyable place to be.

"Joe Bauer works for RCA at their Burlington plant as security officer. He and Margaret live in Arlington with their youngest daughter. The older daughter, Barbara Joe, was married last February to L L J. M. Jontz, USMC. "Ira Smbbart, who has been a civilian for some time, works for the Charles T. Main Engineering Co. His interesting specialty is nuclear power plants. Ira and Marion's oldest son is married and has made them grandparents. However, they still have a young oudook and their second boy is still in high school.

"I'm the only one left on active duty in the area and as you know am in the First Naval District Headquarters. Doris and I are pleased that our oldest boy, who has been at Submarine School, will remain in the vicinity when he reports to GREENLING, now being built at Quincy, Mass. This is compensated by Kathy and Andy (Durham). Andy is being ordered to the west coast on his remrn to active duty. There are two other children at home, but the quarters are large and any classmates passing through the area will be welcomed." Many thanks, Ray, for the news.

"Last Tuesday all of the '38ers in the Boston area met at a luncheon at Jimmy's Harbor Side Restaurant to wish Charlie Marinke well in his retirement. Charlie is awaiting the action of a physical evaluation board and will retire as soon as a decision has been made regarding extent of

NEWS FROM ALL AROUND Our deepest sympathies go to Jane Small whose father, RAdm. Robert W. Cary, USN (ReL), a holder of the Medal of Honor, died of a heart attack in Toledo, Ohio. He was board chairman

RAdm. Victor A. Dybdal '38 receives South Vietnamese decorations from LGen. A. E. Starbird, USA, Director, Defense Communications Agency, in recognition of his service as chief of staff, 7th Fleet.

Adm. Dybdal is now an assistant deputy director of the DCA. Mrs. Dybdal is at the left.

Vic DYBDAL, Assistant Deputy Director, DCA, has been awarded the National Order of Viemam Fifth Class, accompanied by the Gallantry Cross with Palm, for his work as Chief of Staff, Seventh FleeL Congramlations, Vic. Other class distinctions are reported in the following note from Chet OWEN: "Last week the class of 1938 could claim what is probably a unique distinction. This occurred at the annual Williamsburg meeting of the Aerospace Industries Assn. This two-day meeting is attended by two top officials from each of the major aerospace and defense manufacmring companies and by senior military officers and government personnel of the Secretary level, about 150 people in all. John LEYDON, Pat FOLEY and I were privileged to attend this meeting. In other words, 2 % of the attendees were from '38. It is doubtful that any other class has been so well represented in this distinguished group." Thanks, Chet, for more proof that '38 is the greatest.

Boston area '38ers meet for lunch.

From the left: Millard, Stubbort, Suddath, Huron, Bauer, Berthrong, Conrad and Marinke.

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of Trans-World Shipping Service, Inc., Toledo's largest freight forwarder, a company he founded in 1954. Jane is in Bahrein where Walt is Commander Middle East Force.

Again to Bob CUTTS our most heartfelt sympathies on the death of his mother, Mrs. Marie Elise Cutts, widow of Capt. E. F. Cutts, USN (Ret.). The class gave a stone to the Washington Cathedral in honor of her memory.

Virginia Beardsley sent a kind note saying her son and daughter join her in thanking the class for our thoughtfulness on Hank's sudden passing.

Tom and Eileen SUDDATH also sent a nice note of appreciation for our kind expression of sympathy on Tom's father's death.

The AKERs announced the marriage of daughter Diana to Steven Rhoads at Bainbridge, Md. The young couple are at home at 3927 Locust SL, Philadelphia, Pa., and we wish them lots of happiness and success. Congramlations to Becky and Charlie.

John FERRITER retired the first of August and he and Julie have joined the gang in Washington.

I will miss John as my very able Norfolk reporter. Lo Weymouth writes from 2637 White's Point Drive, San Pedro, Ca. 90732, to say: "Just want to tell you how much we appreciate the wonderful work you have done for so long for all of us, your friends and classmates. Each time we read your column in Shipmate, we feel like thanking you for all your real efforts, which help to keep us all together and informed. Ralph and I so wish we could be with you in October for the big reunion. We are pretty far away and it is hard to plan that far ahead with Ralph's sea duty and my home duties but we shall certainly try to get there—if it is at all possible.

"Ralph has just come home from his cruise with his ASW group 1. After they left Yankee Station in the China Sea, they came home via Australia, where they helped celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Coral Sea battie—^Australia really gave them a marvelous welcome and they so enjoyed it. Now Ralph is with us here for a few months, so we, the family, are really happy and complete.

If only the rest of this crazy world would calm down and find sanity again!— "Thanks again, Jack—and may we see you again soon. Do tell all friends the welcome mat is out at this address."

Many thanks, Lo, for the kind words and we hope you can make the homecoming. And for those of you who have not made your plans for our 30th reunion at homecoming the weekend of 21 Oct., our able Washington group committee has sent out the flyers giving all die details.

Should our mailing address for you be in error, please write CapL J. H . Raymer, 1940 South Lynn Street, Arlington, Va. 22202 or phone him area code 703-684-8130 for details and arrangements you desire.

Sec'y, Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret).

Ii522 29th St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20007

It's a sad thing when one has to make the solemn trek to the church and graveyard to pay final respects to a parent, classmate or close friend, but the saddest of all is when you have to go to bid goodbye to the son of one of these. The clutch on your heart is a litde tighter, the grief a littie deeper, the sorrow for what might have been and is now lost more poignant. Every young man thus laid away forever takes with him not only his own unfulfilled hopes and potential, but also the dreams and sacrifices of those who can remember him as a tiny baby and have nurtured him until, as a young man, he proudly stepped forward toward his life's work. Anyone can say, "There might go my son" and humble himself before the realization of humanity's incapability to assuage the sacrifice demanded of its young men.

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We should not misunderstand; too often we do. Those who return unscathed have not sacrificed; those who were injured did so only in proportion to the severity of their injury; those who died have sacrificed all so far as they personally were concerned, and much more when one considers the hopeless grief which, however proudly and bravely carried, will be there forevermore.

It is impossible to repay such a gross and allencompassing debt. It is possible only to assure, with every fiber of strength of our being, that the cause for which this sacrifice was collected was a true cause, worthy of the quiet markers which replace all the quick life there dissolved.

2nd L L William Allen Rawson, USMC, 25 years old, son of RAdm. Ralph W. RAWSON, USN ( R e t ) , became a Marine in January 1966.

He completed Officer Candidate School, received his comnussion as second lieutenant and arrived in Vietoam early in May 1967. He was killed in action the second of June near Quang Tin, having been less than 30 days in the war area. He was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery 15 June in the presence of a Guard of Honor of his brother officers, his wife of six months, and his parents, family and friends. Brought to a full stop as he stepped on the threshold of life, there will his remains be reverentiy held so long as this nation shall live.

The Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, 111., has established a Bill Rawson Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mimi and Raspy asked that any contributions be mailed directiy to the high school and identified for the Bill Rawson Fund. Buck is pleased to make note that at the Washington class lunch on 5 July a donation of $25 to the fund was voted. Likewise, the '39ers in Southern California sent a contribution of $39. Flowers don't last, but scholarships do.

Looks like not everybody in '39 is a dog—or maybe the company is the problem. Anyway, now we hear that GULICK's Grog and Grill held its annual simimer party the first Samrday in July (i.e., I July). Seems as though they are still wondering what about '39 and as usual the '39ers were beating on the door at official opening (1500) in order not to lose any time making with the festivities. The WCUCA reports that said festivities lasted nine hours and the only casualty happened to Tommy THOMAS chasing a tennis ball a bit too enthusiastically so that he got tripped up by the net and left a piece of his nose on the cemenL Also he tore his pants, but he wouldn't go home.

Next year same time, same place, 6 July, and you don't need an invitation. Oh, yes!—the place —Bob and Sally GULICK, 1564 Sorrento Drive, Pacific Palisades, Ca. 90272.

In case you don't know what WCUCA stands for—it means West Coast Under Cover Agent. It is not Muriel Jenkins (spouse of Charles) at 1505 Wessex Ave., Los Altos, Calif., but anyone moving out there send phone number and address to her if in the middle or northern part of the state, and to Sally Gulick if in Los Angeles.

The CS was present at the wedding on 3 June of Frank RALSTON and Mrs. Jan Jones, sister of Jesse WORLEY, at tiie Naval Chapel, Long Beach.

Don HARDY was best man. The Ralstons' address: 2652 Silverwood Drive, Los Alamitos, Ca. 90720.

Old Buck was using his telescope as hard as he could from the top of the monument trying to see who the Selection Board was picking this time. Couldn't see, but anyway, very pleased with the results. Sincere congratulations to Jig Dog RAMAGE, Bill KUNTZ and Danny WEITZENFELD. The board also got the best remaining candidate in '38, so there's hope for one more time around next year, but after that it's probably the end.

A very nice letter from Betty Bonvillion thanking the class for the respects paid to Bill.

The CS checked in witii the dope that Bob BORDER has water on the knee and, just to SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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keep things in the family—class, anyway—Doc NORTON has rented his Coronado house to Sam CALDWELL, all of which really doesn't tell Buck much about what's going on—(Have threatened to fire that CS more than once already!) Also from die CS, Tom WALKER is back in Washington for his 8th tour (no address for him, but you can call Officer Locater at BuPers), and sad news that Russ BUCKLEY has apparentiy developed a serious illness. We're all pulling for you, Russ!

More from the WCUCA (he's really working overtime this month)—Bob (R. W.) CLARK expects to stay in Coronado for quite a while, having just taken over as Commander Fleet Training Group; Fred CLARKE has just arrived in Coronado from Yokosuka; and C. R. CLARK is going to Gitmo. Other '39ers in that area are Bobo BOBCZYNSKI, recently retired; Sam CALDWELL, relieving Dunny REILLY as Commander Beach Group I at the Phibase (now this answers my question of earlier). Butch COULTER sailing KLONDIKE to the east coast; Partee CROUCH switching quarters as he switches billets; Sam COLLINS reporting to die Staff; Bill FARGO, Art FISCHER and Gordy GLAES still knocking around. Lou SPEAR, retired, commutes to San Francisco in his job—how do you do that, Lou.' Fly your own jet.? Frank VANNOY has headed for WestPac and Jim SMITH is on North Island.

Also, Vince DE POIX and Noble HARRIS have recendy been in evidence out there, but the CS was a litrie vague and I guess they were just passing through.

George SCOTT recendy banged through Washington en route from Madrid to headquarters at San Rafael, Calif. His latest claim to fame is that one of his boys has already done the SeaLab bit using pressurized lizards in the bottom of their swimming pool. Apparendy the lizards didn't mind and we have no reports as to the effect on any of the swimmers.

The ECUCA has now crashed through with the dope that Ned BEACH is going to be a civilian professor at the Naval War College. This is a new wrinkle up there and Ned will be the first occupant of the Stephen B. Luce Chair of Naval Science. Guess this will give him the chance to make all those speeches on his own from now on, and to a captive audience yet. Another one from the CS is that Jim McALLISTER is now married to a doctor—Ph.D. type, that is. No scandal, folks. He did it the hard way—with the black snake whip—and Bernice got her doctorate at Stanford University 18 June. Her dissertation was titied "Educators and Traditional-Emergent Values." And the CS went on to report that this was a "statistical look at educators' values from an anthropological viewpoint to determine whether there might be a cultural basis for the factional problems existing among educators today." With all respect. Buck suggests that this is a G.G. item.

Jim M C A L L I S T E R is still with California State Polytechnic at Pomona, four years now. The CS concluded his report by saying that the California^ State College system seems to be taking anyone in these days, especially naval officers who, in their experience, are usually willing to heave around.

The telescope at the top of the ivory tower picked up a bit of news on Lou RODDIS not long ago. He's now Chairman of the Board of Pennsylvania Electric Co., and in addition has been appointed Director of Nuclear Power Activities for General Public Utilities Corp. He, Alice and large family now live at P. O. Box 374, 1409 Ocean Avenue, Mantaloking, N . J. 08738. It looks as though the General Public Utilities system really plans to make nuclear power pay. They could not have gotten a better director than Lou, with his tremendous background and demonstrated capabiltiies. Buck sends you his best, old man.

Tommy WESCHLER, acting as class representative, presented the Class of '39 Memorial on 26 May to Seaman John Philip Cossick at ceremonies

at the Naval Preparatory School, Bainbridge, Md. The word from Tom is that this graduation ceremony has now become a large thing and the class of '39 has made quite a mark by its memorial.

Tom was much impressed with the caliber of the smdents and particularly with young Cossick, who apparendy is a scholar, an Eagle Scout and an athlete. The ECUCA, getting his dope from another source, has it that old Tom was the most impressive thing at Bainbridge that day and that somebody's father there present was really sold on the Navy by Tom's presentation.

How many members of the ^lass, I wonder, arc members of the USNA Alumni Association? Take a look at it. This is our school and should have our active support. The Association does lots of good things for the Academy, despite a tiny budget. It also gives you a warm feeling of being very much a part of what's going on. When Buck left the Academy he remembers planning never to return. How wrong that mrned out to bel More from die CS—Jean and Frank CULPEPPER must like the island life, for they've moved from Long Island to Sanibel Island and swapped their briefcases for aloha shirts and sandals. Address: Box 177A, Route 1, Sanibel, Fl. 33957.

Item for Howcum Department: Howcum, since retiring, we're working harder than ever.? Any ideas, Frank.' Old Buck can't make any grass grow on the Washington Monument, but maybe you're having more luck in Sanibel Island.?

Another Ph.D. has joined our midst. This time it's Cy SUGG. Last time Old Buck saw him he was behind a fiddle taller than he was at one of Bill RUHE's musical soirees—what are you a Ph.D. of, Cy? The ECUCA didn't do too well on that one.

Assorted Reports From Various Agents: Don and Jane O'MEARA were in town but have now remrned to Florida; Paul SCHRATZ, fiddler and C.P., is off to England from 11 July to 1 Aug. Boy! He sure gets around! It takes a genius, but Old Buck has come to the conclusion tiiat Paul is one. Somebody named DAWSON got married a while ago—and more than that deponent sayeth not because deponent knoweth not. Henrietta Schratz—Miss Henrietta, that is—gone to the Peace Corps and will be two years teaching school in Tunisia.

Finally, there may be a new firm formed soon, so buy your stock now! The name—'39 Inc. The purpose—to organize, centralize and sell the unique talents, select skills and mamre competence of the members of '39. Its motto—If you don't work—you don't eat (on the Corp., that is). The idea is, of course, that if you do work you do eat—real good. More on this one can be learned from Jim HINGSON and Dave BILL. Write for your prospectus and questionnaire. Why give away your brains when you can sell them? It doesn't matter where you live or how much you want to participate. You can do it part-time or full time, or any way in between. We share a priceless asset of years of association involving mutual confidence and awareness. This is worth something if we keep it alive.

The silly ECUCA again failed to produce an address, but Old Buck thinks he can forward the mail during his liberty periods, if he ever gets any from this here now ivory tower.

Sec'y, Capt. Arthur G. Esch, USN OpNav (0P-60C), 4E566 Pentagon, Washington, D. C. 20350

WASHINGTON REPORT June was again derby time in Washington, i.e., the corn was full of kernels and the colonels full of corn. But the derby in this instance was that for selection of flag officers. And among the able selectees were six nobles indeed: Willie House, Frankie Frankenberger, Pat (BMOC) Clancy, Jack 63

Longino, Vince Healey, and Al Bergner. Our honors they have, for they don a big mantie to represent the United States and the class. In this they will clearly succeed.

Future orders for the six are not all clear at this writing. But Al has orders to be Commander Naval Training Center, San Diego. Jack was ordered as Deputy Chief of Staff (J-2), U. S. CinCEur; he and his family departed for Stuttgart, Germany, 12 July. Paradises. Others to await detailing.

Many new retirement requests are in the mill; these include: Bill Antle, Roy Joslin, Dave King, Ace Barton, Bob Quinn, Jack Boyum, and Jim Hedrick. . . . Jake Heimark is permanently and happily in his second career with Computer, Command and Control, Inc. The class is considering sending another contribution to our Fourth Company Wardroom for use there by Lt. J. P. Kelly and his new midshipmen officers this fall. Worthy. Moreover, Mike MICHAELIS, Roy JOSLIN, Tad LOTHROP, Art ESCH, Bill ANTLE, and John MONTGOMERY have sent personalized plaques of their ships for wardroom mementos. Thanks.

A newspaper recently recounts that John J. McMullen Associates revealed their naval architect designs for so-called Seatramp 17 and 19 classes of general purpose cargo ships. Huge Mitsubishi Ltd. shipbuilders of Japan had retained John's firm to help it enter the international race to build 300 such vessels. Big time. . . . Bill Antie is pleased with his new position at Vitro Corp., Silver Spring, Md. Democracy is dynamic. Yes, that is what it says right here. And the democratic process is again underway to replace Roy Joslin as president and this lad as class secretary. Both of us must step down, even though the financial sacrifice is not inconsiderable. As you know, we had planned to make the class great. Upon digging into the problem several minutes, however, we discovered the class was already great. So we blithely enjoyed the wonderful tour, grateful indeed for you greats.

HERE AND THERE After a superior tour as FlotSeven, Scott GOODFELLOW was relieved on 8 July. . . . Haywood C. SMITH has moved from Durham to 3001 Buena Vista Road, Winston-Salem, N. C. 27106. . . . Bob MASON is vice president of Natkin Co., the largest mechanical engineering firm in the country. He and Janis reside at 13827 Taylorcrest Road, Houston, Tex. . . . J. B. NELSON is not far away in Orange, Tex., with Goodrich Chemical Co. . . . Betty Miller moved in August to Newport to join Bob at the War College.

Son Bob, Jr., graduated from Johns Hopkins in June. Fine. . . . Anyone having the address of Andiony R. SCHUBERT please scribble the scribe.

A sad, sad duty it is to report this: Charly Burke, age 6'/2, died 8 June in San Diego. In his short life Charly lived in Annapolis. Virginia Beach, Alexandria, Coronado, and made a Med deployment. He brought happiness and love to all who knew him, in the very finest tradition of Betty and Julian. To them we send our deepest sympathy.

From the Far Pacific comes a full report from thoughdul Nick NICHOLSON. He has returned to full health following surgery. For nearly two years he had operated the Replenishment Group in the South China Sea, except for short reprieves to be with his family in Sasebo. This is a huge and complicated operation, one carried out extremely well by modest and much honored Nick. In contrast, he was generously explicit about the grand performances of mates he saw on the line over the tour: Dick Cochrane, Harry Fischer, Julian Burke, Ward Witter, Willie House, Scott Goodfellow, Stan Orser, Bob Miller, Carl Sander, and Willie Walker. Well done.

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Holy moly but our San Diegoans are a handsome lot. Recent clambake there reported by genial Bob WOODING verifies this by picture. Left to right, front to back: Bob Wooding, Anne Mueller, Tony Trice, Grayson Boehm, Flossie Fischer, Edie Beaver, Rick Mueller, Pattie Poe Kable, Betty Lou House, Barbara Goodfellow, Heather 'Walker, Scott Goodfellow, Willie Trice, Don Kable, Leslie Parker, Willie Walker, Mimi Lyman, Bill Boehm, Dick Parker, Willie House, Ruth Wooding, Andy Lyman, and Bud Beaver. Occasion was despedida for the Goodfellows. We winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;re Barbara and Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;salute you losers. Merci.

Washington commuter Joe RINSCHLER of Sperry Gyroscope Co., Great Neck, N. Y. 11020, checked in by note. Joe, wow, is newly responsible for all Navy contracts on Sins Navigation Equipment; this will permit a free and overdue exchange of embellished lies down here. Fred GORCYZK is also with Joe at Sperry, but Fred is in the Polaris Management Group. Norma Rinschler has become an avid golfing wife. Their second son, Gordon, will graduate from Bucknell next year as an engineer. Stuart, age I I , has his eyes to seaward via the USNA. Bravo!

Blaine LIBBEY is in his first pastorate at Calvin United Presbyterian Church, 600 Secor Road, Hartsdale, N. Y. 10530. His note with check was fascinating. He has a personalized dispatch type stationery. Also, after four years there, he reports that they look for "orders." What ship? Large regards were enclosed to the class and their drags. We surely reciprocate with thanks.

From the Cairn, Boiling Springs, Pa. 17007 (note change), comes a kind and sentimental note from Bill LAFFEY. We like the Laffeys; we like sentiment; we honor generous contributors. Bill is happily immersed in the world of quartz crystal with McCoy Electronics in Carlisle.

Miss Jane, is bride, is an assistant professor in government in college nearby. She also just celebrated her 25th class reunion at Bryn Mawr. Son Steve graduated creditably from Haverford; he enters Hahnemann Medical School this fall.

Daughter Karen is a chemistry whiz with a National Science Foundation grant for the summer.

This fall she will be a Bryn Mawr senior.

Straight, hot, and true is the note from Kirk KIRKPATRICK in New York. He likes class news just as do we all. Good. Recendy inspected for toadyism, tergiversation, adumbration, and eschatology, said he, were Lyle RAMSEY, Bill LANIER, and Frank GRAZIANO. Seems they looked 4.0 all righL But did they pass inspection? Well, all Kirk said was "tenebrific, a mere matter of espistemology." "Oh," I said. Perhaps I could have made another reply, but not safely. Thanks, Kirk, I think.

WHERE AWAY? Gourmet Art BERNDTSON has a class reception gelling for alumni weekend 21 OcL This will be much as last year, a nifty reunion for all.

Tentative details: 1700-1900 Alumni House after the football game, spirited fun and goodies, mail reservation checks ($5.50 per person) to reach Art no later than 13 Oct.: Room 1513, Arlington

Annex, Washington, D. C. 20370. Calendarize this one now; and pass the word. Ahoy I Ash LITTLE has taken a top position with National Pile Co., in their Aiken, S. C , plant.

Great This is Hiline, Jr., in the finest sense. Kit and the children go down when housing arranged.

Plaudits to Ash; he was awarded the Legion of Merit for special service at ICAF. Also departed from Washington waters are Skeeter and Whiff CALDWELL. McDonnell Douglas has dictated that Whiff is to be promoted to a new Advanced Plans and Analysis Directorship at the Long Beach planL In other words, he will head a very large program of systems analysis. Our congratulations to a wonderful couple.

O. K. in the short run, but perhaps not in the long, is this report on Dave KING. He has gone into the Weyerhaeuser Corp. in a very fine position. Only fitting and proper, amen. Following some travel and training, during which Helen will remain here, his management spot will then likely take them elsewhere stateside.

Rose and Polly Michaelis moved to Coronado in time for school. Mike will join when he moves to a splendid sea billet late fall.

AH SO? Enterprise Corner. In this department we take an occasional glance at an enterprising classmate, both for interest and perhaps example. This time we look at the first captain, the first flag officer, and first gentieman of the class. I refer, of course, to Bill DOBIE. From Oakland, Calif., Bill joined USS MINNEAPOLIS via U. of California and the Naval Academy. For the first three years of the war when the going was tough, the tough MINNIE got going. Bill was a hot gunnery officer in 13 campaigns (this is high for most); he was recognized by decoration.

Following Ordnance PG, he was gun boss of N E W JERSEY, special weapons officer at Sandia Base, and supported atomic tests at Eniwetok.

He commanded MOUNT BAKER. But mosdy he is

deeply experienced in destroyer operations: two ship commands, division command, and squadron command.

Staff duties included early development work in the Navy's exciting Polaris program; armament officer, CruDesPac; Naval War College; an ASW boss in OpNav; and now is Director, Undersea and Strategic Warfare R&D in OpNav. To assay the qualities we see here in this leader is not easy. Each of us might get a different answer; mine reads like this. Diligence, integrity, and sincerity pace a panoply of many strengths.

Twelve-hour days on end, impossible tasks, and heavy pressures all fall to his touch. Once, during weeks of exhausting selection board duty. Bill still made his office most early mornings and late nights. Moreover, he expects and gets the most of his associates, because he is so generous about them.

He has led a hard-hitting team in the R8dD perfection of new ASW systems. His breadth in ASW is an impressive one. A subordinate, for example, says that he has virtually done more for air ASW systems than most naval aviators. This explains why he serves so capably as U. S. National Leader in quadripartite R&D ASW endeavors. It also excites requests of him to keynote International ASW Conference, such as that recentiy held at Ottawa, Canada.

A devoted churchman and humanist. Bill, with his delightful bride, gives much time and sparkle to the Washington International Center with its program of hospitality to foreign friends temporarily residing in the U. S. under the several governmental programs. They contribute warmly to class and community programs. One delectable memory the two share is a recent vacation to Puerto Rico. It started on their 24th wedding anniversary.

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We can surely second the pride of Jerry and Bill in their children. Son, Bob, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford in biology and has completed his first year of medical school there.

Sharon, 19, is a Dean's List junior at Mary Washington in sociology. Christine, 15, is a sophomore in O'Connell High; she is the family artist. Donna, I I , is a sixth grader at St. John's School.

Returning to the general, this though comes to mind as this termite returns to the wood. The many who helped push this pen are our creditors to be thrice blessed. So, support our new class officers, and do so regularly. It takes two to tango, but it takes the whole class to bunny hop.

And we are blue and gold hoppers. Service to a high cause and to its devotees is our business.

Special love needs be ours for those who next answer the word "Relieve the Watch," for they too must watch well, near and afar, our United States. . . . See you. Art.

Sec'y, Capt. Charles W. Styer, Jr., USN 8113 Birnam Wood Dr., McLean, Va. 22101

The big news this month is the selection of three '41 stalwarts for that broad stripe. Congratulations from all the class to moneyman Walt GADDIS, porkchopper Rollo RIEVE, and seabee Jim BARTLETT! This brings to 13 the total flag officers or selectees in the class (Cooper, Morrison, Gaddis, Lemos, Middleton, Anderson, Weisner, Charbonnet, Rieve, Cagle, Kinney, Bardett, Guinn).

Capt. J. V. Bartlett '41

While covering statistics, let me correct some from last month's column. The inadvertent leaving out of a line in the copy for the column resulted in my reporting that 40 classmates were on duty in OSD. Acmally, there are 40 total active-duty classmates in Washington, of whom 3 are in OSD, 5 in JCS, 3 in BuPers, 10 in OpNav, and 19 in the various material and systems commands.

Jim BARTLETT will become Commander Third Construction Brigade under ComNavFor, Viemam. He has moved his family to Honolulu to remain for the duration of his tour in South Viemam. Jim will be in command of all 10 Seabee Battalions (8,000 officers and men) operating in South Vietoam with headquarters at Da Nang. Last December Jim had the pleasure of swearing his son into the Navy; young Jim is now at OCS School at Newport, and will shortly be commissioned an ensign in the C.E.C. The '41 Washington spring gala, held at Willie and Hoke SISK's home, was enjoyed greatiy by all. Twenty-four classmates attended, bringing along their lovely femmes. Guests included the senior Mrs. Sisk and Mrs. Baughan; Carol (Thompson) Collins came with the Svendsens.

Especially thrilling was seeing Dick Foster at this outing, albeit still in a wheel chair and still facing more hospital work on his leg. The Sisk home looked beautiful, with its handsome patio and tasteful furnishings. A superb job was done in the catering department. We are all indebted to them for a memorable evening.

We now have the master molds for the '41 class cresL This master copy was paid for from your class funds. I have arranged for manufacture of crest plaques for the 30 classmates who previously requested one. I have also ord-ered an SE P T E M B E R - O C T O BE R,

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additional 25, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis, at a cost of $15 each, including postage. If you are interested, send me your check, made out to J. B. HADLER. The '41 Second Company Wardroom sponsorship continues to move along nicely. So far, 117 classmates have contributed, thus assuring maintenance funds for at least 6 years in the future.

Classmates who have not yet contributed may still send their checks to Jack Hadler. On 2 June, Midn.

John C. McKay, the new Company Commander, wrote to Lloyd YOUNG, in part: "It was with a great deal of gratitude that the Second Company learned of the USNA Class of 194rs sponsorship of our company. I wish to convey our most sincere appreciation. The Second Company feels quite honored to be sponsored by such a distinguished class."

I have arranged with Jack ROGERS for a '41 class crest plaque and a '41 Lucky ^'^i ^ ^^ delivered to the Second Company at the start of the new academic year. Contributions from classmates of suitable plaques, framed pictures of their commands, or similar memorabilia would be welcome for presentation to the company at the time of the formal sponsorship ceremony planned at Homecoming. Please send these in now.

Thanks to all contributors to the fund already set up.

Vic MOITORET (and I spelled it correctiy this time, Vic!) reports 400 attended his splendiferous retirement dinner, including Tom BLOUNT, and our old DO friend, RAdm. Barry K. Atkins, USN (Ret.). Vic noted that, rather coincidentally, he and Tom both got Class A's together at USNA, signed by Barry K! Moose SMITH reported he had a nice visit from Vic and Rowena in Salt Lake City in early July, where Vic was presiding at the National Amateur Press Assn. convention. Vic's new address: International Hydrographic Bureau, Ave Pres J. F. Kennedy, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Fred and Esther WYSE attended son Fred's graduation from the Citadel in Charleston on 3 June. Congramlations to the proud parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;young Fred, a physics major, graduated number 2 in his class, and goes on to Duke University on a 3-year fellowship to study for his Ph.D. in solid state physics.

Buck NEWSOM, with Centron Corp., West Ninth at Avalon Road, P. O. Box 687, Lawrence, Kan., writes: "Since Shipmate is one of the few remaining connections I still have with the Navy, I enjoy and appreciate the news you gather. Since I have recently had the good formne to run into a couple of classmates I thought I would pass on the info. First, George and Nev Matton dropped through Lawrence on their way from Honolulu to Norfolk. George relinquished command of the Fleet Air Wing at Barber's Point and is going to CinCLantFlt's staff. He apparently plans to build at Virginia Beach (for which I envy him). It was a nice visit and, since he is an old Navy photo type, having commanded the Navy Photo Center, I showed him through our studios.

He seemed genuinely impressed, but George is so nice, he wouldn't have shown otherwise.

"The next day I had to go to Dallas and George passed on the word that Duke Windsor had retired in Dallas and was working for Ling-TemcoVoughL Called Duke and we had lunch at the ultra-nice Lancers Club atop the LTV Tower.

Duke is heading up a new attack aircraft program for LTV and seems happy and quickly adjusted to civilian life. He and Alan Shephard have lots of plans for big deals in the Houston/Dallas areas.

"Though it is early to be asking, are there any set plans for our 30th anniversary? Will it be in the fall of '70 or Feb. '71 ? Just asking.

"Had lunch with Bob MACKLIN not too long ago in Columbus, Ohio, where he is a big wheel in the attorney general's office. 1 run into '41ers everywhere. I plan to look up Jake Beatty the next time I am in Dallas, since I just learned he is there. Also saw Louie Davis at Ralston Purina

in St. Louis as he was being prepped for his Far East tour." Thanks, Buck, for your letter. Louie's new address: Carolina Gardens, Apt. 1-B, 24 Coombe Rd., Hong Kong.

'41 sons who graduated from the Academy this summer: Gregory F. Dreyer (headed for Submarine School), Dante R. Marzetta II, and John V. Rowney. Entered in the new plebe class are Peter Lemos and E. C. Hines III. Note, all you youthful '41ers, that these young men will graduate 30 years after their fathers did!

Charlie QUINN, Dean of Faculty at Nichols College of Business Administration, Dudley, Mass., adds a footnote to the passing of Bill HENNING's wife: "Bill and his two sons, William and John, will stay in Charleston, S. C , where Bill has a good sales job."

Congratulations to Mo WERTH, recipient of a Legion of Merit for his tour as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, J-4, on General Westmoreland's staff from June '65 to August '66\ The last Washington area class luncheon was held at Blackie's Steakhouse on 29 June. Present were Young, Elliott, Rogers, Marks, Styer, Ed Miller, Nolte, Palmer, Bardett, Reinhardt, Werth, Gaddis, Hayler, Camera, Taussig, and Huey. Jack ROGERS was elected to relieve Lloyd YOUNG as president of the Washington group (and of the class executive committee); Bob HAYLER was elected to relieve yours truly as the luncheon program chairman for '67-'68. Many thanks to Lloyd for the fine job he has done this year, particularly the carrying-through of the Second Company sponsorship project engendered by Vic MOITORET. Plans are starting to shape up for the 1967 Homecoming (20-22 Oct.). Jack ROGERS is working up a class brunch an Saturday at the Annapolis Country Club. Cash bar opens at 1030, with the meal starting at 1130. Come one; come all! Mail your check for $3.50 per person to Jack (W. J., Jr.) at 680 Americana Drive, No. 35, Annapolis, Maryland 21403. Jack and the other members of the Washington area group are working out the plans for the Second Company Wardroom dedication ceremonies for '41 Homecoming attendees and wives. This will take place Friday, 20 Oct., at 1830 (half-hour prior to Dahlgren Hall alumni cocktail party). In addition to other memorabilia, a large colored framed picture of '41's chapel memorial window will be presented.

Recent retirements: Malcolm Whitaker, Asa Clark, Alan Ray, and Marines Fox Perry, Willie Hunt, Dutch Spritzen, Vance Hudgins, and "Grabba" Holdt. This leaves Nat Pace and Hensley Williams our only Marines now on active duty.

Gray STRUM notes from Morocco: "Regards to the Washington group. Will write you a news bulletin some day if things ever quiet down in this part of the world. Right now (mid-June), we're working 25 hours per day!"

The Vic BLANDINs announced the marriage of their daughter, Stephanie, to Lt.(jg) Leon F. Cashwell, USNR, on 15 July at Our Lady of Victory Chapel at the Naval Station, Norfolk. A reception was held at the Naval Base Officers' Club.

An item of interest reprinted from the Navy Times : "I have lost my treasured N. A. miniature class ring 1941. Would any reader have one he would like to sell?" Mrs. Edward T. Penrose, 8 Harbor Hill Road, Woods Hole, Mass., 02543.

A recent statement (in part) of Paul GRAY's (ComRivPatFor, South Vietnam) printed in the Jackstaff News, newspaper of ComNavSupFor, South Vietnam: "On the morning of 24 May the Viet Cong inflicted the greatest disaster in the history of Game Warden operations. A PBR patrol was viciously ambushed by recoilless rifle and automatic weapons fire. Four of the five men aboard PBR 101 were killed. We shall honor the men who died. We shall strike back and hurt the responsible enemy. Thanks to the outstanding 65

courage, fortimde and dedication to duty displayed by the men of the River Patrol Force, we remain and we will remain until the conflict is won and freedom is secured."

A report on the London contingent: Katie and I spent 10 days in July with Jerry and Shirley ENGLE, seeing the sights of London and touring Stonehenge and the Stratford-on-Avon and Oxford coimtryside in the Engle's 5-bunk caravan, dubbed "The Thing." The Engle flat was the scene of a disorderly reunion with Jackie and Charlie Rush, Maggie and Tully Shelly, Alice and Jay Houghton, and Joe Taussig, over for a few days on business with Jerry. After toddies, we all proceeded to dinner in one raucous group, to be let out the rear door of "The Thing" at the entrance to the London Hilton by a surprised top-hatted, frockcoated doorman! The dinner was topped off at the Rushes' delighdul modern apartment. The Engles head stateside in September. Jay appears to be taking aboard his attache duties with great gusto. Tully has just been elected to a directorship in McKinsey and Co.

'41 rides in style in Engle caravan.

accompanies the award, and the check was presented on behalf of the class by RAdm. Sheldon Kinney '41, Commandant.

Bill went on to report that: "The setting for the graduation ceremony was beautiful. It was held outdoors on the grounds of the Naval Preparatory School. Besides our award, RAdm. T. M. Weschler presented the Class of '39 award. VAdm. Robert B. Pirie made the principal address. At the end of the ceremony the candidates threw their hats in the air after the traditional cheer, in true USNA fashion (of course they had to scramble back for them as they are not yet quite ready to trade them for a new uniform)." Bill also forwarded to me a very generous compliment from the Officer-in-Charge thanking Bill for taking time out from his busy schedule to make the award and the class for its continued interest in the success of this very valuable program at Bainbridge.

Have had an oppormnity to exchange letters with our five selectees for flag rank and was impressed with the replies from Jack, John, Jim and Parker. Doug PLATE is busy winding up a class at the Destroyer School in Newport and making preparations to take over as Commander CruDesFlot 2. There is no doubt that the selections were welcome to the class and that others who are deserving will join this select group in the next year or so. As a result, '42 is making and will continue to make its mark in the history of our proud service.

Slotted Hank SWEITZER into his scholastic billet at the National War College one day, called Lou MEIER the next to bid him farewell as he departed to take command of DesRon 18, only to find that Hank was sitting at his desk in the Office of the Chairman of the JCS as Lou's relief.

This will leave Bob KNIGHT as our continuing and sole representative on the College faculty.

Hank said: "For the fourth time I was relieved by a fellow-member of '42 from command. This may be a new record. The events in order were Feb. '54 when Eric Hopley relieved as CO PICKEREL (SS-524); July '58, when Bill Crawford relieved as ComSubDiv 42; Aug '64, when Tom Williams relieved as CO GILMORE ( A S - 1 6 ) ; and

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now 6 June when Norm Nash relieved as ComSubFlot Seven."

Norm NASH, who started the whole operation by showing up in Yokosuka as Hank's relief, has checked in with a report of Capt. George B. HAMILTON, Jr., USNR, retirement ceremony in Yokohama. Norm and Muff chanced to run into George as they were seeing Hank and Marj off in the PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. George has been

'41 loving cup at Trader Vic's, London Hilton Sec'y, Cdr. R. S. Day, USN (Ret.), P. 0. Box 6042 Shirlington Station Arlington, Va. 22206

The annual Class of 1942 Award was presented to this year's recipient, Sgt. John Kenneth Condon, USMC, a veteran of Vietnam, and as RAdm. Bill HOUSER—who represented the class at the ceremony at Bainbridge—stated, "A most worthy individual who has distinguished himself in his short Marine Corps career . . . and who was most appreciative of the gift and the honor."

Condon has entered the Academy, which is a prerequisite for acmally receiving the check which 66

serving as Chief of Staff, ComMSTS Far East.

George plans to live at Ewa Beach, Hawaii, where they have had a home for several years. Of course. Norm was up-to-date on Hawaii, as well, since he and Muff stopped off there en route and were royally entertained by the Quinns, Coles, and Reillys. Even Wes and Pat GEBERT came out from Treasure Island to join the festivities.

Layton ALLEN squeezed a short note on his change of address card (he is moving within the confines of Wilmington) to report that Ens. L. S. Allen, Jr., '66, married Miss Barbara Alison Ohsol at Immanuel Episcopal Church, Wilmington, on 8 July, between duty stations.

Ross KNIGHT, who provided our direct entree to Fort Belvoir, has advised that he is now airport manager, Douglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, N. C. (as of 12 June). Thelma and the girls moved down the end of June and their address is 2925 Goneaway Road.

Received an announcement of the marriage of "Railroad" GRAHAM to Mrs. Donald Earl Peckenpaugh on I July at Glendale, Calif., and want to extend to the newlyweds all best wishes on behalf of the class and their many friends.

Bill HURST got hooked up with Buz BETZEL by telephone during a replenishment in the Tonkin Gulf one balmy night in June and was

Capt. Henry B. Sweitzer ' 4 2 , ComSubFlot 7, receives a Legion of Merit from VAdm. J. J. Hyland '34, Com 7th Fleet, for outstanding professional skill in directing submarine operations in the Western Pacific for the past two years.

prompted to pen his first letter for Shipmate (Buz must be a good persuader, as he hasn't taken pen in hand, himself, you seel) and to bring the WestPac news up to date: "Mark Woods is finishing up his tour as ComCruDes Group Seventh FleeL From all reports Mark has done a real bang up job running the gun line as well as boss man of all deployed cruisers and destroyers. Rufe Porter has his East Coast DesRon 16 out here doing a fine job of shooting up north. Mark, Rufe and I managed to have lunch together in Subic in May. Buz Betzel, as Underway Replenishment Group Two, is doing an excellent job of getting his Service Force ships with beans, bullets and oil in the right place at the right time. Ed Rosenberg is taking his big gunboat CANBERRA home after an extremely active cruise on the gun line. The Commies should be glad he is leaving the area. I didn't see Ward Miller, but he just left with TICONDEROGA after battering the North Viemamese for months and doing an excellent job as a Commander Attack Carrier Striking Group.

"I just finished my first tour as Surface SAR Commander in the Gulf of Tonkin (ComDesRon 5) trying to snatch downed aviators from the Commies overland as well as pick up those that make the water. Ken Brown should be out soon as ComDesRon 17 to take on the same job. As you can see, '42 is well represented out here in some key positions."

For a change of pace, Bob MURCH (Capt.

USNR) sent along a citation bestowed on him by the president. Board of Police Commissioners, St. Louis, and awarding Bob the Citizens' Law Enforcement Award from the Ninth Police District. Seems Bob took part in the pursuit and arrest of three robbery suspects, but which he commented on none at all. Rather he quoted from the late Spike Webb, to wit: "Men trained

by Spike Webb are ready for any emergency!"

Betty Carter, reporting for Frank and herself, noted that daughter Holly was married on 6 May to Pau! James Clark and reminds us that her grandfather was Frank S. Carter '09. Son, Frank III, better known as Nick, is in the class of '70.

Incident to saying farewell to Gary and Gerry BROWN, who are headed for Long Beach, I was reminded that I had failed to note daughter Sharon's marriage last September. Having received same during the 25 th reunion was not accepted as a valid excuse for having failed to remember the details—which may yet be forthcoming.

Three of my wandering policyholders, PEDDICORD, BUSCH, and SPIEGEL, have reported in from widely separated points to wrap up our global coverage. Jerry has orders as CO NAAS Beeville, so Jean and the four children all assembled in England as a prelude to the trip back.

This is not quite as commonplace as it sounds, Tim and Craig having been in school in the U. S. and having jetted in via Tarrejon, Spain. Cindy will be the first to head back so as to visit relatives before rejoining the family in Kansas the S H I P M A T E

end of August. The rest of the family plans a more leisurely trip on board SS UNITED STATES, then by various devious routes to Kansas and on to Beeville. As to other classmates, Jerry reports that Carol TURNER left the staff in eariy July to drive to Italy and get a ship from Naples, eventually to report to U. of Pennsylvania NROTC unit Dale REED was due in mid-July as Carol's relief as Asst. Chief of Staff for Logistics. John DREW still holds down the Operations billet.

Frank TOFALO (widi MAAG Rome) and Pete HINKAMP had been in London on visits.

Bill RUSCH, Military Group Chile, wrote that he, Ruth and Chris were thoroughly enjoying the deep southern latiwdes, altho' time is rapidly running out. Bill is slated for DesRon 7 early next year. Skip has completed his second year at Boston College and is spending part of his vacation with the family. On a recent visit to Panama, Bill had a wonderful evening with Nancy and Ray WILHITE. Ray is on the CinC Staff, but expects to be leaving before the end of the year. Class activity, centering on these two stalwarts, is definitely limited, but definitely viable.

Bill SPIEGEL, having enjoyed a week's vacation with the family back home again in Indiana (Evansville), got to reflecting on the fact that it has been just three years since they left Washington for Centerport, L. I. Bill, Jr., has now graduated from high school and enters the University of North Carolina as a regular NROTC student this fall. Joanie, 15, is growing up rapidly and will be a junior, while Tommy at 9 will be an enthusiastic fourth grader. Patty keeps active with family, friends and volunteer activities. Bill is enjoying his role in Grumman as an assistant program manager on the F-111 at the F-111 Assembly Facility in Garden City. The facility was activated last spring and formally dedicated on 7 July. Bill also has been appointed to the District School Board in July and somehow also manages to keep up with sailing and racing on Long Island Sound.

The family celebrated the 4th with Betty Lou and Bill HOUSER and daughter Francie, who braved the holiday traffic via New York to Long Island. Had a joint USNA meeting with the David Marks '40, Len Smiths '43, the Al Lemleins and Gordon Ochenriders '44, to practice the ancient art of night croquet. The following Sunday, Barbara and Dale Reed, with Tinker and Robin, dropped anchor before a two-day interlude in New York City. The Spiegels joined them on 12 July to wish them bon voyage via the fabulous liner UNITED STATES to London. From Pier 86 they headed west to Indiana to celebrate their 20th anniversary on Bastille Day, as well as Bill's high school's 30-years-after (ironically the same night as Patty's 25th reunion in Annapolis).

XC-142A aircraft in an aviation first for the first mail run by a vertical, short takeoff and landing plane.

Sec'y, Capt. William T, Peach, I I I (SC), USN (Ret.), 647 Kaimalino St. Kailua, Hawaii 96734 Wash. Area Sec'y, Cdr. Frederic T. Hansen, USN (Ret.), 6424 Cavalier Corridor Falls Church, Va. 22044

News from our far-flung correspondents.

John SHEPHERD sent in the following report from WestPac: "It seems a coincidence that I'm writing this on the 25th anniversary of our graduation, and even more strange that I'm ploughing through the South China Sea en route to Yokosuka in this find old ship (USS POLLUX A K S - 4 ) .

"Having lost the shake around the table in the SeventhFlt flagship recentiy, I inherited the sack of preserving a momentous occasion for posterity in Shipmate. Les Sell, now VAdm. Hyland's Chief of Staff, invited all the available 1943 strays aboard for luncheon during the May schedule conference.

As you can see from the enclosed photograph, the seven lucky classmates are plugging along in good health despite their average age of 46 years and 11 months. The wonderful news, of course, was the AlNav advising of Les' much-deserved selection.

"From left to right in the picture: Earl Buckwaiter is now ComDesRon 11; I'm next, now

Joe TULLY currendy is busy over in the Med and had SARATOGA operating with AMERICA during

the Arab-Israeli crisis. Joe sent me a copy of the ship's paper, which is made up to be mailed, and I was intrigued by the massive attack being launched against dental diseases and tooth decay through stannous fluoride treatments of each of the 4,000-man crew and the launching of an S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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on 17 July.

Unscheduled at sea periods kept us from having a 25th reunion on 19 June, but the Tuttles and Chips had a drink together at the AFSouth Club in Naples 5 days later.

Jess NAYLOR has reported as ALUSNA Paris but none of our very few in port stops have been in his territory. We look forward to an early meeting.

Have talked to Merrill SAPPINGTON (CO, GALVESTON) over a bridge-to-bridge phone several times. Kay is out here and joined Merrill in Malta. She is traveling through Italy now and we hope to see them both in Naples.

The 25th anniversary party for the Washington area group was held at the O'Club Washington Navy Yard on 24 June. The consensus is that it was a lovely party. Lanell Detweiler has spoiled us rotten with a succession of all-out fancy balls and this one was foisted on her with maybe not the proper notice. Despite that, the arrangements were fine and the following couples attended: Adrian, Aller, Beaver, Bowman, C. L. Brown, K. M. Carter, Jr., Casey, Colleran, A. W. Cox,

'43 WestPac reunion aboard USS PROVIDENCE on 5 May. From the left: Buckwalter, Shepherd, Aubrey, Traylor, Field, Sell and Wynkoop.

finishing up a fine tour as CO, POLLUX; 'Sunshine' Aubrey is our next door neighbor in Yokosuka and CO, PROVIDENCE; Jim Traylor is stationed in Coronado as VAdm. Blouin's ' N - 3 ' on the ComPhibPac Staff; Len Field is in Taipei working for VAdm. Centner on die ComUSTDC Staff; Flag-selectee Les Sell, Chief of Staff, Com SeventhFlt; and last, but not least, Dave Wynkoop, who is embarked in HORNET as RAdm. Harty's Chief of Staff for ComASWGru Three.

"Also in the area, but escaping the photo, were Charley Pendleton, now ComFleActs Ryukyus; Col. Bob Laing, USMC, now CO of the Marine Corps Air Facility at Futema; and the surprise of the day, Jim Aller, now retired and working as an operations analyst for WESEG, who dropped by for a quick session with the SeventhFlt Staff. We have another picmre including the wives present which we'll send in later.

Joe Tulley ' 4 2 , skipper of the SARATOGA, confers with the Hon. C. Burke Elbrick, U. S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, during a recent visit of the ship to the Med.

most magnificent speech. Young Bill has received a National Merit Scholarship to Yale and both Bill and Jean are most proud.

I have unexpected orders to be Chief of Staff for ComPhibLant. Relief was Dan KARCHER (who has just left USNA). Dan and Jane came out via SS CONSTITUTION and arrived in Naples

"In summary, as Frank Ault wrote recentiy, '43 is well represented out this way. I saw Frank about three weeks ago peering down from his high vantage point on the flag bridge of CONSTELLATION where he is serving as RAdm. Epes' Chief of Staff for CkjmCarDiv One. Also close by was Hal Lang, aboard Ken Ruiz' BON HOMME RICHARD, as RAdm. DePoix's Chief of Staff for ComCarDiv Seven."

Here is Lou TUTTLE's Mediterranean report for June: Bill CHIP (Senior Marine StrikeForSoutii Staff) has orders to Vietnam and will be leaving Naples shordy. Young Bill was valedictorian of the Forest Sherman High School class. Sea duty kept me away from the ceremonies but Janet reported a

Dampier, Detweiler, Doyel, Durham, Emerson, Freese, P. Hall, Harnish, Heselton, Hitchcock, Holmes, J. G. Hudson, Kelsey, Lindstrom, Moulton, J. J. O'Brien, Phelps, Phipps (up from Tampa), Reh, Ringenberg, Scherer, Selmer, T. T. Shepard, Sibold, Spreen, Stasny, J. R. Sullivan, Jr., Vimcci, Volonte, J. R. Ward, R. S. White, Jr., Zimermann, C. A. Taylor, Jr., Earls (Mrs. Dee Wagner).

Hearty congramlations to our new flag selectees Mike Moore, Max Harnish, Les Sell, Tom McClellan, Jim Donaldson, Taz Shepard and K. C. Wallace.

Bobby GREENWOOD is at Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex., recuperating from June surgery which unformnately revealed a malignancy. Hazel can be reached through Arch Greenwood, Box 1053, Bellaire, Tx. 77402. Bob, after a month in Houston, has remrned to Singapore and is awaiting orders to NASA Houston. We're pulling for Bobbyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for the Greenwoods three.

NEWS RELEASE Richard H . Walker, vice president of Grolier International Inc. and president of Federated Credit Corp., subsidiaries of Grolier Inc., has been elected a vice president of the parent company, it was announced recendy by William J. Murphy, president of Grolier.

Mr. Walker, who joined Grolier in May 1966, previously had been business manager of the book clubs operated by Doubleday & Company, Inc., and served in executive capacities at Curtis Publishing Co. in Philadelphia. He was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy with a B.S. degree 67

in 1942, and from the law school at Temple University in 1956. He served during World War II as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy (submarines) .

Mr. and Mrs. Walker (the former Emilie Jones of Washington, D. C.) are parents of three daughters, Catharine, Trent, and Audrey; and of two sons, Chrichton and Carl. They reside at 19 Brookridge Drive, Greenwich, Conn.

Class of 1971 sons of '44. From the left: front row, Wohler, Alexander, Long and Barton. Rear: Wish, Butt, Duncan, Havenstein and Moron.

Photo by Fabian Bachrach Richard H. Walker '43, newly elected vice president of Grolier, Inc.

Mr. Walker is a member of the Bay Head Yacht Club, the Merion Golf Club, and the Chevy Chase Club.

Sec'y, Cdr. Hugh D. Butler, USN (Ret.) Honeywell, Inc., Suite 804 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Annapolis (iorr., Capt. Edgar E. Mallick, USN, Office of the Academic Dean, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

ANNAPOLIS CORNER FOUR ADMIRALS FROM '44. "And now marching onto the field, ladies and gentiemen, are our country's fumre admirals—the midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy." The wording may change from time to time, but the thought always remains the same. We used to dream a litde when such an announcement was made, even though we knew full well there wasn't room at the top for all of us. It's a special pleasure, though, to honor the first four members of the class of 1944 to reach this hallmark of success. We join in congramlations and best wishes to rear admiral selectees—Rojo Adamson (surface), Bill Behrens (submariner), Shannon Cramer (submariner) and George Talley (aviator).

It would be a litde difficult to speculate on how handsome they are now, but you can plainly see that they were superb looking midshipmen! Best wishes for continued good health and success, admirals, as you assume the highest positions of leadership and responsibility in our great Navy!

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON. This year's entering plebe class of 1971 has enrolled nine sons of '44—all just a litde sharper looking than their dads were some 27 years ago. In alphabetical order, they are: Midn. Patrick Francis Alexander. Pat's mother and father, Mary and Capt. Robert J. ALEXANDER, reside at 3202 Ramblewood Drive, District Heights, Md. 20028. Pat has an older brodier, Mike, who is enlisted in the Navy. Two younger brothers, Brian, 12, and Terry, 10, join their only sister, Eileen, 15, at home.

Midn. David Casey Barton. Dave has three other brothers: Scott, 20, is in the Army; Steve, 12, and Dan, 3, are at home with their parents, Louise and Cdr. Francis BARTON, USN (Ret.).

They live at 530 Oyster Road, North Palm Beach, Fla. Frank is in the Engineering Department at Pratt-Whimey.

Midn. Cyrus Hugh Butt, IV. Cy's parents, Frances and Capt. Cy BUTT, USN, reside at 1507 Dewberry Court, McLean, Va. There are four otiier potential midshipmen in the Butt family— Duncan, 16; Robert, 12; David, 8; and John, 6.

Midn. Michael Gordon Duncan. Parents are Rosemary and Cdr. Gordon DUNCAN, USN (Ret.). Gordon now works at Bel-Comm, a division of American Tel. and Tel. in Washington, D. C. Hondi Duncan, Mike's 14-year-old sister, lives with her mother and dad at 6237 Cheryl Dr., Falls Church, Va. 22044.

Midn. Walter Perry Havenstein. Kitty and Buster HAVENSTEIN (Cdr. USN Ret.) live at 8917 Seven Locks Road, Bethesda, Md. 20034.

Buster has held forth for quite some time at BelComm, the same company that Gordon Duncan joined just about a year ago. Other children in the Havenstein family are: Paul Lieder, Jr., 20, sWdent at the University of Maryland; Peter, 19, a prospective engineer at Georgia Tech.; Polly, 14, Patricia, 10, Phyllis, 7, and Preston, 5.

'69. The Honours, however, have another son at home, so it mav culminate in a '44, 4-4 tie.

Midn. James Alan Wish. Jim is the oldest of four Wish children. The others are Jennifer, 14, Jeannine, 10, and Jonathan, 8. The parents, Mary and Capt. James WISH, have just been transferred to New Hampshire. Their address is Qtrs.

B, U. S. Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N. H. Midn. Stephen Arthur Wohler. Steve's mother and dad, Marjorie and CapL Jack WOHLER, are living at 4701 Rayburn Drive, Camp Springs, Md. Jack is on duty at Pentagon in OP-90. Daughter Katherine, 17, is a senior in high school.

Army-Navy Family. Maurie HARTLE, Commanding Officer, Naval Communication Station, Washington, D. C , is doing his best to improve inter-service communications. Last October he gave his daughter Lynne in marriage to 1st Lt. Michael E. Hudson, USA. He followed up this June, and administered the oath that made Lynne Hudson a 2nd Lt. in the Army Nurse Corps. As it should be, Mr. Hudson (1st Lt.) outranks Mrs. Hudson (2nd Lt.). Lynne is receiving her Army training at Brooks General Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. Her husband is undergoing Army Aviation Flight Training at Fort Rucker, Ala. The Hudsons will be transferred to Vietoam duty this fall.

Holding up the Navy side of the balance is the oldest Harde son, Chris, who is an NROTC smdent at the University of North Carolina. Still at home with Suzanne and Maurie are the other Hartie children; Suzanne, 16; Maureen, 15; Steven, 10; Barbara, 9, and David, 5.

Midn. William Trigg Long. Bill's parents are Sarah and Capt. R. L. J. LONG. At the present time they maintain their home at 7923 Falstaff Rd., McLean, Va. Bob holds forth at the Pentagon as Aide to the Under Secretary of the Navy.

Sarah and Bob have two other sons—Charles, 20, a sophomore at Brown University, and Rob, 7, a second-grader.

WILUAM WHOLSEN BEHRENS, JR.

GEORGE CLYDE TALLEY, JR.

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Midn. Ronald Kristen Moran. Ron joins an older brother at the Naval Academy—George, Jr., a second classman. There are two other Moran boys (twins age 15) at home who have their sights set for USNA. The Moran family make their home at 1704 Greenbrier C t , Reston, Va. 22070. George, Sr., is a special assistant to the Director of C.I.A., while Edna keeps things in order at home. Note: Rumor has it that the Morans are trying to outdo the Honours insofar as midshipmen sons are concerned. The Honours boast three sons thus far—Walt, Jr., who just graduated; Craig, class of '68; and Eric, class of

Capt. Maurice C. Hartie administers oath of office to his daughter, Lynne Hudson, commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Army Nurse Corps. Standing by are her husband, Lt. Michael E. Hudson, USA, and her brother. Mid. Christopher Hartie.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. We're doing our best to get all of the grads to be paid-up members of the Alumni Association. A letter was mailed to all non-members (for whom addresses were known), requesting them to join the fold. Some of the addresses on file in the Association's office at Alumni House are really old, and it's difficult S H I P M A T E

to spread the word. How about it, class of '44, talk it up, and get the non-members to join!

Keep your address current. Believe me, the services provided by the Association are well worth the price of admission. In its effort to keep addresses current, the Alumni Association recendy received some unhappy news about Tom REDDINGTON. He is confined to the F. D. R. Veterans' Hospital, Montrose, N. Y., as the result of an automobile accident a few years ago. It is understood that he sustained severe head injuries resulting in irreversible brain damage. His wife, Pat, and seven children reside at 8247 61st St., Rego Park, Long Island, N. Y. WARDROOM PROJECT. Two more plaques have been received from '44 skippers—Capt. J. R. TRAUTMANN, Commander Fleet Air Wing Two; and Capt. J. A. HARKINS, CO USS CAMBRIA (APA-36). The plaques will be appropriately installed when the Brigade returns in September.

HOMECOMING 1967. Mark your calendar on 21 Oct. for the annual Naval Academy Homecoming. We have the porch at the North Severn Club House reserved for after the football game activities—order your football tickets early. Beat Army!

WASHINGTON CORNER Not to be outdone by our active duty members of the class, the boys in industry are cutting a wide swath for themselves, too. To wit: Peter A. CIPRIANO recentiy received the Professional Managers Citation from the Society for Advancement of Management. Pete is executive vice president of Engineers, Inc., and Engineers Inc. Enterprises. This award represents the highest citation that is bestowed upon an individual in the business community who has exhibited outstanding managerial contributions, successfully met the SAM qualifications, and who has made successful use of the code of ethics and business parctices as set forth by the International Society for Advancement of Management. Pete and Rose reside in Millburn, N. J., with their two children, Anne 15, and Guy I I .

Peter A. Cipriano '44

Corp., Bethpage, N. Y., for business development.

He has had most successful association with Grumman since he joined them in 1955. His assignments have included positions as member of Flight Test Dept., administrative assistant to the Director of Flight Test, overseas coordinator of sales efforts in connection with the F I I F , Director of European Operations. In 1961 he returned to Bethpage and was associated with Business Development; named Director of Aircraft Systems in 1964, Director of Business Development Programs in 1965; then Director of Business Development last year.

W. C. (Hoot) GIBSON recentiy joined the staff of Tracor, Inc., as an engineer/scientist, assigned to the company's Sonar Projects Office in Washington, D. C. Sec'y, Capt. Vernon F. Anderson, USN 300 S. Cherry Grove Ave,, Annapolis, Md. 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Vincent J. Anania, USN 1407 N. Pickett St., Alexandria, Va. 22304

When in danger, when in doubt Run in circles, scream and shout "Relieve the watch!"

Though still somewhat dazed at finding myself with this job (can't help feeling there must have been a mistake somewhere along the line), with your assistance and the assistance of my private secretary (Liz), the class dope will continue uninterrupted. I might say this initial effort is less than auspicious since (1) you failed to come up with a deluge of news and (2) my private secretary slipped on some spilled salad dressing in the commissary and broke her leg.

A(XOLADES Even though looking alive with '45 is considerably more of an effort now that most of us are 45, the class continues to gather feathers for its cap. Among the latest is Ed SNYDER's winning one of the Navy League's top awards, the RAdm. William S. Parsons Award. A special assistant to Secretary Frosh in Research and Development, Ed won the recognition for his leadership and technical, knowledge of oceanography. The citation stated, "It was through his personal efforts that the Navy program was presented in the proper perspective to the national effort." Ed and Mary Louise journeyed to Jacksonville to attend the awards dinner.

Fred E. (Fritz) RAU was recendy elected a member of the executive committee of the American Supply and Machinery Manufacmrers' Assn. Fritz is general manager of the Yale Hoisting Equipment Division, Eaton Yale & Towne, Inc., Forrest City, Ark. He also serves as a director of the Planters Bank and Trust Co. and the Chamber of Commerce in Forrest City.

Albert C. Moore '45

Capt. James C. Matheson '45

James C. MATHESON became Director of the Naval Research Laboratory on 29 May. He is in charge of the world's foremost physical science research laboratory and its 3300 men. With degrees in naval architecmre and nuclear engineering from M.I.T., advanced management from Harvard and schooling at the U. of Chicago, Jim is certainly one of our best educated classmates.

Bob BALDWIN has copped a class "firsL" On

Fred Rau '44, General Manager, Yale Hoisting Equipment Div. of Eaton, Yale & Towne, Inc.

his way to USS FORRESTAL, Bob is our first (X) of

Tim TYLER reports that he is fat and happy with tenure at Jacksonville University, Fla. Relax, Tim, there's just not much requirement for us old retreads these days. Sorry about that.

Gordon OCHENRIDER was recendy elected a vice president of Grumman Aircraft Engineering SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1967

a carrier. It couldn't happen to a better man.

Albert C. MOORE recendy received his Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University. Al is an advisory planner in (jraphic Systems Applications at the IBM Systems Development Division Laboratory in Kingston, N. Y. He

and Genevieve and the four children live at 6 Merrick Road, Poughkeepsie.

Rice P. YORK was recently admitted to the bar in Mississippi, and has a new business address: P. O. Box 22511, Jackson. His home address remains the same.

RANDOM READINGS Tom BUSH retired on 30 June and has joined Sanders Associates in Nashua, N. H., where he will be in the Ocean Systems Branch. He and Mary bought a home on top of a mountain in Amhurst (shown on the more detailed maps).

They were honored at a party given by Lee and Andy BIORDI at the Biordi acres in the Maryland countryside and attended also by Carol and Bob KIRK, Beth and Ed BEHM, Maggie and Gene HUNTER, Bobbie and John HAINES and Betty and Toni PAOLANTONIO. Mal FORTSON, George ERICKSEN and Tod PACKER retired on 1 July. On the 1 Sept. list for retirement are Thad TAYLOR, Randell PROTHRO. Forrest PETERSEN is scheduled to relieve Hal LAMB as CO of USS BEXAR—coincidentally, for Hal and Forrest were roommates at Annapolis a few years ago. The Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club is in good hands with Joe MOORER still here as 7th Fleet ops and Sam GORSLINE ending his tour as CTF 77 ops. Jack MANHERZ is relieving Sam, who is on his way to take over USS

POLOVANA.

Forwood "Bud" WISER is cutting a wide swath as president of Northeast Airlines. Making the news almost daily. Bud was the subject of a recent article in New England magazine praising his achievements in the revamping of his company. Also in the airline business, Craig RANDALL is with Seaboard at John F. Kennedy AirporL Bill BOTTS has expanded his housebuilding still further by engineering a Levittown-like suburbia just outside Buenos Aires. Cal CALLOWAY reports he is NOT the class secretary as was previously claimed in a well-known, widely read magazine.

A final word: No news is NOT good news to a columnist. Please send yours in, those of you in the Washington area and, especially, those who are elsewhere.

Corr. Sec'y, C, V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 119 Crestwood Dr, Tacoma, Wash, 9849B Washington Corr,, Cdr, J, W. Foust, USN 1917 Youngblood St., IVlcLean, Va. 22101

Perry TAYLOR wrote recendy about the status of the class dues (which were disappointing): "There have been, to date, 222 paid-in members —somewhat short of the hoped-for goal. The initial input for the 1967 dues (the first effort) occurred in Dec. '66 after a pitch by Hal HAMBERG at our Washington luncheon. 45 members signed on. Subsequently, about 90 members signed up in Jan. '67. This dwindled to 50 in Feb. and 16 in March, etc. In addition to the membership drive, the class is sponsoring the 6th Co. wardroom. An initial outlay of $300-|400 will be provided plus a yearly maintenance of about $100.

This can well be handled by the class dues even if your budget was to increase. The class fund, now standing at about $1400, will dip to about $1000 post wardroom. Thereafter the dues will hopefully furnish an initial input to the 23-Year Book. Much effort was expended by former officials of the Association (Hueys, Iselins, Coyers, et al.) to promote the cause and build up the fund. The Year Book objective and the efforts of those pioneers may stimulate the field troops to greater contributive participation." I certainly believe the efforts of the active working members of the Association are worthy of your support. If you haven't sent in your two dollars, why not mail it off right now to Perry Taylor, 501 Canterbury Lane, Alexandria, Va. 22314.? If you have already done your bit, why not make a habit of asking every classmate you see if he has 69

sent in his $2. 'Betcha the fund will increase considerably if you do!

Phoned "Benny" BENEDETTI recendy to voice my congramlations when I read in the Tacoma paper that he had presided over several technical sessions at the annual convention of the American Water Works Assn. held recentiy in Atlantic City, N. J. Learned also that Norma had been in the hospital but was recovering on schedule. Benny had been housekeeper just long enough to confirm the fact that he wouldn't care for it as a fulltime job! He also said that Jimmy and Ginny FISHER had been in town recendy for a visit with his parents en route to his new job (CinCPac) in Honolulu. As usual, I was training Reserves at the time and missed them! We don't get to see each other very often due to the fact that the MARSHALL is underway about fifty percent of the time and Benny also has a very busy schedule. It was a rare occasion that got us together recendy to discuss the organization of a Tacoma Chapter of the Naval Reserve Assn.

Sm BEYER writes from 2334 Rosendale Road, Schenectady, N . Y. 12309: ". . . Not knowing what you have in your files, I'll bring you up to date. Was married on 21 Nov. '49 to Mary W. Wooldridge of Pittsburgh and we acquired a daughter, Mary Christine, on 9 Oct. '50. And that's the last arrival. The next major event was the fact that I was passed over for Cdr. back in the beginning of the decade. In '62 got orders to a three-year terminal job as XO of the Naval Correspondence Course Center at Scotia. This gave the oppormnity to get in some extra education and I spent the next three years acquiring an M.S. in industrial administration from Union College in Schenectady, N . Y. Got it 20 years to the day after leaving USNA (only this time I got to walk up and receive it). That degree got me a job as the assistant dean at the Junior College of Albany (New York), a division of Russell Sage.

That job turned out to be a bit old fashioned and I quit for an instructor's job in the Dept. of Management, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany. This is a pretty good deal.

Instead of the full time deaning bit I get more pay for teaching nine hours a week for about 34 weeks of the year. Summer school is extra, but even with that I end up with about three months vacation a year. . . . I am getting ready for the comprehensive exams for the Master of Public Administration degree from the Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of N . Y. Then next year comes the DPA comprehensives and then the dissertation. If all goes well I might have some free time in about five years. My boss already has me lined up for more courses at RPI after the Doctorate. . . . We don't see too many from '46 around here. The last classmate to cross paths was Fred lacobelli. He and Doris stopped by on the way to Canada about three years ago. Understand Dr. Cecil Lubitz is in the area and teaches adjunct at Union but I haven't run across him and neither of us has made any effort to get together. However, if any classmate is passing by this way would like to have him give me a call. We have about four bedrooms in the house and the daughter won't even be home next year so we have plenty of room.

Incidentally, Mary Chris graduates as valedictorian in her class at Notre Dame H. S. in Schenectady next week and will start at Middlebury College in Vermont in Sept. She's fluent in French and will major in modern languages. Also, we have a black cat. Guess that about sums up my claim to fame."

Ken LYONS wrote a couple of letters in June to inform me of his new command—USS ALLAOASH; his new address—Crossways, Apt. 2, Ocean Ave., Newport, R. I. 02840, and to tell of a class luncheon on 8 June in Newport. In addition to Ken, there were Ed Cooke, Exec Ass't and Naval Aide to Ass't SecNav for Installations and Logistics; Dick Wilson, Naval War College (one more year); Jim Fisher, CinCPac; Dick Baird, CinCLant70

'46 luncheon in Newport.

Fit; Dody Sinclair, Oudet Co.; George Kelly, Naval Air Systems Command; Keiley Holbert, Ship's Parts Control Center, Mechanicsburg; Chuck Sueur, Defense General Supply Center, Richmond; Jack Boniface, Naval War College; Fran Curren, Pease & Curren, Inc. Recendy heard from Hank ORTLAND, 8007 Columbine, Rockford, II. 61108: "We are setded in Rockford, and have been here since the end of OcL '65. Our children (Hank 16, Linda 14 and Stephen 9) are happily settled in school; Jean is extremely active in many activities and I have my work. We are all enjoying our new civilian life tremendously. I retired in July 1965 and joined the Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. in October. The company is located in Rockford with a plant in Germany and one being built in England. We manufacture special custom built machine tools as well as the replacement parts, fixmres and cutting blades. My job is manager, employee relations and as such I report directly to the president of the company. There are approximately 1500 employees in the Rockford plant. I have done some traveling since I joined Ingersoll—made one trip to the U. K. to do some recruiting as well as some recruiting in the U. S. The work is extremely interesting, challenging and very, very busy. We are all pleased with the city and are very happy that we made the selection to settle here upon completion of my active duty. We miss our many service friends and would indeed welcome a visit by any who in their coast to coast travels pass through Rockford."

In Perry TAYLOR's letter he says he is working for the Stanwick Corp., Arlington, a company founded in 1962 by a class of '40 dropout. Now employs 1000 people—many retired Navy '46—• Tom Carroll, Mac Maginnis, Dick Zyvoloski, John Viele. Product—analytical smdies, mostly for Navy, using a systems analysis methodology known as "Work Study" (work measurement—method study)—seems to have gained wide acceptance in Naval Ship Systems Command and DOD.

is indoctrinating me in the civilian industrial mores about as painlessly as I could hope for. I have been admiring the country and anxiously awaiting Maggie's report that the house has been sold."

Cleo McKINNEY wrote in April: "We are still in Princeton. John is still principal patent attorney of Johns-Manville Corp. The only change in our family of four is that our older son John, Jr., is about to finish his first year at Principia College in Illinois. Our second son, Todd Turner, is a junior in high school, so we will have him for a year more at home. They both want to smdy law. Last Saturday we had a Navy party at our home. We live on the lake in Princeton and the crew finish line is in our front yard. Navy rowed Princeton, and, needless to say, we flew Navy banners everywhere, much to the disapproval of our many Princeton friends and neighbors. We had a few Navy men here in town to help us with the cheering section. They were Lassie and Charles Smith '44, Dianne and Howard Unangst '47, Margo and Thomas C. Southerland '53. Pat and Bob Moore '46 were unable to attend. My sister and brother-in-law, Lois and William K. Doty, also '46, are in Hawaii and loving their tour of duty there."

Finally located Chuck WOOLUMS at 1024 Alder Creek Drive, Corvallis, Ore., who wrote: "I retired I Aug. 1964 from Fallon, Nev. Niki and I decided to go to Oregon to live and settled in Roseburg for a while and then last year moved to Corvallis in order to take advantage of the GI Bill and now I am going to OCE working on my Master's and at the same time teaching both mathematics and meteorology which makes going to school fairly lucrative. I will soon have my credentials and then will probably teach here in Oregon. We both love it here. We own a cabin on the Duschutes River in Eastern Oregon where we generally spend the weekends hunting or fishing. When in the neighborhood we sure would like to see any '46er. If anyone intends to go to Oregon State, here in Corvallis, I might be able to help them."

Bill CASEY has succeeded his father as president of F. W. Myers & (2o., Inc., of Rouses Point, N. Y. He formerly held the positions of treasurer and executive vice president. He is also a driector, secretary and past president of Custom House Brokers Assn., Northern U. S. Border and was on the advisory board of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Assn. of America. The company was established in 1860.

Dody SINCLAIR wrote the last day of May:' "Nothing unusual to report this time except that I was on a YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) submarine cruise. You can imagine my surprise when it turned out that the captain was Bob Kaufman, a classmate. We had a great time in the W I L L ROGERS and Bob was a great

host. Needless to say, we rehashed over many of the '46ers who were in the submarine service.

Bob and I are planning to get together when he gets back to New London in August. Also, at that time, I understand that Buck Buchanan may be in the area so we may have a '46 reunion there. You might be interested to know that Fran Curren was just elected president of the Providence Plantations Council of the Navy League."

Another classmate recently retired, Ted CLARK, wrote from 216 Wells Ave. North, Renton, Wa. 98055. "The Boeing Co. has me now. I am teaching the 727 systems to flight crews of our customers. My associates are mosdy retired or reserve aviators that can tell as many sea stories as their students who are largely retired or reserve aviators! My wife Maggie and the three children are in Monterey where they will stay until we can get our house sold. My two girls, Peg (21) and Sandy (19), are planning to remain with the jobs they now have at Monterey while my son Mike (15) will join me with his mother. Boeing

'46ers Dick Rabe and Bill Casey

Two classmates whose careers have taken most interesting and related turns are Dick RABE and Tom CONNELLAN. Dick retired from the Navy on 30 June 1965 after 20 years as a naval aviator.

He and Andree decided, after much contemplation, to devote their lives to the Military Division of the Campus Crusade for Christ International vrith headquarters at Arrowhead Springs, San Bernadino, Calif. Tom CONNELLAN, who has been a Paulist priest for about the last 10 years, has recentiy been appointed to the newly created position of Director of the Office for the University Apostolate for the Archdiocese of New York. As such, he will direct and coordinate all the work of the Catholic Church on the campuses of the S H I P M A T E

Tom Connellan '46

universities and colleges located within Archdiocesan boundaries. He served for six years in Texas as Catholic chaplain at North Texas State University, Texas Women's University and Texas Christian University. He also was director of the Newman Apostolate for the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth. Since 1962 he has been serving as counselor to the Catholic students at the City College of New York and returned earlier this year from one year in Brazil, where he served as a consultant to the Cardinal Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Cardinal Angelo Rossi.

Dick Grenier '46

The bearded classmate is Dick GRENIER. For more about him, see the June-July column. That's all for now. In addition to the reminder about the class dues, remind a non-member classmate to renew his membership in the .A.lumni Association.

Sec'y, Cdr. Jack M. Stevens, USN 4779 Parkham Court Annandale, Va. 22003 Washington Corr., Cdr. Stuart J . Evans, (SC) USN 3615 Cornell Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030

The group picmre shows some of the enthusiastic classmates and wives who attended the P-rade at USNA as part of our Annapolis-gathering activities. Even after 20 years it still seems funny to be on that side of the fence as spectators.

But perhaps that is the reason for all the smiles, realizing that Fearless Fosdick, Hector the Specter, and their cronies were not waiting around the corner to apply the magic of the old Form 2. I certainly hope all of you read the Headquarters Report in the June-July issue of Shipmate. Our plan to send a copy of Shipmate to all classmates as a means of communicating our 20th activities seems to have paid off in a positive increase in Association memberships. Of course the class wins in the long run as well because of the increased audience for class news. Keeps our address records pretty well up also. I try to keep very close to the Alumni Association to exchange with them the latest addresses on classmates. They have certainly been most helpful and I think our nearly complete list of addresses is the result.

The Washington group still seems to be the focal point for class activities but, as you will see later on in this column, there has been some splendid reaction from all over the world. The two class luncheons held in Washington since my last column were both well attended. The July SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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meeting turned out nearly 30 classmates with Dick COLQUHOUN being the main drawing card. Dick came over from USNA to give us the ungarbled word on midshipman company wardrooms. We learned that the wardrooms are "available" to 1 / C only and provide them a reading room, TV, coffee pot, and an attempt at a wardroom atmosphere. Almost all of the companies have been adopted by one or more classes as sponsors. A sponsor pledges an initial payment and annual upkeep stipend. This money is actually controlled by the company officer who passes on requests from the midshipmen for expenditures.

A tremendous rapport is possible between the sponsors and each class depending on the enthusiasm demonstrated by the sponsoring class.

We enthusiastically agreed to adopt the Seventh Company. Subject to class approval, we agreed to spend $300 initially and pledge $100 annually if needed. We set Homecoming 1967 as the official time of assumption and Dick said he could assist in setting up appropriate meetings with the 1/C of the Seventh Company. In accordance with Article Six of our Constitution, this policy has been approved by your class officers and is herewith submitted to the class for approval.

Unless 3 0 % of the active members signify in writing their disapproval of the measure it shall be considered carried and will be executed. A preliminary check for $300 has been turned over to Dick Colquhoun. If for some reason this proposal is turned down, then the Washington group voted to underwrite the expense involved.

So, you now have two alternatives: if you are opposed to the class adopting the Seventh Company, please drop me a card by Homecoming; if you are in favor, then we hope to start decorating the wardroom with command plaques donated by classmates. Be sure your plaque is suitably inscribed something similar to: "To Seventh Company, Cdr. W. T. Door, USNA '47, 1967" or words to that effect. Send your plaque to Cdr. Dick Colquhoun, USN, USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402, and then plan to be with us at Homecoming on 21 Oct. for the grand unveiling. You will be called on for more assistance in the fumre, as we can best assist the Seventh Company—and I hope we won't feel that a small amount of money is all the help we should give. Other classes have held seminar-type meetings, written letters of advice and encouragement as well as a number of other things. Any ideas.?

Speaking of Homecoming, I understand there will be some type of class social during the weekend but I don't have the details as yet. I believe Bob Marmet still has a few of our $1 giant-sized " '47—Best of Severn" buttons if you haven't bought your family supply yet Better get your $1 in to him before they are all gone.

Spent a very pleasant evening with neighbor Fred MARTIN a few weeks ago. Fred and Helen

had as their houseguests Dale McCORMICK and his family.

Cdr. Jarl from the with the Order by

J. Diffendorfer '47, soon to graduate U. S. Army War College, is decorated Vietnamese Navy Distinguished Service MGen. E. A. Salet, Commandant of the War College.

Received a very nice letter from Jim DOYLE (CapL USN, CO USS BAINBRIDGE ). Jim wrote in May from Yankee Station and said he enjoyed reading all the news of Atiantic Fleet activities but he thought we might be interested in some news from the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. Jim wrote that when he assumed command in Subic Bay last December, Sam LINDER (XO ENTERPRISE) and John CALLOWAY (XO, NavSta Subic) attended the ceremony. Even though BAINBRIDGE spent most of the time on Yankee Station, Jim reports he.

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McVEY (Staff ComPhibGru 3) did have an occasion or two to terrorize the natives in Subic.

Thanks for the note, Jim, and the fine publicity brochures on your ship.

Received a press release that informs us that Hal EDWARDS was promoted at the University of Akron Community and Technical College to the rank of assistant professor. Hal, as you know, got his Master's of Education degree from Penn State.

The public affairs office of the Naval Research Laboratory has announced that George MARAGOS has been appointed Director of Support Services at the Lab. George will administer seven divisions which provide support for scientists, engineers and technicians engaged in research. John PREHN has taken the bull by the horns and ordered '47 plaques from BB&B. They are genuine bronze— not a bronze finish—and will be ready about homecoming time. We have only contracted for 35 and it appears the cost will be about $22.50.

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'47ers Carpenter, Niedfelt, Dunn, Turner, Murphy, Hanson and Roche.

If you want to reserve one you had better get your name in to John or me as soon as possible.

About half a dozen are already reserved.

Stan Turner (Capt. USN, CO USS HORNE) sent the enclosed picture and says: "Here's a picmre of seven of the old men of '47 in the San Francisco area at a class luncheon we had on board my ship on 2 June. Al Carpenter is with Lockheed Missiles; Red Niedfelt has his own company in the plastics business; Pete Dunn is with Ampex Corp.; myself, Jerry Murphy with Sylvania, Ed Hanson is with the submarine group at Mare Island, and Bob Roche is just leaving a tour of duty with San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard at Hunters Point."

And to add more to the active west coast contingent, Don SHIELDS reports in on a very successful party on 8 July at the Terminal Island NavSta OfiScers' Club. Don says he thinks they turned out most of the Los Angeles area classmates but asked any in the area that didn't get the word to please call him at CR 1-2163 and he will insure it doesn't happen again. Those attending were: Don and Joan Adams, Bob and Bobbie Barker, Ralph and Marina Brandt, Cal and Mary Cowley, Dick and Betsy Crane, Dale and Judy Deatherage, Don and Virginia Donohugh, Bill and Ellie Dillen, Verne and Dixie Feeney, Jim and Bea Forbes, Frank and Nancy Herzog, Dick and Vivian Houghton, Frank Hunter (Ellen recovering successfully from a brief illness); Don Shields, Don and Liz Wallace, and Tom and Marilyn Werner. Sounds terrific, Don. I don't know who said what to create all this west coast activity, but it sounds like a real surge of interest.

classes as well. Samrday will bring the football game and after that, our own exclusive party at the Officers' Club on the USNA grounds. Ray LOCHNER and his Annapolis committee have set this up, and it looks very good indeed. Jim AHERN here in Washington agreed at the last luncheon to look into some embellishments. Now, since there are apparentiy some 250 at least of our number who do not belong to the Alumni Association, all who read this should pass the word verbally to anyone they see, urging them to come and do the weekend.

By the time you read this, the selection list for captain will be out, and it took in all of year group '47 (a BuPers euphemism for the klatch of officers in which '48A finds itself). Since I can't find my crystal ball, I'll just say congratulations to everyone, no matter what.

I had a pleasant phone conversation with Vince DILORENZO recentiy, which produced the following newsy bit from him: "The "why's' of my deserting the MarCorps are immaterial (but, along with several thousand others in the mid-to-late-50's who followed the same sinking-ship-syndrome, I still honestly feel that at the time it was I who was deserted), so suffice to say that phase of the career was mosriy generic: MCS (student); FMF; Korea; Artillery School at Ft. Sill; MCS again (instructor); Joint (ComPhibGruThree) Staff; FMF again; F t Sill again; back to the FMF; and ouL About a third of the way through all this, my lovely wife brought forth two daughters who, fortunately, favor their mother in those departments that count; and that is the current status of our family group.

The mail bag also brought a newsy letter from Tiger TEPLY. That should be, officially, Thomas R. Tepty, B.S., B.D., Ph.D., Minister, Aldrich Avenue Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn. Tiger says he enjoys reading Shipmate but cannot comprehend the pictures of classmates. He writes, "Of course I haven't changed a bit since my days at the Academy, but all you guys look like those terrible battalion officers that used to run around frying us all the time." Tiger, who just completed work for a Ph.D. in religious education, continues: "I also have a wife Jeanne, and three children: John, 16; David, 15; and Cynthia, 4.

John has been thinking about Annapolis, but isn't sure his constant example is what he would like to turn out to be."

"The Army (and I guess Bob Mercer and I are the onlyest '48ers wearing the dark-green suit) has been good to us; having seen fit to bring us in 'out of the cold'; to accept me into that august priory called the Regular Army; and promote unto lieutenant colonelcy, along with some interesting assignments—including attendance at the Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, which is most atypical of my year group.

In effect as in fact, we have found a 'home' (from which, some may recall, I started—having come to USNA Tech wearing a brown suit) and suffer the pangs of loyalty only one day each year. This divided loyalty paid handsome dividends from among Hudson High types during the fat years—and made up to a degree for the complete dearth of victories during those four lean years as a midshipmite. Of late, however . . .

Here is a quick listing of the July Gun Factory luncheon attendees: McDonald, DeSanto, Colquhoun, Carnahan, Barron, Rumble, Brooke, Wilson, Johnston, Crockett, Caine, O'Callaghan, Gardiner, Pate, Atkinson, Marousek, Day, Joy, Kellogg, Groover, Amme, Peniston, Jex, Bowdey, Marmet, Enright, and Stevens. Jim DeSanto got a nice hand on his last meeting prior to retiremenL And that's it from the long hot summer in Washington. . . . Jack.

Sec'y, Cdr, Sumner K, Moore, USN 308 IVlansion Dr„ Alexandria, Va, 22302

When you read this we will be hard upon Homecoming and the first of '48's two successive 20th reunions. As I have noted in this column before, the Homecoming Weekend will commence with the usual Friday night KT party and dinner in the mess hall and Dahlgren, where we will meet each other and all our friends from other 72

"Currently, and probably for the next three years, I 'belong' to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with assignment to the Staff of the Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission, with duty Station at the AEC Headquarters in Germantown, Md. Perforce, we reside in South Rockville, which is south sufficient that the girls attend Woodward High School in Bethesda, where they are sophomore and freshman this year ('66-'67).

"As a namral course of servitude, our contacts throughout the years with USNA graduates of memory have been few and far between. As a matter of pure fact, I am not altogether sure just when and who the last one was. A memory-pulse exercise seems to dredge up Bill Dittmar way back in 1960 when he was wtih the Livermore branch of Field Command, DASA. To the best of my knowledge, there have been none since.

"For this reason, it will be pleasant—and no doubt interesting for a myriad of reasons—to regain contact with classmates and their espoused.

The class organization in this area sounds most interesting, although the second-Tuesday-of-theodd-months luncheons will be most difficult to attend. However, we are happy to again belong, and are looking forward to renewing acquaintances.

"For the record, Troy Stone '4 8A (unless that designation is naughty in these days of unification) will be joining the MLC Staff on or about the first of August. This will put a fairly heavy share of the staff on the USNA side (our immediate boss, the executive secretary of the MLC, recently passed to Capt. George B. Cattermole '39) with only one of the Black Knights present or in the immediate offing."

The Washington crowd gathered at the Andrews AFB club for a dinner-dance on 30 June, which was neatly arranged by Bill PIERSON, who has a handle on things Air Force. Some 30 couples dined and danced in an attractive salon at the club. I plied my info-gathering talents among those present and came up with a few interesting items. I also played the Jack Park game with my instamatic.

Peg and Tom HAYWARD, after six years of east coast duty, are off to California where Tom will command GRAFFIAS, and as such will be the first classmate to get his "deep draft." Tom advised that any hungry classmates can count on a great steak dinner—^just drop by.

I heard of more retirees in the near fumre, though some are not firm enough yet and new careers not solidified enough to warrant any hard copy in Shipmate. Nevertheless, Frank CRUMP will go soon, and he and Beverly will settie in Austin, Tex., where Frank will be working at Texas U. Ben GOODMAN left I July for San Francisco to start his new career. Ben will inform us of his new address when he and Alice get settled. Their son will enter the University of Santa Clara in the fall.

Among the partyers were Gordon and Rosemary HOGG. Gordon retired in August a year ago, and is now personnel officer at Montgomery Junior College in Rockville, Md. They live in Fairfax, are enjoying civilian life, and look forward to more class activities.

Incidental gleanings from the party: Art BLOUGH has six years in this Washington area, and looks younger than most. He will retire soon if all goes well. Ed STACEY has reported to OpNav, Baylor LANSDEN starts the National War College soon, and Bob GORMLEY is a recent arrival in the office of SecDef Systems Analysis.

Here is a list of those attending the dance: Hal and Shirley Andrus, Bill and Fay Barnes, Bill and Peggy Bartow, Art and Dorothy Blough, Bill and Barbara Chandler, Jack and Louise Conable, Frank and Beverly Crump, Cab and Libby Davis, Vince and Frances diLorenzo, Jack and Winnie Fisher, Ben and Alice Goodman, Chuck and Bonnie Gorder, Tom and Peg Hayward, Gordon and Rosemary Hogg, Fred and Betty Lafferty, Baylor and Virginia Lansden, Bill and Edwina Lee, George and Virginia Lemmon, Paul and Carol Martenson, Sumner and Jane Moore, Tom and Alice O'Connor, Craig and Terry Olson, Oz and Quinn Osborn, George and Jeanne Parish, Ken and Lee Phillips, Bill and Colleen Pierson, Jack and Barbara Ann Robbins (Barbara's sister and brother-in-law, Marge and Harvey Lyon '46 were guests), Ed and Pauline Sutter, Chuck and Barbara Whitmore.

Out of my litde bag of news releases this month fell an item about Benny BREWSTER which was a little bit cryptic, but from which I have deduced the following. Benny is a chartered life underwriter for Slingerlands, general agent at Albany, N. Y., for National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, covering eastern and southeastern N. Y. state. It seems that the occasion of the news S H I P M A T E

item was a 5-day seminar at Montpelier, Vt., centering on agents' training, financial arrangements, supervision, prospecting, marketing, and sales. So, it appears that Benny was getting pumped up on money, marketing and mining. Brewster address is 1719 New Scotiand Rd., Albany.

The Albert G. OPITZ family is now in Kensington, Md., at 3221 University Blvd. Al is with Vitro Labs, Silver Spring, and Shirley and Kris ( I I ) are at home. Hans (18), third generation Navy, is at F T "A" school in Bainbridge.

Jim SMEDS, who is with ESO GLAKES, is the Central Area member for the USNA Alumni Assn. nominating committee to select a slate of officers for the forthcoming spring elections.

Speaking of the Alumni Assn., I have about 250 letters on hand to go out to classmates who are not now members of the organization. Amazing how numerous they are and how many should without question be members. I hope that when I get the mailing completed we will gain many back to the fold. These letters were prepared by the Association, and the addresses are only reasonably good. We really should boost our membership. Maybe some of the new members would be able to send me some copy for this column.

O'Donnell's Sea Grill on E Street in old D. C. on II July was the locus of certain classmates for lunch. This was the regular 2nd Tuesday of alternate months affair, and was notable because of the election of Bill Bartow, as president. This Itmcheon started rather inauspiciously since O'Donnell's didn't even know we were coming.

Bob McClinton, Jim Hodder, Bill Pierson and I bussed over from the Pentagon together, managed to punch through the big Shriners parade then in progress on Peimsylvania Ave., and hit the restaurant a few minutes early. The management set us up for Itmcheon with no lost motion.

Those who managed to beat out the parade crowd and appear at the luncheon were Greg Bell, Pierson, McHugh, Hodder, Holstein, Mat Matthew, Fisher, Phillips, McClinton, Keener, Andrus, Jochum, Chandler, Osborne, White, Gordon Anderson, Gregory, Ahern, Bartow, Conable, O'Connor, Ransom, O'Keefe, Jack Bell, Chapman, Cab Davis, Crumpton, W. W. Lee, Wurlitzer, Bolger, and your correspondent.

I still need information from the boonies. The cosmo Washington crowd is no problem, but word on the class from the provinces is pretty slow.

Sec'y, Cdr. F. W. Benson, Jr., USN P. 0, Box 2651 Washington, D, C, 20013

WASHINGTON AREA NEWS Generally during the summer months people are moving to new duty stations or taking a hardto-get vacation. With this simation prevailing, the turnout for the July class luncheon was understandably poor. Some of the attendees were Ace Boughton, Harry Train, Fred Grabowsky, Jack Wamsley, Jack Benoit, Gene Shine, Lloyd Hoover, Ed McQuiston, Harry Donahue, Gene Reiher, John Barrow, Roy Goldman, Ted Hammer, Dick Wolford, Bill Broughton and Rog Peard. A newcomer to the area was Gene SHINE, who reported for duty at NavAirSysCom in June. Dick WOLFORD informed me that C. D. MacDONALD arrived in town during July for duty at NavCOSSAct. Among those leaving or who have left the Washington area this summer are Roy Goldman, Bill Lynch, Al Jenks, Dick Sheppe, Jim Hurst, Chuck Zekan and Jim Wilson.

Roger PEARD reported that the Marine '49ers got together for a picnic at Quantico on Memorial Day. Attending were Tom PARSONS, Fred GRABOWSKY, Rog PEARD, Bob HUNT, Gap HAYNES and Bob NEEDHAM with wives and children (and other Marines who formed the Basic School class for year group '49).

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Ted HAMMER, the current keeper of class finances, has asked me to inform all members of the class that there are about 30 of the embroidered class crests available, $1.50 each. Anyone who would care to have one of these attractive patches for his blazer should send his request to Ted. GENERAL NEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE I had a long telephone conversation with Jack LANDERS in June when he told me a few things about himself and also about a few classmates who were in his USNA company. Jack is currentiy the manager of the N. E. District for North American Aviation. He says he does make trips from time to time outside of the Boston area, and that he will attempt to schedule some to Washington around the first Wednesday of the month so that he can attend the regular class luncheon. He reported that Irv McDONALD is now living in Honolulu, and that Jim MORENCY, who is working for M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, is now down in the Marshall Islands on a project. He is expected to return to New England early next year.

Not long ago, upon hearing of the unfortunate death of the BONNERs' son, the class sent flowers for the funeral. The following thank-you note was received from Mike and Cary:

"Do you know that joy and sorrow are compatible.? The joy I speak of is the joy of knowing that someone you love is loved by so many others. This was truly expressed by our many friends who were able to be with us at a time when they were so desperately needed, and by those who wrote so many memorable words of praise and friendship for Stan from all parts of the world.

"The children and I know that we are not alone when we happily reminisce over the years we have shared with him or grieve over his absence. He was a real friend to all of us."

Marty informed me that she and the children will be remaining in the Norfolk area, same address, at least until next summer. Then she hopes to make her home in the San Diego area.

Corr, Sec'y, Cdr. W. F. Diehl, USI\I 5307 Rolling Road Springfield, Va, 22151

On behalf of the class, I extend condolences to Cliff COLVIN on the death of his wife Jeanne at Bethesda Naval Hospital on 22 June. For those of you who might wish to add a personal note of sympathy, you can write to Cliff at 4704 Brinkley Road, Washington, D. C. 20031.

"Mike and I were most deeply touched to see the beautiful flowers sent by the class of '49 for our son, MatL We appreciated your thoughtfulness and the expression of sympathy they bore. Our path (with the Air Force) has taken us away from the Navy, but the days at Navy hold many fond memories for both of us and the old phrase 'Shipmates stand together' came to mind when we saw your card and helped us in our grief. Thank you."

Joe JOSEPHSON sent in the following: "Saw Al BALCH's change of command as he was relieved as CO, VP-46 in Naha on 10 June. Am presently in Sangley Pt. as CO, VP-5. A most enjoyable and busy deployment thus far."

We received the following news from Tom McDONALD: "Brooke and I and our five children have been living in Japan for two years and have enjoyed it greariy. I am on the Seventh Fleet Staff but presently assigned as the Liaison Officer at Fifth Air Force. The Air Force headquarters is on the westerly outskirts of Tokyo.

Over the past two years, I have seen a great many of our classmates who have been on various ships operating in the Vietnam war area. Their contributions are truly great to the inspiring record and image of our class."

The secretary of the class of 1951 was kind enough to draw my attention to the following item from the June issue of Nuclear News: "William G. Lalor, Jr., has been appointed manager of marketing for the General Electric Company's Atomic Power Equipment Department (APED). He succeeds George J. Stathakis, who was appointed general manager for the department on April 1. Lalor's responsibilities include direction of APED's world-wide sales organization, product planning, and advertising and sales promotion. He joined GE in 1960 as a nuclear engineer after 11 years in the U. S. Navy, primarily in nuclear submarines. His naval service included duty in the NAUTILUS during its history-making North Pole trip in 1959. He was associated with the startup of Commonwealth Edison Company's Dresden No. 1 nuclear power plant." Congratulations, Bill!

Marty Cooper sent this message of appreciation to the class: "Dear Friends in '49, Gib, Mary and I wish to extend our deepest thanks and appreciation for the beautiful flowers sent by the class to Arlington National Cemetery for Stan's graveside service. To all those who were present at the memorial service here in Norfolk and at the service in Arlington; and to those who aided, comforted, and sustained us in so many thoughtful ways, a very special expression of gratitude.

'50 aboard KITTY HAWKâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Hayes, Minnis and Powell.

Dick POWELL sent the photo accompanying this month's column and commented that if John BRICK'S recent survey is correct, KITTY HAWK and CVW-11 have a big percentage of the 1310 C O . total with the class of '50 in command of all Attack Squadrons with Roy HAYS, CO VA-85; Lee MINNIS, CO VA-112; and Dick POWELL, CO VA-144. Dick noted that Bill THOMPSON, Phil CONNALLY, and Jim WILKINS have been seen in the WestPac area in the past few months.

Vic and Nancy SCHLAPPI are home at 1303 Beryl Ave., Apt. D, Redondo Beach, Calif., following their wedding on 6 May. Attending the July luncheon at Hogate's were Dean FRENCH, Norm POTTER, Roy SPRINGER, John McKENZIE, Will CURLEY, George DENMARK, Gene DUNAWAY, Fred TERRELL, and Bill DIEHL. Pete WOOD retired from active duty on 30 June. Pete and Madeline plan to remain in the Washington area as he will be working at the Ship's Systems Command Headquarters.

On a recent trip to the midwest my attempts to phone Bob (R. P.) OLIVER and John SIVRIGHT between flights at Chicago failed as neither was in town at the time. In Minneapolis I did talk briefly with Bob WHITE. Bob has joined the editorial staff of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune with foreign affairs as his major interest.

HOMECOMING The Annapolis group is sponsoring a dinnerdance in the Fleet Reserve Club on Compromise SL Doors will be open at 1800 with dinner at 1900. Please drop a post card to Cdr. Dick Thurston, USN, Engineering Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402, to confirm your reservation.

Cost: $5.50 per person.

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Sec'y, LCdr. R. Brodie, I I I , USN (Ret.) ConsulTec Division, l\IUS Corp., 1725 K Street, N.W,, Washington, D, C. 20006

But still when two or three shall meet.

And old tales are retold . . .

The Washington scene is pretty slack during the summer, so I am not overburdened with local news. Also, because of the publishing schedule, some of the news which I have is rather old. The tempo should increase come fall. Here is the early dope on Homecoming.

Homecoming is 20-22 Oct. and a fine weekend has been planned for your enjoyment. The Alumni Association mailout will give you the details of the general program, but as far as '51 is concerned, the highlight of the weekend will be the class party on Samrday, 21 Oct. after the game at the Elks Club (adjacent to the east parking lot at the stadium). For the admission price of $6.50 per person, we will enjoy an open bar starting at 1800, a delicious hot buffet (roast beef, ham, turkey, etc.) served with wine, and dancing from 2100 to 2400. Sit down now and send for your tickets. Mail checks to: Cdr. A. M. Sinclair, USN, 1101 Jonquil Circle, Great Falls, Va. 22066. All remrns by 17 Oct., please.

Bill and Kay HEIM proudly announce the arrival of a new daughter, Kathryn Veronica. She was born on 24 May. George PATCH (Cdr. USN) wrote a very nice letter extending his personal "Attaboy" to Wes HAMMOND for his outstanding performance as class secretary during the past year. I am sure that George speaks for all of us.

His letter also included news about classmates in the west coast Air Anti-Submarine Squadrons. Jim (Sandy) WINNEFELD (Cdr. USN) is going as XO of VS-29. John BEASLEY (Cdr. USN) is XO, VS-21, in the same Air Group with Sandy.

George, who is XO of VS-33, Herb ZOERHER (Cdr. USN) XO, VS-25, and Jake THOMAS (Cdr. USN) XO, VS-38, are all in die Air Group which recendy returned from WestPac aboard BENNINGTON. Their '51 relief on station was Earl CALLAHAN (Cdr. USN) XO, VS-35 in HORNET. Bill "Feeny" FOSTER (Cdr. USN) writes diat he is now on the Staff of ComPhibRon Five, after a split tour in USS SPRINGFIELD. Vic WANDRES (Cdr. USN) relieved him, but they did not see each other.

BUI ST. LAWRENCE (Cdr. USN), ever active in class affairs, has sent a clipping from All Hands widi a tale about Glenn BREWER (Cdr. USN).

Glenn is going full-bore on the hydroplane racing circuit. He is part owner and pilot of a hydroplane in the 145-cubic-inch class. In fact, he was named the 1966 U. S. National Champion in that class by the American Power Boat Assn. Also, he was nominated as Rookie Driver of the Year by the Southern California Speed Boat Club of Los Angeles. Good on you, Glenn.

Jerry LAPIDES, who admirably serves the "Pepsi-Generation" in Annapolis, has asked if anyone knows the present whereabouts of Oscar WEBER. There seems to be no one in Washington who does. If anyone does know, please drop me a line. I will update my records and forward the dope to Jerry.

Bill DANIELS (LCol. USMC) telephoned the following sightings: Jack GRACE (LCol. USMC), who has been a student at IDA, is going to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Air, Headquarters Marine Corps. Bill HUTCHINSON (LCol. USMC), also at IDA, is bound for WestPac. Tom EDWARDS (LCol. USMC) is running a staging battalion at Camp Pendleton. Bill MITCHELL (Cdr. USN) is in the ASW Systems Project Office. Floyd HOLLOWAY (Cdr. USN) is in OpNav (OP-07). Ray MADDEN (Cdr. USN) reports tibat John LIBEY (Cdr. USN) is en route to Saufley Field where he will become CO V T - I .

Dick JOHNSTONE (Cdr. USN) has reported to BuPers for dutv.

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Present at the reception following change of command ceremony for VF-142. From the left: Lawrence, Bauer, McGlohn, Dunn and O'Gara.

Brad GRANUM (Cdr. USN), who is in OP-31, reports that Paul BARNES (Cdr. USN) will join that group this summer. Paul has been on the ComSubLant Staff in Norfolk. Bob SWART was down in Sanford, Fla., recendy. While there he saw Don JARVIS (Cdr. USN), who was recuperating from a broken arm suffered during a bailout in Vietnam. I hope that by the time this column hits the street Don will be off the binnacle list Bob also says that C. R. "Sparky" WATTS has returned to the Washington scene.

He is in the DX/DXG office.

Bob DUNN (Cdr. USN) is now CO of VA-146, a part of VAW-14 embarked in CONSTELLATION. He writes that our class is well represented in that Air Wing. Billy LAWRENCE (Cdr. USN) is XO, VF-143 and slated for command. Ed BAUER (Cdr. USN) is CO of VA-196. Robin "Red Baron" McGLOHN (Cdr. USN) took command of VF-142 while in Hawaii, en route WestPac. Pat O'GARA (Cdr. USN) as CO RVAH-12 makes the fifth classmate in a key spot in the six striking squadrons of the wing. Good smff. Congratulations and smooth sailing to you all.

On 6 July Alex SINCLAIR (Cdr. USN), Jim H U N T (Maj. USAF) and your dutiful scribe had lunch at Fort McNair to review current and past class business. Alex is in the SubRoc Project Office and has been extremely busy with end-of-the-year fiscal year problems. He is now on TAD at a short course school at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.

Concurrentiy with the preparation of this column I am getting out a letter to all of the 295 classmates who are not presentiy members of the Alumni Association and who are not, as a consequence, getting their own personal copy of this fine prose. This effort is part of a campaign by the Association which is directed to all classes. I urge each of you who knows a nonmember to remind him of the contribution which the Association makes to the Academy and to the class. It seems that the older we get and the more widely scattered we become, the greater importance we attach to the bonds of brotherhood which were established in our youth. Membership is one way to strengthen our bond as classmates.

Sec'y, Cdr. David F. Staple, USN Personnel and Administrative Office USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

Greetings, loyal Shipmate readers. In this first issue since installation of the new executive committee, I want to start with a vote of thanks from the class of '52 to the outgoing office holders. To Jim NUNNELEY, exec VP, and Hork DIMON, treasurer, who have given so much of their time over the past year, we give a hearty "Well Done!" And to Gus CHEATHAM, our man in Annapolis for the past year, a special vote of thanks for his work on Homecoming '66 and in general for keeping us informed.

THE INCOMING BASKET Charles E. MOORE stopped by for about two hours while on TAD in D. C. Corky joined the ranks of Shipmate subscribers and asked that it be mailed to LCdr. Charles E. Moore, PO Box 62, Bonita, Ca. 92002.

Pat CURTIN checked in by phone, having just completed a tour in Vietnam. Current address: Qtrs. K-1, NSD, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Mal ROESCH reports from 79 Cleveland St., Orange, N . J., that he is now a vice president of Investors Management Co. of Elizabeth, N. J. Mal left the Navy in 1957 and has earned a Master's degree in business administration from Columbia. He has been working with Investors Management since 1961.

Photo by Fabian Bachrach Marvin B. Roesch '52, vice president of Investors Management Co., Inc.

Cdr. Robert R. ZASTROW (Zug) delivered this gold mine of information: "We had an area get-together last Samrday nite (1 July) at the North Island O' Club and had a great group and a wonderful time.

"It is difficult to organize such a gathering and have everyone present, as someone is always deployed. I tried to set this one up to coincide with Dean ALDERN's assumption of command of VF-191. He took over on 30 June at Miramar.

Tom MEEKS and Chuck BIVENOUR came from out of the area for the change of command. Tom, Deane, Chuck and I went through flight school together and then all four of us lived within about a two-mile radius in Imperial Beach for two years.

Vic VINE and Harvey GRAY are bodi in die area going through the RAG at North Island.

"Following dinner at 2100, each classmate gave a brief resume of his activities/life over the past 15 years. It was most interesting and we're indebted to John ALLEN for the suggestion.

"I don't have any picmres of the party as yet, but will send some along if they mrn out." Please do, Zug. Here is the list of attendees, their addresses and duty stations, and others unavoidably detained, as provided by Zug: Tom and Jackie Meeks, Qtrs. "J," U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. 408372-0848; Operations Analysis Curriculum Officer.

Chuck and Nancy Bivenour, 4123 E. Solana Dr., Phoenix, Az. 85018; Geenral Electric. Vic and Teddy Vine, Patio Laguana Apts. 6A, 415 " F " Ave., Coronado, Calif. 485-0520; Note: Vic will be going to Okinawa soon as OinC of VC-5. Harvey and Gloria Gray, 1024 A " A " Ave., Coronado, Calif.; prospective XO VP-28. Deane and Marge Aldern, 3390 Wellesly, San Diego, Calif. 453-2056; CO VF-191. Mike and Vi Quartararo, 4316 Acacia Ave., Bonita, Calif. 427-1589; ComPhibRon 3 Staff. Bob and Marlene Wilson, 6128 Erianger SL, San Diego, Ca. 92122. 453-1175; CAG-12 Staff.

Dick and Majorie Case, 854 Woodlawn, Chula Vista, Calif. 420-8709; XO USS CAVALIER. Bill and Shirley Campbell, 3734 Capetown, Lakewood, Ca. 90712; TRW Systems. John and Jan Allen, 2 Shady Vista, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.; AF Systems Command, Los Angeles. Zug and Junette Zastrow, 4466 Acacia Bonita, Ca. 92002.

422-4048; prospective XO HS-8. Whitey and Peg Piatt, 320 San Gorgonio St., San Diego, Calif.

224-4215; CO USS BUGARA. Art and Pat Knowles, 20242 Landelius St., Canoga Park, Calif.; Lytton Industries.

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Besides the above named classmates, I have a few more addresses. Many classmates in the area were deployed and we hope to see them at die next one.

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Cdr. and Mrs. L. T. Blades, 1110 Loma Ave., Coronado, Calif.; Phil Duckett, 610 Country Club Lane, Coronado, Calif.; John O'Connell, 3031 Marquette, San Diego, Calif.; Bill Wyatt, CruDesLant MainL Rep., Norfolk, Va.; Dick and Marilyn Berg, 30405 Via Victoria, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif.; Walt Gragg, 7517 Craner St., Sun Valley; Lee Ford, VP-31, NAS Nordi Island, San Diego 35, Calif.; Paul and Jane Tetreault, 206 E. James SL, Chula Vista, Calif.; Dick and Barbara Kersteen, 19209 Brookview Dr., Saratoga, Calif.; Charles D. .Manring, 611 Country Club Lane, Coronado, Calif.

Homecoming '67 will be held 20-22 Oct. Rooms at the Holiday Inn are reserved again this year.

Complete information will be made available by separate letter.

New faces of '67 in Annapolis include Cdr. John FOSTER and Cdr. John J. McPHERSON, instructors in the Naval Science Dept.; Cdr. Frederick P. HOLLICK, due to report to the Science Dept. in July; Cdr. James ORGAN and Cdr. Robert LANCASTER, bodi due to report to Engineering D e p t in Aug.

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The "Every third Thursday of the odd month Lunch Club" met at the Washington Navy Yard O' Club on 20 July. Classmates who can make it to the area for any one of these are urged to attend (next date 1200, 21 SepL). From die last one, we heard that our southeast Asia detachment now includes Jim LINK, Harry MITCHELL, Bill ROTTLER, Bob SUTLEY, and Stan SWANSON. Tom JULIAN has reported to the Air Force Academy; Ed LEONARD is at die AFSC; and Ron SHAW is stationed with the MAAG, Venezuela.

Maj. Roy S. Dickey '52, USAF, a MIGkiller, gives a big grin after completing his 100th combat mission over North Vietnam.

A miniamre has been found with no identification. The only clue we have is that it was reportedly foimd in 1960 in New Jersey at a Howard Johnson's on the Turnpike. Gus Cheatham is holding it until claimed.

Sec'y, LCdr. Curtis 0. Anderson, USN Naval Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

It is my sad duty to announce the death of two of our classmates. LCdr. Phil Armstrong was killed during the recent Middle East conflict. Phil was executive officer of USS LIBERTY when that ship was the victim of a strafing attack. We all express our sympathy to Marie and the children. Cdr. Charlie Buder was killed in an aircraft accident at NAS Sanford, Fla. We express our sympathies to Barbara and her children.

Dave and Dorothy METZ write from the Air Force Academy: "Just a note to announce the arrival of the 4th Metz. We now have 3 boys and a girl. Joe is 13, Evelyn 7, Mike 5, and David Matthew 3 weeks. Our new arrival was born at the Air Force Academy Hospital on 30 April and was 8 pounds. Sad to say, we will take leave of the Academy in August. Our four years here in the History Department have been some of the most memorable and enjoyable in our Air Force • career. From Colorado we will go to Stewart AFB, Tennessee, where Dave will attend C-130 School from Sept. to Dec. In January 1968 we will report to Clark Field in the Philippines for a SE P T E M B E R - O C T O BE R ,

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24-month tour with Dave flying to and from Vietnam.

"A 'hello' to those of '53 who might read this and an invitation to stop by Clark and see us on the way to or from."

The local gang here at USNA have been making plans and arrangements for Homecoming 20-22 Oct. Here is a brief from Ray CHRISTENSEN: The annual '53 Homecoming class party will be held at the Annapolis Elks Club, adjacent to the football stadium, on Saturday, 21 OcL Cocktails will be available immediately following the game —^pay as you go. Dinner will be served from 1930 until 2100. The Gilbert Shaw Orchestra will provide music for dancing from 2100 until 0100. Pay as you go for drinks after dinner.

Flyers will be sent to all members of the class living east of the Mississippi, and who have an address listed in the 1967 Register of Alumni.

All persons who do not receive a flyer may make reservations for the class party with Ray Christensen. The price is |5.25 per person. Price includes dinner and orchestra. Mail reservation requests witii check to: Cdr. R. J. Christensen, USN, Office of the Academic Dean, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

Make checks payable to R. J. Christensen. It is requested that reservations be made no later than Wednesday, 18 Oct. Jim WALKER deserves our thanks for his past column. He did a commendable job. Keep the letters coming.

Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Thomas J. Lawson 3140 Anchorage Dr., RFD 3 Annapolis, Md. 21403

LCdr. Mitchel J. SOLTYS was killed in an aircraft accident on 12 July in Sigonella, Sicily.

The funeral was scheduled for July although the details were not firm as of this writing. Carolyn is currentiy staying with her folks, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Walker, Gulf Breezes, Fla. The '54 Washington group had a get-together in May and is starting to become quite active under Shelby CLARK's guidance. Shelby provided me with a write-up and picmres of the event (I wish someone in your area would do the same).

The classmates in the Washington metropolitan area had their first get-together on 27 May at Donna and Al Smith's house near Mt. Vernon.

The cook-out was a success including the weather.

It was good to see old familiar faces again, and in some cases, new faces. Everyone pitched in to help in one way or another to either set-up for the party or clean-up afterwards. One minor crisis developed when Donna received a call from one classmate asking what the children should wear. Donna just about fainted since she was already planning for over 100 grown-ups to be there, and she could just envision multiplying that number by two. The names of those who were not included in any of the pictures are as follows: Julia and Paul Treagy, Haydee and Bob Clarke, Judy and Bob Marshall, Jane and Bob Merritt, Peach and Jim Whatiey, Jo Anne and Chuck Powell, Nan Hoover, Carol Ann and Ted Walker, Jeanne Rogers, Debby and Don Elliott, Mary and Jack Fuka, Mary and Paul Happersett, Ed Anglim, Donna and Al Smith, Shelby Clark, Sally and Phil Graessle, Sis and Jim Vaughan, Alma Anderson, Rita and Niel Ferraro, Judy and Lee Fryburger, Janice and Haven Webb, Lynn and Dick Murphy, Barbara and Herb Crane, Barbara Leslie, Ruth and Jim Hay, Isabelle and Ed Copeland, Sally and Skid Masterson, Louise and Jon Hurt, and Lea and Jim Topping.

The next scheduled event is another cook-out at Alison and Bill Holman's house the first part of September.

All those coming into the Washington area, who desire to be included in the roster of those present, contact Shelby Clark, 7429 Westwood Park Lane, Falls Church, Va. 22046, home phone 532-7719; office phone OX 7-4157.

The following interesting press release on John PUSTAY was sent out by the Department of State: "Lt.Col. John Pustay, a native of Roebling, New Jersey, has led what he terms 'an unbelievable life' since his appointment as a White House Fellow in May 1966. Launched by President Johnson in the fall of 1965, the White House Fellows program is designed to give outstanding young people firsthand, high-level experience with the workings of the Federal Government and to increase their sense of participation in national affairs.

"Colonel Pustay is one of eighteen Fellows serving in the 1966-67 program. Selected from several thousand applicants, in a national competition, these Fellows are assigned to work with Cabinet secretaries, the White House staff, or the U. S. Ambassador to the UN. "Assigned as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Colonel Putsay has traveled the equivalent of nearly four trips around the world during the past year. He accompanied the President and Secretary Rusk to the Seven-Nation Manila Conference in October 1966. He was a member of the staff delegation which worked during this historic meeting of the heads of state of those nations fighting aggression in Vietnam.

"Lt. Colonel Pustay also accompanied the President and Secretary of State on the Asian swing which the President took in conjunction with his attendance at Manila—visiting Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea.

"Subsequent to the Manila Conference, Colonel Pustay accompanied Secretary Rusk to the winter NATO ministerial meeting which was held in Paris in December. Official visits to Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Iran were made enroute to Paris.

During the Secretary's stay in Saigon, Colonel Pustay was privileged to be with the Secretary when he received briefings from key U. S. and Vietnamese figures.

"Upon returning to the U. S. from Paris, Colonel Pustay received permission from the Secretary to undertake a special study related to the 75

war in Vietnam. In gathering data for this study over a two-month period, he spent considerable time in Vietnam. He conducted, in depth, interviews with Americans and Vietnamese in eight representative provinces and the autonomous cities of Hue, Da Nang, Vung Tau, and Saigon. On completing his study he briefed the Secretary and other key State Department personnel on his findings. On May I President Johnson recognized the work done by Colonel Pustay in Vietnam in a brief remark during a televised speech.

"Colonel Pustay is presently working on two research projects as an associate member of the high-level Policy Planning Council of the Department of State. He is scheduled to accompany the Secretary to Luxembourg for the forthcoming spring NATO ministerial meeting and later to London for a CENTO Conference.

"Lt. Colonel Pustay and his wife, the former Lorriane Bago of Roebling, have attended several functions at the White House including the annual diplomatic reception and ball. They presentiy reside at 5609 Ashfield Drive in Alexandria, Va., with their four children—Tanya, Melanie, Jean and John, Jr. Recently he was honored by the American Newspaper Women's Club and presented with their outstanding achievement award."

Congratulations to Bob HERRES on his selection as an astronaut for the Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory program.

Frank Ayers BRAME III was graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law on 9 June.

Sec'y, LCdr. R. W. Davis, SC, USN 1004 Ames St., Fairfax, Va. 22030 Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Dave Reynolds, USN Apt. N-5, Phythian Road, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

BUSINESS: On 13 June the class steering committee met at the Army-Navy Country Club for a working luncheon. Present were: Otto Zipf, George Martin, Ernst Volgeneau, Ave Davis, Geoff Gardner, Phil Monahan and Jerry Nay. Preparations for this year's homecoming were finalized and plans were laid for fumre years with the hope of stabilizing arrangements and preventing last minute flails. A further meeting to discuss class business will be held in late August (too late for proceeding to be reported in this issue).

Dave MACKENZIE has been extended at USNA for another year and will retain the purse strings as treasurer of the Annapolis/Washington chapter for the next year.

HOMECOMING 1967 October 20-21: On Friday classmates are encouraged to register at the Alumni House and to attend the Friday night cocktail party/dinner at the Academy.

On Samrday, needless to say, there is the football game. This year '55ers will be seated on the Navy side. Try for West parking (i.e., on the Navy side) in the extreme far corner away from USNA (toward Admiral Heights) for pre/postgame tailgating—relax and don't fight the postgame traffic until it thins out.

After the game: At 1900 at the Andrews AFB Officers' Club we will have a cocktail party with standup fingertip buffet. The price for this will be | 5 per couple; dress informal (coat and

SOCIAL NOTES: J. D. (Jim) EVERETTE and wife Fran recently vacationed in Washington spending time with ex-roommates Jerry NAY and Ace DAVIS. Jim now has orders to Vandenberg AFB and expects to depart Patrick AFB in early September.

Some recent arrivals in the D. C. area include Tiger and Audrey WILSON from Clark AFB, Philippines; Carl and Pam SANDERS from Pearl Harbor; and Jim and Fran FERRYMAN from Camp Pendleton, Calif.

The following letter was received from Bob RULE just after deadline for last issue. "After being detached as XO of MCCARD in Charleston last summer, Boots, the kids and I enjoyed an unheard of 52-days leave, travel time, etc. While visiting my family in San Antonio we had dinner with Blair and Janie Warren, who were in the process of overseeing the construction of a new home. After spending the month of September at CI school in Coronado I reported to MACV HQS in Saigon for duty with the Studies and Observations Group. Since arriving on 2 OcL I've encountered several classmates, both in-country and with the Seventh Fleet.

"Bob Fischer is an advisor with the Sixth Battalion, VN Marines. Jack Garrow checked in in March with the Seventh Fleet Liaison Detachment at Tan Son Nhut AB here in Saigon. Hank Musten is with CTF 116 down in the Delta and has orders to CinCPac. I made a liaison trip to KITTY HAWK out on Yankee Station in early March and had a chance to visit with Tom Cann, CTF 77 staff, and Jim Griffin, RVAH-13. Bernie White was also aboard with an A-4 squadron but I didn't get a chance to see him. For those classmates who have not as yet received the unfortunate news, Jim was shot down over North Vietnam on 19 May. Two good chutes were observed and a Stars and Stripes article two days later reported on a Hanoi radio broadcast monitored in Tokyo stating that Jim and his NFO had been taken prisoner. During my visit with Jim in KITTY HAWK I was thoroughly impressed with his dedication to the job at hand and I know that the entire class joins me in looking forward to his evenmal safe return."

Bob PIRIE has been elected a Trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Assn. Bill McCARRON received his M.D. degree from the University of Texas. He will do his internship at the Georgetown Universitv Hospital in Washington, D. C.

William E. McCarron, Jr., '55

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As we go to press word was received of the death of Virginia K. Cusick on 13 Aug. in Montgomery, Ala., of a heart attack. She was the wife of Maj. Paul B. CUSICK, and tiie modier of Steven 10, Elaine 7, and David 3. The family had just arrived at Maxwell AFB where Paul was recentiy assigned to attend the Air Command & Staff School of the Air University.

Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Richard N. Leahy P. 0. Box 885, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, D. C. 20044

Please send any and all class news to either Ave DAVIS or Dave REYNOLDS. The lead time for Shipmate copy is rather long, so DO IT NOW.

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Out-of-towners: Reservations have been made at the Interstate Inn at Andrews AFB, Allentown Road, Camp Springs, Md. This is just off the Capital Beltway, 39.5 miles to Annapolis and most convenient to the post-game party. Double rooms are approximately | 1 6 (military) to $18 (civilian) per nighL If you are interested, contact Maj. G. L. Nay, 1209 Potomac Ln., Alexandria, Va., or any other classmate in the Annapolis/Washington area.

All you '55ers are encouraged to attend this year's festivities. With some 50 classmates in this immediate area we look forward to a swinging weekend.

Oakwood Dr., Medford, Ore. We understand John is maintaining his past specialty in the Food Subsistence Department.

To set the record straight, Matt RYAN became the proud father of a boy, Eric Sven, last Thanksgiving. At the rate of editing etc., a premamre happy birthday, Eric, and congramlations to the parents.

Among the changes in the D. C. area, Joe EDWARDS has relieved Jim HOGG as social director of the D. C. chapter. Jim and Mary will be living at 702 Capri St., Montgomery, Ala., while Jim attends the Air University at Maxwell AFB. Jim's efforts in the D. C. chapter were a great boon in getting the organization going and he and Mary will both be missed. Maj. Charlie MITRI, USAF, has replaced Tony PERRONE as executive committee treasurer. The class owes Tony an unqualified vote of thanks for his tireless work as treasurer from June '64 to June '67. His personal contributions have done much to strengthen and perpetuate the Association of the Class of '56. George CONNOLLY has been relieved as class secretary by myself and thanks are also given to George for his good work. He and Bev have taken up residence in East Lansing, Mich., while George attends the University of Michigan for further smdies.

I recendy ran into John SLOUGH at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while there on business. John is currentiy XO of DARTER and provided services for a week to the Naval Research Lab. From the University of Colorado comes word that Harold Stephen BAUDUIT received a Master of Science degree in business management at ceremonies on 9 June.

Now is the time to start thinking of Homecoming on 20 and 21 Oct. Plans are being formulated to meet at Len's Oak Grove at South River again this year. If you have any further questions, you can always drop a line to Vince ROPER at the class address.

Those of you who last month may have had a letter returned to you from the class P. O. box are requested to please forward the information again to the old number at the head of this column. Due to a misunderstanding with the P. O. Department the box was closed out, but is now operating again. We of the committee regret the inconvenience but hope you will keep the news coming in order that news can be promulgated to the class.

Sec'y, LCdr. P. C. Peterson, USN P. 0. Box 1926, Annapolis, Md. 21401

The class of '56 extends deepest sympathy to Audie AUDILET. His wife, Lorraine, died 30 May at Bethesda Naval Hospital after suffering a prolonged illness. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on 2 June. Audie and his children, Allison and Alex, can be reached c/o LCdr. C. Flather, 5052 35th Rd., North Ariington, Va. Word has it that Dr. Herb MAINES, DDS, has settled in Rockville, Md., and is currentiy practicing in the Bethesda area. John BOYD has changed his tide to Mr. and is currently settied at 2112

Your executive committee's program to locate and verify the address of each member of the Association is progressing well (though slower than anticipated). If you have not received a letter from the committee—please send in your address. A second area in which we need help is to locate the widows of our classmates. If you have an address of one of these—please send it to us so that we may include them on our mailing lisL Plans for our 10th anniversary homecoming are also progressing well. If you have any ideas or constructive comments, please let us hear from you. Present plans call for two mass mailings to include advance plans and the final plans for the homecoming weekend. Early response to questionnaires and applications would be most helpful.

HERE AND THERE From New London: Bruce and Trish THOMAS departed for D. C. with Ann (7) and Wendy (4) S H I P M A T E

Treasurer John WILLMARTH has asked me to mention dues. As annual dues are only |1.00 you may, if you desire, pay several years' dues in advance and save yourself the trouble of writing a $1.00 check every year. Dues, by the way, are used for various purposes such as memorial chairs for deceased classmates, publication of the class directory, and mailing expenses. If in doubt as to your membership status, drop us a note. We'll be glad to check our records for you.

Homecoming, as mentioned in the last issue, will be handled by John ROHRBOUGH, Jack DITTRICK, and Lou FISLER and is the weekend of 21 Oct. Cocktails and dinner are planned at Paul's Restaurant following the game with William and Mary. More details will be forthcoming.

Class of '57 10th reunion picnic in Monterey.

in tow. Van and Jan VAN LANDIGHAM have departed for Norfolk.

From recent news releases: "Capt. William W. McMahon, USAF . . . has been awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal in ceremonies at Headquarters, Joint Task Force Two Sandia Base, New Mexico. . . . Capt. McMahon was cited for meritorious service while assigned to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Studies and .i^nalysis. From December 1962 to May 3 1 , 1967, he 'aided immeasurably in identifying problem areas in the field of smdies and analysis and in developing and implementing research projects capable of solving these problems' . . ."

Capt. William W . McMahon ' 5 7 , USAF, receives the A i r Force Commendation Medal.

"Paul Michael O'Brien, Jr. . . . was a member of the 120th graduating class of Hahnemann Medical College (Philadelphia, Pa.) this month (July).

He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. . . .

He has taken a leadership role in Hahnemann smdent affairs and was president of the freshman and sophomore classes and president of the Student Instimte. He is married to the former Mary Lynn Shirring of Stamford, Conn. Dr. O'Brien will intern at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pa." MONTEREY The tenth reunion weekend affair held in Monterey on 26-27 May was an outstanding success.

Twenty-five couples attended the Friday evening dinner at the NPGS Officers' Club. Among them were Bob ARNOLD, now with the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in Oakland, and John ROSSELOTT, who is with Lockheed in Sunnyvale. Bob brought regrets from two other classmates—^Jim COLEMAN, docking officer at Hunter's Point, and John NELSON, who is working for Union Carbide in Mountain View.

The picnic held the following day was also well attended as can be seen by the accompanying photo. It looked like fallout from the population explosion when Dick ENKEBOLL finally got everyone together long enough to take the picmre.

Buck ROGERS did a statistical analysis on a random sample of the group here in Monterey, i.e., those that returned their questionnaires, and S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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came up with several interesting facts. His survey showed that in the 10 years since graduation the group had more cars (3.4) than children (2.6), and had spent almost as much time in school (32 months) as away from home (34 months).

Graduations in June and July caused a real decrease in the group here, with 10 classmates departing for new duty stations ranging from Naples, Italy, to Vietnam. The new arrivals, all from the third batt, are Hans CROEBER, Darrow KIRKPATRICK, and Hank SCHNEIDER. The summer break was marred by the tragic death of Ann Baker, one of the twin daughters of Barbara and O. C. BAKER. The following note to the class was received from Barbara: "Owen and I wish to thank the class for the beautiful red roses received for the funeral of our daughter. Ann was killed by a car while we were on vacation and we took her home to Virginia. She was buried at Arlington on 21 June. The many expressions of sympathy, the cards, the donations, and the classmates who attended the funeral were so appreciated at this heartbroken time in our lives.

"We have set up a memorial—the library fund at the Woods School in Carmel, Calif., where she and her twin Claudia had completed the first and second grades, and little Janet attended kindergarten."

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. B. W. Welles, USN Engineering Dept,, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

The class recently received the following letter from Rusty Lupfer: "Please accept my sincere appreciation for the lovely floral arrangement and extreme thoughtfulness during my recent bereavement. Mac would have been so pleased for he had a very deep respect for the Academy."

I attended Mac's interment at Arlington National Cemetery as a representative of the class.

It was a very sad occasion. Again, our deepest sympathy to Rusty.

Elections were held in July in the WashingtonAnnapolis area and the following representatives were elected to the executive committee: Ralph CARESTIA, Lou FISLER, Carl GIESE, Pat HARRINGTON, Al RACHAP, Brad WELLES, John WILLMARTH and Al YOST. The first meeting of the committee will be held shortiy, and it is expected that a classwide mailing of the annual newsletter will follow.

Our bi-annual directory is due for publication next spring. In order to make it the most complete issue to date, we ask that, in addition to your duty/business and home address, you also include an address where mail can always reach you. Please, if your address has changed, and you haven't already done so, send in your new address now. Remember, you know where you are, and you know where we are, but we do not always know where you are.

As this is my first column as corresponding secretary perhaps a brief personal bacskground would be in order. After graduation I went to Pensacola, completing flight training in 1960. This was followed by four years in VP-23 (homebased in Brunswick, Me.), two years at Monterey and then to the Engineering Department at the Naval Academy. I married the former Patricia Blackwell from Memphis, Tenn., in September 1960. We have two children. Brad 5, Alicia 3, and reside at 12B Sellers Road, Annapolis.

Ray and Barbara LANDRUM announce the birth of their third child and second daughter, Cynthia Leanne. She was born on 12 May at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Calif. Ray is in the Weapons Department of USS LONG BEACH,

that is now in WestPac. Carl PETERSON writes: "I haven't much news to report about the class as my duties have been in slightiy out-of-the-way areas much of the time.

So I will fill you in on what I have been doing.

"After an initial tour in destroyers out of Newport, I was ordered to a two-year tour aboard an AKA running resupply in the Antarctic, with interesting liberty stops in such places as Tahiti, Australia and Easter Island. From the Antarctic I was ordered to Washington, D. C , for an interesting and busy stint on the Ships Characteristics Board (CNO).

"At this point the detailer, wishing to check my sense of humor, came up with an AVP in the Middle East where I spent a year and a half shuttling around from the Arabian Peninsula to India and East Africa attending embassy cocktail parties and eating goat meat—only with my right hand.

"I am now aboard the OGDEN (as operations officer) with the Amphibious Ready Group in WestPac. I plan to be on the ship for another year. As I am still a Sea Bagger I don't have anything to report from the distaff side. Now that I am back to more normal duty I hope to see some of the class again. As it stands now, we will be back in San Diego in the fall."

Bill MOONEY writes: "On 4 June, nine years to the day from the time I tossed away the scroungiest cap that ever a midshipman wore, I was awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree by the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. When I pass the D. C. bar examinations I will be associated with Spencer & Whalen, a small but dynamic firm engaged in the general practice of law in the nation's capital.

"To celebrate the occasion, my wife Missy and I threw a beer blast and weeny roast in the backyard in our first real attempt at entertaining since we left the Marine Corps in June of '64.

Among the guests were Jane and John Carty, Ed Sheehan, Phil MacNail, and Shirley and Bob Risinger. Everyone brought a few of their curtain climbers with them, so my bairns, Magee (Margaret May—4), Casey (Kathleen Celia—3) and Buzzer (William Michael—2) were well entertained and managed to stay out of my hair, while John Carty and I celebrated his return from Vietnam and my making it through law school.

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"I had my Yoshika loaded and ready to take a picture for Shipmate, but in the excitement I completely forgot about it. The next time I have a bunch of '58ers over, though, I'll make it a point to provide a snapshot for the class column.

"I intend to spend the next 30 or so years practicing law in the District of Columbia and suburban Maryland, so Missy and I will be in the area for a long time. We live at 4109 Conger St. in Wheaton, Md., which is just to the northwest of Silver Spring. If you're in the area, even just passing through, please give us a call. We'll be glad to hear from you."

HERE AND THERE From Cari GIESE comes word of Bernie RYAN. Bernie left the Navy in 1964, has completed law school and is practicing with one of Philadelphia's larger law firms.

A short note from Bert ROBBINS in Saigon; Bert's phone number is ARVN 40878 and he extends an invitation to all classmates passing through the area.

John ROHRBOUGH reports that George MEINING passed through Annapolis en route to Philadelphia where he'll be weapons officer in

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Recently I had one of the military outfitters make up a 1959 class crest blazer patch. The cost will be approximately | 1 4 . If you are interested in purchasing one, please drop me a note. If enough of you are interested, I will send you more specific details at a later date.

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Classmates who have recently reported to USNA are Al SKILES (Public Works), Terry COOPER (Executive Department), Bill ARATA (Madi Department), Al CARRETTA (Weapons Department), and Keith GARLAND (Engineering Department).

Again, keep those address changes and news items coming in. See you at Homecoming.

EAST COAST Sec'y, Lt. John M. Machesky, (SC) USN U. S. Naval Station Annapolis, Md. 21402 WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. David D. Sullivan, USN Box 2092 USNPG School Monterey, Calif. 93940

IN MEMORIAM It is with great sorrow that I write of the death of Charles Don WITT, a member of our class from the Twentieth Company. Don (Lt. Witt) was killed 24 May by an enemy recoiless rifle attack on Ham Luong River 17 miles south of MyTho, South Viemam.

He was buried I June at Lubbock, Tex. He is survived by his wife and two children, Lisa 5, and Dexter 3.

Katye and children are residing at 2603 Willo Lane, Costa Mesa, Calif.

We have lost a fine classmate and the Navy an exceptional officer. Our deepest sympathy goes to Katye and the children.

HERE AND THERE Bob MULROONEY received his Master's in electrical engineering from the Catholic University on 4 June.

Dick RUSSELL (24th Company) writes that after putting in three years flying seaplanes in UP-50 at Iwakuni, Japan, and two years as a flight instructor in VT-3 at Whiting Field, Milton, Fla., he resigned his commission and is now a flight engineer with Braniff International. Dick is on the Dallas-Chicago-Acapulco run and as he puts it, "It beats working for a living."

Dick married the former Sally Myers after graduation and has four children, Bobby 6/4, Barbara 5, and twin boys, Raymond and Ronald 3'/2.

Ron BOSTICK completed graduate work in physics at Ohio State University and joined Rohm and Haas in 1965 as a color physicist in the Bristol Research Laboratories.

Ron has recendy done some research on the use of a green running light with a red brake, or stop light that would materially increase the safety of automobiles.

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Sec'y, Mr. Chico Chavez Centro de Estudios Internacionales Coiegio de Mexico Guanajuato 125, Mexico 7, D.F. Corr. Sec'y, Lt. R. C. Rohr, USN Executive Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

As reported in the last issue of Shipmate, our secretary, Chico CHAVEZ, has left the country to continue his studies at the College of Mexico in Mexico City. According to Chico he is "looking forward to a very interesting year" and knowing him as I do, I'm sure it will be a most successful one.

When Chico came to the Academy prior to his deparmre, he asked me if someone in Annapolis could handle the class column in his absence.

I hope I can do as well as Chico has done. Chico will still attempt to meet deadlines with news from Mexico.

The summer months in Annapolis is the time of the big personnel mrnover. My wife Nita and I visited newcomers Chris and Peggy THOMAS. The Thomases arrived after duty at PG School in Monterey and duty with HU-2, Lakehurst. Chris will instruct in the Science Department. It was an entertaining evening for we hadn't seen the Thomases since our Pensacola days, so there was a lot of talk about old times.

In addition to the Thomases, checking into the academic departments will be Mike Merrill, Jesse Tupaz, Joe Tranchini, Larry McCuUough, Gene Gasser, Doc Hand, Stan Bailey, Terry Rogers, John Sharp, and Jerry Cooper. I'm looking forward to seeing them all. We have quite a contingent here in Annapolis.

Completing their Annapolis tour are three Company officers: Pete GARFIELD, Dick DODSON, and Ed KELIIKOA. Pete, his wife Phyllis and their baby boy Pete, Jr., will travel to Boston where Pete is assigned duties as Operations Officer on board USS COMPTON ( D D - 7 0 5 ) .

Dick Dodson, his wife Adele and their first child, Richard Eaton, Jr., will travel to Newport, R. I., where Dick will assume duties as aide and flag secretary to ComCruDesFlot 2. Dick, Jr., was born 17 July and checked in at 8 pounds 4 ounces.

Ed Keliikoa is taking a leave of absence from the service to continue his education and study law. Roy Hughes has departed for duty with the Swift Boats in Vietnam.

Dick Dodson reported that Joe WADE and Bill FOSTER left the Navy recently. Joe took a position with the DuPont Company in Wilmington and Bill is with Kodak in Rochester. Best wishes and continued smooth sailing to all in their new endeavors.

LCdr. Ivan N a n c e , Jr., ' 5 8 receives his Royal N a v y wings f r o m C a p t .

A . B. B. C l a r k , R N , commanding H M S G O L D C H R E S T . N o n c e is presently Senior Pilot, 8 4 9 " B " Flight, H M S HERMES in the f a r east.

Belated congarmlations are in order for Ted and Jane McCLANAHAN who were gifted with a baby girl, Elizabeth Ann, back on 2 Nov. Ted is at PG School in Monterey.

Congramlations to Bob and Ann McAFEE to whom a son, Matthew Stewart, was born on 9 June. Bob is stationed at Pamxent River.

Homecoming 1967 will be held again at the Pirates Cove, Galesville, Md. Those who attended last year's blast can look ahead to more of the same and those who were unable to make it can look forward to a real great evening. Cost for the function will be $7.50 per person which will include a limited open bar, dinner, gramities, and a dance band. Requests for game tickets should be made through the Naval Academy Athletic Assn.

We classmates in Annapolis will help as much as possible to arrange and secure housing accommodations. Remember the date, Samrday, 21 Oct. See you all at Homecoming '67.

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Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Kenneth G. Craig, USN 5736 Salerno Rd., W. Jacksonville, Fla. 32210

The class extends its deepest sympathy to Sterling COATES' widow Janet, their children and family. We were proud to have such a fine young man among us, and we will miss him.

More data cards arrived this past month than in many previous ones, but we are still too far behind to merit a roster. Bert CASSELS sent his card in from Viemam, where he was an advisor to the Viemamese Navy. He left there in July, and will attend Destroyer School in Oct. '67.

Bill DUNN sent word that he and Glenn MAYS completed the Weapons Engineering General Course in June at Monterey, along with Norm Pigeon, Bill Martin, Bob Kline, Harky Hardison, Steve Duich, Tony Copes, Jack Pappas, and Clare Painter. Sandy MOCK is still sweating it out in ordnance electronics for a Master's degree. Bill said also that he had seen Charies CRAWFORD, who's XO in an MSO in Long Beach. Presendy Bill is on his way to Seattle as prospective weapons officer in SCHOFIELD.

More from PG School via Leo WILLETTS, who will be there until '69. Leo enclosed a picmre of our class rep, Jack PAPPAS, presenting our class plaque to the Monterey O' Club manager. This was at a '61 luncheon in the spring. Forty-five members were present, and everyone received a free beer, compliments of the club.

Tom KNEPELL included more news of PG School with his data card. The Knepells welcomed a son, Thomas Fergus (Tim), in Jan. He joins a sister, Hope, age 3!4. Tom is at Monterey for a year's course in management and data processing.

He had news of Joe JARVIS, who now teaches at the Univ. of New York. Tom had also read that Dan MARCH got a DFC over North Vietnam.

"Saint" ST. LAURENT writes diat he took die fatal step on 27 May. He married the former Miss Arilla Chase of Spooner, Wis., at the Treasure S H I P M A T E

Island Chapel. Rick HOLLY was best man, and Jim IBACH was one of the ushers. Rick is at PG School in Monterey, and Jim is on his way to the NROTC unit at Tufts College in Mass., after a tour in Vietnam. Saint is CO of the USS C\HOKiA, and is enjoying his tour very much.

He and Arilla live at 1400 Castro S L , Apt. 8, San Francisco, and welcome all '6Iers in the area to stop by.

Further news from Saint tells us that Pete DANNA and his fiancee were at the St. Laurents' reception. Dana FRENCH is aide to Adm. Taylor (ComWestSeaFron). Dick NORMAN is in an FBM, and "Doc" WHITE is stationed at the Marine Corps Comm. Center. John KIRKLAND has just remrned from Vietnam as a naval advisor.

Pete GREENWOOD sent his data card in from California also, where he is a candidate for Ph.D. at Stanford University. He resigned from USAF in Dec. of '65. As of August '67, Pete will be with Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif.

Word has been received that Ted MOSS has completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the U. of Pennsylvania. He is now an associate in the international management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co., Inc., at 245 Park Ave., New York City.

Two of our number have joined the ranks of American Airlines recently. Joe MAIDEN will be based and live in Chicago, and Steve MAYIAN in the New York City area.

Tom WHITE brought us up-to-date this month, too. The Whites' third child, a son Terry, was born during the Army-Navy basketball game in Feb. Last Sept. Tom changed jobs, and is now with Esso Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, N . J. He is still in the business of hiring engineers. Tom has bought a home in Chatham, N. J., and all classmates passing through are welcomed.

Hank OCHEL is now with Corning Glass in New York, and Dave WRIGHT is widi GE in Pottsfield, Mass. Tom had a chance to talk with Joe BELLINO for a few minutes after the Boston Patriots-N. Y. Jets game in NYC last fall. Dick STENGEL is finishing his first year at Penn Dental School.

More news from the east coast via Hal SPOONER. He and his family are now living in his hometown, Williamsport, Pa., having left the service and Charleston on 3 April. He is employed

by Alcan Cable Corp. The Spooners have heard from Sue and Dory HOLBROOKâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he is out and working as a sales engineer in Salt Lake City.

Peg and Bernie HUMPHREY, also out of the service, are living in the Cape May, N . J. area until fall when Bernie goes to school in Philly.

Someone thoughtfully sent in a list of all '61ers in subs, and the ship to which each is attached.

The postmark was Groton, Conn., but there was no signature or remrn address, so your C S . can only wonder "who" and say thanks. The same classmate wanted to know if '61 is going to sponsor a company wardroom. There are still some openings for such a project, and any opinions are welcome. All it takes is enough interest and $.

Let's hear from you about it.

A warm note from Johan O'Dea arrived to advise us of her move to Warrenton, Fla. (Beach Haven area). She and the children, Karen and Steven, are at 702 Wayne Ave. "The welcome mat is always out for any of Ken's Academy friends and their families. We would be happy to have them call us at 456-2749, or stop by the house."

Your C S . is off on another cruise shordy. This time to the Med in FDR with VA-72. Sandy and Analise will be at home, and welcome yoii as always. After rewrning from Vietnam, I received the DFC for a strike on the North. It was quite a SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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Sec'y, L t . Howard S. Pinskey, (SC) USNR-R c/o Margolles-Unger Insurance Co. 800 Brooks Bldg., Scranton, Pa. 18503

ANNAPOLIS AREA Homecoming 1967 is slowly but surely taking shape. As you all know, this year will mark the fifth year since we left Mother Bancroft behind.

Our reunion will be held at The Barn, a restaurant located in Glen Burnie about 25 minutes up the Ritchie Highway from Crabtown. A roast beef dinner, including everything from an appetizer to dessert and coffee, will be served at 2000 with cocktails preceding the dinner at 1900.

Dancing to the music of a four-piece combo including vocalist will be from 2100 to 0100.

Drinks will be pay as you consume, all drinks (excluding the exotic ones and beer) costing $0.75.

The entire cost, including tip, will be $12 per couple, $6 stag. We certainly hope to see as many of you as possible this fall. If you like, you're more than welcome to bring your own personal guests to Homecoming 1967. If you plan to attend, please send a check for the appropriate amount to Lt. J. P. Kelly, USN, Executive Department, USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

Two more classmates have reported to USNA to become part of the faculty. John HAMMER has just left Ohio State University where he was enrolled in the graduate geodetics program. He will be a member of the Math Department. Mike TANSEY has come from a destroyer squadron staff in Norfolk and will assume duties as a member of the tactics committee in the Naval Science Department. Elsewhere, Jim HONEYWELL has recendy remrned from Viemam and is en route to Cherry Point, N. C Don CHRISTY has packed his bags in Bainbridge where he was a company officer at NAPS and is looking forward to a cross-country camping expedition en route to Monterey where he will smdy operations analysis.

As you may observe from the heading, I have made the transition from active duty to civilian life. I have affiliated with a Naval Reserve Surface Unit 4-55 in Scranton and attended my first drill meeting on 17 July. Even as a civilian you can still be close to a very vital part of your life. I must apologize for the lack of a '62 article in the June-July Shipmate, but I was in the process of leaving the service and setting up a new household and the deadline date slipped by. However, all the news I was going to put into that issue will now appear.

NAVY AIR Mike McGRATH writes from Vietnam that he.

Chuck LEE and John BAKER are back in die Tonkin Gulf area flying off USS CONSTELLATION, attached to VA-146. Each one of them has had over 160 missions and are still compiling more statistics. Mike says that Sm FITRELL is back from another WestPac cruise and is in test pilot school at Edwards AFB. Smokey TOLBERT is now in USS SARATOGA in the Med, after amassing over 145 missions during his two cruises. Dave BOURLAND is flying F8's for his third cruise aboard USS HANCOCK. Bill CLIFT is now married and stationed in the States while Dan CONDON is on his third cruise in the Med. Bob WESTERMAN is out of the Air Force as is Wayne LARABEE, who is working at WrightPatterson AFB. The beginning of May saw Larry DURBIN and John BAEHR aboard USS SHANGRI-LA flying for Fighter Squadron 13. Larry writes that J. R. BROWN is now with UT-22 at Kingsville while Lou GRANT is at test pilot school in Maryland.

Jim SLOAT and Henry RICHARD were also aboard flying A-4's in VA-81 and both had orders to PG School.

The May mailbag also brought news from Arleen Beasley. Fenn was on his second craise in VF-96 aboard USS ENTERPRISE and Arleen had

just remrned from a trip to Miami where she saw Karen Laws, Dick's widow, who is studying English at the University of Miami. She expects to graduate in Feb. '68 and then commence teaching.

We wish Karen and her two children, Dick and Cheryl, the very best of happiness and success.

Arleen says they have moved 11 times in the five years since graduation, making 5 cross-country trips. The Beasleys will be in San Diego where Fenn is to be attached to VF-I26, NAS Miramar.

They are the proud parents of 4-year-old Beth and 6-month-old John.

Dave HOFFMAN has received orders to VF-121 at Miramar while Earl WHEELER will be assigned to the Academy as an instructor. Earl and Sandra, who have two sons, are looking forward to a good tour. Dottie and Leighton SMITH are the new parents of a son born 19 April. Smitty is flying A4's out of Lemoore, Calif., attached to VA-22. Bob GILES is a civilian and he, his wife Colleen and two daughters are living in Annapolis. Del H U N T has orders to PG School in Monterey and Peg and their three daughters are anticipating living in the area. John ARGO, a bachelor, is attached to PatRon 30 in Pamxent River, Md. Thanks, Arleen, and keep up the good work from San Diego.

In June Claire Monroe, Harry's wife, sent along the following information concerning their travels in the past few years. Harry's first assignment after graduation was as navigator in the destroyer USS JOHNSTON for two years. He then went through NFO training and in Jan. 1965 was assigned to VP-5 in Jacksonville. He is now deployed with the squadron to Sangley PL, Philippines. Claire says they received word that Joe was selected for test pilot school at Patoxent River and will commence training with the OcL class.

Jim SLOAT and Dave A. McRAE were also selected for the school. The Monroes with their two children JoAnne and Mike are anxious to get to Maryland.

Paul HARVEY, his wife Margi, and their two children are in Washington. Paul just completed a 3-year tour in VP-17 and is now serving on the staff of ComFAirWhidbey. Dave JONES, Paul's brother-in-law and old roommate, just finished an

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in the Seatde area. Dave and Nancy have one son. Ron HAUGEN, completing a tour in VP-2, is on his way to Monterey PG School. Marty FARBER is en route to VT-1 and Dave BRADT to Johnsville, Pa. Bill ESTELLE is very satisfied widi PG School, and Si THERIOT and wife Roz are still at Adak where Si is flying and acting as personnel officer. J. R. BROWN is on his way to Texas to be a jet instructor and Rich HARDY is out of the Navy working for IBM in the east.

This column could use some picmres of classmates and their families. Don't be bashful, send some of those snapshots of the gang and we'll liven up this monthly missive. Clear black and white photos are fine. Let your classmates see you again 11 From our worldly Peruvian classmate Naim BENAVENTE came an announcement (todo en Espanol, por supuesto) that said he was to be married on 16 June to Senorita Carmen Rosa Pinedo Alonso. The last I heard, Benny was at PG School in Monterey and will soon remrn to Peru to serve in the Navy. I am sure he will be an asset to an already fine naval force. The class wishes him and his new bride the best of success, health and happiness in their marriage.

SUBMARINES Tina Barker sent along a short note informing the class that Ed is presendy on his second patrol as assistant weapons officer aboard USS SAM RAYBURN, blue crew. The Barkers have a young son Eddie and are living in a restored antebellum house in the Ansonborough section of Charleston.

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PG SCHOOL Marge Eller wrote in May that the '62 wives club had a very active social spring quarter which included a luncheon, a fashion show and an end of exams (for the men) evening of dinner and dancing in quaint Carmel.

For anyone reporting to the Monterey area for school. Jinny Estell will provide you with a fine resume of the area. Her address is Box 1594 USNPGS, Monterey, Ca. 93940. The wives have collected helpful material on housing, area facilities, and guest accommodations. Do write to Jinny, the information will be most helpful and informative.

The stork was busy during the past year at Monterey. On 2 Jan. a daughter was born to Dick and Marie Brodehl; on I Feb., a son to Jerry and Jeanne Kotchka; 28 March, a daughter to Doug and Carolyn Keller; 13 April, a daughter to Dick and Karen Tripp; 24 March, a daughter to Frank and Julie Cleary and 13 March, a daughter to Phil and Nybelia Ridgely.

STAFF CORPS From one of the smallest designator classes of our '62 family, the CEC Corps, comes word via Tory MARTINELLI diat he and his wife Jill have just remrned from a two-year tour at the Naval Training Command in Kenitra, Morocco, and are now living in Rhode Island where Tory is attached to Seabee Unit MCB 6. The battalion was due to remrn to Vietnam the latter part of the summer. While in Morocco, Tory was stationed with Chuck KOSCH who was attached to the Supply Dept. Tory also heard from Dick TREANOR, who has returned from Da Nang and is on his way to NPO, London, and Rick FOLEY, who is stationed in Naples, Italy. Any '62ers in the Davisville-Quonset Point area are invited to visit with the Martinellis at 53 Catherine Dr., North Kingstown, R. I. Tom QUINN left NSC, San Diego, and is now attached to a supply staff homeported in Sasebo, Japan. Tom and Jennifer are looking forward to this tour.

Greg MATHER wrote an interesting letter to me in May explaining that after much deliberation he decided to resign from the service and accept an offer with U. S. Steel Corp. as a market representative in the Pittsburgh area. He intends to move into management later on and he and Barbie are very excited about this new venture.

We wish them success in all their endeavors. Greg says he may make it to homecoming this year.

I'm sure he'll have some of his famous stories to tell.

AIR FORCE Just a short blurb that Capt. Robert DeMARCO, USAF, has completed a tour in Vietnam and is now stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, along with his wife and son.

MARINE CORPS I was glad to hear from Don MILLER who told me that he and Jud SAGE, both Marines, are stationed in Europe. Don and his wife Brenda are living in Stuttgart, Germany, where he is aidede-camp to the Deputy CinC, U. S. Forces Europe, who is an Air Force general. The tour is most interesting and rewarding. The Millers have two sons. Jud, his wife Nancy and their two children are living in Heidelberg where Jud is attending the University of Heidelberg on an Olmstead scholarship. (Jud spent his first class cruise in Germany aboard a German PT boaL) Don writes that his and Jud's careers have followed similar patterns from drill officers at the Academy after graduation to Quantico, to Fort Sill, Okla., then to the same battalion at Camp Pendleton. Then Don went to Okinawa while Jud went to Fort Sill for instruction duty. They are both in Europe and hoping to go to Vietnam for their next tours.

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NAVY LINE From Japan comes long-awaited news from Steve and Maureen CHADWICK. After spending much of the past two years at sea, Steve is now the commanding officer of USS WARBLER, homeported in Sasebo. The ship is in for an overhaul before commencing another Market Time patrol off Vietnam. Steve would like to revive the 23rd Company newsletter. His list of addresses has become obsolete and he would appreciate it if the 23rd Company tigers would drop him a line at Box X-480, FPO San Francisco 96666, and he will get the newsletter back in circulation. The Chadwicks invite all classmates in the area to drop in for a visit. They are really enjoying life in Japan.

If some of the news and information contained in this article seems old, it is due to the SepL-Oct. deadline, which was in July.

The response to my inquiry into the feasibility and type of memorial fund to be set up by the class in memory of our departed classmates has been good. Don MILLER sent a generous contribution this month which I forwarded to Rog KISIEL until a memorial fund treasurer is appointed/elected. I intend to bring this up at a meeting of our class during Homecoming weekend, 20-22 Oct. and then send out a flyer to all classmates soliciting donations. The flyer will list all proposals suggested for the fund. The majority response will determine the course to be taken.

The flyer will also ask for your opinion on the class of '62 sponsorship of a wardroom at the Academy for one of the midshipmen companies; an explanation of this proposal will be included.

And the flyer will ask for your cooperation in filling out some additional information so we can update our class files. Your prompt attention to these matters will be appreciated.

By now you have received your application blanks and my letter concerning membership in the Alumni Association. I think they are selfexplanatory. The organization needs our support.

We're a select group and through the Association and Shipmate we can keep in touch with our classmates the world over. Please respond today.

Tom GRZYMALA is hard at work with plans for Homecoming. Please check at the Alumni House when you arrive in Annapolis. Representatives of our class and the "gouge" will be waiting for you. If it is at all possible for you to attend, do so. I will be looking forward to seeing you there.

That's it for our '67 summer edition. I hope you have been brought up-to-date on the whereabouts and happenings of your friends. How about yourself.? Someone wants to know about yoa.'

Please write to this reservist correspondent. See you at Homecoming.

E A S T COAST Sec'y, Capt. John L. Newton, USMC Mar Det, USS OKLAHOIVIA (CLC-5) FPO San Francisco 96601 WEST COAST Corr. Sec'y, L t . W . B. Orgera, USN VAW-11 ] Det November FPO San Francisco 96601

It is with deep feeling that I announce the death of William J. HAMILTON, IV, who was killed in a car accident in Coronado, Calif., in May. At the time of this writing, this is the only information available.

It is with regret that the death of Joseph P. Murphy, Gettysburg '63, is announced. Though not a classmate, he was very close to many of us.

He was killed when the F-10 he was flying on a test hop apparendy exploded near Da Nang. His widow Carol, and their two children are staying with Ken NISEWANER's folks at 7121 Helmsdale Rd. in Bethesda, Md. I talked to Mike HARMON when in Yoko just before he lefL He was on his way to the U. of Washington to coach freshman wrestling

and work on his Master's degree after resigning his commission. I ran into Brev MOORE at the Cubi O Club as he was departing for CONUS after his second cruise in Spads. He was rather happy to be heading back.

Bill GENTILE is going to open an art gallery after a side trip to Manila. He is on his way back in HANCOCK also with orders to RVAW-110 in San Diego.

Jack ALMOND, George LEEVER, and Tom BRANDT are all hoping to get their hands on the T-39, which is the newest addition to VRC50. Talk about flight time. Jack has over 2600 hours tooling around.

Bob KEEN wrote a lengthy letter to fill us in on the happenings in subs. He has been bouncing around from boat to boat keeping pretty much in WestPac for the past couple of years. After sub school, he went to USS PICKEREL (SS-524), picking them up in WestPac. After returning to Pearl, he was transferred to the REMORA ( S S 487) where he qualified in Nov. of '65. He was in the REMORA when I bumped into him in Pearl in April '65 on my first trip over. He made a deployment in the REMORA before being transferred to the ScuLPiN (SSN-590) where he is now. He has been deployed quite a bit, but was in long enough to get engaged to Miss Martha Broadwill of Pasadena. They plan on getting married if he gets in port long enough. Jim RAGANO and Mike SPEAR bodi married girls they met in New London while at Sub School.

Jim is in the PERMIT which is in the yard at Mare Island. Mike qualified in the POMODON in San Diego, and has since been transferred to the TULLIEEE in New London. Larry MARSH is still single, and deployed to WestPac in the FLASHER. John ASHER and his wife Carol Ann are in Pearl also. John is in the U. S. GRANT, a Guam FBM. Bob received a wedding invitation from Tom PESSONY. Tom is in the HALIBUT, which has been in the yard for some time. You can see what happens to a landlubber sailor. His wife is an Army general's daughter.

Dick FRISBEE's dad dropped a line to fill us in on Dick and Jeff McLAURY. Dick is a captain USAF, located at Ton Son Nhut AFB in Saigon.

He is Director of Personnel and Planning for the 7th Air Force, and has been there since 5 Dec. He was married to Miss Jennifer Jones of Cleveland on I I June. She is a German major and graduated from Ohio U. in June. Dick flew to Hawaii where the ceremony was held. He was going to visit with Milo DAUGHTERS and his wife, who are also in Hawaii.

Jeff is also a captain and Company CO in the Army stationed near Saigon. He and Dick get together quite often, when Jeff isn't chasing the VC through the rice paddies.

Marcia Clancy wrote from Hawaii to fill us in on Joe and family. They have a second addition as of 31 March named Christian Rodman. She is their first daughter. Joe has left the service and is working for IBM in their ChicagoNorth office. He would like to hear from John Parks and Dave Shore at 210 Green S L , Urbana, II. 61801, and would welcome any classmates passing through the area.

Ginger Hood wrote to give us the latest on the Hood family. After graduation, Jack went to flight training and was one of the first of us to receive his wings on 24 Aug. They left the same day for duty at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the Kaneohe MCAS. They have seen Jack RONEY and Lou SCHUMACHER. Jack is out of the service and going to law school, and Lou was heading for VN with the Marines in the spring of '66. Jack has received orders to PG School at Monterey and will be there by 14 Sept. John McCoy Hood III arrived 24 Jan. at Tripler in Honolulu. He looks just like his ole dad!

Leslie Palenscar wrote to say that Alexander John Palenscar IV arrived on 22 Dec. Then on 27 March, Doc went down in the Gulf of Tonkin S H I P M A T E

while returning from a mission. He is officially listed as MIA. Leslie will be aboard for a year and would like to hear from friends at 168 Crusader, NAS Lemoore, Ca. 93245.

Word from die BIG E and Pete CARROTHERS is that Jim "Kelly" PATTERSON was shot down south of Hanoi on 19 May. He suffered a broken leg and rescue attempts proved unsuccessful. He is listed as MIA and presumed captured. Pete is flying the back seat of the Vigilante and is up for a DFC for a photo run that got pretty hot over Nam Dinh. He is back in the States now and was heading for the Bahamas with his wife Nancy last I heard.

Tom REEMLIN lists his address as T . E. CHANDLER (DD-717), FPO San Francisco 96601.

He is the chief engineer and Jim THORNTON is operations. Tom is stationed in Yoko and invites anyone to give him a buzz if you all pass through.

He says his "Hayama Mama," Fran, is a great cook and drinks are cheap.

Jim is out of the service and can be reached at 713 Burris Ave. in Compton, Ca. 90221. He saw Mike KRAUSE, who is weapons in OZBOURNE. Mike arrived just before she got hit in the magazine. Dick ORTWEIN was in INGERSOLL as chief engineer and has been there since '63. He went to Engineering School, got spot promoted and has been there ever since. Al DOHERTY is in REEVES. Derek SYMMONS is in ISLE ROYAL. Jim and Al

and Derek all celebrated getting out at the Subic Club one night. Jim also ran into Mike McDERMOTT flying spads in BONNIE DICK. Wayne CL.A,RKE is heading for the W I L L ROGERS on the

east coast. Noel BING, USMC, was still in the BEX.\R the last time Jim saw him in Yoko. What a life for a Marine! Steve HOY is XO on an MCO, the ADVANCE.

I see Andy MEZM.'VLIS occasionally as he chugs around with us, but never seem to find out what ship he is in. Such is life in a CVS! The following letter, written by Joseph S. COLLINS and addressed to Capt. and Mrs. Stephen C. Toth in Virginia Beach, Va., was sent to Shipmate by the Toths following the death of their son, Stephen, in USS LIBERTY: "Please accept my deep sympathy over your loss of Steve. He was both a classmate and companymate, and you may rest assured that he was a credit to the class of '63. I enjoy fond memories of Steve, particularly when we were Plebes and he was a mamre influence on those of us who had trouble adapting to the rigors of Academy life. As I'm sure you are both well aware, Steve was extremely high-principled and my most vivid memory of him was the unselfish manner in which he acted when it became necessary for a limited number of men to switch companies as we entered first class year. While the majority of us were selfishly hoping we wouldn't be chosen in a drawing, Steve, distraught with his small-minded colleagues, volunteered to go to the 24th Company.

He was missed by us all first class year.

Several classmates became fathers recentiy. Jerry Lloyd, Jr., was born on 24 March to Jerry and Joanne JULIAN in Norfolk. The Joe RUDYs became the parents of a baby girl on 16 April, the same day that the Ted TRIEBELs became the proud parents of a daughter. Joe is at the University of Colorado taking CEC. While at the U. of Michigan, Tom and Mary LONG became parents for the second time, this time a girl, Tari Anne, born on 14 May (Mother's Day).

Ted TRIEBEL recentiy returned to CONUS with VF-213 aboard KITTY HAWK. While in port prior to leaving for the U. S., he had a couple coo! ones by the Cubi Pt. pool with Steve LAABS who had just arrived in a DD. Clark JONES and Dick E.'\RNEST were in town off ENTERPRISE. It appears that almost half of the class shows up at Cubi Pt. at one point or another during any given year.

Jim KRAFT, presently chief engineer aboard H.'iRROLD J. ELLISON ( D D - 8 6 4 ) , brought our column up to date on many of the east coast surface types. Bob YULE is ops boss aboard ELLISON, making two of the four department heads from the class of 1964. Joe SAUL is chief engineer aboard HOLDEN; Dave GRAY is chief engineer in W. L. LING and Rich BELSER holds the same position aboard LEARY. Jay EGGERS is aboard BEALE as ops, Len ENGLE is aboard FURSE as

weapons officer and Denny RAY has the same job aboard R. L. WILSON. Tom HOWELL is in the Ops Dept. aboard the destroyer tender SIERRA in Charleston. Some other members of the class of '64 who are tin can department heads are Jerry CUSMANO in CONE, John BEARDSLEY in STODDARD, Mark CALHOUN in HUNTINGTON, Pete BOWDEN in BOYD, Walt ERICSON in DUNCAN, Grant FULDERSON in BEATTY, Bob JOYCE in PORTERFIELD, Jim "Buck" PORTERFIELD in MOALE, Rick KATZ in C. P. CECIL, Tom LYNCH in DICKSON, Bill SARGENT in JONAS INGRAM and

Tom TOCZEK in MEREDITH. George MAYFIELD is in BRIDGET, Charlie MANN is aboard MCCAFFERY, Steve LAABS is in LYMAN K . SWENSON, Bob CEPEK is aboard J. K. TAUSSIG and Andy DOUGLASS is aboard GURKE. Jim's USNA roommate, Bill SHAUGHNESSY, is OIC of a Swift in Coastal Division 11 at An Thoi. Bill WRIGHT graduated from Des Tech in June.

While in San Juan, Jim saw Charlie SHIELDS who was on a weekend from Roosevelt Roads.

Ted PALATUCCI, now at home port in San Diego, wrote in May from Yankee Station with VAW-111 aboard HANCOCK. Brent BENNITT and Rog KIETHLY are both flying A4s with VA-94 and Rick HARRIS is flying F8s with VF-63. Rich RUBLE is one of the HANCOCK'S angels with H C 1 Det. B. George PALMBREN is aboard as the ship's ECM officer and CIC jockey and John NICKLO is the ship's 3M coordinator. Ted received word that Denny PIGNOTTI is engaged to one of his sister's collegemates and will be giving up the ghost in February. He has transitioned from P5s to P3s and deployed to Japan with VP-48. Woodie "Once again, I offer heartfelt sympathy. If I can VAUGHAN has left his destroyer and is learning be of any assistance, please feel free to call on the ins and outs of nuclear boats. He is in a new me." program for Supply Types which will eventually send him to a sub with a chance to earn his dolphins.

George and Gloria LEONARD are enjoying 0 \ Sec'y, Lt. (jg) James L. Roberts, USN VF-142, FPO San Francisco 96601 their tour in Hawaii. George had John KLEIN out to dinner in late May. John was passing During the past months, Charlie PLUMB and through with VP-5 on his way to Sangley Pt. Read MECLEARY were taken prisoners of war Andy and Liz ANDREWS are back in Hawaii in NVN. No more information will be given at after being married on 20 May in Bismark. Don this time. We join their families in wishing for BYRNE was recentiy in Hawaii helping VP-6 their speedy and safe return. with an operation. Don is in VP-9 at Moffett.

Larry MYERS recentiy informed me that his Dick BOWERS was married in March. His bride, Betty Ann, was formerly a school teacher in roommate and squadron-mate in VF-211, Joe Hawaii. Dick deployed to Adak for 6 months in SHEA, became the first MIG killer in the class of early June. Roger GRANERE is flying C-130s out 1964!!! A real BZ to Joe from all of us wishers!! of Guam. He gets into Barber's PL at least once He got his MIG in a raid in which VF-211 got a month and to most other places in the Pacific three to become the number "one" MIG killers just as often. While in Naha, Okinawa, in late in both Navy and Air Force.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1 9 6 7

May, George saw John EVANS and Mike BLACKWELDER. They are deployed with VP-46 and are looking forward to returning in July. While in Iwakuni, Japan, George met Bob HOLLIS, Glen RITCHEY, Joe GERRARD and Brian CASSIDY, who were all deployed with VP-4 and returned to Barber's Pt. in August. Marty COSTELLO was also in Iwakuni with a Marine F4 squadron home based at Chu Lai. Dick GIBSON is aboard AMERICA in the Med with John WATKINS in VA-66, Bob FERRARO in HS-9, Chuck PARRISH, Peyton DOBBINSI and John DURDEN in VF-102. Although not in a combat zone, it seems that the tension in the Med has kept the fleet at sea and shore leave has not been plentiful. Dick is looking forward to returning in September.

Bill BENSON is air controller aboard KEARSARGE which deployed for WestPac in August.

They had recently heard from Gary and Teddy KELLNER. Gary is enjoying his work with VC-10 in Gitmo.

Tom LONG received his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Michigan in Aug. of 1966 and received his Master's this June. From there, he and Mary, Tom 111 and Tari traveled to Port Hueneme, Calif., where he is attending CECOS for 12 weeks. This is TAD for Tom and he will be going to MCB-10 in VN. Ron GREGG, Bill FORRESTAL and Jim CLAYTON were all at the U. of Michigan. Jim finished in June and is with the 30th Naval Construction Regiment at Da Nang. All eight of our classmates who went CEC were selected for Lt. in Dec. and will probably be wearing the stripe by the time this is printed. Congratulations!!!

Bill ARMSTRONG has been in the Naval Hospital, San Diego, as the result of a car accident in August '66. Several classmates including Rich and Marilyn GOOLSBY, Bob and Mary HERRIOTT, Bart and Betsey STRONG, Pete and Carolyn MORGAN and Chuck KRULAK have been by to visit. Bob TIMBERG was admitted early this year with injuries sustained in VN. We wish both Bill and Bob a complete and speedy recovery.

After two and one-half years aboard USS Du PONT, one and a half as assistant supply officer and another as supply officer. Gene HOLLOWAY has received orders to CinCLantFlt staff in the Fleet Resources Office. Gene has found the last three years of duty to be challenging and fascinating experience but is looking forward to some shore duty. Lt. John GARBER is engineering officer in USS LAFFEY and now resides on Doummar Drive, Norfolk. Bob BONDI is with a patrol squadron out of NAS Norfolk. Buddy COLEMAN is on ComServLant Staff in the fiscal depL Tom (supply corps) MURRAY is in the fleet resources office CinCLantFlt. Marcus FRIEDMAN was in Norfolk with his SSN for a month of ops in April.

Bob (Solly) SOLOMAN is assigned to SMOLant.

Paul HAVENS, Tony GARCIA and Frank GRASSI are all in HMM-363 flying H34s at Dong Ho. Roy HAMMOCK is flying H46s and is in the area of Dong Ho quite often. Skip PENTZ flys H34s with HMM-263 which is aboard OKINAWA as a part of the SLF. Bruce WELCH is at Dong Ho with an air-ground coordinating unit.

In an inter-class survival situation, Bill TINSLEY was flying a mission just south of the DMZ. He was carrying a battalion CO and three staff members when an estimated company of VC opened fire knocking out his engine. Bill was able to autorotate safely to the ground but the VC were moving in. Tony GARCIA, flying H34 cover for the mission, was able to slip in and pull all six men ouL Bill had a couple shrapnel wounds in the neck and spent a couple days aboard REPOSE but is all right and is ready to recommend Tony for a medal.

Alan SMITH, Jerry McGUIRE, Bob BISHOP and Bill CARSON have a beach house on Sullivan's Is., S. C , while they are awaiting submarine qualifications. Bob and Bill have MPA and A 81

Lt. Jim Meachum, a University of Wisconsin graduate, were asleep. Both Jim and Gerry were part of the precommissioning crew of the submarine GATO under construction at the Quincy Division of General Dynamics. Classmate Jack DEVINE escorted Gerry's body to New York, where a high Requiem Mass was offered at St. Elizabeth's Church in Manhattan. His burial was with full military honors at the Gate of Heavens Cemetery in that city. A number of classmates took part in the services. Paul Daulerio from Newport; Andy Prince, C M. Wood, John Wilkenson STEUBEN, Ed is in DANIEL WEBSTER, and Dick is and Gil Zemansky from New London; and John in SAM RAYBURN. Stein, Bill Bower and Jack Devine from Quincy.

Bob BELL is the first member of our class to John Allen was unable to attend the funeral, be selected for duty at the Naval Academy. He but arrived the day before from Norfolk for a went from Coastal Division I I to the Naval Science Dept. to become a YP and CIC drill in- short visit. We all knew and will miss Gerry. He was a fine man and a great asset to the class. His structor. Also in Coastal Div. 11 were Mike NOVAK and Bill SHAUGHNESSY. Mike is on family has requested anyone wishing to do so may send a donation for a scholarship fund six months TAD to Boston Naval Shipyard and being established at the Cardinal Hayes High will report to MIT for three years of PG School School in New York. There is no more fitting a early next year. His present plans are to switch to an EDO designator after completing school. tribute to Gerry's memory than financial assistance to a needy smdent given in Gerry's name. DonaLou ROBINSON is a junk force advisor at Phu tions may be sent to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Quoc.

Zopf, 525 West 238th Street, New York, N . Y. From the University of Colorado comes word Rick BRUSH, aboard USS WAINWRIGHT, ran that David Arno REIN received a Master of into Roy LYCETT, who is now working in supply Science degree in civil engineering on 9 June. aboard USS Fox. Rick is presentiy on station The response to the class letter has been quite in the Tonkin Gulf, along with Larry McMURRY. favorable and contributions have come in from He reports that the air strikes over North Vietnam many people. One came from an honorary mem- have kept the crew going at a pretty good clip. ber of the class, Mrs. Marshall, with the comSm CALDWELL is scheduled to report aboard ment of how proud she is to he a member of WAINWRIGHT shortiy as missile officer, to make such an outstanding class. She has been visited it three USNA '65ers in one DLG.

by Fred Fagan, Paul Caldwell, Ron Benigo, Nick PALDINO is getting married on 9 Sept.

Bill Kelly and R. C Curley during the past year.

He has invited any and all classmates to the wedSince leaving Hawai, we aboard CONSTELLATION ding which is taking place in Plattsburgh, N . Y. have seen and chatted with many classmates. In I don't know whether this edition of Shipmate Yokosuka and in Cubi Pt. we were briefed by will arrive prior to that date, so if it doesn't best TICONDEROGA and KITTY HAWK. Some of those of luck to you, Nick, and to Miss Joette Dee whom we saw at that time were Bruce NEWNottel. Nick is a B-52 co-pilot in the Air Force.

ELL, Ted TRIEBEL, Doug CUTTER and Grady Bob and Phyllis HENNESSEY are stationed at PERKINS. Jerry and Sue DUNNE are living in Dyess AFB, Texas, according to Nick, and have Yoko while Jerry is aboard COLLETT. Mike DUFFY recendy become parents. Hank and Judy KEESE and Lew BALDWIN are in VAW-13, which is are stationed at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, and homebased at Cubi and works off the carriers in Dick BAYER is at Griffiss AFB, New York. Bob, die Tonkin GulL Bill KELLY and Hank Hank and Dick are also B-52 co-pilots. It's hard SCHULTZ are operating with VR-I, also home to believe that only yesterday they were BOOWs, based at Cubi and operating aboard the carriers. ABOOWs and MCBOs in the Batt Office—WOW 1 Mike COLLINS and John ROBERTS were in Jeff CALLAHAN left USS WILLIS A. L E E reCubi after some maneuvers with UDT in SVN. Joe SATRAPA, V F - l I I , and Strom EVANS, cently, and he is now at Johns Hopkins UniverVAW-121, arrived recendy aboard INTREPID. sity in Baltimore doing work in oceanography for a Master's degree. Jeff says that anyone in Chuck HIGGINS and Bob ANDERSON were both the Baltimore area or passing through can look in Cubi P L Kathy Shumway arrived in Cubi durhim up at 3301 St. Paul SL, Baltimore. Skip ing the last in-port period to visit husband Geoff SHEALY is presentiy aboard L E E as fire control who is in VA-146 aboard CONSTELLATION. Many officer. other classmates are in the area. If your name didn't appear in this issue of Shipmate, write and the simation will be corrected. Smooth sailing.

Div.

billets

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USS

NATHANAEL

GREENE,

Jerry is in USS THORNBACK and Alan is in USS JAMES MADISON where Pil BOYER is also presendy DCA. Tom SWARTZ, in USS POMODON, will be in the yards until October. Jack WINDLE is in USS KE.VRSARGE, which deployed in August. Ed BRIGHTON, Jim OUNSWORTH, Joe PONDER and Dick SHAPACK all graduated from sub school at the end of June and have gone to subs as blue crew supply officers. Joe is aboard VON

Sec'y, Lt. Stevens Karalekas, USN Headquarters, 1st Naval District 495 Summer St., Boston, Mass. 02210

Thank you. Skip ORR, for five years of hard work for the class of '65; three as class secretary, and two as editor of our Shipmate column. Skip is finishing up navigation school at Corpus Christi and will be reporting to VP-49 at Pamxent River.

He reports that classmates Bruce KENTON and Bob BUSHONG are reporting to VP-9 at Moffett Field, Wayne HANSON to VP-19 at Moffett, and Pat VARRIANO to VP-26 at Brunswick, Me. I know I speak for the class. Skip, when I say that all of your work is much appreciated.

I'll be holding down the fort pending the outcome of our class elections and the selection of a new class secretary—more on that later.

I am saddened to report the death of one of the most popular members of our class. Gerry ZOPF died in a fire at his cottage in the early morning hours on 21 May in Cohasset, Mass. His tragic death came while Gerry and his roommate.

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Spike and Tina Karalekas married in Lynn, Mass., 17 June.

News from the Pearl Harbor area comes from Skip McMICHAEL who is aboard USS McMoRRis. Pat SCOTT has just been detached from USS CLAUDE

JONES

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pre-CEC

PG

School at MIT. Chuck FEHRS recentiy moved from comm officer on USS CHARLES BERRY to the same billet aboard USS BENJAMIN STODDARD. Ace WELCH is DCA in FLETCHER and just returned from WestPac via the Coral Sea festival in Australia—glad to see you made it home safely, Ace. Len HARTSHORN was WestPac bound aboard USS HOOPER in April. Skip McMichael is reporting to MARATHON as XO. Cary VAN HAAREN is going to supply billet in Bay City, Michigan.

A letter from ComCruDesFlot Two Flag Lieutenant Pete O'CONNER indicates that 14 of our classmates are presendy on the roster at Destroyer School in Newport. They are: Herb Barnett, Tom Barry, Mike Bordy, Bill Erickson, Dick Genet, Jim Hudson, Jimmie Jenkins, Bill Link, J. B. Mitchell, Ernie Nahr, Dusty Rhodes, Paul Rogers, Ron Slusser and Paul Thorsen.

From Pensacola comes word from Charlie SAPP. Charlie is with VT-3 in training to be an instructor along widi J. C. OWENS. J. C and wife Bobby are living in Milton, Fla. Skip YACHANIN and Elden PLOOF are representing the class in VT-2. Tennessee Johnnie WEBBER and Dave HILL are teaching instruments. Talk about hazardous conditions—Charlie reports one of his smdents is none other than Ron VOELKEL fresh from USS ESSEX. Imagine one '65er teaching another to fly! Wyman HOWARD was married to the former Miss Susanne Hinson on 13 May in Honolulu. Wyman's pretty wife was a stewardess for Pan Am Airlines and a graduate of Brigham Young University.

A note from Hugh THOMPSON aboard submarine JACK indicates that Bill GSAND is presentiy flying helos in the Med. Bill and wife Debbie have two children, a girl Debbie and a boy Mare. Hugh reported to Advanced Underwater Weapons School in Key West, Fla., where he ran into classmates Jim MINDERLEIN, my former pep rally parmer, Pete LUMIANSKI, and Doug McCARTY. Hal WESSINGER is aboard SAM HUSTON out of Portsmouth, N . H . Hal has

a blonde friend in New London, and Hugh reports that it could be serious. Pete SIEBERT is aboard USS CHIVO homeported in Charleston, S. C. John ALLEN finally sold his truck and bought a canary yellow Stingray to use around Virginia Beach this summer. H e is attending NAV School at Dam Neck. Fred GUSTAVSON, Hugh's BOQ roommate in New London, seems to be holding down the class honors in diesel submarines. Fred was always very attentive during the Shapiro movies in steam. Karen McComb, wife of classmate Denny, reports that she plans to join her husband in Northern Europe via air. Denny is over on a goodwill tour with the Second Fleet in his submarine. Steve McDONALD is out of the Navy due to his knee injury. He now resides in Miami, Fla., at 1564 Bickell Ave. H e is in flight training at the moment and plans to join Pan American Airlines as a pilot shordy thereafter.

Steve invites anyone in the Miami area to stop in to see him or call 371-5100. He promises a good time to all visitors. Best of luck to you, Steve, in your civilian pursuits.

Tom DAMES, presendy studying at Purdue, has indicated that he is stepping down as president of the class association along with Hugh and Skip.

I think they all deserve hats off from the class for a fine job over the last couple of years. Election ballots and nominations will be in the mail to all hands shordy. In the meantime, I will keep the class up to date via our column in Shipmate.

Letters, postcards, notes, phone calls, carrier pigeons, etc., are solicited. T h e more material, the better the column. I was married to the former Tina Angelakis of Lynn, Mass., on 17 June of this year, and I thank Skip Orr for the lovely wedding present—(this column).

S H I P M A T E

Sec'y, Ens. Robert G. Johnson, Jr., USN USS LONG BEACH CGN-9 FPO San Francisco 96601

This month I'll start with the news that arrived just after last June's deadline. Kevin McCOOK finished supply school and is stationed with Tri Service ATCO just outside of Saigon. Anyone in the area can reach him at TSN 3125 on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Kevin was at Treasure Island for a month before going over and ran into Tom FITZGIBBONS, Bob ZVZCEK, and Walt FRITCHNER who were at DCA school. Scott GORDON is serving in USS HOEL with Don ROWE. I received a letter by high-line while in the Gulf of Tonkin last May from Ed MORGAN, who is MPA in USS WEDDERBURN. Ed was married to

the former Miss Linda Ray of Montgomery, Ala., on 11 March in San Diego. Attending the wedding were Rich MUELLER and Mike DODGE. Joe KINSEY is supply officer aboard the oiler GUADALOUPE. Bill RADCLIFFE is deployed in USS MOORE and was last seen in Olongapo City.

Speaking of that S. E. Asia resort paradise, I saw Denny DOYLE and Gary BLINN in Subic this June. They are both in USS STODDERT. Ron H.ARTNETT is a forward observer with a Marine platoon now in Viemam. Sam MARRONE, Joe TAUSSIG, Steve CLARK, and Chuck WARNER are also assigned to Marine platoons.

Chuck was woimded but was last heard to be recovering well. Skip STEPHENSON dropped me a line last month and said that he has a rifle platoon for the 1st Bn. of the I l t h Marines. Skip, Chuck TEBRICH and Mark CAMPAIGNE graduated together from jump, basic, and artillery schools before being deployed. Mike CHAMBERS writes that he has been kept pretty busy running the 1st Platoon, I Co. 3 / 3 . His wife Sandy gave birdi to Mike, Jr., in March. Sam MARRONE, Pete HESSER, and Bruce GRIESSMER are assigned to the Special Landing Force, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade.

Ken LOVETT received orders to USS BOSTON in April. He is now on an around-the-world cruise. Working with Ken in the communications depL is Dave KOKORUDA. They were last seen on an R & R, recovering from 10 days in Japan.

On the not-so-far island of Oahu, Charlie and Sharon VOTAVA announced the arrival of Kimberly Leilani on 9 May. Back in the States the disturbing news of some of our more prominent bachelors leaving the ranks has reached me. . . . Jim HOUGH just returned from WestPac and was married to the former Miss Marky Higgins on 5 Aug. in San Diego.

Jim asks that Frank "Noodle" NOLTA write him

in

USS DUNCAN

(DDR-874),

FPO

San

Francisco. Tom KILDEBECK was married on 2 July to the former Miss Margaretta Coyle of Centreville, Md. Ben ANDERSON was on hand as an usher for the ceremony at Trinity Episcopal Church at Princeton University. Tom just finished basic flight training at Meridian and will be at the Naval Aux. Air Station, Kingsville, Tex., for advanced jet training.

Nile VAIL writes from Civilian Forces Texas where he's working for All Products Co. as a design engineer in Mineral Wells. Nile, Bruce LECHNER, and Bob GILL were at John SIGLER's wedding at St. Anne's Church in Annapolis on 24 June. Nile's address is 701 Beetham Rd., Mineral Wells, "I'ex. He adds for the benefit of us nonTexans that it's 40 miles from F t Worth.

On the east coast, Tom MARFIAK is in USS BRUMBY

(DE-1044)

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Rufus TAYLOR announced his engagement to Miss Joan Joyce of Baltimore, Md. An October wedding is planned at the Academy Chapel. The reception theme will be country and western.

Noah SEXTON and his wife announced the arrival of Laurie Ann on 6 June at 7 lbs. and 5 oz. Noah received orders to USS POWER and is now gunnery assistant. Myron HURA is due to join him after he finishes his Fulbright this summer.

From Pensacola Tom and Janet WALKER sent news of their wedding in Takoma Park, Md. Tom finished up basic flight and will be leaving for advanced shortly. Lance WILMARTH and Steve HYDE were ushers at the wedding. Lance is at Whiting and captured the base tennis tournament at Mainside. Steve is in Marine Air at Ellyson. Mike CERRUZI was also at Tom's wedding. The Bear finished basic in May and is now in helos at Ellyson.

Jim and Sandy DEPOY were married last Christmas and are now at Corpus Christi. Don and Dana BARCLIFT were married last January in Arlington, Va., and are now living in Milton.

Dave and Eileen COLEMAN were married at Watkins Glen, N. Y., on 29 April, the same day as John and Ann DRAPER in Washington, D. C. Tom and Glenda PAINE are at Corpus, with Tom in jets. Jim and Danee SWARTWOOD added Melisse Michelle to the family at 8 lbs. on 21 March and are at NAS Mainside.

Out in Long Beach, Bob BRICE is in USS RuPERTUs. Gary GRAY and Don PUCKETT have been accepted to the January class of UDT. Gary was noticed to be around the 220 club and may have to slim down a bit before school.

Joe FELTY is in USS MACKENZIE while Bob SANDERS is in USS TUCKER. Steve ALLEY is in USS ORLECK out of Long Beach.

Further south in the San Diego area, Pat and Caryl DENNIS are living in Coronado. Pat is gunnery officer in USS BOYD. Bob WHITLOCK and Lane MALONEY are a couple of pork chops last seen on the MCRD premises. Joe BURKE is also in the San Diego going to school.

Coming to the west coast in September are Bill and Candy SPATAFORA. Spats is in die NEWPORT NEWS and will be deploying to WestPac so he'll have to give up those "deployments" to San Juan and S L Thomas. Bill ran into Bob and Bonnie VERRATI last month.

Wedding bells finally rang for some of our jet set. Eric JENKINS was married to the former Miss Marie Dean, a stewardess for United Airlines, last May. Jenks now has a very capable copilot for his new Porsche. Last, but not least, Bo WILEY and the former Miss Judy Arnold of Washington, D. C , were married on 12 May. They spent part of their honeymoon in Lake Tahoe so Bo could sit in the big game.

Bill CLAYTON writes from Florida where he was married to the former Miss Margret Ryan of Pompano Beach on 5 Aug. Bill was one of 32

flight officers selected for a special program at the School of Aeronautical Sciences in Pensacola to work towards a Master's degree while earning his flight wings. Of the 32 selected, 10 were from the class of '66. Congratulations to Bob Beal, Frank Burkhead, Jack Hastreiter, Bob Lewis, Al Roodhouse, Al Sears, Steve Seiden, Bob Wittenberg, and Mike Young who were also selected.

Finally, if anyone needs a class directory, they can be obtained from Bill Clayton at 4202 Fairfield Drive, Pensacola, Fla. The Alumni Association is asking our help in obtaining members from our class who have not yet subscribed. If you know anyone not yet in the fold, give them the word, and let them know where the action is!

Sec'y, 2nd Lt. Edward H. Mills, USMC Marine Corps Basic School Quantico, Va. 22134

The first set of permanent officers for the class of '67, as shown in the picture, are Rick AMBER, treasurer; John LAY, president; Ed MILLS, secretary, and Dave MATERNA, vice president.

John is now working on his Master's degree at North Carolina; Dave is building a supersonic wind tunnel for the Academy Aero Department while Rick and Ed are in service schools. Flight Training and Marine Basic School, respectively.

'67 class officers.

The first wedding for the class of '67 was that of 2nd Lt. Frederick H. GAUTSCHI, III, USAF, and Miss Jeri Evelyn Brown, who were the first of almost 70 couples to be married in the Naval Academy Chapel during June Week '67.

Among the other weddings was that on 9 June when Miss Susan Jane Ackerman, daughter of Capt. John Ferris Ackerman of Potomac, Md., became the bride of Ens. Peter Adams YOUNG in the Naval Academy Chapel. A reception followed in Alumni House.

The bride is a graduate of Mount Vernon Seminary, and attended Bradford Junior College and the American University. Peter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cameron Young of Washington, D. C. He is now in flight training at Pensacola.

Steve FITZGERALD, graduate of Marquette University and a member of the NROTC Unit there, is now Ensign USN and attached to the destroyer LOFBERG.

2nd Lt. and Mrs. F. H. Gautschi, III

Med

cruise. Tom writes that Bob MURRAY put a wife in the right seat of his GTO in July. Danny SCHUDER is in USS OWENS out of Newport.

Anthony Francis ZALINICK, Jr., married Joan Ann Schaefer on 15 July in Cleveland, O. They are residing in New London, Conn., where Tony is attending submarine school.

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DUTY ASSIGNMENTS Airlie, Jack G., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Aldrich, James M., Jr., USS SELLERS; Allen, Robert P., USS MULLANY; Amber, Richard O., NAS Pensacola; Ambrose, Isaiah H., Ill, NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Andersen, Harald, USS BENNER; Anderson, Timothy J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Andres, Stephen M., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Antoniak, Peter R., NavMCB 3; Apple, Thomas M., NAS Pensacola; Applegate, William G., Ill, USS RUSH; Arendas, Wayne G., NAS Pensacola; Arey, Sheldon C , USS FURSE; Armentrout, Charles E., USS INDEPENDENCE; Armitage, Richard L., USS BUCK; Armstrong, Frank H., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Armstrong, Robert J., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Artmann, Rufus A., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Atkins, John W., Ill, USS PROVIDENCE; Aunchman, Leman J., Jr., NAS Pensacola.

Bacon, Paul C , USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Bagully, Ross S., USS PEACOCK; Baker, Davis, SupCorSchl Adiens; Baker, David L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Bakkila, Roger L., NAS Pensacola; Balestra, Louis J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Ballantine, William T., Jr., Ga. InsL of Tech.; Banwarth, Clems S., Jr., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Barausky, Kenneth P., NAS Pensacola; Barber, John C , USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Barker, Joseph H., Ill, USS COONTZ; Barkhurst, Ross P., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Barnes, George W., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Barre, David A., USS EVERSOLE; Barrett, James W., N.\S Pensacola; Bartz, William G., Jr., USS RICKETTS; Bastian, Gary B., NAS Pensacola; Bates, John C , Jr., NAS Pensacola; Baum, Richard A., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Baumberger, Harold E., Jr., Ga. Inst, of Tech.; Bays, William D., SupCorSchl Athens; Beamer, George P., SupCorSchl Athens; Beaty, David C , USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Beaver, Bradley K., USS GALVESTON; Beavers, Ashley J., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Beerlandt, Luc, Foreign National; Beers, Charles J., Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Beinbrink, Jeffrey R., USS FISKE; Belden, William E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Belew, David H., U. of Michigan; Belisle, Kenneth C , NAS Pensacola; Bender, Calvin L., USS BAILEY; Bennett, Michael R., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Bezdek, Donald J., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Blackwood, Edward B., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Blair, Thomas J., USS PERKINS; Bliss, Ronald J., NavPGSchl; Boaz, Lowell D., NAS Pensacola; Boivin, John A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Bolier, Michael R., NAS Pensacola; Bonnville, Lawrence R., NAS Pensacola; Bortell, Charles K., Jr., USS CLAUD JONES; Bost, James L., USAF, Lowry AFB; Bowler, Roland T. E., Ill, USS EVANS; Brady, Michael F., NAS Pensacola; Brahmstadt, Clifford A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Brake, Gary F., NAS Pensacola; Brandt, Wesley R., NAS Pensacola; Brantigan, Richard T., NAS Pensacola; Branum, Richard C , USS LEARY; Braswell, Willis C , Jr., USS LAFFY; Bream, Charies C , III, NavShipYd Phila.; Brennan, Edward J., USS WALKE; Brereton, John R., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Brewer, Charles William, NAS Pensacola; Brind, Ronald T., USS TRUCKEE; Broadhurst, William T., NAS Pensacola; Brookes, Richard C , USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Broussard, Curtis W., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Brown, Charies E., NAS Pensacola; Brown, James R., NAS Pensacola; Brown, Patrick J., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Brunson, Buriie A., Catholic U., Quito, Ecuador; Bryan, George R., Ill, USS N E W ; Brydges, Richard R., NAS Pensacola; Buchanan, Charies C , Jr., USS RADFORD; Buchli, James F., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Buckley, Gerard F., USS MOALE; Buetmer, Terry W., USAF, Vance AFB; Burch, John C , NAS Pensacola; Burggren, Peter C , NAS Pensacola; Burkhart, Alan D., U. of Michigan; Burns, Joseph M., NAS Pensacola; Burns, Thomas F., Jr., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Burns, William R., Jr., USS GALLUP; Burton, Thomas G., NavPGSchl; Bush, Frederick E., Jr., USAF, Lowry AFB; Buttinger, James D., USS FORREST ROYAL;

Butvilas, George J., Jr., USS BERRY; Byers, David C , SupCorSchl Athens.

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Caldwell, Ellis A., NAS Pensacola; Calhoun, William McB., NAS Pensacola; Calnan, Gary S., NAS Pensacola; Campbell, Robert B., NAS Pensacola; Candler, David W., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Cannady, Charles R., NAS Pensacola; Cano, Cristobal, Foreign National; Capshaw, Roy D., NAS Pensacola; Carloni, Guido J., NAS Pensacola; Carlson, Martin W., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Carter, Jesse S., NAS Pensacola; Carver, Howard C , III, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Case, Steven L., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Cassell, Robert W., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Castle, Hal C , Jr., NAS Pensacola; Castoro, Joseph J., NAS Pensacola; Cathey, Michael R., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Cazenave, Frederick F., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Charles, Roger G., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Chehansky, John C , NAS Pensacola; Chesterman, Alan G., NAS Pensacola; Chichoine, Rene J., NAS Pensacola; Chmura, John A., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Christensen, James E., Jr., USAF, Craig AFB; Christian, Leslie A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Christopher, Thomas A., Jr., Ga. Inst, of Tech.; Chryssikos, Telemac N., Phys. Disqual.; Church, David E., NAS Pensacola; Church, Donald W., USS CECIL; Clark, Barriett L., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Clatworthy, Raymond J., Ill, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Claxton, James T., USS RICH; Clevenger, William J., NAS Pensacola; Cline, John H., NAS Pensacola; Clymer, Roy E., Ill, USS KYES; Cohane, Timothy M., Jr., USS TRU.XTUN; Collins, Martin K., USS ROBERTS;

Collins, Richard J., USS COLLETT; Colomb, Herbert P., Jr., USS RENSHAW; Conn, James L., NAS Pensacola; Connell, William L., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Conroy, Frederick W., NAS Pensacola; Conway, James P., NAS Pensacola; Cook, James B., II, USS DICKSON; Cook, Jon L., NAS Pensacola; Coon, James M., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Cooper, David G., USAF, Laughlin AFB; Cooper, Douglas L., NAS Pensacola; Corcoran, Gerald J., NucPowSchl, Mare I.; Cornetta, Ronald J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Corry, Vincent H., USS BRONSTEIN; Costello, Dennis B., USS SHERMAN; Cottingham, James L., NAS Pensacola; Cotton, John B., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Couch, Hugh R., USS MANSFIELD; Cover, Martin L., Ill, USS WIDGEON; Cowgill, Curtis J., Ill, NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Coyle, Daniel C , Jr., USS TAYLOR; Crabtree, David M., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Craighill, John St.C, USS LAWRENCE; Cray, William C , NucPowSchl Mare I.; Creed, Barton S., NAS Pensacola; Crockett, Robert J., NAS Pensacola; Cross, William "V," II, NAS Pensacola; Crouse, John "C," NAS Pensacola; Cuciti, Richard B., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Culver, William L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Currie, Michael P., NAS Pensacola; Cutter, Robert M., USS NORFOLK. Dabbieri, Peter V., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Dail, James A., USS BAINBRIDGE; Daly, John C , NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Daniels, Charles C , USAF, Lowry AFB; Daniels, Gerald E., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Dash, George H., Jr., USAF, Randolph AFB; Daughtry, Joseph S., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Dautel, William A., Ga. InsL of Tech.; Davey, Samuel A., NAS Pensacola; David, Marshall J., Jr., Ga. Inst, of Tech.; Davis, David W., Ill, USS HUBBARD; Davis, Richard R., USS MEREDITH; Davis, Samuel, III, SupCorSchl Athens; Davison, John W., NAS Pensacola; DeAdey, Rudolph J., NAS Pensacola; Decker, Thomas R., NAS Pensacola; DeGeorge, Bernard J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; deGruy, Charies M., NAS Pensacola; Del Balzo, Francis A., Jr., USS DEALEY;

Delesie,

Stephen

D.,

USS

BACHE;

DeLong, Michael P., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Demarest, Harold R., Jr., USS ROWAN; Derocher, Paul J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Detter, Gary L., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Deuter, Richard C , NAS Pensacola; Dewar, Dorel J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Diesing, John D., Jr., USS H U L L ; Dill, Richard E., USS SPROSTON; Dittmann, Harry G., pending BuPers; Dobson, Carl Leroy, NAS Pensacola; Donga, John L., USS BRINKLEY BASS; Donnelly, William R., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Dooley, John J., Jr., USS WAHKIAKUM

COUNTY; Dornstetter, John M., NAS Pensacola; Dose, Curtis R., NAS Pensacola; Downing, Donald A., NAS Pensacola; Dreyer, Gregory F., SubSchl New London; Dubbs, William M., Jr., USS DAMATO; Dukiet, Walter W., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Dulin, James E., NAS Pensacola; Dumont, Joel, Foreign National.

Eari, Robert L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Edwards, James M., NAS Pensacola; Egnotovich, Michael "M," NAS Pensacola; Ehmer, James S., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Eisenbach, Charles R., II, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Eisenhauer, Peter R., ServScolCom Bainbridge; Ellinwood, Stanley C L., Ft. George G. Meade; Elliott, Larry R., USS VESOLE; Elliott, Walter M., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Ellis, Dalton R., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Embry, Lloyd B., SupCorSchl Athens; Emmons, Donald G., USS Fox; English, Robert H., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Erdelen, Alan F., NAS Pensacola; Etter, William P., II, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Evans, Robert M., USS AGERHOLM; Evans, William A., IV, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Ewing, Glenn E., NAS Pensacola; Eysenbach, Karl, NAS Pensacola.

Faber, Douglas E., NAS Pensacola; Fagan, Steven J., NAS Pensacola; Fantauzzo, Richard A., NAS Pensacola; Fariow, Michael J., NAS Pensacola; Farr, Leroy A., N . Carolina State U.; Farver, Richard K., NAS Pensacola; Faulds, Dennis J., NAS Pensacola; Fauth, Herbert C , USS PREBLE; Feehan, John J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Felling, Charles D., USS WILKINSON; Fenstermacher, William P., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Ferguson, Timothy J., USS JENKINS; Field, Richard J., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Filose, John, NAS Pensacola; Finch, David C , NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Findley, Kenneth W., USS ENGLAND; Fink, Dale A., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Finney, David H., NAS Pensacola; Finney, Edwin C , Jr., USS WALDRON; Fischl, Robert D., USS Du PONT; Fisk, Stephen W., NAS Pensacola; Fitzgerald, Justin W., USS MASON; Fletcher, Bennie L., Ill, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Fletcher, David B., USS BRUSH; Fonda, Stewart H., Ill, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Fontaine, Jay D., NAS Pensacola; Foresman, James L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Formey, Ray A., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Foulkes, Richard R., USMC, MarCorSchl -Quantico; Fox, David, USS BEALE; Eraser, Donald R., NAS Pensacola; Frawley, Larry W., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Frazier, James M., NAS Pensacola; Frey, Michael L., USS COURTNEY; Friel, Robert C , NAS Pensacola; Fry, Eldon J., USS FLETCHER; Frye, Richard, SupCorSchl Athens; Fuerst, Richard G., Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge.

Gaffney, William A., NAS Pensacola; Gale, Philroy C , III, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Garner, David A., NAS Pensacola; Garrett, George W., SupCorSchl Athens; Garrison, Wallace R., II, USS MADDOX; Gates, Christopher G., NAS Pensacola; Gadin, Cari E., Jr., MIT; Gautier, William K., USS CROCKETT; Gautschi, Frederick H., Ill, USAF, Williams AFB; Gay, William W., Ill, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Geiger, Frederick J., NucPowSchl, Bainbridge; Geismar, Donald D., USS GYATT; Gentile, David L., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Gianotti, Julio, Foreign National; Gibson, William S., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Giffin, Delbert W., NAS Pensacola; Giffin, Henry C , III, USS STICKELL; Gilbert, Arthur J., USS RUPERTUS;

Gillease, Dennis B., NAS Pensacola; Glason, Richard D., USS ROBISON; Glerum, Michel D., Columbia U.; Glynn, Daniel M., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Goebel, James A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Goldschmidt, John W., USS EDSON; Gompert, David C , USS MCCLOY; Goodwin, Kenneth A., NAS Pensacola; Goodwin, William G., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Gordon, Adrian J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Gordon, Richard J., USS ZELLARS; Gorman, Joseph D., USS HAR-

WOOD; Gouk, Ritchie W., NAS Pensacola; Graff, Robert J., NAS Pensacola; Graham, John M., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Gramer, Robert L., USS PURVIS;

Gravatt,

Brent

L.,

USS

ENDURANCE;

Gray, Stephen V., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Greenoe, S H I P M A T E

Bartis E., USS DYNAMIC; Gree, Charies F., N .

Carolina State U.; Griffen, Richard D., Jr., SupCorSchl Athens; Griffin, John M., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Griggs, Thomas G., Ill, SupCorSchl Athens; Grofcsik, Garry V., NAS Pensacola; Groncznack, Robert P., USS VAN VOORHIS; Guibert, John C N., Ill, Catholic U. of America; Gurdian, Marcio, Foreign National; Guy, Leonard P., Ill, MCB I I .

Hackathorn, Dennis G., NAS Pensacola; Haggerson, George W., NAS Pensacola; Haley, Dennis F., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Haley, Mark C , NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Hall, Kenneth A., USS NORRIS; Hall. Richard B., II, USS BELKNAP;

Hall, William L., NAS Pensacola; Hailey, Elmer J., Jr., USS MCCARD; Halupa, Stephen M., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Hamilton, William H., Jr., NvPGScol; Hamm, Edward R., USS WITEK; Hanley, William J., MCB 6; Hannon, John N., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Hansen, James .\., USS BAUER; Hansen, Kenneth P., NAS Pensacola; Hanson, J. Patrick, NAS Pensacola; Hapke, Norman F., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Harkins, Maurice A., Jr., SupCorSchl .'Vthens; Harmon, Rockne P., USS SUMNER; Harrell, Sidney L., USS T.\TTN.\LL; Harrington, Daniel J., IV, NAS Pensacola; Harrington, John P., NAS Pensacola; Harris, Wilding G., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Harrison, Thomas G., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Hart, Jeff R., USS DESOTO COUNTY; Hart, John T., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Havasy, Robert SupCorSchl Athens; Hawes, Patrick C , USAF, Craig AFB; Hawthorne, Robert E., Jr., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Heaton, Joel B., USS COCHRANE; Hebdon, Frederick J., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Hedderson, Thomas M., USS LIND; Heely, Eldwin D., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Heffler, Henry, SupCorSchl Adiens; Hefkin, Donald C , NAS Pensacola; Heimer, James A., Tech. U. of Karlsruhe; Hcinemann, Alfred G., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Heinemeyer, Klaus-Peter, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Henderson, Samuel J., Ill, USS LAWE; Henry, Wayne O., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Hensley, James M., N.AS Pensacola; Hepp, Edward J., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Heredia, Armando B., Foreign National; Herring, Edward L., NAS Pensacola; Hester, Loris E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Hewitt, Frank F., USS SAGACITY; Hickman, Harold W., Jr., NavPGSchl; Hickok, John H., NAS Pensacola; Hicks, James G., NAS Pensacola; Hiduk, George A., NAS Pensacola; Hill, William McD., Jr., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Hobbs, John K., USS OWENS; Hodak, Gary W., N.4S Pensacola; Hoffmann, Timothy J., USS KRAUS; Holcombe, Ronald F., MCB 10; Holiman, Robert J., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Holl, Stephen T., USS HOLLISTER; Holland, William E., NAS Pensacola; Hollander, Toby H., USS GARCIA; Holman, Richard K., NAS Pensacola; Holtzclaw, Gary E., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Holzapfel, Jon D., NAS Pensacola; Honour, Walter W., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Hontz, Edward B., USS BiGELow; Horn, Noel P., NAS Pensacola; Howard, Patrick G., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Howe, Richard P., Jr., USS CARPENTER; Hudak, Andrew J., USS FARRAGUT; Hudson, John B., Jr., USS MACDONOUGH; Hudson, Richard B., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Huey, Calvin W., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Hughes, Dwight S., USS BERKELEY; Hughes, Robert G., NAS Pensacola; Hunt, Robert D., USA, 5th Bn, 81st Arty (ABN), 8th Inf Div, APO New York.

Idsinga, William, USS LOWRY; Inman, John P., NAS Pensacola; Isbell, Robert P., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Isbell, William P., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Israel, Stephen S., USS BORIE. Jacobs, Gerald K., NavPGSchol; Jakucyk, John, NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Jauch, Ronald Ray, USS ISBELL; Jeffries,

Charles

H., II, USS

ROBISON;

Johnson, Eric H., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Johnson, Gordon J., USS WALKER; Johnson, Hiram J., Jr., USS CUNNINGHAM; Johnson, James H., Jr., USS SALUTE; Johnson, Jeffrey B., NAS Pensacola; Johnson, Joseph T., NAS Pensacola; Johnson, Laurence E., NAS Pensacola; Johnson, Ronald SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1967

R., USS WILSON; Johnson, Russell L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Johnson, William D., Ga. InsL of Tech.; Johnson, William J., USS O'BANNON; Johnston, Richard H., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Johnston, Thomas D., Ga. InsL of Tech.; Jones, Allan C , USS DAHLGREN; Jones, Thomas R., NAS Pensacola; Julier, David H., USS CHEVALIER; Julihn, Lawrence S., U. of Rio Grande do Sul; Junek, John F., NAS Pensacola.

Kalisch, William B., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Kanive, Paul E., USS GURKE; Kealy, Arthur P., USS DUNCAN; Keating, Raymond M., USS NOA; Keegan, Lawrence T., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Keiley, Michael B., NAS Pensacola; Kellum, WilUam C , USS WILSON; Kelly, Dennis P., pending BuPers; Kelly, Monroe, III, USS WEEKS; Kelly, Robert B., Jr., USS BRUMBY; Kent, Thomas R., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Kerins, Edward A., II, USS HAMMERBERG; Kettner, Alan A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Kieffer, John A., Jr., USMC, NavPGSchl; Kieley, John J., Ill, USS O'BRIEN; Kirchberg, Jerome M., Jr., Oxford U.; Kirdey, Richard W., USS DEHAVEN; Kluckhohn, Harold B., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Knight, Harry G., Jr., USS WILTSIE; Knox, James D., NAS Pensacola; Knudson, Thomas C , NavPGSchl; Kopp, John W., Jr., USS PHILIP; Kowalchik, Sergei M., NAS Pensacola; Kozuch, Bernard S., NAS Pensacola; Kramer, Steven B., USS CHANDLER; Krapohl, Richard F., USS BRADLEY; Kreps, Dennis A., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Krol, Joseph J., Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Kumer, Richard L., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Kunkel, Richard H., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Kutsko, James A., SupCorSchl Athens.

Lakefield, Bruce R., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Lakin, Charles R., USS ROAN; Lambert, Richard H., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Lambert, Richard J., USS KEPPLER; Lang, Robert E., USS ELLISON;

Lange, Thomas P., USS LOFBERG; Langston, Michael D., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; LaReau, Jerome P., NAS Pensacola; Larson, Robin C , NAS Pensacola; Laskowski, Edward J., NAS Pensacola; Lasswell, John D., NavPGSchl; Lawlor, John C , Jr., NAS Pensacola; Lawson, Peter G., II, USS HUNTINGTON; Lawver, Allen E., NavPGSchl; Lay, John P., N. Carolina State U.; Lear, George B., Jr., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Leiser, Thomas C , NavPGSchl; LeMaster, Donald B., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Leon, Peter F., USS TUCKER; Leonard, John W., NAS Pensacola; Leonard, Raymond D., Jr., USS JENKINS; LeRoy, David C , NAS Pensacola; Lewis, Edward G., USMC, Columbia U.; Libbey, Miles A., Ill, USS CONYNGHAM; Lichtermann, Richard D., II, NAS Pensacola; Lindfors, B. Gottfrid, USS HOLDER; Lindquist, Douglas W., NAS Pensacola; Linnander, Robert J., NAS Pensacola; Lister, Dennis L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Llewellyn, Adam K., USS ANDERSON; Logan, Peter T., USS SMALL; Lohse, James R., NAS Pensacola; Lonesk, Marc A., NAS Pensacola; Long, Peter A. C , USS BUCKLEY; Long, Steven K., NAS Pensacola; Lowell, Robert L., Jr., SubSchl New London; Lucas, Dennis C , USS BEATTY.

MacDonald, Richard R., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Macidull, John C , NAS Pensacola; Madden, Lewis D., NAS Pensacola; Markley, Thomas C , USS VOGELGESANG; Markley, William C , III, NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Marks, Norman A., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Marshall, Gregory S., USS TOWERS; Marshall, John K., II, NAS Pensacola; Martin, Allen W., Jr., U. of Recife; Martin, John R., NAS Pensacola; Martin, Michael D., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Martin, Tim D., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Marzetta, Dante R., II, pending; Masterson, Frederick J., USS WILLIS; Materna, David A., pending; Matthews, Douglas G., ComNavSuppAct Saigon; Mams, John F., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; May, Walter R., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Mazurczak, Michael, II, NAS Pensacola; McBride, Walter G., NAS Pensacola; McCarthy, Dana G., NAS Pensacola; McCarthy, William J., IV, USS ENGAGE; McCleery, Robert A., NAS Pensacola; McCluskey, William T., NAS Pensa-

cola; McComas, Jon P., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; McConnell, Paul R., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; McCormack, Orval W., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; McCormick, Bryan D., NAS Pensacola; McCracken, William L., NAS Pensacola; McCrary, Michael S., USS COOK; McCuUough, Van L., NAS Pensacola; McFariand, Robert P., NAS Pensacola; McGinn, Dennis V., NAS Pensacola; McGlothlin, Alfred L., NAS Pensacola; Mcintosh, Clarence V., Jr., USS EXCEL; McKee, Donald S., USMC, Ga. InsL of Tech.; McKinney, James A., II, NAS Pensacola; McNeal, Richard M., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; McNeece, James R., USMC, U. of Illinois; McNeely, Michael H., qual. resignation pending; McQueen, James D., Jr., USS NORTHAMPTON; McQuinn, Dale E., SupCorSchl Athens; McSherry, William J., Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Meade, Richard J., USS LLOYD THOMAS; Meehan, Timothy M., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Meek, Calvin L., USS TRUXTUN; Meinhold, Arthur J., NAS Pensacola; Meintzer, Edward D., NAS Pensacola; Meltzer, Max C , USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Merickel, Michael R., NAS Pensacola; Mero, Kenneth, NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Meyer, Lawrence W., USS DECATUR; Mies, Richard W., Oxford U.; Mihok, Andrew T., NAS Pensacola; Millard, Warren J., USS ORLECK; Millen, John C , USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Miller, Charles Q., SubSchl New London; Mills, Edward H., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Misiaszek, Peter E., USS DOMINANT; Mitchell, Anthony E., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Mixon, James P., NAS Pensacola; Moeller, Robert L., USS TAUSSIG; Moffett, Billy R., USS ABILITY; Momsberg, Sidney A., Ill, USS DEWEY; Moldenhauer, Ernest W., Jr., USS CROM-

WELL; Monaco, Anthony V., NAS Pensacola; Mondul, Donald D., USS WARE; Monson, Randall C , USS REEVES; Moore, Paul D., NAS Pensacola; Moore, Richard W., USS SARSFIELD; Moore, Thomas W., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Moore, Timothy A., NavPGSchl; Morehead, Robert G., NAS Pensacola; Morgan, Michael D. L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Morris, Larry LeM., NAS Pensacola; Morton, John, III, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Mueller, Frank A., Jr., USS SUFFOLK COUNTY;

Mulligan, Daniel B., USS PICKING; Munger, Edmund C , USS MACKENZIE; Murphy, James LeR., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Murrell, Douglas M., USS MCCAFFERY; Murrian, Robert P., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Mushen, Robert L., II, Ga. InsL of Tech.; Mutty, John E., NAS Pensacola.

Nanos, George P., Jr., USS GLENNON; Natter, Robert J., NAS Pensacola; Naylor, Harold D., USS HALSEY; Neal, Basil E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Neal, Joseph A. F. Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Nelson, Thomas R., SupCorSchl Athens; Nelson, William J.,USA, 1st Bn, 35tii Arty, 24th Inf Div, APO New York; Neuman, Kermit W., Jr., USS MAHAN; Newell, Thomas R., USS ENERGY; Newton, Walter H., Jr., COM Long Beach NavShipYd; Nielsen, David J., NavPGSchl; Nilsen, Alan L., NAS Pensacola; Norris, William L., U. of Illinois; Norton, Kenneth D., USS BROWNSON; NOSCO, Robert G., NAS Pen-

sacola; Novak, William S., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Nuzzo, John O., USS GREENE; Nydegger, David L., USS SOUTHERLAND.

O'Brien, John J., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; O'Connor, Thomas J., NAS Pensacola; Ogden, Douglass C , USS AULT; O'Hara, Justin J., USS GEARING;

O'Hare,

Robert E.,

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GOODRICH;

O'Hearn, Michael S., NAS Pensacola; Ohman, Earl R., Jr., USS BASILONE; Olsen, Wayne L., USS OZBOURN; Olsen, William E., NAS Pensacola; Olson, Richard C L., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Olson, Stephen R., USS SHELTON; O'Neill, John E., USS WOODPECKER; O'Rourke, Robert J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Oshiro, Neal H., pending; Ott, Christopher S., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Overson, Alonzo R., SupCorSchl Athens; Overton, Wesley G., USS LUCE; Owens, Gregg D., NAS Pensacola.

Pace, Peter, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Palmer, David F., NAS Pensacola; Paradis, Roger, NucPowSchl Mare I.; Parry, Howell J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Passmore, Leonard H., NucPowSchl 85

Bainbridge; Patton, Bob R., Jr., USS STEINAKER; Paulk, Michael E., NAS Pensacola; Payne, John S., NAS Pensacola; Peck, Jeffrey A., NAS Pensacola; Pellegrin, Myrden J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Pelot, Russell E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Penque, Charies W., Jr., USS EVANS; Pepper, John E., USS UHLMANN; Perkins, David R., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Perkins, Thomas W., NAS Pensacola; Perley, James M., NAS Pensacola; Perry, William S., NAS Pensacola; Peters, James S., MIT; Peters, William F., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Peterson, Michael D., USS MOORE; Petms, Gordon L., NAS Pensacola; Pfeiffer, John F., NAS Pensacola; Phelps, Jean P., Jr., NavPGSchl; Philip, George, III, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Phillips, Stephen A., USS BYRD; Pigeon, Lawrence R., NAS Pensacola; Pinegar, Franklin A., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Polk, Philip J., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Pollara, Barry, NAS Pensacola; Poole, Richard D., USS BARNEY; Pope. David L., NAS Pensacola; Potmier, Robert B., NAS Pensacola; Potter, Judson W., USS BRIDGET; Potts, James S., NavPGSchl; Prahl, Charies C , USS BOYD; Pratt, Richard A., NAS Pensacola; Preis, Michael J., NAS Pensacola; Priest, Don G., NAS Pensacola; Principi, Antonio J., USS KENNEDY; Pritchett, Thomas N., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Prouty, Charies S., USS SPRINGFIELD; Pruiett, Ronald E., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Ptack, Kenneth R., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Purnell, Richard H., NAS Pensacola; Putiri, Vincent S., Jr., USS MCDONNELL; Pyetzki, Charles M., USS Fox. Quigley, Stephen T., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Quinlan, Eugene M., NAS Pensacola; Quinlan, John H., USS DETECTOR.

Raaz, Richard D., SubSchl New London; Racely, Bernard B., NAS Pensacola; Ramsay, Robert L., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Rasmussen, John O., NAS Pensacola; Rathbun, Roger E., SupCorSchl Athens; Reid, Gary H., USS CHICAGO; Renka, Richard P., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Renwick, John C , Catholic U. of America; Renzi, Howard R., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Richbourg, William S., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Richman, John P., NAS Pensacola; Rinehart, Michael L., USS DALE; Rivers, .-Vlmon D., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Robbins, Thomas F., NAS Pensacola; Roberson, Raymond M., Jr., USS NICHOLAS; Roberts, Kenneth L., NAS Pensacola; Robertson, Hulan P.,pending; Robertson, Michael D., USS BAUSELL; Robitaille, Joseph A., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Rodgers, Robert L., NAS Pensacola; Roe, Jack W., Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Roesh, Donald R., NAS Pensacola; Rogers, Dennis G., NAS Pensacola; Roll, Raymond A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Romano, Louis, Jr., NAS Pensacola; Rook, Frank E., USS KNOX; Root, John J., NAS Pensacola; Ross, Emmett B., COM SFran NavShipYd; Rosselle, Charles J., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Rossing, Bruce W., NAS Pensacola; Rost, David L., SupCorSchl Athens; Rodi, Michael G., USMC, U. of Bern; Rowney,

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John v . , NAS Pensacola; Ruppert, Roger G., NAS Pensacola; Russell, William T., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Rudedge, Dennis F., NAS Pensacola; Ruys, Ronald E., USS ADAMS; Ryan, John R., NAS Pensacola; Ryan, Norbert R., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Ryan, Robert R., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Ryan, Scott W., NucPowSchl Bainbridge.

Sabatini, Joseph F., SubSchl New London; Samaras, George N., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Samolis, Thomas J., SupCorSchl Athens; Samuels, Michael W., NAS Pensacola; Sandlin, John J., NAS Pensacola; Santoro, David J., NAS Pensacola; Sariscak, Joseph C , USS CORRY; Savage, Wayne F., NAS Pensacola; Scalzo, John C , NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Schear, James P., NAS Pensacola; Scheber, Thomas K., NAS Pensacola; Scherck, Charles A., USS INFLICT; Scheu, David R., USS STERETT; Schierman, Eldon C , USS BUCHANAN; Schissler, Paul F., Jr., USS HAWKINS; Schlegel, Merrill E., II, NAS Pensacola; Schmitt, Joseph B., NAS Pensacola; Schodowski, Thomas M., USS INGRAM; Scholz, Harvey L., N. Carolina State U.; Schwanebeck, Joseph T., NAS Pensacola; Schwarting, Stephen A., NAS Pensacola; Scivicque, Richard S., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Scott, David C , Jr., USS DYESS; Scott, Johnstone M., USS WALLER; Scott, Richard T., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Scott, Robert F., NAS Pensacola; Seelinger, James L., NavPGScol; Selden, Jules B., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Selmer, John R., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Semple, Allen W., Jr., USS ADROIT; Shaw, Dennis R., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Sheahan, William J., Ill, USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Sheldon, John T., USS HARTLEY;

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Sherer, Wesley M., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Shields, Michael F., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Shields, Robert J., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Simonsen, Bernard L., NavPGSchl; Singleton, Michael R., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Skjei, Sidney M., USS POWER; Skrotsky, Robert W., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Slaughter, James T., II, USS PRIME; Sloan, Andrew K., USS EDWARDS; Sloat, Gordon R., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Slough, John J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Smith, Edward J., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Smith, James L., U. of Munich; Smith, Michael J., NavPGSchl; Smith, Raymond C , Jr., USS PARKS; Smullen, Peter F., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Snyder, Samuel B., not physically qualified; Sollenberger, Robert T., USS KING; Sommers, Thomas A., USS SWENSON; Soper, Wesley R., NAS Pensacola; Sorensen, William H., USS PERSISTENT; Southworth, Thomas W., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Spears, Oliver K., Ill, NAS Pensacola; Spisso, David J., NAS Pensacola; Staeheli, Patrick G., Catholic U. of America; Stanek, Francis J., NAS Pensacola; Stanley, Jonathan W., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Stearns, Theodore H., Jr., USS UHLMANN; Stedfield, William C , NAS Pensacola; Stephens, Joseph F., NAS Pensacola; Stevens, David R., NAS Pensacola; Stevenson, Thomas A., USAF, Williams AFB; Stewart, Blair W., Jr., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Stoll, Ronald M., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Stremmel, William M., NAS Pensacola; Strickland, Richard A., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Struble, Arthur D., Ill, Calif. InsL of Tech.; Sugrue, Paul K., NAS Pensacola; Sullivan, John G., NavPGSchl; Sullivan, Timothy J., NAS Pensacola; Surdyk, Michael G., NAS Pensacola; Surpless, Donn C , NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Sutton, Mahlon R., II, NAS Pensacola; Svendsen, Michael R., USS PERRY; Swanberg, Roy J. S., USS ROGERS; Szalay, Robert A., NucPowSchl Mare I. Tabb, Donald C , Jr., SupCorSchl Athens; Tabbert, Gary D., NAS Pensacola; Tadych, Russell J., NavPGSchl; Tamplin, James A., Jr., USS JOHNSTON; Tate, David J., pending, BuPers; Tate, William H., NAS Pensacola; Taylor, James M., NAS Pensacola; Thompson, George H., NAS Pensacola; Thompson, Patrick C , NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Thompson, Robert D., USS GAINARD; Thompson, William E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Thornton, Alan R., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Thuriow, Robert S., USS NEWPORT NEWS; Till, John E., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Tisdale, John H.,

USS KING; Todaro, Michael M., qualified resignation; Tolotti, Richard L., NAS Pensacola; Toppelberg, Alan S., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Torgerson, Larry P., N. Carolina State U.; Torres, Robert P., Jr., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Traub, Warren E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Trautman, Kurt MacG., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Treis, Robert E., NAS Pensacola; Trompeter, Thomas R., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Trujillo, Jose E. R., USS HOEL; Tulloch, Allan W., USS WOOD; Turner, Bruce L., NAS Pensacola; Tutde, Kenneth L., USS COLUMBUS; Tutde, Paul E., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Tutrie, Robert E., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Tzomes, Chancellor A., NucPowSchl Mare I. Van Sickle, Garth A., NavPGSchl; Vance, Henry J., NAS Pensacola; Vandivort, Walter D., NAS Pensacola; Varasano, Frank A., NucPow Schl Bainbridge; Verdery, Edward H., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Vetter, David A., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Vincent, Robert A., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Vivian, William C , NAS Pensacola; Vivrette, Lyndon R., USS SPERRY; Volker, John R., Foreign National; Volkman, George C , II, Catholic U. of America; Volland, Karl F., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Voorheis, Gary M., USS LITTLE ROCK.

Waddell, Ronald D., USS WHIPPOORWILL; Waid, Donald P., NAS Pensacola; Wakeman, James G., NAS Pensacola; Walker, Charles H., USS HIGBEE; Walker, Harold A., NAS Pensacola; Walker, Weymouth D., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Waller, Thomas J., Ga. InsL of Tech.; Walsh, Edward M., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Walton, Peter R., NAS Pensacola; Ward, Christopher H., USS GRAHAM COUNTY; Ward, Paul C , NavPGSchl; Warrington, Robert E., USS INGRAHAM; Wasson, Gary C , NAS Pensacola; Waters, Deskin D., NAS Pensacola; Waters, Robert S., NucPowSchl Mare I.; Waters, William A., USS MANLEY; Watkins, Paul V., Jr., USS STRAUSS; Wayne, Anthony, NAS Pensacola; Webb, Pierre C , NAS Pensacola; Weeks, Robert A., USS THOMAS; Weiss, Thomas J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Welch, Daniel F., NAS Pensacola; Welch, Keefer D., NAS Pensacola; Wells, Linton, II, USS MARATHON; Welsch, James E., Johns Hopkins U.; Wendt, Terrill J., NavPGSchl; Werner, Max A., Ill, MCB 53; West, William D., NAS Pensacola; White, Charles T., NAS Pensacola pending; White, Craig C. L., NAS Pensacola; White, Peter L., NAS Pensacola; White, Robert P., NAS Pensacola; Wickes, James R., NAS Pensacola; Wicks, Samuel C , NAS Pensacola; Wigington, Don B., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Wilkening, Walter L., NAS Pensacola; Wilkerson, Thomas L., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Wilkinson, Alfred J., Jr., NavPGSchl; Williams, Jack B., Jr., NAS Pensacola; Williams, Michael J., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Williamson, John T., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Williamson, Robert C , Jr., NAS Pensacola; Willis, Barry S., NucPowSchl, Mare I.; Wills, Gerald D., NAS Pensacola; Wilson, Peter R., NAS Pensacola; Wilson, Wayne B., NAS Pensacola; Winters, Timothy P., NAS Pensacola; Wise, William A., Ill, USS MANLEY; Witherspoon, James B., Jr., USS

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Yankoupe, George W., USS SEMMES; Young, Jeffrey A., NucPowSchl Bainbridge; Young, John J., USS PERRY; Young, Peter A., NAS Pensacola; Young, Terry A., NAS Pensacola.

Zahn, George A., Jr., USMC, MarCorSchl Quantico; Zaiser, Gene H., USS HOOPER; Zinkand, Thomas M., USS COURTNEY; Zino, Richard C , USS WARRINGTON.

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ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS December Copy Due at Alumni House 10 October

Albuquerque chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;O. E. Hagberg ' 3 1 , president, Capt. W. T. Greenhalgh, USN (Ret.), guest speaker and T. J. Raftery '22 at Sandia Base Officers' Club Sunday Brunch, 23 A p r i l .

CHICAGO A large turnout was on hand for the midshipmen-fathers night held at the Naval Armory on 12 May. Attending were 22 alumni from the Chicago area, 20 fathers of midshipmen then at the Academy and 9 potential midshipmen. Carl Schuette, Navy's defensive football coach, gave an outstanding talk.

Alumni present were Tom McCook '46, Charles Silsbee '25, John Lumly '27, Bruce Oliver '47, Pinky Pionkowski '40, Ben Frana '40, Wayne Lockwood '59, Chuck Prieb '53, Jack Bailey '44, Bob McCarthy '45, Jim Davis '50, Mike Berngard '49, Doug Nankervis '46, Harry Quast '28, Lou Bastien '24, Jim Smeds '48, Andy Frahler '48, Sam Pillar '47, Orrie Crepeau '44, Don John '57, and Jim Gillman '52.

Fathers who attended were (midshipmen's names and classes included): Stewart Fonda, son Stewart '70; Jerry Jans, Jay '69; Nick Scully, John '69; Elmer Ceck, Ken '69; Al Parda, Bob '68; Leo Rolek, Leo '70; John Doyle, John '68; ,4rt MacBain, Rich '70; Howard Thomas, Tom '70; Carl Deuter, Richard '67; Alfred Horne, Ken '68; John Auriemma, John '69; Mel Ahrens, Bob '69; Howard Dawson, Howard '70; Charles Slaght, Ken '70; Merle Nash, John '69; Alfred Rifkin, Dennis '68; and L. W. Cleverdon, Tom '69.

The potential midshipmen who attended were Wally Winslow, Nick Kolle, Rick Dorney and Fred Klein who were to enter the Academy this past summer; Tom Mitchell, Bill Cooper, Randy Fletcher and Ray Zadrevetz, who were to enter NAPS this past summer; and Rory Wagner, who was to enter a private prep school. From the Chicago area there are now at the Academy 19 men in the class of '68, 22 in the class of '69 and 31 in the class of '70; there were 25 in the class of '67.

The midshipmen-fathers night was most enjoyable and is now an annual affair. The next meeting will be in October.

Stoker; '21, A. J. Gray, I. W. Miller, Logan McKee; '22, M. E. Murphy, Libby, Huffman, Quarton; '23, W. D. Anderson, CarUn, Peterson, F. T. Ward, H. H. Connolly, Charies Clark, Lemly, Smiley, R. W. Woods, R. R. Harrison, Sanders; '24, Dean; '25, V. D. Long, H. O. Larson, Briggs, T. Burrowes, M. J. West, Ferguson; '26, Fradd, J. G. Foster; '27, Cooper, Ramsey; '28, Black; '30, Sloat, E. O. Price; '31, Heilig; '33, Monroe, Pray; '34, Becht, Leeman, L. J. Flynn; '35, C L. Harris, Baum; '36, Merker, Humes; '37, D. L. Johnson; '38, Kercheval, Zimanski; '39, R. W. Clark, Bemis; '42, Rosenberg, W. S. Miller; '53, Ogden; and '55, G. C Johnson. Honorary members were E. Robert Anderson of the Copley Press and John Zimmerman of the San Diego Evening Tribune.

Richard Neuendorffer '45 and George Cornelius '43, vice president and president respectively of the European chapter.

It should be noted that Burrowes and Fradd were on a visit from the east coast; the latter visiting his mother in Coronado.

The chapter has met once in Paris and there was mention of a September meeting in London.

The speaker of the evening was Maj.Gen. Lowell E. English, Commander Marine Corps Recruit Depot, who recently served as assistant division commander of the Third Marine Division in Viemam. With the benefit of slides he described the terrain and heavy fighting in the vicinity of the demilitarized zone. His outstanding presentation gave the audience another in a series of accurate insights of the war in Vietnam. Interestingly, he assessed the North Vietnamese as a hardier type than his South Vietnamese brother by virtue of the climate and elements. General English paid tribute to the excellent gunfire support his troops received from the cruiser CANBERRA whose skipper, Rosenberg, was on hand to acknowledge the compliment.

Honored on this occasion was Adm. Richard Harrison Jackson '87, who was celebrating his 80th graduation anniversary. None other than Savvy Huffman, resplendent in blue and gold, blazer, tie and crest, led the group with vigor and eclat in a 4-N Jackson Yellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;real varsity performance.

Local alumni in the news: Long-prominent citizen Sosnoski '32 leaves Coronado for a job with Piaseki Aircraft Corp. in Philadelphia.

Parker '41 was appointed to City Council, fulfilling a long-held ambition. The Muses '38 mustered a convivial group to greet Mansfield '38 who was en route to U.S.C. for a short course. Among those present were the Blouins '33, Morrisons '09, Zimanskis '38, Finns '38, Muirs '38, Fosters '38 and Wentworths '44.

The list of '36 alumni in the area continues to grow with the arrival of Parham. The Bill Rogers '38 were welcomed to the community at an informal dinner by the Fosters '38. The Collums '38 were wined and dined by a host of friends in Coronado during the July 4th holidays. Finn '38 has departed for Paris and a degree in the French language.

The next party was scheduled to be held on 14 September.

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The campaign of our chapter president, RAdm. Leon J. "Savvy" Huffman, to enlarge attendance at meetings seems to be paying off, judging by the large group of 73 at the 8 June session. Savvy addresses postcards to reluctant alumni encouraging them to join the party.

On 22 April the second meeting of the chapter took place at Wiesbaden, Germany. Attending were Arthur H. Graubart '25, Eugene C. Rook '57, Richard Neuendorffer '45, Wayne H. Adams '31, John D. Lund '49, Terrence E. Hobbs '57, Charies I. Shelton '54, Clinton D. Alley '63, Matt A. Roberts '59, George Cornelius '43, William D. Wolff '58, Thomas Lynch '56, Robert A. Schauffler '45, Kenneth Woods '47, James Maxfield '60, Richard Binford '58, Michael A. Moran '58, Bernard P. Williams '48 and Chester T. Baj '62.

The distinguished group consisted of the following: '07, Abbett, Baughman; '12, Gillespie, S. B. Robinson; '14, W. V. Fox, Swain; '16, Grassie, B. J. Rodgers; '17, E. B. Rogers; '18, Erskine, Nichols, T. L. Sprague, Curtis; '20, Hartman, Bain, Christoph, Talbert, Sackett, Binford, S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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HUNTSVILLE The April meeting was highlighted by the election of officers for the 1967-68 year. John Snyder '47 was elected president; Ed Ferguson '31, vicepresident; and Ed Lenihan '53, secretary-treasurer.

Instead of the regular May meeting, RAdm. Draper L. Kauffman, superintendent of the Naval Academy, kindly accepted our invitation to join us at luncheon. About 80 members and guests in the Tennessee Valley area attended and enjoyed his talk.

In June there was a picnic at the Elk River summer home of Mr. Carl Jones of HuntsviUe. The picnic was our send-off to Lt.Col. John Johnson, USMC '49, and family. Johnny is under orders to Vietnam; he will be missed here in the heart of Dixie.

All visitors in the area are welcome to give us a call. Regular meetings are the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Redstone Arsenal Officers' Club, except for July and August. The secretary's telephone numbers are: office, 842-4290; home, 883-0657.

MIAMI Members of the Miami chapter attended a luncheon at the Sweden House, Ft. Lauderdale, joining other alumni in that area on 26 June.

From Miami were Capt. Oberiin '05, Cdr. and Mrs. Hugh White '13, Capt. and Mrs. M. E. Crist '20, LCdr. Walter S. Ginn '23, Cdr. and Mrs. "Turk" Powell '27, RAdm. and Mrs. Richard Poor '33, Capt. and Mrs. George Good '35 and Cdr. and Mrs. William Mallinger. Cdr. Mallinger, recentiy retired from the Navy, is now associated with the ESSA program in Miami.

He gave a short resume of the development of the oceanography program. Mrs. Mallinger is the daughter of Cdr. and Mrs. Powell.

Regulars from the Ft. Lauderdale-PompanoBoca Raton area were Brig.Gen. and Mrs. George O'Shea '22, Col. and Mrs. William Mitchel '22, Capt. and Mrs. R. A. Mackerracher '22, Cdr. Byron Loomis '25, RAdm. and Mrs. Lewis S. Parks '25, CapL and Mrs. Standley Nichols '26, RAdm. and Mrs. William Brockman '27, Cdr. and Mrs. Louis Harrison '29, RAdm. and Mrs. John T. Wulff '31, CapL and Mrs. George K. Hudson '33, and honorary member Cdr. Norvan Morton and his wife, from Hollywood.

New faces were H. E. Woodward '15, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Smith '20, Cdr. and Mrs. Anderson Offutt '26 and RAdm. and Mrs. William Outerbridge '27.

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A stag get-together at LCdr. Ginn's real estate office at Coral Gables was planned for July; a beer bust including the wives, for August; a stag gathering at Coral Gables Country Club, for September; and an Army-Navy TV luncheon with the wives, for 2 Dec.

Milwaukee chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the left: nev/ly elected vice president, secretary and president Ted Cheney '58, Bill Dobbs '32, Bill McCabe '48; guest RAdm. W. F. Fitzgerald ' 2 1 , national executive director; retiring president Barnie Thielges '43 and new treasurer Jim Tool ' 5 1 .

NEWPORT A "ladies night" and a salute to the class of 1907 highlighted the monthly meeting in the Fleet Room of the Officers' Club, Naval Base, on 30 May. The program also included magic tricks by Cdr. Thomas Lukas, USN. Present were: VAdm. and Mrs. John T. Hayward, Capt. and Mrs. Charles O. Cook, Como. and Mrs. Gail Morgan, Mrs. Fred Rogers, Col. and Mrs. R. A. Mangini, RAdm. and Mrs. R. Hartung, Capt. D. C Plate, Capt. and Mrs. James L. Thompson, Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Rankin, Capt. and Mrs. L. W. McKeehan, CapL and Mrs. L. R. Taylor, RAdm. and Mrs. J. H. Wellings, Capt. and Mrs. D. W. Olney, RAdm. and Mrs. W. M. Foster, Mrs. R. E. Cassidy, RAdm. and Mrs. J. B. Weiler, LCdr. and Mrs. Winslow, Capt. and Mrs. T. A. Brown, CapL and Mrs. H. B. Heneberger, CapL and Mrs. P. C. Staley, CapL and Mrs. F. L. Robbins, RAdm. and Mrs. M. O. Carlson, Como. and Mrs. G. H. Bowdey, RAdm. and Mrs. M. Johnston, Jr., Col. Maldin, RAdm. and Mrs. B. E. Moore, Adm. and Mrs. Henry K. Hewitt, Capt. and Mrs. Guy Baker, and Capt. and Mrs. W. F. Amsden.

On 27 June a film. Splendor in the Rough, an interesting movie of sports world personalities in the major golf contests, was shown at the regular monthly meeting in the Fleet Room.

Attending were: Mr. George Arnold and guest John Roenigk '34, Cdr. S. A. Taffinder, F. L. Robbins '23, Scott Umsted '15, D. W. Olney '30, T. A. Brown '35, P. Staley '33, G. H. Bowdey '07, H. B. Heneberger '25, J. P. Carney '21, CapL J. L. Thompson, USCG (Ret.), CapL M. M. Cloukey, Capt. J. C. Myers, W. M. Foster '30, Lt.Col. M. C. Shattuck, and Capt. F. S. Holmes.

The next meeting was scheduled for 26 Sept.

NEW YORK The 20 June monthly luncheon meeting of the chapter was entertained by its own senior member speaker, VAdm. Walter S. Anderson '03.

Sixty-five members and guests attended, including two other members of the class of '03, RAdm. T. H. Taylor, USN (ReL), and CapL R. D. Gatewood, USN (ReL). The meeting was held at the New York University Club.

Adm. Anderson spoke about the highlights of his career, principally Pearl Harbor Day where he served as Commander Battleships. Questions from the floor were mainly concerned with Navy preparedness. Adm. Anderson disclosed that the gunners in his batdeships had orders to open fire if it appeared that they were under attack, even though no command was given to do so.

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planes were shot down due to this order. He praised the valor displayed on that day and recited a few personal incidents.

One interesting sidelight was the story Adm. Anderson told about the time he was executive of a ship in a Caribbean port in 1913 and his skipper asked him to draft an "armistice" between two shore factions. Both sides signed that "armistice," and the litde war ended.

RAdm. Ed Dexter, president of the chapter, announced that a fine ball for visiting midshipmen had been co-sponsored by the Navy League and thanked all hands for their continued support during the past year.

The next luncheon meeting was scheduled to be held 20 SepL In October the second annual dinner-dance will be held for members and guests at the Coast Guard Commissioned Officers' Mess at Governors Island.

PITTSBURGH Plans for the coming year were discussed and made at the spring chapter meeting. A golfing afternoon, followed by dinner, was enjoyed at the Shannopin Country Club on 19 July. On 25 Aug. a cocktail party was held at the home of Jim Pooser.

A dinner-dance is planned for the fall at the University Club, and on 28 OcL all alumni in the area are expected to attend the Navy-Pitt football game. A "brunch-game-cocktail party" package is planned, with guests to be invited.

(NICAP), captured our attention with his slides and accounts of unidentified flying objects in the United States and elsewhere in the worid. This interesting venture into the unknown still leaves us room to believe or doubt, as we wish, though we are now well informed on the "things" from somewhere.

A surprise meeting was enjoyed by many of us on 5 July, when RAdm. and Mrs. W. F. Fitzgerald '21 visited the San Francisco area. This affair was arranged in somewhat of a hurry and we were unable to contact all members to join us for this important meeting with the executive director of the Alumni Association. Nine members of the Peninsula chapter and their wives, including the president, W. P. Gruner, joined us at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club. After cocktails we enjoyed a fine dinner and listened to the new plans for the Naval Academy and the Association.

We were highly honored by this visit of Adm. Fitzgerald and will profit in the fumre from his enthusiastic support of the Association and his beneficial suggestions.

RAdm. John E. Clark, USN, Commandant of the 12th Naval District, has made excellent presentations to our chapter during the past two meetings regarding our responsibilities in recruiting outstanding young men for entrance to the Naval Academy. He has been joined in this venture by Capt. Weaver Meadows, Blue and Gold officer, who has great interest in our organization and in placing fine young men in our Academy.

SANTA BARBARA SAN FRANCISCO The loss of RAdm. David D. Hawkins, USN (Ret.) '30, from the roles of our chapter has been keenly felt by all members. Dave was a past president of our organization and one of the most active and enthusiastic members. He never missed one of our affairs, and always greeted each member with the warmth and sincerity that was his enviable personality. Anne continues to join us for all social functions.

On 27 May, the San Francisco and Peninsula chapters joined together for a gala social event.

170 members and guests, including several West Pointers, departed Treasure Island in the HARBOR KING in a refreshing sea breeze. En route to the Galleon in Alameda we enjoyed the cocktail hour and danced to the music of an excellent combo on board. Gordon Ehrman '48, president of the San Francisco chapter, served as M.C. at dinner; John Dale Hodapp, Jr. '39 led the singing, which was capped by Navy Blue and Gold, the only serious moment of the evening. Capt. R. F. Hans '14 represented the senior class present while R. G. Kuhne and J. F. Knudson, both '49, were the youngest members on the cruise. W. P. "Bud" Gruner '35, president of the Peninsula chapter, and his fine team down south went all out to make this a most memorable occasion.

Thanks to all of you.

14 June marked the end of our meetings, we thought, until September. Upon conclusion of a fine dinner at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club, the nominating committee, chaired by VAdm. T. D. Ruddock, Jr., USN (Ret.) '14, reported its recommendations to the membership, and election of officers for fiscal 1968 was held. The new officers are: president, R. E. Dix '45; vice-president, H. J. Armstrong '27; sec'y-treas., E. G. Tiffany '46; national trustee, R. R. Riggs '04; fifth trustee, Frank Wickhorst '27 and immediate past president, G. M. Ehrman '48.

Roland Riggs presented his report of the Board of Trustees meeting at Alumni House, Annapolis, on 31 May-1 June, and made suggestions regarding ways to increase membership in our chapter.

Roland continues to represent us and look out for our interests in a most outstanding manner.

As a finale to our evening of business, Mr. Frank Pyne, an investigator for the National Investigating Committee on Aerial Phenomena

On 22 July, 42 members and guests of the chapter met for cocktails and dinner at the Officers' Club, Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. Quarterly dinner meetings are held at various locations in the Santa BarbaraVentura area.

Active duty members attending included: RAdm. R. N. Sharp '30, Capt. O. F. Dreyer '41, CapL E. A. Gallagher '42, Capt. C J. Forquer '46 and Lt. G. M. Sheldon (ChC) '47.

Other members attending were: P. W. Rudedge '16, F. S. Irby '17, S. S. Murray '19, E. E. Rotii '21, L. Whitgrove '22, A. C Wood '24, M. A. Powell '25, C C. Ray '25, H. K. Feiock '30, B. F. McLeod '30, W. R. Sheeley '30, W. B. Moore '30, H. H. Kait '34, N . H. Fisher '40, W. G. Sherwood '44 and F. A. Ulam '45.

The chapter membership now has 59 members, up from 39 last year.

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RAdm. Frederic S. Withington presided over the last meeting of the 1966-67 season on 17 May, which some 80 members and guests attended to hear Mr. Otto Graham, the Redskin coach. The senior class was '05, the junior class '55, and the class of '26 won again. This makes the secretary's work very easy and perhaps fumre minutes could read, "they done it again," and let it go at that.

Mr. Graham's talk was a source of inspiration to all who heard it because he stated the principles of a God-fearing man, a great athlete and a leader of other athletes. It is good to know that there are such individuals in charge of athletes and that he has held with these principles throughout his career as a coach at the Coast Guard Academy, when he was on active duty with the Coast Guard, and during the time diat he was in college. He attended college on a basketball scholarship and turned to football as he matured.

HOMECOMING 20-22 OCTOBER 1967 S H I P M A T E

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