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CHALLENGE AND CHANGE THE NAVAL ACADEMY - 1959-1968 Rear Admiral Robert W . McNitt, USN (Ret.)

p O R A L U M N I W H O H A V E W A T C H E D the Naval Academy change and grow, there is a special fascination and a special significance associated with the years since 1959.

T h e broad sweep of the great changes in operational and educational philosophy which have taken place may be seen in this period, as well as the play and counterplay of the forces and judgments which produced them. This article will trace these developments from 1959 to June of 1968. Vice Admiral Calvert's following article indicates the great improvements which have been made at the Naval Academy since then.

A very fundamental challenge has been before the Naval Academy since 7 August 1845 when Commander Franklin Buchanan read his orders to Professor William Chauvenet with his four instructors and the assembled midshipmen at old F o r t Severn. Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft's letter to the first Superintendent clearly indicated his purpose in establishing the Academy and his instinctive understanding of the basic problem.

"Placed by their profession in connection with the world, visiting in their career of service every climate and every leading people, the officers of the American Navy, if they gain but opportunity for scientific instruction, may make themselves as distinguished for culture as they have been for gallant conduct."

One hundred and twenty-five years later Vice Admiral Calvert responded to the same challenge in his eloquent Naval Institute Proceedings article "The Fine Line at the Naval Academy," tracing the contest between professionalism and academic effort to the School's earliest days. H e argued persuasively that the balance between Athens and Sparta must be retained, but pointed out that Annapolis became world famous as a training institution that produced effective leaders, not as an educational institution that produced renowned scholars. H e agreed that both are highly important, both can exist together with benefit, and predicted that the Naval Academy will succeed or fail in the decades ahead to the degree that it produces professional officers who have the dedication and loyalty to remain with the naval service and to do an excellent job.

Returning to 1959, we now know that the pendulum was beginning to swing toward greater emphasis on academic effort, not through any conscious decision to redress an imbalance or lack of appreciation for professionalism, but in response to the world around us. Changes were overdue in the academic program if it was to compete effectively in attracting the best young men of the country, and if it hoped to educate these men for the world of change they would encounter in the 1970's and 80's.

Recognizing this need, a Curriculum Review Board was convened in May 1959 reporting jointly to the Chief of Naval Personnel and the Superintendent, Rear Admiral Charles L. Melson. T h e Board was pleased to find that four significant improvements had already been planned by the faculty and approved by the Superintendent. These were a validation plan allowing midshipmen credit for college level APRIL,

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work previously completed, an overload elective program for qualified midshipmen of the upper three classes, changes in the basic curriculum to place increased emphasis on fundamental principles and analytical methods, and an academic reorganization to group related departments into three major divisions.

Similar changes had long since been made in many of the country's colleges and universities, but the Naval Academy had held to its old ways until 1958-1959. T h e prescribed curriculum, which every midshipman was formerly required to take even if he had completed four years of college elsewhere, was defended as late as the 1956 accreditation visit as "a program which will constitute a common basis of understanding and, thus a cohesive force for career officers in the naval service." It was beginning to appear to some thoughtful observers that the common basis of understanding could well be somewhat out of date in the next decade, and with the Naval Academy providing only about a tenth of the officers entering the Navy, other and more valid means of generating cohesiveness might well be found.

The Curriculum Review Board chaired by Dr. Richard G. Folsom, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, made a thorough study of the professional and academic programs, the school's educational procedures and the faculty and administration. In the opening paragraph of its report, the Board noted the challenge of the future—"the graduate of the Naval Academy will have to deal intelligently with existing equipment and systems, and be able to adapt himself to changes which may be very fundamental in character."

The Board's report in November 1959 was very thorough, providing a welcome endorsement of the course which Adiniral Melson had set and many detailed recommendations for the future. The stage was now set for a decade and more of progressive improvement. ' T H E A C A D E M Y H A D A L R E A D Y M O V E D to use the College Entrance Examination Board scores for qualifying candidates for admission, and in 1959 adopted the whole man approach with an evaluative formula weighting academic record, extracurricular activity and evidence of leadership qualities. This worked well, was refined and has been continued.

The new organization became effective on 4 June 1959 with the eleven academic departments reduced to nine, grouped under three Division Directors and the Commandant of Midshipmen. It was intended that greater flexibility would result, with shifts of instructors and workload between departments within a division becoming more feasible, and it was hoped that curriculum changes would occur more readily. However, this scheme didn't work very well because the Division Directors were not given control of money and faculty billets and hence lacked the power to make these good things happen. T h e Division Directors were disestablished in 1964 but, interestingly enough, have since been reinstated with the authority and controls needed to make their coordination task effective.

concept of balance—reaffirming and recognizing again the challenge of the determination to prepare well-rounded career line officers. Admiral Melson explained this in the summer of 1960, saying that "at the root of the changes in the basic curriculum is an effort to teach enduring principles instead of transitory techniques, and to develop sound thinking as well as to impart facts and skills . . . we are endeavouring to do less of training the technician and more of educating the naval leader." T h e pendulum is swinging rapidly now.

In August 1960 Rear Admiral John F . Davidson became the Superintendent. 1241 midshipmen were in the fourth class, the largest number ever to be sworn in at one time. 2 6 % of the congressional candidates in this class had been evaluated by the Naval Academy using the new whole-man concept; double the number of the year before.

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T h e Academic Board, which by statute voted on academic policy, no longer suffered from the endless debates of 11 Department Heads competing for resources and course slots in the curriculum. Under the new organization it consisted of a streamlined membership of 5, with the Superintendent, Commandant and 3 Division Directors conducting the School's business in a more efficient manner.

There was a gain and a loss in professional training in 1959. The gain came from the consolidation of all professional studies in a new Command Department, relieving the busy Commandant of academic responsibilities. Perhaps most significantly, air, surface and subsurface warfare operations were now to be taught as a single integrated unit. The loss occurred during the summer program when fleet commitments again made it impractical to form a special Midshipman Practice Squadron. Nevertheless aggressive planning resulted in midshipmen cruising for the first time in the Pacific Fleet.

T h e incoming class of '63 welcomed the new validation opportunity with 228 midshipmen requesting 509 separate course validations for college work previously completed.

Validation and the offering of substitute and overload electives had been in use at the Air Force Academy since the beginning of that School, and a modest elective program was adopted at West Point in 1959. W e were following a middle of the road approach, chronologically, in this development.

A modest effort to strengthen the faculty was begun with on-campus courses set up for officers accredited by George Washington University.

In January 1960, Rear Admiral Melson, writing in Shipmate, mentioned the lady cheerleaders who had appeared in the brigade during one of the football games, and made a New Year's resolution that "coeds will not again infiltrate the ranks of the brigade—at least not on my watch." This issue did not.come up again on his watch, but was firmly resolved

by Secretary of the Navy Chafee on 8 February 1972 when he announced that women will not be enrolled in the Naval Academy in the foreseeable future, although they would be welcomed in the Naval R O T C program.

By March of 1960 it was clear that the validation program was succeeding. All but 7 of'the midshipmen successfully completed the electives they had substituted for the validated courses. 262 upper classmen, representing about a half of the midshipmen eligible, took overload electives during the fall term and none failed in an elective or in any other subject. In the Spring term 400 upper classmen enrolled in electives.

The Academy, in the process of bringing its academic program up to date, was being careful not to reduce the vital nonacademic elements such as military drill, plebe indoctrination, sports and the honor concept. To reflect this concern, a new mission was adopted which emphasized this

In September the new basic curriculum was put into effect.

Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics were increased and oriented away from applied steam engineering and toward physical science. Modern physical concepts were added to classical physics, vector calculus was added, and a complete course in differential equations took the place of the Introduction to Differential Equations.

270 members of the class of '64 validated 628 semester courses, even though only one quarter of the requests were approved. 607 members of the 3 upper classes (22%) took 612 additional electives. The program was proving to be successful!

During the next two years, the recommendations of the Curriculum Review Board were implemented, and a period of testing and refinement of the many new changes took place.

The validation program continued to grow, with 289 midshipmen validating 728 semester courses in 1961. "An improvement to the admission procedure took place with the class entering in 1961, in that all candidates were required to present an acceptable secondary school certificate. " D E A R A D M I R A L C H A R L E S C. K I R K P A T R I C K became the Superintendent in the summer of 1962, having made his own independent survey of the needs of the Academy before arriving, and another period of significant change and growth took place. I was privileged to share in this exciting period of the Academy's history, having just reported for duty as the Secretary of the Academic Board, a post which had grown by necessity to include all of the functions of an academic dean.

As I walked into the administration building, I was warmly greeted by Captain H a r r y Hahn, my exceptionally able predecessor. Centered on his desk was a letter signed by Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth directing the Naval Academy to obtain a civilian educator of national reputation as academic dean, and to replace the officer faculty with civilians, unless officers of equal qualifications could be obtained. This was an action long advocated by Vice Admiral Rickover, and was to be my number one task for the next two years.

The selection of a civilian who could operate effectively in a school where the president, the governing board, and the department heads all are strong minded naval officers was a difficult problem that required a year of careful screening of many excellent candidates and visits to many colleges and universities. W e were most fortunate in finding Dr. A. B. Drought, Dean of Engineering at Marquette University, who combined all the qualities we were seeking.

Dr. Drought had accomplished exactly the kind of curriculum reform at Marquette that we had in mind and was committed to the notion that education goes on 24 hours a day, not ending when the student leaves the classroom. Most importantly, he recognized that Annapolis was the Navy's school and that his job would be to produce the best possible academic program in response to the policy set by the Superintendent and the Academic Board, with his advice as a valued input. When I asked how he felt about S H I P M A T E

being a civilian among all the blue suits, he smiled and said that he was used to working with a uniformed service at Marquette, and had even succeeded in persuading the Jesuit fathers to cut out a number of courses in religion in order to strengthen the engineering and humanities offering.

Clearly this was our man.

Ben joined us for a year as a consultant while we worked out an organization which would permit a civilian Dean to be effective. W e agreed that the Department Heads should report directly to him with no intermediaries, and so the Division Directors were disestablished. W e were determined to have an Academic Board which would provide academic stability, but not prevent a Superintendent from making changes which clearly were needed. Both West Point and the A i r Force Academy were experiencing troubles with boards made up of a large number of tenured Department Heads who could make it difficult for even a very forceful Superintendent to change the School's course and speed.

In 1963, Rear Admiral Kirkpatrick approved a plan whereby the Academic Board would consist of 3 Departriient Heads appointed in rotation, the Academic Dean, the Commandant of Midshipmen and the Superintendent—who would be given a tie-breaking second vote. This arrangement would provide enough votes to back the Academic Dean on matters of academic principle, but would clearly give the Superintendent the leverage he needed to make major moves if he thought them necessary.

While all this was going on, three very important changes were in progress on the academic side of the house.

A committee under Captain Lloyd V. Young was studying ways of taking the next logical step in curriculum development—providing a minor or a major for every midshipman to replace the overload elective system. It was becoming painfully clear that something was wrong with the basic curriculum if nearly everyone could take overload electives as cafeteria choices unrelated to academic programs of interest to the Navy. It would appear to be more sensible to focus the great enthusiasm of midshipmen for selecting some of their own courses into fields of concentration related to naval officer subspecialties and which would qualify as minors. It was also quite clear that all midshipmen weren't equally interested in the existing engineering, science and math oriented curriculum, and that it was just possible that a little less emphasis in this direction might still produce some outstanding naval officers with varied backgrounds.

By an extraordinary effort the curriculum planning proceeded well enough in less than a year to produce a core curriculum containing 7 5 % of the courses, with the remaining 2 5 % offered as electives which would be grouped in areas of concentration of interest to the Navy. This was a fundamental change in the educational philosophy at the Naval Academy, because it offered midshipmen a chance to choose their own fields of interest and abandoned the notion, that every graduate had to have the same program. T h e runaway success of the validation and elective program was convincing evidence that the proposal would work. This was such a sudden and dramatic break with the past that the Chief of Naval Operations urged a more deliberate approach. Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze therefore approved a 15% elective-85% core, and the new program became known as the "minors for every midshipman" program with the understanding that if this scheme worked well, the case could be made again in the future for a 2 5 % elective offering—which would be enough to qualify for a true majors program.

Another study urged by Captain Jack Reigart and led by Captain Dick W e r n e r planned a major change to the traditional numerical marking system. T h e new letter grade marking system was similar to that in use at the Naval Postgraduate School and in most of the country's colleges.

It reduced the time devoted to grade taking, increasing the time devoted to instruction. It decreased the tendency to work for a grade, emphasizing understanding of the subject.

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It reduced the tendency to learn small segments of a course by rote, emphasizing the need to relate all course material together during the semester. A one-time very low mark on a quiz would no longer drag a modest student's grade so low that he would have to struggle hopelessly for weeks to get his head above water. And a more realistic distribution of grades resulted, with standards of excellence carefully guarded. T h e distribution of A's and B's came much closer to the best college experience than had been the case for many years. This had great significance for officers interested in admission to graduate programs.

A major effort to strengthen both the civilian and military faculty was begun. 80 additional civilian faculty members were authorized and recruited, most with the P h . D . in hand, placing the civilian/military ratio at 5 4 % / 4 6 % . A threefold increase in officers on the teaching faculty with at least a master's degree was achieved by January 1964 to meet the Secretary of the Navy's caveat for retaining officers on the faculty.

A new honors program called the Trident Scholars program was begun. This came about as a result of a trip to Yale College where we were told by Dean DeVane about the very successful Scholar of the House program. Admiral Kirkpatrick was impressed by what he saw at Yale and decided immediately to offer a similar opportunity to the more able first classmen who would be authorized to carry out a research project in lieu of any or all of the required courses.

C I M U L T A N E O U S L Y , an energetic effort to improve the '-^ military and professional training of midshipmen was going ahead under the Commandant of Midshipmen, Captain Charles S. Minter. The dedicated midshipmen training squadron was reconstituted in the summer of 1963, resulting in a far more satisfactory summer training experience.

At long last, the very divisive influence of the interservice transfer upon graduation was stopped, and every midshipman knew on entering that he was preparing for a commission in the naval service with only a few well justified exceptions permitted to go Air Force or Army.

In the summer of 1964, when it was clear that the new organization would be approved, and the new curriculum established, the position of Academic Dean was offered to Dr. Drought who immediately accepted. Admiral Minter, as Superintendent in October of 1964, reported that "I am now absolutely certain, as are the rest of the members of the Academic Board, that the introduction of a permanent Academic Dean into our organization is a sound and essential step."

In the summer of 1965, a long planned action was taken

by Rear Admiral Minter and Captain Sheldon Kinney, the Commandant of Midshipmen, in reorganizing the Brigade into 36 companies instead of 24. This gave each company

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officer 115 midshipmen to counsel instead of 175. At the same time squad leaders were made fully responsible for the indoctrination and training of the Plebes in their squads, and the squad became the basic unit of discipline, inspection, indoctrination and performance.

These two steps strengthened the opportunities for leadership and improved professional training in the Brigade.

In 1966 and early 1967 a new honor concept made its appearance. Begun in December 1950 when Admiral Hill assembled the Brigade in Dahlgren Hall and challenged the midshipmen to produce their own honor concept, the procedures had worked quite well in spite of a failure to recognize the fundamental elements of due process. This was partially corrected in 1955, and fully squared away by January 1%7. T h e new procedures granted an accused midshipman the right of confrontation with his accuser, and a hearing before a single honor committee to take advantage of the maturity of judgment of senior midshipmen. H e was also given the equivalent of a U C M J Article 31 warning before statements were elicited from him, and the right to a separate midshipman advisor at the hearing. These reforms contributed to the viability of an already successful system which was designed to develop accountability—the heart of the professional training of naval officers.

Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman, who became Superintendent in 1966, had made improved internal communications one of his major projects and organized a Faculty Forum with elected civilian faculty and appointed officer faculty membership to augment the Academic Council in communicating with the faculty. This was one of many actions designed to strengthen and better support the faculty.

The momentum established as a result of the improvements in the academic program was by now fully established, and the interest of midshipmen in competing for graduate scholarships was intense. This was quite clear to Vice Admiral W. R. Smedberg, U S N ( R e t . ) , who visited the mess hall one evening during supper. It was the last day of spring football practice and, as a former Superintendent, Admiral Smedberg was sure that the table conversation would certainly touch on the day's scrimmage. Football wasn't mentioned during dinner, nor did there seem to be much interest in the first duty assignment at sea. Most of the conversation seemed to revolve around plans for graduate study. Finally there was a commotion at the end of the mess hall when some midshipmen were hoisted in the air in their chairs and

rushed down the center aisle with shouts and cheers. Admiral Smedberg was reassured by this, figuring that the football team had finally been recognized. When he asked his host who they were, however, the answer left him speechless.

"Oh, those are the Trident Scholars, sir."

Clearly a change had occurred in the attitude of midshipmen toward academic pursuits. As Midshipman K. J. Reardon described it in Trident magazine—"IJntil recent times, the adjective 'slash' was used to describe a person who was above average in his studies, now it is considered complimentary to be known as a 'slash'." But had the pendulum swung too far?

Admiral Kauffman, in the Superintendent's report to the alumni at the 1967 Homecoming, thought it had. H e considered the need for a marked improvement in professional training to be his number one priority project both for 1967 and for 1968. H e had appointed a Professional Training and Education Committee on 6 February 1967, and three actions were already underway: —Professional .training until June 1967 had carried little or no weight in calculating class standing or for the Superintendent's list. It was given heavy weight thereafter.

—Navigation courses had been reduced in recent years from 4 to 2 semesters, and then to one. Beginning in 1968, two full semesters of navigation would be taught, along with a semester of naval operations and tactics, all carrying full academic credit.

—A return to a hardware-oriented practical course in naval engineering and shipboard ordnance was instituted, as part of a set of 12 professional courses distributed throughout the 4-year curriculum.

It was clear at this point that the steps taken so far in improving both the academic program and the professional training and education had been successful, but as so often happens in tuning a complex machine, the process had exposed faults and created imbalances. Admiral Kauffman saw a need for an increased professional emphasis, was concerned about the adequacy and the degree of difficulty of the new core curriculum, and saw evidence of an imbalance in academic performance between elective courses and the core curriculum.

Once again therefore the ever present conflict between academic performance and professionalism was being tested and a new and very productive period in the Academy's history began when Rear Admiral James F. Calvert arrived as Superintendent in the summer of 1968.

Secretary Bancroft would be very pleased indeed today if he could observe both the gallant conduct and the degree of culture of the graduates of his distinguished school.

RAdm. McNitt has had long and distinguished experience in education and training as well as in commands at sea. Between destroyer division and squadron commands he was C O . and Director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Tactical School at Norfolk. Later he was appointed Academic Aide to the U S N A Superintendent, a position equivalent to the current Academic Dean and the basis for this article.

Still later he was Superintendent of the Postgraduate School at Monterey and his last tour before retirement on 1 April was as Assistant DCNO (Manpower). A more complete biography may be found on page 26.

None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman in both theory and practice, is qualified to support the character of a commissioned officer in the Navy; nor is any man fit to command a man-of-war who is not also capable of communicating his ideas on paper, in language that becomes his rank.

John Paul Jones, Letter to the Marine Board, 1777 S H I P M A T E

THOUGHTS UPON CONCLUSION OF A FOUR-YEAR TOUR Vice Admiral James Calvert, USN

p A P T A I N WILLIAM S. BUSIK, USN (RET.), your ^^ Alumni Association Executive Director, has asked me to undertake a short article for Shipmate to set forth my reflections and opinions as I near the completion of my tour as Superintendent. It would be presumptuous for me to talk about what I have accomplished. The only answer that counts concerning the effectiveness of my tour from '68 to '72 will be written by the midshipmen in the classes who graduated after some exposure to the changes I initiated. I suppose the classes of 1971 through 1975 will be the ones who will provide the first answers to this question in the Fleet and in the Marine Corps. They have never disappointed me while I have been their Superintendent; I do not believe they will after they reach the Fleet or the Corps.

However, only time will provide the answer.

More pertinent, perhaps, is a discussion of some of the philosophy and opinions I have developed over my four years here. The first one is the simplest and most basic of all—do we really need a Naval Academy for these modern times ? I have tried to approach this question with a genuinely open mind and I find myself coming down with an unequivocal yes. For the remaining 30 or so years of this century the majority of our new line officers each year will probably continue to come from sources other than the Academy. Right now, our percentage of the new line input each year is about 15%. However, if one examines each year group of line officers as it approaches the 10-year mark, one finds that 24% of them, on the average, are Naval Academy graduates. Looking again to the 10-year mark, Naval Academy classes prior to 1960 retained at least 70% to this point. The classes of 1961, 1962 and 1963, which have represented a serious dip, average out at 55% retention.

The returns on the classes of '66 and later are not yet in since they have not reached the expiration of their five-year obligation.

Whatever the percentage of annual line input, whatever the percentage of final retention, the Academy share of our career line accession is an important one. One need not be clairvoyant to see that the nation and the Navy face rough seas between now and the year 2000. We have had some serious perturbations in our society in the 60's and we will not escape them in the years ahead. These upheavals reflect back into the Navy and create a situation of instability which is unavoidable. It is important during a period of such turbulence that the Navy have firm roots in a stable and relatively conservative institution at which a portion of its line officers are trained and educated. This is not to say that the Academy cannot change with the times.

It must and it will, but it is important that it remain a relatively conservative and tradition-minded influence within the officer corps. There will be no shortage of other influences to create a healthy balance. ' T H E NEXT LONG-TERM QUESTION we must face concerns the over-all size and character of the Academy.

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problem first. There is a great American tendency to feel that if a certain amount of something is good, more is bound to be better. There are, however, serious problems involved with increasing the Academy much beyond its present size. If we are to retain the close military structure, the hoped-for esprit de corps, and the deep identification with the Naval Academy and the Navy which is one of our most important goals, the additional size makes for serious obstacles. The ideal size of the Brigade for military and unity purposes would be about 3000. Cost considerations make the present compromise at 4300 a reasonable and acceptable one. I would, however, seriously warn against going beyond the 5000 mark. It would, inevitably, become a different type of school with a different over-all result.

Suppose we grant that the present size is acceptable what about those who question the set four-year program?

Many civilian colleges are turning to the quarter system where school goes on 12 months out of the year and students more or less come and go as they please—the only requirement being that one complete 12 quarters in order to receive a diploma. There are those who believe that the Academy should go to a comparably flexible program with some midshipmen on cruise with the Fleet at all seasons of the year, some on leave and with maximum utilization of all facilities at all times. There are others who would urge the Academy to take students after two years at a civilian college and give them two years of professional training at Annapolis. These, and other proposals, have attractive features and I recognize the need for experimentation.

However, there is plenty of room for experimentation in our non-Academy officer accession programs and I would urge that we remain cautious about changing the four-year program at Annapolis. The British experience with changing almost every officer accession program every few years has not been an altogether happy one. The wisest course is to retain the Annapolis program as the conservative and stable one against which experimental programs can be compared.

T EST I SOUND as though I have no advice for the future except to remain with the status quo, I would like to discuss curriculum for a moment. The Naval Academy has both an education function and a training function.

The difference between the two must be understood and always kept in mind. Part of our training function has to do with the inculcation of those characteristics of self-discipline, self-confidence, responsibility, and purposefulness which are necessary in all leaders—but particularly those who would assume to lead men in combat. Another part of our training has to do with imparting those skills normally used by a young officer on board ship and in his leadership of enlisted personnel, particularly in the first seven or eight years of his commissioned service. The training function, whether we speak of personal characteristics or skills, has to remain fairly constant. Our summer programs, our military structure, indeed our whole system of routine, accountability, and discipline is aimed in these directions and it is fair to say that it has been these training programs and their generally acknowledged success

that have made Annapolis famous over the world as an officer training school.

Let us, however, look at education as opposed to training for a moment. Somewhere between his 5th and 10th years of commissioned service, the career officer usually finds himself for the first time in a job where his ability to think clearly, write well, and speak effectively are the predominant factors governing how well he can do his job. H e may be on a large staff, in the Pentagon, or working within one of the Systems Commands. Suddenly his leadership ability, his seamanship skills, and his knowledge of tactics become less important. More pertinent now are his abilities to absorb new and complex ideas quickly, write about them intelligently, and think creatively and soundly. It is in this arena that a man's education, as opposed to his training, begins to pay off. Did he, while an undergraduate, develop those characteristics of intellectual curiosity, orderly thought, analytical judgment, and objectivity which should be the characteristics of a man who has received an effective college education ? In the past, the answer to these questions for Academy graduates has often depended on how much self-education had been accomplished after graduation.

Many people today still misunderstand the purpose of the new majors curriculum at the Naval Academy. Many believe that we are trying to develop oceanographers, electrical engineers, or economists. No undergraduate educational institution could attempt such a task in today's complex world. The purpose of the majors curriculum is to permit each midshipman to choose an area of study which is interesting to him and useful to the naval service so that he can pursue it in some depth. It should, if he applies himself properly, produce enough familiarity with the field and enough curiosity concerning its disciplines that he will, after graduation, continue the habit of reading and further work in one intellectual field. I know relatively few successful men in their 40's and 50's who have not maintained a lifelong program of serious reading. It is from these sources that they have drawn the intellectual stimulation and the habits of orderly thought that are so important to them in their work.

As its educational program was constituted in the pre-1959 era, the Naval Academy left something to be desired. Many of us felt that while our training had been superb, we had not received much in terms of a college educational experience aside from a sound background in mathematics. While it can be argued that we worked just that much harder to make up for our deficiencies by creating self-education programs after graduation, it is a bit hard to use that as an excuse for a weak educational program. So long as we maintain a strong professional training program at the Academy, I think we have nothing to fear and much to gain from a rich and varied educational program. I know there are those who say that the Academy is now giving people educations which are so good that they will be too attractive to business and industry when their obligated service has expired. T h e reverse of this, however, is to argue that we should give them such a bad education that no firm"will want to employ them. I don't think any of us would seriously advocate that.

There are also those who claim that today's Academy upperclassmen tend to think of themselves as future mechanical engineers or oceanographers, or whatever their major is, rather than as future professional officers. I recognize this as a calculated risk of the program. It was our carefully considered opinion that we had to improve the variety and spice of our academic programs if we were to meet today's competition—both with regard to students and to faculty. T h e majors curriculum was the safest and most effective route to that goal but we recognized that it was not without risk.

It should be kept in mind that the flexibility of the majors curriculum, as opposed to the pre-1969, 8 5 % lock-step program, enabled us to more than double the amount of

professional, shipboard oriented material in the curriculum.

It was our belief that if we increased the amount and quality of professional work, maintained the standards of the training programs, and permitted a choice of academic major, we could achieve the changes we felt necessary to enrich and liven our academic life, while at the same time maintaining our professional orientation and dedication. It is too early to appraise results but certainly the early returns indicate more pluses than minuses.

One thing is certain: we must never adopt the feeling that intellectual effort is destructive of professional dedication.

There is serious trouble down that road.

While on the subject of curriculum, a few words concerning engineering are appropriate. To begin with, there is a semantic confusion. W h e n many of us talk about engineering at the Naval Academy, we mean instruction in the operation and maintenance of machinery on board ship. More specifically, we are referring to an understanding of boilers, turbines, hot wells, surge tanks, feed pumps, electrical systems, and their interrelationships. This is important material for each Naval Academy graduate and much of my effort over the past four years has been involved with reinserting this sort of work back into our program.

However, it has little to do with engineering education in its academic sense. If we are to produce graduates who have a reasonable grounding in the analytical aspects of engineering, we must be certain that we have sound programs in such areas as dynamics and statics, strength of materials, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. The engineering field has become so complex that some specialization is required. Those who would study in depth in the electrical and electronic fields must pursue a different program from those whose main interest is in, say, the mechanical or aeronautical fields.

Undergraduate programs in these fields which can be respected by the rest of the American academic community and which will be worthy of a designated degree cannot be easy. Less than half of a typical Naval Academy class has either the interest in, or aptitude for, such difficult analytical work. It is important, however, that we produce a significant number of graduates each year with a first-rate undergraduate engineering background—our present target is 4 0 % of each class. Every graduate, on the other hand, must possess a sound understanding of the operation and maintenance of naval machinery.

To sum up my thoughts about the Naval Academy curriculum, we should, as Sheldon Kinney has said, produce the immediately employable Ensign. H e should be at home on the bridge and in the division. This is the focus of our training task. Our educational goals are less easy to define and must remain broad. Our fundamental objective should remain to provide as rigorous a college education experience as each young man is able to undertake.

Some highly capable and dedicated young men will prefer international affairs, history, or management. Others will genuinely prefer science or engineering. Whatever their selection, the Academy's goal should remain the same—to produce a graduate with sufficient background so that he is familiar with the language and idioms of a field useful to the naval service, an understanding of how to pursue further work in that area on his own and, hopefully, the curiosity and drive to carry on with such work after he graduates. This is a lofty and somewhat optimistic target but unless we set our goals high in this area we will not attract young men of sufficient caliber, nor provide graduates who will be up to meeting the challenges of the 1980's and 1990's in the Navy.

If I were to try to sum up my thoughts in this admittedly difficult field, it would b e : Remain conservative and ship-oriented in our training; strive to offer a variety of high-caliber programs in the education field. Lastly, and highly important, maintain the Academy as predominantly an undergraduate engineering college in its academic aims and configuration.

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somewhere else more cheaply. It may well be true that the service academy system as developed at West Point and Annapolis, now fully in force at Colorado Springs, should no longer be used to produce even a portion of our officer corps. I have, however, made my own position clear, I trust.

I believe the system is right and I believe it is important for a share, not all, of our career line officers.

VAdm. James F. Calvert, USN Forty-sixth Superintendent

"DERHAPS no facet of the Naval Academy program comes under so much criticism from the Brigade as our system of routines, accountability, and discipline. These are the strictures, the restraints, and the requirements which rub up against the midshipmen in their daily lives. They are the abrasive forces which continually bother and often anger a young man as he attempts to earn the Annapolis diploma.

The phrases of protest are familiar to all of us. "We are treated like children and then punished when we act like children." "It is the only place in the world where they take away all the rights of man when you enter and give them back to you one by one for four years as privileges." "Coming to the Naval Academy to escape the draft is the biggest laugh in the world. There are more discipline and hard work in six months of plebe year than any draftee sees in his entire term."

Scarcely a week of my tour here has gone by without listening to some earnest plea that I become more reasonable, that I realize the year is 1972 not 1922. That 1 pull myself, somehow, into the 20th Century and recognize what is happening outside these gray walls. No serious and conscientious man could be subjected to such a continual bombardment of requests to be reasonable without at least giving the matter serious thought. I will attempt to set forth my conclusions after several years of serious thought.

The Naval Academy program is a highly structured one, intentionally filled with routines and requirements that are demanding. It is our fundamental thesis that such routines produce, over a four-year period, a sense of self-confidence, responsibility, purpose, and overall identification with the Navy that is central to the performance of our mission. To me, this is the essence of Annapolis.

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T WOULD LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION to one area in which present assignment procedures for Academy graduates are impairing the effectiveness of our system.

The Academy program of routines, accountability, and discipline has been developed over the decades to produce a young man who is mentally, psychologically, and physically ready to go to sea. Much of the professional work, both academic and practical, is aimed directly at the business of going to sea as an Ensign.

Our new Ensign assignment procedures, until very recently, took almost 75% of our Academy graduates and sent them directly to Pensacola, nuclear power school, PG school, or Quantico. To put young men from our admittedly high pressure system directly into a shore environment for another long period of training or education, places them in a situation for which their training program was not designed. Even more important, when 75% of each class knows it is not going to sea on graduation—and knows it from Plebe year on—it creates a nonproductive environment for our shipboard-oriented training.

Commencing with the class of 1971, all USNA Pensacola candidates (about a third of a typical class) are being assigned to surface line billets for 6 to 12 months before going to flight school. This is too short a period but is far better than nothing. In asking for this step, we fully recognized the argument that some flight time loss would result vis-a-vis contemporaries. It was our opinion that this would be more than offset, for the career line officer, by the shipboard experience and the OOD qualification that most of the young men would be able to acquire. Early reports, both from members of the class of '71 and from their commanding officers, indicate a favorable result.

What really should be done is to send every USNA Pensacola or nuclear power candidate to a surface line billet for 12 to 24 months after graduation. Each candidate would be pre-selected and assured of being placed into a flight or nuclear power class sometime during his second year.

All early PG candidates should go after 24 months at sea.

The arguments against such a procedure are all persuasive, all valid, but all short-term. The long-term interests of the Navy indicate that we should adopt this policy (which has been officially recommended) through a gradual phase-in procedure, commencing without delay.

In closing, I would like to thank all of our alumni for their support during my tour. At all times, you have been fair and understanding. I would also like to make it clear that no Superintendent has ever had better support from Washington—at all levels—than I have had. This has been a wonderful tour which Mrs. Calvert and I will always hold in special memory.

Wherever we go, whatever we do, part of us will always be with this school, its fine young men, and their futures.

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THE NAVAL ACADEMY OF THE FUTURE Captain Paul R. Schratz, USN (Ret.)

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The 125th Anniversary issue of Shipmate in SeptemberOctober 1970 carried as a special feature a discussion of the Naval Aclidemy past and present and a spectdative look at the future. "The Historic Naval Academy" was written by Capt. Frank V. Rigler, USN (Ret.), "The Naval Academy Today" by Ens. Tom Sher, USN, and "The Naval Academy of a Quarter Century in the Future" by Capt. Paul Schratz, USN (Ret.).

Paul's article provoked responses across a wide range of comment and opinion. For example, comments were received from a former Under Secretary and several flag officers, the Superintendent and other Academy officials, and a variety of interested readers in and out of the service including faculty members at West Pointy Colorado Springs and a few universities.

Because this response indicated unusual interest on the part of our readers, we askd Paul to do a follow-up discussion of his original article in the light of the comments it generated. This discussion is forthright, probably controversial, and certainly does not hesitate to speak unpleasant truth. We sincerely hope that it zvill provoke still further comment and discussion from the alumni.

' T ' H E P R E M I S E W A S M A D E E A R L I E R that the Naval Academy of the future is the Navy of the future. The Academy fills the needs of the service and justifies its existence for no other purpose. T h e service function of the Naval Academy to the Fleet, therefore, suggests several important long term trends. W e suggested earlier the tradition clearly evidenced at Annapolis, and common to America itself, of the pre-eminence of technology over what we see as the higher call of professionalism, the political, strategic and managerial considerations in the use of power as an instrument of national policy. Rampant technology and the mechanics of power at the expense of the purpose of power has stunted military doctrine for a generation. Despite the splendid heritage of Mahan, the development of strategy has been crippled by the open-end of technology, and further handicapped by a far too easy reliance on Mahanist doctrines outmoded by both technology and international politics.

Mahan for a half century had given simple, plausible answers to the most difficult problems of strategy. Mahanism became the easy foundation for Navy planning and policy with far too rare a challenge to basic assumptions. With a doctrinal heritage literally chiseled in stone, the bulk of creative energy was devoted to the practical details of ship design, training and tactical planning, confident throughout of operating within unassailable strategic guidelines. A clear example of the foregoing can be found in the nuclear program, where technical domination is near absolute.

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Admiral Rickover, the nation's top authority on nuclear propulsion, repeatedly decries any flirtation by the Naval Academy with a field of learning other than engineering. T h e point here is not to minimize the importance of technical studies. W i t h little question the Navy must maintain its technological pre-eminence. A recent joint study by the Naval Academy and Postgraduate School indicates that the requirement for engineers for the next twenty-five years far exceeds the supply from any possible source. T h e Navy's need, however, is to produce broad gage career officers who are more than technical specialists. T h e highly competent officers in the nuclear program, cream of the corps for a generation, have not made an adequate contribution to the naval profession beyond their technical specialization.

If "pure" engineers are needed, the normal source of supply is the campus at M I T . Cal Tech, Purdue or my own University of Missouri at Rolla. The demands of leadership in modern war go far beyond.

T h e modern profession of arms brought managerial reforms which put the Navy into far closer contact with the Army and Air Force and broke down in many areas the historic (and glorious) independence of the Naval commander at sea. Traditional service values came into sharp conflict.

But new managerial trends probed technical and organizational goals rather than strategic development. T h e body of unified doctrine under which the Defense Department presumably was to function failed to emerge. "Technicism" retarded doctrinal development and accented the strategic void, the clear result of which we now see in Southeast Asia.

Postwar analysis may soon show the extent to which strategic failure in Vietnam, and the failure in basic understanding of the rudiments of political warfare, have undermined the U S Army as a fighting force. W e are far from having developed throughout all the services the concepts of unified doctrine which exist in the Navy and Marine Corps. Lacking such a body of modern doctrine, the military leader of today is a weaponeer, not a strategist or warrior.

The long-standing deficiency in unified doctrine and the inability to overcome service values has progressed to the point that many senior officers can legitimately be accused not only of failing to develop a strategic doctrine for modern war but of failing to appreciate that such a void exists.

The sterility in current teaching on strategic thought is difficult to overemphasize. Virtually all existing doctrine since the entry of nuclear weaponry in war has been contributed by civilian scholars without operational experience, drawn like moths to the atomic flame, and who have now passed on to the lure of new faddisms in ecology and the environment.

These are distressing conclusions, but if we view the problem in all candor, the validity is as real as it is critical to the development of military professionalism.*

* When in military history, for example, has the entire doctrine of strategy been built around the premise that large nuclear weapons are "strategic" and small ones "tactical," that the whole question of strategy versus tactics is an issue of megatonnage and not of political and battle considerations?

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n p H E P R O F E S S I O N A L S H O R T C O M I N G S in the development of plausible concepts for modern war are far less the responsibility of the Naval Academy than of the higher levels of education in the war colleges. But the foundations of military thought, upon which subsequent experience and study may develop a theory of modern war, must originate in the Naval Academy through the intellectual challenge fostered by its professional faculty. H e r e the prestige of the Naval Academy as an engineering school might well be the goal in the liberal arts. The need for a strong, vital faculty in the liberal arts is recognized by the Academy today and a start has been made toward that goal in both the organization and the personnel. An individual in a position to know, however, freely confesses that "we have not yet stimulated anybody's intellectual curiosity; if there are new insights as to where the American Naval Profession really sits, they have not been transmitted."

Faculty improvement is a very long term process.

Fundamental changes in attitude are necessary in the Navy.

T h e competition in the academic marketplace can be met.

For starters, competitive salaries and competitive workloads, encouragement for research, and an academic climate conducive to specialized teaching with advanced midshipmen in a graduate level enrichment program, all are possible.

T h e improvement of the academic climate in the faculty, however, particularly in the liberal arts, is keyed to the prestige of the military faculty. The experiences at West Point and Colorado Springs in special advanced training for the military faculty, and the device of tenured professors, bears constant study for possible emulation. Other resources for talented instructors also bear investigation: the specially qualified Reserve officer or the N R O T C graduate who would like to remain in the Navy but who by temperament is more a Mahan than a Halsey.

Whether or not a military faculty with high academic potential can be recruited, the relative concentration of military and civilian members must be under frequent review.

T h e civilian faculty member can make a long term contribution to scholastic brilliance. H e also may not be free of problems. W h e r e a first-rate civilian school can accommodate the prima donna, it is almost impossible for a service academy to do so. Higher caliber military faculty members can also be stimulated through incorporating certain aspects of the Naval W a r College system of "chairs" for high quality civilian visiting professors in select fields, as a visible symbol of academic prestige.

The problem for military and civilian faculty, however, is less and less finding the individuals. Perenially it is the need to hammer away harder and harder at the Navy's promotion and assignment system which discourages the development of a professionally qualified naval faculty. With current, and we hope temporary, trends toward anti-militarism in American society, it is clearly difficult to recruit an able civilian faculty as well. But job scarcity is equally relevant; there is no bad time to try the recruiter's wiles in the marketplace.

A key element to stabilization of the Naval Academy faculty through longer term military scholars and highly qualified civilians presumes a departure also from the habitual saga of the short-term superintendent. W e recommended earlier that the Superintendent be awarded the rank of vice admiral upon appointment and the Commandant of Midshipmen a commodore's stripe, both with tenure in office comparable to a university president. The purpose is to stimulate attainment of Academy goals, not to use the Academy as a stepping stone to personal advancement.* None of the comments on this point objected in principle. Admiral Calvert himself favors a five-year period for the

Superintendent and about three years for the Commandant.

Both of these officers have a great deal of power; he feels it to be wise that they not hold office for too long. It is important that the tenure be long enough to insure that the selection and detailing is for Academy goals rather than a short range tactical assignment, however. One may feel that a long term Superintendent could be more dangerous than a civilian dean.

To be chosen for a long term, he would know something about education, presumably.

A L L O F T H E F O R E G O I N G brings to focus the major - ^ question, the future of the academies themselves. W e cannot look far down the pike—or the channel—without considering the R O T C and its already transitional role in meeting the needs of the future officer corps. The Chief of Naval Operations recently stated that by the twenty-first century most of the flag officers in the t j . S. Armed Forces will be from R O T C sources. For numerous reasons, we predicted also a niuch increasing similarity of the curricula at the service academies and the civilian universities. W e suggested also the strong trend toward specialized study at the service academies at graduate level. These trends clearly suggest a much closer relation of the R O T C graduate and the Academy graduate. W e also noted that it may be worthwhile from both viewpoints to remove R O T C military training from the campuses as politically, academically, and economically wasteful. Selected trainees at or near graduation from civilian colleges could far better be sent through professional military training programs of a year or two at the service academy. For many of the same reasons in reverse, service academy midshipmen could be sent through technical and liberal arts programs of a year or so

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* It was gratifying to discover that the Superintendent was awarded, coincidentally, a third star almost simultaneously with publication of our earlier recommendation, and to note that Admiral Calvert will have completed a four-year tour as Superintendent when he returns to the Fleet this summer.

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on college campuses. The service academy, in other words, would become more and more a graduate level institution serving the military profession in specialized training just as pre-law and pre-med serve the legal and medical professions.

This conclusion undoubtedly raised more debate and received less wholehearted acceptance than any other statement made. The possibility of a service academy developing as a graduate school rather than an undergraduate clearly has far more implications than football on Saturdays (why bring that up?). Naval Academy officials feel that a trend of the Academy away from the present four-year undergraduate program is a trend away from a very important period in a young man's life when he is most receptive to leadership training. This point is extremely important.

We need not be reminded of what is going on in American society with its teenage youth. These young men are generally considered to be less willing to accept authority, less motivated to work hard in a structured environment, less prepared to live willingly within a highly competitive society. The obvious answer is to recruit them young. Statistics at the Naval Academy show that the younger the midshipman enters, the more likely he is to be successful. If we were to send our young men for two to three years to an undergraduate civilian college and then bring them to Annapolis as a finishing school, it is claimed that the approach would have to be made in an entirely different way. This is probably true.

I agree that a very strong case can be made to support the idea that "honor, uprighteousness and truth" are best instilled at a younger age. But we must also recognize that a great many ROTC trained officers also emerge with high concepts of honor and integrity. Perhaps even chaplains, medical officers and mustangs are not immune to high motivation. We must be reasonably fair in claiming that the service academy has a monopoly in the tradition of "duty, honor, country." The service academy shotdd produce a higher retention rate among its graduates; generally the statistics bear out the case. (If they did not, what justification would there be for its existence?) But one can make a convincing argument that the difference between the Academy and non-Academy graduate is not all that significant. Current retention rates among Academy graduates and top level NROTC grads are nearly identical. And few can deny that after a very short time in the fleet, it is hardly possible to tell one from the other.

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the Annapolis or West Point experience as the reason for the higher retention rate. Did the Academy make the difference, or were many of these men leaning toward a career before they entered ? This question is rarely faced squarely. A recent study under the sponsorship of the National War College investigated the attitudes of ROTC, academy and foreign service officer sources in career orientation. The study verified in statistically significant terms that there was a high degree of predisposition to a service career before the participant entered either the ROTC or an academy.

Certainly the average plebe can hardly be considered neutral as a potential career officer. The motives of some are unquestionably economic, of others may be venal, but the majority traditionally exhibit an unquestioned degree of prior commitment.

The recommendation for the trend of the Naval Academy toward a graduate level school has strong academic roots as as well. Less and less of what is included in the Academy curriculum—and in the naval profession—is wholly distinct from a civilian university curriculum. Fewer and fewer job specifications are unique to a military career. If we accept the conclusions of several recent studies that over 80% of the skills of the military officer are duplicated in society, it is difficult to conceive that the remaining 20% can be concentrated in the undergraduate level. Additionally, military skills are becoming more and more complex requiring higher levels of educational preparation. They, in fact, are graduate level skills. The morale functions—leadership, sense of honor, loyalty, devotion to service life—are traditional at the service academy and will remain the core of maritime professionalism. One can hardly claim, however, that this very important element of professionalism cannot be achieved by the young officer handicapped only because he spent half or three-quarters of his undergraduate training in a civilian university.

The changing trend toward greater commonality of civilian school versus government-sponsored officer training is already the subject of study abroad. The Royal Air Force is experimenting with higher level basic training. Cranwell is no longer an academy; all cadets who would normally have gone to Cranwell, now go to Oxbridge, etc., thence to Cranwell upon graduation for their professional training.

Sandhurst has not followed the trend and finds itself, for the first time in history, with serious shortages in qualified applicants, and vacancies in the school itself. This latter trend has not been observed in the US ; academy volunteers are reaching new highs.

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p R O M T H E F O R E G O I N G it seemed a natural step to the next major recommendation, the acute need for an integrated education plan in the Navy. H e r e my deep concern is shared by officials at all levels, from a former Secretary and Under-Secretary to a Company Officer. Many senior officials share our concern that the attitude toward higher education in the Navy can too often be described as little better than anti-intellectualism. This is a strong term and one which we may prefer not to hear. A less pejorative term such as "over-concentration on technology" at the expense of professionalism could be suggested but we must be fully honest and candid in our appraisal.

In comparing the officer education plan of the Navy with that of the Army or Air Force, the severe lack of an integrated program in the Navy is in clear contrast. W e send officers to senior war colleges who have not been to the junior course, and vice versa; we send far too few to both.

I regret to state that BuPers has been very reluctant to make the information available, but the Navy appears to have the poorest record in the number of officers selected for graduate education in civilian universities, the lowest percentage of advanced degrees, the lowest percentage of officers in W a r Colleges, and the lowest percentage of senior W a r Collge graduates eventually selected for flag rank.

These are depressing facts.

More and more we are able to realize that the half life of training, particularly in the social sciences, is very short, particularly when the person so educated goes back to an environment which remains unchanged. Perhaps we cannot wait for a new generation of naval managers and policymakers to grow up. Certainly change can come only slowly in an organization as resistant to change as is much of the Navy.

T h e ability of an individual to work far-reaching changes overnight in the Navy is minimal.

W e are increasingly concerned that the armed services will be in for a very hard time in the era of post-Vietnam disillusionment, more so because we are not preparing ourselves. W e admit to some justification for much of the recrimination which the military is bound to inherit, but see also the possibility of victimization which will force the services into increasingly parochial—and irrelevant—roles, systematically perpetuating service values and further limiting the primitive state of development of doctrine adequate to the needs of modern war. The expected fifteen to twenty-five percent reduction in national resources to be made available for Defense needs in forthcoming years is serious. One can lament far more the inadequate voice which the military is able to exert in justifying its necessary requirements to preserve national security in plausible terms which are convincing to policymakers and highly resistant taxpayers. * One of the most frequent comments made by Army and Air Force readers was the envy that they did not have the freedom to go into print with equal candor. An internal study of the twenty year future of one of the service academies was called off not too long ago because too many people were getting "worried" about what might be suggested.

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T h e forthcoming era may be dominated perhaps as rarely in history by maritime interests. Never have the maritime phases of our national security loomed so important; never has the occasion been more appropriate for a severe and far-reaching look at the way the military professional is doing business. Many of these concerns are beyond the scope of the Naval Academy; yet none really is. T h e Naval Academy is the Navy. A new climate of intellectual challenge will hardly survive unless it is nourished at Annapolis. My appeal above all is to the younger officers and midshipmen, the energetic, idealistic and highly competent young men upon whose shoulders the future of the nation may well rest.

From our Academy and W a r College faculties must emanate a whole new concept of professionalism. Vital is the need to keep those bright young minds open in an attitude of serious questioning and critical appraisal of issues in the years ahead. One can't imagine a more fortuitous era in which to carve his career. Veterans of a generation in the service realize that we are losing the indefinable something, the belief that we are serving a cause higher than ourselves.

W e too easily overlook that the midshipman and faculty member for the next generation represent a group with no direct knowledge or participation in a war in which he deeply believed. W e must, therefore, preserve our freedom to indulge in critical self-analysis.* Both the military service and the Academy must adapt to rapid change in both society and the profession. In an era in which many believe that military service, like pornography, has no redeeming social values, we are also on the edge of an era in which the Navy may well be the leader in professional thought for a generation to come. The truly original thinker in military theory may come along only once in a generation. Without a climate of intellectual ferment to stimulate his growth, even then he may not emerge.

Captain Schratz, a regular contributor to Shipmate, graduated from the Academy in 1939 and retired in 1968 to accept appointment as Director of International Studies at the University of Missouri. His distinguished service record includes major command, policy and planning roles. While on active duty he attended both the Naval and National War College as student and faculty member. He was the first naval officer to receive a Mershon doctoral fellowship at Ohio State University and the first U. S. officer to be awarded the Wilton Park fellowship by the British Foreign Office. This background gives Captain Schratz a unique perspective from which to discuss the future requirements and responsibilities of the Naval Academy.

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Professor Wayne F. Eckley '25

RETIREMENT OF A LEGEND Ensign Mark Cooksey, USN From now on, when you happen to be back visiting the Academy you will find something has changed. This change, however, is not for the better since it is the retirement of one of the Academy's most devoted professors, W A Y N E F. E C K L E Y . All of us who were fortunate enough to have Professor Eckley in class will long be grateful, especially those going into nuclear power where Professor Eckley's Reactor Physics courses were especially valuable.

Professor Eckley, while not an Academy graduate, did spend a plebe year (Class of 1925) on the banks of the Severn. This brief stay, however, was just a prelude to the future. Following his year on the Chesapeake, Professor Eckley returned to his native Illinois where he graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1927 and later received his M.S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1934. The Second World W a r brought Professor Eckley back to the Navy, a return that was to become permanent.

His active duty started with a tour at Northwestern University as R O T C instructor. Recognizing his capabilities, the Navy sent him to sea in the U S S MCCOOK ( D D - 4 9 6 ) , then serving as a convoy escort between Norfolk and Casablanca.

From the greyhound Navy he was assigned as part of the pre-commissioning detail, followed by service in U S S P R I N C E TON (CV-37) as Assistant Navigator. Returning ashore, he resumed instructor duties in the R O T C unit at Princeton University. Professor Eckley then found his way to the Naval Academy where he concluded eleven years in uniform as Commander, U S N R .

After two years as an instructor in the Math Department, Professor Eckley transferred to Engineering, where he became The officer should wear his uniform

a prime mover in the establishment of a nuclear reactor and laboratory at the Naval Academy.

The Professor's studies in the nuclear field include two summers at the Ford Nuclear Reactor at the University of Michigan. H e also helped in the design study of the graphite reflector for the M.I.T. Reactor at Cambridge, Massachusetts and in 1970 did some consulting work for Congressman Joe Skubitz of Kansas relative to using salt mines as a burial site for radioactive fuel elements for the A E C . Professor Eckley is a member of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, the American Nuclear Society, and the American Society of Engineering Education. In addition to his presentations at the American Nuclear Society and the American Society of Engineering Education meetings, the Professor has published papers in Nuclear Technology and The Naval Engineers' Journal.

Although his retirement is a loss to the Navy, it will have its benefits for Professor Eckley in enabling him to spend more time with his wonderful wife, Edna Earle. Mrs. Eckley has been a familiar face to many midshipmen and their drags, for many of them have been fortunate in meeting the Eckleys when the drags stayed as guests in their home.

The most enduring recollection of Professor Eckley to his students will be his selfless devotion to the Naval Academy and the Navy. His influence as a friend and an instructor has contributed markedly to the preparation of young naval officers and those of us fortunate enough to have known him as an engineering professor are indebted to him. Good luck, Professor Eckley ! Have many happy years of retirement; your reactor will miss you, as will we all.

as the judge his ermine, without

a stain.

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John A. Dahlgren,

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Admiral Clorey and Sculptor Felix deWeldon standing next to the new Nimitz bust

A NEW MEMORIAL TO FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ On 24 January

1972 a new bust of the late Fleet Admiral

Felix deWeldon,

was dedicated

in the CinCPacFIt Headquarters

REMARKS BY ADMIRAL B. A. CLAREY, USN, CinCPacFIt There can be only an atmosphere of much admiration and deep sentiment here today.

Through the manifest artistic genius of Mr. deWeldon, the legend that is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has been preserved in the form of the impressive sculpture we see here.

In accepting it as a voluntary gift—which I do gratefully— I think we should know that this bust is but one of many sculptures by Felix deWeldon that immortalize great Americans and their deeds.

In the case of the Navy-Marine Corps team, I am certain all of us have seen or are aware of one of Mr. deWeldon's most profound works: —The United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington that captures for all time the epic flag raising on Iwo Jima; and Admiral Nimitz's famous statement that at Iwo Jima "Uncommon valor was a common virtue."

Beyond this, as a public monument sculptor and as a portrait painter, Mr. deWeldon enjoys rightful fame in many A P R I L

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Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl

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parts of the world. His works can be seen in France, Greece, Egypt and Malaysia as well as in Canada and the Caribbean area.

I would mention, too, that as a former Seabee, his next major undertaking is one that I am certain he approaches with unusual enthusiasm—the National Seabee Memorial Monument which will be raised in our nation's capital.

For those of you we are privileged to have here—who knew Admiral Nimitz personally during his long and distinguished lifetime—my recollections of his greatness will be all too familiar.

However, let me ask you to bear with a few of them.

One recollection stems from something I heard shortly after World War II. An expression was made that whenever our nation had been beset by a terrible peril, it seemed that by some providential design there rose from relative obscurity the Eisenhowers, the George Marshalls, the Ernie Kings, the Halseys and the Nimitzes—men whom destiny could and did lift overnight to the highest levels of responsibility and eventual renown.

To those of us who knew Admiral Nimitz prior to 1941, that design—providential or not—had been clearly visible.

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Over some 36 years in the Navy prior to December seventh, he had equipped himself as few naval officers could have or did: — T o lead men — T o use total sea power — T o out-think the adversary While he was a submariner by choice, he was also a cruiser and a battleship sailor. In addition, he was one of the earliest visionaries who saw the fast carrier task force as the "hole card" in any war at sea. And, as you know, how he played his "hole cards" in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway changed the course of World W a r II and history in the Pacific.

I don't know how one would describe a responsibility that entailed the command of more than a million people and the operation of thousands of ships and aircraft. Yet, these were his to manage in the peak periods of the war here.

Through it all what we invariably can recall is a classic calmness, unerring judgment, historic decision making and the finest kind of personal example.

W e r e we to speculate on what his advice might be to navymen and our countrymen of this day and age, I don't think we'd be too far off course if we went along the lines of his time in the late thirties: —Judge any prospective enemy on the basis of capabilities and not your evaluation of his intentions; —Maintain your strength at sea second to none; and —Remember that an increasing threat is not likely to diminish or go away simply for the wishing.

If we substitute the Soviet naval threat of today for the Japanese naval threat of his time, this still makes a lot of sense.

I think that we should recall from the year 1905, when he sailed in U S S O H I O to join the Asiatic Fleet, until 1945, when he became one of the recipients of the Japanese surrender document in U S S MISSOURI, he was a Pacific sailor.

As Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, this was the site of his headquarters for a time.

And, he was at home here—probably more than anywhere else—with the wonderful people of this great state.

F o r these reasons—and too many more—the fact that the bust of this truly unique American and navyman should be where it is—overlooking Pearl Harbor—is as fitting as it is inspiring.

I know you share my feelings and my deep appreciation to Mr. deWeldon for making it possible.

And now—I would like at this time to introduce Mr. Felix deWeldon, whom we are honored to have with us today on this very special occasion.

REMARKS OF THE SCULPTOR, MR. FELIX deWELDON It means a great deal to me to take this small part in commemorating this great admiral, who played such an important role in formulating the plans and strategy of our naval forces in the Pacific campaign during World W a r I I .

To do justice to this great man in sculpture was not an easy task as I had little opportunity to study Admiral Nimitz before I had the sittings with him. It is very important to know the man well, his innerself, his character even before one starts to work on the clay model. Once I had the honor of having lunch with Admiral Nimitz, Admiral King, Carney and his aide, now Admiral Fluckey at the Navy Department.

The second time I saw him at a ceremony when Secretary

OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN At the 1969 Spring meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Naval Academy Alumni Association the following objectives were outlined as a five-year plan which still guides our operations today: ( a ) Continue and enhance service and support to the Naval Academy in all respects, particularly in the area of recruiting, including expanded assistance to Operation Information and the Blue and Gold Program (Candidate guidance). ( b ) Continue financial support to the Naval Academy consistent with the Association's capacity to contribute. (c) Continue assistance to classes, chapters and individuals in their programs oriented toward support of the Academy. ( d ) Continue the publication of Shipmate ten times annually and the Register of Alumni once a year. (e) With the added potential resulting from conversion to electronic data processing, include additional information in the Register and store further data on magnetic tape as retrievable information available when required. (f) To accomplish the foregoing objectives, strengthen the Alumni Association by increasing its membership and building up the annual fund raising.

of the Navy Forrestal gave awards to aircraft carrier groups in front of the Iwo Jima Monument, the third time at a dinner in Washington in honor of Admiral Nimitz and General Eisenhower.

A sculptor's interpretation is limited to a portrayal of the spirit and character of his subject with light and shadow as his principal tools, whereas the writer has a wide variety of words to choose in spinning his tale and once these words are written they are understood by all who read them. The play of light and shadow on a piece of sculpture is ever changing, creating many moods, sometimes brooding, sometimes cheerful. Light can make a likeness speak or remain silent.

When Admiral Nimitz sat for me, I keenly felt his brilliance and lucidity of mind as well as his simplicity and charm of manner. H e was a man of scrupulous impartiality with a great gift of logic. His deeply penetrating mind and outstanding leadership left his mark on our Navy for all times. Admiral Nimitz was loved and respected by all who knew him and I sincerely hope that these attributes will be apparent to all who see this portrait bust of him. If you look at his high brow, you see receptiveness of others' ideas as well as his own and analytical soundness, a man not swayed by emotions.

The twinkle in his eye shows humor and kindness. His chin emphasizes his determination and leadership. If you look at his mouth, you will find decisiveness which you would expect of a great naval leader. His action, deeds and accomplishment have affected everyone in the United States and we all are grateful to him. Our Navy's successful campaign across the Pacific with its great battles fought and won are a tribute to his leadership.

I hope that this memorial which honors Admiral Nimitz will also honor and remind us of the gallantry of the men of the Navy and Marine Corps who have served under him and of whom Admiral Nimitz has said: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue."

There is a true glory and a true honor, the glory of duty done and the honor of integrity

of

purpose.

Robert

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SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY Captain Frank V. Rigler, USN (Ret.) C I N C E T H E NAVAL SCHOOL, later to be renamed the *^ Naval Academy, was established in 1845, forty-four Superintendents have served. Their leadership, dedication, administrative and planning ability and direction haVe surely, to a great extent, been responsible for the growth and stature of the Academy; and for the considerable contributions of its graduates to the defense of the nation and the implementation of its foreign policies. That its sons have rendered services of great importance in other fields, with distinction, is also a matter of record.

A study of the part played by the Superintendents, and some of their distinctions is both interesting and enlightening.

The late Professor Richard S. West, Jr., in an informative article appearing in the Naval Institute Proceedings which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Academy stated, "if one could extract from the 32 biographies the Naval Academy chapters (32 Superintendents had served at that time), the latter would constitute a very good history of the Naval Academy as a living, growing, and forever changing institution." His adjectives were well chosen and surely are as applicable today as they were in 1946 when the article was written.

While the "forever changing" continues to be appropriate today, one studying the history of the Academy would have to concede that a comparison of some of the problems present at its founding and throughout its existence with those which are encountered today might justify one to remark in the jargon of today, "so what's new ?" The problems of discipline and privileges, curriculum and manner of instruction to best meet the mission of the Academy, indoctrination of new midshipmen, or hazing, if you prefer, and lack of funds to provide all needed facilities are still with us today. One other problem faced by former Superintendents, a shortage of service needs for the number of graduates in each class (such as in 1884, 1922 and 1933), might conceivably resurface at some future date.

Disciplinary problems encountered by the first Superintendent and his immediate followers incident to starting the school from scratch, heightened by the difference in age between the new, young cadets and the older more worldly midshipmen who had been to sea in the old Navy, were lessened somewhat in 1851, when the age of admission was made 14 to 18 years and a four-year course was inaugurated during Commander Cornelius K. Stribling's term. The problem of hazing and its effect on discipline has been a besetting one throughout the life of the institution. Some forty years after Stribling's tour. Superintendent Francis M. Ramsay (who was the first Academy graduate to become Superintendent, setting a precedent which has appropriately been followed since then) found it necessary to resort to severe measures. Most of the midshipmen officers, who resigned to protest a move being made by Ramsay to eliminate hazing, were imprisoned on the SANTEE. Later those midshipmen of the graduating class who cheered during the commencement in violation of orders not to do so were placed under arrest and marched from the commencement exercises without their diplomas.

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A number of living graduates will remember the incident in 1920, when the three upper classes were physically segregated from the fourth class, both in Bancroft Hall and at mess, incident to an investigation on hazing. They will also recall the resulting disciplinary action taken against a large number of upper classmen following a wild protest and mess hall "silence" which occurred after it was announced that the three upper classes would enjoy liberty in the city of Annapolis from after the last class on Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving day until 10 P.M., while the plebes would enjoy liberty in the city from after breakfast on Thanksgiving day until evening meal formation.

Although these are somewhat extreme instances of problems involving indoctrination, the question of the best way to accomplish it will probably claim the attention of future Superintendents even though much progress and more enlightened implementation in this respect is a current reality. The recent revolt on college and university campuses, which seems to be lessening now, cannot but affect the discipline problems at the Academy. Its students come from the same age bracket as those non-military institutions and, as civilians before entering the Academy, they have been accustomed to the prevalent climate of permissiveness. The strong stand taken by the Superintendent with respect to drugs—reported in the July-August issue of Shipmate—should reassure any concerned alumnus that the Superintendent has the situation in hand. r - H A N G E S IN CURRICULUM, entrance requirements, manner of instruction and professional training have been a continuing process, with their accompanying problems, throughout the Academy's existence. A new Department of Steam Engineering was established under Rear Admiral David D. Porter during his term of office just after the Civil War. Physics and Chemistry were upgraded during the Superintendents of the seventies (Worden, Rodgers, Parker, and Balch). Michelson, serving as an Ensign instructor at the Academy in 1879, made his important determination of the velocity of light during this period.

Commander William T. Sampson, serving as Superintendent during the period of the "New Navy" in the late eighties, was responsible for great progress in scientific application lo the Academy's studies, and he enhanced its reputation in that respect. He was well prepared for the role, having stood first in his class of 1861 and served three previous tours of duty at his alma mater. While Department Head of Physics and Chemistry, he was responsible for Michelson's assignment to duty as an instructor of physics. During his superintendency he had prominent scientists from other universities lecture to the midshipmen, a standard practice today. It is interesting to note that Admiral Sampson is the only Superintendent for whom a building at the Academy is named.

Upgrading of entrance requirements and improved courses of instruction were continuing processes, particularly following the World War I period. Admirals Henry B. Wilson, Louis M. Nulton, and Samuel S. Robison (whose terms spanned the years 1921-1931) contributed much in this respect.

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These have been reflected in high standards for admission; a greatly improved curriculum which included course changes, new courses and new programs, as well as higher requirements for graduation; and the acquisition of dynamic young faculty members well educated and oriented toward research as well as teaching. These new additions add zest to an already well qualified, mature, and dedicated faculty." T h a t commendation applies in great measure to the Superintendents of the post W W II period up to and including the present, who were at the helm initiating, evaluating, directing, and implementing academic and professional improvements while maintaining the basic mission of the Academy intact.

David D. Porter

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by Admiral Wilson's administration. Admiral Nulton was responsible for establishment of the first course in Aeronautics. Admiral Robison reversed a longstanding method of instruction in which the instructor served as referee between the text and the midshipman, by requiring the instructor to devote most of the period to discussion and a minimum of ten or fifteen minutes to obtaining the then required daily grade. In 1929 German and Italian languages were added to the curriculum.

Under Admiral Hart, 1931-1934, a new curriculum was introduced which stressed the fundamentals of science, with more attention to cultural subjects and less to the factual details of the professional. A new Department of Economics and Government was formed, which was subsequently combined in 1937 with the Department of English and History to form the Department of English, History, and Government. T h e dozen years after W W I I saw some modification of the curriculum, but it was not until 1957 that sweeping changes began to be made and which accelerated under the terms of Admirals Smedberg, Melson, Davidson, Kirkpatrick, Minter, Kauffman and Calvert.

The 1957 Board of Visitors pointed out that, "Technical developments in the field of electronics, nuclear engineering, and weaponry are developing at such a rapid rate that continual additions to the curriculum are rendering it cumbersome and unmanageable." I t suggested an evaluation which might reconsider a basic professional, humanities and scientific education for the future officer that would leave specialization for later courses after graduation. At that time the curriculum was fixed for all midshipmen, but individuals could choose 1 of 6 languages and some additional courses in both liberal arts and scientific subjects. Since then great strides have been taken in the establishment of advanced elective programs, in validation or exemption from prescribed courses to plebes who have earned credits for them, and overloading privileges to those who have proven capable and desirous of carrying extra courses. The organization of the faculty was changed and its competence upgraded—one particular academic change being the establishment of the position of Academic Dean, to be occupied by a civilian. Dr. Bernard Drought was the first person to fill this office, being appointed during the term of Admiral Kirkpatrick.

T h e increase in the number of majors currently available has resulted in widening the educational advantages of the midshipmen. Lest some of the former grads—who always have the best interests of the Academy in mind—be alarmed, the Superintendent, Admiral Calvert, is aiming for a greater than seventy per cent major selection which is scientifically or technically oriented. It might be of interest to know that only about five per cent of the coming graduates will be permitted to go directly to advanced studies or specialization upon graduation, all others will go to sea for a prescribed period, first. Changes may be expected to continue and the words of the Middle States Evaluation Team in its May 1966 report seem applicable today. "The Board commends the Academy for its academic achievements of the past few years.

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n P H E N A V A L A C A D E M Y S U P E R I N T E N D E N T S , as -*- have all successful naval leaders, possessed certain necessary characteristics, and likewise, have differed often in individual traits including temperament, 7nodus operandi, and training and educational concepts. They have surely been exposed to a wide variety of conditions and situations. These officers have had varied types of duty; for example, since 1930 there have been three aviators, four submariners, and eleven general line officers. There has been variation too in rank, age, and the period of their naval career in which they served as Superintendent. There have been 6 Commanders, 8 Captains, 2 Commodores, 24 Rear Admirals, and 4 Vice Admirals. Three of the Vice Admirals came to the Superintendency holding that rank, but the present Superintendent, Vice Admiral Calvert, was promoted to it when the billet was up-graded to three stars.

Several Superintendents came to the Academy after having held major fleet commands, among them Admirals Robison and Sellers who had served as Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet prior to becoming Superintendent. Vice Admirals Fitch and Hill had had brilliant W W I I commands and Vice Admiral Joy had served as chief United Nations negotiator during the Korean controversy. Other Superintendents commanded major fleets or forces subsequent to their tours at the Academy, among them Admirals Sampson, Hart, Brown, Holloway, Boone, Smedberg, and Melson. Admiral Melson also served as President of the W a r College subsequent to his Superintendency. Admiral Eberle has a particular distinction, being the only Superintendent to hold the office of Chief of Naval Operations.

Several Superintendents in addition to Admiral Sampson headed Naval Academy Departments in earlier tours of Annapolis duty. Admiral Russell Willson had served previously as Head of Department of Seamanship and Navigation, Admiral Joy had been Head of the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery, Admiral Smedberg had served as Head of Electrical Engineering and Physics, and Admiral Davidson

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had been H e a d of English, History and Government before becoming Superintendent. Admiral Melson had served as Chief of Staff at the Academy in a previous tour of duty there.

Since the Academy's founding, a wide variety of problems facing the Superintendents has been the rule rather than the exception. T h e r e have been some "smooth sailing'' periods, however. For example, Captain Robert Lees Phythian (189094) complimented his predecessor. Commander W . T. Sampson, in observing in his first annual report, that he "could find no changes to make." N o r were any drastic changes required under Phythian's successor. Captain Philip H .

Cooper (1894-98). T h e W a r with Spain resulted in a large majority of the midshipmen serving afloat on active duty.

The Superintendent, Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair, experienced an unusual situation when Admiral Cervera and his officers were quartered as prisoners after Sampson had defeated the Spanish fleet at Santiago—the absent midshipmen's quarters serving a useful purpose.

Superintendents during the first decade of'the 20th century (Wainwright, Brownson, Sands, and Badger) had part in a great building and facilities program somewhat similar to that of the past few years which is continuing today. In the late eighteen nineties, a plan for the arrangement of the Academy was prepared by the well known architect, Ernest Flagg of New York. It established the Chapel as the center of a symmetrical plan, with the "Academic Group" of Mahan, Maury, and Sampson Halls and the quarters of Bancroft Hall at opposite ends. Its completion greatly enhanced the Academy as an educational institution as well as giving it an architectural charm that carries on into the new building plans of today.

An unusual innovation took place during the term of Rear Admiral William F . Fullam (1914-15). H e commanded two Midshipman Practice Squadrons, one to Europe in 1914 and another to the Pacific in 1915, since W W I had then broken out. The ships of the latter cruise were the first battleships to transit the Panama Canal.

The subject of hirsute trends of the military, as well as civilians, is much discussed these days. T h e photographs of the past Superintendents which are displayed in the Naval Academy Library in Mahan Hall are both interesting and informative in this respect. Of the 43 portraits, 23 show clean shaven visages, 12 have mustaches, and 8 have beards showing —-the last being that of Admiral Eberle. The beard of Commodore Worden, the only Superintendent having a Field named after himself, stands out, for it reaches to his chest and if he had forgotten to wear his necktie this would not have been noticeable. T h e flowing handlebar mustache of Commander Foxhall P a r k e r stands out among those of the others. Of the eighteen with whom the writer has served or observed, the most dashing in appearance was Admiral H e n r y B. Wilson, known to the midshipman of the early twenties as "Uncle Henry." His oversize cap, worn rakishly over his white hair as he strode briskly around the yard swinging his cane with aplomb, was a sight to behold. Especially when he would whack that cane on the hood of an automobile for blowing its horn in the Yard.

Captain Rigler '23 lives across the Severn River where he has a fine view of the Naval Academy. And it is about the Academy and its alumni that he delights jn writing, but he does not limit himself to that alone. Articles of interest to the naval profession as a whole, and to the entire maritime industry, have appeared in the Naval Institute PROCEEDINGS, ALL HANDS, NAVY and other publications.

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Three Superintendents Thomas C. Hart, John R. Beardall and Russell Willson

Tj^ACH O F T H E S U P E R I N T E N D E N T S had particular distinctions but mention will be made of only a few of these which stand out. One particular episode involving two Superintendents, one of them the first, is worthy of note.

Franklin Buchanan, who had elected to serve with the Confederate States Navy, was the commanding officer of the V I R G I N I A ( M E R R I M A C K ) in her historic battle with the MONITOR. T h e commanding officer of the latter ship was Lieutenant John L. Worden, who was later to become Superintendent in 1869. Both Buchanan and Worden were wounded in the meeting of these ironsides.

Captain George Smith Blake served longest as Superintendent (1857-1865) both at Annapolis, and for the entire period during which the Academy was transferred to Newport during the Civil W a r . T h e only Superintendent to serve two tours of duty was Rear Admiral C. R. P . Rodgers, who served from 1874 to 1878 and again from June 13, 1881 to November 14, 1881. H e requested and was given a second short term in order to complete some changes which he had been unable to finish during his first tour. When they were done, he went on. His successor in 1878, Commodore Foxhall Parker, was the only Superintendent to die in office, after serving for only 13 months.

Athletics, so important a part of midshipman training for leadership in the Academy's program, first received its impetus during the term of Admiral David Porter, but it was not until 1890 that the " N " award was initiated. Although Superintendents since that time have supported, improved, and expanded the athletic programs it is interesting to note that few were former wearers of the " N . " Admiral Louis M. Nulton (1925-28) was the first who had earned the " N " (fencing). Subsequent holders w e r e : Robison (football and baseball). H a r t ( c r e w ) . Sellers ( c r e w ) , Hill (basketball and lacrosse), and Minter ( c r e w ) .

The last of these, Admiral Minter, enjoys an unusual distinction, being the only appointed Superintendent who took office directly from serving a tour as Commandant of Midshipmen. Another Commandant, Captain Lawrence Heyworth, Jr., did relieve Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman on June 22, 1968, but served only temporarily until relieved by then Rear Admiral Calvert on 20 July.

Although all Superintendents since Captain Ramsay have been Academy graduates, Admiral Draper Kauffman is the only one with an interruption in his naval career. Poor eye21

sight forced his resignation on graduation in 1933 and he took employment with United States Lines. In April of 1940 he joined the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in France where he was captured and held prisoner by the Germans until August. H e then joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve as a Sub-Lieutenant, became an ordnance disposal expert and was commended by King George VI, resigned from the Royal Navy for a commission in the U. S. Naval Reserve when we entered the war and transferred back to the Regular Navy as a Commander in 1946 T w o of the Superintendents served as Presidential Aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt—Admirals Wilson Brown and John R. Beardall. The former in fact served in this capacity twice, both before becoming Superintendent and subsequent to holding that office.

Living graduates can no doubt recall other experiences or distinctions of Superintendents under whom they served as Midshipmen or in their subsequent careers which should be

SHIPMATE DEADLINE TO PUBLICATION Many alumni have requested or recommended, and some demanded that the present six weeks gap between deadline for receipt of material and publication of the magazine be reduced to make its news columns more timely. Nothing would please your Editor more, but it just doesn't work in a magazine of this type. Let us explain both the facts and the philosophy involved.

O u r publishing schedule is based on having Shipmate in the mail by the last week of the month before—the last week of January for the February Shipmate.

For the printer to meet that schedule, we must deliver a complete dummy magazine to him during the first week of January.

That dummy takes a week to put together, which takes us back through the last week of December, and leaves us about two weeks to receive, proofread and edit the basic material; determine reproduction sizes and prepare photographs and captions; plan layout space for advertising and get the whole works to the printer for setting in galley proof—which he has to have back to us by the last week of December for proofing, layout and preparation of the dummy. W i t h an editorial staff of only two, we really cannot improve very much on this schedule. Nor can other printers who have bid on doing Shipmate for us.

W e can and do make last minute insertions of especially important items, and we extend deadlines for feature material that is timely and which does not require major editing. But, after all, we are not competing with daily newspapers or weekly news magazines. To those who were present at a class or chapter function, the following reportage need not be immediate; but for those who have not heard of an old friend in some time, even two months old news is timely. Alumni read about Navy football games the next morning, but do their local papers also report on all of Navy's other teams ? There are many who want such news, even though it may be after the event. The same is true of legislation; we try to make up in broad coverage what we lose in timeliness but there are still many readers for whom Shipmate is the primary news source in this area.

Be assured that we will continue to do everything possible to improve this situation and, meanwhile, bear with us.

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of interest to their fellow alumni. ( £ d . Note—One unforgettable boyhood memory of Henry B. Wilson is being grabbed by the back of the collar by him and marched to the Main Gate, zvhere he gave the Jimmy Legs strict orders not to allow me inside the Yard for thirty days. Severe punishment for merely throwing snowballs at the midshipmen marching to class!)

Professor West in his article divided the life of the Naval Academy into three groups: The Sail Steam Group (18451881), the New Navy Group (1881-1914), the Modern Navy Group (1914-1945). If these are accepted, the period from 1945 to the present might well be considered the Atomic Navy Group, since it represents the enormous effect advances in scientific and technical progress have had on the Navy.

Future Superintendents will without doubt successfully meet, as have their predecessors, their particular problems, the problems which will accompany the rapid changes which we are now undergoing in this complicated and frustrating era.

MY BRIEF BRUSH WITH BIGTIME BASEBALL Rear Admiral Fred Reeder, USN (Ret.) I went out for baseball on a beautiful spring day in 1927 at the U. S. Naval Academy. On examining just why, I have to go back ten years and to the town of Marbury, Alabama.

All boys played baseball then. W e did not get to see many "real" balls—those with horsehide covers—because they were too expensive. And besides, when one of us could dig up the necessary twenty-five cents, it usually ended up in the cash register by the soda fountain. W e got some wonderful mileage out of the balls we had, though, and after the seams split we wrapped them with friction tape. T h a t was a giant leap for mankind compared to our homemade ones which were constructed by wrapping cotton string around a rock. They were hard and almost round but lasted only a few innings.

My place on our team was ajssured not by my ability as I thought, but by the fact that my older brother played on the "town" team and had even done a little semi-pro. I really did not care much for the game but was dragged along in his wake like Haley's comet's tail. H e went on to be a real college star and to captain the West Point team which beat Navy the year I entered. H e was good enough to later play with the New York Giants while on leave from the Army.

One night the call for plebe baseball was made in the mess hall announcements and I naturally assumed that I should appear and take my rightful place on the squad. The next day when I got to the baseball field after classes, the first and only person I saw was Chief Bender who, except for the absence of a war bonnet, was a dead ringer for the other side of a Buffalo nickel. I stared at him, fascinated, and we took an instant dislike for each other. All I knew about him was that he was the varsity coach who had descended to our level to look us over. It was not until about forty years later that I learned what a superb athlete he had been.

H e sent me out to play second base which I proceeded to do with all the grace of a monkey trying to balance on a football, although in my self-confidence, still riding on my brother's glory, I thought I was doing great.

Finally the Chief broke down and pointing a bat at me yelled with venom, "You out there on second base! W h o the hell taught you how to play baseball ?"

Careful to stay out of range of the bat, I replied, "Nobody!

That's your job."

Looking back after forty-four years I understand why the British use that disgusting word as a nickname for their midshipmen. Needless to add, I never returned, and Naval Academy baseball had to go along without my help.

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THE NAVAL ACADEMY'S HONOR CONCEPT Midshipman 1/c Joe Glover As early as the Superintendency of Admiral David Dixon Porter in the 1860's, a group of First Classmen banded together to request the dismissal of a Fourth Classman caught lying. Because the development of an honorable character is essential to the development of a naval officer, the Naval Academy has always held to a code of honor—long unstated but always understood—together with a code of loyalty to both classmates and the service. The present formalized concept originated in December 1950 when Admiral H a r r y Hill first addressed the Brigade on the subject of honor in his famous "They can't do this to u s " speech. It was then that the Brigade first chose to accept the challenge of living under a demanding and formal H o n o r Concept. T h e system adopted was new, but its basic principles were as old as the Academy itself. With the formalization of its Honor Concept the Brigade added a new facet to its responsibilities. If honor was to be a way of life in the Brigade, it was fully recognized that that honor must itself come from within the Brigade— no mere regulation could make it so.

Is that philosophy today the backbone of the Brigade, as the Concept demands it must be ? An oft-asked question, its answer demands consideration of several points. It is an answer determined by 4,200 men in their daily actions and decisions. It is determined by the many crises of decision a midshipman faces while at the Academy, as well as in the years after his graduation. More correctly, it is answered by his choice of action—the hard right or the easy wrong.

Honor Committee, in representing the Brigade, is responsible for lectures, indoctrination and administration of the Concept, and for sitting in judgment of those charged with a violation.

Idealism and virtue aside, a significant part of those lectures and indoctrinations is directed to showing that when, as an officer, men's lives are in your hands, honor is an uncompromising requisite.

T h e work and decisions of the Committee are reviewed by the officer chain of command, yet the Concept itself remains in the hands of the Brigade. In its application over the past two decades the original one page Concept has grown to a twenty-three page manual that details the workings of the Committee, defines many of the terms of the Concept, lists the means the Committee uses to insure that an accused is indeed considered innocent until found guilty, and shows how the Committee proceedings have been organized so as to conform with the requirements of due process in administrative proceedings.

The mechanics of the Concept have been constantly reviewed and improved. T h e members of the Committee work long hours to explain and clarify it. Yet, in the final analysis, the answer to our earlier questions of the actual effectiveness of the Concept can only be found by judgment of the honor of the Brigade itself. Less than one-half of one per cent of the Brigade is dismissed from the Academy each year due to honor violations. T h e Brigade as individuals decides what is and isn't honorable in light of the Concept. The standards of honor, therefore, depend on the members of each class and their choices between classmate loyalty, personal gain, or the easy way out.

Under such a system it is recognized that a perfect record is unattainable. From a vast multitude of backgrounds and environments a new class entering the Academy encounters a proposition which is subject to only one interpretation: if you wish to be a midshipman, you will not lie, you will not cheat, and you will not steal. No compromise, no yielding to individual habits or actions that fall short of these three points.

That is the Concept presented to the Plebe almost before his first uniform issue is unpacked. Yet, he is told as well that this Concept is his—his to protect and to use as a guide in the many decisions he is to face. A perfect record of no violations would be a happy result, yet this is not the immediate goal of the H o n o r Concept. It is instead to make each midshipman conscious of a responsibility always to act in accordance with the precepts of the code—to make honor his way of life. Those men unable to do so are separated from the Brigade.

W e feel that there is tangible evidence that the Brigade gains much from living under our concept. T h e final evaluation can not lie with us, however. It must be made by those whom we encounter, those who will in future years see the decisions we make and the choices of action we take. H o n o r must be, and at the Naval Academy is, a personal thing.

Perhaps Shakespeare realized some degree of the difficulty in gaining the title of "honorable" when he w r o t e : "Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand."

The seriousness of accepting such a challenge was imparted in an almost humorous way this past summer when a new Plebe told his squad leader that he wished to resign because he was afraid that he "would forget and accidentally commit an honor violation."

It is by making honor a part of one's daily life that the Honor Committee strives to eliminate those "accidents." The

Ed. note—The follotving excerpt is rephrased from a recent Brigade of Midshipmen Bulletin: "During the past weekend, a midshipman purchased merchandise at the Midshipmen Store for a friend (not authorised to patronize the store) who was visiting him. He signed the statement that the purchase was for his own personal use or for a gift and paid for it with a second party check. When apprehended he admitted to falsifying a government document. He is no longer a midshipman!"

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A MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1972 Midshipman 1/C Todd Bruner, Class Secretary Although this message is addressed to the present first class, it is published here as an illustration of the growing bond betiveen the Alumni Association and the Brigade of Midshipmen—and because much of it is applicable to all classes. Your Association needs this kind of membership support within every class and chapter organisation.

Again the Class of '72 is trying something new. W e are striving for 100% membership in the Alumni Association, where recent classes have seldom exceeded 55% but West Point and Air Force run to 90-94% members. W e have always been a closely knit and hard-working organization. W e are nationally known for our P O W - M I A campaign and our annual Halloween party for U S N A dependents has brought pleasure to many, but these are only two of our projects. In order for us to remain in close contact and continue such work after graduation, we need a viable class organization in which everyone is a member.

W e are classmates on the verge of joining the Fleet with the rest of our shipmates. "Classmate" has many connotations, such as those brought to mind by remembrances of Plebe Year —-when the upper classmen hammered at us, "Your only friend is your classmate." On the other hand, what emotional feelings does one get on thinking about the classmates we have lost, five in this year alone ? How many others will be in the hospital and unable to leave with us? To have known any of them as a friend probably brings a bit of remorse, not just for his hardship but because he is no longer going to be with us—or, in another sense, he is going to be removed, out of touch, lost. Once the years pile up after June 7th, old friends will be spread over the four corners of the earth and old contacts soon lost. But, by becoming a part of the Alumni Association, we will be able to keep up with everyone no matter where.

Each class has a certain bond that keeps it linked together.

Just as each class has its chain, so do all the classes link together as shipmates. This chain is one of a common college and job, but also much more—of pride, honor and tradition that colleges cannot match. On graduation we leave Annapolis physically but memories of the old place and desires to keep it running well bring all of us back mentally. Where else does this feeling come from, that "the Dear Old Grads keep us from changing things"? Some day we will be the DOG's.

W h y do all the constitutions of the classes before us have as their purpose to support the ideals of the Naval Academy and the Academy itself? W e have all pledged for four years, received our rings and are about to join the biggest, most closely knit fraternity of them all.

W i t h all this in mind, we must make certain that our class is well organized before graduation so that we can maintain our close contacts afterwards and start to help the Academy in return for what it has done for us. Maybe some of you are bitter now, but time will heal all that—it always has, as Roger Staubach pointed out in his talk to the Brigade. But, also, I strongly urge each of you to become a member of the Alumni Association. W h y ? The Association does much more than just publishing Shipmate.

Who pays for N A F A C ?

W h e r e do the drag busses to Philly come from? W h a t percentage of the new Recreation Complex does the Alumni Association contribute? W h o keeps tab of each alumnus and provides mailing lists for the classes ? How much time, effort and money will that save your class later on?

Existing as a strong class fraternity depends upon our ability to stick together as a class. By joining the Alumni Association you'll be doing just that. Don't wait until ten years from now to join. Help the class out now so that when we try to find out where you are, all we have to do is go to 24

the Association. Be a part of "The Spirit of '72." Join with the classes that have gone before us in the pride, honor and spirit of all Naval Academy alrmni.

Let's let '72 show the rest of the Dear Old Grads that we've got the most support for the ideals of Annapolis by having the highest percentage of members in the Alumni Association, not only this year but in all the years to come.

NAVAL ACADEMY MUSEUM NEWS Museum Exhibit Tours Country The Naval Academy .Museum exhibition marking the 125th Anniversary of the United States Naval Academy has logged over 7,000 miles in the past year. The exhibit, which contains selected manuscripts and paintings from the Museum's collection, is touring the nation under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It was opened in Memorial Hall, at the Academy, during Homecoming 1970, and subsequently was shown in the Museum itself.

The beautifully framed mnauscripts include documents and letters of historical significance and substance signed by important men of naval, literary, and national fame such as Stephen Decatur, James Fenimore Cooper, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and John Paul Jones. Among the papers are the first commission in the United States Navy awarded

by President George Washington and Robert Fulton's personal copy of the patent issued to him for the steamboat. The paintings include a fine portrait of Commodore David Porter

by Thomas Sully and Edward Moran's marine painting entitled Return of the Conquerors showing Admiral Dewey and Admiral Sampson, with their fleets, entering New York Harbor.

The exhibit has been shown in San Diego's Serra Museum; the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles; the Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York; in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and at the Mississippi State Historical Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.

Entitled From Knowledge Seapower, the exhibit will be at the Chicago Historical Society in March, East Tennessee State University in May, Oklahoma Science and A r t Foundation in August, The Citadel at Charleston in November, and the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Museum at Pine Bluff next January.

Navy Girls Several times during the year the Naval Academy Museum presents special exhibits of particular interest to alumni. The attraction in January and February had as its subject "Navy Girls." It included original paintings and prints of girls, some of which were used by Naval Academy Classes from 1900 to 1925 in Lucky Bags and on Christmas cards, primarily from the Museum's own collection but some on loan from Alumni House. Famous illustrators of the period included in the exhibit were James Montgomery Flagg, Harrison Fisher and Howard Chandler Christie. Classes represented in the exhibit were 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1921, 1923 and 1925.

The Director of the Museum is interested in acquiring paintings or prints of other "class girls" or original art work used in midshipmen publications such as the Lucky Bag over the years. Such gifts to the Museum would, of course, be tax exempt donations and would bear credit lines identifying the class or individual. If you cannot donate such art works, you might let the Museum know about their existence so that they could be considered as loan items for future exhibits.

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A FEW INCHES FROM THE YARD "Gee, I wish I were a man—I'd join the Navy." That slogan comes from an old World War I Navy recruiting poster hanging on a bulletin board on one of the decks in the Hall. That slogan, with a little different wording, also caused quite an uproar in in the Hall here of late, "I'm glad I'm a girl—I'm going to go to the Naval Academy."

That ambitious goal that has put the Naval Academy so much in the news lately has, of course, been denied the two coeds wishing to come in as Plebes of '76, and Mother B will continue to claim only sons. Their aspiration to come to Annapolis, however, has caused many an opinion to be expressed and arguments on both sides to be forwarded; some facetious, some serious.

What would it be like to be a midshipman—er, midshipwoman at the Naval Academy? Interesting to say the least.

And, as with any idea, there would be disadvantages as well as advantages. The alumni can think of a dozen problems (as the mids have) right off the bat. Would a 4/c midshipwoman stand when a first class midshipman entered the room, or vice-versa? Would we keep the same sports or add volleyball and croquet ? Would a- middess' date be a drag, dragger, or (a new possibility) a mid? Would you add powder rooms to the heads or put bathtubs in the basement? And what about the three-inches hair regulation? And on the more serious side, would you segregate the girls into separate companies or just in different rooms? Would special PT classes be scheduled? And what about Plebe Summer?

As anyone who has had anything at all to do with the Academy would know, the questions and problems would be endless. The topic of a recent after-dinner speaking session was chosen to be "Midshipwomen at the Naval Academy," Out of the ten midshipmen that spoke, nine were against the idea—but not for the reasons one might think. The argument underlying all of their opposition was, "What would a woman do with an Academy education ?" Realizing the relatively high cost of educating a midshipman and the very limited number of areas in which a woman in the Navy could use such an education, it would seem that the Senator was being

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At least, that is the view held by many of us here in the Hall.

There are, however, the questions that we know are going to be asked and will eventually have to be answered. These include the reason for the places of service for women in the Navy being so limited, the justification for an all-male Academy, and the role presently played by the woman officer.

Speaking of the latter, Roger Staubach, after addressing the Brigade as a Forrestal Speaker, was asked to give his view on the subject. Just as he was ready to answer, everyone took note of a rather embarrassed WAVE Captain in the balcony and old Jolly Roger, true to form, scrambled to safety with a simple "There are some fine women officers." The following day the Superintendent announced the decision of Secretary Chafee to the approval of the Brigade.

Aside from the question of whether or not girls should be accepted (at least for the present), one might ask if indeed a girl would make it as a midshipwoman. The general consensus that they would if certain requirements, primarily physical, were dropped is pretty well summed up by one second classman. He said, "I'd like to see a few girls around here; you know, we could use cheerleaders and extra drags. But who would want a girl cheerleader that could do 19 pull-ups or run the obstacle course in two minutes ?" I don't think there's any Navy man that's ever been opposed to having a few skirts around, but skirts at USNA are bound to bring more than just legs when and if they come. The changes in custom and tradition would be tremendous. Notwithstanding this, however, one of Navy's top footballers risked the ire of the local Women's Lib chapter by saying in a local newspaper article, "Sure, they'd be nice to have around. You know— kind of like a mascot, or a pet."

Midshipwomen at the Naval Academy? Maybe, maybe not.

As the saying goes, only time will tell. You'll know, though, that the times are a changing when the bets for the ArmyNavy game include nightgowns with the B-robes and you hear from the adjutant on Worden Field, "All men present and accounted for, sir, and the gals are here, too."

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LGen. V i c t o r H. K r u l a k , USMC (Ret.) ' 3 4

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Rear Admiral McNitt, a 1938 graduate of the Naval Academy, sailed in the yacht V A M A R I E in the first Newport-Bermuda ocean race in which the Navy participated.

After completing submarine school in March 1943 he was assigned to the U S S BARB, for which service he was awarded the Silver Star Medal and a Gold Star in lieu of a second one, and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. In 1946 he received an M S degree from M I T . Following tours as Gunnery Officer in the U S S MIDWAY and three years at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, he took command

Lieutenant General Krulak, a member of the Naval Academy class of 1934, had a distinguished Marine Corps career. I n February 1943 he was designated a parachutist and took command of the 2nd Parachute Battalion at New Caledonia.

Two months later he led the diversionary landing in the northern Solomons to cover the Bougainville invasions. H e earned the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism and the Purple Heart.

In 1944 he joined the 6th Marine Division and took part in the Okinawa campaign and later in the negotiation of the Japanese surrender at Tsingtao, China.

Subsequent duty as Assistant Director of the Senior School at Quantico and in Korea with the 1st Marine Division preceded a tour at Headquarters, U S M C , as Secretary of the General Staff. During that four-year assignment he helped to design the Navy Department General Order which prescribes the basic NavyMarine Corps relationship. In August 1955 he rejoined the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, in Pearl Harbor and later went to Okinawa with the 3rd Marine Division.

Lieutenant General Krulak then served consecutively as Director, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico; Commander, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego; Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, J C S ; and Commanding General. Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.

In this tour he made 54 trips to Vietnam.

Since retirement in May 1968 he has been President of the Copley News Service and Director of Editorial and News Policy for the Copley Newspapers. H e has an honorary L L . D . from the University of San Diego.

Mr. Anders graduated from the Naval Academy in 1955 and was commissioned in the Air Force. H e received a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technologfy in 1962. H e then was assigned to the Air Force Weapons Laboratory as a nuclear engineer and instructor pilot and, in 1963, was selected by N A S A for the astronaut program.

H e served as backup pilot for the Gemini 11 mission and was lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission— the first manned lunar orbit space flight. Mr. Anders was separated from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1969 to become Executive Secretary of N A S A . H e was appointed to this position by President Nixon with the advice and consent of the Senate.

H e is a recipient of the National Geographic Society's Samuel Hubbard Medal for Exploration; the American Astronautical Society's Flight Achievement Award and the Collier and Harmon Trophies; the General Thomas D. White U S A F Space T r o p h y ; and the Robert H. Goddard Trophy. H e has also received the N A S A Distinguished Service Award, the space agency's highest honor; the Air Force's Distinguished Service Medal; and numerous other awards, including several honorary degrees. H e is a member of several professional clubs as well.

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Subsequent tours were in the Bureau of Ordnance; a student at the Industrial College of the Armed F o r c e s ; Commander, Destroyer Division 322; Commanding Officer and Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare Tactical School in Norfolk; and Commander, Destroyer Squadron 25.

Rear Admiral McNitt returned to the Naval Academy in 1962 as Academic Aide to the Superintendent. Two years later he joined the N A T O staff of C I N C A F M E D . H e commanded the N A T O submarines in the Med from March 1965 to August 1966 and then assumed command of Cruiser .Flotilla 4. H e was Superintendent of the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, from October 1967 to April 1971 and received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for that tour.

In May 1971 he became the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower). H e retired 1 April 1972.

A Life Member of the Alumni Association, he has served on the Board of Trustees since 1969.

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Cdr. Robert L. B o v e / , USN ' 5 9

Cdr. Earl K. D i l l e , USNR-R ' 5 0

M r . Frederic G. D o r w a r t , Jr. ' 5 9

Commander Bovey was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1959. H e first served as Supply Officer aboard the U S S

Commander Dille is a graduate of the Naval Academy with the class of 1950.

Prior to flight training at Pensacola and Corpus Christi he served at sea in the

Mr. Dorwart graduated with distinction from the Naval Academy in 1959.

As a midshipman he was President, Forensic Activity and winner of the Naval Academy oratorical contest (1958).

H e was also District V I I intercollegiate debate champion i/i 1958.

From 1959 to 1961 he served in the

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From 1965 to 1967 he served as Operations Officer in the U S S BARB. In 1968 he reported as Navigator in the Gold Crew of the U S S J A M E S K . POLK. F r o m

1969 to 1971 he was stationed at the Pentagon as Analyst for and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis). H e is presently E x ecutive Officer of the Blue Crew of the USS

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His awards include the Navy Achievement Medal and the Legion of Merit.

Commander Bovey has been a member of the Board of Editors of Industrial Engineering, the journal of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, and is author of a 1971 paper on "Military Intelligence Analysis in Lilliput" in Operations Research, the journal of the Operations Research Society of America.

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M O I N E S . As an aviator he served in VP-44. After graduation from the General Line School at Monterey, he taught at CIC Officers' School at Glenview and Brunswick.

In 1957 Commander Dille resigned from active duty. H e was affiliated with the Naval Air Reserve at N A S Glenview and N A S Memphis and served as Commanding Officer of Naval Air Systems Reserve Unit M l for three years.

H e has been associated with Union Electric Company in St. Louis since 1957, having served as an engineer, supervisor, and manager in planning, design and operational functions. In 1969 he was elected vice president of the company and Executive Vice President in 1970.

H e received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from St. Louis University in 1961. Commander Dille is serving on the Boards of Directors of the Engineer's Club of St. Louis, Electric Energy, Inc.. Missouri Power & Light Company, and Missouri Edison Company.

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Officer, Engineering Duty Officer and Officer of the Deck Underway. H e was Operations Officer and Command Duty Officer in the U S S TURNER until his resignation in June 1963.

Mr. Dorwart graduated cum laude with an L L . B . from H a r v a r d L a w School in 1966. At H a r v a r d he won the Best Brief and Best Oralist Awards in moot court competition. H e has been engaged in the private practice of law in Tulsa since 1966 and is a partner in the firm of Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart, H e is Director of Geophysical Research Corporation, Holarud Investments, Inc., Graybol Oil Corporation, Management Systems, Inc. and the Tulsa Family and Children's Guidance Service.

NOTICE - MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS All memberships in the Alumni Association and subscriptions to SHIPMATE, except for those on a multi-year basis, will expire on 30 June 1972. Don't let yours run out—be ready to renew in M a y .

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Col. T i p t o n P. M o t t - S m i t h , USAF ' 5 1

V A d m . P a u l D. S t r o o p , USN (Ret.) ' 2 6

Colonel Mott-Smith is a 1951 graduate of the Naval Academy. Upon completion of pilot training he entered the B-29 in the U S S N O A and U S S R H E A he assumed command of the U S S HORNBILL. combat crew training and was assigned From 1957 to 1959 he served in the Bu- to the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance reau of Personnel. H e returned to sea in Squadron at Yokota A F B , Japan during 1960 as Operations Officer in the U S S the Korean W a r .

FARRAGUT. In 1964 he graduated from In 1954 he joined the 306th Bomb Stanford University with a degree in W i n g at MacDill A F B , Florida, where Political Science. he flew KC-97's and performed several Following a year in the U S S LYNDE T D Y ' s to Bermuda, the Azores, England McCoRMiCK he took command of the and North Africa. Colonel Mott-Smith U S S HOOPER. H e returned to the Bureau entered the R&D career field in 1957. H e received a Master's degree in Aeronauof Personnel and served on the Career Planning Board from 1966 to 1969. F o r tical Engineering under the A i r Force the next two years he was Commanding Institute of Technology residence course in 1958.

Officer of the U S S B E N J A M I N STODDARD. His R & D assignments have included Captain Gurney is presently serving as Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to Branch Chief in the Rockets Propulsion Division, Edwards A F B ; Plans Officer at CINCPACFLT. SSD, Edwards A F B ; R & D Staff Officer, H q . Research and Technology Division, Boiling A F B ; Program Manager, Air Breathing Propulsion Directorate, D C S / R & D , Hqs., U S A F ; Staff Development Engineer, Aeronautical Systems Division, D C S / R & D , Hqs., U S A F ; and Commander of the Air Force Aero P r o pulsion Laboratory.

Colonel Mott-Smith graduated in the 1963 class of the Army Command and General Staff College and in the 1969 class of the National W a r College. H e is a command pilot who has flown over twenty different types of aircraft. H e is currently serving as Vice Commander of the Armament Development and Test Center at Eglin A F B in Florida.

Captain Gurney is a member of the Naval Academy class of 1952. After duty

Vice Admiral Stroop graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1926.

H e accompanied the Olympic gymnastic team to Amsterdam in 1928. H e was designated a naval aviator in 1929.

Throughout his Navy service naval weapons, ordnance and aviation figured prominently.

H e has had command of four ships: the U S S M A C K I N A C , U S S PRINCETON, U S S E S S E X and U S S CROATAN. During

World W a r I I he participated in the Battle of Coral Sea, (juadalcanal and the occupation of the Solomons and Tarawa.

H e was later on the staff of Admiral King and participated in the conferences at Quebec, Yalta and Potsdam.

Vice Admiral Stroop's shore assignments included Commander, U . S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake; Senior Member of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group; Bureau of Aeronautics; Bureau of (3rdnance; and first chief of Bureau of Naval Weapons. H e served as Commander Naval A i r Force, Pacific Fleet, until his retirement in November 1965.

H e is currently an aerospace consultant and is associated with Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical and North American Rockwell. H e also serves as a member of the Naval Weapons Center China Lake Advisory Board and the Navy's Laboratory Advisory Board for Undersea Warfare.

He has actively participated in Alumni Association affairs and has attended the Board of Trustees meeting as a local trustee for the Coronado chapter for the last three years.

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Mr. Traa is a member of the Naval Academy class of 1961. As a midshipman he served as class president for three years, Brigade Administrative Officer, Battalion Commander and played varsity football and lacrosse. He was also a member of the Brigade Honor Committee.

Upon completion of Nuclear Power School and Submarine School he was assigned to the USS HADDO from 1963 to 1967. He served as Auxiliary/Electrical Division Officer and Head of the Weapons Department.

Mr. Traa resigned from the Navy in 1967 and joined General Electric's Turbine Generator Marketing Operations as Supervisor, Proposition Engineering. In 1970 he transferred to his present position as Area Sales Manager, Central and East Central United States for the Nuclear Energy Division, Atomic Power Equipment Department, General Electric, in San Jose.

Lieutenant Commander Vaughan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1964.

At the Academy he played varsity basketball for three years. He was captain of the team his first class year and was awarded the Charles F. MacDonough Basketball Trophy. He was also a member of the Antiphonal Choir all four years.

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From September 1968 to August 1969 Lieutenant Commander Vaughan was with the Naval Support Activity in Saigon. He served as Supply Officer with Detachment An-Thoi and with Operation Giant Slingshot. He received a Master's degree in Business Administration from Stanford University in June 1971. His present assignment is in the Office of Director of Supply Corps Personnel, Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters as Assistant Afloat and Overseas Detailer/Placement for all Supply Corps Lieutenants.

Lieutenant Commander Vaughan was deep-selected two years early for his rank.

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ATHLETICS

by Budd Thalman

Vice President A g n e w Hails N a v y As Team That Has A r r i v e d

"Anybody who saw the Army-Navy game this year knows that this football team has arrived. The long painful hours, the fierce competitive drive to return Navy football to the top have paid off for all of you here tonight."

T h e speaker was Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President of the United States. In remarks delivered to the Naval Academy's 3rd annual football dinner in Memorial Hall, the Vice President said the results of Navy's rebuilding effort will be evident next year and in years to come. " W e will be hearing much more from the likes of Jim Garban, Fred Stuvek,

Larry Van Loan, Chuck Voith, Charlie Robinson, Andy Pease, Glen Nardi and Dan Howard," the Vice President continued. "And there are many others, of course, who will be joining them to deliver on the promise that is now apparent and to thereby reward the dedication that has come to symbolize Navy sports and your athletic recruiting efforts under Rip Miller's longtime leadership.

"To Rick Porterfield and the other seniors who are leaving the squad—as well as to those of you who stay behind— I would like to say this. You have learned a great lesson. You have met and conquered adversity. And you will make fine officers in the military services for having had this experience.

"In my opinion—and I believe Admiral Moorer, General Cushman, and the other officers in this room will agree with me— America needs men of mettle in her armed forces today more than at any time since World W a r I I .

"You are entering a tough, demanding profession at a time when it is not popular to be in the military service, when there is a wave of isolationism in the country. You will hear your profession vilified by men in high places—some well intentioned, but all with narrow vision.

You will witness slashing, indiscriminate, indeed dangerous attacks on the defense budget. But you will have the support of the President, and the Vice President, and many in the Congress who know that the job you perform is absolutely essential to the security and the future of this nation, who are fully aware that without your dedicated service there would not for long be an America.

"There have been similar periods in our history. But the men of Annapolis and the men of West Point and the men of New London—now joined by the men of Colorado Springs—have ridden them out and have managed to keep us strong despite the handicaps and adversity. The lumps you have taken in Navy's tough years on the football field will stand you in good stead for the battle ahead. W e will welcome you in the line."

Former Navy Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach, quarterback of the World Champion Dallas Cowboys, makes a point to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew during the Naval Academy's third annual football dinner.

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S H I P M A T E

T h e Vice President's remarks capped off a glittering evening for the 250 invitees in Memorial Hall. Seated at the head table with Mr. Agnew were such other dignitaries a s ; T h e Honorable John H. Chafee, Secretary of the N a v y ; T h e Honorable James E. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the N a v y ; Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Robert E. Cushman, Commandant of the Marine Corps; Admiral Ralph W . Cousins, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr., Chief of Naval Materiel; Admiral George W . Anderson, Former Chief of Naval Operations and current President of the Alumni Association; Vice Admiral James Calvert, Superintendent, and Roger Staubach, All-National Conference quarterback of the World Champion Dallas Cowboys.

One G r a d u a t e ' s V i e w

At a press conference in Annapolis recently, Super Bowl M V P Roger Staubach said that he tells potential Naval Academy recruits that they can play professional football. "But that isn't the important thing," Staubach continued. "I tell them that they should do the things in college which will make them responsible men.

"The Naval Academy made me a successful man not only for football but for life. And to develop yourself as a man is the most important thing for everyone."

Indoor Track Team Routs A r m y 9 3 - 2 5 , Finishes U n b e a t e n for 1st Time in 14 Y e a r s

Jim Gehrdes saw it coming as early as mid-January when the Midshipmen shocked powerhouse Pennsylvania 73-45.

"There's something different about this gang," Gehrdes said then. "They have the idea this could be a great squad."

That the coach knew what he was talking about was proved beyond the shadow of a doubt when the Midshipmen slammed the lid on their first unbeaten dual season in 14 years by routing archrival Army 93-25 in the regularly-scheduled finale. T h a t victory, first over the Cadets for a Navy indoor or outdoor track team since February, 1966, enabled Coach Jim Gehrdes' ensemble to finish 8-0.

The eight wins are the most ever recorded by a Naval Academy indoor track squad and the perfect season is the first since 1957-58 when the Midshipmen dedicated their new Field House by winning five without a loss.

Depth was the key to the Navy thinclads' unprecedented success but there were notable individual performances as well, key among them the efforts of hurdler Wayne Kennard and high jumper Steve Harkins.

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Kennard, the Heptagonal indoor and outdoor titlist as a youngster, was undefeated in his specialty—the 60-yard high hurdles—and twice tied the varsity and Field House records, both of which he holds, with a time of 7.2 seconds (vs.

Penn and A r m y ) . Harkins established new standards in both categories with his 6-foot-ll high jump vs. St. John's.

In the pole vault, Plebe Jeff Baker cracked the Naval Academy indoor record in his first varsity dual meet. A product of Fresno, Calif., Baker cleared 15-7 against Fordham and N.Y.U. H e was consistent at 15 feet throughout the dual season.

Profile

;'4^. 1 FEAR STRIKES O U T - N a v y wrestler Lloyd Keaser shows none of the fear he professes as he destroys Bill James of Army in the 1971 Eastern final.

Keaser's career dual record of 28-3 and his two Eastern championships stamp him as one of the Academy's outstanding wrestlers of all-time.

Eastern Champion Keaser Is A f r a i d

" T o tell you the truth, I'm scared of everybody I wrestle."

The words sound strange coming from two-time Eastern champion Lloyd Keaser of Navy, better known for striking fear in the hearts of his mat opponents. In Keaser's opinion, though, a little fear is a healthy thing.

"I go into every match with the realization that I could lose," Keaser admits.

"I try not to think about streaks, or titles, or whatever else might be involved. I want to give 100% in that bout against that opponent and I'll accept whatever comes after that."

Evidence that Keaser's cautious philosophy works is perhaps best illustrated by a partial listing of his accomplishments in two plus varsity seasons: —28 victories in 31 dual appearances, including the last 27 in a r o w ; —back-to-back Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association titles in 1970 and 1971 and the E I W A "Outstanding Wrestler" award a year a g o ; —a fourth place finish in the 1971 N C A A Tournament and a spot on the wrestling All-America team; —the captaincy of the Navy matmen; —and the Naval Academy's coveted Thompson Trophy, which goes annually to the midshipman who has done the most for the promotion of Navy athletics.

After his 17-0 record as a second classman and a sensational performance in the Nationals where a referee's decision cost him a spot in the finals, Keaser appeared headed for his greatest season ever this winter.

Keaser's campaign, however, would not begin until his teammates had already wrestled nine times. In a mid-November practice, Keaser tried to counter a teammate's move and wound up with a broken hand for his effort. "I felt like crying," the Navy captain recalls. " T h e previous couple of weeks had been frustrating for me. T h a t day (the day of the injury) I felt as good as I ever have."

During the long recovery period (he was out almost two months), Keaser admits he suffered some exasperating moments. "I almost went out of my

mind," he remembered with a shudder.

"I couldn't even lead the team in exercises. I seemed like a vegetable, a parasite. There were many days I didn't want to go to the loft but I felt I had to."

As he looks back on it now, Keaser can regard his injury as a blessing in disguise. "I think it may have helped me in a way," the first classman from Pumphy, Md., reasons. "With my hand immobilized, I had to sharpen the rest of my techniques. I compensated for the injury by using quickness, balance, and trips. I worked hard on riding with my legs."

Keaser was finally ready to come back against Pittsburgh. In the 142-pound bout, he squared off against Panther Ron Selfridge. The match lasted slightly more than 60 seconds. Selfridge dislocated an elbow and Keaser's first victory of 1972 was by a dissatisfying default. "I felt really bad when I saw his elbow pop the wrong way," Lloyd says. "I knew the feeling because I was just off the injury list and he was just going on it."

"Even though Lloyd is now a first classman," Coach Kd Peery says, "he continues to seek every opportunity to better himself."

Eastern Athletic Conference Votes To Use Freshmen In Football-Basketball; N a v y Votes W i t h M a j o r i t y

At its annual meeting in New York on February 23, the Eastern College Athletic Conference voted to permit freshman participation in varsity football and basketball. The football vote was 22-21 with 11 abstentions, all by colleges that do not field varsity grid teams. T h e basketball vote was a more comfortable 33-20 with one abstention. Navy voted with the majority on both ballots.

The ECAC. the nation's largest athletic conference with 212 member schools, had previously approved freshman participation in sports other than football and basketball. With the E C A C vote, the football-basketball freshman package passed last month by the N C A A has been approved—either officially or unofficially—by every major conference.

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Halls Of Fame Elections

Three Academy graduates and one coach have recently been elected to the Lacrosse, Sailing and Swimming Halls of Fame. In lacrosse the honor went to the late RAdm. A r t h u r F . Spring '30, who was chosen Ail-American in each of his three years on the varsity team and starred on the national co-championship team of 1929. Art, incidentally, also won honorable mention on the football All-America team of 1929.

FORTY YEARS A G O Ed. Note—This 1931 newspaper clipping was recently found in an old scrapbook, and may have some relevance today.

Rejected for low grades.

Athlete rebukes Annapolis

Special to the New York Times Annapolis, Md., March 28—A candidate for the Naval Academy, whose grades were not good enough to qualify him as a midshipman, has mildly rebuked the officials of that institution for paying so much attention to scholastic standing and so little to athletic ability.

Writing that he has been an active athlete in high school and in college and that he had expected to play on the Naval Academy football team this fall, he adds: "You can't expect a 217-pound allaround athlete to have very much time for studies."

Elected to the Sailing Hall of Fame were LCdr. David C. Minton I I I '56 and M a j . Richard L. Tillman, U S A F '58. in recognition of their service and contributions to as well as their participation in intercollegiate sailing. Minton is ,now serving in U S S

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arid Tillman is an instructor at The Citadel in Charleston, S. C , where he also coaches the sailing team.

Navy Swimming Coach John Higgins, now in his 22nd season, was similarly honored. H e was the first swimmer to use the butterfly motion in setting a world breaststroke record, on 22 February 1936.

WINTER SPORTS RESULTS BASKETBALL (9-12) Navy 96, Dickinson Navy 74, Pennsylvania Navy 86, Johns Hopkins Navy 80, Syracuse Navy 58, Princeton Navy 78, Pittsburgh Navy 72, Wake Forest Navy 56, Washington & Lee Navy 65, Temple Navy 55, Baltimore Navy 55, Air Force Navy 77, Haverford Navy 60, Maryland Navy 62, Manhattan Navy 67, George Washington Navy 81, West Virginia Navy 63, American U. Navy 59, Penn State Navy 70, Georgetown Navy 80, Rochester Navy 65, Montclair State FENCING Navy 20, Navy 18, Navy 21, Navy 19, Navy 14, Navy 20,

(6-0) St. John's Princeton North Carolina State Pennsylvania Columbia Penn State

GYMNASTICS (2-5) Navy 153.60, Syracuse Navy 147.15, Temple Navy 152.45, Southern Connecticut Navy 153.10, Penn State Navy 151.90, Springfield Navy 151.35, Pittsburgh Navy 153.80, Massachusetts

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125.25 155.40

PISTOL (6-0) Navy 8305, Air Force Navy 3418, Coast Guard Navy 3432, Merchant Marine Navy 8354, Naval Ordnance Navy 3400, Newark Engineering Navy 8305, Naval Ordnance

8073 3330 3266 8065 3226 8134

RIFLE (8-1) Navy 1413, Coast Guard Navy 1135, Merchant Marine Navy 1386, C.C.N.Y. Navy 1393, West Virginia Navy 1396, East Tennessee Navy 1390, Penn State Navy 1115, St. John's Navy 1417, William & Mary Navy 1410, VMI

1352 1019 1350 1339 1428 1355 1104 1293 1347

SQUASH (13-1) Navy 8, Wesleyan Navy 7, Williams Navy 9, Amherst Navy 9, Trinity Navy 9, Stevens Institute Navy 8, Fordham Navy 9, Bovvdoin Navy 3, Harvard Navy 9, Adelphi Navy 9, Seton Hall Navy 8, Princeton Navy 9, Franklin & Marshall Navy 9, Stony Brook Navy 6, Pennsylvania Change in Football Schedule There has been a change in the 1972 football schedule announced earlier. The Duke game on 28 October will now be played in the Oyster Bowl at Norfolk instead of at Durham.

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SWIMMING (4-6) Navy 82, Johns Hopkins Navy 41, North Carolina Navy 56, Harvard Navy 48, Maryland Navy 47, Dartmouth Navy 64, East Carolina Navy 74, Cornell Navy 31, Yale Navy 72, Villanova Navy 44, Princeton

31 72 57 65 66 49 29 82 41 69

TRACK (8-0) Navy 891/j, N.Y.U. 29, Fordham Navy 63, Princeton Navy 73, Pennsylvania Navy 61, Maryland Navy 73, Penn State Navy 83, St. John's Navy 93, Army WRESTLING (11-3) Navy 35, Ashland College Navy 24, Maryland Navy 12, Athletes-in-Action* Navy 33, Syracuse Navy 34, William & Mary Navy 23, Princeton Navy 34, Drake Navy 3, Iowa State Navy 0, Oklahoma State Navy 33, Pittsburgh Navy 32, Temple Navy 37, Harvard Navy 30, Virginia Navy 26, Lehigh Navy 12, Penn State

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CAPITOL HILL

by Fred Lardner '22

' T H E R E may be more opposition in the Senate to the proposed Defense Department appropriations bill for fiscal 1973 than there was to other appropriation bills of recent years. It can be expected that those Senators who have been trying to enact anti-war, anti-military, and similar legislation through amending the appropriation bills will try again this year. But other more conservative Senators, and more important in consideration of defense appropriations, have been sounding off against expenditures, and the primary target of their complaints is manpower.

Senator John Stennis (D.-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that manpower costs, including pay, allowances, and related items, totaled 43.5 percent of the total defense budget in 1964. In the fiscal 1973 budget, he said, they total 56.8 percent, and if costs of housing, recruiting, and certain other personnel programs were included, these costs would total 67 percent of total funds.

Senator A r t h u r Ellender (D.-La.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, also criticized the costs of manpower.

Both Stennis and Ellender inferred that United States military organizations may be spending too much on support forces. Ellender said his committee was informed that the A r m y manning program for Europe was based on 58 percent of personnel assigned to combat and 42 percent assigned to support. H e said that better management should reduce the percentage of personnel assigned to support functions.

"I want to take a hard look at the personnel assigned to the operation of the Navy's shore establishment in relation to the number of personnel assigned to the fleet."

Stennis pointed out that Russia spends only 25 percent of its defense budget on military manpower.

The need for support forces in each service has been under investigation for months.

Retirement costs are also being studied.

In recent years retirements have totaled 55,000 to 60,000 a year, and retirement costs have tripled from $1.2 billion to $4.6 billion in the 1973 budget. Costs for A P R I L ,

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the year 2000 are estimated at $16.4 billion. " W e cannot continue indefinitely to retire men in their middle and late forties, at the prime of their experience, and hope to have a retirement system within reasonable cost boundaries," Senator Stennis said.

Federal spending will exceed Federal income by large amounts in the current fiscal year and in fiscal 1973, and because of this the leaders of committees dealing with appropriations will try to cut costs in their various 1973 appropriation bills.

President Nixon has been reducing costs since he entered the White House. From 1965 to 1968, Federal spending increased by 51 percent, while from 1969 to 1972 spending increased by 28 percent, an average of 9 percent a year. T h e fiscal 1973 budget is about 4 percent more than that of 1972.

Winding down the war has increased unemployment and decreased Federal revenues, and by 1973, because of tax reduction laws, individuals will pay $22 billion less in Federal income taxes than they paid in 1968. In spite of this, the President has asked for an increase of $6.3 billion in fiscal 1973 appropriations. Even with this additional expenditure, the defense budget continues to be a smaller part of the total budget. The defense budget was 45 percent of the overall budget in 1945, and will be 31.8 percent in fiscal 1973. T h e President asked for the $6.3 billion increase because, he said, "of vitally needed additions to our strategic forces and our naval strength."

Congress cut the 1972 appropriation by $3 billion and the 1971 appropriation by $2.1 billion. Because of the publicity against Vietnam and the military stimulated now by Democratic candidates for President, and the deficits in Federal income, there is more emphasis this year on reducing military expenditures and even some supporters of the military are beginning to protest. The $6.3 billion will give the President more cushion against Congressional cuts.

Military Compensation

T h e next military increase in pay is estimated at 6.4 percent, based on an expected increase in Federal civilian pay of 4.9 percent. Although a law requires that these increases become effective October 1, 1972, it is expected that they

will become effective January 1, 1973.

T w o sizeable pay increases in one year could cause a lot of criticism.

A further pay increase of $381 million, sponsored by Senator Gordon Allott (R.-Colo.), applicable to first term personnel, will become effective July 1, 1972. This increase will apply to the pay of 0 - l s (under two years) and 0 - 2 s (two to three years) and E - l s (between four months and one year) and E-2s (under two y e a r s ) .

A lessening of the increase in the cost of living, as estimated by the Labor Department's Cost Price Index, tends to keep down increases in pay for retired personnel. The next increase in their pay is expected in June, and may be little more than 3 percent.

Recomputation Delayed.

Representative F . Edward Hebert ( D . - L a . ) , chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has said there will be no recomputation legislation this year. President Nixon included funds for recomputation in his fiscal 1972 budget, a one-time recomputation for individual members based on basic pay rates as of January 1, 1971.

At present the recomputation proposal is tied to changes in military retirement laws. The Defense Department was supposed to send this legislation to the Congress about this time (spring of 1972), but the changes proposed in retirement laws are complicated and controversial.

Even if the recomputation proposal could be separated from the retirement law changes, as it should be, there would not be time for its enactment in this 92nd Congress.

Emphasis On ULMS

"The continuing Soviet strategic offensive force buildup, with its long-term implications, convinced us that we need to undertake a major new strategic initiative," Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said in his annual report to Congress. "This step must signal to the Soviets and our allies that we have the will and the resources to maintain sufficient strategic forces in the face of a growing Soviet threat."

The Defense Department decided on a speedup of the U L M S program as the most appropriate initiative, particularly since "the sea portion of our sea-based strategic forces has the best long term prospect for high pre-launch survivability."

W i t h a proposed funding of $942 million for fiscal 1973, the first U L M S submarine could be deployed in 1978, two or three years earlier than scheduled.

The U L M S , Laird said, provides the best sea-based strategic force capability, makes the greatest use of new submarine quieting capability, and carries a larger ballistic missile. It assures that a given 33

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This program has many supporters in Congress, but various anti-military newspapers are suggesting that probable S A L T agreements with Russia limiting production of large missiles may make it unnecessary.

Hydrofoil

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ships should be about twice as fast as current surface combatants. The Navy plans, in conjunction with N A T O allies, to build a missile-carrying hydrofoil boat designed to operate in offshore waters. $60 million are allocated for initial procurement of two P H M s in 1973.

Force Levels And Ship Types

Naval force levels planned for fiscal 1973 include 16 aircraft carriers; 242 missile cruisers, frigates, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and active naval reserve escorts; 60 nuclear and 27 dieselpowered attack submarines; and 66 amphibious ships. Counting all ships, the program includes a total of 594 active fleet ships and 58 Naval Reserve Force ships. For comparison, the planned and fiscal 1972 active fleet strength is 657 ships.

Increasing emphasis is being given to ship-based aircraft for sea control operations. The Navy is continuing its evaluation of the "CV concept" aboard the U S S SARATOGA. This approach involves employing attack, fighter, and A S W aircraft from the same ship, thus "vastly increasing the range of threat response on our carrier decks. The mix of aircraft on each CV will be especially tailored for its mission, ranging from primarily A S W to primarily attack. The Navy's experience to date indicates that the 'CV concept' has considerable merit."

Sea control is an important factor of various new ships, as well as current ships. H e r e are important ships in the making: Patrol

Frigate

(PF).

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a relatively small, gas-turbine propelled escort designed to protect convoys, amphibious forces and underway replenishment groups from air and submarine attack. It will not have the size and all the capabilities of frigates and destroyers, but will cost much less than those ships. The fiscal 1973 budget includes $193 million to complete design and fund start-up costs, as well as build the lead ship.

Sea Control Ship (SCS). Another ship currently in the review and design stage within the Navy is the sea control ship.

Current Navy plans call for this ship to carry a mix of helicopters and vertical short take-off and landing ( V / S T O L ) aircraft to help protect underway replenishment grouped amphibious forces and military convoys. T h e precise characteristics, size and estimated cost of the SCS are uncertain at this time. The 1973 budget provides for design, and the 1974 budget is expected to provide for the first ship.

Surface Effects Ship (SES). The Navy has been working on test surface effects craft of various sizes for the past few years. If successful, this effort should produce ships with speeds in the range of 80-100 knots and capable of reasonably long-range operations.

LUCKY BAG OF BOOKS T H E A R N H E I T E R A F F A I R . By Neil Sheehan. Random House, New York, 1971. 304 pages, with appendices. $7.95.

This famous case, a cause celebre in the recent history of the Navy second only to the loss of the PUEBLO, is a kind of real-life "Caine Mutiny."

The Arnheiter Affair, unlike Herman Wouk's fictional scenario, is a precise, detailed and carefully reported account of the U S S V A N C E and LCdr. Marcus Aurelius Arnheiter. T h e author, Neil Sheehan, who first produced The PentaShipmate: I just want to tell you how much I am gon Papers for The New York Times, is enjoying the articles such as Captain a young, highly energetic, careful and Champlin's that you have recently been thorough reporter, with a flair for style.

H e first started to follow the devious printing. trail of the Arnheiter case in 1967 and Let's have more of them.

1968—as this reviewer did, in a tangential way, just before retiring from The R. M. SCRUGGS '23 New York Times. Sheehan apparently felt then, as I did—I mentioned my own To the Editor: impression to Admiral " T o m " Moorer, The Battle of the Coral Sea Associathen Chief of Naval Operations—that the tion will sponsor a 30th anniversary reNavy had mishandled the case and had union commemorating the battle in May let Arnheiter down. But Sheehan, who of this year. Coral Sea veterans and history buffs who are interested in at- is like a bloodhound on the trail of news, tending the reunion or in receiving news went far beyond the formal public record, and for two years or more interviewed of the Association may write to P.O all the principal actors in the drama of Box 1172, Rockville, Md. 20850. the VANCE. H e wrote extensively about W I L L I A M F . SURGI, JR., President the case for The Times and has now put it all in the covers of this highly interesting book, a volume that every naval officer should read, no matter what the point of view. His original impression, and mine, that the Navy "loused up the detail" and failed to uphold the prerogatives of command has now been completely reversed.

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This factual book leaves no doubt whatsoever that, as Sheehan puts it, "the Navy accomplished the essential. It rectified its original error of putting Arnheiter (in command) . . . by expelling him from the V A N C E in time to avert a mutiny or his assassination. And it kept him from conniving his way into another ship. 'We were lucky (the author quotes Vice Admiral B. J. Semmes, then Chief of Naval Personnel) we caught him in ninety-nine days. This thing just shook me to my boots afterwards.' " The Arnheiter case not only "shook" Admiral Semmes; it divided the Navy and wrecked the careers, not only of the principal, but of several of his officers on the V A N C E and of Captain Richard G. Alexander. Captain Alexander had been slated for command of the N E W JERSEY until his zeal for the fast-talking, plausible Arnheiter exceeded his judgment and he publicized a passionate diatribe for the defense, addressed out-of-channels to the Secretary of the Navy and asking just how in hell could this happen in the United States N a v y ? " A good question, but not in the context meant by Captain

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Alexander. Arnheiter literally has had his day in court; he exhausted the administrative and judicial processes of the Navy, filed charges against Admiral Semmes. took his case to civilian courts and into the court of public opinion, and even sought remedial Congressional action—6n\y to lose in every instance.

This book clearly tells why. Substantively, I believe it will be difficult to fault it in any important particular, though I regret that the author has yielded to the temptation to reconstruct, months or years afterwards, the exact phrasings of conversations that no participant could possibly remember.

The conclusions to be drawn from this unhappy but dramatic incident are several. The careful reader cannot help but come away with the impression that Arnheiter should never have been placed in the position of command at sea; that his executive officer—though he evokes sympathy—-when faced with the terrible dilemma of divided loyalty up and down, showed definite weaknesses; and that other officers concerned betrayed under stress, deficiencies in judgment, actions, and officer-like qualities.

What the Arnheiter affair, together with the seizure of the PUEBLO by the North Koreans in 1968, underscored was the questionable effectiveness of the Navy's system of screening officers for the No. 1 and 2 positions afloat. In the PUEBLO, as in the V A N C E , it is now

clear

that both captains and execs failed to meet adequately the heavy responsibilities of their jobs. T h e PUEBLO case was by far the more flagrant, the more obvious and of more lasting and shameful harm to the Navy and the nation. T h e A r n heiter affair presented nuances the public —and many in the Navy—could not, at the time, so readily see. But it is apparent today that Bucher and Arnheiter should never have been where they were—in command at sea—and if this book helps to prevent future mistakes in command assignments it will do the Navy a major service.

HANSON W . BALDWIN

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Ed. Note—Navy Times reports that LCdr. Arnheiter has filed a $5 million damage suit against Neil Sheehan, the New York Times and Random House, claiming that this book is "not fair and accurate."

THE NAVAL ACADEMY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF T H E UNITE D S T A T E S N A V Y . By E. B. Potter.

Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1971.

299 pages. Charts and illustrations. $15.00.

"On board the FROLIC," Professor Potter recounts, "the Americans paused in stupefaction. The deck was a gory shambles of mutilated and dismembered bodies. Only four men could be seen standing, a courageous old tar manning the wheel and three severely wounded APRIL,

1972

officers supporting themselves against uprights." Such grim insights into the elemental character of sea warfare are infrequently encountered in traditional naval histories, yet in an age of uncommon violence, they establish a tone of credibility badly needed in this literary genre.

F o r nearly a generation, ''Ned" Potter's bulky Sea Power text and its equally detailed predecessor. The United States and World Sea Power, have guided thousands of midshipmen at Annapolis, leading American universities and several academies overseas toward a mature grasp of the subtle and oft bitter lessons taught by world naval history. Pausing now in his research for a major biography of Fleet Admiral Chester W . Nimitz, this genial Annapolis professor has provided a highly readable and well-illustrated history of our Navy that will prove of particular interest to families of the Naval Academy's graduates.

Potter's latest is no mere coffee table decorator, being an authoritative and remarkably well-organized account of the fighting history of our three American navies. Intended to inform rather than to instruct, this Illustrated History opens with a perceptive, balanced narrative of the Continental Navy's limited contribution to the winning of the United Colonies' independence, set in the perspective of decisive French naval assistance. As indicated in his treatment of W A S P ' S boarding action in 1812 against the illstarred FROLIC, the author has not neglected the tragic aftermath of those stirring high seas encounters that established the international reputation of the infant United States Navy. Substantial space is accorded to the Navy's peacetime role, brilliantly charted prior to 1860 in exploration, diplomacy and the advancement of oceanography and military technology, to which are appended stimulating insights into the early development of the Naval Academy. Regrettably, Jack T a r rarely appears ashore on liberty, however, and the colorful social history of our Navy, long neglected in the United States, finds little echo in these actionfilled pages.

Crisp, candid sketches of Union and Confederate naval leaders emerge from Professor Potter's shrewdly-structured narrative of coastal and riverine operations during the Civil W a r . Although described as a reference work, the Illustrated History is not intended to replace Commodore Dudley W. Knox's durable History of the United States Navy as a concise compendium of American squadron and ship command during two centuries of sea warfare. W h a t Potter repeatedly achieves in briefer compass is the revealing glimpse of a Preble, F a r r a gut, Porter, Schley. Spruance or Halsey faced with crucial command decisions, occasionally met with incongruous results. Like many American historians, the author has virtually ignored the Navy's role in the suppression of the Filipino

Insurrection, notwithstanding evident comparisons available between that tragic guerrilla conflict and the Vietnam war.

Fully half of Professor Potter's volume is devoted to the last half century of United States naval history, in particular those successfully sustained campaigns in the Pacific during World W a r II which he justifiably regards as the enduring monument to American naval leadership. Having personally observed the unfolding of the Southwest and Central Pacific campaigns from the vantage of C I N C P A C headquarters in Pearl H a r bor, Potter combines strategic analysis and succinct combat narrative with notable effectiveness, finding less occasion than elsewhere for amusing anecdote, in recounting the long, desperate attrition of Japanese air and surface power from Midway and Savo Island to Iwo Jima and Okinawa. By contrast, the Battle of the Atlantic, in which our Navy played at best a collaborative role, receives short shrift, failing in these pages to achieve adequate focus in terms of its logistical relevance to the basic Allied strategy of World W a r II—that of defeating the European Axis partners first. Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King's efforts to achieve an effective division of convoy responsibility with the Royal Navy is made clear, but much might have been gained by examining, however briefly, the U. S. Navy's debt to British expertise in antisubmarine intelligence, technology and tactics. The experience of American merchant seamen, armed guard crews and convoy commodores on such bitterly contested convoy routes as the Murmansk run merit inclusion in any account of the Atlantic theater. A more sustained analysis of United States hunter-killer group operations during 1943-44, in relation to the clearing of the North and Central Atlantic convoy routes, would have provided more meaningful coherence to that vital prelude to those successive amphibious landings, most effectively described by the author, that breached Axis North Africa, the Italian maritime front and finally Festung Europa.

Professor Potter's concluding account of the Navy's role in the Cold W a r era reminds an older generation that American naval history did not indeed end with that briefly-savoured moment of accomplishment at Tokyo Bay in 1945.

Expanding world-wide maritime commitments in an age of prolonged nuclear confrontation and continued evolution of amphibious and vertical envelopment techniques, the latter notably demonstrated in Korea and Vietnam, make it apparent that the Cold W a r era, including that high relief provided by the achievements of American space explorers, has afforded a quality of challenge to the United States Navy unmatched in previous eras of war or peace.

P H I L I P K . LUNDEBERG

Curator of Naval History Smithsonian Institution 35

WHY THE NEED FOR ALUMNI GIVING? T h e cards with your suggestions and comments are coming in and are appreciated. Keep them coming! I plan an analysis and report on them in time but our President and I feel that one major and recurring question needs comment now. That i s : Alumni Giving—why ? And in what priorities ?

Many of you said that you are confused by the number of activities requesting alumni contributions. Part of this confusion stems from inadequate explanations in the past and perhaps over-zealous competition among the different organizations supporting the Academy. Also, when explanations are given in Shipmate or in talks to alumni groups, many people miss the article or the occasion and remain uninformed. For example, Admiral Anderson's excellent coverage of this subject in his Homecoming address was quoted verbatim in the January Shipmate. Now let me summarize and update his basic points.

T h e Alumni Association fully supports the Naval Academy Athletic Association, the Naval Academy Foundation, the Superintendent's Memorial Fund and the Annual Giving Program of the Association itself. These organizations are not competitive, but complementary—and each one is needed to support the Academy in its own area.

The Alumni Association is the means of keeping our people together, providing the essential communications from the Academy and the Association to classes, chapters and even individuals on a world-wide basis. Although it has operated with limited funds in past years, it has devoted what could be made available to support specific projects as requested by the Superintendent. However, dues alone are not enough to keep the Association going, alumni contributions through annual giving programs are an absolute necessity if it is to continue as an increasingly effective organization. Alumni contributions can also help build up our endowment fund so that investment returns may one day be sufficient to pay the overhead at headquarters without reliance on dues.

Today our most important requirement is to build up the strength of the Alumni Association, both in quantity and quality of members. I know of no one opposed to the thought that first priority for an alumnus is membership in the Association, which includes a subscription to Shipmate as our primary line of communications. Next he should contribute to the supporting programs—one, some or all as he chooses— but remembering that from now on every contribution to the Association's Annual Giving passes on in part to the Memorial Fund. And, if your employer has a matching gift program, the matched gift of a donation to the Association goes directly to the Memorial Fund.

Now, in order to lessen your confusion and better to coordinate the programs, all concerned have agreed on a joint policy tjiat, henceforth, ive will combine alumni solicitations for the Memorial Fund with the Association's Annual Giving Program in a single appeal. Under this policy a part of each gift to the Association will go to the Memorial Fund, so that one contribution serves two purposes. This, we believe, is a great step forward.

T h e present goal of the Memorial Fund is $3,000,000 (revised downward from an original estimate of four million), of which $1,163,000 has been raised. T h e object is to finance a Midshipmen Activity Center in Dahlgren Hall, an outdoor swimming pool adjacent to Bancroft Hall, and a Sailing Center which will also house the Sailing Hall of Fame. W e simply cannot get funds for these facilities from the Congress, but each one is needed to make the Academy more attractive to the type of young man we need in the Navy and Marine Corps. T h e year is 1972, and we must keep pace with the times. Young men today are both curious and critical about the physical facilities of the institutions they are considering for their college education. W e must be able to show them 36

that we are competitive with Yale, Stanford, Notre Dame or the other Academies.

Obviously, the $3,000,000 is not expected to be provided

by Naval Academy alumni alone; we must depend upon large contributions from foundations, corporations and friends. But, these potential contributors first want to be sure that the program is truly supported by the alumni. The key factor is the percentage of alumni who contribute, which makes every individual contribution important above and beyond the amount contributed. This is the basic support that is vital in convincing outside givers that the cause is worthwhile. W e therefore hope that every alumnus will give something, no matter how little, through our Annual Giving appeal to the Memorial Fund.

The purpose of the Naval Academy Foundation is to help good prospects qualify for entry into the Academy and to stay in once they get there. The Foundation pays about onethird the cost of a year at a good prep school, the school and the parents dividing the rest. W e want to get good athletes into this program but, by intercollegiate rules, we can only take in the same percentage of athletes as the number of varsity athletes relates to the total number of midshipmen.

This is about one in four. T h e Foundation has been shooting for a target of 100 scholarships annually but now has only about 70. A review of the program is underway in view of the difficulty in obtaining that many well qualified prospects and the target may well be lowered to 75, recognizing that only a quarter of that number can be "blue chip" athletes.

Incidentally, in the Foundation there are many good friends of the Navy who are not alumni but are regular contributors.

At present the Athletic Association seems to be in good financial shape. As you well know, however, this depends primarily upon receipts from football and T V , particularly the Army-Navy game broadcast. Fortunately, the last two games rated very high in viewing audience so this prospect looks good. Income from football covers most of the athletic expenses at the Academy—very little being covered by appropriated funds—including varsity, junior varsity, plebe and much of the intramural programs, which are essential to the well-being of the midshipmen. Not only physically; superlative performance by a varsity team is a major boost to morale of the Academy and of the Navy. Significant also is the fact that a winning football team—to which we are steadily building—stimulates interest among the type of youth we want for the Navy.

These are the four programs supporting the Academy. W e all understand that some alumni cannot contribute as much as others: older retirees lacking recomputation, the middle group facing college costs and the younger just getting established. My hope is that all will at least join the Alumni Association and stay tuned in through Shipmate. Speaking of shipmates and the Navy's traditional attitude towards shipmates, those able to do so may want to up their own antes a bit to balance those who can't do more. And, don't forget that important tax benefits can derive from a bequest to one or more of these programs in your will—when the giving won't hurt.

Finally, I would be remiss in not thanking again all those who came to our assistance after the fire in Alumni House.

The restoration and improvements are almost complete and our new security system has already helped the police capture a burglar. A full report is planned for the June Shipmate.

Keep those comments coming! Many of you have noted the need to increase our membership, especially in the more junior classes. I agree—but I need your help. Our new Class Agent system should be a tremendous boost to this effort, so please give it your full support.

W . S. BusiK S H I P M A T E

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

ALUMNI

NEWS

OFFICERS President— ADM. G. W . ANDERSON, JR., U S N (Ret.) '27 (8631), McLean, Va. Vice President (Eastern Area)— RADM. ROBERT W . MCNITT, U S N '38 (12837), Bethesda, Md.

Vice President (Central Area)— MR. DAVID B . BENHAM '41 (14487), Oklahoma City, Ok. Vice President (Western Area)— VADM. P. H. RAMSEY, U S N (Ret.) '27 (8629), Coronado, Ca. Past President— MR. HANSON W . BALDWIN '24 (7405), Roxbury, Ct.

Executive Director— CAPT. W . S . BUSIK, U S N (Ret.) '43 (15752), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's

Representative—

CAPT. W . L . FOSTER, U S N '47, USNA, Annapolis, Md. At Large

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1972) RADM. J O H N W . AILES, I I I , U S N

(Ret.) '30 (9686) LCOL.

JAMES

R.

CAPT. C . TURNER JOY, J R . , U S N R - R

'47 (19251) BOWSER,

JR.,

USMC'52 (22789)

CAPT.

SAMUEL

ROREX,

JR., U S N

'45 (17097)

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1973) CAPT. LUCIEN

CAPONE,

USN

'49

CDR. S . O . JONES, U S N '51 (22386)

USN

'64

CAPT.

(20818) LCDR.

T.

C . LYNCH,

(32679)

R . H . ROBESON,

USN

'46

(18063) (To serve through Spring Meeting 1974)

RADM.

W.

A.

BROCKETT,

USN

CAPT.

C . J.

MERDINGER, ( C E C )

USN (Ret.) '41 (14307)

(Ret.) '34 (11311) LT. ROGER T . STAUBACH,

USNR

R A D M . C . A. CURTZE, U S N

(Ret.)

'33 (10882)

'65 (33716)

From Local Chapters CDR. H . W . BURNETT,

JR., U S N

CAPT. T . M . DELL,

USN

(Ret.) (Ret.)

'28 (9190), Washington. D. C. CAPT.

JAMES

B . LANDON,

USN

(Ret.) '44 (15967), San Francisco CAPT. R . B . LANING, U S N

(Ret.)

'40 (14026), Connecticut RADM.

D . L . MARTINEAU,

USN

(Ret.) '33 (11029), New York A P R I L ,

1 9 7 2

USN

RADM. S . N . PYNE, USN

(Ret.)

'25 (7724), Annapolis

'21 (6087), Philadelphia R A D M . R . K . JAMES, U S N

CAPT. J. L. P. MCCALLUM,

(Ret.) '35 (11761), Seattle

(Ret.) '43 (15665), Detroit

MR. R . D . RUSSELL '59 (29038),

Miami V A D M . P. D. STROOP, U S N

(Ret.)

'26 (8167), Coronado MR.

W . J. TONER

'43 (15778),

Boston CAPT.

F . K . B . WHEELER,

USN

(Ret.) '35 (11962), Peninsula

SEA BREEZES

by Paul Schratz '39

The MidshipMs: The M i d i P r o b l e m in t h e M i n i

One of the most common topics of wardroom conversations these days is the possibility of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy. Senator Javits of New York and Representative Jack McDonald of Michigan brought us Annapolis "Old Boys" face to face with this newest version of reality; we haven't yet decided how to cope.

We have been quite distressed, however, at the smirking attitude of some people in considering this wholly logical and natural problem. Women are perfectly justified in their search for total equality with men.

There is really little valid reason why they should not charge this last bastion of a male dominated world. True, the law says that women are not permitted on combat ships in the Navy. But the nominations herein were made by two lawmakers, and I suspect that they know how to handle that problem! The legal detail can't be all that tough. Our wife went to sea in a nuclear submarine before we ever did—in my own squadron, yet!

True also, "facilities" are not available to accommodate the Ms at the Academy. But this is begging the question. When facilities weren't available in Thompson Stadium to accommodate football fans, we built a new stadium with all kind of "facilities." In short, every objection raised was also raised by chauvinists of the previous generation when people first mentioned getting W A V E S into the Navy. We got the Waves.

Other than common sense, we can't think of a single valid reason why we shouldn't have a midshipMs, or why the middies shouldn't have a mini problem. The Chief of Naval Operations publicly offered to assist in the necessary examinations. For the handful of mids who stash a hairpiece outside the Main Gate to provide that long-maned "in" look on liberty, we opine that the Ms can stash a short-haired piece for the same reason. So what if we do create a few problems when guys try "Frenching in" over the wall in the wee hours.

And if anybody thinks this is all a joke, he better keep thinking. The timing seems Machiavellian. When the first wave of feminism hit the country in the 1850's, we noted that the only college open to women was Oberlin in Ohio. We notice that Oberlin is the alma mater of Vice Admiral Jim Calvert, our Superintendent. When the first male student was admitted to that equally staunch bastion of femininity, Wellesley College, we noted that Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird was that student. We can't be too careful here or we'll add a new twist to the old saying one first learns at Annapolis about ". . . blued and tattooed."

Here in St. Louis, where maritime power starts at the junction of the Ms-ouri and Ms-Ms-ippi Rivers, the University of Msouri bravely faced the related problem of dormitory "intervisitation." Last year, students moved off campus into "pads"; night bathing, late T V and frolicking were not wholly unknown. By spring term, most were back in the dorms, broke and failing. Now, liberalized dormitory regulations are under scrutiny; haircurlers, dripping nylons and baggy robes littering all the "facilities" will just as surely enforce their isolation once again.

Don't be too concerned; the voice of sweet reason will soon penetrate. As my dignified and matriarchal mother would say, "Put your faith in God; she understands."

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SHIPMATE COPY DEADLINE

June

Copy due

July-August

at Alumni

House

10 April

Copy due at Alumni House 10 May

ALL HANDS The Oldest Living G r a d u a t e

Congratulations, Captain

Captain Laurence Stowell Adams, (CC) USN (Ret.), class of 1894 and the oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy, celebrated his 97th birthday on 22 February at his home in La Quinta, California. The President of the Alumni Association sent him this birthday greeting:

Capt. Louis Patrick Gray III, USN (Ret.) '40, has been nominated to become Deputy U. S. Attorney General following the resignation of Attorney General John W. Mitchell to run President Nixon's campaign for re-election.

Capt. Gray, assistant attorney general in charge of the civil division, will succeed Richard G. Kleindienst who was nominated to succeed Mitchell. Capt Gray retired in 1960 after serving as special assistant to the Secretary of Defense for legal, legislative and congressional affairs.

Hearty congratulations on this fine appointment!

Dear Captain Adams, As President of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, I extend to you on behalf of Naval Academy alumni throughout the world sincere congratulations on the occasion of your ninety-seventh birthday on 22 February 1972.

All of us are proud to salute our oldest living graduate. We trust you will long enjoy good health and happiness. The Naval Academy Alumni Association is ever willing to render to you any service of which it is capable.

Your distinguished active duty naval career and exceptional retirement activity as an outstanding American are symbols to all of us.

It is our fervent hope that for many years ahead you will continue to carry the distinction of being our oldest living graduate.

Happy birthday. Captain Adams!

Sincerely, s/ George W. Anderson, Jr. 38

Grayll

USAF Stars

Two members of the class of 1952 have become the latest USNA alumni to wear U S A F brigadier general's stars. They are Col. Thomas P. Stafford, the astronaut, and Col. James R. Brickel. There are two other alumni who wear these starsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;BGen. Robert S. Berg '49 and BGen. Lovic P. Hodnette '50. Hearty congratulations to all!

active in Naval Academy affairs. He was a member of the Army-Navy Club and the USNA Athletic Assn. and also served as treasurer at St. John's College.

To his son, Willoughby, at whose home he died, and other relatives, we extend our deepest sympathy.

N a v a l A c a d e m y G l e e Club

The lOO-member Naval Academy Glee Club went on their spring tour to Florida and Texas for a week hieginning 1 April.

The midshipmen singers volunteered part of their spring leave, which ended 3 April, to present four concerts at Disney World in Orlando, Fl. on 1 and 2 April. They ended this tour with a five-day appearance in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth, Tx. They sang at high schools in those areas and made several local television appearances. The Glee Club returns to Annapolis 8 April.

W a l t e r Doyle Sharpe

A devoted friend of the Naval Academy, Capt. Walter D. Sharpe, SC, USN (Ret.), died on 6 February in Montclair, N.J. He was 91. Burial was on 10 February in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Capt. Sharpe, a 43-year veteran of the Supply Corps, was Supply Officer at USNA in the 1930's. After retiring from the Navy in 1947 he settled in Annapolis where he was

The U. S. Naval Academy Glee Club S H I P M A T E

Foreign Exchange

Four midshipmen from the French Naval Academy in Brest, France spent several weeks at USNA. They will reciprocate the learning experience by hosting their Frenchspeaking U.S. midshipmen hosts for several weeks in May. Our midshipmen will tour the French Academy and participate in a two-week cruise on a French training vessel in the North Sea. To enter the French Naval Academy, which is a two-year course, a young Frenchman must have graduated from college and pass an extensive examination. Of the 400 who applied for entrance to the French Academy in the four visitors' class, only the top 70 were accepted. Upon graduation the French Ensigns are required to serve IS years in the French Navy.

A 1961 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Paul has been in the civil service since 1963. Prior to his appointment to the Naval Academy he was Civilian Personnel Office of the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, R.I. Standards of Smartness

In Z-Gram 102, CNO re-emphasizes the responsibility of each person in maintaining the Navy's standards of appearance and conduct. Issuance of this Z-Gram came about after CNO found a laxity of grooming and military bearing standards during recent visits to ships and stations. .\dmiral Zumwalt noted that Z-Gram 57, which eliminated some "mickey mouse" regulations, does not eliminate saluting and other military courtesies. He also noted that the standards for haircuts and beards set up in Z-Gram 70 are not being met by some personnel.

He comments in the Z-Gram 102, "I have stressed the need to place increased trust in each individual and want to continue and expand this recognition of confidence in him.

In return, each individual must assume added responsibilities for own appearance, conduct, and performance." However, it is still the responsibility of commanding officers to insure that their people live up to individual responsibilities.

The Changing Times

Another end of an era has come. No longer will a white-painted, ex-AVP wear the flag of the Commander Middle East USNA 2/c midshipmen show their French counterparts around the Academy. From left to right are: Stuart V. Brown, Robert H. Conn, Patrick Dillenseger (FA), Louis de Contenson (FA), Bernard Du Vignaux (FA), John B. Dreger, Yves Boiffin (FA), and Paul J. Ryan.

Film A w a r d

"Naval Academy One," a ten-minute film produced by Universal Studios for the Naval Academy, has been selected for a 1971 Golden Eagle Award by the Council on International Nontheatrical Events.

The film, which features a midshipman in command of the Academy yawl INTREPID, was one of 77 professional productions selected from among 700 entries to represent the United States in international film festivals and exhibitions during 1971.

"Naval Academy One" focuses on the training midshipmen receive, using sailing as the medium for telling the story.

No M i d s h i p w o m e n a t USNA

The Secretary of the Navy has announced that, under present Congressional legislation, women can not legally be admitted to the Naval Academy, but that the Navy will admit women to its N R O T C program beginning this fall. Between 12 and 15 women will be admitted to the N R O T C Unit at Jacksonville University in September. They will be enrolled in an N R O T C program which provides $100 monthly to personnel during the last two years of their college training. The Navy is considering expansion of female participation in N R O T C at more collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and admitting women to the College Scholarship Program, which provides $100 monthly during all four years of college and pays all tuitions and fees.

N e w Director o f Civilian Personnel

Mr. Roger S. Paul was appointed Director of Civilian Personnel at the Naval Academy on 25 February. He replaced Mr. Frank P. Bruther who retired after 30 years of serving the Academy.

A P R I L ,

1 9 7 2

Force. USS VALCOUR ( A G F - 1 but formerly

AVP-55) will be relieved as flagship by USS LASALLE (LPD-3) sometime this summer according to a recent announcement.

There is no doubt that LASALLE, with built-in flag quarters and modernized throughout, will be a more efficient and probably more effective flagship in that ticklish area, but there are some old A V P sailors who will regret the passing from the active Navy list of the last of a gallant line.

late Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U S N ) , undertook the patriotic task of restoring the CONSTELLATION as an inspirational memorial to our proud naval heritage with funds donated by private citizens, and through a fund-raising campaign throughout the Department of the Navy.

As a means of raising funds for this very worthwhile project, the Restoration Committee had Commemorative Coins struck from old solid copper spikes recovered during the process of replanking and is selling them for $2.00 each. These coins, in addition to being fine relics of this historical ship, serve as lifetime passes for holders to visit the CONSTELLATION free of charge.

Anyone wishing to obtain a CONSTELLATION Commemorative Coin should send $2.00 t o : CONSTELLATION, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Maryland Naval Militia Revolutionary Bi-centennial M e d a l

The Maryland Naval Militia, founded on 16 January 1775 and the oldest North American sea service still in existence, has minted a Revolutionary Bi-centennial Medal as a means of raising financial support for the Maryland Sea Service Cadet Program. This is a tax deductible organization which trains orphaned, deprived or welfare oriented youth for useful careers at sea with highly successful results. Most of the training is done by volunteer naval and merchant marine personnel, both active and retired.

The medal is die cast of naval bronze, in the actual size illustrated below. The price is $2.50 each, postpaid, and all funds from the sale will be used to support the Sea Service Cadet Program. Medals may be ordered from the Maryland Naval Militia, Harbormaster's Office, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Hats Off!

Following an Atlantic Fleet trial, it has been decided that except on specific watches

by CO's or their supervisors, hats at sea are out. Once outside harbor limits, caps and hats will not be required as part of the uniform.

Attack Carriers

The Navy has given the go-ahead to modify its attack carriers (CVA) into multipurpose carriers ( C V ) . Presently, tactical air and anti-submarine ( A S W ) operations are carried out by CVA and A S W carriers (CVS) respectively. CV will be able to perform both operations simultaneously. USS SARATOGA is the first CVA to be adapted to CV concept, which she has recently finished testing. The tests proved the concept offers maximum flexibility for dealing with a wide range of situations by adjusting the "mix" of aircraft. Modification of CVA to CV involves exchanging some tactical aircraft for ASW aircraft, plus changes in communications, repair, and weapons inventory and the addition of A S W control capabilities. Among the A S W aircraft slated for the CV is the new S-3A Viking.

Save t h e Constellation!

The historic frigate CONSTELLATION, built in Baltimore in 1797, has been returned to a permanent berth in that city. In 1959 a committee of distinguished citizens, under the national chairmanship of the late Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN (subsequently under the Honorary Chairmanship of the

Lansdowne Recollections

Attention officers who served in the U S S LANSDOWNE (DD-486) during World War I I ! Mr. Thomas F. Wright, who also served in the LANSDOWNE during that period, is planning to publish a non-profit, informal souvenir journal history of her activities during and immediately after the war. In order to assemble this memento, Mr. Wright is seeking any recollections and photographs of that time as well as current addresses and information on present military or civilian assignments for an updated address roster. All material will be gratefully received and returned in good order.

Send material t o : Mr. Thomas F. Wright, 3335 Decatur Ave., New York, NY 10467.

Red Rippers Reunion

The Red Rippers of Navy Fighter Squadron 11 will hold their 45th reunion on 20 May at NAS Oceana. Former Red Rippers are invited to contact VF-11, c/o F P O New York 09501 or telephone NAS Oceana,Va.: (703) 425-2961 for information.

USS BENHAM Reunion

The third reunion of the U S S BENHAM (DD-397) will be held in August in Baltimore, Md. For information and details, contact Mr. MyrI P. Flohr, Rt. 5, Box 99, Sykesville, MD 21784.

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CLASS NEWS Sec'y, Henrj Williams, USN (Ret.) 4000 Tunlaw Rd. N.W., Apt. 621 Washington, O.C. 20007 Percent Members: 13

Florence Nelson Tardy, widow of our late classmate Walter B. TARDY, died 1 February in the Knollwood Manor Rest Home, Annapolis. She was 93. Bill played football at the Academy and was All-American Center in '96 and '97. He was awarded the USNA Athletic Assn. sword as best athlete when he graduated. Since the class of '98 was graduated early due to the SpanishAmerican War, Mrs. Tardy missed presenting the Colors to the winning company commanded by her then fiance.

The daughter of Capt. Thomas Nelson, a Reserve in the Civil War who later joined the regular Navy, Mrs. Tardy's family is steeped in the Navy tradition. Three of her maternal uncles served in the Union Navy.

One of her sisters married Frank Hibbs '88. Her brother was our classmate, Charles Preston Nelson. A destroyer bears his name.

An uncle, Howard Ames, was a Medical Inspector and surgeon aboard the USS BEAR in the rescue trip sent for Peary in the Arctic. His son was also a Navy doctor.

She had two nephews, one USNA '12 and the other was USMA '15.

Mrs. Tardy's two grandsons enlisted in the Navy and were radar technicians during W W I I . One of them reentered the Navy after completing college and is now a retired commander.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Roger Perry and Mrs. Tardy von Pein, both of Santa Fe, N.M.; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

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Scc'y, RAdm. C. W. Fisher, USN (Ret.) P.O. Bo« 1101, Carmel, Calif. 93921 Percent Members: 7

Sec'y, RAdm. Herbert Seymour Howard, USN (Ret.) 2807 36lh Place, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20007 Percent Members: 14 Sec'y, Capt. Louis P. Davis, USN (Ret.) Dresden Apartment 2124 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. 0. 20003 Percent Members: 28,5

Louise and Royal INGERSOLL gave a delightful dinner at their apartment house, the Kennedy Warren in Washington, for the members of the class and their wives living in this area •to observe the 67th anniversary of the graduation of the class on 30 January 1905.

The dinner was slightly delayed due to the difficulty of getting the members together but was held on 1 February. The guests at the dinner were Lulie and Ray FURLONG, Edna and Louie DAVIS and Jane and Jim GAWNE. Anita and Dock COURT were expected but were unable to come at the last minute due to illness.

All enjoyed themselves tremendously, reminiscing and reviving old memories. During the cocktail hour in the Ingersoll apartment, Louie Davis even let loose with the class yell. Fortunately, there were no repercussions from the management.

Sec'y, VAdm. Alexander Sharp, USN (Ret.), 6306 Bannockburn Dr. Bethesda, Md. 20034 Percent Members; 38

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Sec'y, Capt. Clyde R. Robinson, USN (Ret.) 107 Scott Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 40

Mrs. Bryson Bruce, the widow of Bryson BRUCE, died on 10 February 1972 in Annapolis. She was buried on the 14th in the Naval Academy Cemetery. The class extends sympathy to her family.

Pres: Capt. A. H. Douglas, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Allan G. Olson, USN (Ret.) El Miradero, P. 0. Sox 131 Bonita, CA 92002 Percent Members: 31

The Bruce MUIRS are making their annual pilgrimage to Jamaica from their apartment in Grand Rapids, Mi. It was heartwarming to receive Christmas cards from some of the classmates and from the Staff of Shipmate.

We deeply regret the death of John T. H. O'REAR (Col. USA) at Santa Barbara, Ca. on 16 Jan. 1972. Capt. A. C. WOOD, USN (Ret.), was so kind as to inform us.

We have sent our condolences to his wife Florence.

Sec'y and Treas., RAdm. Frank A. Braisled, USN (Ret.) 3104 Cleveland Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Percent Me.-nbers: 46

We send birthday greetings to RICE on the 5th and VANDTOOK on the 10th.

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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 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, IN 46901 Percent Members: 33.5

Our sympathy is extended to Cdr. Geo. C. FULLER for the death of his beloved wife. May, at their home in Dallas, Tx. on 7 Oct. George was a member of the class of 1910 for three years, but graduated in '11. It was the privilege of your reporter to be a guest in their home several years ago.

May was a very charming lady.

And all 1910 will be sorry to learn of the accident to the son of our Savvy (Adm. Charles M.) COOKE. Charles Jr. graduated U S N A , class of '53. He was assigned to the Air Force. He resigned as a major, and entered the diplomatic service, serving in the State Dept. with the present Secretary of H E W . On being appointed to the Cabinet, Mr. Richardson took Charlie with him as a personal aide. All was well until last Sept., when Charlie was severely injured in an automobile accident. He spent many weeks in a body cast; and is still immobile with a cast on one leg as this is written. His complete recovery seems assured largely because of his determination—a trait reminiscent of his father. 1910 extends best wishes for his early recovery, and to his family and his mother, Louise.

In a nice letter Dr. Russell RYAN gives a new address: 20 Laurel Dr., Carmel Valley, CA 93924.

A letter from Carolyn Davidson tells us that another Lyal Davidson will enter the Naval Academy this summer with the class of 1976, on the graduation of her 17-year-old grandson from high sch(X)l in his home state of Nevada. (The record of his grandfather, our "Davy," will be an inspiration!)

Her senior grandson, son of her daughter Judith, graduates frorn Yale, and has an-

nounced his engagement to a lovely Connecticut girl. Carolyn has been handicapped with a stiff "writing" hand.

And Charlie (RAdm. C. J.) MOORE registers how interesting the D.C. alumni monthly meetings are, and how well attended.

VAdm. Calvert addressed them in January, and Adm. Zumwalt in February. It is Charlie's turn to arrange the monthly luncheon meetings of the classes of 1908 to 1912 at the A&N Club. He and Pop GILLAM (Capt. E. J.) and Stumps EDGERLY (Col. J. P.) are regulars.

At deadline time we regretfully learned of the deaths of two of our classmates: E. D. Langworthy on 6 March in Annapolis and C. D. Peirce on the same day in San Antonio. Details will follow in the next issue.

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Sec'y, Capt. W. D. Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Percent Members: 38.5

It is our sad duty this month to report the death of another outstanding member of our class. Paul F O S T E R died in a hospital in Virginia Beach, Va. after a short illness on Sunday. 30 January. Services were held on Wednesday, 2 February in the Fort Myer chapel, and interment with full military honors was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Serving as honorary pallbearers were Frank Braisted ('09), Charles Moore ('10) and classmates Butler, Chandler, Cygon, (Sriffin, and McClung. Our deep sympathy is extended to his widow Isabelle of Virginia Beach, as well as to his son Capt. Paul L. Foster of McLean, Va. and to his sister Mrs. Raymond Fuller of Wichita, Ks. Paul's varied and distinguished services both on active naval duty and also after retirement are too well know to his classmates to require listing here.

We regret that we must also report the passing on 4 January of Roy W. LEWIS at St. Clairsville, Oh. Services were from the Tootman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville and interment in Union Cemetery. After Roy's retirement in 1922 as a LCdr. he became a practicing attorney in St. Clairsville.

He was a member of the Ohio Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

He also was a member of the Ohio Forestry Association and was active in local associations such as the Rotary Club among others. He was recalled to active duty in W W I I and retired as a commander. Our sympathy goes to his widow Mary and his daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Powers and Mrs. Donald E. Huston. He was also survived by six grandchildren. He was a loyal class member and frequently corresponded with your reporter.

Pres: VAdm. George H. Fort, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert A. Lavender, USN (Ret.) 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 2000B Percent Members: 46

Tip T I S D A L E responded to his birthday reminder card by writing: "I have nothing to report. I was retired from my job as Washington Representative for Vallejo and Salina counties on 31 December 1969 after 22 years. They gave me a huge farewell dinner and since then I live alone as a hermit of sorts in Dorothy's and my home.

I have a maid and a gardener. Omit me from the 60th anniversary plans."

Ossie OSGOOD sends hearty greetings and many of them. Of necessity Ruth and SHIPMATE

Ossie enjoyed quiet holidays but the important thing is that they enjoyed them together. They see Helen and Jimmie CL.ARK occasionally—their son, daughterin-law and grandson are on the Coast from Philadelphia. They hope that it will be a healthy year for all of 1912.

Estelle Dreisonstok has endured a session in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda with an embolism in her leg and other problems. She has recently returned to her apartment with nursing care. I know Estelle would be pleased to have messages from classmates.

Remember Joe's kindnesses to us all, especially the widows.

June Bennett writes that Benny was sick for over a year and had many strokes. She wanted to thank the class for its gift to the Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Foundation as a memorial to Benny.

Mary Payne gave up her apartment in Vinson Hall and is now living in Palo Alto, Ca.

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The February luncheon of Army-Navy 1913 was attended by Tex DAVIDSON and Ernie D U P U Y for Army, and Jimmy HALL, Glenn DAVIS and Gardiner H E L MICK for Navy. We were the first to arrive in the "Bull Pen"—the last preserve of the chauvinist males in the Club dining facilities, and almost the last to leave. Our numbers are thinning, and we would welcome any classmates that happen to be in town on the first Wednesday of the month.

The Lloyd GRAYS are back from their cruise in the MARIPOSA to the Society Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, the Fiji Islands, the Tongas, Samoa, Hawaii and home. They report that the ship was very comfortable, the stabilizers prevented rolling, the weather was good except for a few days, and their only complaint was that the stops in many of the ports were too short. However, they reported that home looked very good.

A note has been received from Frances Sleeper: "I wish to express to you my profound gratitude for the beautiful floral tribute and also your most thoughtful gift to Children's Hospital in memory of my beloved Paul." The class is deeply indebted to Paul for all he has done to keep the class together—a labor of love that he performed until poor health made him give it up.

The Gardiner H E L M I C K S have shoved off for Florida where they will visit Leah's brother on a boat that bases on Fort Lauderdale. They hope to get in touch with some of the Florida classmates.

Pres: RAdm. H. A. Spanagel, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. W. K. Beard, USNR (Ret.) 199 Hanover S t . , Annapolis, MD 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Sviain, USN (Ret.) 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, CA 92042 Percent

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A total of 41 or 26.6 percent of the 154 graduates of the class of 1914 still survive.

Several months ago Pi N E L S O N suffered a stroke and entered a convalescent nursing facility in Chula Vista which adjoins San Diego. He has more recently transferred to the Mission Hills Convalescent Hospital, 3680 Renyard Way, San Diego, CA 92103.

Pi is comfortably situated in this complete and attractive facility. Kemp and Drusilla C H R I S T I A N called to see Pi and found A P R I L ,

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Vivien (Mrs. Pi) and daughter Vivien calling on him at the same time. At the time of this visit, he was up and around in a wheel chair and seemed to be getting along very well. Vivien rents their house and lives in an apartment which she purchased in the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 1515 Second St., Coronado, CA 92118. We wish for Pi continued improvement in his health and hopefully for his complete recovery.

Harry LEONARD, one of the most liked members of '14, has been engaged in various business activities in civilian life and for several years after entering business activities he continued his association with the Navy as a member of the USNR. Healthwise he is a bit "crippled up" which makes it a bit more difficult for him to get about. Several years ago he retired from business activities •and he and his wife are now building a house at Cape Mendocino, Ca., which they expected to move into in March or April 1972. The site overlooks the Pacific and they are looking forward to "lolling and watching the ever changing water" of the restless Pacific.

Harry, like many, if not all of us, recalls his Naval Academy days as being among the happiest days of his life. Harry and his wife will be pleased to have any of the class stop for a visit with them. We wish for them in their new house much happiness, good health and long life. Their present address: 7511 Fairway, Apt. Q, Fair Oaks, CA 95628.

and lives in Coronado. Johnny has nine grandchildren. His health is good as is also his physical condition.

Supplementing data included in the February issue of Shipmate, it will be recalled that at the time of our graduation Harvey M I T T E N D O R F was having some trouble with respect to his sight and hearing. Three months of sick leave were insufficient to correct the trouble and Harvey resigned. He thereupon assumed a teaching position at St. John's College as Head of the Department of Mechanical Drawing and Physics and during the summer months he was an instructor in the naval school at Culver. As he preferred to be identified with the electrical industry, he left teaching and accepted employment with Cutler Hammer where he remained until W W I when he went to O P N A V and later to BUORD. He came down with the flu, was hospitalized and advised by the hospital corpsman that Homer Ingram had died two days earlier in the room he occupied. Mitty survived and in 1919 returned to Cutler Hammer in their New York office. He subsequently became identified with Combustion Engineering where he remained for 32 years and until he retired in 1958. He is a member of the "Old Guard," a retired men's organization with 21 chapters in New Jersey. Royce and Wills made interesting talks before the Summit, N. J. group of this organization.

We are indebted to Kemp C H R I S T I A N for the information in this issue with respect to Pi Nelson. Kemp noted, while calling on Pi, that the hospital is staffed with a "number of very pretty young nurses," so we conclude that he is not as old as his age. The Christians continue to live at 710 J Ave., Coronado, CA 92118, but pass the summers at their cottage in Twilight Park. Haines Falls, N.Y. Kemp golfs twice a week, keeps his lawn in trim and does odd jobs around the house in Coronado. He believes that if one's body is to function it requires more exercise than is obtainable from "sitting in the living room, reading, and having several drinks before dinner." He advises that he does not follow this routine. He is in excellent health but Drusilla has some difficulties healthwise. Their social activities are restricted. They have three surviving children: a son, John Lanier Christian, a mechanical engineer who lives in Hacienda Heights, Ca.; two daughters, Mrs. Gerald F. Handte of Binghamton, N.Y. and Virginia Cravens Christian of Coronado, Ca., the former is married to a newspaper man and the latter is a school teacher; and six grandchildren.

Johnny MOVER retired in 1949 and took up residence with his family in Sausalito, Ca. where they remained until 1955 and then re-moved to Hawaii. Johnny relates that he has never found any place in the world that equals Hawaii for year around comfortable living. His wife, Frances, passed away in January 1969. He continues to live in his house at 4311 Kahala Ave., Honolulu, H I 96816, which they were building in 1959 when my late wife, Lucy, and I were visiting one of our sons, Robert, in Honolulu.

To keep in physical condition, he takes walks along the nearby beaches, engages in minor carpentering, plumbing, painting and other upkeep work with respect to his house including termite chasing. He also does his housekeeping, lawn care, marketing and is the chauffeur of his car. Johnny has two children, a son and a daughter by a former marriage, and a stepson Barnaby Smith (son of Douglas Smith, class of 1925) who lives in Honolulu and is the manager of the maritime division of Castle and Cooke. His daughter is married to an executive and they live in Grosse Pointe, Mi. and his son is retired

Harvey lost a daughter who passed away in '23 and his wife in '55. He remarried and lost his second wife in '68. Since his heart attack he engages in light exercises and minor household duties. A daughter, by his first wife, is a teacher of art in the Newark Public Schools and keeps house for him. We hope that he will fully recover from his heart ailment and enjoy many more years of good health. His address: 245 E. Northfield Rd., Livingston, NJ 07039.

The Ed P A L M E R S are enjoying the warm climate of Acapulco and its South Pacific atmosphere. They have been escaping the Iowa winters by returning to Acapulco each winter since 1934 excepting the W W I I years.

It may be of assistance in expediting the reinstallation of the Rooks Memorial Fountain if those who are interested make inquiry of the Public Works Officer, Capt.

Paul D. Olson, (CEC) USN, of the Naval Academy.

Some funds from the Memorial Fund remain unobligated. It will be appreciated if each of you will make suggestion for the use of these funds to our class president, SPANAGEL, 5302 Briley PI., Washington, DC 20016.

As I, HALE, expect to be moving about for the next several weeks, Kelly BEARD, 199 Hanover St., Annapolis, MD 21401 has kindly agreed to assume the duties, at least temporarily, of class secretary.

I wish to add that I have greatly appreciated the members of the class and others who have voluntarily furnished information for publication in Shipmate and those who have, without exception, furnished requested data. I conclude that none of us like to furnish personal data for publication except upon request, and then with some reluctance.

Chairman, Class Comm.: Adm. A. 0 . Struble, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D. Struble, USN (Ret.1 4017 Oliver S t . , Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. M. W. Hutchinson, Jr 6 Acton Place, Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent

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We regret to report the passing of a classmate, Roswell H. BLAIR. Ros had been ill for a long time and died on 26 January.

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After services in Charlottesville at 10 a.m. on 29 January, there was a graveside service at the Naval Academy Cemetery that afternoon at 4 p.m. Pedro del Valle, Roy Horn and Rip Struble represented the class as pallbearers. Pedro arranged for a class wreath at the service. The widow, Julia Hall, will live at Charlotte Towers-Apt. 201, Charlottesville, VA 22901.

A Christmas card from Grotandyke WOOD:—"Whose fault is it—'Long time no see'! ? We are here and when and if you want to see us 'also runs' we'll really be overjoyed to have you visit us in Bedford.

Our planned trip to see the Coopers' chauffeur, Ishihara, in Okinawa and then take in New Zealand and Australia and continue around the world has bogged down. Incidentally Ishihara acted as interpreter when the Americans landed.

"We watched our son Hadden make a fascinating Santa Claus jump commercially for a nursery near Poughkeepsie. With a red and white parachute he landed in a bit of pasture—traffic jammed—three police were directing it.

"We have been up to New Hampshire to spend Christmas with daughter Kay and family. Had to see the three grandchildren ski.

"Ran across some fascinating letters of Grot's written from Vladivostok to his parents in 1919-20 when he was in the LOUISIANA.

"Cheerio and Aloha."

Mel P O W E R S writes from Winter Park, Fl., "In the last few years the USNAAA members in the Orlando area have organized and recently held its first meeting. The new Naval Training Center is expanding in leaps and bounds and the government is putting millions into new buildings and training devices, including a large new hospital of Bethesda stature. I have had both my eyes operated on to relieve me of a slight cataract.

Both eyes were very successful and I expect to drive again. Virginia and I are very happy and well, and hope to come north in the spring."

"Skeeter" W O T H E R S P O O N also had a cataract operation and is recovering nicely.

He and his wife are at the Westchester on Cathedral Avenue in Washington for the winter.

Ed IZAC reports that he and Agnes have moved out to the Maryland suburbs and found a nice rambler house with all rooms on one floor, at 5608 Chesterbrook Rd., Bethesda, MD 20016. "This will probably be the first year since I was retired that we won't be making a trip to other parts of the earth. We used to get aboard a freighter and sail wherever it went, from one month to three. We always liked the Mediterranean and last year was no exception, for we visited the Holy Land again, as well as Tunis. We ended it in April with an apartment for two months in Fuengicola, along the Costa del Sol from Torremolinos, where we had been the year before. But I must again warn our classmates that there is no place in Europe that is warm enough for comfort in the winter time. Beginning in April, we have found the southern coast of Spain and the island of Sicily are fairly warm, whereas we have experienced a snowstorm in Jerusalem one year on April 8th.

Las Palmas in the Canary Islands is warm Jan., Feb. and March, but the Portuguese men-o-war arrive usually early in April and that ends the fine swimming inside the small reef. Taking Iberia Airlines to Las Palmas via Madrid is the world's best bargain, at $300 per person (at this time of year). When you get there you'll usually find plenty of 42

hotels, pensions, and apartments, with more building every year.

"This is just my bit of news for IS's column in Shipmate, which I have neglected in times past." (Thank you so much, Ed, and here's hoping other classmates will send us such interesting and helpful dope!)

Rip and Mardie STRUBLE went to Jamaica the end of February, and so did Heather Hutchinson, with a New York friend, so they hope to meet and send in the news!

They thank the many classmates who have sent in good wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

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A note from Red KEADY in Woodside, Ca. informs us that they are back in the States after spending several months at their new part-time home in Ireland. Red writes that they were living almost like gypsies at temporary addresses until they moved into an apartment on 1 March. Their permanent address to come later when they are settled —presumably in the Bay Area.

A card from Dutch W Y N K O O P in St. Croix, Virgin Islands reads: "We arrived here on 25 Jan. Have caught up with our rest and are now doing some visiting about.

We learned that Grace and Mick Carney had been here and left on a cruise—the last couple of days here being spent wrestling with ptomaine poisoning. We did not see them. We are well and if all goes as planned we will be back home the end of March."

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of another of our respected and valued classmates. On 10 Jan. Shorty SAUER died suddenly in San Diego, his home since retirement. He had been fighting a physical ailment for several years but his end at this time was not expected; all the more of a shock to his dear ones and his many friends in and out of the service.

Services were held on 13 Jan. in San Diego, well attended by many of his classmates and their wives and by many other friends of that area. Burial was in Arlington on 17 Jan. with full military honors at graveside services. The class arranged for floral tributes to be present at both the services. We extend sincere condolences to Judy, his widow, and to his sister, Margaret Moore. We will all miss this friendly and loyal classmate and fine officer.

This reporter had the privilege of working closely with Shorty during W W I , when, as young and relatively inexperienced officers, we found ourselves ordered as Mining and Gunnery officers to sister-ships of the Southern Pacific freight lines taken over by the Navy to convert to minelayers for laying the great North Sea Mine Barrage across the North Sea from Scotland to Norway.

The size and scope of this operation was by far the greatest of its kind in history and we had a lot to learn if it was to be a success.

Shorty was a tower of strength for me by his calm and practical vision of the vast amount of planning that went into the conversion of the ships and later to the training and operations of a green crew performing duties entirely new to all of us. The success of this operation is history. Shorty's ship, CANONICUS, set the pattern for all the others to follow—and not by accident. It was due to his exceptional ability to see the

problems and to solve them. I will always be grateful to Shorty for his advice and help at a time when I needed it most. I never had the opportunity to serve with him in the years that followed, but I know that whatever he undertook during those years he did well and faithfully. He was that kind of man.

Messages have been received from the families who have suffered the loss of a loved one during the past few months.

Each expressed the gratitude of the family for the expressions of sympathy received from the class and for the flowers or donations made in the name of the class to an appropriate favorite charity as a tribute to the memory of the departed. These messages came from Ralph DAVISON, Jeanne Lindsay (Ike G E I S E N H O F F ' s daughter) and from Judy Sauer.

In all endeavors, when one stands number two in accomplishment it is usual to strive all the harder to be number one. This is the case of our class as noted at the head of the class notes in Shipmate showing the percentage of living members who are members of the Alumni Assn. Our class shows 58 percent topped only by 1915 with 62 percent. Needed action is clear. All non-members who read these notes should sign up.

It will take only a few more to make us No. 1!

W E S T COAST N E W S (Courtesy of Hook JENKINS) The monthly luncheon was held in the Destroyer Room of the Admiral Kidd Officers' Club, Naval Training Center on Thursday 20 Jan., with all arrangements made by Amos ROOT. Present at lunch were: 1916—Carrington, Emerson, Grassie, Herndon, Jenkins, McGinnis, Rogers, and Kiland. 191&—Bailey, Curtis and Perkins. A few wives who accompanied their husbands to their lunch had their own luncheon upstairs in the newly refurbished (and excellently so) main dining room. These faithful wives make it possible for some of our non-driving members to attend the monthly lunches. We salute them!

Alice and Sleuth H O L M E S had the pleasure of a visit late in January by their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holmes and two teenaged sons, Bryan and Mark. This family came from Nee(lham, Ma. on their way to Guam where they will make their home. If any of the class anticipate a trip to include Guam on the itinerary he might well make a note of this. Lee and his family should be enthusiastic guides to show you the high spots of that tropical island. A word of caution to visitors of Guam. Recent headlines have shown that there may be some Japanese soldiers hiding out in the mountains who don't know that the war is over !

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.) 248 King George S t . , Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 57

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This is the last reminder before our 55th reunion! Those who have signed up for the weekend a r e : the Bradys, Calhouns, Comst(3cks, Jim Conovers, Randall Dees, Denebrinks, Forshew, Hanafees, Harpers, Hoovers, Jack Jenkins, Kellys, Maples, Moores, McKees, Nobles, Parks, Porters, Nifio Post, Stones, Wallins, Wordens and Frankie Spellman. We shall probably have heard fr(3m a few more of you before this is printed as 1 April was the deadline for reservation confirmations.

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Ct. and lived in Manhattan until 1948 when they moved to New Canaan, Ct. and remained in residence there until 1950. With his connections with New Jersey corporations it was convenient for him to live in South Orange. He and Philomena raised four children, Alex C. Kidd, Jr., Mimi, now Mrs. Thomas Truelson, Francis J. and Michael Kidd.

Pres: Capt. W. J. Malone, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Perry R. Taylor, USNR (Ret.) Our class extends sympathy to these adult 1211 South 25th St. children of our colorful classmate. Our Arlington, VA 22202. kind thoughts are sent to Philomena who Percent Members; 52 enjoyed celebrating their 25th anniversary a week before he passed away. They had a With genuine sadness we must report the wonderful life together and were blessed death of another classmate, Alexander with four fine children whom Alex enjoyed Campbell KIDD, who passed away in his tremendously and of whom he was very sleep on 3 Dec. 1971. At 2145 the night proud. before he walked into the Orange (N.J.) Address Philomena at Apartment 802, Memorial Hospital, turned in and did not 157 South Harrison Street, East Orange, awaken. You will recall that he was a memN.J. 07018 ber of a prominent Navy family.

In the January 1971 issue, we reported Alex entered in our class in September that our dear classmate, Tommy SPRAGUE, 1914 and pursued the books with enough had been hospitalized in a private hospital energy and good judgment to be graduated in Chula Vista. We learned from Clare in with us in 1917—a member of the five February '72 that he was still there, but fathom shot along with good friend and through it all somehow retains his sweet high school classmate, Ralph ALEXANsmile and his chivalrous manners. The courDER. age he is showing is ever the mark of a man.

And it was in Cleveland when this friendAddress him: 1528 Glorietta Blvd., Coroship started. These two friends carried on nado, 92118. their high school tradition through the were delighted to learn that Joe Academy. Apparently Cleveland (now the F OWe W L E R is getting away from the preslocation of our paymaster) was an excellent sure of construction deadlines and the budenvironment for Alex to acquire an unfailget restrictions which he has experienced ing and unquestionable tone of absolute most successfully at Disney World. He had positiveness. This helped staying on the expected to retire completely but the compositive side of 2.5 and made excellent enpany has asked him to stay on in a less detertainment for most of the less positive manding position. His new work in a new classmates when a high level debate was office at the studio in Burbank will consist started. of developing research on new projects for After graduation Alex found himself in a Disney's coming Model City. He will advise cruiser, U S S S A N DIEGO, for a year. He top management when requested and work then served on two transport vessels until when he wishes and only then on items of the en(l of W W I . His next assignment was interest to him. (We cannot help but observe for four and one-half years in the U S S that getting Joe interested in a challenge is IDAHO. He then spent two years as an innot difficult.) structor at the Academy. It was on this duty We all can feel happy for both Mauri and that he wrote Naval Communications (the Joe who will have more time to enjoy life first textbook on the subject). He then together. A classmate who saw Joe recently spent 14 months on staff duty as Aide and in Florida has remarked that "Joe Fowler Flag Lieutenant. The U S S C H A S E had his is incredibly unchanged." services from June '26 until he was detached Sybil and Vic BARRINGER have been for terminal leave a year later. He picked wintering at the Highland Park Club, Lake up a reserve commission in Oct. '27 and Wales, Fl. By the time this reaches you they held it for about five years. should be back in West Hartford.

Alex's first civilian job was with JohnsMargery and Dwight COOK are planManville. He became the manager of the ning to avoid the rigors of a Florida sumBaltimore office with interest in government mer this year and planning to spend it contracts. We saw him in Washington now abroad. They probably will rent a house in and then and frequently during W W I I . His England and visit points on the continent company rented an apartment in the Sherafrom time to time. ton Park for the use of its traveling men We are saddened to have to report the because of the tight hotel reservation situadeath of Theodore Frelinghuysen Clark tion in town. Some of our classmates as well WALKER, Capt. USN (Ret.), on 30 Noas others enjoyed visiting this apartment vember in Sarasota, Fl. This information for relief of the many pressures resulting came to us at press time so our report on from the gigantic war. him will await the next issue of Shipmate.

Alex saw an opportunity to develop sales Mabel and Tommy T O M L I N S O N will of a new textile grown in South America. have departed Manzanillo 1 March. They He formed the Florida Ramie organization are planning their route north in the acwith the hope of the continued interest of du Pont. This did not work out and resulted companying picture. Incidentally the picture was taken by Tommy's old time air action in great disappointment and financial loss. pal, Marty Jensen of Dole Race fame. The He then became Vice President of H. W. Tomlinsons report a marvelous winter exPorter Co., Newark, for about ten years. cept for fishing—although they had plenty to Next he took on the position of General eat. Their destination was San Diego about Manager and Naval Engineer with the rank 12 March in hopes of attending the '16-'17of V P of Maryatt Lane & Co., Paterson, '18 luncheon at North Island. We presume N.J.. remaining with that firm until rethey will have arrived in Portland by the tirement in 1968. time you read this.

Soon after W W I Alex married Charlotte Ethel and Bill DOMER are planning to Melchor who died of cancer in 1944. They set up more or less permanent residence in had one child, now Mrs. John R. Seeley of Sarasota, 680 Longview Dr., 33577, about Great Barrington, Ma. In November 1946 1 April. How did Bill persuade an East he married Philomena Serafin in Stamford,

Once again: The date—6-7 May The place—Annapolis Hilton Schedule: Saturday—Dinner at the Annapolis Hilton Sunday—Chapel. Buffet afterwards as guests of the STONEs. See you there!

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During January, Flora, widow of Jack ROGERS, has been in Northern Virginia visiting the family of her son-in-law, Howard Turton '32. It has been good to see her so well and active.

We can now bring you nearer up-to-date on the wanderings of Dorothy and Nick NICHOLS. We left them recently planning a trip by freighter around South America in early 1971. They completed that trip with great pleasure and without difficulty.

After a few months in Coronado they took to the air, stopping in London for several days en route to Nairobi. From there they went for two weeks in the bush—six people to a mini bus. Purpose: to photograph animals—getting pictures of every type except the leopard, it being too dark for pictures without flash when they saw that animal.

Two days were spent at the Mount Kenya Safari Club at the foot of Mount Kenya.

Here they chartered a small plane to fly around the mountain with particular interest in the scene of a recently publicized climbing accident. .'\fter returning home from East Africa, they started driving east to see two of their children—Bill, who is an engineer with Litton Industries in Pascagoula and Charlotte, who is living in Annapolis with retired husband, Joseph West '39. After returning again to Coronado, they flew to Honolulu to attend the wedding of a grandson. Again home and tired enough to come down with flu! As we go to press (2-10-12) they are ok.

Contrary to what we might expect of the Nichols they saw red elephants in Africa.

But they gave us an explanation. The elephants spray with water and then with dust for pest control. Consequently the elephant color resembles the particular dust used. Apparently the wild animals there are accustomed to seeing small buses. Nick was able to get close enough to use effectively a 200 millimeter lens on the Nikon.

On 19 February, Phyllis and Jerry W R I G H T will have started on a visit to see his brother and sister in Carmel. They will visit friends in La Jolla and later in San Francisco. By the time this reaches you they will be home again.

The February class luncheon was postponed to Friday, 4th, because of snow. Present : Duvall, Kennedy, Mitten. Riggs, Rogers, Smith, Taylor, and Wright. The treasurer's annual report was presented and accepted. A balance of $2,134.15 was in the savings account on 1 Feb. Classmates are welcome to a copy of the report and can obtain one by sending an addressed stamped envelope to Capt. Elbert C. ROGERS, 3512 43

Albemarle Street, N.W., DC 20008. Favorable consideration was given to continuing the giving to the 18th Company wardroom. At this time the donation of $100 was approved—to come from class funds.

word to the COWDREYS.) On 10 Jan., at last word, they were en route to Cape Town.

The class was saddened on 28 Jan. by Wade DE WEESE's death. Our deep sympathy to Kitty, our friend since midshipman days. A memorial service was held on 31 BIRTHDAYS IN A P R I L Jan. in St. Andrew's Chapel at the Academy.

The chapel was crowded with friends. ClassAs we go to print this time, we send best wishes to Graham Lester an(l Ion Pur- mates (and ladies) present were: Bassett, Becks, Bockiuses, Daggetts, Martins, Milsell on the first; to Burrus Parker, fifth; Don Curtis, 14th; Tommy Tomlinson 28th lers, Osborns, Pearson, Sabalots, Sextons, and Bill Wade, 29th. Corbeau Corbett will Swanson and Ed Wilson. The senior Acadhave a birthday on 3 May. emy chaplain, Capt. Henry C. Duncan, (ChC) USN, conducted the service. Wade had suffered a heart attack and was in the Pres: VAdm. George C. Dyer, USN (Ret.) Naval Hospital in intensive care for two Sec'y, VAdm. W. M. Callaghan, USN (Ret.) 3502 Runnymede PL, N.W. weeks before his death there. Kitty thanks Washington, D. C. 20015 us for the class flowers.

Percent Members: 57.5 Fifteen attended our January luncheon; Carter ANDERSON dispensed the drinks.

In connection with the annual class getAlso present: Browder, Curts, Cunningham, together, luncheon and business meeting in Daggett, Goggins, Lyon, Mansfield, Martin, Annapolis on 20 May, please respond with Nibecker, Osborn, Pearson, Plaskitt, Clyde definite word of your attendance plans either .Smith and Tusler. to this notification or to the post card reminder which will be mailed about late April Classmates wintering or visiting Florida: to all classmates and widows. In previous H E P B U R N S , HAFFS, CHRISTMASES, years many replies have been hedged with CROWES and OSBORNS. qualifications of "Hope to", "Health perVirginia Lee reports that our effervescent mitting", etc. Should your answer have to be C. V. L E E is in the hospital with a heart qualified initially, please follow up with definite information not later than 10 May. attack. All of us wish you a speedy recovery.

Latest word from St. Alban's Hospital, howReason—the Alumni House must have a reasonably firm count of those who will at- ever, is that Clarence is off the critical list.

Thank God. tend the luncheon not later than two days Mac McEATHRON writes on 26 Jan. prior thereto. Because of the possibility that your scribe himself may be away at the time, to Bailey CONNELLY from his new adreplies should be addressed to George dress in a trailer camp—Venture Out, 5001 E. Apache Trail, Space 333D, Mesa, AZ DYER, P.O. Box 549, Annapolis, MD 21404.

85206. (Phone 602-832-6476) : "I left San The late afternoon K T party, always en- Diego on Interstate 8 and stayed with it joyed on that occasion every year through until I turned North for Phoenix. . . Forthe never failing hospitality of the Dyers, getting that California knew what it was will be co-hosted with them this year by the doing when it set the towing speed at 55 Ed F R I E D M A N S and Val SCHAEF- mph my EAZ-LIFT worked so well that I FERS. had no sway and found myself cruising along at 65 and 70. This went well until I brushed The R O C H E S T E R S and Dyers managed a reflector post by the middle of my trailer, to escape some of the rigors of winter by throwing the steel post and reflector under trips south during February and part of the right rear tire, cutting it practically March. En route to the point of embarkation across. Then everything went to hell. I will for their 20-port cruise among the Windnever know how I kept the rig upright but ward Islands, the Dyers planned to stop by found myself headed west instead of east, and see Marie Sprague, the CONEYS and 180 degrees off course." Mac arrived safe Von HEIMBURGS. and only three hours late. "Jimmy Carter The Washington February class luncheon lives not far away in Sun City. I'll have to had to be cancelled because of the absence go over and see him soon." or conflicting engagements of so many members.

Eddie WALSH writes: "Each year I Just about to get this off in the mail when try to make it a point to write a few special a letter from George Dyer arrived giving post-Christmas notes but the procrastination factor seems to get deeper and deeper." I details of the Florida portion of their itinerhear from Sabby that Eddie has done some ary. Had called on Matt and Helen GARDtalking to youngsters in the Blue and Gold NER. Helen fine but Matt recovering from program for the Academy and enjoys it. an eye operation which may have to be repeated in June. Also called on Doris Rule.

She had lost her speech some months ago Pres: Mr. Homer 0. Elmers but despite the handicap along with some Sec'y, RAdm. William B. Fletcher, USN (Ret.) 1866 Lindamoor Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 other pesky ailments is bearing her burden Percent Members: 54.5 most cheerfully. The projected visit and dinner with the Von Heimburgs was in doubt W A S H I N G T O N - A N N A P O L I S AREA because Rhcxldy and Von had to go to the The Washington-Annapolis group held Naval Hospital at Key West for some tests and were uncertain of the time of return. their monthly luncheon at the Army and Navy Club on Wednesday, 26 January. The George concluded with the comment that Florida nights had been decidedly coolish following were present: Jane and L. A. and he was twice delighted to have gone Brown, Eleanor and Cat Brown, Addie Kirk, south with some warm clothing.

Wop Barbaro, Kitty and Os Colclough, Homer Elmers, Margaret and Swig Swigart, Kay and George Russell, John Waters, Dan Pres: RAdm. John B. Lyon, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. P. Martin, USN (Ret.) Gallery, Dolly Fitzgerald, Justine and Abe 2 St. Mary's St. Abercrombie, Gerry and Bill Fletcher, Ed Annapolis, MD 21401 Fullinwider, Jim Dudley, Joe Bolger, Betty Percent Members: 55 and Ducky Lamdin, Don Giles and Bert and Sherwood Smith. After the cocktail When these notes appear, Johnny and hour, the ladies repaired to the main dining Marion GREER will be arriving at Port room for their luncheon, while the gents reEverglades, Fl., toward the end of their mained in the Red Room for theirs. pleasant cruise around the world on board the MV ORIENTAL ESMERALDA. (I have sent Don GILES was pleased to report that 44

total contributions to the Naval Academy Foundation as of 25 January now stands at $18,169.22. It will be relatively simple to go over the top from there, so keep the nickels and dimes rolling in.

A note from Jim DUDLEY reports his marriage to Mrs. Margaret Titus on 28 December (the engagement was reported in an earlier issue). Jim has moved in with his bride at 164 Edwards Ferry Rd., Leesburg, VA 22075, and plans to rent his own house there.

A note from H. A. CARLISLE reports that his son David sent a congratulatory telegram to "Class of 1921 Homecoming, Annapolis, Md." Unfortunately, the telegram was never received, but thank you, David, for the effort which is greatly appreciated by all who were present.

Inith and Doc P E N D L E T O N have moved from Vinson Hall to Portsmouth, Va., street address still unknown at this writing.

Tiny and Addie KIRK have moved from Arlington, Va. to Findley Way, Stonington, CT 06378.

A letter of thanks from Mid'n. 1/C Ronald S. Newland of the 21st Company for the cribbage board (presented by George LYONS in behalf of the class) received in mid-November, but mislaid by your sec'y until a few days ago, is belatedly acknowledged.

Polly and Fred BOONE are wintering in Coronado as has been their custom for the past several years.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Comes now 1972 which was ushered in quietly by the Bay Area contingent. But not for long however as on Sunday, 2 January, the indefatigable CARLISLES were hosts at their spacious home on Deer Hill in the deep Peninsula. A large turnout of the local '21ers were in attendance and as usual the viands and potables were superb. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Anice Ramsey and John MADDEN had sent out invitations to a cocktail and buffet sort of bash at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club for 20 January. All seemed well set, smooth sailing and clear horizons ahead.

Then the whammy struck. Two days before the party, Anice was stricken with a pinched nerve in the back which left her flat on her back. Being the courageous girl that she is, from her horizontal position, she managed to man the telephone and recruit her son Bill Ramsey and his wife Eleanor plus Susie Duncan to take her place in the receiving line. So the party went off as scheduled and was well attended by a most congenial group, less, unfortunately, some of the flu victims of which there were more than enough in mid-January. The situation has improved at this writing. We all hope than Anice is back on her feet by now.

The following Tuesday, 25 January, was the date for the first class luncheon of the year. The following attended: Ames, Carlisle with guest Bill Egan '22, Doc Cooke, Nick Coulter, Ransom Davis, Eddie Duncan, Darrell Hoover, Paul Howard, Lew Johns, Bob Lewis, Wayne McDowell (a new arrival in the Bay Area), Johnny McQueen, John Madden, Al Main, Slats Moore, Jim Reisinger (who arrived ambulatory with additional assistance and participated fully in the ceremonies and debates), Charley Roland, Piggy Schwien complete with a grandson, Frank Talbot, Tommy Thomas, George Van Deurs and Charley Woodson, making a total of 22 classmates and two guests. At the same time a group of 12 or more wives ht\d forth at a no-host table in the main dining room.

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Now this next item you will not believe, but on Thursday and Friday, 27 and 28 January there was S N O W all over the Bay Area. These were not snow flurries, but genuine S N O W on the Marina, the East Bay Hills, and the main highway from San Jose to Santa Cruz was closed for several hours because of an accumulation of five feet. Most natives will solemnly inform you that such a thing is impossible. But it happened, including H A I L and S L E E T in downtown San Francisco.

To close out the month Vera and Jim HARRIS' eldest daughter Vicki and husband John Vinn entertained at a lovely cocktail and buffet in the Treasure Room of the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Sunday, 30 January. Most all of the '21 family were there. And so from snowbound city by the Golden Gate, bye-bye until after Ground Hog Day. SAN DIEGO COUNTY AREA The San Diego group of 1921 held their regular monthly luncheon at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Tuesday, 25 January. Present were the following: Terry Acuff, Hook Butterfield, Angus Cohan, T. O. Cullins, Duncan Curry, Syd Dodds, Tom Esling, Hod Gorry, Judge Hailey, Bud Hall, Bob Hickey, Bris McHugh, Logan McKee, Ivan Miller, Tim O'Brien, Gordy Parks, Stogi Roberts, Eppie Schell, Leo Stafford, Rex Tallman, Ray Tarbuck, and Herb Tellman. Helen Cullins. Marion Esling, Mary Hall and Alice Parks held a satellite luncheon at the same time and place.

The group was pleased to welcome two guests: Charles Hoffman '24 of Annapolis, house guest of the Logan McKEES, and Joe CONNOLLY from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Joe gave an interesting summary about friends in the Bay Area. He also reported that his wife Ann had been out of circulation for several months for medical reasons, but that she was now fully recovered.

SECRETARY N O T E S The reunion almost broke even. If I can sell about 30 more copies of the Muster Roll 50 Years After of which there are 90 copies left, at $3.50 each, we will wind up in the black.

Not a single response has been received from classmates who were not included in the Muster Roll. Your secretary would still like to hear from those who missed the first printing. As noted previously, if there is enough response, we will consider publishing a supplement.

You may remember in the January issue of Shipmate a local newspaper quote "probably the most famous class in Naval Academy history." For what it is worth, the Register of Alumni lists the following from the class: three admirals, 21 vice admirals, 104 rear admirals, one commodore, one LtGen USMC, four BGens USMC, and four RAdms USNR. Of those attaining four and three star ranks, only eight sported more than a buzzard as midshipmen.

Pes: Capt. A. R. Sanborn, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. J . L. Pratt, USN (Ret.) 4000 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016 Percent Members: 36.5

Word has just been received from Sleepy HALL in Montana that he is planning on coming to the SOth. He has consented to assemble another famous orchestra for the occasion—together with such notables as John Waters, Red Condon, Dickey, and Russell (who made such a hit at homecoming last year) plus two musical midshipmen, and an APRIL,

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accordion player from the Navy Band. There is talk of forming an octet to render a few selections—now that Hump TOOMEY is coming. Nominations from those who have heard the choir boys of yore sing recently please advise the committee.

Cards are still coming in asking where to stay in Annapolis. The subject has been covered in previous issues of this column but there are a considerable number who are deprived the privilege of Shipmate because they are not members of the Association so —it will be a great service if you will pass the word that the rooms at the Hilton are all spoken for but there are still some available at Holiday Inn. A deposit of $20 is required for long range reservations at all hotels in Annapolis on Sept. 22nd and 23rd. The Committee is hoping to have as many visitors as possible stay at either the Hilton or the Holiday Inn (Annapolis 21401) to facilitate the reunion bus service which will shuttle between the Hilton and the Inn, and to and from all events at the .Academy because of the distances and the limited parking facilities in the Yard. All reservation requests should now be sent directly to the Holiday Inn rather than to the Chairman or other members of the Committee who, as you can imagine, are pretty busy with the multitude of details already in work. The new Roll Call should be in your hands by late summer, including a list of all who plan to be in Annapolis for the big doings in September.

A long letter from Cy OLCH tells of revisiting the scenes of his childhood (when he was in the PITTSBURGH). He says, "The

clouds of flies are gone from Cairo—pretty lean pickings after the British left—or the local boys just stomped 'em out." They (Cy and his companions) then cruised up the Nile in a Russian Ilyushin—noisier than a boiler factory, then floated back down in a slick floating hotel visiting all the things along the way. "Came through it in pretty good shape with the help of a little scotch (at $19.30 a fifth). Now I am still trying to blow tubes to get rid of the load of desert dust—hope it will clear up before the SOth, otherwise I'll have to put in for a scaling job."

We sadly report the loss of four classmates since Christmas : Hal FUDGE, Jerry O'DONNELL, Jim BLAKE, and Fats WALLIS. Their obituaries will be found in the "Last Call" in this issue. It is a blow to report the loss of so many friends in such a short period, but we must of course face the fact of our ages, which are not decreasing. A survey of the number of grads still living shows that more than 50 percent have survived. And that certainly could be worse, at our average age. We heard a very old gentleman explain his longevity the other day, "I walk slow, and drink water." There are many who dispute part of that formula, but—who knows ?

We can report on one very vigorous classmate who recently took care of a difficult situation in which he found himself. This did not come from Dale. We got it from another source. The Q U A R T O N S were visiting their son in Sacramento over the Christmas holidays. On Christmas Eve, returning to their motel, two Negroes tried to rob them. One stayed well outside as a lookout. The other rushed Dale as he entered his door and knocked him over. "This is a stick up," and the would be robber pointed what looked like a gun at Dale. Dale saw no hole in the end of the weapon and recognized a bluff so he rushed the man, forced him out the door, locked it and called the police. "The robbers got away—but so did Dale."

A nice note from Lt. Jim Metcalfe, Red and Honey Bee's son. A grandson, James Madison Metcalfe, arrived at Portsmouth Naval Hospital on 23 December. Father Jim is the waist catapult officer in the AMERICA. .\ fanciful thought apropos the catapult: "I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I know not where." Ode to a catapult officer and a salute to little Jimmy.

Bob and Mil S H O R T are spending the winter in California at 61 Monarch Bay, Laguna Niguel, to soak up a little sunshine and to be near their two "kids" and their families. Saw Johnny PARKER, Bob's old roommate, yesterday and asked him if he planned on giving a cup this time (for a golf tournament). John said he didn't know who would play. I volunteered that Bob and Milly and Alice and 1 would if he'd give the cup. That would ensure a winning pair and a runner up pair in any case. Any others ?

Pat Pierrepont went to Annapolis on 24 March for the debating tournament for which she gave the John Jay Pierrepont Cup. Later, next summer, Pat plans a return to Scotland to re-fish the Black Water in Roth-Shire, Scotland where she landed the largest salmon ever killed there—23 lbs. 3 oz. If you catch his big brother, Pat, we'll give you a cup if you'll tell us just where you hook him, and the fly.

Jack GORDON writes that he is busy phasing out of most of his business activities to which he clung after his retirement as President of GM. He is planning on coming to the SOth. Curtis S H E A R S writes from England that he is busy lecturing. His field—the reduction of absenteeism from sickness—to raise British production through Nutritional Science. Both Curtis and Al MALSTROM have long been interested in nutrition and they are certainly good examples of what a vegetarian diet has done for them. We remember a picture of Curtis published some time ago over the caption "Shear Happiness" showing him in the prime of condition with his pretty wife Elisabeth and their small baby son. We saw Al Malstrom yesterday and he certainly looked fine, too—at the class luncheon which brought out only a few. The temperature was 22 degrees with a 30 knot wind so only a few left their firesides to come downtown. But, President ZEKE just back from St. Thomas, and Chairman SAUNDERS, about to leave for southern Portugal, came over from Crabtown. Vice President E S P E , who says he isn't going anywhere, got the check, as is his wont—and came out a dime ahead!

Pres: Adm. Arlelgh Burke, USN (Ret.) Recorder, Capt. Homer Ambrose, USN (Ret.) 3628 Trinity Dr. Alexandria, VA 22304 Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow, ( S O USN (Ret.) 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave. Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 42

From time to time the Naval Academy Museum has had special showings, and it held such an event in mid-January on "Navy Girls." Paintings and drawings for pictures in the Academy's Lucky Bag and recruiting posters, the latter of W W I vintage and mainly by Howard Chandler Christie, were featured in the showing. Prominently displayed was the original painting of the '23 girl by Marie Moran, from which the plate on page 37 of our Lucky Bag was made.

The January issue of Sea Power has an article by its Associate Editor, Stephan A. Schwartz, entitled "With Understanding and Strength," which tells about the 200th-anniversary celebration of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences. Members of this 45

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society, the world's oldest one devoted only to the study of the naval sciences, met at Skeppsholm in Stockholm for the celebration, and Arleigh BURKE was one of the members who attended. He was elected member 819 of the society in 1959 after four years as our C N O ; and he is the only foreign (to Sweden) member who is not of European royalty. In the accompanying photograph, the first four people from right to left in the front row are the King of Sweden, the late King of Denmark, the Crown Prince of Sweden, and Prince Philip of the United Kingdom. Arleigh is in the second row, back of the Crown Prince of Sweden. In the background are a part of the press gallery and the royal barge of the 1770s.

The San Diego- and Washington-area chapters of the class both held their regular luncheon meetings in January. The classmates who met at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Officers' Club on 12 Jan. were : Agnew (from Tacoma, Wa.), Barrett, Beaumont, Burke, Cofer, Cutting, Cutts, Dussault, Haas, Holderness, Hudson, Johannesen. King, Lindsay, Mclsaac, Mendenhall, Murdaugh, Roberts, Smellow, Sprung, Stephens, Tucker, von Dreele, and Withington. At the happy hour before the luncheon, the classmates were joined by a bevy of ladies who later had their luncheon in the Eagle Room of the club. The ladies were Jean Beaumont, Bobbie Burke, Maurine Cofer, Winifred Cutting, Donna Cutts, Janet Dietrich, Dorothy Drexler, Pearl Evans, Catherine Haas, Julia Holt, Evelyn Huebl, Nell Johannesen, Kitty Kern, Betty Lindsay, Sally Mendenhall, Val Morrow, Mary Roberts, Mary Sprung, Ruth Tucker, and Louise Withington.

In his record of the meeting at Bethesda, Pablo BARRETT thanks the cohostesses of the distaff affair, Kitty Kern and Mary Sprung, for their very nice table decorations.

He reports that Pete HAAS showed up at the party with a black eye and a more or less plausible explanation about it. And it seemed that Fred W I T H I N G T O N had taken over as golf pro at the Chevy Chase club, his first pupil having been George HOLDERNESS—the erstwhile number-one 46

golfer of the class of '23. Hank AGNEW was a welcome visitor at the meeting; Mary Edna was in the Bethesda Naval Hospital because of a heart attack, but her progress was so good that they expected to return home to Tacoma in a few weeks.

Our Virginia Beach, Va. correspondent, Joe BRIGGS, writes that he frequently sees Duke CHANDLER at club meetings. Duke continues to be (Occupied regularly in Williamsburg with his official duties in connection with the College of William and Mary.

Vic and Marion T A T E returned in the late fall from a journey around the world: a trip on the Ganges River, a visit to the floating markets at Bangkok, and elephant rides in the jungle in Nepal were events of interest. And our New England correspondent, Dick ARMKNECHT, reports that he "nabbed" four first prizes at the Texas Poetry Society meeting in Dallas in November for his poetic efforts.

Karl H E N S E L describes an impromptu class meeting in Fort Myer, Fl. It seems that as of a Sunday, when he dressed for church, Karl put on his 45th-reunion, goldand-blue tie, thinking that no one he met would know what the necktie represented.

He writes : "Little did I know! About midday in trooped Gilmer ('Goo-g(X>' to his friends) and Ethel Weston, followed shortly

by Frank Lamson-Scribner and Randy and Alice Owsley. It was quite an opportunity for old tales to be retold; and Randolph recalled how, on his second day of plebe summer, the DO, Joe Morrison, threw him on the pap for stenciling his clothes in the wrong places." The Westons were on their way to Naples, Fl., from their home in Atlanta, Ga. Karl reports on correspondence with Fred NELSON in La Mesa, Ca. and Kit CARSON in New Orleans, La. Fred says that the southern California real estate developers are getting rich at the expense of old residents who have to foot the bills for the new schools and police and fire departments. Kit suggests a class reunion in New Orleans where there are 5^ pay phones and 15«J bus fares and taxes are being reduced.

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Diego-area chapter of the class had its regular bimonthly luncheon meeting at the Officers' Club at NAS, North Island, Coronado, Ca., on 20 Jan. Those on hand were Anderson, Arnold, Brendel, Casson, Chapman, Connelley, Leith, McKinney, Moses, Pearce, Smiley, Storrs, Rassieur, Walker, and Woods. The San Diego-area ladies of '23 who met for luncheon at this same time and place were Emmy Brendel, Ruth Casson, Madge Chapman, Peggy Connelley, Louise Hederman, Billie Leith, Mickey McKinney, Eleanor Ring, Marge Walker, Sally Welch, and Anita Woods. Local president Mike CONNELLEY welcomed all hands with his customary geniality and gave a particularly warm welcome to Madge Chapman, the class of '23's latest bride. Congratulations, Joe Chapman! In his record of the meeting, Louie B R E N D E L states that Frank WARD underwent minor oral surgery in the San Diego Naval Hospital on 19 Jan. The Paul JACKSONs reported that they were "sun bathing in the Banana Belt—Puget Sound, that is !" Al and Lillian OLNEY had written of their intention to move from Dallas to La Jolla in March. And Louie, with the help of two fine neighbors, had completed a sixweek job of ridding himself of a troublesome lawn by covering it with 40,000 pounds of rocks.

The newspapers have amazed and amused us with the information that two young women have been nominated by members of the Congress for admission to the Naval Academy this year. In this connection, we record an important class-of-'23 news item by quoting a portion of Louie's account of the San Diego-area January meeting. "If it hadn't been for a big blast in today's San Diego Union stating that the first girl had been nominated for the USNA, we might never have known that a girl actually entered and graduated with the class of '23.

Those of the class who attended today's closed-door luncheon . . . sat stunned and opened-mouthed at the confession of and irrefutable photographic evidence presented by one of their members. Sorry, Valerie [Schoen], you'll have to be the second gal!"

Member Louis (e) H. Brendell's "irrefutable S H I P M A T E

evidence" is reproduced on this page, with the member's kind permission.

Harry CHASE's death was reported in the class of '23 column and the "Last Call" section of the March issue of Shipmate.

Mike CONNELLEY, who was Harry's roommate at the Academy for four years, has written that the honorary pallbearers at Harry's funeral and interment services on 4 Jan. were Brendel, Chapman, Connelley, Leith, Lemly, Rogers, Walker, and W(Xids.

Our sympathy is extended to Peirce KINGSLEY whose wife. Hazel Sackett Kingsley, died 24 Jan. 1972 in the Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N.Y. Her funeral services in Ridgewood, N.J., and graveside services at the Naval Academy Cemetery were on 28 Jan. Also, we are sad to announce that Elizabeth Grace Peterson, the widow of John Waldemar P E T E R S O N , died 27 Jan. 1972 in the Mission Convalescent Hospital in San Diego. The funeral services for her were in Christ Episcopal Church, Coronado, Ca., on 31 Jan., with interment in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

It is our sad duty to announce the loss of Ray L E A V I T T who died 10 Jan. 1972 in the Plantation Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fl., after a long, severe fight with cancer.

Our classmates who were honorary pallbearers at his graveside services on 14 Jan. in the Arlington National Cemetery were Grosvenor, Mendenhall, Murdaugh, Sprung, Stephens, and Withington. Mr. Fred Langbern (of the C&P Telephone Company) and a Capt. William Ellis were also honorary pallbearers. We extend our deepest sympathy to Ray's widow, Catherine, who was too ill to attend the services in Arlington.

Further information concerning Ray is in "Last Call" in this issue of Shipmate.

Ray's death is the 48th since our 45th

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too belongs to the "Hole in One" Club; we want him to give us the details. And we ask again that anyone else who has made it: give us de dope !

The H U R S T s also let us know that Grace and Charlie H O F F M A N paid them a call in January, while on a visit to the area which was to extend until the 1924 class dinner in February. Also in Coronado, Bess Hurst tells us that Lucy Deam has sold her house and is moving into the same apartment house in which Ann Graf lives (929 "E" Avenue, Coronado 92118). And now we also have the Count WOLOSKY address: 1440 S. Orange Ave., Space 79, El Cajon, CA 92020.

Following our annual payment, we have a nice letter from Mid'n. John Chalker, saying "On behalf of the 24th Company I thank you for your contribution to the Wardroom Fund. Being in the midst of final exams, the Wardroom serves the dual purpose of entertainment center and study hall thru the night. We want to extend a continuing welcome to the Class of 1924 to visit us."

Pres: RAdm. G. R. Hartwig, USN (Ret.) The COCHRANS keep going! Soon after Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR Bill returned from his California trip, he (Ret.), 22 Macopin Ave. and Margo came up to New Jersey for Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Asst., Mr. Robert A. Keyer Christmas with her mother. And February Box 7234, Richmond, VA 23221 finds them planning their annual Florida Percent Members: 45 trip. This will include a couple of days with the Weary W I L K I N S at Daytona Beach, We do not seem to get regular reports of a stop at Boca Raton, and then two weeks our Monterey meetings, and are pleased to at Key Biscayne. have this from Pinky H O P K I N S ' letter of 24 January: "Today we resumed our '24 We've heard of another classmate who get-together at noon at the P. G. School. We has written Lou GWINN about Australia always lay off for November and December; as a place for his son's future. Well, a letter as a result we had a full turnout consisting from Lou indicates he continues to size up of our T E N members—and did the converthe Australian scene, as he writes : "As you sation fly! It's good that it's a stag party, may guess, Denise and Tom are at Exeter otherwise some of us might have to listen!

Farm. What a year! She makes money on Everybody reported in go(5d health and good paper, and leaves me to figure out the income spirits. Hal Armor had a couple of snaptax! Denise went in for pedigree stock; shots showing some of his excellent carvover the years she has culled the herd. . . . ings. Ed Layton brought us up on a lot of Perhaps I have been out here too long, and good dope—he really does have it, and is alas a result have lost the American viewways interesting." Thanks, Pinky, and let point. I can assure I have not taken on an us hear of all your meetings, with names of Australian outlook. . . . As for the Gwinns, those attending. we are all well, and in good shape."

There's more on California in a report Well, Bob KEYER continues to search from George ROBILLARD, following the for missing classmates. And when he wrote (Thristmas visit he and Margaret had with Bud F I S H E R in Pittsburgh about Robert daughter Colette and family before "loitering H. T H O M A S (you remember Jumbo), down the State" as far as Laguna Hills Bob found a real tracer-downer to cooperLeisure World: "Most interesting was our ate. Bud did a lot of telephoning to locate unexpected meeting with Bill Bailey's 'girl Jumbo's granddaughter-in-law. And thus it friend' (see 1969 Cruise, page 12). As we was regretfully learned that Jumbo Bob turned a corner, there she was, bigger than died in 1938 at McKeesport, and is buried life, and enjoying the sun which had pierced there. the haze. She's still as young as when the At our 26 January Washington luncheon Calico Hotel was in full bloom; she proves that present day fashions simply repeat his- the late arrival of George GRANBERY tory. Unfortunately, we did not have our caused some shortening in the jabbering camera. But she was willing to be photo- period, but still there was no lack of words. graphed, as any classmate of Bill's is a We are told there were 19 present, includfriend of her's. So, the next time you visit ing Petersen, Dyer, Hartwig, Robillard, Knotts Berry Farm, she'll be there to greet Kalisch, Bradley, Nasser, Wilson, Collins, you!"

Craig, Bell, Swart, Cabanillas, Rawlins and Granbery. We're told Washington streets Continuing, George reports, "We spent a pleasant evening in Carmel with the Falges. are badly torn up these days, making it Both are well, and Frank is still a Council- difficult to get to our meetings—and there is talk of moving out to another location, man. He tells us that Bud Yeomans has moved to Dell Mesa Carmel. We looked it possibly Bethesda or Fort Myer. over, and without doubt it's the finest reReporting from Mexico where he was tirement community we have ever seen.

Frank said he met Gus Strohecker in San vacationing in January, Ed K O R N H A U S ER lets us know: "I closed the office in Francisco not long ago, and 'Gus is still Gus !' We returned home to learn that the early December, to take life easier. I now husband of our youngest (Sam Cerrato and have a combined den and office in my home, Margaret) may be transferred to Paris as and have all my Navy and university drawDeputy Director of the U. S. Trade Center. ings and correspondence in cabinets." Yes, Ed made another substantial contribution So, maybe we'll go there next Christmas!" to our Alumni Association in the name of More on the S T R O H E C K E R S from 1924.

Willie H U R S T , who reports Kay and (ius Wilbur MELLON (long time no see) "stopped in" in January while vacationing in the San Diego area. Gus reported that he and Beatrice are still living in Bronxville,

class reunion, thus leaving 226 graduates and 58 nongraduates on our rolls. We have lost track of 12 graduates; some are rumored to be dead, but we have no definite information on any of them. They are James R. Bell, Robert R. Buck, Gilbert R. Crowther, Rae H. Cunningham, Howard M. Kelley, Frederick W. Long, Francis L. McCollum, Thomas R. Molloy, Edward P. Montgomery, Richard D. Pratt, Hugh Severin, and Wilson B. Trundle.

In this connection, the January 1972 issue of Shipmate notes that, as of 15 Oct. 1971, only 42 percent of the living graduates of the class of 1923 were members of the Alumni Association. Thoreau wrote: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." On the other hand, some of our graduates who are not members may just be putting off joining the Association until it will be too late.

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N. Y., around the corner from the home of his late classmate-neighbor John Rhamstine, where Lisette still resides. Wilbur seldom gets to the City, but maintains he is busy at home working on a "loose-leaf equipment system" which he started on before his retirement.

When your New Jersey reporter was recuperating from cataract trouble. Noble ABRAHAMS sent him a terrific collection of cartoons which he had lal)oriously cut out of newspapers. What a thoughtful service ! And these cartoons have been loaned to others since, and may yet get to classmates who are confined. And this reminds us of the cartoon Felix H O W L A N D sent in; we can't reproduce the picture of the two old guys walking along, but one is saying: "I'm at the age where I start enjoying life—I can't hear as well, can't see as much, and can't think as deeply." Are some of us like that?

Copt, and Mrs. Herbert P. Benton, Jr. on wedding trip.

Noting that we have mentioned some classmate hospitality enjoyed on the wedding trip of the BENTONs, Rube asks that we also mention a delightful San Francisco luncheon for them, hosted by Red W I L LIAMS and Monte BERTHOLD, and attended by Joe FARRELL and Harry RICHTER, and their lovely wives Alice and Mick. Also a most enjoyable evening, with supper, was spent at the home of Laurie and Jim RICKETTS in Cupertino.

At Honolulu they were royally entertained by the Ronald Higginses (1923, Water Polo Captain, you know). Rube also wants to record gratitude for the hospitality extended

by Evelyn and Dutch SHULTZ, Gloria and Bill BAILEY, and Bess and Willie HURST. As for his USNA roommate and his wife, we summarize Rube's appreciation : "Christie and Arturo Griese could not do enough to assist us. We were treated royally by them, in every sense of the word!"

Say, classmates, it looks like W E ' R E I N !

In for a 1974 Crtiise of the class of 1924!

When Roy H A R T W I G suggested it to Bert KALISCH, the latter (great provider in the past!) started thinking about the 50-year edition, and "would like to have suggestions from classmates." Pointing out that the 35-year edition dealt with W W I I , the 40th with up-dating vital statistics, and the 45th with favorite stories, Bert thinks our SOth edition might deal with favorite anecdotes of Midshipman days—and use Mid photos where later ones are not provided.

Many classmates will regret to learn of the death on 13 December 1971 of Mrs. (A. D.) Bessie Baden Moss. The Moss home in Conduit Street was a haven for many of us in prep-school and Midshipman days.

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Among those reported ill at this writing are Maxine (Mrs. Gordon D.) Kissam and LCdr. Jose Cabanillas '56, son of Doris and Joe, both at Bethesda, and we hope released by now. And Dick J O H N S O N is recovering well from his operation and a February flu bout.

Bill MANSFIELD lets us know 1924 is now represented in California by his auto license plate: USNA 24. Other classes are similarly represented, including Hap Lyons in '25. Bill mentions other bizarre plate names he's seen: MIDWAY, SCEXY, NONE, and 10 S N E 1 (Tennis, anyone?).

Bill also gives us the latest from Joe DARLINGTON, who has shifted residence up the coast to Port Royal—and naturally is planting a vegetable garden. Joe had to make a trip to Miami to get repairs for his boat, a trip with some hazards because of a nonadjustable sextant, obsolete charts, etc. But most important is the vegetable garden.

Late January finds Kitty Mercer enjoying every moment of the "African Quest," a 39-day trip via Greek Lines around the coast of Africa. Jenks LONGFELLOW expects to spend the rest of the winter in the Sarasota-Naples area of Florida. And Alice and John BUXTON in mid-February left on an extended drive to Florida and California.

Now we learn that Cleo and Bert KALISCH are great-grandparents for the second time: Christopher T. Eby, whose mother is a Kalisch granddaughter. Can anyone else tie that record?

Our last lines are from a classmate-grandfather : "I like the patter of children's feet— especially when they're in retreat!"

Pres., RAdm. S. N. Pyne, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.)

3055 Foxhall Road, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016 Percent Members: 41.5

We have receieved a report of the activities held in Hawaii as part of the SOth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Ed BECK is the author, and the following are his words: "On 1 December the Becks and the Ed Walkers took off from Tampa and San Francisco, respectively, for Hawaii to attend, as members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, the 30th anniversary of the Japanese attack of 7 Dec. 1941. The over-water flight in a Boeing 747 was quite an experience in itself, delightful to say the least. After these many years away, the first glimpse of 'Honoruru' (Honolulu) and its environs was regarded with mixed emotions.

What changes! Such old landmarks as the Royal Hawaiian, Moana, Halekalani, and memorable Kapolani Park are still there, but one has to look closely to find them amongst the dozens of high-rises. Of the 3000 persons in attendance, we saw no one we knew, except CINCPAC, Jack McCain, who was the principal speaker at our grand-finale dinner. As usual, he was in fine fettle, and pulled no punches. Also made contact with classmate J. B. Robertson and wife Betty at who,se lovely home under Diamond Head we spent a pleasant afternoon. The earlymorning services in the Punch Bowl and late afternoon on board the ARIZONA Memorial were most impressive. Spent the second week at Kilauea R and R Camp on the 'Big Island,' Hawaii. This was a delightful experience and is highly recommended. We were assigned the No. 1 set of quarters, fitted in every detail. A special point of interest—the very first name in the cottage's register was that of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1946. Milling through the rest of the names

Beneath which lie the remains of such beloved and outstanding persons as Adm. "Ike" Kidd and Capt. Van Valkenburg.

Thelma on their balcony at the Sheraton-Waikiki.

In the background is Diamond Head: "An old landmark near and dear to many of us."

we noted those of other illustrious persons, including those of J. H. 'Savvy' Sides, C. F. 'Charlie' Chillingworth, and R. R. 'Doc' Lyons. At the Lyman Memorial in Hilo, the Naval Academy full dress tunic ('monkey jacket') of Willie Beers is on display. All in all, it was a very pleasant trip—an opportunity to engage in a bit of nostalgia, of happier days perhaps, but the 'atmosphere' many of us loved and enjoyed seems still to prevail."

Ed also informed us that Gus and Dolly WELLINGS were due in his area shortly to spend two months at Holmes Beach; and, incidentally, that vacationing down the beach not far away will be none other than the Chancellor of Germany, Willy Brandt.

Paul CROSLEY provided us with the photo of Tecumseh, taken at the time of our 40th reunion. To the left of that stalwart supporter of '25's struggle to make 2.5 is Paul's wife Madeleine; and with her is Midshipman (then 4th Class) George Ayler, who was, at Adm. Farragut Academy, the roommate of Paul's grandson, who didn't make it to the Academy because of eye shortcomings.

Even Tecumseh was in a festive mood at '25's reunioni S H I P M A T E

George T A R B O X reports that he and Helen have just returned from a visit of a few weeks in Spain and Portugal.

A good summary report from Butch PARKER brings us up to date on a sizable segment of Florida. The material which follows is almost an exact quotation from his letter. "The folks in Florida are enjoying a most pleasant winter season—unusually pleasant, in fact, with the temperature mostly in the low 86's. Our winter residents are either here or on the way down. Red and Jeannette Harlow are at their home in Delray, and Monty and Ruth Eggers at theirs in Ft. Lauderdale. Gus and Dolly Wellings should be over at the Blue Water Beach Club in Anna Maria (on the west coast), as their reservation was for 15 Jan. The permanent residents are doing fine. Lew and Zelda Parks are out in the San Francisca area, where Lew had a knee operation at Oak Knoll Hospital, and should be recuperating. Ham and Louise Love were in Africa this summer on safari, but it was a short one, as they had to return home because of a family emergency. Ruth and Monty Eggers were also on safari (photographs), and had a wonderful trip to Kenya, Tanganyika, and Ethiopia. Dave and Flo Hull, with their daughter and her husband, Cdr. Easton (son of Bud and Manoa Easton '29), were on a Caribbean cruise over Christmas and New Year. Speed and Lucille Graubart are at their home in Palm Beach. I haven't seen them recently, but expect to soon.

"Paul ('Squeak') Tuzo is in Delray Beach, and is taking a leading part in establishing a council of the Navy League in that area.

He looks fine and is full of vigor and spirit.

Hamp Mitchell has sold his 42-ft. boat to Clay Latrobe who lives on it now at a Pompano Beach marina. Hamp still has to go to New York about once a month, but says he gets out of the place as quickly as possible. His and Eugenie's son is now a sophomore at Lehigh and doing well. He is a fine young man. Byron Loomis says he has slowed down a bit, due to an eye problem he is trying to lick, but he still takes his three-mile walks every day, plus maintaining a most active ham radio schedule with people all over this country, as well as South America and, once in a while, Europe or Australia. Louise is as pretty and active as ever. Charlie and Phoebe McKinney have had some winter illnesses, but are apparently back to battery as they have scheduled a party for next Sunday.

"We haven't seen Puss and Marion Goodney since summer, but hear all is well with them. They now have a great-granddaughter.

We expect Tommy and Anne Tonseth down here in early February. The Parkers are still going strong. Betty and I had a cruise in our boat in November, through the Keys and up the West Coast (of Florida) aways, then back across Lake Okeechobee to the East Coast and home. About 15 days.

Another boat, with LGen. Lynn, USAF, and his wife, was with us. I'm now charming the spring seamanship class of the Pompano Beach Power Squadron (Note: We have no ivinter here!), and so far have been busy starting it. Also, I'm on the board of governors of our yacht club, and a national director of the Navy League. Altogether, it keeps me pleasantly busy." (Ed's Note: We hear from another source that Butch will be a shoo-in as president of the local council of the Navy League, if he'll accept the position. ) Alex ("Bruno") H A M M O N D writes from Seattle, where he and Kay have bought a house on Mercer Island, a residential suburb. They are both in the best of health and APRIL,

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are thoroughly enjoying life in that attractive area. Alex has been granted a teacher's certificate by the State of Washington, and is teaching two classes a week in conversational Spanish at the Adult Education Center in nearby Kirkland, Wa. He has been quite active in the Seattle chapter of the .Alumni Assn. In 1967, Bruno bought a slooprigged sailboat, and has had the good fortune to acquire a well-sheltered deep water moorage right on Mercer Island. He sayS that good moorages are hard to come by in the Seattle area where there are more boats than anywhere else on earth. His hobbies (cabinet work, color photography, and common stock analysis) keep him busy there except during the summer months when he and Kay frequently go up to their waterfront cabin in the San Juan Islands, 16 miles N.E. of Victoria, B. C. Alex sends best wishes to all classmates.

A nice letter was received from Vic LONG. He tells us that, at the January dinner meeting of the Coronado chapter of the Alumni Assn., the class of '25 set some sort of a record by having the most members of any class present. This is newsworthy because it's the first time our class has been able to achieve that distinction. Contributing to this record-shattering event were: Swede Larson, who generously provided the wine for the class table; Larry Haugen, who boosted the attendance by bringing a car full from San Diego; Jimmy Dowden, who claimed he had just escaped from his snow-bound cabin in the Laguna Mountains; Bevo Bond, who gave the invocation—and a very good one, too; Cam Briggs; Vic Long; Marvin West; John Murphy; and George Purmont. Our esteemed ex-President, Frank TIMBERLAKE, was in town and would have been there also, but a business engagement prevented (Vic says Frank had to sell more chocolate!). Harry and Ginna H E N D E R S O N arrived in Coronado for their annual winter escape from the rigors of Virginia Beach, which always makes their host of friends in Coronado/San Diego exceedingly happy. Harry, an ardent golfer, is a familiar figure on the local course, which should bode no good for his snow-bound buddies back home (Whitey TAYLOR take note!). Haralson S M I T H is still among our dwindling number of working (for profit) classmates. He commutes from his Coronado home to his bustling insurance office in San Diego, and reports that business is just great. Hunter WOOD is another of the local "workers," continuing to teach in the Coronado High School, which keeps him both busy and on his toes, trying to keep at least one jump ahead of the young ones.

A nice newsy letter from Ran MacKINNON gives us a lot of further info about classmates in San Diego and Orange Counties, Ca. He and Cam BRIGGS report that there are 30 classmates that they know of in those areas, all with wives except for that perennial bachelor, Dundas Preble TUCKER. Here is Ran's report, in part, in his own words : "The New Year started off with a BANG for '25 here in Southern California. Frank and Camille Timberlake took an apartment in the new Coronado Shores (near the Amphib Base) and invited a group of '25ers and other friends to join them at the NAS North Island 'O' Club on Wednesday, 5 January 1972. Needless to say, those attending had a wonderful time renewing old friendships. Fortunately, all '2Sers present were accompanied by their charming wives—I have yet to see a more lovely group than the girls '25 has chosen.

Those attending Frank's fine party were Bevo and Kathleen Bond, Cam and Doris Briggs, Jeane and Mary Clark, Larry and

Ruth Haugen, Swede and Lucille Larson, Vic and Virginia Long, Ran and Mary MacKinnon, John and Carol Melgaard, John and Louise Murphy, Haralson and Helen Smith, Charley and Virginia Weeks, Hunter and Dorothy Wood, Benny and Edith Wright, and the Timberlakes, of course.

"We think we have found a 'missing' member of the class! Francis Stoltz lives in Rancho Bernardo, just outside San Diego, and Charley Weeks will look him up. Already found one error in the list! (George Purmont has moved south from San Francisco ; he and Bevo Bond challenged John Melgaard and me to meet at Camp Pendleton and play a little golf. So add the Purmonts to the list of those attending. The Ham Loves, from Florida, were visiting his brother—so they, too, were present to enjoy the festivities. "Think that covers the waterfront."

Here are some new addresses picked up as a result of Ran's letter: George PURMONT, 1517 Second St., Coronado, CA 92118 and Francis STOLTZ, 13149 Callado Rd., San Diego, CA 92128. Ran also states that his telephone number is (714) 830-3793 and not that given in the Interim Quiver.

Tommy and Jean B U R R O W E S are installed in their new home at 3438 Chiswick Ct., Silver Spring, MD 20906. Tel. (301) 598-5081.

Kit CARSON has a part-time job as Executive Vice President of the Safety Council in Pensacola. He reports that it's wonderful—gets one out of the house during the sweeping periods! He plays golf regularly with A. N. Perkins '24 and Dale Harris '24. He says that last year Perk had a hole-in-one on No. 7, a 153-yarder; and that he. Kit, had one on the same hole. Dale has the highest handicap, but wins all the money! Kit reports that not many classmates are in the area, but he does see Sully SULLIVAN and Jack S T E E L E occasionally.

Tommy Burrowes has given us Lydia Varian's address—Admiral Farragut Apartments, 250-A Hilltop La., Apt. 103, Annapolis, MD 21403. Tel. (301) 263-9531.

Lydia is very happy to be living in this area, and she expressed again to Tommy her gratitude to the class for the tribute to Don, and for the kindnesses shown to her at the time of Don's death.

We keep learning from other people or sources about moves made by members of the class, about new family conditions such as new grandchildren, marriages and so on.

We have a wonderful individual file on each classmate, maintained and kept at our class address at Decatur Museum in Washington.

Our file on you can only be as g(X)d as you allow it to be. So please let us know of your moves, births, marriages and other family changes as they occur.

Pres: RAdm. Kenneth Craig, USN (Ret.) 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.) Box 178, Crystal River, FL 32629 Percent

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Our treasurer. Jack GREENSLADE, has made his financial report of the Association of the Class of 1926 for the year 1971 to the class officers. Briefed, it indicates $4161.50 on hand on the 1st of January, 1971 and $4800.00 on hand 31 December 1971, for a growth during the year of $638.52. The class had just three expenditures during the year; $5598.33 for reunion costs, $1000.00 for the Naval Academy contribution and $200.00 in support of the 26th Company Wardroom. .\s reported earlier, subscriptions for the reunion met all costs of the gathering and 49

provided a small surplus. Well done to Jack, who managed all our finances, and has with meticulous care, for years! Send your 1972 contributions to the Class Fund to RAdm. J. F. Greenslade, 5020 Millwood Lane, N.W., Washington, DC 20016.

The CS is late in reporting a significant recognition to one of our classmates. As reported in the Norfolk paper, 'Retired Navy Rear Admiral William K. Romoser of Virginia Beach, former president of the Tidewater Council of the Boy Scouts of America, has been awarded the Silver Antelope Award, presented at the annual meeting of Region 3 of the BSofA in Pittsburgh.

Region 3 includes all Boy Scout councils in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Admiral Romoser is only the second Tidewater citizen to receive the Silver Antelope Award; the first was Colgate Darden, who received it in 1958."

Extracts from his citation: "Naval Officer, Churchman, Scouter. It is said of him truly, 'when he accepts an assignment he leaves nothing to be desired.'

"Upon his retirement, after 35 years of service at both peace and war, he reached his anchorage at 'Landfall,' his seaside home, and searched for fruitful uses of his new leisure. He settled upon Scouting and, in 1959, became a member of the Tidewater Council's executive board. His first assignment was as chairman of the Golden Jubilee celebration and was followed by leadership of the Council Activities Committee. In 1964 he was elected Council president, filling the office commendably until his election in 1969 as Chairman of the advisory council.

Because of his prestige and influence, training detachments of Naval Reserve Seabee units on a national scale undertook improvement projects at the council camp as a part of their programmed training cruises and rebuilt the camp. A grateful council recognized his service by awarding him the Silver Beaver.

"Admiral Romoser's community activities include service on the boards of the Navy League, the MacArthur Memorial Foundation, the American Cancer Society and the Historical Society of Princess Anne County.

He is a devoted member of the vestry of his church."

"Bunny" BENJAMIN writes from Charlottesville, Va., that he had belatedly learned of the death of his former roommate, Jimmy RAUGH ; his other roommate for his first two years at the Academy was Jimmy BYRNE, who has also left us. Bunny writes that Pete LOADER, from wh(5m the (TS has not heard in a long, long time, is still active as the President of the Vernon Manufacturing Co., in Vernon, Tx. Bunny continues to be active in Naval Academy Alumni affairs, having served on its Publications Committee for many years and for the past three on the Information and Recruitment Committee; contributions which give him welcome opportunities to enjoy meetings in Annapolis.

A short note from Dorothy Wolverton, who will be remembered by many of us as Jack FRADD's attractive sister, says that Tom is still active and busy in his real estate business in San Jose, Ca., where three of their six grandchildren live near enough for them to enjoy.

The Washington classmates held the January luncheon on the 24th at the Army-Navy Club with Aitken, Brady, Brown, Bruton, Cavenagh, Fravel, Fryer, Greenacre, Havard, Hill, Katz, McCorkle, McKee, Lovett, Lyman, Strain and Taylor present.

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from the north in January and February; Al and Carmen MUMMA visiting several places in that sunny weather, the BROUSSARDS heading for Tampa from Montclair, N.J., the John SYLVESTERS haying to cancel their trip because of indisposition, and the DUDLEYS including it in their extensive auto trip from 30 November, when they left Washington for Detroit to visit their youngest son. Bill, on business there for the FDIC. From there they drove to Dallas to visit Polly Ann and her Navy husband Harold G. Hatch, USNA 'S3, on duty there as a recruiter. Paul and Polly showed up at "Secure" in Crystal River, having golfed and quail hunted through a considerable portion of Texas and Oklahoma ; Paul having two sisters conveniently located in those two states. They were impressed by the Alamo in San Antonio and

by President Johnson's library; both highly Recommended for anyone going nearby. Paul got more golf in Pensacola and a couple of games in Crystal River before heading for St. Petersburg where they hoped to catch the Leepers before they took off for California.

The SMEDBERGS had an enjoyable visit with Bob and Bobbie P I R I E at their lovely new home in the Village of Golf, Delray Dunes Golf Course, Florida, a short distance south of Palm Beach. The visit was slightly marred by the awful golf displayed

by Bob's guest in the member-guest golf tournament, in mid-January, which was the occasion for the visit. The CS seriously considered giving up the game for good at the end of the third day of trying (too hard) to emulate Bob's tremendous drives and long iron shots. The CS fearlessly predicts that Pirie will be one of the favorites to win the 1926 SENIORS at the Academy in May 1976!

Pres: RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert M. Barnes, USN (RetJ 2800 Quebec St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. Wm. D. Irvin, USN (Ret.) 3011 Foxhall Rd., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016 Percent Members: 44.5

Note: Bill and Carolyn IRVIN are vacationing in the Caribbean so that items in this month's issue were prepared by Bob Q U A C K E N B U S H ; so please bear with him and remember he can only submit that which he received! Bill, fortunately, will be back to submit news for the next issue.

On 27 January a class luncheon was held at the Army-Navy Town Club with fine attendance. If anyone likes to play the numbers game that would have been a good day to play it for on the 27th, the class of '27 had 27 present!

They were: Alan Shapley, Herb Riley, Bobbie Snyder, Bob Barnes, Don Griffin, Jack Sipe, Tom Cobb King, Ray Mitchell, John Malley, Miles Hubbard, Gordon Caswell, Carl Steiner, Joe Maher, Parker Fairlamb, Monty Pryce, Hank Briggs, Josh Cooper, Min Daspit, Jack Maginnis, Mate Faigle, Van Van Mater, Jimmie Roberts, Swede Van Swearingen, P. D. Miles, Bob Quackenbush, Bob Foley up from Richmond, and Toby Munn from out California way. During lunch, Don received a nice phone call from Tom HAMILTON and passed along parts of the conversation which will later be promulgated to all hands in more detail. Parker FAIRLAMB gave a brief summary of the preparations for the 45th in the fall, details of which will be sent out by letter in early spring. Plans are shaping up nicely and everyone is again requested to reply early to the Committee's letter when received.

A post card was received from Donk and Louise DONAHO, who are again in Mexico, and one from Helen and Phil ROSS from Europe; each indicated they are living it up in those areas.

A nice note from the Bob RICES in Florida gave a quick rundown on their activities. Bob is treasurer (unpaid) of the local Red Cross unit and Eunice is head of a local Planned Parenthood Association in Orlando. Their children keep well, busy and travelingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ellen in Ma., Rosamond back from Nairobi, Russell in Vermont and Corinthea in Martinque. And speaking of treasurers. Bob Quackenbush has been treasurer of the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association for the past five years (also unpaid). Would any of you "old" communicators like to relieve him?

Ray and Eleanor MITCHELL recently headed north and spent several days with Samuel Hunter GRIFFIN, Jr. at his home "Snug Harbor" in Osterville, Ma. Jimmy invites any and all classmates to call on him whenever they may be in Cape Cod. Maggie Maginnis informs us of a wedding announcement from R. E. (Shorty) MYERS and Mrs. Schuster Clark. They were married on 16 Jan. in Phoenix, Az. and are at homeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;4824 Miller Rd. Scottsdale, Az. Frank and Olive GIAMBATTISTA have been visiting their son, Frank, Jr. '61, in Mexico City and grandsons Mike Anthony, hopefully of class of 1982 and Frank Daniel III, hopefully of class of 1987.

Gamby said they toured the Naval Academy de Mexico which was most interesting and was "First Class." From Mexico, they are continuing on to Central America, Panama and the Argentine, with a stopover at Guadalajara to visit a cousin.

Jimmy and Isabel WALKER have been in the D.C. area on a couple of weekends recently visiting the Pat HENRYs and Quackenbushes. In turn. Bob and Bert spent a delightful visit at their charming country home in Forst City, Pa. Congratulations are in order for Capt.

W. R. Roll, USMC, the commanding officer of the Naval Academy's 27th Company. He has been selected for major. We hope he is wearing his new rank by the time this is in print.

Pres: VAdm. Harry E. Sears, USN (Ret.) Eastern Corr.

RAdm. P. R. Anderson, USN (Ret.) 4354 Lorcum Lane Arlington, VA 22207 Western Corr.

RAdm. J. F. Quilter, USN (Ret.) 500 Westridge Drive Portola Valley, CA 94026 Percent Members: 47

The Washington chapter of our Alumni Ass(x;iation had its January luncheon in mid-January at the Army-Navy club. Our guest speaker, VAdm. Jim Calvert, soon to be relieved as Superintendent, Naval Academy, gave us a most interesting account of "what's going on" there. All us alumni may be justly proud and thankful for Jim's accomplishments during his tour.

Adm. (Jeorge Anderson, our Alumni Associati<>n Pres., gave us some clarifying information about what may be confusing to many of us, namely the seeming conflict among the several fund drives for the benefit of the Academy and the Alumni Association. These are the Naval Academy Foundation, the Superintendent's Memorial Fund to provide recreational facilities for the Academy, and the Alumni Association's own fund drive. He explained that these SHIPMATE

funds are truly complementary, not in mutual conflict, and that all aim to assist the Academy in carrying out its mission of training young men to be naval officers.

More about these funds in a note from our class Pres. later on in this column.

The Washington-Annapolis members of the BLC gathered at the Army-Navy Club on Friday, 23 Jan. for the first class lunch of '72. The festivities were somewhat subdued by the fact that most of those attending went from the club to Arlington Cemetery to attend the burial of our beloved classmate. Frank N I C H O L S , about which details later. We did, however, decide on the next class luncheon for both guys and gals.

It will take place on Thursday, 4 May 1972, at the Army-Navy Country Club, beginning at 12:30 p.m. So all you guys and gals plan to be on hand for this one. Your scribe will get out reminder cards about mid-April, with the usual R S V P needed to assist George KING, who has kindly volunteered to put this one on. Classmates present at the lunch were: James, Sears, King, Collins, Carusi, Urquhart, Stanley, Morris, Binney, Gerin, and your CS. As many of you know, the BLC has been supporting the 28th Company Wardroom in Bancroft Hall for the benefit of the Mids in the 28th Co. We are further committed to continuing support to the tune of $100.00 per year. Recently Jimmy J A M E S visited the room and received the following report from the Midshipman Company Commander and Wardroom President (dated 10 Dec.) : "Dear Admiral James, As I assume the responsibilities of Wardroom President, I feel that I should express my gratitude and that of the 28th Company first class for the continuing generosity of the Class of 1928.

"Last year an extensive modernization of the Wardroom was accomplished by members of the present first class. Projects completed include the painting and paneling of the wardroom, the building of a combination bookcase-television platform, and the purchase and assembly of a Heathkit color television and associated antenna.

"Present plans include the purchase of a vacuum cleaner to help preserve the carpeting and the reupholstering of the sofas and lounge chairs.

"Please extend to your classmates the sincere thanks of the first class and an invitation to visit our wardroom to inspect the improvements that your generosity has made possible. Very respectfully, / S / G. E. Voelker, Midn. U.S. Navy, 28th Company Commander."

Jimmy James' inspection verifies the need for the improvements noted and estimates the need for about $300.00 to pay for them.

At the lunch reported above, six of your classmates donated $150.00 toward the improvements. Your CS herewith appeals to you classniates out there to join us in meeting the cost of these improvements. Send in your donations to me, made out to 28th Company Wardroom Fund, and I will remit to the Company Commander.

The winter of '71-'72 has wrought its pall on the B L C : Beginning with the loss of Norm BALL in November, the loss to date totals four! Herewith the gloomy reports: Extracts from Red Stillman '27: "It is my sad duty to report the passing on of my cousin and your classmate, Henry ('Heine', 'Hank') McDonald Stillman on Saturday, IS January 1972 at his home at 21758 W. Silver Spring Dr., Sussex, W I 53089. He would have been 67 in April. His son, Mr. Henry M. Stillman, Jr. of 422 Estberg Ave., APRIL,

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Waukesha, WI 53186, telephoned me that Heine had succumbed to a heart attack while outside his home. He is survived by his wife, Gretchen, by his son, and by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Walcott, 2408 Doswell St., St. Paul, MN 55108.

"Heine had had an earlier heart attack, from which he had recovered sufficiently for him to return to his work, but his son reported that a recent check-up had revealed that trouble lay ahead. I had visited Heine briefly the past summer at his home and at his plant and found him in good spirits and taking care of himself.

"He had left U S N A about half-way through the course, a football injury prompting his resignation, but not before he had designed the class of '28 ring. He then attended Cornell U., receiving his degree in architectural engineering. He had sufficiently recovered from his injury to again play football, and won a position in the backfield of Cornell's varsity team.

"Heine was one of the founders of Synchromatic Inc. and was Vice President and Sales Manager. It was taken over by Western Industries, and Heine was retained at its Watertown (Wi.) plant and in charge of Bidding and Estimating, a high tension position at which he worked until the day of his passing.

"When the U. S. entered W W I I , Heine applied for a commission in the Navy and was commissioned as a senior Lieutenant and an 'unrestricted' (DE-V) sea-going officer. He served with distinction as Engineering Officer of the Fleet Oiler SUWANEE, and afterwards, until the end of the war, as Navigator of the Escort Carrier COMMENCEMENT BAY. The war over, he left the Naval Service returning to civilian life. His last general contact with members of the class of 1928 was in 1968 when he attended the 40th reunion at Annapolis."

And from Harry Q U A S T : "(Jan. 20).

I am unhappily the bearer of bad news.

Henry M. Stillman passed away on January 15—heart attack. We saw each other a good bit since our home is about 75 miles from his. " . . . I believe he received 5 battle stars (for his W W I I service).

"At the time of his death he was Pres. of the Watertown Metal Fabricating plant at Watertown, Wi. "His services were held on Jan. 17 at Milwaukee, which I attended. Henry had a son and a daughter. . . . There are 3 grandchildren.

"I do hear from Fran Wood peri(xlically because Stuffy can't wTite—never could, but the last time I saw him (one year ago at McLean) he described in detail your handle bar moustache.

"Also had a letter from Frank Wakefield who has had serious cancer surgery. He is apparently recovered and receiving radiation treatment. I will see him in San Diego in February.

"I hope you are well, happy and as obstreperous as you were in your youth. Sorry, but this letter needed at least one jibe. My best to you. Sincerely, Harry."

We extend the deepest sympathy of the class to Gretchen and the family, and our sincere thanks to Carl Stillman and Harry Quast for their thoughtful reports. .A^s reported in this column in the last issue, Frank NICHOLS was under treatment for tumor in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

Sadly, Frank passed away 24 January 1972.

Frank is survived by two sons, Frank Jr. and Lawrence, daughter Camilla, and sister

Elizabeth Nichols, and several grandchildren. Frank was buried with full military honors beside his beloved wife Emma in the Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, 28 Jan. 1972. Frank's children, his sister, John Williams' widow Viola, and several of his classmates attended the ceremony.

The class of 1928 extends its deepest sympathy to all his surviving family.

Your CS received notification through B U P E R S that Andy A H R O O N passed away on 26 January in Colorado Springs, Co. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs on 29 January. Your CS has no other details. Thomas Andrew Ahroon is survived by his widow Louise, sons Thomas Jr. and John Carter, and daughter Louise Gale. "Lou" and Andy had made their home at 1023 Jupiter Dr., Colorado Springs 80906 since his retirement from active duty in 1963.

The class of 1928 extends deepest sympathy to Lou and the family.

The following from our Pres. Harry • S E A R S : "Dear Petey, I thought the February issue of Shipmate was one of the greatest, and the '28 column outstanding. I am sure that all our classmates in the Biggest Little Class share these sentiments. A hearty 'Well Done' to you and Slim Quilter for the great job you are doing.

"In order that the BLC constantly may be more effective to our country, the Navy, the Academy and the class itself, the following notes are offered for the benefit of '28ers wherever they may be located: "The Naval Academy Foundation Class of 1928 Memorial Scholarship Fund is proceeding well with over two-thirds of our goal achieved. This is a continuing project, so 'fire-at-wiir with your cash, securities or other property until our goal of $20,000.00 has been achieved.

"Recent letters to me from Adm. George Anderson, our Alumni Association President, and the NAAA's able, new director, Capt. Bill Busik, describe in detail their plan to strengthen the annual fund. This fund is used for the benefit of the membership and for Academy projects for which no appropriated funds are available. Briefly, the plan calls for a Class Agent form of solicitation used very successfully by many colleges in the country, particularly our friendly rivals at West Point. Class Presidents are asked to serve as Chairmen (I have accepted) ; they in turn will ask up to 30 classmates to serve as Class Agents. The latter will write a designated batch of classmates (you probably have received your first of two letters) using materials supplied by Busik. We wish Andy and Bill every success in their worthy endeavor and assure them of full support from the BLC. "Any class to be effective and spirited should have a high rate of membership in the Alumni Association. While '28 is well above the average with 47 percent, it is quite a bit below those great classes of 'IS through '21 with their 57 percent average.

Particularly notable is '15 with a 62 percent.

(Rip Struble always was a go-getter!). So, consult your Register of Alumni! (The new edition is just out and is a dandy!) and 'each one get one', remembering that anyone who attended (not necessarily graduated from) the USNA is eligible for membership. (Note: Some of the finest contributions to class activities have been made by non-graduates.) Our goal: 65 percent!

"Another program not receiving too much attention is Jim Calvert's Superintendent's Memorial Fund. This is designed to realize a long cherished dream of building suitable 51

recreational and sailing centers at the Academy for which no public funds are available.

Present facilities are pretty grim; those planned would not only provide more pleasant surroundings for the Midshipmen, their families and guests, but would be an added attraction for promising young men to attend the Academy. Contributions to this fine program are on an individual basis.

When our N.A. Foundation goal is achieved, it is hoped that we can get into a class fund for the 'Supe's' project.

"Any green remaining in your flattened wallets at this point should be directed to Petey Anderson, our versatile scribe, treasurer, VP—you name it—for building up our depleted class treasury. Much that goes on in the Class is paid for out-of-pocket by your duly elected reps, so contributions of a couple of bucks here and there would be welcome.

"In the meantime, keep up those newsy notes to Petey or Slim. It's your class— and you're the greatest."

Some random notes gathered from here and there: A recent issue of Town and Country contained a fine shot of Farmer Brown and wife Sara in front of Ashbourne, their handsome home in Harrod's Creek, Ky. Lyons is Chairman of the Board of BrownForman Distillers Corp., which was founded by his grandfather.

Helen Lovelace Cherbonnier has been widowed four times. Her husband before Victor Cherbonnier was Lewis Kaye.

The puckish remark concerning Slim QUILTER

more problems than answers, but nonetheless I send my best wishes to you all for the year ahead."

ITEM. The '29 Class Lunch Clinic (Third Tuesdays, Sept. to May) has been conducting seminars on front and rear operations.

This knowledgeable group is prepared to provide advice and sympathy to class members.

DOROTHY p i X C O L U M N : What widower is pursuing what widow for what purpose ?

L E T T E R S TO ED. (only one for the month) : Burl BUSH writes from Office of the Dean, Cleveland State University, Fenn College of Engineering: "As for me, I joined the Medicare millions last month and expect to retire again this summer after ten years of deaning. Eloise and I have not decided what we will do, or where. All I know is that it will be warmer than Cleveland. ( E d : We have a fine '29 representation in Orlando area.) We have a son in business in Santa Rosa, Ca.; a daughter married to a LCol. USAF at Langley Field (he is USNA '54) ; her sister is married to a commander in San Diego. Both sons-in-law are fly boys. Both have completed their tours in Vietnam. Nine grandchildren and a tenth due. My wife's mother, Mrs. Walker, still lives in Chevy Chase. She is the mother of Phil Walker. What bright ideas have you on where Eloise and I should move next?"

in our Feb. column should be

attributed to Sears, not W A T T S !

Pres: RAdm. Gus Johansen, USN (Ret.) 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.) 29303 Stonecrest Rd. Rollings Hills Estates, CA 90274 Percent Members: 43

BOOK N E W S : At last! The manuscript of the first installment of A Short History of the Class of Twenty-nine has been received from the author Hank McROBERTS. It is well-written, philosophic, and episodic.

If we could get it by the editors it would be an inspiration to the other classes, as well as relieving Bob CLARK and yours truly from turning in a column for six issues.

However (smack your lips), it covers activities such as Willie the Wiggler's illegal consumption of beverages, over-the-wall-andout etc. So, as soon as we receive a few more installments from Hank we shall send it to you-all, in a plain brown wrapper.

BUSINESS COLUMN: The following new (and used) officers for the Executive Committee have been elected: chairman, Gus Johansen; vice chairman, Roy Jackson; secretary-treasurer, Cal Laning; exec committeemen, Johnny Davidson and Chuck Triebel.

H E L P W A N T E D : Information of activities, anecdotes and opinions of '29ers. As Jonas said before the Michigan game, "I'd give my right arm up to here!" (Who noticed that he gripped his left bicep?)

M E D I C A L : Mac McCOY is well on the way to recovery, but writes as follows with his left hand, "A slight, but rather restructural, injury to one of my fingers by a power saw curtailed my correspondence production for some time. All back to normal now with no strain, in fact, I find it is a good idea from time to time to cut through the outer covering just to confirm that red blood is still circulating underneath. It will be par for this course for 1972 to produce 52

Who's the Beaver?

TRAVEL AND V A C A T I O N S : This column is being sent in early and may miss some of your news. The east coast editor and manager are taking off for the first vacation in two years. We are "managers" of a community-owned lake and beach corporation, at a miserable pittance for "onequarter-time" work. February is the only time that lifeguards aren't being hired (four of the 16 are lovely gals and it takes a great deal of selection), the dam repaired (we personally repaired the waterside of a 20inch gate valve at 18 feet down in November) or something is entering the lake which shouldn't (had a 21,000 gallon oil spill in December). Our schedule includes inspection of L.A. and San Diego Chapters and a visit to Bob and Ginny H E I N L E I N .

In LA we are promised a ride on Woody TEAGUE's hot motorcycle. In San Diego we will renew our wardrobe in fashionable Norma's Not New Shop. Bob, whose home straddles the San Andreas Fault, assures us that he will know which way to jump on the next big slip. Meanwhile, keep those card(s) and letter(s) coming. Please.

LATE B U L L E T I N : Sam DENHAM is a patient in the U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, Ca. He has been seriously ill and is

taking cobalt radiation treatment. Sam's home address is 4028 La Mesa Ln., San Jose, CA 95124.

Pres: RAdm. Wreford G. Chappie, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. M. H. Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, D. C. 20016 Percent Members: 49

Bill S T E W A R T sends in news of the class in the San Francisco area: "The Class of 1930 of Northern California started the new year off with a 'When two or three shall meet' dinner on 22 January in the Treasure Room, Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club, Treasure Island. It was sponsored by Bill and Alice Stewart. The following were in attendance: John and Julie Gragg, up from San Clemente for R & R after completing their new home, Ed and Hannah Carmick, Paul and Margery Hanlin, Merv and Pat Halstead, Anne liawkins, Ned and Frances Harrell, up from their new home in Sun City for a visit with friends, Cy and Margo Johnson (Class '29), Ole and Mimi Hansen from Monterey, Al and Jean Kohlhas, Abe and Dee Lincoln, John and Victoria MacGregor, Warren and Betty McClain, Henry and Marge Stevenson, down from Santa Rosa with Alice Corbus who has recently moved to that area. Doc and Gertrude Strohbehn, Joe and Wilma Whitaker, Al and Winn White (Class '29), Eleanor Winant, and naturally the sponsors.

"During the course of the evening we learned that Al Kohlhas won a tennis tournament against a field of nine in a Supply Corps outing. It looks like Al gets better as he gets older. Congratulations, Al. "Plans are being made for a '30 gathering the middle of March with Anne Hawkins and Eleanor Winant as sponsors; the latter part of June at the lovely home of Ed and Hannah Carmick, and a September caravan trip to Santa Rosa for a convivial gathering at the home of Harry and Marge Stevenson.

We hope that anyone visiting this area at the times planned will endeavor to attend.

"It was also suggested that an endeavor be made to have a combined meeting of our Northern and Southern California classmates. If a sufficient number are interested, a committee could be formed to pick a mutually satisfactory gathering site. We hope that by passing the word, sufficient interest will be generated to make the suggestion a reality.

"Kindest personal regards to all the D.C. fellows."

Willie and Evelynne COATES now give their address as The Plaza, 1775 Diamond St., Apt. 1-105, San Diego, CA 92109.

The Washington chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association held its January luncheon meeting at the Army and Navy Club. Besides Red AILES (President of the Washington chatper) those present were Bob Craighill, Peter Horn, Bill Centner, Bill Nelson (Class Executive V.P.), Buff Simons and Eddie Wagner. It's too bad more of the class couldn't be there to hear a truly frank and honest talk by VAdm. Jim Calvert, Superintendent of the Naval .Academy. To all of us there Jim's summarization of conditions at the Academy was, on the whole, distinctly disturbing to put it mildly. However, there were bright spots and recommended courses of action. Jim gives up his superintendency in June for sea duty.

He will be relieved by VAdm. Mack. His problems as Superintendent have been great, but his leadership has been even greater. We owe him a "well done."

Adm. George Anderson spoke briefly on the confusion existing in the minds of many SHIPMATE

graduates by what appears to be overlapping responsibilities of several organizations set up to help top grade candidates enter the Academy. George assured us that such overlapping really doesn't exist, but recommended that graduates funnel their support of this worthy undertaking through the Alumni Association, which is set up to handle such matters.

A most welcome letter from Marv GLUNTZ: "A trip in December and January to see the children and grandchildren rewarded us with several visits with classmates.

"A week in Denver where our son Tom, a captain in the U S A F is on duty at Lowery AFB let us get together for a day with Tom and Bert Hughes. Their home in BouWer backs up against the foothills of the Rockies and it was in those foothills that we drank in one breathtaking view after another as Tom's car took the winding highway in easy fashion. Lunch was taken in a cozy restaurant that reminded me a lot of some of the Swiss chalets the movies like to show.

"Our stay at San Jose was so short we had to settle for telephone calls to George McCready and the Ole Hansens.

"On the way back to Massapequa we stopped off for a visit to Sun City and there were delighted to visit with Walter and Flora Prien and Mac and Molly Williams, full time residents. From them we learned about some of the things that have made Sun City so outstanding and why so many people are deciding to drop their anchors there permanently. On our last night at Sun City we were invited to join the Williams' dinner party in honor of Bob and Marg Jennings who had just driven in to inspect the progress of their new home being built there. Thanks to our gracious hosts and the good fellowship prevailing it was an evening we will long remember."

Once again we are saddened by the death of a classmate. Jim DALY died in San Diego Naval Hospital on 27 January from hepatic coma. Simonne lives at 822 Havenhurst Point, La Jolla, CA 92037. Ed BRUMBY reports that Jim's funeral was very impressive and attended by a goodly number of classmates as well as many other friends from La Jolla and the city schools, where he had taught.

Jack and Agnes A G N E W were loud in their praise of Puerto Rico where they visited in January. While there they ran into Jack and Louise J O N E S who were on their way home from visiting their son and family at Ramey AFB. The Agnews flew to St. Thomas for a one-day visit. Chances are they enjoyed a Planter's Punch or two at Bluebeard's Castle!

At the time we go to press in February, Dutch and Jo W I L S O N are on a two weeks vacation in Costa Rica.

We certainly struck the jackpot this month in the way of letters from classmates. Here's one from Carlos C H A R N E C O : "This is thirty for tonight as far as raising children is concerned. Our youngest son, Jerry Charles, aged 24, graduates from medical school on 26 May. It has been a long struggle bringing up three sons to become career men as well as good citizens. I would do it again if I had the power to have three more children, but unluckily that is out. How many of you, classmates, feel like I do?

"Believe it or not, at 66 years of age, people tell me I do not look over 55, my hair, except for a few gray ones, sideburns mainly, is still the same as it was a few years ago.

"We moved to Orange Park, Fl. in October 1969, bought a lovely house in a subdivision called Hollycrest, four miles from the village. We are getting along fine; have made several trips to Puerto Rico, after our two months' tour of Europe. We have a one bedroom apt. in the heart of San Juan, lovely and comfortable, where we go for a visit once in a while.

"Our eldest son Carlos M., Jr., USNA 1956 and MIT 1962, is now a commander, EDO, serving somewhere in the Pentagon.

Our second son, who was a LCdr. (MC) USN, resigned from the Navy last June. He is on his own and not complaining about his move. He is a dermatologist, practicing in Jacksonville.

"Jerry C. married a lovely girl, born in Brazil, last July. We want classmates as well as other friends to know that the latchstring is always out."

It was nice to get a short note from Nick BLEMKER along with a check for his class dues. Since he and Gretchen have a son living in Germantown, Md. we hope they'll visit Washington soon, perhaps when we have one of our '30 gatherings.

Chief and Charlotte MASTERSON returned to Washington the end of January from a trip to the Carolinas. They visited with Jim and Ruth DAVIS who had recently returned from a two months' tour of Europe. They also saw the W A L T E R S in Fayetteville, N.C., where Wooftie and Mary Margaret have their Dolphin Book Store.

They have moved the book shop to a larger location in the same shopping center. While in Charleston, S.C. they saw George and Frances PALMER, Angel and Athelie GRANTHAM and Charlie and Margaret MAURO. All seemed to be enjoying life in Charleston.

A short note from Jack MORENO informs us that Nix L I D S T O N E and Emmet O'BEIRNE were visiting the Coronado area for a few weeks around the first of February. He also reported that Marie Rutter was recuperating in the hospital from a severe attack of angina.

In closing this month's column I request each of you who reads it to urge those classmates who do not now receive Shipmate to join the Alumni Association. Shipmate is the best means we have of keeping the members of '30 informed on a regular basis of class news and plans for the future. Despite this only 49 percent of our classmates are now receiving Shipmate.

Pres: RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. John Crumpacker, USN (Ret.) 1000 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, MO 20851 Percent Members: 49.5

We have the following report of a threemonth trip from B(3en. Wayne and Catherine ADAMS. "Catherine and I returned from a threemonth trip just before Christmas. Starting in Madrid 15 September with a rented car ( S E A T ISOO窶認iat design, Mercedes motor, Spanish produced), always trying to visit all Roman or Greek archeological sites, we saw all the cities of western and southwestern Spain, crossed over to Morocco from Algeciras, saw Tangier, Fez, Meknes, ancient Volubilis (Selene, daughter of Cleopatra, was here as wife of a Berber king), Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat, and returned to Spain, thence up the coast and into France at Perpignan. From Carcassonne to the Italian border we held generally to the coast, except that we spent several days at Aries, using that town as a base and visiting Provence (Nimes, Orange, Avignon, Vaisonla-Romaine, Tarascon, and Aix). We had unusually good weather (for us), no rain at all until November when we were in Rome, and then not much. We did, however, have a problem with hotels being closed or about to close on the Cote d'Azur during the last week in October; in fact we closed Hotel du Cap at Antibes, and were its only guests on the last night, and La Reserve at Beaulieu. At Antibes had a wonderful day with Banks and Caroline Holcomb, who took us to lunch at a fine restaurant at Gorge du Loup, high above Grasse. What with the food and the wine and the talk and the wine, by the time we thought about a photo it was failing light. Nevertheless we stopped at the first open space below Grasse, and there in a vineyard snapped this photo of Catherine, Banks and Caroline, left to right.

On arrival at Rome on 8 November I turned back the SEAT to the Spaniard who was waiting for us, regretfully, as it was most dependable and comfortable, but thankfully, as one day in Roman traffic was enough. Spent five weeks tramping the streets by day and eating our way through restaurant menus by night. So back to USA and months of dieting."

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Pres: Capt. J. D. Lamade, USN (Ret.J Sec'y, RAdm. G. E. Pierce, USN (Ret.) 5416 Lambeth Rd. Bethesda, MD 20014 Percent Members: 43.5

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The Red Cross spent $58.4 million in service to the military during 1971, aiding an average of 110,700 servicemen and families per month.

H E R E A N D T H E R E W I T H '32 A member of '32 has recently received a very unusual honor. RAdm. Levering SMITH, USN, director of the Navy's 53

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POLARIS and POSEIDON programs, was honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the award of Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in a ceremony at the British Embassy in Washington, D. C. With the award. Smith became the first American Admiral to be so honored in 25 years by a reigning monarch of England.

The Earl of Cromer presented the award on behalf of the Queen. The rare honor was in recognition of the Admiral's "services in the cause of Anglo-American relations," and resulted from his responsibilities related to the British Polaris Force.

A letter from Bob DENIG, who works for Lockheed in Sunnyvale, Ca., informs us that he sees Bob BEERS, Hal SARGENT and Bill TAGG every now and again.

A note from Horace ROUNDS tells us that Chief EVANS is now associated with Horace. They both work for divisions of Aqua-Chem, Inc. Alton and Virginia PARKER sent us a postcard from Caracas, Venezuela. They were making a cruise aboard the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 while us locals shoveled snow.

Floyd SHULTZ is still working as Vice President of Ingalls Nuclear Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. Nancy and Floyd have lived there for five years, and thoroughly enjoy life. They see Willie and Frances DOBBS often. Willie works for the local Supervisor of Shipbuilding. Floyd reports that Frank BRUMBY is still in Mobile involved with the USS

ALABAMA.

Class treasurer Jim Collett presenting check to M i d ' n . Robert L. M o o n ' 7 2 for the 3 2 n d Company W a r d r o o m . Looking on ar.e M i d ' n . Tom Keithley ' 7 2 (son of Myers Keithley ' 3 5 ) , Emmy M a r s h a l l a n d Corky W a r d

The Class has received a letter from Midshipman Robert L. Moon, class of '72, Wardroom Treasurer of the 32nd Company.

He reports that the Wardroom went from one of the "crummiest" to the finest in 54

Bancroft Hall. They have a picture of Corky WARD and would like others. They would like a picture of all '32ers who made Flag Rank. How about meeting this request, fellows? Moon has asked the Commandant for permission to hold an open house during our 40th reunion. They are proud of the Wardroom and want to show it off.

The 40th Reunion Committee has sent out final notices. They have a real good program lined up for us. The Reunion Committee, the Washington Council and the class officers all hope that you can make it.

Chm., Mr. Turner A. Duncan Box 90, Rt. # 1 , Arnold, MD 21012 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.) 270 Providence Rd. Rt. 5, Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 47

In last month's column we published a photo of classmates and wives sent in by Arnie SCHADE. Arnie had discovered the photo in some old files that he was going thru prior to retirement. The names of those in the photo were given but we thought it might be fun to let you guess where and how long ago the photo was taken.

According to Arnie, the photo was taken in San Francisco in 1953, and the group was celebrating the 20th anniversary of our graduation.

While speaking of Arnie, we are delighted to report that the entry regarding him in the latest (1971) Register of Alumni is grossly in error in listing him as deceased.

A recent report indicates that he and Becky are thoroughly enjoying the Florida sunshine at 318 S.E. Severin Rd., Port Charlotte, FL 33950.

Had a couple of letters from Charlie MOORE, who identifies himself as a pine tree farmer in Milledgeville, Ga. The first letter noted that he would soon visit his son, Cdr. C. L. Moore III '64, and his family in Mare Island, and requested that he be furnished the names and addresses of classmates in the San Francisco and San Diego areas. The second letter noted that my "writ by hand" reply clearly indicated my lack of a secretary, and enclosed a generous contribution to the class fund for "stamps and envelopes" and in payment for one of the surplus copies of Thirty-Three Roundup mentioned as being available in the December issue. Charlie promised to write after his return from his trip and give us a report on classmates seen.

As the response to our sales pitch regarding the surplus copies of the class book was something less than completely overwhelming (we sold one), we might repeat the information. The books are available by writing to your secretary enclosing a check for ten dollars (each copy), payable to Class of 1933 Fund.

A letter from Pete STALEY contained the sad news that Dick COPELAND, RAdm. USN (Ret.), died on 3 September 1971 at the San Diego Naval Hospital following an operation for a brain tumor.

Pete recalled fondly the visit that he and Mary had with Dick and Barbara Copeland at their lovely avocado ranch in Escondido, Ca. Classmates will join in extending deepest sympathy to Barbara and their two sons, David and Jan. As is not at all unusual. Bob MacPHERSON came thru this month with a most welcome report as follows: "Marney and I took a bit of leave in January and headed for Florida. We stopped and saw Smeddy Smedberg '26 and Claudia at Crystal River, the George Kochs in their beautiful new

house at Stuart Yacht and Country Club (Dinny is working at the local hospital), Arnie and BeckyS chade in their luxurious home with yacht and heated swimming pool right on the Gulf at Port Charlotte.

Arnie is taking a refresher course in fishing and Becky in music. We also spent some time with Hugh Lewis ('33 and '34) and Florence at Cape Coral. Hugh recently retired from his second career in New Orleans. We found Navy friends everywhere in Florida—and all appeared to be tanned, healthy, happy and enjoying retired life to the fullest."

Bob also enclosed a letter that he had received from Bob KEATING, portions of which follow: "Inasmuch as you are the 'unofficial' area correspondent I would like to add that I have a spare copy of the 1933 Lucky Bag that I would be happy to give to someone. Other than that, I don't have much to add. Am still teaching college prep math at a small high school north of San Antonio, and making a few plans to return to Guadalajara, Mexico, for my final retirement. Incidentally, of all the areas in Mexico I consider the Guadalajara area to be the best for gringo retirement—but would still like to check out the area near Merida in the Yucatan Peninsula for skin diving.

"I am looking forward to attending the 40th reunion next year—it'll be my first and probably the last one I'll get to attend.

I also expect to make a visit to California in early June to visit my daughter and her children, at which time I plan to visit the San Diego contingent of '33—they have regular luncheons every month." Bob's address is P.O. Box 333, Boerne, TX 78006.

Tad DUNCAN had a letter from Bob GARRELS inquiring about reservations for the 40th reunion and providing the following dope on his recent activities: "Jane and I have been living and enjoying life in Montecito, just outside the city limits of Santa Barbara, for slightly more than a year since I retired from UCLA in late 1970. At present and for the foreseeable future, I am enjoying total retirement, with golf three times a week or more and the two of us have plenty to do on our five-eighths acre 'estate.' We just returned from a delightful visit to Washington, D. C, over the holidays visiting our older daughter, Judy, and her LCdr. doctor at Bethesda Medical Center, Peter Smith, and their two sons, our grandsons. Betty, our younger daughter, came down from Cambridge, Ma., where she is teaching at Harvard and writing her dissertation for her Ph.D. in South American literature.

"Our home here in Montecito is always open for any '33 classmates." Bob's address is Capt. R. E. Garrels, 465 Pimiento Lane, Montecito, Santa Barbara CA 93103.

Bob's inquiry about reservations for the 40th forced the local Annapolitans to get off their ditty boxes and do some preliminary planning. Faced with this necessity, Tad DUNCAN appointed an unofficial, ad hoc committee (DUNCAN, TRAVIS, RAKOW and MAYBERRY) to review the bidding and see what needed to be done.

The review confirmed that the dates had been set, 11-13 May 1973. Fifty rooms have been reserved at the Annapolis Hilton Hotel. Rates will be for single rooms $19$27, for double rooms $29-$37 daily. The schedule was very unfirm but would probably include some or all of the following: class meeting (possibly Saturday morning— perhaps preceded or followed by a visit to the 33rd Company Wardroom in Bancroft S H I P M A T E

Hall) ; a tour of new facilities at the Naval Academy; block seating at a major athletic event Saturday afternoon, lacrosse or baseball ; cocktail party and dinner-dance either at the Hilton or Hubbard Hall (crew shed —newly and beautifully redecorated), and group seating at chapel services Sunday morning.

The first meeting of the committee resulted in far more questions than solutions.

An obvious shortfall was the committee— we need members with "eagers" and ideas.

Would the schedule be too crowded if we scheduled a cocktail party for Friday evening? How many would be here on Friday?

How many should we expect for the weekend? Will SO rooms be enough? Obviously we will have to go out with a letter announcement—only 47 percent of the living members are members of the Alumni Association and receive Shipmate. How do we get word to the characters who don't bother to join the Association, or provide the class secretary with a current address?

It is obvious from the above that the committee is looking for both volunteers and ideas. We know that we can't afford a half dozen mailings—the class fund is low.

In the meantime, the committee has asked the Hilton to print some reservation cards which should be available by the time you read this column. More to come on this subject—send your ideas to the class secretary.

Pres: RAdm. Edgar H. Batcheller, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR (Ret.) 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 45.5

On Thursday, 20 January, 28 classmates gathered at the home of Marion and Victor SMITH, Quarters 6, Fort McNair, for cocktails and lunch. Refreshments, food, and camaraderie were excellent. Those in attendance and photographed on the front steps of the quarters: in front (1-r), Fuller, Ingram, Rider, Harllee, Murray, Victor Smith (our host), Farwell, Jack Martin, Rosenberg, Harbold; in back (1-r), Joe Dickey, Bengston, Wells, Schulz, Batcheller, Lawson, George Bullen, Green, Keller, Sid Merrill, Bill McCormick, Fahy, MacLeod, Gralla, Bunevich, Flack, Bradley, Sam Brown.

A report from Grayson M E R R I L L : "For many years I've enjoyed reading in Shipmate your reports on classmates and their families. The time has come to report on the Grayson Merrills. Two years ago I worked my way out of the presidency of a Long Island company called PRD Electronics and now consult for them on a basis of non-interference to cruising in my

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40-foot ketch. MaryE and I have enjoyed (and occasionally gone aground) cruising in the Bahamas, Florida Keys, intracoastal waterways, etc. Chris Christensen, Bob Bengston and Les Stone have occasionally shared these misadventures. To preserve an illusion of professional activity I write articles for boating magazines and have just finished a book entitled Managing A Defense Company. Shortly after Shelton Fisher's McGraw-Hill rejected it I learned of his troubles in trying to publish Howard Hughes' biography! I'll be using it to teach a seminar course at Hofstra University next spring. Looking ahead to the summer, MaryE and I intend to go transatlantic via Bermuda and the Azores to Gibraltar.

We're looking for a young (stronger) couple to act as crew. We'll send you an occasional movement report."

Then a much delayed note on a Christmas card from Alice and Benny F R E E D M A N .

It had to make three passes at the Annapolis P. O. before being delivered the middle of January: "Lewis had a 60,000 mile check and overhaul these past three months, a hernia, cataract and lung infection. Put back to sea this past Monday in time for the holiday season. Good timing, eh what! Older daughter (Barbara) graduated U. of Colorado this past spring—Oriental studies.

So, now what. Younger daughter (Sandra) is a senior this year same place—psychology and sociology. Kids getting too darn smart.

We've all been seeing lots of plays, musicals and concerts during Dad's convalescence, catching up on all those we had missed. So, overhaul not so bad after all—lots of fun really."

Loyal

'34ers gathered at the home of

'Gusta and Keith TAYLOR in Pebble Beach for the Army-Navy game. Those present were, besides the Taylors, Rosemary and (jeorge Clifford, Marge and Francis Boyle, Rule and Russ Maynard, and Marian and Bob Paton. Sonia and Hap DEAKIN and Eloise and John N I C H O L S had to beg off because of other commitments.

Here is a cheerful and welcome word from Larry BECHT, always one of the staunchest supporters of '34. The best item in Larry's news is the astonishing recovery of Tommy SOUTH—see the picture. Three cheers for Tom—and four for Pauline.

"An aggressive, 'young-in-heart' group of aficionados from '34 gathered in the Flag Bridge room of the Amphibious Base at Coronado on the evening of 1 February.

Nels and Dottie Johnson graciously acted as party hosts, and were 4.0 in every respept. It gave us a fine opportunity to greet Chick and Jean Clarey who were visiting the area. Attendees included: Peggy Antoniak, Larry and Esther Becht, Chick and Jean Clarey, George and Rosemary Clifford, Jim and Helen Davis, Hap and Sonia Deakin and daughter Valerie, Pop Gunn, Bill and Fran Guthrie, Bill and Merle Hembury, Nels and Dottie Johnson, Bob Leeman, Dick and Sally Mann, Russ and Ruie Maynard, Gorm and Helen Merrick, Bob Ovrom, Jack and Chiarra Parker, Jack and Rita Phelps, Butch and Dottie Robbins, Dick and (his new bride) Jane Shepard, Tom and Pauline South (wotta man—that Tommy), Frank and Betty Tharin, Frank and Virginia Upham, Van and Polly Van Arsdall (new COM 12 duty!), and Eleanor White. A few of the ranchers, or their spouses, didn't make this rodeo because of

'34 class luncheon group at the home of VAdm. J. Victor Smith, USN, Quarters 6, Fort Leslie J. McNoir

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the nasty 'flu' bug—otherwise the turnout was tremendous, if not more so.

"We thought we would identify the actors and actresses in the adjoining photos, but, since everyone is playing games nowadays, we thought you might like to guess at 'who's who.' How many can you name?

Frankly, they all look so good that it is hard to believe they belong to '34! Some of these nice people came from far-away places like the San Francisco area, Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Laguna Beach, etc.

To put it mildly, the event was truly on the gay side—but without any significant casualties.

"The late word is that Jack and Muriel Arnold will be in our midst very shortly— a welcome addition to the clan. All told, there are some 30 classmates now homeported in this land of sunshine, golf, boating, and whatever else you are good at. It would be an ideal locale for the 40th reunion, but perhaps that is too much to hope for. That's about it, amigos, for the time being. Again muchisimas gracias to Nels and Dottie Johnson for being hosts par excelente. It just proves that it does take two to tango.

As Lawrence Welk would say, 'So long, good night—until we meet again.' " Pres: Capt. Jefferson D. Parker, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. L. M. Detweiler, (SC) USN (Ret.), 6650 Van Winkle Dr. Falls Church, VA 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W. H. Packard, USN (Ret.) 5600 Vorktown Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 42

Regretfully it is reported that Sam LOOMIS died of a heart attack on 20 Jan. '72 at his home in Aurora, II. He had worked on the day of his death, and he and Jean were preparing for a trip to leave on 24 Jan. for Key West to visit Sam's brother, David ('41), who is a Capt. USN serving on Jason Maurer's COMKEYWESTFOR staff.

Memorial services were held on 23 Jan. in Aurora and graveside services were held on 27 Jan. in Arlington National Cemetery.

At the latter, David and Sam Sr. ('03) represented the family, and Jeff Parker, Lou Detweiler, Rod Badger, Gabby (jabbert and Wyman Packard represented the class. We all are saddened by this sudden loss of a friend and classmate and send our sincere sympathy to Sam's family.

Swede and Jay W E S T I N start their trailer travels again in May and change their mailing address to HRTTC, PO Box 87, Nappanee, IN 46550. From there, mail for them will be forwarded to their next stopping-off place, wheresoever that may be.

Slade CUTTER resigned 1 June '71 as Headmaster of Southern Arizona School for Boys in Tucson but, at the request of the school, he has remained associated with the school, teaching one class this year.

Slade and Fran took in the Tucson (Dpen, in case anyone spotted them on TV. Speaking of golf, George H U T C H I N SON, on a trip to the west coast, saw Steve S H E R W O O D briefly in Jan. at Rancho Bernardo, Ca., where Steve and Marjorie are making a new house into a home alongside of the golf course. George reports Steve broke 90 on 17 Jan., on the easy course.

Shipmate of June '71 mentioned that Jack BARLEON is in the V. A. Hospital at 1400 V F W Pkwy., West Roxbury, MA 02132.

A Jan. '72 letter from Jack is quoted herewith : "My four children are prospering with the first two, Anne and Elizabeth, married, Claudia just graduated from Radcliffe, 56

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and Johnny, my 19-year-old, a freshman in college in England. My mother, who lives here in Cambridge and is in her 80's, is well and active. I am still at the Cord Injury Ctr. at this hospital. My paralysis from the neck down stems from a broken neck in a plane crash in 1942, supplemented by six operations since then which left me the way I am. No pity, please, for I am active in a million ways; a National Officer in the National Paralyzed Veterans of America, long time member of the International Oceanographic Foundation, SNAME, etc.

Those, plus my research work, plus various daily activities keep me very busy. Jim Bentley, paralyzed from the waist down for the past couple of years (April '71 Shipmate), came here in October '71 to see if this center could further help him. It evidently did, since he left just before Christmas to return to his home in Orange Park, Fl. Enclosed is a picture of the two of us at the Boston Naval Shipyard O Club as guests of and with Capt. Bill Kaloupek, CEC ('46), who is Public Works Officer there. If any classmates or friends taking US Rt. #1 between Boston and Providence should pass by here (about five miles from the Boston State House), please drop in and say hello. Best to all."

In a subsequent letter, Jack added that he keeps in touch with Jack COSGROVE who is also paralyzed and works as a CPA in Phoenix, occasionally goes to the Long Beach V.A. Spinal Cord Injury Ctr. for drydocking. The two Jacks flew to the National Paralyzed Veterans of America annual convention in Santa Monica a few years back and roomed together. Jack Barleon also mentioned that Norm MEYER's

eldest son, Allen, is at the Roxbury hospital temporarily as a senior medical student from Harvard. Jack sees him almost daily and says Allen is a chip off the old block.

A computer run by the Alumni Assoc, on '35ers for which current addresses are known provides the following interesting facts: total listed 385; total who are Alumni members 194; '35ers by States total up as follows: A1.-5, Az.-4, Ar.-l, Ca.-102, Co.-3, Ct.-7, De.-l, D.C.-13, F1.-26, Ga.-9, Hi.-4, Id.-1, 1I.-4, In.-4, la.-l, La.-4, Me.-l, Md.27, Ma.-7, Mi.-2, Mn.-2, Ms.-3, Mo.-3, Nv.-l, N.H.-5, N.J.-6, N.M.-S, N.Y.-IO, N.C.-IO, Oh.-S, Ok.-l, Or.-l, Pa.-12, P.R.-l, R.I.-3, S.C.-3, Tn.-5, TX.-11, Ut.-l, Vt.-l, Va.-4S, Wa.-15, W i - 1 ; those residing out of the U.S.: Germany-3, Spain-2, Portugal-1, Philippines-1, Vietnam-1, Argentina-1; those States having 100 percent of '35ers as Alumni Assoc, members: II., Me., Mn., Nv., P.R.; those with 60 percent or better: Al., Ct., D.C, Fl., La., Ms., Mo., N.Y, N.C., Pa., R.I., and S.C. Changes in the '35 address list that have been noted during the past month: Chat Briggs from Santa Ana, Ca., to 4509 Hallmark Dr., Dallas, T X 75229; Fay Brock from Long Beach to 15422 Capri, Huntington Beach, CA 92647; Rosey Budd, 1390 S. Ocean Blvd. Apt. 3D, Pompano Beach, FL 33060; Bob Burdick gives his home address in Honolulu: 6632 Kauna St., 96825; add Ray Cox: c/o Walter Kidde & Co., Belleville, NJ 07109; Mason Freeman: Qtrs. M-1, Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20390; zip for Noel Gayler is 20755; Bill Guest: MSC-PAC, Bldg. 310, Naval Supply Ctr., Oakland, CA 94625; Frank Hartman: 50 Locust Ave., Hampton, VA 23361; Gordon Hendricks: 1130 Caliente Dr., but still in Jacksonville, FL 32211; Dick Jack: change zip to 32751, still in Maitland, F L ; add Capt. Ed Leming, USAR, 8810 Sappington Rd., St. Louis, MO 63126; Jim McFadden: SO Church St., San Francisco, CA 94114; Red McQuilkin: 1225 Ballena Blvd., Alameda, CA 94501; Jason Maurer, COMKEYWESTFOR, Navy Base, Key West, FL 33040; Chic Murphy: 7127 Maryland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63130; Ozzie Osborn: 2431 Patrick Rd., Napa, CA 94SS8; Nick Poulos: 3923 Bayshore Dr., Sarasota, FL 33580; Jim Reniers: 4132 Beach Meadow La., Westlake Village, CA 91360; Moxie Schmidling: Box 820, Los Altos, CA 94022; add Sam Spencer: 1916 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103; Tony Talerico: 6342 Gay wind Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211; Charlie Turner: 17071 Grandee Way, San Diego, CA 92128; Harvey Walseth: 402 Belvedere, La Jolla, CA 92037; add C. C. (Chic) Alexander, 10 Finch St., New Orleans, LA 70124; add J. B. White, Box 2, Wales, T N 38404.

Pres: RAdm. J. E. Rice, USN Sec'y, Capt. W. M. Hanger, USN (Ret.) 4720 Sedgwick St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St. Annandale, VA 22003 Percent Members: 40

'35ers on wheels. Left to right: Barleon, Kaloupek a n d Bentley

Guess we let the last issue go to our head with all the Christmas news on hand, because this month there is very little to be had. April may bring the spring showers, but that is about all thus far. Anyway here's what we have.

The 12 January luncheon brought out the smallest crowd we've had in a long time due partly to the flu bug going around and partly to post-holiday fatigue. Nevertheless, present at Vinson Hall were Bradley, Ellis, SHIPMATE

Gillette—armed with many amusing cartoons and still looking for things he left behind at the Annapolis KC Hall—Hanger, Law, Oseth, and Ryder. After some discussion but no debate, it was voted to return to the practice of having a luncheon every month with a "wild card" luncheon being announced whenever the situation warrants it. Another motion which was passed unanimously was that the wives will be asked to join us no less than four times during the year, most likely in March, June, August, and December, this in addition to any "wild card" luncheon to which they may be invited. So be it!

The only news during the period came from Frank SPRINGER, along with his 1972 dues and contribution to Class Fund: "I hope all goes well with everybody back East. We have had a busy and interesting year. This past summer, Minta, Jim—our younger son—and I took an 8-day trip on a rubber raft down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It was beautiful and exciting, but somewhat more hazardous than we had expected. Our older son, Tom, arrived home in November after a year in Saigon. He was on active duty (Naval Reserve) teaching English to the South Vietnamese Navy. Although he was not in any great danger, we are happy that he's back home again. The sad news about Georgia O'Dening was quite a shock to all of us out here. Minta and I attended the services which were held at the All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills where Georgia and Bob were married. The pallbearers were all classmates: Harry Brent, Frank Hayler, 'Von' Burkart, Bob Neyman, Phil Shetenhelm, and myself. Georgia was such a vivacious person, her presence will be missed by her many friends. I'm still at the Space Division of North American Rockwell—eighth anniversary coming up soon—and liking it very much, although with the aerospace industry at a low ebb, one never knows how much longer his working thoughts will be devoted to planetary travel and space ships. Minta joins me in sending best regards to everyone back east." Thanks for the dope, Frank; let's hear more about that rubber raft trip.

Sounds thrilling!

We had the pleasure of being the guest of our good friend, RAdm. Ben Katz, at the recent Carabao Wallow at the Sheraton Park Hotel. It was quite an affair which we thoroughly enjoyed. While there ran into many old friends and classmates, among whom was Dick P R A T T . He and Ann are still down on the Mathews, Va., "plantation," but considering seriously about moving back up this way nearer the action.

Just returned from the 9 February Valentine luncheon at Vinson Hall. There was a pretty good turnout, 15 in all. Enjoying the specially prepared steak luncheon were: John Alford, Blanch and Jack Baumeister, Dick Bradley, Ede and Bill Ellis, Rosa and Frank Law, Margaret and John Oseth, Joe Rice—Claudiana had a previous bridge luncheon commitment, Jack Ryder, and Joe Woodville. Guests of honor were Mrs. Auth, Joe's most capable secretary, and Lt. John Mitchell, USN, his Aide, both of whom keep '36 together and well pcjsted as they assist our President. For this they have both been voted honorary members of the class of '36. John has orders to take command of an MSO in the Pacific. We all wish him good luck and bon voyage and express our deepest appreciation for the outstanding job he has done keeping the records on our class.

APRIL,

1972

Dave RICHARDSON was in town on the day of the luncheon, but unfortunately could not join us due to urgent CINCPACFLT business which required his personal attention. We are all sorry he couldn't make it.

We also had another "no show," Fred C H E N A U L T . We guess our schedule was too early for his annual trip to the Washington area, but we'll hope to see him the next time he's in town.

Don't forget, gals, the June, August, and December joint luncheons were confirmed.

Plan to be present at the June get-together.

We'll look forward to seeing you there.

A happy Easter to you all!

Sec'v-Treas., LCdr. J . P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.) 2118 Bancroft Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Wesley Steesy, USN (Ret.) 9127 Sligo Parkway Silver Spring, MD 20901 Percent Members: 37.5

Pres: Col. John A. Saxten, J r . , USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN (Ret.) 3900 Watson P I . , A p t . 7B Washington, D. C. 20016 Percent Members: 43

W A S H I N G T O N AREA N E W S Our first luncheon for the new year produced a hale and hearty group indicating complete recovery from an enthusiastic farewell to the old year. Those present were McEntire, Don Brown, Bagby, Rindskopf, Hank Jackson, Tom Washington over from the Eastern Shore, Andrews, Owen, Bardshar, Trickey, Bidwell, Arthur on leave from school, Whelan, Hunnicutt, George Long, Luby, Mann, Harry Mason, K. G. Robinson and Blandin over from Annapolis, Unk Alford, Raymer, Connie Conrad, Mansfield, Heston and yours trulv. It was good to see Bill H U N N I C U T T down from Willow Hill, Pa., where he and Barron are spending the winter on their restored farm. Barron is attending State College to get her Ph.D. Chairman Ollie BAGBY reported that all necessary papers have been completed for submission to the Internal Revenue Service to get tax exemption for our class fund and contributions thereto. On that pleasant note, Don BROWN put out the reminder that 1972 dues of $10 were now in order. He also passed around a recent report of the American Growth Fund indicating our investment was doing very well. Don's address, in case you have misplaced it, is 6413 Lyric La., Falls Church, VA 22044. It was also announced that Kay and Chet OWEN have extended an invitation for another swimpicnic at their lovely McLean home. Fred M c E N T I R E was appointed as our class

agent for the annual Alumni Fund Drive.

There is no arm twisting planned but we hope you will give him a warm reception when he contacts you.

The wives gathered 19 strong at Lo Weymouth's quarters in the Washington Navy Yard for their monthly luncheon with Sandra McManus as co-hostess. The next luncheon will be held at Jean Bagby's lovely McLean home with Connie Jackson as cohostess.

Ruth and Gid BOYD flew into town from California for business and pleasure as guests of Jean and Grant H E S T O N . They are rapidly becoming known as members of the Jet Set, having flown to Texas for Christmas to visit daughter, son-in-law and particularly grandson Alton. Both looked great and Gid is in order for congratulations for a recent promotion. Wanda Henry paid us a visit from New York as the guest of the RAYMERs and Harry MASONs. Dan flew in from Europe for the weekend.

Margaret Rogers was also in town, leaving Lee in San Diego to tend his real estate empire. She came on to visit her daughter and Lee's mother and was happy to have fully recovered from an accident in which both her legs were badly burned requiring her to learn to walk all over again. Jean Bagby and Betsy Mason hosted a luncheon for her to see her old friends. Margaret reported that the John BOWERS had recently moved to San Diego and that Mildred Zimanski had also been under the weather.

Our social activities were highlighted by a 30th anniversary fun party hosted by Jean and Ollie BAGBY. I can think of nothing more unselfish than to share such a happy occasion with a delightful party for classmates and friends. Congratulations, Jean and Ollie, and you both are just the greatest. Di and Joe McDOWELL also gave a delightful party which gave us a chance to see the many fine improvements they have accomplished on their lovely new home on Canterbury Lane in Alexandria. Although the temperature was way below freezing, the swimming pool made us wish for an early spring.

Jim A N D R E W S is making a canvass of the Washington group to determine their desires for our annual social functions. As you know, we have something for homecoming, the husbands and wives luncheon in the spring, a dinner-dance around Christmas and with the kindness of Chet and Kay O W E N a swim picnic in the early summer. All you folks in the boondocks are always welcome at these fun affairs so if you have any ideas on how we could improve the schedule of events please send them along to me.

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N E W S FROM A L L AROUND We were distressed to learn from Marie and John B U R K H A R D T that their daughter Mary's husband, Cdr. David Hoffman, was shot down over North Vietnam in December and is now a P O W . They have seen him on T V so know that he is alive.

Our hopes and prayers are with you, Mary.

lette, Glennon, Noble Harris, Hooper, Kerkering, Loustaunau, Lovig, Michel, Patterson, Perna, Roper, Schreiter, Schumann, Schwab, Slagle, Steen, and Weitzenfeld.

Congratulations to Bob STUART on his ^Hi^^^ cSia ArB»- ^^^HQI^BI recent promotion to president, Virginia Holsum Bakeries, Inc., with headquarters in Verona, VA 24482 (P.O. Box 959).

His new home address is 1016 Ridgemont Dolly and Charlie ROBERTSON report Dr., Staunton, VA 24401. Just off Interstate from Mesa, Az., that second son John was 81 and only about two and one-half hours married on 23 January to Nancy Joy Slavick from Washington, D. C , Bob hopes that at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Fran- Fran a n d Dave Hall receiving first honors for their some of us will stop by for a visit in the prize Irish W o l f h o u n d s . cisco. The Boyds ind other classmates in beautiful Shenandoah Valley.

Photo by William P. Gilbert the area attended the wedding and reception VAdm. Harry HARTY's official address following. Congratulations to the proud parents and Godspeed and much happiness out for Christmas Day, so we had a dandy with the United Nations i s : VICE CHMN USDEL UNMSC, 799 UN Plaza, New seeing everybody. So, we are most happily to the young couple.

York, NY 10017. Harry also serves as living pretty well out in the boonies. Our Rosemary Johnson includes a note with nearest neighbor is distant at least a thouCommander Eastern Sea Frontier. the class fund dues to say that Dick is still sand yards, our fifteen acres carved out of We are looking forward to having the with the Olin Corporation as Director of the heart of an old farm are completely Safety and Protective Services at Badger fenced to give us the biggest dog-run in dePOIXs back in Washington this summer, Ordnance. She says he works impossible Korth Jersey, and we enjoy a lovely view. complete with poodle. After a highly suchours (more than the Navy, almost). They We fixed up the old farmhouse into a cessful year as Com 2nd Fit., Vince is scheduled to return to the Pentagon as Director, live just out of Madison, Wis., and would thoroughly comfortable and roomy place, and be delighted to see any classmates headed keep a special latch-string marked '38' to Tactical Electromagnetic Programs (OP093) relieving Fred Bardshar. that way. toss out into sight if anyone shows signs In the Feb. column, I mentioned two classHerb MAN DEL sends word that he is of turning up." Thanks, Dave, and good mates who have attained RAdm. rank in the luck with the hounds. now Vice President for Administration of Naval Reserve. Also of interest, here are the New England Cigar and Tobacco ComDeke ELA sends along a clipping that '39ers who are captains in the Naval Repany and manages to keep busy and healthy. locates Jake JAKEL in Madison, Wi., and serve : Fred Bush, Bill Coyne, Paul DimSon Matt and wife Catherine are now back a connoisseur of old cars. According to the berg, Ed Harrison, Jim Madison, Joe Mcfrom French Medical School and attending State Journal motor editor he has a 1963 Gonigle, John Michel, Tom ( H . T.) Hospital and Medical College in PhiladelRambler that has just passed the 200,000Murphy, Lou Roddis, Bob Seimer, Bob phia. Herb GRAVES reports that he has mile mark and calls it Cleopatra. Jake's first Stuart, and Steve White. We have two Cols. been elected first vice president of the local long haul car was Josephine, a '41 Nash USMCR: Geo. LHAMON and Al ROBR.O.A. Branch in Winter Haven, Fl. His 600 which added up to 120,000 miles in 15 E R T S H A W (according to the Register of two books are doing well. The first one has years. Then came Rosie, a '52 Rambler re- Alumni). been adopted by 77 colleges and universities. tired in 1962 after 168,000 miles. Zsa Zsa, a Congratulations to both you vice presidents. '56 Rambler Class Stationwagon, went Gay and Val H O L Z A P F E L checked in from the frozen Northland (Minn.) with 125,000 miles in nine years.

Deborah, a '65 Patsy and Cecil W E L T E remind us that Rambler, is still going good at 93,000 miles. an invitation to join them this summer cruisit has been four years since they built their ing Lake Minnetonka in their new 37' home in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. The editor says that Jake must know a lot houseboat (sleeps eight). As mentioned preAnthropology in the form of a culture-his- about cars for he and his family have driven viously, Val is Mgr. Educ. & Trng., 3M tory of the Valley continues to be their and serviced five of them more than 700,000 Co., St. Paul. They now have a third grandmiles in the last 30 years and two of the main interest. They also explore about in son, this time courtesy of Sandi (the other the jungles of Guatemala and Copan Hon- cars are still purring. Thanks, Deke, for two, I understand, belong to Carol). Their duras but think the beauty of their own locating Jake and happy motoring to you, two sons are still in college: George at U. Valley is best. I'll accept that invitation to Jake. of Wash, (pre-law) and Jed at U. of Minn. visit one of these days.

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Pres: Capt. C. R. Chandler, USN (Ret.) Dave H A L L writes from Oxford, N. J., For those on the east coast who can't Sec'y, Capt. F. P. Anderson, USN (Ret.) to say that he and Fran have gone to the 2725 N. Wakefield St. make it to Minnesota next summer, here's dogs. They raise Irish Wolfhounds and have Arlington, VA 22207 an opportunity to try your sea legs closer Percent Members: 38.5 six getting underfoot around and about in to home. Charlie and Win BERG are planthe house. Every once in a while a litter ning another busy summer sailing their new In spite of our first snowfall of the season of puppies complicates the scene and they ketch in their weekend "Berg Regattas." In (about 4 in.), the Washington monthly run up a few miles on the station wagon their words, "When we put into the Chesagoing to shows in the spring and fall. Dave luncheon held 2 February was surprisingly peake in NIGHTWIND, let us extend the hoswell attended. In addition to the usual camcalls it a demanding hobby, but a wonderful pitality of our hook to you all. Come on one in that enthusiasm is shared and it araderie, those present had the privilege of over and raft with us while we share past promises activity for that eventual day enjoying the view from the northside pic- experiences, break bread, and plan new ture windows (fortunately, some other group when he has to retire. had been booked into our regular room). adventures for 1972." Win retired last year Dave goes on to say in his newsy letter: Although the fresh winter scene was beauti- from a high civilian position with the President's National Space Council and has be"This month starts my fourth year of rep- ful, we all agreed that the swimming pool resenting Chamberlain Mfg. Corp. on the area looks much better in June and July! come quite an avid sailing enthusiast along with the whole Berg clan. Their son, Riccy, east coast, and I keep busy and happy in Highlight of the day was the presence of the role. Defense cutbacks hurt the muni- Tom E D D Y in from California on a busi- and his wife, Marcella, with their Columbia tions business no end, but we seem to be ness trip concerning his interesting and chal- 26, plus daughter, Karen, and her husband, at least holding our own. The R&D Division lenging duties as Port Director for the city Andy, with their Yankee 30 provide more than ample built-in competition. Their two is picking up, and all four shell plants are of Richmond, Ca. (He can be reached at at least in operation. One of these soon days the Port Commission, Richmond City Hall, other daughters, Freddi Anne and Peggy, participate occasionally as crew members I will manage to so time a Washington tel. 232-1212 ext. 501. The Eddys live about visit as to coincide with a luncheon—it has 35 mi. N E of S. F. at 250 McGregor Rd., when visiting from Manhattan. With three boats on hand, they have a good start on been too long since I last broke bread with Pleasant Hills, CA 94523.) Quite appropri- their own marina! you-all. ately, after explaining what he was doing, "Over Christmas we managed a visit Tom told a couple of stories that stumped Even though the occasion was a sad one, Boston way for some time with Dave Jr., even Stan CLAYPOOLE and Mike PER- it was good to see Jack and June FIDEL his wife Pris, and three grandchildren (the N A ! Attending for the first time in many from Clark's Summit, Pa., and Pete latest then three weeks old), and with months were Ed CASTLE (Corby Constr.

SHUMWAY's wife, Adele, from SkaneaFran's Jere, wife Mary Sue, and grand- Corp.) and Bob RALEIGH (NavShips). teles, N. Y., when they came down for the daughter. No. five grandchild expected in Here are the old faithfuls who were there: services here in January for Harry H E L Paul Adams, Anderson, Bell, Bill, Chandler, FRICH. Jack was staying very busy as May! My Ed and Fran's Chris, both bachelors, and her Ro'oin with wife Laurie got Claypoole, Frazee (from Gettysburg), Gil- Asst. to the Pres., Keystone Jr. College 58

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while June was still trying to adapt to the long, hard winters. Larry Fidel had just graduated from U. of Tenn. and was preparing to enter the real estate field here in Wash. area. The Shumways are still very active in tennis and skiing (among other things) in the Syracuse area, trying to keep up with their five boys and a growing crop of grandchildren.

F L I P C L I P S : Gene F A I R F A X retired from active duty 1 February 1972 and left with us the following temporary address— c/o Frank O. Westerfield, 6927 Guadalupe Terrace N.W.. Albuquerque, NM 87107; Bill H U F F M A N is now V P & Trust Off., Bank of Warwick, Newport News, Va., with new residence there—59 James Landing Rd. 23606; Barney O L D F I E L D has been located with following new address—9 Osprey Ln., Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949; Bob W A D S W O R T H is with No. American Rockwell in L. A. area; Harry SEYMOUR now lives at 1960 Desert Cir., Walnut Creek, CA 94598.

With luck, you m.ay hear from me again.

Pres: RAdm. John Chase, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 701 S. 23rd St. Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 29.5

WASHINGTON REPORT Ed SLEDGE was the speaker for the 11 January 2nd-Tuesday-of-the-Month lunch at Fort Myer, Arlington. His theme was "Advance Planning for the July Reunion of '40 at Castine"—site of Ted RODGERS' Maine Maritime Academy. Ed suggests that interested classmates contact him for details now at 932 Shetland Ct., McLean VA 22101; phone (703) 893-9477. And here's the latest on the same subject from Ted Rogers: "Responding to the nice comments from last summer's group I've set aside the period 115 July 1972 for another '40 family vacation reunion in Castine. Prices have been frozen at last year's rates ($25/person/week). An added attraction this year will be our new swimming pool and field house. For the benefit of newcomers here's a roundup of facilities and activities available: swimming, sailing, power cruising, tennis (indoor and out), handball and squash, golf, summer theater, bowling.

"I hope we'll see a goodly number of the '40 guys and gals and offspring in Castine next July."

July '71 reunion at Castine, Me. Adults (1-r): Bud Schafer, Joke Heimark, Wally Utiey, Jean Cross, Betty Heimark, Helen UtIey, Marguerite Rodgers, Nancy Blough, Joe Cross '45 and Ike Slough

Incidentally, the Maine Maritime Academy announced its accreditation in December 1971 by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Congratulations, Ted! A happy note from Ed M U H L E N F E L D , who has departed Litton Industries to be a 'Steam P r o f : "Imagine me a 'Steam P r o f !

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Joint '39-'40 reunion in January. Host, Doc Abbot '39. Standing (1-r): Williams, Roark, Sullivan, MacGregor, Judy MacGregor, Shirley Mulderrig, Virginia Varland, Varland, Puddy Anderson, Anderson, Mulderrig. Seated: Ms Williams, Sullivan and Roark.

I'm still doing my homework! Been running acceptance tests on our big Link Trainer for Automated Engine Rooms this week. The course is about SO-SO, classroom and trainer.

Looks like a barrel of fun. . . ." Ed will be teaching Marine Engineering at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies—an advanced training facility for Merchant Marine Deck Officers near Baltimore. Our congratulations to the Maritime Institute. In Ed they have one the Navy's finest.

Julian BURKE, taking time off from duties as COMNAVFORCES Japan, was in Alexandria, Va. Saturday, 8 January to give his younger daughter, Sally Stuart, in marriage to Mr. William Brierre, Jr. of New Orleans and Chapel Hill, NC. The wedding was performed in Alexandria's historic Christ Church, with brother, Lt.(jg) Julian Burke III, USN, helping out as usher.

Apologies to Jack "Hatchet" W R I G H T of Silver Spring, Md. for ever asking him why he has been too busy to attend the 2ndTuesday lunches. . . . He finally responded with a list of his offspring: George, Anne, Charles, Martha, John, Mary, Katie, Monica and Maureen—that's N I N E ! I tip my hat to you, sir.

Congratulations to Stan W A G E N H A L S , now Chairman of the Math Dept. at West Springfield High, in Virginia, and to his eldest, Patricia, who is currently listed in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. (Our girls, like their Daddy, have been lucky to make the top 99 percent!)

With three sons (Carter, Ian and Scott) already naval aviators (and all Lts), Sis and John REFO of Arlington are now grooming their fourth child, Patricia (must be something in the name), for USNA. Well, it's possible. . . .

In case we hadn't mentioned this previously, Fritz F R E U N D , who maintains his home in Vienna, Va.—but operates out of Stewart AFB, N.Y., is in command of all Army air defense units ( N I K E ) from Boston on the North to Norfolk on the South to Chicago on the West. Well, that area includes Metropolitan D.C.—and your of Sec sleeps soundly each night just knowing that Fritz is in charge up there somewhere. .Ml the children have wed and fled the family nest, so now Des DESMOND is training a new generation of youngsters at Fort Hunt High in Alexandria. Happy Second Family, Lu and Des! And, oh yes, there are four Desmond grandchildren. Isn't that the record for '40 thus far?

Speaker for the 8 February 1972 2ndTuesday lunch was treasurer Ray S C H N E I DER presenting the (what else?) treasurer's report. Ray gave a succint analysis of the state of our treasury now plus a pro-

jection into the future. He estimates that after the Memorial Window Fund drive is completed, and the window installed and paid for, there will remain some $2,000-$3,000 in the bank to care for routine expenses : NA 4th Co. W R fund, postage, death disbursements (flowers, etc.). These items amount to approximately $16S/annum.

During a lively meeting classmates present discussed and made recommendations for final design modifications to the memorial w indow. Participants included: Ace Barton, Art Berndtson, Jack Bowell, Dick Brown, Jack Clair, Pat Clancy, Oz Gray, Ted Hechler, Ted Hill, Dixie Howell, Jack Longino, Bob Quinn, John Refo, Ray Schneider, Ed Sledge, Sal Walline, Bob White, Jack Newbould, Tad Stanwick, Early Winters and guest. Col. Conrad Follansbee '21, USA (Ret.).

N E W S FROM H E R E AND T H E R E FROM N E W E N G L A N D : Ted RODGERS reports a recent visit by Al BERGNER (up from the Training Center in Memphis, Tn.) to the Maine Maritime Academy. According to Ted: "Al did a great job in talking to our senior class, and I even had a delegation requesting that we induce him to come again. We hope he will be a regular participant in our lecture series."

RAdm. Al Bergner, USN, guest speaker at the Maine Maritime Academy, with the Superintendent, RAdm. Ted Rodgers, USMS. Pratt's Photo Service

A late, late note from Ray K O S H L I E K , who runs the Nissen Baking Co. in Portland, Me.: "Sorry I missed homecoming (1970) but we were in Florida for the .American Bakers' Association Convention.

We were with the same Texas friends (Bairds) that you (Winters) sat next to the year we beat Virginia (1969) at Annapolis.

They brought us luck again. At least I won $5 from a baker who went to Duke (Navy/ Duke 1971)." Ray, it's real good to know someone in '40 is still making dough. (Sorry about that, folks.)

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Martha and Bill L A N I E R are now the happy grandparents of two (courtesy of daughter, Mary Anne), and living in Larchmont, N.Y.; with Bill working as Director of Planning for McGraw-Hill Inc. of NY City.

SWINGING S O U T H : Chuck BEERS and Bill BENBOW now reporting in from Virginia Beach, Va. (getting to be a swing40 town). Chuck is the Assistant Registrar over at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, and Bill is resting up from five years as CO, Dam Neck, where he ". . . probably gained the unrecognized distinction of commanding more submariners than any other non-submarine officer (CO) who ever existed. . . ." He received the Legion of Merit for his job there on the Polaris program.

From Norfolk, Andy ANDERSON, COM SERFORLANT, forwards a large glossy with this note: "Enclosed is a picture of a recent gathering of the Norfolk, Va. 1940 classmates. This picture was taken at the joint 1939-40 reunion which is held about every two months. Our host for this evening was Doc Abbot, class of 1939, and a delightful time was had by all. Shown in the picture, standing from left to right, are G. G. Williams, Lonnie Roark, J. W. Sullivan, Sandy MacGregor, Judy MacGregor, Shirley Mulderrig, Virginia Varland, Mark Varland, Puddy Anderson, Andy Anderson, and Martin Mulderrig. Seated on the floor, left to right, are Betsy Williams, Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Roark." Many thanks to Andy, who as class secretary a few years back knows how important these news items and photos are to the '40 column.

Old ENTERPRISE shipmate Jack HOLMES writes from Memphis, Tn., where he serves as Executive Director of Health Systems Management in the Medical Center Towers Building: "I am deeply involved in an experimental health services organization under contract with the Dept. of HEW, so am finding retirement (?) one of the busiest and most challenging periods of my life. . . ."

Jack is one of the best organized and most highly conscientious officers I have ever known. H E W can expect great results from its Memphis health program. Guaranteed!

In Atlanta, Ga. Dick CHAMPION is now Project Meteorologist with Dames & Moore on Peachtree Street. He and Patricia now boast three grandchildren. (How the '40 tribe doth grow !)

And over in Bristol, Tn. Rosy CALDW E L L is the Director of Admissions for King College in his and Eloise's home town.

Now that is what I call planning!

Floricia is filling up with '40. Ed DIETRICH is president and owner of Deerfield Builders Supply Co. (Lumber Yard) in Deerfield Beach; Emmett "Bull" DURHAM is the Ass't VP of Seaboard Coast Line RR in Jacksonville; Jig-Jig JACKSON is an Account Executive with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith (whatever happened to Beane?) in St. Petersburg.

While in Florida—here's a correction to your December 1971 Roster. Ralph "Gaucho" GERBER states it succinctly: "By some typographical slip in the Class Roster, you have Rowena and myself living with the Garretts in Los Ala'mitos, Ca. Although Ned is a g(X)d friend, we're not that close!

Our correct address is The Racquet Club, Harbor Island, North Bay Village, FL 33141." Apologies to Rowena, Ralph and li'l Stephen Ward.

Texas now claims " T P " BELLINGER, who is the Senior Tool Engineer for Vought Aeronautics Co. in Dallas. He and Mary and sons Thomas and Howard (both uni60

versity students) make their home at 2312 West Five Mile Parkway in Dallas.

H E A D I N G N O R T H : Dave KING, with the Weyerhaeuser Company in Rockford, II., has four sons heading places: David Jr. is now an Ass't Att'y General with the State of Georgia; Thomas is flying helicopters with the USMC, as 2nd Lt; Michael is USNA '74; Mark is working through third year high school.

LOOKING W E S T W A R D : Dr. Frank H E R T E L is now Professor of Business -Administration, College of Commerce and Industry, Laramie, Wy. That's a long, long way out in the prairie for Alma, who is an Annapolis gal!

Sunny California continues to attract '40 in ever-increasing numbers. Jeanne (from San Diego) and Don BRUCE have settled in the business furniture biz in Los Altos.

Daughter Kathleen is married to a Navy Lt.; son Charles is a wildlife ecologist for Oregon. Cissi and Cliff BUNDY, also living in Los Altos, are assciated with Robertson Realty of Palo Alto. Bettie and Ozzie OSBORNE have settled in Sunnyvale, where Ozzie is Manager of the Operations Support Technical Advisory Section in the Aerospace Corp. Satellite Test Center. Nancy and Jack RAIT now live in L.A., with Jack commuting to the Hughes Aircraft Co. in Culver City. Carolyn and Sandy SAUNDERS are at Rancho Bernardo, San Diego.

Sandy was admitted to the Bar in California on 5 January 1972.

W I N D O W DRESSING Treasurer Ray SCHNEIDER reports on continuing contributions to the Memorial Window Fund with ". . . another batch of names of our gallant contributors—a sudden rush started after Christmas—Ace Barton, Bill Benbow, Chuck Beers, Bill Carpenter, C. Howell Champion, Emmett Durham, J. S. Farrior, Norbert Frankenberger, D. G. S. King, Ray Koshliek, Bill Lanier', John McMullen, Rue O'Neill, Ernie Peterson, F. W. Pennoyer, Jack Rait, John Refo and Joe Weber." That's 60 classmates heard from already, and the donations are still coming!

Ray is "snowed under" at this time and asked up to pass this on: "Would appreciate it if you would particularly thank those in our Shipmate column who have sent nice notes. It is most pleasant to hear from the clan but I'm just not able to respond gracefully in person to them all. . ."

Chaplain Joe Andrews, who is coordinating installation of the stained glass windows at the Fort Myer Chapel, is shooting for a dedication date of Sunday, 28 May 1972, the day before Memorial Day. More on this in next month's Shipmate.

T H E SECRETARY'S CORNER It is one of my unhappy duties to report the passing of our friends and classmates . .

Harold "Buz" BIESEMEIER died on 8 January 1972 in Biloxi, Ms. He was buried with graveside services and honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Ruby Jim thanked the class, through a note to Art Berndtson, for the blue and gold spray at graveside.

Her address is 1 Motacila Circle, P.O. Box 596, Ocean Springs, MS 39564. * * * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0 * * * Chairman: Cdr. Thomas E. Blount, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Road Bethesda, MD 20034 Percent Members: 31.5

Last month it was noted that the highly successful Christmas coed luncheon had exactly 41 attendees. Helping to make it such

a good number were Lt. and Mrs. Thomas E. Blount, Jr. Tom Jr., is now at the destroyer school and even more noteworthy is that he is an early selectee for LCdr. Congratulations on this splendid achievement.

Congratulations also to Tex GUINN on his move to Norfolk where he will become Chief of Staff CINCLANT and Deputy C I N CLANTFLT.

Rollo RIEVE's new job in Pearl Harbor is Fleet Supply Officer. Rollo should be a pretty smashing golfer by the time he returns to the temperate zone—if he ever does.

Jackie and I made a very short business trip to San Francisco in January and while there snapped the accompanying picture of Will and Ibby R O W E N . They really enjoy that Palo Alto life.

W i l l a n d Ibby Rowen

Unfortunately our trip was shorter than we had hoped it might be so we did not get to see the other West Coast stalwarts but we plan to try again.

Charlie TRUMBULL wrote a fascinating letter from Bermuda which I know will interest all. Charlie wrote : "At Homecoming Jane and I told several classmates about our impending trip to Russia to spend our Christmas vacation in Moscow and Leningrad during their 'Winter Festival.' I want to report that we actually went and had a delightful time. All travel by second class train. Great way to see the countryside. Two nights in Vienna followed by an evening in Prague. Then the two-day trip through the length of Czechoslovakia and the Ukraine via Kiev to Moscow.

"The three hour stop at the border town of Chop was of interest for two reasons.

First, I was unceremoniously and with no explanation escorted off the train by two soldiers, immediately after which the train took off, with Jane in a great state of apprehension, to say the least, and seven-year-old daughter Kari in tears. All turned out well though. It seems that the town of Chop isn't geared to American tourists and nobody spoke English. I was being taken to Immigration Control where my passport could be examined at a higher level of responsibility (it had been examined by six different sets of officials so far) and where I could be put in touch with the local Intourist man who needed to examine my vouchers. Also where a political type presented me with a dozen propaganda pamphlets in English.

"When the train had taken off it was merely going to the wheel changing area.

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"The days and nights in Moscow and Leningrad were most enjoyable with some of the world's finest museums, certainly its finest ballet, opera, circus, folk dancers, a fabulous New Year's Eve party, etc. Almost no American tourists—saw only a few groups of college kids. Our group consisted of only ourselves and two Australians. Most tourists were Russians in town for the New Year's festival and East Germans.

"For those who might want to consider such a trip, it's a real bargain. Special low rates for this 'Winter Festival'. Eight days in Moscow and four in Leningrad including hotel rooms (we had a suite in each of three hotels), all meals, sightseeing, entertainment almost every night, and Aeroflot flight between the cities, all for a total cost for the three of us (Kari half price of course) of $398 (pre-devaluation) plus 10 percent agent fee. Can't live at home so cheap, almost.

"Returned through Warsaw and with a day's stay in Berlin. We were of course dumped off the train into the wilderness known as East Berlin and had quite a struggle first finding and then getting through the check point into West Berlin, dragging our mountain of luggage behind us, with no porter and speaking no German."

Many thanks, Charlie, for sharing the Trumbulls' adventure with us. When we get to Bermuda, will look forward to seeing the pictures that you have taken.

Just before closing out this month's column, word arrived from Florida that Jack BE.ARDALL is being married this month to Jeanne Coleman Brekke of Jacksonville.

I know that all of Jack's many friends extend to Jeanne and Jack our best wishes for lots of happiness ahead.

Pres: Capt. P. S. Smith, USN Sec'y, R. S. Day, CLU P.O. Box 6042 Shirlington Sta. Arlington, VA 22206 Percent Members: 36.5

With spring on the horizon, albeit this is penned in February, I seem to find more reports from the southern climes than usual.

Unfortunately, news of all kinds is rather slim, so I also hope that warmer weather will thaw out a few pens and increase the news input.

The Bud L I V I N G S T O N s and the Johnny PATTERSONS took advantage of the initial sailing of the Cunard ADVENTURE to check out the Caribbean for the class. The Retired Officers Association is now offering a Norfolk to the Caribbean tour in the latter part of October aboard this new Cunard flagship, and with our own Jack CLICK as the T R O A Executive Director, this cruise has stirred more than a little interest in the Washington area. From all reports, the trip is extremely worthwhile.

Sue Tabor forsook our rather unpredictable Washington weather the end of January to soak up some sun at Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, and loved every minute of it.

Just to prove that one doesn't have to leave the country to do the same thing, Walt and Ann E S W O R T H Y are finding that life in Laurel, Fl., can be most agreeable. They moved to the Venice-Sarasota area about a year ago and have found things humming down there ever since. Anyone headed in their direction by car or boat is more than welcome, and they can be reached at PO Box 98, Laurel, F L 33545, or via the Vencie phone book. Was pleased to learn that they had a genuine acacia tree in their front A P R I L ,

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yard, which is not only good advertising but bespeaks a long life. Daughter, Gigi, and the grandchildren were able to get away from Brazil for five weeks over the Christmas holidays, but were then anxious to get back to a life they find fascinating and stimulating.

Received confirmation of John W A L L.ACE's inability to attend our 30th reunion dinner-dance with the formal announcement of his marriage to Nancy Odell on IS December in Annapolis. While we had a wonderful evening at Ft. Myer, can well imagine that such a gathering wouldn't quite take I)riority over a honeymoon.

Have been engaged in a rather lengthy correspondence with Mary-Lou Coppedge in Maitland, Fl., concerning the state of Tom's health. They had hoped to be with us for the 30th homecoming, but Tom's health deteriorated rather markedly and he has been hospitalized for an indefinite stay.

Their address is 328 Lake Ave. Apt. 109B, and I am sure she would like to hear from classmates and friends.

Received a very nice note from Earl ZOOK following a plea for contact with a number of "lost" classmates and an assist from Russ WARD. Earl retired in 19SS and lived in Coral Gables until February 1969 where he was dealing in commodities in the brokerage field. The pace maintained for 13 years without a vacation proved a bit too much, so Earl shifted to teaching Investment Analysis and Personnel Management for the American University at their Ft. Benning branch at Columbia, Ga., for a year. He is now doing some writing and would welcome a letter or two at 1702 Wynnton Rd., Columbus, GA 31906.

Was amused to receive Grif and Isobel SCARBOROUGH'S Christmas poem for a Valentine's card, but it served to remind me that Grif had gotten the Blue and Gold Affiliate fever and was hard at work recruiting potential Midshipmen. This is a project I would once again commend to all of you. It also reminded Clara Lee and me of the wonderful weekend we spent with Grif and family as an aftermath of the ArmyNavy game. The family has taken most wholeheartedly to New Jersey and the demands of RCA, and taken it all in stride.

And, if you get up to Moorestown, be sure to look up the Scarboroughs, if among other things, to see their cat, Yum-Yum, from whom we received a lovely card along with the other communiques forwarded for our enlightenment and enjoyment. The cat has got to be one of the larger domesticated felines in captiviity.

Nice letter from Art RAWSON, who has been holding down the CONUS Enlisted Distribution Office at Bainbridge.

As one of the "final 60" Art has been busy job-hunting and has narrowed his field down to the merchandising-marketing field, pegging this choice on the exploding growth in demand for family needs and services. Like so many others who have faced the retirement crisis with deliberation. Art has gotten off to an early start and is pressing for a decision before retirement. This course of action cannot be emphasized too strongly.

Still traveling, Art and Pat made the New York scene for the Saturday opera matinee and an overnight in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with Don Cramer. This afforded a chance to visit with the Bill PUGHs and the Bob REILLYs. Reportedly all are well and bubbling with an enthusiasm for life.

The annual Washington Sweetheart Luncheon was a wonderfully relaxed gathering of old friends. No real speeches, but lots of conversation and updating. Jean Armstrong, our honorary 1971 Sweetheart,

couldn't get away from work (she and Pat Knight had lunch together at the elementary school where both work), so Mary Helen Hill did the honors of drawing and "crowning" the 1972 selectee. Trilby Duncan. In attendance were the Britners, Childers, Days, Duncans, Gene Farrells, Frys, Clicks, Guttings, Halvorsens, J. C. Hills, Boots Jennings, Bob Knight, Landuas, Lees, Pattersons, Plates (soon to be a vice admiral), Robisons, Ruehrmunds, Shears, Charlie Smiths, Pete Smiths, Stahls, Stetsons, Sullivans, Sweitzers, Tom Turners, Wallaces, Werthmullers, Youngs, Jim Seamons, and Willie Nyburg. Willie and I sat together to take advantage of our "Trade" and "Mark" beards.

It was good to welcome Phil and Betty GUTTING and Roy and Jeannette W E R T H M U L L E R back from overseasPhil from Norway and Roy from Portugal.

Both are idling towards retirement without any definite plans to date. Re and Bob C H I L D E R S were sharing pictures of their new granddaughter, Blair Lee Meade, born 24 January to Judy Lee and Bruce Meade.

Peg Click reminded me that while Jack had elected to have a quiet retirement ceremony when mustered out of the Corps, he was awarded the DSM by a grateful Commandant.

Johnny P A T T E R S O N made a vigorous pitch during the luncheon for the TROA Caribbean tour this coming October and we are going to make a limited class mailing this spring covering the particulars. Generally, the mailing will favor the eastern seaboard, so if you are interested—regardless of location—and have not received a letter, we welcome your queries. The more the merrier, of course, and there is plenty of room if you sign up now.

Pres: Capt. Robert Adrian, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, H I , ( S O USN (Ret.), 647 Kaimalino St. Kailiia, HI 96734 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Frederic Hansen, USN (Ret.) 5677 Rayburn Ave. Alexandria, VA 22311 Percent Members: 34

Received the sad news that Norman E. W H I T E , Capt., USN (Ret.), died 2 February in San E)iego, Ca., of a pulmonary embolism.

Bob BEAVER sent a packet of information concerning the Valentine Party given by the Norfolk group. The party was held 4 February at the Amphib Base, Little Creek. Those attending were: Capt. and Mrs. Bill Hardcastle, Capt. and Mrs. Homer Haisten, Capt. and Mrs. EShaw Jackson, Capt. and Mrs. Bob Gillock (Ret.), Capt. and Mrs. Ray Tolerton (Ret.), Capt. and Mrs. Bob Beaver, VAdm. and Mrs. Les Sell, Capt. and Mrs. Tom Hurst (Ret.), Capt. and Mrs. Jack Van Ness (Ret.), Cdr. and Mrs. Harry Clark (Ret.), Mrs. Nancy Davis, Capt. and Mrs. Bill Gray, Cdr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson (Ret.) and RAdm. and Mrs. Phil McManus.

I M P O R T A N T N O T I C E : Dick ZIME R M A N N is.ready to get the 30 Year Supplement off the ground. To do so, we need a $5.00 check from at least 300 classmates.

Most recent count from Dick showed that 55 classmates had sent in their money. So if my arithmetic is correct, 245 is the requirement as of 9 Feb. We also need biographies. Checks should be made out "1943-30 Year Supplement" and sent to Capt.

Dick Zimermann, USN, 2908 45th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20016. We appreciate that not all classmates get Shipmate so we ask your cooperation in calling classmates in 61

your local area. It would also be helpful to remind any classmates that you happen to see that we need money immediately to go ahead with our 30 Year Supplement.

Dick Zimermann heard from the P O N DERs and the PENDLETONs. Wally and Babs are living outside London where Wally is the International Publishers Representatives Inc., and Babs is secretary and office manager. The Ponders live at 31 Lyncroft Ave., Pinner, Middlesex, HA 5, 1 JU, England.

The Pendletons 'moved into their house on Maui on 12 December. Norma and Chuck did much of the work themselves. It is reported that Norma is a number one shake nailer. Chuck reports the house more than liveable but with much more to be done before it is 100 percent completed. Over the holidays they spent three days with the OLIVERS and three days with the RIESes. Reports are that Ham and Carolyn were the Pendletons' first overnight guests.

Liza Sullivan reports that the January wives luncheon held at Evans Farm Inn on the 20th was much fun. Kay Sappington and Mary Aller were the hostesses. The ladies attending were: Betty Huber, Lois Kauffman, Jenny Freeman, Lib Logan, Dotty Gates Freeman, Mary Aller, Kay Sappington, Mrs. Amanda Brill, Kay's mother, Liza Sullivan, Moo Hunt, Dee Farle, Dee Dee Lang Taylor, Betsy Leedy, Agnes Kinney, and Helena Ward.

News from the meeting includes the following : Lib Logan is on her way to Jakarta to join Jack. Hazel Pulver moved to Williamsburg and is still in the motel business.

Helene Sullivan was hospitalized in January.

It is reported that she is now home.

Bob ZOELLER moved to New Albany, In., where he is the Resident Engineer for the New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana Public Schools. This is Marilyn and Bob's home town. The Zoellers bought a new home on three and one-half acres at 614 Beharrel Ave., New Albany, IN 47150. Classmates are invited to stop by. In January Bob had a minor but painful operation, but is fully recovered.

Was BURNETT, who is Vice President, Production Planning and Development for Chrysler Corporation, reports that they had a wonderful trip to Spain last fall during which they visited the McQUILKENS at Rota.

Jane and Tom McCLELLAN vacationed in Europe over the Christmas holidays and stayed part of the time with Bob and Hazel GREENWOOD. Squidge Holmes reports that the STRUB L E S are designing another house to be built on their Old Bluff property in Palos Verdes Estates, Ca. Their temporary address is 2588 Via Tejon, Palos Verdes, Ca. Dewey III is back in the United States with SAMSO, El Segundo, Ca. Son Dennis is with Computer Science Corporation, La Jolla. Son Dale has a new bride and is at Long Beach State. Daughter Debbie is a music major freshman at U. of California, Irvine.

Concluding news is that Squidge wants to announce the birth of her daughter Dianne's second girl, Ashley Maude Wills, born 28 December 1971.

We had an outstanding luncheon the 2Sth of January. RAdm. Gillette, who is with the Disability Retirement Board, was the informal speaker. Those in attendance included : Lawson, Phelps, Casey, Gano, Bob Stuart, Weeks, Sappington, Holmes, Drachnick, Bress, Shor, Jerry Colleran, Wall, RAdm. Gillette, Leedy, Zimermann, Zoeller, 62

Hansen, Snead, Huber, Twisdale, Rawls, Sam Watson, Moulton, Gates, Grkovic and Pappy Adams.

Larry KURTZ, whom we haven't heard from in a long time, has a new address: Capt. Lawrence Archie Kurtz, U S N (Ret.), Killincarrig Manor, Graystone, County Wichlow, Ireland.

Ralph STAIR gives his business address as: General Casting Corporation, 706 E. Main St., Waukesha, W I 53186.

Thanks for the correspondence you fine people.

Pres: Capt. Walter W. Honour, USN Sec'y, Mr. Dale V. Ness 6520 Walters Woods Dr. Falls Church, VA 22044 Annapolis Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. William C. Gibson, Nav. E 36 Williams Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 30.5

Dave BAGLEY was promoted to Vice .Vdmiral on 1 February when he became Chief of Naval Personnel.

Had a nice visit recently with Jon Reynolds, son of Jack and Daloris. Jon was on his way to Officers Candidate School in Newport. The REYNOLDS have just moved into a new home in La Jolla. Jack is now vice president of DMI in San Diego.

At the February luncheon in Washington, Adm. Donald DAVIS, who heads the Aviation Plans and Requirements Division in CNO, spoke on aviation in the Navy today.

Red Dog's comments covered the major problems facing aviation such as the high cost of aircraft and the decline in numbers, the people problems and the philosophical argument for small, inexpensive aircraft versus the more sophisticated expensive ones like the F14.

RAdm.

Donald Davis

C.

M i k e C a l d w e l l administered the oath of office to son a t V i l l a n o v a University, 2 3 December 1971

signed to support an A S W project. He reports that Bill ETTER, also with "TRACOR, is moving back to Washington.

Bill not long ago made the reverse trip to San Diego.

Mike CALDWELL, who works for Westinghouse in Charlotte, N. C. dropped me a line the other day. A portion of his welcome letter follows: "Latest event in my crew was Mike being commissioned ensign, USN. He finished at Villanova University this fall and had requested that I administer the oath of office. He had also requested that I don my uniform for the occasion—I think he secretly felt that I couldn't get in them.

I broke out the dress canvas—and they still fit—and on 23 December had the pleasure of 'swearing him in'. The enclosed photo proves both the occasion—and the uniform. Mike and his bride are now in Pensacola, where he reported on 10 January for flight training.

"Charlotte is not a beehive of military activity, but it is on a traveling route between north and south. Our only contact with the Navy—past and present—is by visits of traveling friends.

"During the past year we have had visits from several friends—'Bart' and Louise Barton ('44), 'Mac' and Scotty McElroy ('44), Dan and Sunie Herlong ('44), and Bill and Kitty Bacon ('48). Have enjoyed seeing them and wish more would stop."

Bob K I T T writes to inform us that there are 11 classmates in the Boston area. These are the Ahrens, Ajemians, Ray Burks, Frames, Stet Hills, Hoopers, Horns, Lewellens and the Livingstones. The enclosed picture was taken last fall at the BC-Navy game when several of them got together.

Red Dog has had an interesting and impressive career. After sea duty during WWII, flight training and duty in a squadron in USS PRINCETON Adm. Davis was

assigned to the Navy's first operational jet squadron in 1947. During Korea he flew 51 combat missions. He had several other flying assignments including two tours with the Air Force. After commanding the USS MONTROSE Red Dog assumed command of the USS KITTY HAWK. Since making ad-

miral he was Commander of Hawaiian Sea Frontier/Commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District, Commander Fleet Air Hawaii and Commander Naval Base, Pearl Harbor prior to his present assignment.

At the class luncheon out-of-town visitors included Russ H I L L from Los Angeles where he is with Hughes Aircraft and Alan LEE from New Jersey where Alan has his own consulting firm.

Adm. Howie GREER, who has been Commander Naval Air Reserve Force in Glenview, II., has been assigned a carrier division command.

Ran into Tom BROWN the other day at NAVAIR. Tom is with TRACOR and as-

'44ers a t the Navy-Boston College g a m e : t o p row (1-r): Bob Lewellen, D e a n H o r n , Al Ahrens; middle row; M a r y Jane Frame, Jane Lewellen, Elaine H o r n , Bob Kitt, Rita Kitt, M a r y (Stet) Hill, Doc Livingstone a n d (kneeling) Ralph Frame S H I P M A T E

Jim VAN P E L T was recently featured in an article m the George Washington alumni newspaper. Jim just received his Doctorate Degree in Administration from GW. He is presently on the staff of the Industrial College for the Armed Forces.

Pres: Capt. John F. Gillooly, USN Sec'y, Mr. G. F. Rester 1697 Saefern Way Annapolis, MO 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. T. F. Utegaard, USN Qtrs. " A , " Naval Communication Station Washington, D. C. 20390 Percent Members: 33

The annual "Sweetheart" luncheon held on 8 February 1972 was a smashing success and appeared to this observer to be the best ever.

Those classmates attending with one (or more) sweethearts were: Blount, Bowcock, Bradley, Christofferson, Cockrill, Colegrove, Davidson, Dedrick, Doolin, Dzikowski, Ewald, Ellis, Findly, Fortson, Gambrill, Gardner, Gillooly, Geiger, Gronemann, Bob Hayes, Haines, Knudsen, Jerry Johnson, Johnny Johnson, Lipfert, Merrick, Mitchell, McCord, McGarry, Peters, Peterson, Perkins, Poe, Priest, Prothro, Olsen, O'Neil, O'Rourke, Rorex, Shaffer, Schulz, Stell, Shelton, Thad Taylor, Warren Taylor, Thomas, Utegaard, Van Order, Dick Wilson, Wise and Zech.

Those who attended "solo" were Anderson, Brooks, Carrier, Cooley, Conover, Dale, Pierce and Rester. Incidentally, "Blackie" PIERCE had to have won the "ten thousand dollar prize" for traveling the longest distance to join the group for he came all the way from Tokyo where he is president of Industrial Liaison, Ltd. Also joining us for the noontime social were Sarah Midgett, Jean North, Betty Schmeltzer, and Eleanor Moorer, who was unable to drag Joe away from his official duties.

Musical background was provided by a trio from the U.S. Navy Band and their contribution to the overall success of the luncheon was outstanding. By voice vote at the January luncheon, it was decided to do away with a formal program in order to allow more time for mixing and socializing.

With nearly 120 classmates and sweethearts in attendance, we needed all the time we could muster for this purpose. Walt DEDRICK and his ever-present camera obtained some fine group shots before we all sat down and I hope to be able to include a selection of them in the next issue.

The mail bag stayed quite full during this "reporting period." Sam G O R S L I N E forwarded a news account from Norfolk concerning a "wild" New Year's Eve party that Stu and Barbara N E L S O N hosted. Sam's account follows : "45'ers in the Norfolk Area brought in 1972 together and what better way to hail a New Year in than with friends of longstanding (you have to admit, it has been a long time!).

"Stu and Barbara Nelson (with a little help from Hugh and Peggy Murphree and Sam and Ann Gorsline) opened their home to 15 classmates and wives. Amid a Las Vegas background of Blackjack, Roulette and Craps, the men relived the past while their ladies gambled fast and furiously—with play money!! It was a lively evening and at the stroke of midnight, loud honks, popping balloons and flying champagne corks heralded in the New Year.

"Along with the Nelsons, Gorslines and Murphrees, the midnight revellers were: Dean and Sally Axene, Russ and Petie Bryan, John and Billy Chappell, Buck and Betty Steere, Tweet and Helen Norton, Ed and Mary Louise Snyder, Carvel and A. D. A P R I L ,

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of the '45ers a t the J a n u a r y Ft. M y e r

luncheon

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"Sis" and Rix RIXEY? If so, Jean and Warren TAYLOR would like to have it.

"Navy Bob" S T E E L E was relieved in January as Commanding Officer of the Naval Station, Annapolis, where he had served since April 1969. The Steeles have since reported to Norfolk where Bob has reported for duty as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commandant, Fifth Naval District. The '45 Sailing Squadron contingent will certainly miss Bob who had made the JUBILEE available to the group each of the past two summers for a day's sail on the Bay. This wraps it up for this issue. Please keep the letters and notes coming while continuing to "LOOK ALIVE." Pres: Capt. G. W. Ellis, USN Sec'y, Mr. C. W. Kennelly 7911 Sleaford PI. Bethesda, MD 20014 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 4321 Mt. Bigelow Dr. San Diego, CA 92111 Percent Members: 38

Blair, Ken and Betty Chambers, George and Jan Hecker, Vic and Flo Knick, Doug and Trudy Mclntyre, Gene and Maggie Hunter, "This is the 3rd party the Norfolk '45ers have had in the past year and we look forward to many more with this active group.

Best to all in Washington."

Joe MARZLOFF wrote to dispute the claim that only Bill FERGUSON has escaped Washington duty to date. Joe, who is presently the CO of the NROTC unit at the U. of Kansas in Lawrence, also claims non-duty in Washington during his career.

Someone might propose an official medal for this rare achievement—an "I was there" ribbon in reverse made of plexi-glass so you see through it but not really see it.

Bob F E R R I N , writing from Owego, N. Y., where he is gainfully employed with IBM, recently broke a long silence with an up-date and news of the family: "Jan, Marshall, Martha, cat and dog moved to this area in the summer of 1968. We live in a town known as Vestal, N. Y., and I am in Market Planning in the IBM Electronic Systems Center in Owego, N. Y. Last year Jan decided she wanted to sell residential real estate which she is doing with a fair degree of success. Once you get into her clutches you are going to buy a home and she just might sell the one you have right out from under you. Marshall graduates from American University this year and Martha is a tall blonde 9th grader. The Ferrins are at home at 2433 High Ave., Vestal, N. Y. All clocks read 5:00 p.m.

"This is nothing very jazzy, Tom, but it will keep you from publishing those unfounded rumors that I have stopped drinking or something equally as bad."

Good grief. Bob, I'd never publish such a base, unfounded rumor without the certification of at least three notary publics, none of whom knew the others.

Some new addresses are available and represent gleanings from the '45 wives luncheon held in January. Tom GLEASON lists his current residence as Quarters 809, MCB, Quantico, VA 22134. "Dock" FALLON can now be reached at 3127 14th St., South, Arlington, VA 22204, while the Forest PETERSONS are located at 6166 Mori St., McLean, Va. Does anyone have a current address for

Unlocatables. Gain a few; lose a few.

William H. Adams, Maurice Alfred Auger, Luke Jack Boggess, Clark Tinch Cameron, Millard Alfred Carlson, James John Cunat, Lonzo Robert Davis, Jr., Sylvester Michael Graff, Augustine Walker Hampton, Jr., Charles Wesley Harman, Atticus Hagood Hatsell, Jr., Dewitt Talmadge Hunter, Jr., John Arthur Jandrall, Clinton Gale McGovern, Robert Gerald Mclntyre, John Howard McKnight, John Francis McNamee, III, Maurice Lloyd Medcalfe, Lester Moore, Jr., William Hamilton Northup, Justin Popa, Alvin Nelson Sampson, Milton Spencer Sartain, Homer Belk Sewell, Howard Bentley Shofner, Jr., James Reddock Smith, Phil Thomas Sprickman, Robert McLean Swanson, Frank Hendrickson Taylor, II, Harwell Boston Thompson, Stoddard Stone Waldron.

Ted DIBBLE writes from 878 Calle Yucca, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360: "Dear Daisy, It has come to my attention that I am lost again. I didn't realize that but I have been somewhat preoccupied for the last two or three years due to the illness of my wife and her subsequent death from cancer on 4 January 1970. I have four children as follows: (1) Pauline—20 years old, a junior at California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, where we live. She's an Art major and has been doing a wonderful job of running our household. (2) Daniel—18, a Private in the Army at Fort Ord, Ca. (3) Rebecca, 13, in the eighth grade. (4) Andrew—8, in the third grade. I am working for Hughes Aircraft in El Segunda, Ca. I am involved with large scale digital computers in the software aspects."

Boyd MUNCIE, CO of the NAS at Fallon, Nv., says that Elmer Harding F I S H E R lives at 1080 W. Milton St., Alliance, OH 44601. He is working for Babcock & Wilcox!

Vic F I N O S located James Philip JACKSON living at IS North Hill Rd., Nabnasset, MA 01801. He is employed by General Electric.

Wayne ROBINSON gave me the address for Robert M. LABARRON—1109 South 8th St., Tacoma, Wa. Incidentally, Wayne now lives in Tacoma, also, at 2401 David Court PI., E., 98424.

Bill EATON, whose address is 1775 Sterling Rd., Charlotte, NC 28209, says that William L. ESAREY is Utilities Supervisor at the DuPont nylon plant at Martinsville, Va. "Ran across him about five years ago while visiting the plant."

Mai A R T H U R gives his address as 4888 63

21st Ave. N., Apt. 12, St. Petersburg, F L 33706, where he is an Account Executive with Thomson & McKinnon Auchincloss, Inc. Mai also sent a picture of himself and his bride of a year and a half, Fran. Between them they have seven grandchildren— two additions in the last year!

Joe A H E A R N writes from 500S Prieto Dr., Pensacola, FL 32506: "After my retirement in 1965 I subsequently came back in for an extended period on the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Basic Training (now defunct as a result of the massive training reorganization now in progress) but have now returned to inactive duty."

Bert A T K I N S O N has orders from command of DESRON 23 to the staff, SACLant, both in Norfolk. Bruce A L T H O F F was relieved as COMDESRON 19 on 23 Feb. in

Long Beach. Bruce and Marilyn sailed the next day from Los Angeles aboard the PRESIDENT

CLEVELAND bound for

Hawaii

where Bruce will take command of DESFLOT 5.

Classmates often ask me how I manage to come up with so much information about '46 and I always hasten to add that information is no problem at all but space for printing it certainly is. A good example is the following note written by Julie Bakos last November: "It gives me great pleasure to report to you and friends of Shipmate that Joe is happily recovering from open-heart surgery (Cleveland Clinic Hospital, 6 July 1971). After a bout with transfusion hepatitis following the surgery which frightened us mightily, he has progressed well enough at this writing to have returned to work on a half-time basis." With the normal Shipmate lead times that should have appeared in the Feb. issue but, anyway, we hope Joe is back to work full time by the time this gets into print.

"Dagwood" BUMSTEAD is living at 114 E. Arrowhead, San Antonio, T X 78228. Fran CURREN sent in an article from the National Jeweler magazine which reveals that Arde BURKI has been named Manager of Marketing Research and Development for Seiko "to help plan Seiko's U. S. marketing progress." From now on if you find yourself with time on your hands, Arde hopes it will be a Seiko! Arde and Barbara live at 21 Lloyd Haven Dr., Huntington, NY 11743.

George BARD has been elected president of the Western Golf Association and, as such, heads the 92-man board of directors which governs such WGA activities as the annual Western Open, Western Amateur and Western Junior Championships, in addition to administering the Evans Scholars Foundation, a national caddie-scholarship program. George is a director and part owner of Kelso-Burnett Electric Co., living, with Roma, at 300 Ridge Rd., Barrington, IL 60010.

Don BURNS writes from 605 No. Kaimalu Dr., Kailua, H I 96734: "I left the government service again (for the 3rd time after a total of 26 years of employment) on October 1st and am currently a representative of World Book Encyclopedia and Investors Equity Life Instuance Co. of Hawaii.

Not working hard at either."

Joe BOOP writes from 714 Balsam St., Liverpool, NY 13088, where he works for General Electric in the military electronics business. Bill B R A N T N E R writes from 814 Stonehaven Dr.. Walnut Creek, CA 94598, and says that he is completely retired now after two heart attacks while in charge of 64

construction phase of development of the Peralta Community Colleges.

Lee CUTCHALL has orders from Naval Advisory Group, MACV, where he was ACTOVRAD Officer, to NAVSHIPSYSCOM Hq. in D. C , returning home to 6516 Fairlawn Dr., McLean, VA 22101.

Don CONOVER gives his address as 216 W. Westridge, Olivet, MI 49076, where he is Business Mgr. for Olivet College. Herk CAMP has orders from the staff, COMFAIR MED to CO, N A F Naples.

Harker COLLINS writes from 2903 York Rd., South Bend, IN 46614, where he has joined the Bendix Corp. as Vice Pres., Automotive Aftermarket. Jim CUMMINGS of 1600 S. Eads St. #110N, Arlington, VA 22202, was married to Ava Dixon on 31 Dec. 1971. Jim is on duty in OpNav. Bill and Evie CROSBY, who give their address as P.O. Box 583, Eau Gallie, FL 32935, passed the Florida real estate exam and are both working out of the same office.

Sam CANDLER writes a postcard from 475 Bahama Dr., Indialantic, FL 32901: " I am still with RCA and have been with Service Co. AUTEC project for 3 years . . . work as project engineer AOK but not the challenge or excitement as with the missile re-entry work. I still keep the 'homestead' in Indialantic and get home on weekends and on frequent trips to Cape Kennedy. Keep a trailer in West Palm Beach and travel a triangle." Bill DYROFF phoned from 6817 Eastern Ave., S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87108, to say that he retired from the Marine Corps last summer and is now working for New York Life Insurance Co. Chuck and Muriel DAY give their address as 6747 Greenbush Dr., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068.

Chuck is a computer programmer at the Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus.

Carl DUBERG, now living at 7515 Young St., Ft. Meade, MD 207SS, has orders from National Security Agency, Ft. Meade to OpNav. Pat DOWLING has orders from command of

Josh F. Morriss, Jr.

SERVRON 4 to COMSERVLANT

as Chief of Staff—both in Norfolk.

Pablo de la LLAMA is now located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he is a vice president of Transammonia, Inc., and general manager of their Brazilian subsidiary. Their address is Praca da Republica 32, Apto. 1401, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Jack ENYART of Porter International Corp. has been named to direct the marketing activities of INTERCOMP, a unique Latin American computer systems company bringing together companies of different national origins. Jack and Rosemary live at 11200 Whisperwood Ln., Rockville, MD 208S2.

Hate to cut this short by a page but this is due in the mail within the hour—before the fairy godmother returns to find her Olympia typewriter missing!

"Daisy"

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since our 25th reunion, at which time addresses were 90 percent up to date, please let me know ASAP. In the January issue of Shipmate we pointed out the fact that in accordance with the Class constitution, a new slate of officers will take over on 1 January 1973. If any classmate would like to submit recommendations to the nominating committee, please address it to this committee in care of Jeep at his home, 1950 Foxhall Rd., McLean, VA 22101.

Sam and Ann LINDER report their new address at 3704 N. Woodstock St., Arlington, VA 22207; Dale and Jayne BRUMBAUGH at 12808 Great Oak Lane, Clifton, VA 22024; Piatt and Betty TALCOTT at 4515 Williard Ave., Apt. 1710-S, Chevy Chase, MD 20015. Jack S T E V E N S has returned to Washington where he is holding down the fort in J3-JCS—home address 4410 38th St., Arlington, VA 22207.

Josh MORRISS has been elected as president of the Texas Association of Insurance Agents, thus following in his father's footsteps as Josh Sr. served as president of TAIA in 1937. In addition to his insurance business Josh has been very active in a host of other areas. He is a member and past president of the Texarkana Rotary Club, past president of the Texarkana Airport Authority and past president of the Caddo Area Council Boy Scouts of America. He is on the board of directors of Wadley Hospital and the First Federal Savings and Loan Association and has been very active in church affairs.

Pres: Capt. C. E. Donaldson, I I I , USN Sec'y, Capt. C. Turner Joy, Jr., USNR 1001 Priscilla Lane Alexandria, VA 22308 Percent Members: 36.5

The 25 Year Book is about 60 percent completed on rewrite of biographical sketches. The Washington task force met for the third time in Jeep's office, armed with pencil and typewriters. Two more Saturday sessions are scheduled and by then we should be ready to go to the printer . . . this date hopefully by the time you read this column.

60-80 days thereafter, the books will be in the mail to you. If any of you have moved

Chan von SCHRADER has received orders as CO of Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily. Mayor of Naples Ernie Fritz take note as Chan and Margaret will be arriving in June or early July. Robbie BRADY recently returned from a swing through Florida and stopped off in Orlando where he had lunch with Slip and Page HAIZLIP. Slip is CO of the Recruit Training Command. Also while there he ran into Pete BURKHART who is Chief of Staff of the Naval Training Center. Stan T U R N E R has been nominated for vice admiral and is slated to become president of the Naval War College later this summer. Our heartiest congratulations, Stan.

I am very sorry to report that Harry DELANEY was very seriously injured in an accident on his dairy farm in Charlotte, N. C. Harry will be incapacitated for a lengthy period of time and hopefully by the time you read this he will have returned home from the hospital. I know that a note or card would be greatly appreciated during his long period of convalescence—Route 2, Box 407, Matthews, NC 28105.

We are still taking orders for the class 25 Year Book and for those of you who have not ordered to date please make out a check in the amount of $15.00 to the Class SHIPMATE

of 1947 and send it to me. I can assure you it will be the best 25 Year Book to date with over 600 classmates responding to date.

Add to this the artistic talents of Ward CUMMINGS and the capable writing of the Washington Editing Committee and you will find that is a book filled with many fond and wonderful memories.

Until next month.

Q)

Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr. Alexandria, VA 22302 Percent Members: 29.5

It is a fact that there is not much info coming in from the field. One reader was moved to write, "When I received the latest issue of Shipmate and saw the length of the '48 column, I decided you weren't kidding ; you really do need letters!" This lovely reader was Jean Kelly of Jean and Gene KELLY, and she goes on to write: "Right here in SERVRON TWO we have two more neglected CO's. (Neglected only in that they weren't noted here in this column in a recent listing of CO's from '48, which info was furnished by Pete Goldman, who was a great source of info, and who has now left the Wash, area.) The other half of this 'jeans' combination, Gene, has USS MISSISSINEWA, and our next door neighbor, Troy Stone, has NANTAHALA. "Gene took command of Missy in November of '70 in the Boston Naval Shipyard.

After some extensive glueing and re-glueing, by that facility, we finally made it to Newport in the spring. We moved into quarters and found our neighborhood well represented by '48 with the Stones next door, "Tony and Patty Duncan in the back yard, and John and Nancy Kern around the corner, the latter two serving on the Staff of COMCRU DESLANT.

"We had a great summer of swimming and sailing and all being involved in the romantic Newport Music Festival (not to be confused with the Newport Jazz Festival). I was tour guide and errand runner for the artists. Gene moved pianos, and older daughter. Candy, was the costume girl for the Metropolitan Opera group. We find a great rapport here between the Navy and civilian communities, and are really enjoying this area.

"Gene sailed for a six months' Med deployment in September, and in early November, younger daughter. Carter Lee, and I followed the ship ? ? ? In five weeks we had exactly eight days with Gene! I thought the destroyer navy was bad for shifting schedules, but the 'greasy' navy beats all! We were to have had Thanksgiving together on the French Riviera, and Gene ended up in Iskenderun, Turkey, and we in the Bavarian Alps. It was a fabulous trip, though, and I'm firmly convinced that thirteen is a perfect age to show Europe to a girl-child.

Candy would have looked at all the boys, but Carter Lee looked at all the ruins.

"While in London, we had a nice visit with Frank and Maggie Snyder. They had just arrived for a three-year tour and have bought a home in the London suburbs.

"The Christmas card mail brought us a lovely picture of Bob Chadima's family, growing up in Cedar Rapids, and nice notes from the Bob Neelys and Charlie Mertzs, who highly recommend retirement to sunny Southern California."

Incidental intelligence tells me that Don SHAKE is still gainfully employed by Boeing in Seattle in spite of some rumors of A P R I L ,

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Seattle's economic status. Shake is practically a plank-owner in that outfit. Also back with Boeing after a short absence therefrom is Jim COMERFORD. So goes the news from the Pacific Northwest.

Pres: Mr. John E. Benoit Sec'y, Capt. John A. Jepson, USN P.O. Box 2142 Washington, D.C. 20013 Percent Members: 29.5

GENERAL Bob T I T U S is still active in the Naval Reserve program. On his two-week duty stint that he did in Monterey, Ca., this past October, he worked up a study on computer applications relative to refractivity. How was the trip to Mexico over the holidays, Bob? From Honolulu, George S U M N E R let me know that he is now affiliated with the E. F. Hutton & Co., a member of the New Y'ork Stock Exchange. I guess the shortage of travel money in the Navy has cut down on the number of people on the move, as the only one I have information on recently is Bud INCE who will be leaving the D. C. area and going to Europe as the Special Assistant for Security Matters, CinC U. S. Naval Forces, Europe. Get the place organized. Bud, because I understand I will be heading that way this summer. The end of January down at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent, Col. Roger P E A R D took command of the Marine Aviation Detachment.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of Capt. Reaves BAYSINGER that occurred on 9 February at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He was interred on Monday, 14 February, at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The simple but impressive ceremonies were conducted by our own Lt. Tom D O N O H E R and were attended by a large group of the classmates.

The honorary pallbearers from the class were Col. McElroy, Col. Parsons, Capts.

Eustace, Goldman, Haskell, Paul, Cdr. Bauman, Bill Weir as well as Jim Carrington from '48 and Capt. Phil Ryan from '50.

W A S H I N G T O N AREA Looking ahead a few months, to allow a little advanced planning, the annual barge trip will be two trips this year. The dates reserved are the 23rd of June and the 11th of August. Right under our noses as this goes to press is the Dark Ages Party, so I will have to postpone coverage of that until next month. "The last two monthly luncheons for January and February have had good turnouts, but there is always room for more.

To refresh one's memory, the luncheons are held on the second Tuesday of the month at Tom Sarris Orleans House in Rosslyn. So, for the out-of-towners, schedule your trips so you can work these get-togethers into the agenda.

Pres: Capt. D. G. Fraasa, USN Corr. Sec'y, Capt. John Thomas Coughlin, USN 7416 Churchill Rd. McLean, VA 22101 Percent Members: 35.5

We regret to announce the death of Bob H O F F M A N . Bob died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital on 20 January after suffering a heart attack. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Members of the class served as pallbearers and the funeral was attended by about SO classmates. Bob was serving in B U P E R S at the time of his death. Our prayers and deepest sympathy go to Marilyn and the children.

Earl D I L L E reported from St. Louis with class dues and a fine note. As reported earlier. Earl is with Union Carbide in St. Louis and notes that he is heavily involved with getting the company into the nuclear age. His travel plans included a visit to the San Francisco area. We will be waiting to hear how much of that area was terrorized by the west coast group. By the way, we haven't heard much from that part of the world recently. How about it? Thanks, Earl, for the note.

Received information that Nick V I T LACIL is manager of Undersea Warfare at Westinghouse in Annapolis, Md. The Vitlacils' address is 517 Mystic Ln., Arnold, MD 21012.

Thor H A N S E N forwarded the picture taken when he accompanied SECNAV to visit SupShips, Pascagoula. Jim LISANBY was telling it like it really is!

N o r t h meets SouthI Assistant t o S e c N a v , Deputy Supervisor Ms.

C a p t . Thor H a n s e n , Executive visits w i t h C a p t . Jim L i s a n b y , o f S h i p b u i l d i n g , Pascagoula, last December

Fred FEAGIN has orders from Commanding Officer of the USS CHARA to Military Sealift Command, Pacific.

I am embarrassed that this article is so short but you should share some of that embarrassment because we really need your inputs. Please?

Pres: Cdr. Ward W. Degroot, I I I , (CEC) USN Sec'y, Cdr. B. I. Meader 5609 South 5th St. Arlington, VA 22204 Percent Members: 34.5

For as long as five years now, we have been waiting, hoping and praying for news of our classmates listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. It is appropriate that now, early in 1972, we again take note of these fine menâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;friends and classmatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who cannot be with us. Here, as compiled by the Naval Academy, is the official list of class of 1951 P O W / M I A s and the dates on which their captivity or missing status began: 19 January 1967 Allen Colby Brady 15 February 1967 Richard Ambrose Walsh, III 30 May 1967 James Patrick Mehl 10 June 1967 Peter Woodbury Sherman 28 June 1967 William Porter Lawrence 14 July 1967 Robert Byron Fuller 24 October 1967 Charles Rodgers Gillespie,

Jr. 13 March 1968 Donald Elliott Westbrook At the 1 February class luncheon held at the Flagship Restaurant, 26 of us signed letters to the Premier of North Vietnam requesting humane treatment for American prisoners held there. On the premise that the weight of American public opinion does influence the North Vietnamese, all present 65

(and our names are listed below) signed the following letter: Premier Pham Van Dong Democratic Republic of Vietnam Hanoi, North Vietnam Sir: Please add my name to the millions who have already written to you, and to the countless other millions all over the world who share their humanitarian concern for the American prisoners held in your country.

My concern is not only for the prisoners themselves, but also for their children who are being denied the presence of their fathers.

I urge that you insure the humane treatment of these men, and that you provide for the immediate return of the sick and seriously wounded.

I am but one of many all over the world— men of many religions and political views— who look to you for evidence of your good faith in observing the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to which your country is honor bound.

Sincerely, These letters were signed by Bruce Meader, Ron Davies, John Head, Bill Smedberg, Bob Adams, Lee Kollmorgen, Howard Ruggles, Dave Sorocco, Noel Young, Gene Doering, Cliff Rigsbee, Frank Grandfield, Jack Tetrick, Sam Jones, Jim Rough, Paul Tuzo, Robin McGlohn, Ward Degroot, Jack Hamilton, Al Raithel, Frank Rentz, Art Ward, Jay Woodbury, Paul Tomb, and Jerry "Thomas.

In my continuing program to keep the class advised of those classmates who have made their marks in the world of competitive enterprise, I was finally successful in squeezing out of Ron DAVlES this tid-bit: he is chairman of the board of Computer Operations, Inc., manufacturers of mass memories for small computers, and builders of turn key computer systems for industry.

According to Ron, COI will go public in the near future. He is not looking for investors.

Col. Bob RENAULT, USAF, called me during a brief visit to the Capital. Bob is currently on the faculty at the U. of Texas, where he is conducting strategic seminars at the Lyndon B. Johnson School on political science/public affairs. Bob is so enthusiastic about this work that he says he is tempted to go into politics.

Bill SMEDBERG is back in town, temporarily perched in OP-61. However, he is not long for our area; in the near future, he will leave for Europe to become aide to General Goodpaster in S H A P E . In the meantime. Bill and Ann are renting at 9224 Santayana Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030.

D o l e , F r a n , Linda, D i a n a , D a v i d , Paul a n d Pete a t Pete's swearing in of Linda into M C Program

Fran Hillgartner advises that Pete is still in Saigon, and provided news on what may be a first for the class of '51. Fran and Pete's daughter Linda was accepted for the 66

Woman Officer Candidate Program of the Marine Corps. Linda is a sophomore at Dickinson. Dad did the swearing in.

Hank (Dickey Lee) BALTZ is also in Vietnam, and his wife Jo is waiting it out in the Philippines; she is staying at Clark Air Force Base. "This bit of news came my way from Cathy Yoran, who was kind enough to provide some notes she received via the Christmas card route. She also tells me that Ken PRUDEN is a lawyer in Upper Marlborough (formerly Marlboro), and that the Bill VON CHRISTIERSONs (now retired in Hawaii) have a son Steve in the class of '75 at the Academy.

Bill HOLMBERG is now with the Environmental Protection Agency and is thoroughly involved in the important business of making this planet envrionmentally a better jilace in which to live. The particular section of E P A in which Bill works is the Office of Federal Activities. They have the momentous task of trying to coordinate the progress of all federal agencies that impinge on the environment. It would seem that covers an awful lot of territory."

Howie RUGGLES made it to the February luncheon while on a trip east for the Hughes Corporation. In answer to my question, he insisted that he was not on an information-gathering trip preparing to write a biography!

Charlie PADDOCK called to advise his return to the Washington area; he is at the Navy Telecommunications Center on Massachusetts Avenue. His home address is 813 Fordham St., Rockville, Md. Now is the time to make plans to attend the Association of the Class of 1951 Annual Meeting to be held on 13 May—thaf s a Saturday. We have not settled on a place for the meeting, and that decision will not be made until long after the deadline for this column. However, give me a call at (703) 671-6268 any time after you read this, and I'll be able to fill you in on the details.

STOP PRESS. Christmas Day was a particularly happy one for Bob and Gerry CARIUS. On that day Gerry presented Bob with a daughter, Sara Jean. Sara Jean is number six for the Cariuses, and on that startling statistical note I think I'll close for this month.

our operations are constantly subjected keeps everyone on their toes. Our other bird, the C141, is a real workhorse as well as being a lot of fun to fly—as an old 'recip' man, I'm still impressed at being able to fly from Yokota to Travis in nine hours. Enough for now. Hope we're doing well in winter sports. The Army-Navy football game was one of the really great gutty tries of the series."

By the time you read this article you will have received the flyer from Ron CAMPBELL and his request for $3.00 annual dues.

In case you're interested, over one-third of class contributed last year and many classmates then sent dues for '72 and future years.

The money has given our class much needed operating capital.

Doug LOCKWOOD has the 20th year routine package ready to go and you should have the preliminary information on that by now. Be sure to order your football tickets early (by 15 Aug.) and if you are not a member of the NAAA be sure to request seating with the class of '52.

For those 'S2ers who were German students at USNA I must pass on to you that Prof. Kurt Roderbourg passed away on 18 January 1972. He had taught German here from 1946 until 1970 when he reteired. Anyone desiring to do so may send donations in his name to the Heart Association of Maryland, 415 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. Al "Gator" E N D E R L E has lived a life that supposedly everyone dreams about. He is a professional explorer-lecturer specializing in the tropical areas of the world. After resigning from active duty, Al gained recognition in 1963 as the "outstanding young man" in Santa Ana, Ca. In 1964 he was one of the two "outstanding young farmers" in the state of California. He has been a pilot, scuba diver, soaring enthusiast, motorcyclist, sailor and water skier in addition to his travels. His current programs include "Voyage of the NAREAU" (a 2700-mile two-

month adventure on an 85' copra trading ship sailing from Majuro to Yap) and "Voyage of the GINZA/MARV," "Gyrocopter

to Micronesia" and '"Thumbnail Sketch of Micronesia." Here's Al's letter: "Enjoy your monthly briefs in Shipmate. Seems like a long time since seeing you and the rest of the gang. In fact, I have seen only four or five classmates since graduating. The class Pres: Cdr. N. F. Stein, USN secretary of 1947 may be interested to know Sec'y, Cdr. Zug Zaslrow, USN that '47er Bruce Miller married my third Physical Education Dept.

USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 wife—hope they are happy, she is one great Percent Members: 29 gal! Have enclosed a brochure which covers some of what I am doing, although my The class of '52 continues to break marriage to my fourth wife has slowed me through! Col. Tom STAFFORD, USAF, down a bit. She has re-instilled my belief and Col. Jim BRICKEL, USAF, have been in marriage as she is the greatest yet! selected to the rank of Brigadier General (Think I'll hang on to her, instead of tradUSAF. The whole class congratulates them ing her in on next year's model.) I will be and we think the Air Force is far-sighted to returning to Micronesia probably for two or recognize the talents and ability of these three months this spring and summer, but two fine officers. As you all know, Tom is should be back in time for the reunion (will with NASA in Houston and Jim is presently plan on it!)." in Alaska where he is a Wing Commander.

Congratulations to Tom and Jim—and we Ed STOLLE is back in the USA—nice to all recognize the support of your wives hear from E d : "Just a note to let you know along the way.

Col. Tom JULIAN, USAF, writes from 451-2 "A" St., Travis AFB, (Ta.: "By now, I'm sure you've heard of Jimmy Brickel and Tom Stafford being selected for Brigadier General—a real distinction for the Class.

My job as assistant DCS, Ops, for the 60th Wing here at Travis is both an interesting and busy one. We have the only C-5's in 22nd Air Force, MAC's numbered Air Force on the west coast, and the scrutiny to which

that I am now at C I N C L A N T Hq in Norfolk.

I'm now running the C I N C L A N T Command Post. New address is C I N C L A N T Hq J3A,

Norfolk, VA 23511. I haven't received a copy of the Shipmate since last May. I guess they got lost in forwarding. Would like to receive them here if you'd be so kind as to let them have my new address. If I've missed any class news letters concerning our homecoming next fall could you send me a copy? Again I've received no notices SHIPMATE

on this subject. We are pretty well settled here now. My older boy, Ed, is at Western Carolina Univ. in North Carolina. He made the Varsity Soccer team his freshman year.

Ken, my second boy, still plans to go to the USNA and has written the Athletic Dept. on this."

Still haven't found out if Ed PALUSOwon that election in Pa. From Maj. Jim CREWS, USAFR, who resides in nearby Baltimore: "I enjoyed saying 'hello' to you two months ago. Have been flying with the Md. Air Guard ever since getting out of the U S A F (Air Tng Comd) in '66. (C-46s to SA-16s, to U-10 Helio Comm, to 0-2s Cessna in-line twin). I often pass over USNA but seldom get within the gates. About 4400 hours I guess (we stay active!). Newest unit mission is forward air control. I can even 'fly an Army jeep' now! We've had some interesting summer sessions in Europe or Central America but Air Reserve money is tight now, so it's Savannah, Ga. in '72.

"I miraculously ran into 'Shire' Alger the other day here in Baltimore where I live.

Alger left during our plebe year but came back to a Boiling Field get-together not too long ago. We live one mile apart and married girls out of '51 of Goucher who have mutual activities. But I don't see my good pal from one year to the next. Life is funny indeed!

Alger was a roommate of Harv Hunt and good friend of Jim Brickel. I'll drag us both back to '72 reunion!" He's a Reserve LCdr. in Baltimore.

Last month's Washington area luncheon featured Dave Smalley, Academy basketball coach, as the guest speaker. Your secretary didn't make it as he was on a recruiting trip. There was a good turnout—over 45 attendees. Dick K E R S T E E N was in town on business and attended. Dick wrote a short note telling how nice it was to be with many classmates he had not seen for nearly 20 years. Classmates in the Washington area don't forget that the luncheons are the third Thursdays of odd months, 1200 hours at the Washington Naval Station (Gun Factory) Officers' Club.

Had a nice note from classmate Dick SCOTT of Wilmington, De. He sent along a cartoon about the females being admitted to the Academy. (Guess we were born 20 years too soon.) From Dick: "Sorry we missed you at homecoming. Wish I could come up with something of interest but Dave Ackerson and I just keep plugging along here at DuPont—anyone in Wilmington area should give us a call, though.

"Still am in A F Reserve (Major, O S I ) and do two weeks a year at Dover AFB. Keeping a hand in. During a vacation in the west in September, we saw the U S A F Academy—but in a snow storm, so did not get full benefit of view.

"Told Don Simons I would call him during 'Dark Ages' and pay U S N A a visit so best I get hot as time is flying—as usual.

Maybe we will see you.

"Harry House is manager, Southern District Plastics Division of the Phillips Petroleum Co., in Memphis, Tn. Harry recently passed on to me information concern^ ing an outstanding .junior football player and student at a Memphis high school who might be interested in the Academy."

Thanks, Harry, and anyone else who knows of boys who are interested drop us a line or call. Zug's phone is (301) 267-2209/2105 or Autovon 281-2209/2105.

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BELL, ZASTROW, and SIMONS. In 20 years we've moved two blocks from Bancroft Hall—that's real progress! Have heard a rumor that classmate Bill F I S H E R will be here next summer.

Gene AVALLONE has switched jobs in Washington—he's now the assistant to the Ass't Secretary of the Navy (I & L ) .

L/Col. Nick L I O N T A S is an administrative aide and assistant coach to Ben Martin, the head football coach at Air Force Academy.

Did you know that our class membership in the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association is only 29 percent? if you take Shipmate and are reading this column and enjoy reading of the alumni. Academy, Navy, classmates, and are proud of your class and school, why don't you pick up your pen tonight and urge another classmate or your old roommate to join. I hate to think I write this column for only one of every three and one-half classmates. And we all believe we graduated with one of the finest classes from one of the finest schools in the country back in '52, so why not follow its progress ? You ought to see the blank look on a classmate's face (non-member) when I start talking to him about recent class happenings, classmates, etc.

Bob COSTIGAN, now retired and living in Chula Vista, Ca., wrote Red STEIN a short note in early January: "I got your note a little late for the last six months Jan and I have been maintaining two households, while I complete my formal training to become a stock broker with Dean Witter (at the home office in San Francisco). It's just like another WestPac only the phone rates are cheaper.

"I was surprised to see that list of people —didn't know there were that many still alive. I expect to be back home in Chula Vista sometime early in February. Nice to hear from you."

Red Stein reports from his COMSUBDTV 31 Hdqtrs. in San Diego that he'll be leaving that job in the fall. Red has been working to organize the class in the San Diego area.

LCol. Was DOW, USAF, presently instructing at the U S A F Academy, will retire this summer and will teach for the U. of California next fall.

I ran into classmates Doane KIECHEL, Sy BLANTON and Ron CAMPBELL at Doug LOCKWOOD's home a few weeks ago.

Bill RYAN called a few days ago. He is a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces ( I C A F ) .

LCol. Jim STREET, USAF, is with the Defense Contract Administration Services in New York. Cdr. Don F E L L I N G H A M is on CINCLANTFLT Staff. Cdr. George CHARBONNEAU is at the Washington Naval Ship Research & Development Center.

LCol. John HAAREN, USAF, is with the 314 TAG Airlift Wing based in Taiwan.

Cdr. Dick DIETZ is Air A S W Training Officer on COMNAVAIRPAC Staff at North Island. Cdr. Dave SPERLING is at H Q S USEUCOM (J-3) in Stuttgart, Germany.

John T O N E T T I is president of CooperBessemer Ltd. of Canada. Cdr. Bill DRAKE is at NTC, San Diego, Ca.—he's the Supply Officer there.

Cdr. Tom CAGNEY is at PomFLant in Charleston, S. C. Cdr. D. D. BUCK is with NAVAIRSYSCOM in Washington. LCol. Dick LYONS, USAF, is at H Q AFSC at Andrews AFB. Bill DAWSON is at 1150 68

Highland Park Rd., Niskayuna, N. Y. John DICKINSON is director of Engineering Site Operations and Services for the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton. G. P. PAYNE is zone manager (Central Air Conditioning) for General Electric in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. J. NULTY is a partner of the law firm Clemens and Nulty of Souderton, Pa.—has his doctorate in law.

Bill W I L D E R was CO of Fleet Tactical Support Sqdn. 40 in Norfolk. John J O N E S is director of the Ford Marketing Institute of the Ford Motor Co. in New Jersey.

As mentioned earlier in this article, R. H (Dick) SCOTT is with DuPont, as is Dave ACKERSON, in Wilmington, De. Tom DYKERS and Bob REED are with DIA in Washington. Ed MOSER is with GSA in Washington. Cdr. Curt W A K E MAN is in the Office of JCS in Washington.

B. D. O T T is general manager of Sylvania Electronic Systems in Buffalo, N. Y. Cdr. L. G. MITCHELL is at the Naval Shipyard in Newport News, Va. Bob COMPTON is with Vitro Laboratories in Silver Spring.

C. W. S M I T H is an engineer with the Naval Ordnance Lab in Silver Spring. Cdr. Larry LAYMAN is in the Office of CNO. LCol. Barry FALGOUST, USAF, is Avionics Staff Officer at the Pentagon. Cdr. Joe LACY (Ret.) is the NJROTC instructor at Osborne Sr. High School in Marietta, Ga. Doane K I E C H E L is vice president of Booz, Allen Applied Research in Bethesda, Md. Joe BURGIN is with Burgin-Kreh Associates, Inc., in Baltimore. Cdr. Dick McGAUGHY is Quality and Reliability Assurance Officer at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Cdr. Gene WEBBER is on NAVAIRPAC Staff. Cdr. Tom W E L L E R is with Naval Ordnance Systems Office in Philadelphia.

LCol. Evan PARKER, USMC, is a student at the Naval War College. Cdr. John DERR is with DCASR in Cleveland, Ohio. Cdr. George BROWN is with the Office of CNO. Ron H A T T I N is the Senior Washington Representative for Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

Chairman: Cdr. Dave Frost, USN Sec'y, John W. Davison, Jr. 158 Edwards Ferry Road Leesburg, VA 22075 Percent Members: 25

It is my sad duty to report the death of a classmate: Bob HAIG was killed in the crash of a Cessna 150 on 31 January north of Seattle, Wa. Bob served in destroyers after graduation until his entry into flight training. Upon designation he served in a photo reconnaissance squadron in San Diego, and went out to Guam in 1960. During that tour one leg was crippled from an attack of polio, and he was retired on physical disability in 1961. He then joined the Boeing Company in Seattle, working on supersonic and hypersonic test and evaluation, missile programs, commercial aircraft aerodynamics and the Little Squirt and USS TUCUMCARI hydrofoil projects. During this time he earned a Master's degree in aeronautical engineering at the University of Washington.

He also served as coach for the rowing crew of the Lakeside Middle School in Seattle, and subsequently joined the school's faculty in 1971; he was assistant director at the time of his death. Memorial services were held in the Lakeside School chapel on the evening of 4 February and he was subsequently buried at sea from a Seattle destroyer with full military honors. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his widow, Carol, and his children Alison and Bob, Jr.

Carol has asked that any remembrances be made either to the Naval Academy Foundation or to the Lakeside School Scholarship Fund.

In a happier vein, Bill PURDUM sends a picture of himself being decorated with the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon by COMSUBFLOT TWO, RAdm. F. D. McMullen, upon the occasion of his relief from command of THOMAS JEFFERSON by Cdr. J. N. Darby.

Bill is now serving as Engineering Readiness and Training Officer of that flotilla in Groton, Ct.

C d r . W . H . Purdum r e c e i v i n g Meritorious Service M e d a l a n d Meritorious Unit Commendation a t C h a n g e of Command ceremonies, USS T H O M A S JEFFERSON ( G o l d ) , from F. D. M c M u l l e n , U S N , C O M S U B F L O T Two

As of deadline date Joe P E R T E L was reported fresh out of intensive care and doing beautifully following a valve job on his heart at Bethesda. By the time you read tliis he should be back on full duty and flying again.

Pres: Maj. Clyde D. Dean, USMC Sec'y, Cdr. R. M. Olsen, USN OSD/ARPA R and D Center APO San Francisco, CA 96346 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. John E. Wells 810 Monroe Apt. T-3 Annapolis, MD 21403 Percent Members: 25

Lo! The old teacup warn't bare this month. Let's start straight away with some goodies from Tom A L B E E : "Here are a couple of photos I'm certain our class would like to see. The first shows a beaming Pete Fieder relieving Dick Murphy as CO of the USS LAWRENCE. The

ship is in overhaul at Norfolk where I've been Engineering Officer since August.

Pete

Fieder relieving Dick M u r p h y as C O , USS L A W R E N C E , a t N o r f o l k last December

"The other picture was taken at a '54 luncheon hosted by Charlie Isbell at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Marine Barracks where he's Commanding Officer. Jon Hurst S H I P M A T E

Pres: Cdr. Otto A. Zlpf, USN Sec'y, Cdr. B. A. White, USN 4804 Kingston Dr. Annandale, VA 22152 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Charles F. Gerhan, Jr., USN Chairman, Aerospace Engineering Dept.

USNA Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 22

Herb C r a n e , Tom A l b e e , Jon H u r t , Charles Isbell, Dave Ferguson, Pete Fieder a n d M e l l Peterson a t ' 5 4 J a n u a r y luncheon

is CO of USS RAY, Dave Ferguson of the MANLEY and Pete, of course, of the LAW-

RENCE. Herb Crane is at N O S S O L A N T while Mell Peterson is the Shipyard Combat Systems Officer with me here in Norfolk."

Word comes that Dick B O R D O N E has relieved as Commander, Attack Carrier Air Wing Three at NAS, Cecil Field, Fl. Dick is married to the former Mary Belle Skinner of New Bethlehem, Pa., and they reside with their four children at Orange Park, Fl. George PARKS has arrived at Kunsan AB, ROK, for duty as vice commander of the 3rd Combat Support Group. His lovely wife, Marna, you will recall, was '54 color girl.

Bob TOLG's mother, Mrs. Agnes, writes charmingly: "The Tolgs have a new addition to their family. Robert (Bob to you) and Barbara had another son born Nov. 5, 1971, at Bethesda Hospital. Robert is at the National War College, Washington, and they are residing at 6702 Stoney Brooke Lane, Alexandria, Va. "Anne is 10, Mary is 8, Robert George III is Syi, Amy is Syi and John David 1 year 5 months and the new arrival, James Michael, 2 months. Quite a houseful, healthy and happy; three girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;three boys, so very nice.

"Only other news I have is of the Prochaskas: they are all fine. George is with Bell Telephone Co. Heard from Ralph and June Turner. Ralph is to take command of a new ship to be commissioned in Boston in February and homeported in Norfolk in May. "Sorry, haven't any other news. Hope this appears soon in Shipmate. Thanks and again, Happy New Year!"

Well, gang, tha's it for 'nother month.

April Fool it all over yourselves and take care. Incidentally, mail has been a mite sparse and so if you don't like seeing the '54 column bare, then do something about it. You can dash off a note using half the energy you'd otherwise expend complaining and moaning over the lack of class news.

Right ? Right! Write*#@$.

(Ed. note: Let it be known that the above photographs included in this column were received at Alumni House in excellent condition. Perhaps due to the fact that the class secretary gave the following instruction on the envelope: "Herr Postal, Mit bendenin, der photos kerpluten. Broken das noggin next I ben meeten. Danke.")

Remember Our POW/MIAs Some beginning their eighth year in captivity APRIL,

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Over 40 classmates gathered at the "Circle One" restaurant on 25 January for lunch.

Jerry GERDON hosted the very fine affair which featured martinis, London Broil, and many sea stories.

A recent letter from our president, Otto Z I P F , brings news of many of our classmates.

"At the time I was detached from U S S HOLLAND in Rota, Spain, in August 1971 there was a significant increase in the population of classmates stationed in Rota. Stan Kuplinski has already been there for a year as OIC of the Naval Security Group. The first new arrival during the summer of 1971 was Dick Henseler. He relieved as Supply Officer on board HOLLAND. The next two arrivals were Hood Powell, who is XO of the Fleet Weather Central, and Jack Pierce, who relieved me as Repair Officer. Dick, Jack, and Hood are all neighbors, occupying three adjacent sets of quarters. Stan is just up and across the street. Another classmate stationed nearby is Jim Masters, who is XO of the Marine Barracks at Kenitra over in Africa.

"After being detached, Marion and the four children and I set out from Frankfurt by camper and tent for 17 days of sightseeing in Europe. During the one overnight we spent in Wiesbaden, prior to touring Europe, I ran into Jim Greene. From what I can remember, he had just reported in to a joint communications command in the area.

"Our camping trip was an enjoyable experience, from the viewpoint of most of us.

We traveled everyday, with the children setting up the tent each evening and packing it up each morning, with two exceptions. 1 did agree to spending two nights in both Berchtesgaden and Heidelberg. During this nomadic period of our leave, we started out down the Rhine, through Cologne and into Holland and Amsterdam. Then through East Germany into West Berlin. After returning to Germany, we headed south toward Austria, visiting Rothenburg, Dachau, Munich, Berchtesgaden, and then Salzburg.

Turning around, our southern leg took us to Garmisch, Neuschwanstein, Lindau, Lichtenstein, and into Switzerland and Lucerne.

Our homeward bound leg, on the way back to Frankfurt, had us visiting Hansel and Gretel land in the Black Forest, BadenBaden, and finally Heidelberg as our last sightseeing stop.

"In my opinion, since we elected to see parts of Europe by camper and tent, the only improvement I could ask for would be in the weather. During mid-late August, we had plenty of rain. It didn't seem to interfere at all with our sightseeing, but did make it rather inconvenient and somewhat uncomfortable with respect to tenting. We rented our camper and tent in Europe, which is one way to do it. If you need or want a camper, or plan on a long period of time in Europe, outright purchase is the way to go.

Prior to our finalizing our rental arrangements, Ed Chapman, now working in Frankfurt, went to a lot of trouble for us by researching what he could concerning camper rentals in the Frankfurt area.

"Our MAC contract flight from Frankfurt to McGuire had at least one other classmate on board. Jerry Nay was returning from a swing through various parts of Europe with a group of Congressmen.

"In the four months since reporting to the submarine section of the Board of Inspection and Survey in Washington, D. C , contacts with classmates have been numerous, Denny Sullivan is a member of our small group of submarine board members. On the various submarine inspections and trials to date, we have seen Don Knepper, who is CO, U S S GEORGE WASHINGTON (Blue), who was just

completing his overhaul in Charleston; made a return trip to Rota, where we inspected USS LAFAYETTE when Ernie Toupin had her in as CO for a Blue crew refit. An inspection of USS BILLFISH in New London brought us into contact with Mac Hughes, her CO, and Mai Mackinnon, now at S U P S H I P Groton after his tour as a student at the National War College. Powell Carter is CO,

USS HAMMERHEAD, operating out of

Norfolk. After inspecting HAMMERHEAD, we had the opportunity to witness the fine job Dave Cockfield is doing as CO of U S S NAUTILUS in New London. Our last inspection brought us into contact with Jerry Holland in San Diego, when we looked at USS PINTADO, which is not his command.

"Turning to class activities, it was my privilege and pleasure to present a check for $3,000 for our class funds to VAdm. Calvert, Superintendent, USNA, on 29 November 1971 in his office. This money was the final installment on our total pledge of $5,000, which the class had pledged as a major contribution toward furnishing the Annapolis lounge in the new USNA library, which is under construction now. Adm. Calvert requested that I convey his sincere thanks to the class for this generous thought and contribution to such a worthy need. He also assured me that suitable recognition would be displayed in the completed lounge noting this aid from our class.

"As a result of this $3,000 withdrawal from our class funds, our account has been depleted to well below a $500 balance. All of the money we have spent to date from our class funds have been from the proceeds left over from the sale of our 1955 Lucky Bag plus all accrued interest on that principal. No call has ever been put out for donations or annual class-wide dues. If the class is to continue to function as an active USNA alumni group, it is quite obvious that some immediate action to increase the class treasury, in accordance with the approved class constitution, will be necessary.

If any of you desire to express your thoughts on this subject now, please write and let me know. The longer we are alumni, the bigger the share of the active problems we should be prepared to assume some responsibility in. In most cases, this requires money, if only for the preparation of material and postage. As a class, we should not exist for ourselves alone, or even primarily.

"Bill Sympson has persevered, and reports that the 15-Year-After Book is progressing well. He has the end in sight! With this writing Bill has been detached from his duties at NAVORD/CNM, and is en route to his command, the USS VESUVIUS in Concord, Ca. For all of you who have sent in your biographical material and placed an order for the book at a cost of $15.00, Bill expects that the completed book will be mailed out by mid-June 1972. If you have placed an order for a book but haven't sent in your money yet, please send your check to: Mr. C. M. Gray, 8210 Woodland Ave., 69

Annandale, VA 22003. If you have never ordered a copy of this book before but want one now, some extra copies are being printed, and you may place your order through check at the above address. New orders will be filled as money is received until the extra copies are exhausted. All orders will be mailed directly from the printer's on initial distribution to all those who sent in their $15.00 prior to 15 May. Please ensure that your checks are marked as for the 15-YearAfter Book."

As Bill SYMPSON leaves the Washington area for his new command let's pass him along an "ATTABOY" for his contribution of many long hours working towards a 15year book for the class in compiling current addresses so that a larger number of us can be contacted by the class officers. During his tour at the Naval Academy 1963-66 he served as the local chapter secretary and prepared a good part of the Shipmate input and did work on address updates as well as the class constitution. Hats off to you. Bill, and good luck with your new command.

Chmn. Exec. Com.: Cdr. D. E. Lindquist, USN Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. David Shelso, USN Box 1926, Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 24

Small bits and pieces of news drifted in last month. Mort H A N S O N reports that he is en route to RVN as an advisor and will be in Coronado until June. Wally BIGLER writes in from London where he is presently relaxing along with other '56ers, Walt STAMMER and Joe TAFT. Rod F L A N N E R Y is working with the German Navy over in Kiel. He says the town is enjoyable but being one of only nine American families in the area, the American sense of humor is always welcome. Hal HUSSEY is teaching 5th grade in Monrovia, Ca.; now there is someone with his hands full!!

From Washington, D. C , comes the following second addition to Who's Where!!— Gene McPARTLAND reports shortly to USNA for duty. Al McPHERSON is in NavMat. Bob MILLIGAN is with HQ USMC. Charlie MITRI is on JCS staff.

Wayne MILLER is a recent arrival to the OSD, DDR&E area. Dick MOZIER is in NavOrd. George MUSHALKO is at HQ, AFSC. Paul NELSON is in Navelex. Hank M E U H A R D is with Strategic Systems Project Office. Jim MURTLAND is at Quantico. Jake OAKS is with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (I & L ) .

Steve P A T T I N is a civilian with Challenger Research Inc. Cliff P E T E R S O N is with HQ, USAF. George P E T E R S O N is at HQ, AFSC. Pete P E T E R S O N is at BuPers. Chet P I L C H E R is with HQ, AFSC. Jan P R O K O P is with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Bob QUINN is with JCS. Will RICH is at BuPers. Dave RIGLER is an attorney in private practice.

Bob RODGERS is in the Office of the CNO. Gene SASSO is at Quantico. Bob SCANLON is in civil service at NavShips.

Bob SCHATZ is with the Defense Nuclear Agency. Jack SHANLEY is a recent arrival at Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Bob SCHMIDT is at Annapolis. Bill S C H O E S S E L is with the Strategic Systems Project Office. Ray S C H R E I N E R is at NavAir. Tom SCHWARTZ is with HQ, USAF. Dick SHIGLEY is with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (I & L). Bob S H I N N is at Quantico. Ted SCHULTZ is with BuPers. Bill SLOANE is at NavAir. Bob SMILEY is an attorney 70

with Department of Justice. Frank S M I T H is with NavSup. Jim S M I T H is with Bradford Computers. Dave SWANSON is with NavShips. Joe TALBERT is with OSDISA. Dick W A L S H is with NavMat PM-15. Jim W H I T E is at NavSec. Larry W H I T E is at USNA. Bob W I L L I A M S is with NavSup. P. J. WILSON is at HQ, AFSC at Andrews. The class is still meeting for lunch on the first Wednesday of June, August, October, December and every other month thereafter at the O Club at Fort Myer.

The latest list of contributors will be printed in two editions due to the large numbers. Keep those checks coming! C. D. Peterson, R. G. Bird, W. F. Henry, L. J. Sheehan, J. W. Forbrick, R. M. Gulick, B. W. Boshoven, R. O. Allen, Jr., R. P. Guest, Jr., R. F. Milligan, W. A. Labarge, W. L. Mossop, Jr., C. G. Curtis, C. C. Baggs, D. E. Jones, C. E. Coleman, Jr., H. R. Ellis III, J. P. Janetatos, F. N. Hopewell, G. S. Jenson, D. D. Lundberg, A. D. McEachen, F. P. Flack, D. H. Johnston, Jr., R. A. Schade, Jr., H. W. Hussey, H. A. Moore, F. B. Kelso, W. J. Howell, F. J. Lamotte, J. Smallman, R. J. Fisher, Jr., P. R. Gambarani, L. H. Bair, E. E. Hanson, J. E. Jones, H. Wolff, E. A. Sechrest, J. B. Murtland III, G. E. Biles, J. R. Bellinger, Mrs. W. H. Black. C. H. Garrison, Jr., J. R. Cannon, G. F. Ball, M. J. MacDonald, D. R. Sackett, Jr. Pres: Cdr. H. M. S. Gimber, USN Corr. Secy, Cdr U. R. Lamay, USN P.O. Box 885, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Percent Members: 27

W A S H I N G T O N AREA N E W S On 13 January the Executive Committee met at Boiling AFB O Club and, in the course of their deliberations, established an ambitious program for the next several months: monthly luncheons on the second Tuesday of each month; tentative plans for a pool party or picnic during the summer months; a decision to remain at the Bay Ridge Inn through the '72 homecoming.

Hopefully, plans for future events will develop early enough to take advantage of Shipmate for publicity; meanwhile for those of you who have some freedom in scheduling your trips to D. C, keep the second Tuesday luncheon in mind. Members of the Executive Committee—Dick TONER, Dave SMITH, Jim SHAY, Dave COOPER, Bill MOHN, Dave MABRY, Hank CONVERSE—can be contacted for the particulars for the luncheon in a given month.

In other area happenings, Kathleen and myself are happy to announce the arrival of daughter Anne-Marie who joined her six brothers and sisters on 28 January. For those of you who may have wondered why I missed that Shipmate deadline last spring, now you know.

H E A R D FROM AND SEEN Deej J A H N called from Norfolk a few weeks ago requesting some class info. During the conversation it was learned that Deej is attached to FAGlant. Now I understand that the CNO has encouraged some innovations in personnel policies, but do you really think he knows what's going on in Norfolk ? Imagine; FAGlant! Do you suppose there is a similar group floating around in PAC Fleet? Within the past week I saw Deej here in Washington and to look at him one would never really guess.

Dave COOPER ( O P N A V ) and Dave McGUIGAN (Strategic Systems Projects

Office), who are both working in the ULMS (Undersea Long-range Missile System) program, found themselves in January at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Kennedy, Fl. While there they stopped in to wish the best of success to astronaut classmate Charlie DUKE, then preparing for the NASA lunar mission, Apollo 16. If the mission continues on schedule it will be in the forefront of the news by the time these words are printed and you will already be fully aware that Charlie, lunar landing pilot for the mission, will touch down on the moon's surface with the mission commander John YOUNG. A very gracious host, Duke, after the normal mutual updatings that occur whenever "two or three shall meet," escorted both Daves on a tour through various system training spaces and through the astronauts' quarters at the Cape. He then treated the visitors to a few lunar landings and blast-offs in the lunar landing simulator.

Needless to say the two submarine-navy veterans came away considerably impressed by the rigor and thoroughness of astronaut training. The best of luck was extended to Duke and to his fellow Apollo 16 astronauts Young and Mattingly.

The February 1972 issue of Fortune magazine carries a feature article of Harvard University's Program for Management Development wherein promising young executives in various fields are brought together for 14 weeks of exposure to the principles and concerns of senior management positions. Among those mentioned in attendance in the fall 1971 class was Fay ROUND, who was described as a division plant manager with Pacific Telephone Co. in Santa Ana, Ca., and who has 1600 people working under him.

The Technical News of Naval Ships Systems Command of January carried an article on the launching of SSN-681 (BATFISH) in October of last year. PCO is Dick ENKEBOLL. Rounding out the survey of periodic literature ; the January edition of Spear Points, the ship newspaper of the submarine tender, USS L. Y. SPEAR, carried an article and photo of the change-of-command of USS SiRAGO. Herb BAUER was the relieving CO. While in town on business Wayne FRITZ provided me with an update of his activities of the past several months. In addition to his full time employment as a submarine sonar contracts administrator with GE in Syracuse, Wayne maintains an active association with the Naval Reserve. His 1971 active duty for training was spent in New London. Wayne was Dick SCALES' guest when the latter took command of USS HADDO.

It is learned that Neil BATES has recently graduated from Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk. His new duty station is not known.

Paul P E T E R S O N was in town recently representing the material side of the COM SUBPAC staff which is located at Pearl Harbor.

Just prior to closing out this month's column a note was received from Jim GALLAGHER suggesting we may wish to emulate the class of '52 who use a two-color replica of their class crest as the letterhead on their stationery. Since, in the files and supplies I turned over to Jim SHAY in December, there was a rather large quantity of bond paper already imprinted with the association name and mailing address, I feel it will be some time before we have SHIPMATE

need to order again, but it is hoped that the suggestion receives consideration at such time that an order is placed.

Pres: Cdr. John Poindexter, USN Sec'y, LCdr Bob Harshberger, USN Aerospace Engineering Dept., USNA Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 26.5

The Executive Committee of the class held its quarterly meeting on 1 February at the Bethesda Officers' Club. Since John P O I N D E X T E R has been elected class president, his seat on the Executive Committee had been vacant. The Committee elected Jan COOK to fill this vacancy on the eight-man committee until the next election. Other items discussed at this meeting were the contents of the spring mailing, an amendment to the By-laws, and methods of obtaining memorial chairs for all deceased classmates. These topics are discussed in the spring mailing. If you haven't received our letter, drop us a line as \ e must have an out-of-date address. Pete ^ A T J E , in his treasurer's report to the Ci . imittee, revealed that as of 1 January 197', 432 members had paid dues for 1971. Th<s is the highest percentage of participation on r.^cord.

USAF Major Earl FARNEY his been awarded his second through fourth Air Medals recently during a ceremony at Griffiss AFB, N. Y. Earl is a navigator bombardier in B-52's.

Dick W H I T N E Y and his wife Lynda will spend the next year in Chickore, Rhodesia, as missionaries of the United Church of Christ. Dick is midway through his seminary studies at Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton Centre, Ma. He will serve as Chaplain at Chikore Secondary School. Lynda will be a teacher at Big Tree School, one of the few integrated primary schools in Rhodesia. The Whitneys' two children, Mark, ten, and Donna, nine, will accompany their parents to Rhodesia.

Dave A N D E R S O N has recently been admitted as a partner in the Hartford Connecticut firm of Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney. Dave left the Air Force in 1965 and received his LL.B. degree from the University of Virginia Law School in February 1968.

Chmn. Exec. Com.: Geoffrey Cant Sec'y, LCdr. Martin Finerty, USN P.O. Box 1692, Annapolis, MD 21404 Percent Members: 26

HERE AND T H E R E The following letter was received from John McCABE: "There's a change of scene in store for the McCabes in 1972. We're off to warmer climes. After seven and a half years here in the Springfield, Ma., area, we're headed to Pensacola, Fl. As you may recall, I went to work for Monsanto Co. after I left the Submarine Service at New London in July 1964. Initially, I was assigned to Plant Engineering, then later in Maintenance. For the last three and a half years I've been managing a production operation at Springfield. The move to Pensacola will be a promotion (Resident Manufacturing Superintendent) as well as an opportunity to learn a new side of Monsanto's varied product line. I was in polystrene at Springfield and now I will be in nylon molding resin. We move with mixed feelings as this is a fine area and we'll be leaving really outstanding friends. I'll also be leaving command of a Reserve Submarine Division in Boston. Be looking for a Reserve job in APRIL,

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Pensacola. The family (Judy, son Tim, 8, daughter D'Arcy, 6yi) joined me in the middle of January and we'd welcome classmates coming through the area to stop by at 121 Firethorn Rd., Gulf Breeze, F L 32561."

tions in SE Asia." In Feb. '71 he was selected for Intermediate Service School. Vaughn is a Major, USAF.

CONGRATULATIONS Recently received word that David BOTT O R F F was selected as one of the ten officers as the pilot group of CNO Scholars.

Congratulations, and keep up the good work, Dave.

Pres: Lt. John F. Hewitt, USN Sec'y, LCdr. Howard Pinskey, (SC) USNR-R W. R. Grace Clarksville, MD 21029

Also our congratulations to all of our classmates, whose names are too numerous to list, who were picked up for early selection to commander. Well, that wraps it up for this month. For some reason the mailbag has been remaining quite empty. It looks like everyone has more important things to do than write about their activities. Please keep those cards and letters coming in and R I S E A N D S H I N E W I T H '59 Pres: Mr. Henry A, Lawinsky Sec'y, "Chico" Chavez P.O. Box 7009, Austin, TX 78712 Percent Members: 30

ANNOUNCEMENTS Mel NOSAL graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va., in Feb. '72. The Armed Forces Staff College is a five-month DOD School, which is operated under the direct supervision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and which prepares students for positions in joint and combined commands that involve more than one country or military service. Mel, who is a major in the A F , was previously assigned as a systems program manager at Norton AFB, Ca. He obtained his M.S. degree in 1967 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Haven't heard from very many people lately, so how about a line from some of those from whom we haven't heard in a long time, those who have moved, transferred, whatever, and, of course, those who have something of interest to tell us.

Pres: Mr. James Traa Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Kenneth G. Craig, USN VA-115 FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Percent Members: 26

The first of two letters received this month gives us the joyful news that the H I N T O N s have contributed to the population explosion. The proud parents of a boy are Pat and Tom Hinton. Pat produced Thomas Evans Hinton, Jr., on 8 May 1971 after Pat's long stay of llyi weeks in the hospital. Both mother and son, who weighed 5 pounds, are doing fine we are happy to report. Tom, Jr., joins three brothers. The birth was apparently not the end of the Hintons' excitement as they unfortunately experienced a fire in their quarters at 657A Oriskany, Mayport, F L 32227. Fortunately no one was injured in the mishap.

Vaughn GRACE updated his "data card" recently. Vaughn and Norlian and two sons, Kenneth and Kevin, are living at 12 Brian Rd., Chelmsford MA 01824. Vaughn has had an assignment with E S D at L. G. Hanscon Field since July of '69. Prior to that Vaughn received a Ph.D. in E E after work at Oklahoma State Univ. In July '70 he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for "delivery of a complex electronic system in support of combat opera-

Remember the MIA-POWs. N E V E R have a nice day!

They

Percent Members: 29.5

I trust that each of you has responded to the Homecoming Committee outlining your intentions to attend the festivities in September. Another flyer with final information will be disseminated sometime this summer.

If in the interim you desire any additional information, please contact me.

Your secretary is currently serving on active duty for training, this year at the Pentagon. I am assigned to the Air Weapons Staff and I'm enjoying my duty.

I heard from Bill STORY this month and he and wife Martha and two girls are living in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where Bill is the XO of U S S AYLEVEN. Bill's recent previous duty included postgraduate school in operations analysis and then a tour at the Center for Naval Analysis. He then became Commanding Officer of USS MONMOUTH COUNTY followed by duty at the

Armed Forces Staff College.

Word was also received that John ARMSTRONG has received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois. John is currently assigned to the Air Force Academy where he is an instructor in the physics department. He studied under the Air Force Institute of Technology program that provides selected Air Force members with resident education in scientific, engineering and other fields at civilian or industrial organizations.

I saw Jack H E R R I O T T the other day at registration for classes at American University. Jack is stationed at the Pentagon after his recent return from Vietnam. He saw Roger F R I T Z E L L of the Air Force Foreign Liaison Office and Dave CLARK of the Navy Department in the Pentagon concourse and discussed some P O W matters with them.

Ron L A S T A I T I writes that he is now associated with the First Bank and Trust Company of Providence, R. I. Ron graduated from the Harvard MBA School in 1970 and is presently serving as the vice president of this new bank.

Uldis ROZE called the other day to let us know that he and his family are living in Baltimore where he is associated with Merrill Lynch as a securities banker. Rosey left the Army two years ago after tours in Fort Bragg, intelligence school, language school, Europe and Korea. He and his wife are looking forward to homecoming to renew some old acquaintances.

After an absence of seven years Phil SAUNDERS wrote last month to inform us that he and his family are living in Saint Louis, Mo., where Phil is associated with the Dupont, Glore, Forgan Company as a stockbroker. He left the Navy in the fall of 1968 after completing a tour in Vietnam with PhibRon 5 in San Diego as air officer on the staff. As most of us, Phil had great doubts about leaving active duty but he now has the opportunity to spend a more normal family life with his wife Marie and two children. Phil says that Carl MORITZ is stationed in Key West as an oceanographer 71

having graduated from Monterey, and that Ron YANDROFSKI just left Michigan State and is still single and swinging.

That's about it for another month. Please make your plans early for homecoming and remember that POW's and their families never have a good day. Keep up your efforts in any way to insure their safe and speedy return home.

Pres: Lt. Joe Bustamente, USN Sec'y, Mr. Eli Dablch 543 Manor Rd. Seyerna Park, MD 21146 Percent Members: 27.5

Pres: Lt. Thomas J . Swartz, USN Sec'y, Lt. James S. Baumstark, USN U S S T U L L I B E E (SSN 597) FPO New York, NY 09501 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Grant Fulkerson, USN Weapons and Systems Eng. Dept.

USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 2 8 . 5

First of all let me thank John DALTON and Jim BAUMSTARK for providing me with the bulk of the information for this month's column. Without help such as theirs it is impossible to write the column, so let me encourage each of you to write occasionally so that we can improve the column each month.

John and Margaret Dalton (they were married in January 1971) are now living in New York and John called to tell me a little about what he has been doing since leaving the Navy and also to relay some information on other classmates with whom he has come in contact. John, Bill GREGG, Don SMITH, and Jim H A S K I N S all graduated from Wharton Business School in May of 1970. Since that time John has been working for Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York.

As of 1 March John and Margaret will be moving to Dallas, Texas, and John wanted to issue a special invitation to any classmates passing through that area to please contact him.

Don S M I T H was also married last year and he is presently working for Danes Cook & Co. on Wall Street.

Bill GREGG is now working for a bank in his hometown of Worcester, Ma. John also passed along that B. J. H A I N E S is now living in Atlanta, Ga., and is working for E N V I R O N S , which is a mobile home outfit.

The following is all information that Jim sent along for us. Waddy and Mary GARR E T T and son Chris are now living in Pascagoula, Ms. Waddy is the engineer in GREENLING, which is undergoing an extensive overhaul.

Sandy and Gerry BEALL and sons Chris and Jeffrey are now living in Newport News.

Sandy is the weapons officer in an SSBN undergoing overhaul and Poseidon conversion.

Mike and Nan FARMER and son Wayne are living in Portsmouth, N. H. Mike is the overhaul engineer in GEORGE BANCROFT.

Phil and Cindy LANK and their children Chris and Tracey are living in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Phil was anticipating a move to Tallahassee, Fl., some time this winter. He is presently working for an air conditioning and heating firm.

Two ex-naval aviators. Ken MIDDLETON and Dave GOULD, are now flying for Eastern Airlines. Ken is flying out of D. C. and Dave is homebased in Boston.

Jim had a very nice card and letter from Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Anders, parents of 72

Bob A N D E R S , who was killed in Vietnam.

Mr. and Mrs. Anders have extended an invitation to any and all classmates who pass through Grand Rapids, Mi., to please stop and say hello. Their address is 314 East 6th St. in Grand Rapids.

The class picnic scheduled in Annapolis for 6 May is still on, so please plan on trying to attend if you can be in this area that weekend.

By the time you read this you should have a copy of the annual class newsletter.

If not, drop me a line and I'll get one to you.

Pres: Lt. Pat Donelly, (CEC) USN Sec'y, Lt. Richard P. Genet, USN U. S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93940 Percent Members: 24

At our last class luncheon here at PG School I solicited all the "local" info which I'd like to pass on first.

Jerry PLUM will be graduating this March with an MS in Aeronautical Engineering. He has orders to the USS CONSTELLATION, San Diego homeported, as the Assistant CATTC. "J. V." DeTHOMAS is also leaving this March, also going to an Assistant CATTC billet, but in USS H A N COCK. Ken MILES was detached in March and headed for VA-19S at NAS Lemoore.

Wendell and Glee BROWN and Tom and Norma MORGENFELD all headed for Miramar this March; Wendell to VF-211, Tom to VF-191.

John GENERAL was detached in March and headed for an Operations Analyst billet on First Fleet Staff in San Diego. John and Susan have two sons, Matthew (2) and Sean (6) . . . and a Polish poodle, Sukosi ( 1 ^ ) Bob STAN FIELD will be graduating in March with an MS in Meteorology and has orders to the CARDIV Seven Staff (in Alameda) as the Aide and Flag Lieutenant.

Bob and Kris have two sons. Chip (2J^) and Scott (8 mos.)

Mike and Susan H E S T E R will be departing the PG School in April for the Washington area. Mike will be stationed at CNA (Center of Naval Analysis) with the Marine Corps Operations Research Group. He expects to be there for a three-year tour.

Congratulations are in order for Chip and Mary SEYMOUR on their firstborn, a girl, Elizabeth Jean, born this January. Chip left in March to take command of the USS FORTIFYJ homeported in Guam. Chip recently received a letter from Nick NICHOLSON, who is the XO in USS VERNON

COUNTY . . . somewhere in the Pacific. Nick sent a copy of his first P.O.D. which I understand was something of a literary masterpiece. How about a copy for publication, Nick?

We're not quite finished with the muster list of those leaving in March.

Jim ROORBACH is headed for a First Lieutenant billet in USS SCHENECTADY. Jim and Joann have three children: Jay, Teri, and a last December addition—Sarah. Dan and Susan RUMBLEY visited the Roorbachs over this last Christmas. Dan was headed for an "in-country" tour.

Paul MARSHALL has orders as the Assistant Flight Deck Officer in the USS CORAL SEA. He departed Monterey in March after receiving an MS in Management. His new address will be 21 Barry Ct., Walnut Creek, Ca. Paul's heard that Pat COOPER is headed for the Assistant Navigator billet in USS RANGER. Jim McPIKE and his family are now living in Alton, II., and Jim, who

is presently working for 3M, is considering returning to school to teach. Neil H E N DERSON is presently attending Dartmouth College working on an MBA. Paul ROBINSON and wife Mary Bruce arrived last September. Paul is in Engineering Science with plans to go into the new Systems Acquisition Management program.

The Robinsons have one son, Mathew (2).

Paul received a Christmas card from Dave BELL, who is flying for Eastern.

Terry S M I T H will be graduating this June and is anxiously awaiting orders. Terry and Anne have a daughter, Tiffany (2).

The Smiths heard from Rick BRUSH over Christmas—Rick is now 1st Lieutenant in a new San Diego-based LST. "Moose" and Peg CLIFT have a daughter. Heather (1). Moose is headed for USS KITTY HAWK this May. John and Julie MICHELSON are living in San Jose; John is working for Memorex Corp. Larry and Missy MACK are living in Illinois—Larry is working for Western Electric. Jack and Joan K O H L are living in Milwaukee, Or. Jack is working in hotel-motel supervising.

Dave ANDERSON and wife Toby have been in Monterey since February '69. Dave is currently working on a Ph.D. in O. A. and is slated to be here until March of '73.

Pete ROBINSON, currently Weapons Officers in USS HUGH PURVIS, homeported in

Newport, visited the Andersons over Christmas. Stan ZIMNY is out of the Navy working for Electronic Data Systems. Stan and wife Carol live in San Francisco. Lloyd ABBOT is also working for EDS. Fred BERTHRONG is just finishing up his degree requirements for an MS in Oceanography from the University of Washington and is last rumored to be heading for San Francisco, with wife Candy.

Paul GIRARD is also a Ph.D. candidate —his in Electrical Engineering. Paul's married; wife Diana is a former Delta stewardess and Navy Junior. Paul spends some of his "spare" time working at Project Aquariijs here in Monterey. The project is a crisis counseling service.

It is noted with some pride that all the officers of the newly formed student council here at the Postgraduate School are members of the class of '65: chairman, Bob CHAMPOUX; vice chairman.

Randy MYERS, and secretary, Paul GIRARD. Ted GALE is studying law at Santa Clara University. Ted and Jessie have a daughter, Karen ( 2 ) .

Skip G U N T H E R is now out of the service. Skip completed an MS in physics from Berkeley last June.

Steve and Betty ALLMAN are in the San Diego area. Steve is in an SSBN. Henry KLEEMAN has been selected to be a member of the pilot group of CNO scholars.

Last but most certainly not least, the class' congratulations to Roger on a great season.

Pres: Capt. Robert L. Spooner, USMC Sec'y, Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Jr. 3920 Ingraham St. 11-313 San Diego, CA 92109 Percent Members; 23

A recent press release from the Bureau of Naval Personnel announced that John GROSTICK was selected as one of ten officers by the Postgraduate Selection Board to be designated pilot group of CNO scholars. As a selectee for this program, John will attend an accredited American or foreign college and study in a field compatible with his specialty. Congratulations, John!

SHIPMATE

Dave M O S I E R left the service last year and has taken a position with Carolina Povyer and Light Co. of Raleigh as senior engineer at the firm's Robinson plant near Hartsville. There's living proof that it pays to hand in those steam labs !

The following letter was received by the class from the Brigade of Midshipmen: "Your donation to the Brigade sponsored Prisoner of War Fund has already helped in several P O W projects. Most of the Class of '66 contribution went into the Brigade effort to buy a Christmas present ( U S N A sweatshirt) for each of the 2050 dependent children of the P O W families. Many of the presents were delivered by midshipmen in person. The rest of the donation helped to start a Midshipman Big Brother program, in which hundreds of midshipmen asked to be •big brothers' to the young male children while their fathers are detained in captivity. The Brigade of Midshipmen would like to thanks the Class of '66 for your concern in the Naval Academy P O W effort."

That is all for this time. The letters have been coming in fine, so keep writing. Another reminder, the time for renewing your membership in the Alumni Association is drawing near; so get involved, and get the news!

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Pres: Lt. Dave Materna, USN Capt. Edward H. Mills, USMC "•^•''Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93940 Monte Percent Members: 27.5

Dick F A R V E R wrote from Norfolk where he is flying H-53's in HM-12. He had just returned from the Med where he was part of the Navy's first deployment of a helo minesweeping squadron. His squadron was recommended for an MUC for their work on that deployment. Dick's wife, Jean, is a W A V E lieutenant also in HM-12.

Rog P A R A D I S is in TECUMSEH out of

Charleston. Dick P U R N E L L and Tom BROADHURST are in VAW-126 at NAS Norfolk.

Ken BARUSKY is flying V P out of Brunswick as is Mike BRADY. Bill CONNELL is a civilian working in Dallas. Dan COYLE is out and has bought part interest in an art gallery in upstate New York.

Ken H A L L is navigation officer in CORONADO. Jay K O P P is in Milton, Fl. Andy SLOAN is on a Med deployment with HC-6.

Paul McCONNELL is the head of the Small Business Advisory Department at Valley Bank and Trust Co. in Agawan, Ma. He is also working for his MBA at Western New England College.

Dale and Theta F I N K had their second child, a daughter, in August in Annapolis.

Willie IDSINGA and his wife had Willie Jr. in October, also in Annapolis.

London; he and Joanne had a little girl in November.

Larry and Mary TORGERSON, stationed at Pax River, had a son on 31 December— how is that for timing the arrival of a deduction?

Max W E R N E R is awaiting the start of Law School in Texas, having finished crisscrossing the country on his bike. Wayne and Julia H E N R Y are on vacation in the Caribbean until Wayne reports to his civilian job.

Ted and Mary S T E A R N S are in Virginia Beach where Ted is working on his Master's at George Washington. Denny and Marilyn H A L E Y are settled in Norristown, Pa. Larry and Thais KEEGAN are in Charleston awaiting orders to Engineers' School. Russ and Ann J O H N S O N are in Tustin, Ca., with sons Pat and John. Bill and Hass RUSSELL are at West Milton where Bill is an instructor.

Chuck and Ginny J E F F R I E S had their second child, a girl, just before Christmas.

Chuck is working in the Public Works Department at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Bob ISBELL is a flight instructor in Beeville, Tx. Bob W A T E R S is attending the University of Virginia Law School. Jack B R E R E T O N is at Cornell finishing his premed qualifications prior to entering medical school this fall.

Mark and Marianne K E A T I N G spent last summer on an extensive camping tour of the USA. They are now at Penn State where Mark is working on his MBA and Marianne is a junior in the psychology department.

Every year someone proposes that our retirement pay be drastically reduced. This year anyone who plans to be a career military officer should obtain a written guarantee defining his own minimum retirement benefits. Is receiving retirement pay a privilege or an earned right?

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Mark H A L E Y was married Christmas Day in Monterey to the former Margit Moller Smith. Jim DAIL is studying Japanese at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey and has orders to the Japanese Naval Academy.

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Mike M A R T I N and Barney S I M O N S E N are working on new construction, the BATFISH, at Electric Boat in Groton. Mike sent word that Tom BURNS, Chuck MILLER, and Jerry D A N I E L S are also at E. B. Mike was married in December 1970; he and Sheila are expecting their first little "Mad Dog" in June.

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Rich and Sonja R E I N H E I M E R wrote from their new duty station with VF-101 in Virginia Beach. After two years in Meridian they are enjoying their new home and the change from the training command. Bill and Karen TAYLOR live across the street from them. Bill is with the Marine Corps stationed in Norfolk, and Karen teaches music at the Norfolk Academy. Also in the area are Don S M I T H and John P A T T O N , who just returned from a Med cruise with VF-74 aboard the AMERICA. They recently received a birth announcement from Tam and Steve FOX—they have a new son, Travis. Steve was deployed aboard the ENTERI'RIBE, but he was due back in February. Last September in Meridian Sue and Jim SERLEY adopted a four-day-old boy, Craig. Congratulations to these two happy couples.

On the way up to Virginia, Rich and Sonja stopped in Jacksonville to see his old "roomie," Al THACKER. Al is now deployed to Keflavik with a V P squadron, and his wife Chris plans to meet him in Scotland for a few weeks of travel in Europe and Scandinavia. Back in Meridian the Reinheimers left Bill and Sue BAST, Jim and Sue SERLEY, Rich and Chris A H E R N , and Ray and Jeannie K E L L E T T . Before leaving they saw Karl KRUMBHOLZ, who had just returned from two years on Guam and was headed for a V P squadron out of Alameda.

Karl M A H U M E D recently called from Newport to report a new arrival 16 January.

Chen gave birth to a 9-lb. boy, Erik Robert Mahumed, of whom they are both quite proud. Karl is currently Ops boss in the N. K. PERRY, and anticipates seeing a little of the Med in the not-too-distant future. Ah, yes . . . I know the tune!

Rog and Jaquie H U G H E S sent word from Chula Vista that he was going to Vietnam 1 March, and she will then move back to Annapolis. She is very much interested in making plans for the '68 alumni weekend luncheon, and her new address will be: c/o W. J. Rogers, 680 Americana Drive, Apt. A-5, Annapolis, MD 21403. It sounds like a good idea, and she would appreciate anyone who is interested dropping her a line.

Debbie Bennett sent word from Whidbey Island that Rich and Steve FOX were to return with ENTERPRISE in February, having been flying A-6's with VA-196. t)ebbie and Tonja visited with her folks back in Annapolis during the summer and fall, then flew to Hawaii to meet Rich in November.

She stayed an extra week with Bill and Anne S'TEVENS, having a wonderful time and being reluctant to return to the Whidbey rainy season. Rich will be home until his next WestPac cruise in September. She has seen Phill POSSUM and John LYDIARD, who were due to finish up the RAG and deploy shortly.

I received a three-and-one-half-year report from Roger and Tina LAMMERS out in Barber's Point, Hawaii. They have a yearold son, Andy, and seem to be enjoying the Hawaiian life. Rog is in VP-4, along with Leo K U E H N and Tim DUFFY. They will deploy to Cubi Point this summer, and Rog hopes Tina can join him to see a bit of the Far East together.

Up here in Quonset Point we are all braving the Rhode Island winter and preparing for upcoming deployments. In HS-7 73

Norm B R O W N ' S wife gave birth to a baby girl one week before he deployed (good timing. Norm) ! He's been transferred to the HoRNE out of San Diego as the A S W officer and will probably find me and the rest of the staff embarked in the HORNE for PACMIDTRARON '72 before this article is even printed. Bill MILLER is Chief Snipe

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Mike LAGOW and I are trying to keep Jack L U p W I G from getting ALL the flight time. With luck we'll be able to get our wives overseas for a while this summer while SARATOGA hits all the in-spots in the Med. VAW-121 sent a contingent of '68ers up to scout out the INTREPID. Hal DANTONE, Kenny_ ILGENFRITZ and Barry YANKOLONIS parked their birds in our hangar for a day or so. They reported that Oceana was full of '68ers.

That about wraps it up for this month, but please keep the letters coming.

Pres: Lt. William H. Newton I I I , USN Sec'y, Lt. (jg) M. E. Rachmiel, USN Flag Lieutenant ComCruDesFlot 3 FPO San Francisco, CA 96610 Percent Members: 36.5

Greeting from Singapore, Subic Bay, and the Gulf of Tonkin! I have had oodles of mail in the last six weeks and I just hope it keeps up! I have been running into all kinds of classmates lately! There are at least three times the number of '69ers here in WESTPAC as there were last year. Pete REN F R E E is the Navigator on H M S CLEOPATRA which is homeported in England. I ran into him in Singapore at the ANZUK officers' mess.

His wife is living in Plymouth, England, while he's deployed. Frank J E N S E N is flying CH-46s off the SAN JOSE as is Al HAGER. I saw Jim AYERS at the nickel machines in Subic—he's in the W H I T E PLAINS. John BLAUE left the WILSON in Dec. en route to language school and then to Vietnam. I ran into Jeff BINGHAM at the Seventh Fleet Sked Conference in January. He's with a MAAG or something in Taipei, Taiwan—a real challenge for a bachelor!!! Dave J E N N I N G S is doing a great job aboard CHICAGO. He's in O P S and I see

him almost every day! Jack MARTIN graduated from Destroyer School in November and is now W E P S in E. F. LARSON in Long Beach. He spoke with Class President, Bill N E W T O N , earlier and "Wall Street" Newton reports that our class fund is doing well and investments are continuing.

Eric H O N O U R is the fourth member of his family to be both an Academy grad and a Naval aviator. Eric got his wings 19 November at Corpus Christi. His father and two older brothers were on hand for the ceremony. (See February Shipmate "All Hands.")

George GORDON is now the Chief Engineer of an LST in Yokosuka, Japan, and Jim K E N N E Y is on board the ROBERT E .

LEE in the yards in Bremerton. Jim has bought a house in Gales Ferry near Groton where the R. E. LEE will return after the yards.

Tony Apollaro Junior arrived in the world on 26 November in San Diego. Congratulations to the proud parents, Mary and Tony!

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W R I T E ! Mike is with HC-4 and new arrivals Jim KIRBY and Mike SARANIERO bring HC-4 to six '69ers.

Chris Glutting sent me a nice Christmas greeting from PG School and Spencer GARRETT is presently at NAS Kingsville. The third member of the Garrett famin BAUSELL and Bob BYLES is A S W in ily, Paul "service record" TSAMTSIS, the PARSONS. Both are now homeported in returned from 18 mos. with VW-1 and Yoko. Steve J O S E P H S O N is flying OVWQ-1 in Guam to be an instructor at 10s in the "sunny south" with VAL-4. Ron Corpus. Rich VELTMAN is an N F O with BARROWS should have finished his tour as an advisor in Feb. with MACV and Steve VAQ-130 in Alameda and Eric BRIES is flying helos in Lakehurst, N. J. Frank T I N S L E Y just finished language school in STENSTROM with HC-6 has been joined El Paso before going in-country. Mark BARBARO finished Destroyer School and by old "married" John OHLINGER for a Med cruise. Ray MORRIS has been promis OPS in ANDERSON, also homeported in ised P-3's out of Moffett by his "friendly Yoko. dataller" upon his return from VAL-4 in Chuck McKELDIN sent in the fourth March. Lt. Ron MUELLER left for Nam •company report. He and Josh FULL- six days before Christmas to become the BRIGHT are batching it, flying in IceSenior PAO Advisor to the Vietnamese land ? ? ? John MAGGI is in MIDWAY Navy—who said it was safe and undeployISLAND doing I don't know what and John able to be a PAO ? Si HERSRON and Bob FELTON is 0-in-C of a UDT Unit in AMUNDSON are both back in school after Nam. Terry "drink-'em-up" CRUMLEY is a stint in the boats taking their Burke scholan advisor to a Vietnamese seal team in the arships at MIT and U. of Penn respectively.

Delta; Ed CUMMINGS and Bill PORIER Bob A H R E N S is now a "Pork Chop" on a are sharing a house in California and are west coast ship and J. G. WARD just finboth stationed in subs there. Dave H E M - ished A-6 RAG as a B/N at Whidbey and MING is in a sub out of Pearl (poor guy) Guy HIGGINS is a P-3 TACCO at Barand Jack J O N E S is in a sub out of San bar's Point. Mai E T H E R R I D G E and Diego. George KANUPKA is with his sub- Chuck KARLAN are helping Ray MORRIS marine in Bremerton during overhaul. Jack fly OV-lOs with VAL-4. (One with the LEWIS is in Meridian, Ms., finishing up his flight training and John AURIEMANA is ica bucket and the other with the glasses, with VP-4S which deployed 1 Dec. '71. He, no doubt!) Bob WOOD just finished SERE Woody M C D O N A L D and Chuck McKEL- school and still has many "USNA-69" DIN got together for the Navy-Penn State dacals left over—10^ apiece—free postage: Lt.(jg) W. B. Wood, Jr., Rt. 4, Box game back in September and John P E T J 4600-58, Oak Harbor, W A 98277. Bob also KOWSKI is flying S-2s out of Quonset. writes the "Sweat Seven" Newsletter. Any Dave PROSSER, Dave JUARIN and of you guys from "seven" who aren't getting Sam LARSEN are already Lts. in Vietnam, it, send your address to Woody ASAP. having finished their pre-in-country training Frad POSEY left the USS NOA in Fab. in Dec. In the class just behind their's are: '70 and has been with the Military Sealift Mike WORLEY, Jim REED, and John Command in Saigon ever since. He's hoping MILLER, Dewey METEER fleeted up to to go to DIA in Washington in April or CIC officer in the KYES. His former job was May. He ran into Greg H A N S E N as he MPA and the air-conditioning still gives departed Saigon for two weeks leave. Greg him the chills—I guess a tour in the hole was standing near a PanAm 747 talking to thins out your blood?—right? a cute "stew." Greg told the "stew," whom Gary GOODMUNDSON got sidetracked rumor has it he was proposing to at the time, to take care of Fred. . . . Fred finally to Nam instead of Destroyer School by his third dataller in a six-month period. Glad walked off the plana after a "few" Scotch my name doesn't begin with "G." Other and waters, '69ers in his Vietnam Indoctrination Class Lanny H U N T is in Okinawa, with are: John ORFGEN, Sam LARSEN, Dave PROSSER, Dave VETTER, Rick ARL- VP-40 along with Jerry DOEMPKE. Ethel LEN, Bob KLUGH and Fred GRITZEN. Hunt reports that the shopping is really great in Hong Kong! Glad my wife will Gary said he'd try to stop by for a visit with me while he was in L. A. during Christ- never get there—I'd go broke saving money! mas. He must have been surprised because I A memorial fund for Jerry ANDERSON deployed in Nov. and sent Janie back to has been started in Pensacola with the Miami shores after packing up the apartNaval Aviation Museum there. Jerry, as ment. I can hear the information operator you know, was killed almost two years ago now—"Sorry, we don't show a listing, etc." whan his plane crashed at Whiting Field.

Make donations payable to the Jerry AnderMike McNEIL is interested in starting a son Memorial Fund and send them to Lt.(jg) 2nd Company Newsletter—address: 10 M. Addison JONES, Jr., 341 Lafayette Rd., North Kingston, RI 02852.

I am pleased to report that Bob MacIVER's progress has been wonderful. He has been discharged from the VA hospital until 1 March and although he is not able to walk yat, he can put weight on his left leg and his right side is beginning to "come around." He and his wife Anita are living at 1019 Beachview, Apt. 101, Dallas, T X 75218. I'm sure he'd appreciate some news or a visit.

G e o r g e a n d D a r l e e n G o r d o n a n d Jim a n d M a r y Kenney in N e w London

The news has really bean great. Keep it coming! Anybody in the Gulf of Tonkin is cordially invited to drop in for a visit.

SHIPMATE

Pres: Ens. Jefl Schott, USN Sec'y: Ens. Fred H a l l , USN USS INCHON ( L P H 12) FPO New York 09501 Percent Members: 41

I must apologize to all of you who have been receiving Shipmate for the past two months without any news from our class.

The address posted in this column has been wrong since publication of the SeptemberOctober through December issues. 1 was unaware of this until shortly after Christmas, since I had not been receiving mail. I have no idea of how the mistake occurred, but in the future I'll check changes of address more closely. Some of you may have had mail returned from F P O , San Francisco.

Please substitute this new address or write again and I'll take care of it. I have received some mail which has finally reached me after months delay and I'll include it all in this article.

As usual, I have some good news and some bad news to pass along. Last July one of our classmates finally became an ensign.

Now for the good news: It was Mike KAIN who was awarded an interservice transfer from the Marine Corps. Mike won this award, the Captain Grizley Commendation, for finishing number one in personal appearance during his postgraduate work at Quantico. Under this program, Mike is studying law at Golden Gate College in San Francisco and then will finish his four years as a Navy lawyer. Mike will then go back to the Marine Corps for the remaining 23 years to retirement.

Bobby, Jan, and Squeaky (Bobby I I ) WOO gave me the only letter I've received at this new address. Bobby is proud to announce Squeaky's arrival and reports that the Woo family is still doing well in Hawaii.

Bobby has already made two WestPac

U S S JOHN ADAMS (Blue). Mike is enjoy-

ing duty in Pearl Harbor and enjoys life on a submarine. Mike has visited Steve KLOTZ aboard the CARPENTER and John K.APOLOLU, who is also stationed in Pearl Harbor. In an effort to get more news from the graduates of Athens, Mike sent the following list of orders issued: Dave FAUCHER—USS BASILONE, Newport Bill FERRIS—N. S. Y., Philadelphia Chuck FRARY—MCB 5, Port Hueneme, Ca. Wally MARTIN—N.S.A., Saigon Syd RODENBARGER—NAS Quonset Point, R. I. Bob SUGERMEYER—NAS Pensacola Tom

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gon Ed GUMKOWSKI also sends his regards from the Far East, where ha has recently completed another Market Time patrol off Vietnam aboard U S S EXCEL. Ed's ship is a unit of MineDiv 32 which includes Bill SALTENBERGER

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Mike FRICK is stationed in the USS CONFLICT and is in the Division which relieved Bill and Ed on their last deployment. Ed and his wife Irma, Bill and Pat, and Mike and Joanne are all living in Long Beach.

Overlooking long periods in combat zone and extensions on WestPac deployments, all agree that duty as a department head in a minesweeper is pretty good.

Bill PARKS finally received a change of duty from WestPac and has recently reported to a new construction, U S S STEIN,

in San Diego. Bill had been A S W Officer aboard a Fram I Destroyer which collided with a Soviet tug on his last WestPac cruise. Unfortunately, Bill had just relieved cruises aboard U S S KEPPLER and has reas OOD in an unavoidable situation. Bill says cently seen many familiar faces including that the excitement was nice, but the paperBill CURRER, Bruce S T E V E N S , Bruce work that followed took the fun out of the BRUNN, and Lenny SUPKO. Bobby re- day. turned to D. C. after this past Christmas All news on the east coast comas from leave and spent some time back at school Flight School. Bob S L O W I K sent the last with ex-roommate Bob MICHAEL. word from Meridian just before everyone Lew and Nancy BUCK arrived in Pearl began leaving for advanced training in Harbor last summer and Lew is now staTexas. " P . J." F A L T E N and Ernie tioned on the same ship as Bobby. Bobby S N O W D E N ware disguising themselves as reports that two other great Naval powers Ensigns while receiving JG paychecks. The recently joined forces—Skid H E Y W O R T H first group of bachelors to leave for Texas and Larry S H E L L E R were both stationed included Glen J E W E L , Stu P O W R I E , aboard the DAVISON just before she sank Denny WILLIAMS, Bill CHAMBERS, last fall. Skid is planning to be married and Carl SMITH. New married couples very shortly. Grant T H O R P E , Mike who have recently moved into the suburbs CASEY, and George H A L V O R S O N are of Meridian are Larry and Betty CLEGalso living in Bobby's neighborhood.

HORN, Dick and Heather CLICK, Dave and Jackie DAVIS, and Jeff and Sally Mark ROGERS and wife Damon had STANLEY. Other faces which have recentbeen living in a quonset hut at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, while Roge's ship, ly been seen around Meridian are Chuck FARRELL, Jeff LEHMAN, Roger JACUSS BUCHANAN, was in the yards. Roge OBS, Pat O'NEIL and Marv HAMM. Dan and "Duke" DUBIA spent most of last KESTLEY was married last summer. Bob year training for the finals of the Ex-150's Weight Gaining Contest. On 19 May 1971 finished his latter by announcing that he has our impartial judges awarded Duke a score bean happily married to Karen Cullers since of 210 pounds, and Roge barely qualified last December. with 197 pounds. Since that time I've heard Father Laboon is still stationed in Pensathat Duke has taken the lead at 287 pounds. cola (Catholic Chaplain's Office, N A S Roge was disqualified in the third round Saufley Field, Pensacola, F L 32510) and and is now the father of twins. wrote at Christmas time that very few faces of the "old gang" ware still in the Mark "Mo" H O K E and Madge Kelly were married 19 June at Fort Meade, Md. area. Tim and Mary Ellen COCOZZA are now living in Corpus Christi and are soon Mo and Madge are now living in San Diego. Casey B A H R and Debby Calvert expecting to add a baby to thair family of two cats, a dog, and four ducks. Larry and were recently married. Bob R E I C H received his Master's from Georgia Tech last June, Gail GRETZINGER are now the proud parents of Mark Benjamin, born 7 Septemand Dave S H E P A R D received his from ber in Pensacola.

Stanford.

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while they were attending prototype school.

Sue and Ray were stationed in Windsor Locks, Ct., and shared an apartment building with Tony and Jan W A T S O N , John and Cathy DOLLERSCHELL, and Bill and Ellen H E L F E N . Sue has been very busy doing most of Ray's homework, including letter writing. Frank and Diane Reifsnyder finished the nuclear program on the west coast and became the parents of Frank I I I on 22 July. Last April Frank W A H L married Barb Kostlan in San Diago, with Steve C H A P M A N as best man. Attending with the Raifsnyders were Buzz SAVAGE, Greg SESSLER, and Mike MAGALETTI. As usual, the Marines came through with plenty of mail. Ed LUCKE had orders to Okinawa but unfortunately they were changed and Ed wrote and said that he is now stationed at Henderson Hall, Headquarters, USMC, Washington. Ed is still waiting for an envelope full of money from Cliff KOLSON for a good pick in the AliFrazier fight. Any one passing through D.C. is invited to stop by and see Ed. Trusty Ed ROBESON is still reporting the movements of his buddies. Ed, Nick PRATT, John REYNOLDS, Monty FELIX, Carl LOGUIDICE, Dave RIGGLE, Gordy JACKSON, and Ken F R E E MAN are all stationed at Camp Schwab, Okinawa. Corky PECK and Bruce BRUNN are also on Okinawa with different units.

Dan M U R P H Y was seen in the area while on a WestPac cruise aboard U S S EDSON. Ray GOLEZ is now a platoon commander in the Philippine Marine Corps and ran into many of his friends while on a SEATO exercise last summer. Cutler DAWSON took a west coast ship and has been enjoying yard periods in Pearl Harbor. Graduates of Ranger School who are now on Okinawa include Hank PYZDROWSKI, Cap PARLIER, Clay GRUBB, and Dave P R O F F I T T . Rick and Sally McGOEY were finally married last August and are doing well. Keeping in touch with the rest of the tigers, Ed reports that Bob and Jeanie BLOUNT announced the arrival of a baby girl last March. Garry MELLO married tha very lucky Chris Winslow last July.

Jody STARTARI and Betsy Bennett were married last October in D.C. Jody and Betsy are now living in Glynco, Ga., while Jody finishes training for F-4's. Betsy is reported to be very happy—I guess that Jody hasn't broken tha news that their first son will be named Salvatore.

I was fortunate enough to get a six-month deployment on a ship with 1200 Marines.

Tarry MORGAN is along for the cruise and has a lot of news to pass on to the group: "Having offered to help Fred write the news letter while I spend six months jetsatting around tha Mad, 1 can now appreciate why some months the class has no news letter. With five address changes in the last year some of the mail never catches up with me, only tha bills. Although these bits of information may be somewhat dated, I'm trying my best.

"A latter from Skid Heyworth says life as an EMO is difficult when you weren't exactly a 'wires slash' and your boss is an ex-wires prof. Larry Sheller is also aboard DAVISON with Skid. He says that Pearl Harbor saems to be a class of '70 crossroads, allowing him to keep in touch with a number of old friends.

"Camp Lejeune, that picturesque bastion I also received letters from Sue and Ray of Marine Corps tradition, is home for a G A N T H E R and Frank R E I F S N Y D E R number of the class' Marines. Cliff Kolson 75

is presently an artillery forward observer on a Caribbean cruise. For a married man it's not a bad cruise since you only deploy for two or three of the six months you locked on. Bruce Henry is with a 105 battery and is living in the Lejeune area. Bert Freeman is still scaling tha heights of the fencing world. He presently has an international ranking and is doing quite well in international competition. Bert's only complaint is that sparring partners are few and far between on the bkse. If he took up bayonet fighting Bert might have soma local competition.

"I see from orders in the Marine Corps Gazette that Dan and Susan Baker have finally made it to law school.

"Lenny Supko is still in fine form. Many an Army officer got a big laugh out of his 'fish act' at the club in Fort Sill, Ok. "For all ex-18th company members: Our former leader, Capt. McKay, is now a reservist with a general support maintenance company in Johnson City, Tn. The former fourth company officer, Capt. Burton, is a reservist commanding a tank company.

"That's about all I come up with this month. Please keep in touch through my new address: 1/Lt. T. C. Morgan 0114317 USMC, BLT 1/2, C Company, F P O , NY 09502."

This completes a vary long article which I hope will bring this column up to date.

Congratulations to all of you who made Lt.(jg) in September. I shouldn't be an Ensign much longer; my brush-off has been steadily improving. Please let me know what's happening now that the postman has found me again. If you don't have any news just make up a nasty story about the guy you didn't like. |~^\/^ // ] // U U

Pres: Ens. Michael E. McCuddIn, USN 1 Sec'y, Theodore A. Hermeling, Her Jr., USN 151 Surfway, Apt. 45 Monterey, CA 93940 Percent Members: 41

Jeff STEELMAN wrote from the AUSTIN where he's serving as First Division Officer.

Jeff went to gunnery school with Al WALL but Al's the only one who has had a chance to apply what they learned. He's in the LASALLE as Gunnery Officer in the Persian Gulf. Al says that if anyone wants a blue MGB cheap, see him. Jeff was married

in tha chapel to Mary Harrington of Annapolis on 22 April. Jeff reports that he saw Maj. Sullivan while at Dam Neck, and they talked over old times. He also says that some Marina stomachs aren't quite so strong while being transported. Mark MACKLIN, Skip CLARKSON, and Don DAVIS went aboard AUSTIN for a landing off Camp Lejeune.

Jeff says he's seen Jeff L E W I S in the BiDDLE and Ted RODGERS in the DAHLGREN. Tommy BECKHAM has attended tan Navy schools while waiting to get aboard tha SuRiBACHi. Scott SEWARD came by from his DE in the Charleston yards. Ray MURRAY had his orders changed from Mayport to a DE out of Newport.

Dava H A C K E T T visited Bob and Jo H E N D E R S H O T in Monterey and reported that he had spent five months in WestPac on a tincan. He ran into a lot of the guys, and he reported that Steve MARTIN is 1st

Lt.

in

the

GOLDSBOROUGH,

Jon

Chapel in Yokosuka, Japan on 11 Dec. Ed is in the WORDEN which switched homeports from Long Beach to Yokosuka in October.

Rick W H E L D O N and Walt BARTON are headed toward Pensacola after a time in WestPac. Steve COMER and Jim H O W E R are visiting Columbo, Ceylon, this month aboard the MOBILE. Ted SNOOTS is in the TUSCALOOSA which took quite a beating in a storm off Japan in January.

Denny also got a note from Don GRAY asking him for the address of one of the many high school girls they met on glee club tours. "Really, Don!" I also got a letter from Bill H I L T O N who is presently aboard the HANSON and living with his wife in Chula Vista. They headed for Pensacola for an April 10 class. Bill got a note from his old roommate. Ban HOLLAND, who is aboard the USS JOSEPH

STRAUSS out of Pearl. Bill

CI-

also reports that Russ S H A W got married CHUCKI is MPA on a new LST and while in San Diego. Russ is also going to lovin' being around diasels. Jocko JASTRAB Pensacola after being in the U S S DENNIS is in Subic—he decided to ship Line when J. BUCKLEY. 30th Company had a New he was offered Missile Officer on his DEG. Year's Day gathering. In addition to Bill Dava was in Singapore in early November and Russ, those in attendance were Henry along with John SCHUYLER, Dick TAY- W I L D E R ( U S S TOWERS) and Jeff CONLOR, Steve NEWBURGER, Guy SNOD- N E R S ( U S S RAMSEY).

GRASS, Lyn TOLIVER, Ken JORDAN, Also in my mailbox lately were letters and Stave PENNER. On Yankee Station he Mike McCUDDIN and Hugh saw Pate BAKER, John BALL, Mike from STRAIN. Mike is aboard the U S S PRATT FRENCH, Lew VEST, Gary BAKKEN (who married Betsy Boniface—Jack's sis- out of Mayport. Hugh is in Denver attending Air Intelligence School. From there he tar—in Decambar). French was a deck division officer in the PONCHATOULA when they is due to go to Interpretation School.

I was in Vallejo in late January to see ware unrapad from her. "He looked like a troll drenched in his life jacket, hard hat, Rich FLETCHER. He is living with Pete DaVOS, Chuck BOMGARD, and Chic and full beard."

CHIQUELIN. While there, they had a I received a letter from Denny W A L S H who is aboard the USS DENVER as Aircraft party celebrating, among other things, Doug MURPHY'S birthday.

Handling Officer. He's on tha downhill slope Among those seen or attending the party of a WastPac cruise which has taken tham to Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, were: Doug and Jill Murphy, Chic Chiqueand will hopefully take them to Korea and lin, Bob Wagoner, Paul Lindgren, Bob Australia. Gary WASHAM (one of the 9th Custar, Jack and Jan Frost, Pete and Barb Co. dirty dozen plus two) is his roommate Flannary, Mark Cooksey, Finley and Tina and also the A Division Officer, so thair air Foster, John and Diana Brandes, Fred and conditioning is always working—in one room Colleen Mallgrave, Ron Schroder, Don and at any rata. Gary is also the Ship's IntelliMary Lynn Beckham, Steve Palstring, Mike gence photographer. He is scheduled to beO'Rourke, Pete DeVos, Mike Miernick, come Navigator next fall if things go wall.

Scott Monson, Gaorga Sammons, Jim Ed MATHUS (2Sth Co.) was wed to Bloom, Tom Herring and John Shelton. tha former Cathy Carlson at the Naval Keep those news items coming in!

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS In the interest of timely chapter reporting, chapter secretaries are requested to forward their material with as little delay as possible. Copy received after the 15th of the month misses the issue then in preparation and may not reach the reader until two months or more later.

AKRON-CANTON Mr. E. L. Coen 1053 Rotch Ave., N.E. Massillon, OH 44646

ALBUQUERQUE Mr. Manuel P. Sanchez 1805 Lafayette Dr., N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87106

ATLANTA Capt. J. H. S. Johnson, USN'(Ret.) 7382 Peachtree, Dunwoody Rd., N.E. Atlanta, GA 30328

ANNAPOLIS Lt. David C. Wynne, USN 4 C Sellers Rd., Arundel Estates Annapolis, MD 21402

Four of the eight foreign officers currently on duty as U. S. Naval Academy faculty members presented a panel discussion on their 76

countries and their navias at the 10 February meeting of the Annapolis Chapter. Capt. Ray E. Davis, Director of the Division of U. S. and International Studies and President of the Chapter, moderated the panel at the Officers' and Faculty Club.

Participants were LCdr. Carlos A. Milanaz, Brazil; LCdr. Masaji Takayama, Japan ; LCdr. Jose Orozco, Mexico; and Lt. Gerald L. Purcell, Australia. Lt. Purcell, who has just reported as the first exchange officer from Australia, is teaching professional courses in the Division of Naval Command and Management at the Academy.

LCdr. Takayama is serving as liaison officer, assigned to the Division of U. S. and International Studies as are the officers from Brazil and Mexico.

The officer-instructor exchange program between the U. S. Naval Academy and

academies of other countries has been developed over the past 12 years.

There was a question and answer period following brief presentations by each panelist.

BALTIMORE Mr. W. Beverly Bristor 600 Hastings Rd. Towson, MD 21204

BOSTON Mr. G. Gilbert Tallau The Faulkner Hospital 1153 Centre St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

BREMERTON LCdr. Warren A. Chase, USN (Ret.) 553 Juniper Bremerton, WA 98310

SHIPMATE

Mr. William Ciesia 81 Hilton Dr. Kenmore, NY 14217

CARACAS Maj. Angelo Fernandez, USMC USNAVSEC, USMILGP c/o U. S. Embassy APO, New York 09893

CENTRAL FLORIDA Mr. David N. Inbusch P. 0. Box 145 Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

CHARLESTON, S. C. Lt. C. G. Mendenhall, I I I , USN 21 Archdale St. Charleston, SC 29401

Cdr. Robert R. Neely, Jr. 5501 Shoreview Drive Palos Verdes, CA 90274

Cdr. Lester B. Libbey, USN (Ret.) United Presbyterian Church Box 52 Waterford, CT 06385

LOUISVILLE

CORONADO

Mr. Floyd W. Rati iff Box 544, 2805 Lexington Rd. Louisville, KY 40206

Mr. William H. Krumrei 5561 Fontaine St. San Diego, CA 92120

MIAMI

DETROIT

Cdr. E. C. Powell, USNR (Ret.) 11345 S.W. 108th Ct. Kendall Branch Miami, FL 33156

RAdm. L. J. Jacobi, USNR (Ret.) 729 Fisher Rd. Grosse Pointe, Ml 48230

EUROPEAN

MILWAUKEE

Mr. Lawrence A. Novak Verson Europa, S.A. 51, Ruede la Villette Charleroi, Belgium

LCdr. T. C. Cheney, Jr. USN 988 Chesterton Ct. Oconomowoc, WI 53006

HOUSTON

CHICAGO Mr. James W. Gillman 316 Sheridan St. Forest Park, IL 60466

After the great time we had at the DrakeOakbrook Hotel for the Army-Navy game telecast, we could not think of a more fitting place for our annual Prospective Midshipmen night, which we held there 20 January 1972.

We were not disappointed; over 125 people turned out in what is coming to be a habit here in Chicago—supporting the association.

Many of our members who ware unable to coma, and of course many of those who were there, made special contributions which helped immeasurably to the success of the dinner. Thank you everyone.

Head football coach Rick Forzano "laid it on the line" to the boys emphasizing that the Academy is a great school and sports are only one small aspect of the activities and education that is designed to make each midshipman a leader in his country. We were also fortunate to have RAdm. Draper Kaufman, drawing on his experience as Superintendent of the Academy, give his reflections to the prospects on life at Annapolis. It was the kind of night that, when it was all over, made each one of us proud to be a part of our great school.

Those attending were: Charles Silsbee '25, D. Kaufman '33. Edward McLean '35, Ben Franna '40, J. Leipper '42, Jack Baily '44, Orrie Crepeau '44, Jack Martin '44, Elroy Sandquist '44, Bob McCarthy '45, Walt Rose '45, Seymora Crumplar '47, Red Laitner '47, Bruce Oliver '47, John Oberrieder '48, Jim Vossaller '50, Carlo Santucci '52, Jim Hocking 'S3, Dick Wise '53, Ray Anderson '55, Paul Staffenhagen '55, Jim Gillman '56, Charlie Luath '63, Dick Page '63, Lan Wass '64 and Jim Giericki '69.

CINCINNATI Mr. Robert E. Reid 102 Burns Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45215

Mr. John E. Hollis 2396 Demington Dr. Cleveland Heights, OH 44106

Mr. Ernest B. Granville 5245 E. Miff Ave. Denver, CO 80222

Pres. RAdm. Wm. L. Anderson, USN (Ret.) Rt. 1, Box44C Chapin, SC 29036

Lt. Derrell B, Hauser, USNR 1389 Crestwood Ave. Columbus, OH 43227

1972

Those members present at the February meeting ware: Capt. Neville Levy (honorary), Lewis '21, Drumm and Ware '22, Howland '24, Wogan '25, Samsot '27, RAdm. Bourgeois '30, RAdm. Macpherson '33, RAdm. McCrory and Capt. daLaureal '38, Woodside '40, Wilson '42, Anson, Levy and Varsaggi '45, Cole '54, Meany '59, Cole '62, and Mike Riley, '65.

Future monthly meetings will be held in the Houston Club on the first Friday of the month—tha welcome mat is always out.

NEV/PORT

HUNTSVILLE

The Newport Chapter held its regular monthly meeting on 25 January 1972 at the Newport Officers' Club. Present were: W. T. Alford '39, Capt. Gerard S. Bogart, Capt.

C. W. Bunting, J. P. Carney '21, Col. R. S. Day, USA, R. Dees '17, W. M. Foster '30, Mr. W. S. Thomas, Capt. R. S. Guy, E. B. Henry, Jr. '39, H. K. Hewitt '07, Cdr. A. W. Holmes, Cdr. H. B. Hosmer, J. T. Lay '31, H. G. Leahy '41,. R. H. Maynard '30, J. W. McCoy '39, Capt. N. C. Porter, S. C. O'Rourke '39, Capt. C. C. Roberts, Capt.

H. F. Rommel, Col. M. C. Shattuck, USA, P. C. Staley '33, L. Taylor '35, W. C. Thayer '47, Capt. J. L. Thompson, USCG.

Cdr. Russell Croft, USN (Ret.) 8008 Allison Dr., S.E. Huntsville, AL 35802

LCdr. C W. Ullrich, USN (Ret.) 3314 Prague Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46227

Mr. Richard K. Gaines, Jr. P. 0. Box 2 1 , Ortega Station Jacksonville, FL 32210

Mr. R. Paul McNergney 3806 East 104th St. Kansas City, MO 64137

KITTYHAWK

COLUMBUS

The New Orleans Chapter met for cocktails and luncheon at International House on Friday, 4 February with 20 members present. After lunch, RAdm. Macpherson discussed Alumni Association matters based on recent conversations he had with Adm. George Anderson and Capt. Bill Busik. The New Orleans Chapter currently is reviewing its policies concerning honorary and associate memberships.

Houston USNAers at the January luncheon

KANSAS CITY

COLUMBIA

LCdr. L. 1. Cole, USNR OJNC, NWSED, NAS New Orleans, LA 70140

The Houston Chapter installed a new slate of officers at the January 1972 meeting: President L. N. Smith '45, First Vice President Drexel Martin '45, Second Vice President Ralph Vander Naillen '51, Treasurer Tom McWhorter '41, and Secretary (to be announced later). Directors: A. D. Blackledge '20, Phil Koelch '43, Rod Bowman '44, Cliff Berman '45, and Pete Golwas '63. Special Direction of Operations : Bill Ford '29.

Those present at the meeting: front row— A. Blackledge, Bart Jones, Larry Smith, Paul Traitel, Cliff Bermann, Rod Bowman, Mike Foley, H. Goodall, Earl Weaver. Back row—Ralph Vander Naillen, Phil Koelch, Drex Martin, Pate Golwas, Ray Kutch, Austin Seay, Ed Potter, O. Dean.

JACKSONVILLE

COLORADO

NEW ORLEANS

Col. William E. Ford, USMC (Ret.) 3600 Montrose Blvd.

Houston, TX 77006 Capt. L. N. Smith, USN (Ret.) 6304 Briar Rose Drive Houston, TX 77006

INDIANAPOLIS

CLEVELAND

APRIL,

LOS ANGELES

CONNECTICUT

BUFFALO

Mr. J. W. Gallagher 294 Cherry Dr. Centerville, OH 45459

Capt. P. C. Staley, USN (Ret.) 2 Kane Ave. Middletown, RI 02840

The speaker for the evening was Mr. B. Cow les Mallory, City Manager of Newport, who discussed '"The Community Cooperative Efforts on Aquidneck Island." This subject is of great local interest and Mr. Mallory covered the topic thoroughly, well supported by factual data and yet unbiased in his overall appraisal of the situation. The 77

members were most appreciative of his views on the subject.

The officers elected at the November meeting, with the exception of RAdm. J. H. Wellings who was out of town, presided at this meeting. They are: President—W. C. "Thayer, Vice President—J. H. Wellings, Secretary—P. C. Staley, and Treasurer—E. B. Henry, Jr. NEW YORK Mr. Anthony M. Marks Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. 1001 Franklin Ave. Garden City, NY 11530

NORTH TEXAS LCdr. Alfred D. Holland, USN 6218 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, TX 75230

OKLAHOMA CITY RAdm. Lewis E. Coley, USN (Ret.) 4212 N. Harvey Parkway Oklahoma City, OK 73118

H e a d t a b l e (1-r): Bill W a l k e r ' 4 0 (vice president), Betsy M a t t e r , Clyde* V a n Arsdall ' 3 4 , V i r g i n i a C h a m p l i n , Jim Landon ' 4 4 (president), M a l c o l m Chomplin ' 3 4 (guest s p e a k e r ) , M a r t h a Landon, Polly A n n V a n A r s d a l l , Dick M a t t e r ' 3 2 a n d Heather W a l k e r

ORLANDO Mr. John I. Cumberland, Jr. 358 Starling Rd. Winter Park, FL 32789

PENINSULA Cdr. Allen McDonald Dame, USN (Ret.) 387 South Gordon Way Los Altos, CA 94022

PHILADELPHIA Lt. John P. Santucci, USNR 112 Haines Mill Rd. Delran, NJ 08075

PITTSBURGH Mr. Thomas E. Sollars 208 Clyde Dr. McKeesport, PA 15131

RICHMOND Mr. C, F. Wortham 3008 Seminary Ave. Richmond, VA 13127

ROCHESTER Mr. Melvin H. Long NROTC Unit River Campus Station Rochester, NY 14637

ST. LOUIS LCdr. Robert F. Diebel, Jr., USN 8658 Old Towne Rd. St. Louis, MO 63132

ST. PETERSBURG RAdm. M. P. Russillo, USN (Ret.) 16016 4th St. E. St. Petersburg, FL 33708

SAN FRANCISCO Mr. Charles W. Butler 360 Marion Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941

It seemed to be the consensus of the 88 members, wives and guests who attended our dinner meeting in the Garden Room, the evening of Wednesday, 2 February that this was the largest and perhaps most pleasant Valentine Party of the Chapter. Our guest, an Army person, exclaimed, when introduced, "never saw so many beautiful women !"

Peter Liepman, Manager of the Club, added charm to the occasion v/ith most attractive table decorations, consisting of red and white carnations and colored ribbons.

The inspiring address of our guest speaker -fully justified our expectations and a happy evening was enjoyed by all.

It was a pleasure to have with us Navy widows Mrs. Anne Hawkins '30 and Mrs. Ethel Robertson '12. It was good to again see Frank and Camille Timberlake '25. We were soon to learn that Frank had made a hole-in-one that afternoon. Also among those 78

San Francisco turnout to hear J u d g e C h a m p l i n

present were Red and Louise Day '25. Red was so pleased with the way we do things that he joined up on the spot.

The ever-faithful John Falge '12 represented the senior class present and again '48, as the junior class, was well represented.

Our guest speaker, the Honorable Malcolm M. Champlin, not only is Judge of Municipal Court in Oakland, but is a member of the class of '34 USNA and has had a distinguished naval career. He was awarded the Navy Cross, the Army's Silver Star, conferred by General Wainwright, and four Presidential Unit Citations. He authored feature stories in the December, February and March issues of Shipmate. The subject of Judge Champlin's address was : "Which Do You Prefer, the Ballot Box, or the Mob?" The keynote of Judge Champlin's address was "LAW," the most essential element of a democratic society if it is to survive. The founding fathers constructed a nation that was based upon the law of God and not on human vicissitudes—upon law and justice that would endure, regardless of prevalent political administration, as long as there are men of good will and integrity.

They made provision for lawful change or correction, if indicated, by the Courts, by the Congress or by the ballot box and not by the mob which leads only to anarchy and eventually to slavery.

The Judge commented upon the amount of lawlessness on college campuses throughout the land and its spread to the high schools. This lawlessness on campus is an indictment of the system of social studies taught in most of the schools and the evidence of its failure. The address ended upon a high note of hope as he said, "When Abraham Lincoln spoke of government 'of the people, by the people and for the people'

those words were bathed in blood and they had meaning. They have meaning now.

Tyranny had no place in America then.

Certainly, it does not now, on our campuses or any other place in America. As we near the beginning of the third century of this nation—we can be proud of our beloved country, the United States of America—man's most dynamic monument to the bold idea that man can live in freedom with grace and dignity. Nowhere is the spirit of oebdience to law and respect for the source of our freedom more eloquently set forth than in the prayer used by our first President, George Washington. It was entitled 'A Prayer for Our County' and that is what it truly is: " 'Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favor and glad to do thy will.

'Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure mannersO .

I. f i l l i p f*Xi\J, I ^ U l X, 111C4.1111V.X Save us trom from violence, discord and conijave rom pride and arrogance, and fusion; from from every evil way.

'Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.

'Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth.' " SANTA BARBARA Capt. E. E. Roth, USN (Ret.) 424 Pimiento Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93103 S H I P M A T E

SEATTLE

to take immediate action in behalf of such victims to sustain them until the Medic-1 assistance can arrive on the scene.

Capt. John R. Middleton, Jr., USN (Ret.) 1637 77th Ave., N.E. Bellevue, WA 98004

The Seattle chapter met at the COM Sandpoint the evening of Wednesday, 2 February. The trustees decided to donate a sum of ten dollars to the Naval Academy Foundation in the name of our late member and associate, Robert B. Haig, class of 'S3, who passed away as a result of an aircraft accident about a week prior to the meeting.

Attending the February meeting were: Regan '22, Borgen '24, Hammond '25, Elliott '26, Fauntz '27, Horney '27, Thompson '28, Stevens '30. Colley '32, Finney '32, Langen '32, Lewis '32, Burrow '33, Van Leunen '34, McCallum '35, Middleton '35, Miller '36, Ross '37, Masterson '38, O'Neill '38, Lasell '39, Abel '42, Armstead '42, Bergquist '42, Culjat '42, Daly '46, Yerbury '46 and Keck '54.

The meeting was addressed by Chief J. N. Richards of the Seattle Fire Department on the subject of Seattle's nationally recognized Medic-1 and Medic-2 programs. Medic1 is the vehicle program by which emergency help is rushed to cardiopulmonary victims in ten minutes or less. Medic-2 is an instruction program to prepare individuals

WASHINGTON, D. C. Capt. R. J. Badger, USN (Ret.) 926 S. 26th St. Arlington, VA 22202

Adm. Zumwalt addressed the February meeting of the D. C. Chapter. About 200 members were in attendance; senior class was 'OS and junior, '71. There were 11 members from the classes of '26 and '30, 10 from '25, '28 and '43 and 8 members from '35 and '57. All others had five or less.

Adm. Zumwalt talked about the material aspects of our Navy complementing his last speech which covered the personnel aspects.

He spoke of the decrease in size of our Navy and the attempts to cover our requirements with less ships and less funds. The Navy has several missions: first of all a strategic mission, a control of the seas mission and lastly an overseas presence mission.

He went into the methods and ship requirements to perform these missions and pointed out our growing inferiority to the USSR. He believes the USSR does not want a nuclear war and that we have an adequate deterrent to such a war and that they do

not want conventional war since they are rational; however, the USSR plans are to gain control by having greater forces in the areas of increasing vital interest thus forcing the United States to back away without conflict.

He pointed out that with the reduced carrier forces in particular it is necessary to station ships overseas from overhaul to overhaul and that he was attempting to keep the families with them during these longer deployments. He said the Navy is dedicated to a total force concept and that we are equipping the reserves with more and better equipment than heretofore. He pointed out that the personnel situation insofar as reenlistment was concerned had vastly improved and was satisfactory but we were still having trouble getting initial volunteers.

He stressed the fact that soon we would need at least SO percent of our oil from the Middle East and that we could not let control of that area go to the USSR. He advised us of new developments in type of ships and aircraft which are in the shortrange and long-range plans.

WILMINGTON Mr. Russell S. Davis, Jr. Box 27 D, R.D. # 2 Hockessin, DE 19707

LAST GALL ADAMS, LESTER ' 0 7 , Thomaston, ME

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December

1971,

LOOMIS, SAM COLBY, JR. (CAPT USN RET '35), 2 0 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , A u r o r a , I I .

AHROON, THOMAS ANDREW (RADM USN RET ' 2 8 ) , 2 6 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Colorado Springs, CO

NICHOLS, FRANK McDOUGAL (CDR USN RET ' 2 8 ) , 2 4 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Columbus, O H

ATHERTON, HARRY SHELDON (CDR USN RET '33), 2 7 M a y 1 9 7 1 , G r e e n s b o r o , NC BAYSINGER, REAVES HENRY, JR. (CAPT USN '49), 9 F e b r u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Bethesda, M D BEANFIELD, RUFUS McCLELLAN ' 0 8 , 14 February 1 9 7 1 , O x n a r d , CA BIESEMEIER, HAROLD WOODALL (CDR USN RET ' 4 0 ) , 8 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , B i l o x i , MS BLAIR, ROSWELL HADFIELD (CAPT USN RET '15), 2 6 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , VA BLAKE, JAMES

CAMPBELL

'22), 3 1 J a n u a r y CHRISTIE,

CARL

(CAPT

USN

RET

1 9 7 2 , Richmond, V A

GILFORD

(CAPT

USN

O'DONNELL, J O H N JOSEPH, JR. (CAPT USN RET ' 2 2 ) , 2 3 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Bethesda, M D O'REAR, J O H N THOMAS HAZELRIGG (COL USA RET ' 0 8 ) , 16 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Santa Barb a r a , CA REIFEL, W I L L I A M McKINLEY (CAPT USN RET ' 1 7 ) , 14 June 1 9 7 1 , Bellevue, W A SUSIO, RUSSELL PAUL ' 7 0 , 1 J a n u a r y Baltimore, MD

1972,

THOMAS, ROBERT McKeesport, PA

1938,

HAMPSON

'24,

WALKER, THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN (CAPT USNR RET ' 1 8 ) , 3 0 N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 1 , Sarasota, FL ' 2 2 ) , 8 February 1 9 7 2 , St. Petersburg, FL

CONNER, CLAUDE W A Y N E (1/LT USMC ' 7 0 ) ,

WHITE, N O R M A N EDWARD (CAPT USN RET '43), 2 February 1 9 7 2 , San D i e g o , CA

'29), 8 F e b r u a r y 1 9 7 2 , R o l l a , M O 16 December 1 9 7 1 , M i l t o n , FL JAMES

MICHAEL

(BGEN

LESTER ADAMS USMC

Dr. Adams was a member of the Maine State Employees Assn. He was active in civic affairs and served as selectman and on the Thomaston Library Board.

WALLIS, ADELBERT VERNON (RADM USN RET RET

DALY,

ments. He received his tuberculosis training at the Army School for Tuberculosis and was resident at Trudeau Sanatorium for two years. He was superintendent of the Belle Air (Pa.) Sanatorium. In 1923 he became superintendent of Western Maine Sanatorium at Greenwood Mountain. He retired from that position in 1955 and continued as an honorary member of the staff of Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston.

His professional memberships included the American Medical Society, Maine Medical Society, American Thoracic Society, Maine Tuberculosis and Health Assn. and the .American Heart Assn.

RET

'30), 2 7 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , San D i e g o , CA DAVISON, RALPH EUGENE ( V A D M USN RET '16), 15 F e b r u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Pensacola, FL DEWEESE, WADE (CAPT USN RET ' 2 0 ) , 28 J a n uary 1 9 7 2 , A n n a p o l i s , M D FLAGG, J O H N H A M I L T O N ' 2 0 , 2 4 December 1 9 7 1 , N a p l e s , FL FOSTER, PAUL FREDERICK ( V A D M USNR RET '11), 3 1 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , V i r g i n i a Beach, VA FUDGE, HAROLD LEWIS (CDR USNR RET ' 2 2 ) , 3 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , B e r k e l e y , CA HAIG, ROBERT BARTON (LT USN RET 'S3), 31 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 2 , S e a t t l e , W A HEIM, SCHUYLER FRANKLIN (COMO USN RET '07), 2 F e b r u a r y 1 9 7 2 , Riverside, CA JEWETT, ROYAL FORD (LTJG USN RET ' 2 0 ) , 12R October 1 997 71 ,2R i d g e w o o d , NJ A P I L , 1

'07

Dr. Lester Adams died at his home in Thomaston, Me. after a long illness on 14 December 1971. Following cremation, committal services were held in the Chapel of Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Me. A native of Bangor, he entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1907. He left to study pre-medicine at Bowdoin College. In 1911 he received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Adams interned at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. and later did his residency at Baltimore City Hospital.

From 191S to 1917 he was pathologist at Eastern Maine General Hospital in Bangor.

In 1917 he was commissioned captain in the U.S. Army Medical Reserve Corps.

Dr. Adams was a noted leader in the fight to control tuberculosis and respiratory ail-

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Surviving are his widow, Violet, 9 Knox St., Thomaston, ME 04861; two daughters, Mrs. Delbert Jackson of Wellesley, Ma. and Mrs. Robert Phillips of Framingham, Ma.; and four grandchildren.

PAUL FREDERICK FOSTER '11

VAdm. Paul Frederick Foster, U S N R (Ret.), died 31 January 1972 in Virginia Beach, Va. after a brief illness. Services were held in Arlington National Cemetery on 2 February.

Adm. Foster, the first naval officer to receive the nation's three highest military awards for heroism, was born in Wichita, Ks. After a year at the U. of Idaho he entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1911. His first assignment was in the USS WASHINGTON. In December 1911 he transferred to the USS UTAH and participated in the Mexican Campaign. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his distinguished conduct at Vera Cruz in 1914.

Upon completion of two years of submarine instruction he took command of the USS G-4 in February 1916. The next year he was ordered to the USS BUSHNELL. A S

CO, USS AL-2, he was credited with sinking the German submarine UB-65, one of three officially listed as sunk by the U. S. Navy in W W l . For this action he received the Distinguished Service Medal.

Adm. Foster remained in the submarine service at New London until June 1920 when he joined the USS TENNESSEE. Following six months as XO, USS SAN FRANCISCO, he reported as OinC of the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at that time the principal publicity office for the Navy. While there he organized the first radio programs, publicity films for newsreels and short subject reels for the Navy.

He was also the principal Navy liaison with the print media.

Adm. Foster was recalled to active duty at the outbreak of W W I I . Assigned to the Logistics Plans Division in the Office of the CNO, he was sent by President Roosevelt on an inspection tour of the installations for the defense of Panama Canal early in 1942, and initiated certain negotiations with the President of Ecuador. He made similar other inspection tours to Alaska, the Aleutians, through the Caribbean and down the coast of South America. Through his recommendations the Navy Dept. saved over 100 million dollars in curtailing construction of Fleet Base Roosevelt Roads.

In Rio de Janeiro he negotiated an important military-naval agreement with the Brazilian president that led to placement of Brazil's Navy and Air Force under the operational command of Adm. Jonas H. Ingram, USN, for the defense of the Brazilian coast. For his exceptionally outstanding service during this period he received a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon from SecNav. Adm. Foster was designated Assistant Naval Inspector (jeneral in August 1943 and remained as such until his retirement. He later had additional duty as a member of the Navy Manpower Survey Board. He received the Legion of Merit for his inspection and investigation duties during the last two years of the War. He retired on 1 December 1946.

Following four years as vice president of a large Chicago department store, he served with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In June 1954 he joined the Atomic Energy Commission as special assistant to the General Manager. Two years later Adm Foster became Assistant General Manager for International Activities. On 1 July 1958 he became General Manager of the AEC and later assumed the duties of Deputy General Manager. He later went to Vienna, with the title Ambassador, to represent the U.S. with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

After leaving the AEC he served as a consultant with General Dynamics Corp. in Washington, D.C. Survivors include his widow, Isabelle, 617 Linkhorn Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23451; a son, Capt. Paul L. Foster, USN, of McLean, Va.; and a sister.

burgh, Pa. and Mrs. Donald G. Huston of Wausau, Wi.; and six grandchildren.

ERNEST LLEWELLYN PATCH '11

Capt. Ernest L. Patch, USN (Ret.), died 10 October 1971 in Vallejo, Ca., after being struck by an automobile. Funeral services were held in the Mare Island chapel; burial was local.

Born in Stoneham, Ma., he was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911. He served in the Navy for 35 years, retiring in September 1946. <3apt. Patch was in the Construction Corps from 1914 to 1940. He then was designated EDO. He attended Naval Postgraduate School in 1913 and continued instruction at MIT. Three years later he earned an M.S. degree in naval construction. He had later instruction at the Army Industrial College from 1938-39.

Capt. Patch had a Letter of Cotnmendation in connection with construction of the USS CHICAGO at the Mare Island Navy Yard (1928-29 and '31). He had a second Letter of Commendation which he earned for service as Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Bay City, Mi., 1943-45.

After retiring from the Navy he worked for many years as a volunteer case chairman of the Solano County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. He was a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the American Society of Naval Engineers.

Survivors include his widow, Anna, 721 Alameda St., Vallejo, CA 94590.

ROSWELL HADFIELD BLAIR '15

Capt. Roswell H. Blair, USN (Ret.), died after a long illness on 26 January 1972 in Charlottesville, Va. Funeral services were held at Grace Church in Cismart, Va., on 29 January. Interment followed in the Naval Academy Cemetery on the same day.

ROY W O O D LEWIS '11

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After the commissioning of the USS TRENTON in April 1924 Adm. Foster served as her Engineer Officer. For "extraordinary heroism on the occasion of the turret disaster" in that ship on 20 October 1924, he was awarded the Navy Cross.

He resigned from the Navy in March 1929 and entered business on Wall Street.

In 1932 he became an industrial engineer, specializing in patent work and corporation reorganization. In 1939 he interested President Roosevelt in a project for the development of the resources of the Galapagos Islands as a means whereby physical facilities constructed there in peace time would be available to our armed forces upon the outbreak of war. Receiving the support of the Navy and State Depts., in 1941 he organized the Pacific Development Co. and became its president.

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Cdr. Roy Wood Lewis, USN (Ret.), died 4 January in Wheeling, W.Va. Burial was in Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Oh. Born in Lamira, Oh., he was a 1911 graduate of the Naval Acadmy. He served in the Navy until 1922. In 1925 he received his law degree from Western Reserve University and was admitted to the Ohio Bar. In 1948 Mr. Lewis helped found the law firm of Lewis and Wood. He was later associated with the C. Kenneth Henry law firm. A member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, he was eligible to practice law in all Federal courts, including the Supreme Court.

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During W W I I he again served on active duty. He was in the Office of the Naval Inspector of Ordnance at the Sharon, Pa. branch of Westinghouse and at the Herring Hall Marvin Safe Co. in Hamilton, Oh. Mr. Lewis was a member of the Ohio Forestry Association, St. Clairsville Rotary Club and the American Legion. He was also very active in both the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts.

He is survived by his widow, Mary, 148 Marietta St., St. Clairsville, OH 43950; two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Powers of Pitts-

Born in Palmyra, Wi., he was a 1915 graduate of the Naval Academy. In W W I he served in the destroyer ALLEN at Queenstown, Ireland, and received the Victory Medal. He was a graduate of the Postgraduate School at Annapolis in Communication Engineering. He also received a Master's degree from Harvard. He was a Technical Advisor of the American Delegation to the International Radio Telegraph Conference in Washington, D. C , in 1927 and received letters of appreciation from the Secretaries of State and Commerce.

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Capt. Blair's sea duty included service in the H U N T , HAMILTON, J. FRED TALBOT

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CO) and as Navigator in the N E W ORLEANS.

His last tour at sea was as CO of the coastal gunboat TULSA on the China Station in 1939-40.

After retirement physically as a commander in January 1941, he was recalled to active duty in W W I I and served in the Electrical Department of the Naval Academy and then in command of the N R O T C unit at MIT. During that period he was promoted to captain.

Surviving are his widow, Julia Hall, Charlotte Towers, Apt. 201, Charlottesville, VA 22901; three sons, the Rev. Thom Blair, Capt. Carvel Blair, USN (Ret.) '45, and Col. Arthur Blair, USA, a professor at USMA; and eight grandchildren, including Lt. Dennis Blair, USN '68.

EDWARD PAUL SAUER '16

RAdm. Edward Paul Sauer, U S N (Ret.), died 10 January in San Diego, Ca. Memorial services were held in the Lewis Colonial Mortuary there. Graveside services were held in Arlington National Cemetery.

A native of Council Bluffs, la., he was a 1916 graduate of the Naval Academy. He served at sea until October 1922 when he reported to the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va. From November 1924 to October 1927 he served in the USS TEXAS and USS VESTAL.

Following a tour at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, he became XO, USS SoMERS. In April 1930 he transferred to the USS BUCHANAN as XO. He took command of the USS SicARD in September 1930.

Two years later he reported again to the Washington Navy Yard.

Adm. Sauer was Gunnery Officer in the USS SARATOGA from June 1934 to June 1936. He then took command of the U S S FARRAGUT for a year. From November 1937 to May 1940 he was CO, Naval Recruiting Station, Los Angeles.

He next became COMDESDIV 12. For service in that command he received a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon. In April 1942 he transferred as COMDESRON Six and was awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous devotion to duty" during combat near the Solomon Islands in August 1942.

Adm. Sauer served with the Western Sea Frontier from September 1942 to December 1943. In January 1944 he was assigned to the 13th Naval District. He was transferred to the retired list on 1 January 1947.

Surviving are his widow, Julia, 4611 E. Talmadge Dr., San Diego, CA 92116; and a sister, Margaret Moore.

DOUGLAS WITMER COE '17

Capt. Douglas Witmer Coe, U S N (Ret.), died 13 January in the Annapolis Naval Hospital. Funeral services were held in the Taylor Funeral Chapel; burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.

A native of Duluth, Mn., he was a 1917 graduate of the Naval Academy. He first served in the U S S

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IDAHO. In December 1918 he transferred to the Construction Corps. He then studied naval architecture at M I T and received an M.S. degree in June 1921.

Upon completion of that course and until February 1925 he was on duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Capt. Coe then returned to MIT for nine months as an instructor.

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Academy until May 1927. From July 1927 to December 1929 he was first the Material Officer on the Staff of COMDESRON and later on the Staff of COMSUBDIV, He also had inspection duty at Shanghai.

After a year at the Philadelphia Navy Yard he went to the Mare Island Navy Yard for four years as planning superintendent and design superintendent for new construction. In September 1935 Capt. Coe became Force Constructor on the Staff of COMSUBFOR. Two years later he was assigned superintending constructor and naval inspector of ordnance. New London and Groton, Ct. In April 1941 he transferred with those duties to the Tampa, Fl., Shipbuilding Co. and later was additionally assigned to Miami.

Capt. Coe went to the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. in Philadelphia as supervisor of shipbuilding in July 1942. Two years later he went to the Jeffersonville, In., Boat and Machine Co. in the same capacity. In October 1945 he reported as Naval Inspector of Material, Detroit, Mi. He retired in January 1947.

After retirement he worked for a while as an associate professor at Georgia Tech.

He is survived by his widow, Josephine.

30 Wainwright Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403; two daughters, Mrs. Josephine C. Cromwell of Annapolis and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Straw of Winston-Salem, N. C.; six grandchildren ; a sister; and a brother.

For many years following retirement he was head of the Mathematics Department at Shenandoah College and was dedicated in helping young people to obtain a good education.

Among his survivors is his widow, Ada, 710 S. Stewart St., Winchester, VA 22601.

JOHN HAMILTON FLAGG '20

Mr. John Hamilton Flagg died 24 December 1971 at Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Fl., after a short illness. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, 4 January 1971 at St. Paul's Church, Englewood, N. J. Born in New York City, he entered the U. S. Naval Academy with the class of 1920. He was graduated from Yale University in 1920, where he was active on the varsity crew and a member of the Cloisters and Book & Snake. During World W a r I he was commissioned an ensign in the U. S. Navy serving aboard the USS ALBANY as an assistant navigator.

Following graduation, Mr. Flagg went to work for the Watson-Flagg Engineering Company of Paterson, founded by his father.

He organized the Gear and Machinery Manufacturing Division which later became incorporated as the Watson-Flagg Machine Company of which he served as President until 1971. During World War II, Mr. Flagg's company played an important role in the manufacturing of gears for aircraft carriers and P T boats. He was one of 12 industrial executives to be invited by the Secretary of the Navy aboard the aircraft MAURICE HARRIS STEIN '19 Cdr. Maurice Harris Stein, USN ( R e t ) , carrier MIDWAY on an experimental expedidied 18 December 1971 in Winchester, Va. tion for the purpose of observing and testing Graveside services and interment were held mechanical operations of both ships and at Arlington National Cemetery on 21 planes in the Arctic Region.

December.

An outstanding member of both the engineering and business communities, Mr. Born in Mount Carmel, II., he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Flagg was a recipient of the Connell Award class of 1919. Service immediately following and a past president of the American Gear Manufacturers Association. During World graduation was primarily with the Destroyer War II he was a director of the General Force, Atlantic Fleet and with the exception of a six-month tour aboard the U S S Components Division of the National ProCHRISTABEL included duty in the USS LEA duction Board in Washington, D. C. In 1955 he was appointed by the National Assoand USS SOUTHARD. Destroyer duty was ciation of Manufacturers to serve on its interrupted for a brief period in 1920 with a two-month assignment aboard the USS Industrial and Nuclear Energy Committees.

SOUTH CAROLINA, whose XO was then as At the time of his death, Mr. Flagg was a commander the late Fleet Admiral Chester a director and member of the executive comW. Nimitz. Sea duty again followed in the mittee of the New Jersey Bank, N.A., a USS (SOLDSBOROUGH until the decommission- trustee of Englewood Hospital and an honing of that ship in the spring of 1921 at which orary member of the National Security time Cdr. Stein was ordered to duty on the Industrial Association. He was also a memAsiatic Station. Service while there included ber of the New York Yacht Club, the Rivduty in the USS WILLIAM B . PRESTON and erside Yacht Club and the Areola Country USS ABARENDA. In 1925 he was assigned Club. to shore duty in the Office of the CommanSurviving are his widow, Irene, c/o dant, Puget Sound Navy Yard, and in 1927 Watson-Flagg Machine Co., 3 Horizon was again back in destroyers as XO of House Rd., Fort Lee, NJ 07024; three sons, the USS JOHN FRANCIS BURNS and later John H., Jr., of North Conway, N. H., of the USS REID. (twins) Thomas R. of Alpine, N. J., and He was treated at the U. S. Naval HosDr. Stephen V. of Hamden, Ct.; a daughpital, Philadelphia, in early 1929. This was ter, Mrs. S. Spencer Scott, Jr., of New followed by a short course of instruction Canaan, Ct.; 11 grandchildren; a brother; at Edgewood Arsenal and courses in Gen- and three sisters. eral Line duties at the Postgraduate School in Annapolis and in the Junior Class at JAMES CAMPBELL BLAKE '22 Newport. Duties following completion of Capt. James Campbell Blake, U S N R postgraduate instruction included service in (Ret.), died 31 January in Richmond, Va. the USS OKLAHOMA, USS MILWAUKEE and Graveside services were held in Arlington USS RAMAPO. It was while assigned as National Cemetery.

XO of the latter that he required treatment at the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego.

The Erie, Pa., native was graduated from As a result thereof Cdr. Stein was placed the Naval Academy in 1922. He served at on the retired list on 1 August 1938. He sea in the U S S CALIFORNIA until his resigwas returned to active duty 1 July 1940, nation in 1925. He then entered the strucpromoted to Commander 19 August 1943 tural engineering field in southern Califorand again placed on the retired list 15 Octo- nia. By 1940 he had become vice president ber 1945. of the Victor Equipment Co. 81

J O H N JOSEPH O'DONNELL ' 2 2

Capt. John Joseph O'Donnell, USN ( R e t ) , died of leukemia on 23 January in the Bethesda Naval Hospital. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on the 26th with a very simple service as he had requested.

Born in the West Indies, he was a 1922 graduate of the Naval Academy. As a midshipman he was on the boxing squad. His sea duty after graduation was primarily in the Pacific. He served in the USS MARYLAND

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HAROLD LEWIS FUDGE '22

Cdr. Harold Lewis Fudge, USNR (Ret.), died 3 January 1972 in Berkeley, Ca. Following services on 5 January he was interred at the Chapel of the Chimes Crematorium in Oakland, Ca. A native of Muncie, In., he was a 1922 graduate of the Naval Academy. He resigned in 1924 and went to Stanford for postgraduate work in engineering. He worked for several years as a mechanical engineer with Tidewater Associated Oil Co. During W W I I Cdr. Fudge served at Mare Island as Assistant Planning Superintendent.

In 1943 he went to sea as XO, DE 677 and later as navigator of the USS HOGGATT BAY. He was ordered to Panama Sea Frontier as Readiness Officer from 1945 until the end of the war.

After the war Cdr. Fudge worked with Knappen Tippets & Abbett in Alaska and later Paraffine Paint Co. in New Jersey He designed commercial processing plants as a project engineer. He later developed the germ-free animal lab for the Lawrence Radio Laboratory in Berkeley.

He was a staunch supporter of the Naval Academy and the Alumni Assn. He was a charter member of the San Francisco chapter of the Alumni Assn. and was elected trustee of that group in 1-971. Additionally, he served as secretary of the San Francisco '22ers.

Cdr. Fudge was also very active in local church, civic and club affairs.

Among his survivors are his daughter, Jean Fudge, 3136 Lewiston Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705; and his son, Robert Lewis Fudge of Baltimore, Md. 82

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WWII. At the outbreak of the war he was serving at the Naval Gun Factory. Capt. O'Donnell was then ordered to the Aleutians where he served on the staff of Admiral Fletcher, COMNORPAC. For service in that capacity he was awarded the Legion of Merit. From 1945 to 1946 he was in command of the USS

Capt. Blake returned to active duty during W W I I . He served with the Bureau of Ships as head of the welding, forging and casting section. He visited nearly all theaters of action and all the shipbuilding yards. After the war he remained in the Navy as a ready Reservist serving from time to time as a consultant and as a member of various boards. He retired from the Naval Reserve in 1961.

From 1947 until his retirement in 1969 Capt. Blake worked for the Army in Research and Development. He served as director of the Army Testing Directorate at Ft. Lee, Va. Surviving are his widow, Lynette, 300 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23220; a daughter, Mrs. Gloyd Mosier of Escondido, Ca.; and a sister. Daphne Brebner of Erie.

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After the war he served as CO, N A P S , Bainbridge, Md., and Commandant, U. S. Armed Forces Institute, Madison, Wi. Capt.

O'Donnell retired in July 1952. Following three years of graduate work at American University, he became a teacher at Landon School in Bethesda, Md. He is survived by his widow, Mary, 8505 Springdale Rd., Apt. 110, Silver Spring, MD 20910; a son, Jon Park, a professor at Prince Georges Community College ; and two granddaughters.

of the U. S. Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fl. Adm. Wallis had lived in Florida for the past 42 years except for the ten years after he re-entered active duty during W W I I .

He is survived by his son, Adalbert V. Wallis, Jr., of Lake Worth, Fl.; three grandchildren; and his brother, Edward R. Wallis of St. Petersburg.

R A Y M O N D BOOMER LEAVITT ' 2 3

Cdr. Raymond B. Leavitt, USNR ( R e t ) , died 10 January at the Plantation Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. Graveside services were held 14 January at the Arlington National Cemetery.

A native of Taunton, Ma., he was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1923.

After serving in the USS FLORIDA and USS DELAWARE he resigned in 1924, joining the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in Washington as a traffic student. He later held managerial assignments in both the traffic and commercial departments. At the time of his retirement in 1964 he was a public relations supervisor in the executive department and head of the school activities group.

ADELBERT VERNON WALLIS '22

RAdm. Adalbert V. Wallis, USN (Ret.), died in St. Petersburg, Fl., on 9 February.

Burial with full military honors was in Arlington National Cemetery on 14 February. He was laid to rest beside his wife, Ethel, who preceded him in death by only two months. Eight honorary pallbearers from the class of 1922 and many other classmates and service contemporaries attended the services.

A native of Elgin, II., he was a 1922 graduate of the Naval Academy. He was a well-known member of his class and was very active in the affairs of the Reserve Officers Association. He also served as president of his local Alumni chapter.

He was decorated for his wartime commands and activities at Anzio, in southern France, and at Salerno. After the war he served in many other important assignments: naval representative to the U. S. Mission in Vienna; naval attache at Rio de Janeiro; and lastly, before being retired for physical disability, in command of the Florida group

Adelbert Vernon Wallis '22

Raymond Boomer Leavitt '23

At the outbreak of World War II, he took a leave of absence from the telephone company to go on active duty and served as an instructor in the Department of Marine Engineering at the Naval Academy.

Throughout his career with the telephone company, Cdr. Leavitt was interested in education. He taught public speaking and mathematics at night school at the Columbia Technical School and George Washington University. He obtained a Master's degree in Adult Education, George Washington University, in 1953. He later taught in the adult education division of the Broward County, Fl., school system.

He was active in many civic and fraternal organizations. He was a member of the George Washington University chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional male teachers fraternity. He was also a past president of the Westmoreland Hills Citizens Association, the Somerset Elementary School PTA, the Sertoma Club of Washington, and the Retired Officers Association of Broward County. Cdr. Leavitt was also active in the Bethesda Rotary Club, the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Benjamin B. French Masonic Lodge of Washington, and the Alexander Graham Bell Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America.

S H I P M A T E

He is survived by his widow, Catherine, 111 N. Pompano Beach Blvd., Pompano Beach, F L 33062, two sons, LCol. Raymond, Jr., USAR, of Fort Lauderdale, Fl., and Donald of Bowie, Md.; and three grandchildren.

THOMAS A N D R E W A H R O O N ' 2 8

RAdm. Thomas Andrew Ahroon, U S N (Ret.), died in Colorado Springs, Co., on 26 January 1972. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery there on 28 January.

Adm. Ahroon was born in Maryland and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1928.

As a midshipman he was active in lacrosse, water polo and soccer, winning class numerals in all three sports. After graduation he joined the U S S ARKANSAS for two years.

In December 1930 he was designated naval aviator. Until June 1934 he served with the Observation Squadron attached to the U S S

their research and engineering division. He was active in several small businesses, which he owned, until his illness hospitalized him.

Mrs. Nichols died in 1964.

He is survived by two sons, Frank Jr., USNA '54, and Lawrence; a daughter, Camila, 4911 Dickens Dr., Columbus, OH 43227; and a sister, Elizabeth Nichols of Memphis, Tn. HENRY M a c D O N A L D STILLMAN ' 2 8

Mr. Henry MacDonald Stillman died of a heart attack at his home in Sussex, Wi., on 15 January. Funeral services were held there on the 18th.

A native of Wisconsin, he entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1928. He left the Academy because of a football injury â&#x20AC;&#x201D;but not before designing the class of 1928 ring. Mr. Stillman received a degree in PENNSYLVANIA. architectural engineering from Cornell UniAdm. Ahroon was stationed at NAS, Ana- versity. costia, for the next three years. He then He was one of the founders of Synchrojoined VF-5 in the USS YORKTOWN. In matic. Inc., which manufactured home air August 1940 he was ordered to N A S , conditioners, and was vice president and sales Norfolk. After assisting in the conversion manager. That firm later manufactured furof the escort carrier CHARGER he served in naces and sheet metal as main products. her until October 1943 when he transferred Synchromatic was taken over by Western to USS W H I T E PLAINS as XO. Industries and Mr. Stillman continued at its Watertown, Wi., plant in charge of In July 1944 Adm. Ahroon joined the USS LEXINGTON. For outstanding service bidding and estimating. as her Air Officer and XO he received Mr. Stillman served in W W I I as engithe Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and neering officer of the U S S SUWANEE and as the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V." navigator of the USS COMMENCEMENT BAY. Following a tour at the Naval Gun Factory, He was entitled to five battle stars for that he returned to sea as CO, U S S NORTON service.

SOUND. In July 1949 he began instruction Surviving are his widow, Gretchen, 21758 at the Industrial College of the Armed W. Silver Spring Dr., Sussex, W I 53089; Forces. The next year he was assigned to a son, Henry M. of Waukesha, Wi.; a the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project daughter, Mrs. Charles Walcott of St. Paul, Headquarters.

Mn.; and a cousin, RAdm. C. F. Stillman, Following a brief tour at BuAer, he be- USN (Ret.) '27, of Atlanta, Ga. came COMCARDIV 17 in November 1956.

In February 1958 he reported as Assistant S A M COLBY L O O M I S , JR. ' 3 5 Chief, BuOrd (Plans) and was designated Capt. Sam Colby Loomis, Jr., U S N Deputy and Assistant Chief of the Bureau (Ret.), died 20 January 1972 in Aurora, II. in October 1959. The following March he was assigned duty as COMNAVFOR, Conti- (jraveside services were held 27 January in nental Air Defense Command. He retired Arlington National Cemetery.

Born in Berkeley, Ca., he was a 1935 in 1963. graduate of the Naval Academy. After two Adm. Ahroon is survived by his widow, years in the U S S COLORADO he reported Louise Gale Fentress, 1023 Jupiter Dr., to New London, Ct., for submarine trainColorado Springs, CO 90806; two sons, ing. In August 1938 he reported to the USS Thomas Andrew Jr. and John Carter; and S-36. He was awarded the Silver Life a daughter, Louise Gale.

Saving Medal by the Treasury Department for assisting in saving a man from drowning FRANK McDOUGAL NICHOLS ' 2 8 on 1 July 1939.

Cdr. Frank McDougal Nichols, U S N From February 1941 to May 1942 he (Ret), died 24 January 1972 in Columbus, served in the USS GRENADIER. He then was Oh., of malignant tumor. Burial with full assigned to the USS SNOOK as XO and military honors was on 28 January in Navigator. For wartime services in that Arlington National Cemetery. submarine he received the Silver Star Born in Nashville, Tn., he entered the Medal.

Naval Academy with the class of 1928. At In July 1943 Capt. Loomis was attached the Academy he was active in most of the to SUBDIV 141 and in November of that class athletics and was a member of the year assumed command of the USS STINGvarsity track and cross-country teams.

RAY. For his outstanding services in that Following graduation he received flight command he was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and three Letters training and won his wings as a Naval Aviator. After extensive duty in Patrol of Commendations with Ribbon and two stars and Combat "V." Squadrons, Cdr. Nichols took command of VP-S2, one of the Navy's "Black SquadCapt. Loomis was detached from the U S S rons" and saw extensive service therein STINGRAY in November 1944. The following during W W I I . For his W W I I service he June, at the commissioning of the U S S received the Presidential Unit Citation and CLAGAMORE, he assumed command of that two Bronze Stars. He retired from active submarine. From February 1947 to April duty on 1 July 1954 from command of 1949 he was Technical Advisor with the Naval Air Bases, 8th Naval District, and Four Power Naval Commission, Paris and made his home in Columbus, Oh. Rome.

In May 1949 he began a two-year tour From 1954 until his re-retirement in 1971, he worked for North American Aviation in in the Office of Naval' Intelligence. He reA P R I L ,

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TON. For meritorious service in that capacity he received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V." From April 1951 to October 1955 he served as Torpedo and Industrial Officer and XO at the Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Wa. After a year in command of the U S S CALIENTE Capt. Loomis reported to the Key West Naval Base as Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Naval Base and COMKEY WESTFOR. In October 1960 he was assigned District Intelligence Officer, 9th Naval District. He retired in July 1961.

After retirement and until the time of his death he was employed as a purchasing agent for the Illinois Supply Co. of Aurora.

Among his survivors are his widow, Jean, 205 Alschuler Dr., Aurora, IL 60506; his father, Sam Loomis, Sr. '03; and a brother, David '41.

HAROLD W O O D A L L BIESEMEIER ' 4 0

Cdr. Harold Woodall Biesemeier, U S N (Ret.), died on 8 January 1972 in Biloxi, Mi. He was buried with graveside services and honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

On graduation from the Naval Academy in 1940 he was assigned to U S S PORTLAND,

and saw action in the Pacific Theater until 1944. He was at sea as Assistant Gunnery Officer of U S S TOPEKA, and Gunnery Officer of USS SAN FRANCISCO until war's end.

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At the end of World W a r II, and upon the decommissioning of U S S

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CISCO, Cdr. Biesemeier attended law school at George Washington University. He graduated in 1949 and was admitted to the bars of several courts. Tours of duty as Executive Officer of U S S HARRY F . BAUER, Flag Secretary of COMMINFORLANT and in the

office of the Judge Advocate General, were followed by command of U S S AULT and, later. Military Assistance Program Officer in the Plans Division of Commander-inChief, Atlantic.

He retired in 1960, and became affiliated with the Hercules Powder Company in their Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory operation at Rocket Center, W. Va. He was later associated with Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Ms. Surviving are his widow. Ruby Jim, 1 Motacila Circle, Ocean Springs, MS 39564; two daughters, and a son.

ROBERT DALE HOFFMAN ' 5 0

Capt. Robert Dale Hoffman, U S N , died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital on 20 January. Funeral services were held in the Ft. 83

periods including the Arab-Israeli war in June 1967, and the Greek-Turkish confrontation over Cyprus in December 1967.

Capt. Hoffman next took command of the USS SELLERS. He was commended for at-

taining the highest degree of battle readiness in Destroyer Squadron Six which won the Battle Efficiency "E" award for his ship and crew. At the time of his death he was attached to BuPers as Head of the Surface Officer Distribution Control Branch.

Surviving are his widow, Marilyn, 8011 Gosport Ln., Springfield, VA 22151; two daughters, Lynn and Heidi; his mother, Mrs. Roy A. Hoffman of Burlington, Wi.; and a brother, James, also of Burlington.

CLAUDE W A Y N E CONNER ' 7 0 Robert Dole Hoffman '50

Myer chapel on 24 January; burial followed in Arlington National Cemetery.

A native of Burlington, Wi., he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1950. After graduation he served five years at sea in the

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1/Lt. Claude Wayne Conner, USMC, was killed in an aircraft accident at Whiting Field in Milton, Fl., on 16 December. It was his last scheduled night flight His instructor was killed also.

Born in Maryland, he attended the U. of New Mexico for a year before entering

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and USS DEXTROUS. From 1955 to 1957 he

was Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commandant of the 12th Naval District Capt Hoffman served in the USS DAVIS and USS BARRY from 1957 to 1960. He completed the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College in 1961. From 1962 to 1964 he was CO, USS MILLS, a radar

picket escort ship. He then had instruction at the Royal Navy Staff College, Greenwich, England.

In January 1966 he was assigned as Assistant Operations Officer on the Staff of C I N CNAVFOREUR. For service in this capacity he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal. During that period, 1966 to August 1968, he provided recommendations that were of material assistance in ensuring proper disposition of the Fleet during crises

Claude Wayne Connor '70

the Naval Academy. After graduation in 1970 he went to the Marine Corps Basic School in Quantico, Va. He then was assigned to NAS, Pensacola, for flight training. At the time of his death he was attached to VT-2 at NAS, Whiting Field, Milton, Fl. Lt. Conner was to have reported to Ellison Field after Christmas leave.

Surviving are his widow, Janice, 8610 Candelaria Rd., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Conner of Albuquerque.

RUSSELL PAUL SUSIO ' 7 0

Mr. Russell Paul Susio died in an automobile accident near Baltimore, Md., on 1 January 1972, the night of his 23rd birthday. The accident was caused when his car went out of control after an apparent blowout. Mass was offered at St. Matthew's Church; burial was in the Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

The Baltimore native graduated from Polytechnic Institute. He entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1970. He resigned from the Naval Academy in 1969. Mr. Susio served as an airman at Quonset Point, R. I., with the VXE-6 Antarctic Squadron.

During this tour he was stationed in Christchurch, New Zealand. He completed his military obligation in March 1971 and continued in the Reserves at Andrews AFB. He was to have been discharged in June 1972.

Since his separation from the Navy Mr. Susio had been assistant manager of the Millersville Howard Johnson Restaurant.

He was also a coach of the N.B.L. Cubs Little League baseball team last summer.

Surviving are his widow, Barbara, 1907 Swansea Rd., Baltimore, MD 21239; a son, Russell Jr.; a daughter, Juliet Marie; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominic D. Susio of Baltimore; his grandmother, Mrs. Veronica Ongaro; a brother, David; and a sister, Mrs. Patricia S. Kaufman.

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ALL GRADS Phone Collect I -215-886-5900 Gaylord Hopkins '63 GIMBEL-HOPKINS, INC.

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For a choice vacation and some World W a r I I fellowship, don't forget the 18th National Conven tion of \J. S. Submarine Veterans of World Wai I I . August 16-20, 1972 at Breezy Point Resort Hopkins House, in Brainerd, Minnesota 56472 Contact J. A. Woodall, P . O. Box 1368, Galveston TX 77550 or Ernest E. Carley. 1694 Hubbard Ave.. St. Paul, MN 55104 for convention or membership information.

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FRANK R. S. SELLERS Realtors Real Estate on Philadelphia's

"Main

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522 New Gulph Road Haverford, P e n n s y l v a n i a 19041 (215) 649-6633 Two Multiple L i s t i n g Services

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MRS. LYDIA F E Y Serving housing needs for the p a s t 15 years with ROUTH ROBBINS REAL ESTATE CORPORATION 400 N o r t h Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia P h o n e : (703) 836-6200 (703) 356-2516

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Serving both Maryland and Virginia.

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Sales and Rentals

Washington area representatives for ANNAPOLISW A S H I N G T O N . D. C. A R E A For information r e g a r d i n g sales and r e n t a l s contact

Virginia-Washington, D. C.-Maryland

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Located close to Pentagon & Crystal City 2219 Arlington Ridge Road, South at 23rd Street, South Arlington. Virginia 22202 Phone (703) 979-8600

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SANFORD REALTY 2544 South French Avenue Sanford, Florida 32771 J o h n n y W i l l i a m s , USNA ' 4 0

Ray F . Smith, Sr. '42

a fabulous condominium on Florida's Sun Coast.

Located on Boca Ciega Bay, with the Gulf of Mexico just a stone's throw from your window.

W'e shall be happy to invite you to a slide presentation here in Annapolis, and if you like what you see (and we K N O W you will) you may be our guests for three days and two nights in Florida, while you inspect P O I N T B R I T T A N Y .

Call for details.

Ed Fahy '34 268-7874 Joe Hoker '41 757-2919 Charlie Rush '41 757-4837

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TODAY"

—is your free (illustrated) booklet with facts on local schools, military facilities, home sales and rentals, financing, taxes, insurance & 0 1 & F H A benefits. A postcard request will bring your copy of "WASHINGTON TODAY." After 11 years as a Realtor in the Metropolitan D. C. area, Leigh " E a r l y " Winters, '40, now has an ofhce near the Pentagon Crystal Plaza, and National Center that specializes in service to Service Families in all Real Estate matters.

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701 S. 23rd St., Arlington, Va. 22202 Phone: (703) 979-8444

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TCYAPn At Texaco, we've created a new department ^fcL^fcSlaS for environmental protection. It's made up of ^^^O^^^^ Texaco people who are dedicated to finding ways We're working to keep your trust, to protect the earth, the air, and the water.

This department will guide the Company's con. i tinuing efforts to help protect the en'vironment.