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Shipmate ISSN 0488-6720 (USPS 494-440)

December 1996

Volume 59, No. 10

Features

Officers and Trustees

Monument Honors Midway Veterans

by JOSN Eva D. Janzen, USN, Assistant Trident Editor

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All Hands

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Advertisers' Index

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On the Horizon...

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Major Reunions in 1997

Career Conference (SACC) Lucky Bag of Books

President's Circle Members Honored 6

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A Civil War: A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry

Homecoming '96 8 page 6

An Irish Holiday

by Commander Hey worth

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Skid and Marijo

A Few Inches from the Yard

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Brigade Activities

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Navy Academics

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Navy Athletics Our Navy Teams 1997 Travel Schedule

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Get out there and see something!

Alumni Association Staff and Assistance

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"We're here to help!"

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Class News

Command at Hong Kong

Chapter News

16 300 Year Anniversary of the Russian Navy

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Last Call

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In Business...

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Services from our Alumni Family

COVER: A celebration of the Holiday Season with a scene from the Naval Academy Chapel and two photographs of Midway to remember our service men and women who are away this Holiday Season.

Shipmate and its staff wishes for you only the best this season and for a safe and joyous New Year. See you in 1997.

A Return to Peter's Great City

by Stephen J. Pimpo '85

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"But still when two or three shall meet... "

by Captain J.A. Moreno USN (Ret.) '30

Happy Holidays

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And a Happy New Year 1997!

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Monument Honors Midway Veterans JOSN Eva D. Janzen, USN, Assistant Trident Editor

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new monument—the Midway Memorial Monument—was unveiled in front of Dahlgren Hall and adjacent to Bancroft Hall, on October 3, 1996, in conjunction with the 55th reunion of the Class of 1942. The monument honors the veterans of the Battle of Midway and commemorates one of the most important Naval victories of World War II. A large group of Midway veterans, members of the Class of '42, staff, faculty, friends and Midshipmen attended the ceremony.

The Class of '42 contributed more officers to the U.S. forces at the Battle of Midway than any other Naval Academy class. The monument was funded primarily by donations from '42, assisted by the International Midway Memorial Foundation (IMMF). The Battle of Midway, one of the most historic naval battles in world history, took place June 3-7, 1942, and turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific. With a decisive victory at Midway, American forces dealt a crippling blow to the Japanese Navy at a time when the Japanese juggernaut was at its peak.

The black and gray marble monument at the Naval Academy, built by stonemason John Kinnaird of Thurmont, MD, presents a map of the battle, lists all the U.S. units participating in the Battle, and displays the Class of '42 Crest.

Among the dedication speakers were Captain Max Duncan, President of '42; VADM William Houser, USN (Ret.) '42, Chairman of the monument committee; Dr. William Dudley, Director of the Naval Historical Center; Dr. James D'Angelo, M.D., President of the IMMF; retired Admiral Thomas Moorer '33, former CNO; Admiral Charles R. Larson USN '58, Superintendent; and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) '58, the keynote speaker.

Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, a former Secretary of the Navy and a Board Member of the National Symphony, lead the Naval Academy Band in playing the Remembrance Hymn, a piece he composed in 1995 for the 50th reunion of the Class of 1942, as they gathered and dedicated the memorial on Midway Island, an event where many of the Midway survivors reunited. The words to the hymn are: "Heavenly Father, we gather today as a memorial to our friends loved ones and fellow countrymen and women who have fallen in the securing of our liberties.

"We thank you for these precious souls that so willingly gave their lives that we can have freedom.

"May their selfless sacrifice cause us this day to experience both the joy of their purchase and the sadness of our nation's loss.

"We pray that their sacrifice will not be forgotten, or worse yet overlooked, as we go about our daily tasks.

"May we remember each day that it was they who paid the ultimate price that we might be able to perform those daily tasks.

"May the families, friends, and loved ones receive comfort and peace as they commit the souls of these, the heroes of America to your eternal care."

The ceremony was truly a moving experience, and the monument now stands as a tribute to those who served at Midway, and as a fitting reminder to those who follow of the sacrifice and dedication that America often requires of its fighting forces. All Alumni visiting the Yard should make it a point to visit this monument. Please see "Brigade Activities " in this issue.

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President's Circle Members Honored

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uring the weekend of September 1922, 78 members of the Alumni Association's President's Circle returned to the Academy for an informative and fun-filled weekend. On Friday, September 20, all members were treated to a busy schedule.

The day started with each member and his spouse or guest being escorted by a Midshipman to a class, followed by a buffet luncheon in Alumni Hall. For many, having the opportunity to attend a class was the highlight of the day.

After the luncheon. Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott, President & CEO of the Alumni Association, spoke briefly before introducing the Superintendent. Admiral Larson gave a very informative speech about current issues at the Academy followed by a question and answer session. Key Naval Academy officials wrapped up the afternoon before the Circle members strolled across Worden Field, where they were guests of the Superintendent at the Formal Dress Parade, and attended a reception at Buchanan House. Rear Admiral Marryott reviewed the parade at which the President's Circle members were recognized.

That evening cocktails and dinner were served at historic Alumni House under a tent sprinkled with lights and festooned with ribbons. The gentle cool weather added to making it a wonderful day. On Saturday morning.

Circle members enjoyed a boat tour of the back creeks of Annapolis before the pre-game tent party at Alumni House. Then it was off to the football game where Navy beat SMU in a more than exciting ending!

This was the second annual President's Circle Weekend. In the coming year, the Alumni Association envisions the President's Circle expanding in size and being able to provide significant support, not only financially, but by each member sharing his/her experience and wisdom with both the Superintendent and the President & CEO of the Alumni Association. The enthusiasm and interest on the part of the members in doing so is most heartwarming and of significant benefit to the Academy.

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Thank You! Your support continues the tradition of the supporting "... those we leave behind..."

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L to R: Maria Fedon, Diana Yeich, Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott '57, and Dick Fedon L to R: Norah Adams, John Michalski, Mary Looker, Henry Adams, and Nancy Michalski

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I t was a glorious Homecoming in Annapolis over the October 5th weekend. Many reunions, small and large, were held as several Classes celebrated major milestones.

The weekend kicked off with the Superintendent, Admiral Charles R. Larson '58, and RADM RonaldF. Marryott, USN (Ret.) '57, the President and CEO of the Alumni Association, accompanied by the presidents or representatives of all Classes celebrating a major reunion in 1996, reviewing the formal P-rade by the Brigade of Midshipmen on Friday afternoon. The Classes of 1966, 1971, 1981, 1986, and 1991 then held their reunions.

The Homecoming Dinner in King Hall, the winning football game, the tailgates, the Class dinner dances, and Class Memorial Services, all served to renew memories and lifelong friendships, recharge the Classes' batteries, and bind ever closer the members of each Class to one and other, and to our Alma Mater.

Other Classes, 1951 and 1961 (earlier), and 1976 and 1956 (later) actually held their reunions this year on other home football game weekends. The following major reunion Classes met earlier in Annapolis: the Class of '26 in April, the Class of '31 in July, and the Class of '36 in June. The Class of '41 reunioned in New Orleans during April. Finally, the Class of '47, reunioned during June, when they held their 50th Reunion functions exactly fifty years to the day, since their graduation.

Homecoming '96 was memorable. We look forward to welcoming those Classes who will be celebrating their reunions in Annapolis in 1997. We also hope to see you for Homecoming '97!

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1^ Clockwise: Alumni registering in .Alumni Hall; Laura Cutler and Mardy Laabs giving tlieir "ready to serve you" smiles; Gammy Bosworth, Patsy Linthicum, Lois .lohnson and Yvonne Parker on the front line; our own Joni Jones with one of our Alum; the Giles '62 and the Finks '67; 'Slers at Homecoming Picnic; Tom Kiefaber '55 and Amy Chambers take time for a pose; VVe.s Hammond with fellow "5 lers; Maureen Chadwick and R.\DM Steve Chadwick '62, and one of Steve's former "Midshipmen;" a gathering of Alumni at Homecoming Picnic; and RADM Marryott '57 and Kathy and Ed Kerins '67.

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Shipmate: The photograph accompanying Matt Coleman's "Faces" in the October '96 issue brought back many memories of a good friend and a great Naval Officer. In 1963,1 attended an executive committee meeting of The Reserve Officers Association in Colorado Springs as the OpNav representative. Having read all the Bulldog Drummond books in younger days I was very interested to meet a Cdr. "Bulldog" Drummond, USNR, and quickly found that he fitted his name very well; he was tenacious about getting things done properly, and he was intensely loyal to his friends and his service.

Later that year, I was invited back to Colorado Springs as guest speaker at the TROA state convention, which was most effectively run by who but Bulldog. He was also a great host.

In February of 1964,1 was detailed to escort twenty-four NATO reserve officers from eleven countries, headed by HRH Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, on a long tour of the U.S. from East to West and back. The objectives were to attend TROA's annual convention in Washington, show them the three Service Academies, major bases (including warships at Norfolk) and training activities of the four services.

I had DoD funds to pay for everything but had to arrange with local commands to set up programs, host lunches and dinners, and provide services. The stop at Colorado Springs was set up to spend one day at the Academy with a dinner that evening hosted by the Naval Reserve, the next day at NORAD and that evening observing drills at the Naval Reserve Training Center. Beyond that, I thought it much better for my group to stay at the Broadmoor Hotel rather than the Air Force BOQ. There was only one person to call, "the Bulldog." He did it all just as desired, with great tact and greater efficiency. All the arrangements went off without a hitch, his fun dinner party in the Broadmoor was one of the high spots of the whole tour, and he worked out a drill program that united his surface division and two or three other specialist divisions into a single battle problem aboard a carrier. It was a most effective demonstration of Naval Reserve training and made a great impression on the visitors.

We met twice later on when I was Shipmate Editor at joint Alumni Association meetings hosted at Colorado Springs, once when he came East to visit Matt as a Midshipman, and again on a trip to a Navy-Air Force game there when he had organized a wonderful post-game dinner party. Those meetings were always a delight and always brought back memories of the NATO visit to Colorado Springs, which he had enjoyed as much as I. It was with great sadness that I heard of his death, and I thank Matt for bringing those old memories back again.

Roy Smith '34

Shipmate: The article by R.W. Rogers '54 in the October issue of Shipmate regarding the use of "pinwheel" for close-in handling of MIDWAY (CVB-41) in Halifax Harbor stirred some very clear recollections for this maneuver circa '48'49.

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I was in PHILIPPINE SEA ( C V - 4 7 ) assigned to

the Sixth Fleet and making the usual circuit of Mediterranean ports—which included Malta.

On arrival in the confined harbor at Valetta, it was necessary to perform a 180 degree rotation for anchoring. A pinwheel operation was performed using the embarked F4U and F8 planes—with no bells to the main engines. This caused considerable discussion among the "black shoes" on board—their orientation being to handle the ship with the installed power plant.

The operation was successful—but it did place a heavy load on the mechanics and on the supply of spark plugs needed to re-tune the engines after such long static effort. Shortly after this. Admiral Sherman (Sixth Fleet) issued an order that there would be no more "pinwheels" in the Sixth Fleet.

W.M. Nicholson '41

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All Hands Shipmate Corrections Please note the following errors in previous issues of Shipmate: Mr. and Mrs. George Burns, Class of 1983 parents, donated to the Alumni Association in 1995 and were omitted from our 1995 Donor List in April.

We sincerely apologize for our lack of proofreading and misspellings in our "All Hands" report about Midshipman 4/C Joanna Simer in November.

CAPT Charles Snowden Arthur, USN (Ret.) '38 was erroneously listed as a member of the Class of '48 with his article, "Mysterious Berlin Crisis—1961," in November.

Please accept our apologies for these errors.

Four of Five Junior Officers of the Year are USNA Graduates Five Naval Intelligence Junior Officers of the year for 1996 were recognized at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) on 18 October 1996. RADM Michael W. Cramer, Director of Naval Intelligence, presented each of the five awardees The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. Four of the awardees were Naval Academy Alumni.

The Pacific Fleet Junior Intelligence Officer of the Year is LT Jeanine Ehret' 89 from St Louis, Missouri, an Assistant Intelligence Officer with U.S. Third Fleet. She also has a master's degree from Georgetown University and is an early selectee for promotion to Lieutenant Commander.

The Atlantic Fleet Junior Intelligence Officer of the Year is LT Rachel Darr '91 from Bloomington, Indiana. LT Darr is the ship's Intelligence Officer on WASP ( L H D - 1 ) .

The Unified Command's Junior Intelligence Officer of the Year is LCDR Dolores Dorsett '87, from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. LCDR Dorsett also has an M.S. in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School and is the Chief, Presentations Branch, U.S. Strategic Command.

The Office of Naval IntelligenceAVashington DC Area Junior Intelligence Officer of the Year is LCDR Jeff Heida' 85, from Aberdeen, South Dakota. LCDR Heida has an M.A. from the Naval Postgraduate School in information technology management and is the Deputy Program Manager for the Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System (JDISS).

Junior Officers of tfie Year

Memoirs Wanted Perhaps I am inclined to what is in effect recent history, in that for 20 years I have edited first the Yangzte River Patroller, and for the last ten.

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the China Gunboatman. We are trying to gather the current history of the Navy as it was seen by Navy people—how we lived, loved, ate, slept, played, worked and sometimes died. Mine is specifically in the Asian field, to catch the participants before it is too late. Most of us of the 450 members of the organization South China Patrol Asiatic Fleet are between 70 and 90. (I'm 88.) The Navy has a great history. What we did 4 years at the Naval Academy is a snippet of what came later. Surely, both the active and the retired personnel would enjoy a broader field.

My address is: Kemp Tolley, 16205 Corbett Village, Monkton, MD 211II.

Admiral Larson Honored The Ail-American Football Foundafion recently named Academy Superintendent, Admiral Charles R. Larson, as the recipient of their Outstanding College President Award.

Class of '35 Grad Honored Captain Wyman H. Packard, USN (Ret.), Class of 1935, was honored for his significant contributions to Naval Intelligence at a book signing and reception hosted by the Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP) October 17, 1996, at the Nafional Maritime Intelligence Center. The event was held to recognize the recent publication of his book, A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence.

CAPT Packard signed over 150 copies of his book, A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence.

The book is a comprehensive, topical chronology of the first one hundred years of the office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). Founded in 1882, ONI is the United States' oldest, continuously operating intelligence service. Jointly published by ONI and the Naval Historical Center, the book is the culmination of intensive research and labor by Captain Packard since his retirement in 1965. "No layman, having read the book, will again underestimate the importance of the work of Naval Intelligence," said Dr. William S. Dudley, Director of Naval History. "(It) will be.. .the bedrock upon which future histories of U.S. Naval Intelligence will be built."

Rear Admiral Donald M. Showers, USN (Ret.), President of NIP, described the monumental task Captain Packard had undertaken as only the beginning, and tasked the organization's members who had lived this history to "carry on and flesh out the skeleton." Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, USN (Ret.), who arranged for publishing the book during his tenure as the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI), promised to be among the first to add to the history.

Rear Admiral Michael W. Cramer, USN, current DNI, thanked Captain Packard for his Opus, promising that it would live on in the tests for students in ONI training. Rear Admiral Cramer presented Captain Packard with a letter from the Secretary of the Navy thanking him for his service, and with a wall display of the 1882 "Rules and Regulations" for the Office of Naval Intelligence.

After his graduation from the Academy, Captain Packard served on TENNESSEE (BB-43) and GOFF (DD-247). He served on HORNET (CV-8) during its delivery of the Doolittle B-25 bomber group to the Western Pacific for the attack on Japan. He continued to serve on HORNET during the Battle of Midway and during air support operations to the Solomon Islands occupation forces. Following the Battle of Santa Cruz, where the carrier was sunk, he served as Assistant Operations Officer on the staff of Admiral William H. Halsey, Commander South Pacific.

In 1946, Captain Packard became one of the first designated 1630 (Intelligence) Officers, beginning 20 years of service in active duty intelligence billets, including tours as Head of the Collection and Dissemination Branch, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Division, and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence.

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Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of Captain Packard's book can purchase it from the Government Printing Office.

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RADM Cramer, DNI. presents CAPT Wyman H, Packard '35 with a thank you letter from the Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton.

Flashnet Begins In our ever increasing effort to get information to you as quickly as possible the Alumni Association has instituted an e-mail listserve at alumusna @ usnaa.org This is the beginning of "Flashnet" that RADM Marryott has spoken to many of you about and is addressed in "President's Call" in the November Shipmate on page 4. To those of you who represent your Class, Chapter or Parents Club, please encourage your members to subscribe as well. This will help us to get the GOOD NEWS as well as any potential problems out to you ahead of the media. Our objective is to provide you the facts in a timely manner so that you do not have to rely on the media's interpretation of the situation.

To subscribe address your e-mail to: Majordomo@usnaa.org In the body of the message send the following: subscribe alumusna [your email address] You will receive a message back saying that your request has been sent to the list owner for approval within one business day (please note this does not include Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays). Our list owner will verify that you are a member of the USNA Family and then you will receive verification that you have subscribed.

THIS WILL BE STRICTLY A SOURCE OF OUTGOING INFORMATION FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND THE NAVAL ACADEMY. REPLIES TO THIS ADDRESS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. As a result of the limited access, your mailbox won't be saturated with a huge volume of messages between members of the list. If you wish to correspond with us on particular issues you may do so through any of the Association addresses listed on the Staff and Assistance page in this issue. For technical difficulties send mail to truebloo® nadn.navy.mil We will be posting information as frequently and as close to real time as possible.

We are anticipating a Web Page in 1997, and we will provide you more information on that as it becomes available.

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Anchors, by R.C. Benitez '39 Anne Arundel County Bailey Banks & Biddle, Jewelry A Civil War, Army vs. Navy, by J. Feinstein Call to Colors, Medal & Award Cases Century 21, HBW Realtors Estate & Financial Planning Seminar Ginger Cove, a Retirement Community Herff Jones, Jewelers Jostens, Jewelers JPC Diversified, Wholesale Jewels Maru Killer: War Patrols of the USS Seahorse Navy Federal Credit Union Navy Mutual Aid Replicas by Tyson Reunion Hfe\f, Conlin-Dodds Tour Screen Saver by Pentagraphics Sirrica USNA Alumni Grandfather Clock Sirrica USNA Alumni Lamp Soviet Clock, Fulcrum Trading Special—Register of Alumni / SABRD Tecumseh Art USNA Alumni Gift Catalog USNA Alumni Chairs USNA Alumni China USNA Alumni Cross Stich Kit USNA Alumni Music Collection USNA Alumni Rugs

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An Irish Holiday

Commander Skid and Marijo "0"Heyworth

he Alumni Association's effort in sponsoring and coordinating the largest mass movement of our Alumni, family and friends ever attempted was successful. Of course I'm referring to last month's ^ overseas "deployment" to support our Midshipmen as they took on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland. The photographs in the pictorial were taken by various Alumni and staff on the trip.

From Dublin to Killarney. to the Ring of Kerry, Galway, Connemara, Athlone, Shannon, Kilkea Castle, we "did" Ireland. "We" are the over 700 Aluinni and friends who took advantage of numerous coaches, hotels, B&Bs, and rental cars to experience what the Irish and their beautiful country had to offer.

Waterford Crystal, Irish linen, the Blarney Stone. Guinness, wool sweaters, and the warmth of Irish pubs left us with numerous fond inemories, which many of us will pass on to our grandchildren. While expectations were high for a Navy victory, the disappointing loss did not diminish the pleasure of visiting Ireland.

Among the notable sites were Dublin itself, with Trinity College and the 8th Century Book of Kells written by monks on calf leather; the Rock of Cashel; the mother of all woolen stores in Blarney; the Cormac Chapel, started in 1127 and consecrated in 1134; and Blarney Castle where many gained the "gift of eloquence" after kissing the Blarney Stone, upside down, and held by one of the locals. Galway and Tralee, inade famous for 'The Rose of Tralee,' enthralled us. Ireland also offered the magnificence of the Ring of Kerry and Killarney; "walking" the Cliffs of Moher; and visiting the traditional Rathbaun Farm, in operation for over 200 years.

Game festivities included the Alumni flag football game, our Navy football practice, a parade, and a joint pep rally on Friday preceding the big game. At one point, it seemed that everything was happening at once. Our gallant, but somewhat rag-tag Alumni Flag Football team made a respectable showing (19 -"l2 loss) against a Notre Dame side who showed up with slick nylon jerseys, and pre-plannr-' - ' Tv c cards. The pep rally at the Royal Dublin Society had to be seen to be believed, Thousanas or screaming Americans—most of them screaming for Notre Dame—must have been quite the sight for the locals. Not to be outdone, many said that Navy won the pep rally. The Superintendent's brunch Saturday morning was significant for the arrival of Navy's "Rent-A-Goat," inuch to the consternation of the hotel staff who had to clean up the main ballroom after its departure. All things considered, Molly was well behaved, but. with the exception of her odor, could not hold a candle to our own Bill.

American football was boring to the Irish—it stops so much and takes too long—but they were into the game, cheering and starting wave after wave around Croke Park. We can't say anything about the game that many of you haven't already heard. But this Navy team is a special teain, and its convincing, bounce back victories over Delaware and Tulane, and hard fought victory over Georgia Tech show just how huge Navy's heart is.

We left Ireland with fond memories in spite of the disappointing game. While the events were not picture perfect, Dublin, and in fact, all of Ireland, poured their heart out to all of us to make us feel welcome.

S u l d we go back to Ireland? Oh, definitely yes, ! We want to thank all of our Alumni and friends that joined us in this,/ir,s7. We will use our experiences I lessons learned in Ireland as we continue the planning for the next Alumni deployment. Reunion West. .iosted by the San Diego-Coronado Chapter and the Alumni Association, in San Diego the weekend of September 6, 1997, The centerpiece will be Navy taking on the San Diego State University Aztecs in Jack Murphy Stadium. You will find information in this issue of Shipmate. On tap in several years is a tentative •Mne against the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, B Have your long range plans include both Reunion West and Hawaii. The trips will be enjoyable as we mdezvous with Classmates and friends and join in cheering for Navy, We hope to see you there.

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Command at Hong Kong Captain J. A. Moreno USN (Ret.) '30

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he time was July 1949. The Communists were capturing all of China. The previous Christmas, they had destroyed a small U.S. Navy seaplane base in Tsingtao, killing 23 American sailors in one of those actions the Truman Administration considered not politically wise to publicize. Discretion was the better part of valor!

I was ordered to command FLOYDS BAY (AVP-40), a seaplane tender not well known in the United States because she spent most of her time on the China Station. Immediately after I joined my ship, we sailed from Tsingtao with the rest of the Seventh Fleet in compliance with an agreement with the Communists that they would take over the port immediately after our withdrawal. Other units of the Seventh Fleet had loaded our "diplomats" with their household effects; but after our final sortie, two of our ships had to return to port. The diplomats had forgotten some of their household effects!

But, diplomatically again, we still had an unusual situation in China: two American ambassadors and two American embassies, one in Peking—isolated and incommunicado—and the other in Canton, prepared to withdraw as the Communists invaded South China.

To handle the eventual Canton Embassy withdrawal and provide communications in the interim, a small task group was formed, based at Hong Kong and composed of FLOYDS BAY, DIXIE (AD-14) and BEGOR

(APD-147). In addition, we had a squadron of PB2Ms and a detachment of R4Ds. Because the task group included aircraft, it required an aviator as task group commander. I thus found myself in the embarrassing position of being in command of a surface officer seven years senior, CAPT S. G. Fuqua '23, a Medal of Honor winner from ARIZONA at Pearl Harbor, now commanding DIXIE. I handled the situation with utmost tact, and we got along fine together.

During the hiatus prior to the eventual withdrawal of the embassy from Canton, in addition to handling the Embassy communications and some of those of the Consulate General, Hong Kong, we had other duties. Each day I had to read the Hong Kong English Language newspaper, the Hong Kong Standard, published by Mr. Aw Boon Haw, who acquired his wealth by producing something called "Tiger Balm." (I never drank any.) After close scrutiny each day, I submitted an intelligence summary to CinCPac. I'm sure the crew wondered what the "Old Man" was doing sitting around reading newspapers all day long! Incidentally, the National Geographic maps of the area were a great help, as I'm sure they are world wide today.

Our task group came under the direct command of Admiral Oscar C. Badger '11, Commander Seventh Fleet. He was a fine gentleman of the old school and enjoyed a very cordial relationship with Chiang Kai Shek in his losing battle with the Communist take over and with the Truman Administration. Badger was devastated by the Administration's withdrawal of support for Chiang, expressed by the infamous White Papers and the resulting strengthening of the Communist effort. Every few weeks. Admiral Badger, in his flagship ST. PAUL (CA-73), would visit Hong Kong to check up on the situation and maintain liaison with the ambassador at Canton. The three of us would enjoy a delicious dinner at Hong Kong's best hotels and restaurants. It was the only time in my Naval career when I had the privilege of an expense account!

Our relations with the British were very cordial. We moored just off the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, which was really a Royal Naval Officers Club, and I was accorded full privileges. One evening at a very

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USS FLOYDS BAY (AVP-40) moored at Hong Kong

formal dinner given by Flag Officer Second in Command Far East in HMS BELFAST, there was a scurry at the dinner table. No, not rice and curry! HMS AMETHYST, which had been held by the Communists at Shanghai for nearly a year, had escaped and was proceeding to Hong Kong. She actually arrived about a week later amid a joyous reception.

I almost had occasion to share in the welcome except that my gig broke down enroute to the ceremonies. A short time later AMETHYST planned a big party, and the ship was cleaned up and draped with bunting. Meantime, we received a typhoon warning! I hastened to the British Weather Central. Sure enough the blow was headed our way. The British very thoughtfully sent me a dispatch saying my berth was not typhoon secure. "Oh to be in England in the springtime!" rather than being in Hong Kong in typhoon season. I canceled liberty, hoisted in all boats and made all preparations for getting under way. I did inquire of the British whether AMETHYST'S party was still on.

"Of course," they said, "It's only typhoon, you know!" When it hit.

AMETHYST broke her moorings and drifted helplessly down the Bay, with no power. She was finally rescued by harbor tugs.

One day we had to visit the Embassy at Canton and were invited to lunch by Chinese Nationalists. Their custom was to serve a smooth but potent Chinese wine in very small cups with a toast of Gombei. It was a breach of etiquette to deny a Gombei unless you used the proper response in Chinese. Unfortunately, after two or three Gombeis, it was impossible to remember the Chinese denial. How we suffered!

Finally the day came when the Communists dominated all of Mainland China, and the Canton Embassy had to be evacuated. The evacuation went smoothly, and this time there was no need for a ship to return to pick up forgotten household effects.

We, in FLOYDS BAY, sailed soon thereafter. During our stay, we had enjoyed the services of the famous "Mary Sampan." In exchange for our garbage and an occasional added small favor, Mary Sam's army of side cleaners kept our sides spotiess and did "bachelor service" laundry. On departure, Mary Sam would indicate her appreciation for your favors by firecracker and dragon displays. We were a bit apprehensive

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as to how she would regard us. After all, there were one or two days when the garbage was not up to snuff (sniff?). But she was a forgiving soul; and we received a magnificent display, much to our relief. So saying, we sailed proudly away from Hong Kong, never to return.

CAPTAIN J. A. MORENO '30 During active duty. Jack Moreno served in routine assigments afloat and ashore, including three tours in Washington, BuAer, DCNNO(Air) and the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Before retiring in 1960, he held eight commands including FLOYDS BAY (AVP-40), about which "Command at Hong Hong" was written. Following retirement, he settled in California, first engaged in aerospace industries, then on the faculty of San Diego City College, and finally (for 27 years) as treasurer of Christ Episcopal Church, Coronado, He is vice president and secretary of his Class of 1930. This is his third article to be published in Shipmate.

On the Horizon...

M a j o r Reunions in 1997 As of 7 October 1996 the following Major Class Reunions are scheduled for 1997. As in life these are always Subject to Change:

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8-11 May 1997-Annapolis 31 May-2 June 1997 - Annapolis 2-5 October 1997 - Annapolis 14-16 November 1997-Annapolis 5-9 November 1997 - Annapolis 16-19 October 1997 - Annapolis 12-14 September 1997 - Annapolis Homecoming 1997 (10-18 October) -Annapolis

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SACC

Service Academy Career Conference April 24-26, 1997

Whatisthe&46'C?

Where will the SACC be held?

The SACC is the Service Academy Career Conference supported by the Alumni Associations from the U.S. Naval Academy (Aimapolis) and U.S. Coast Guard Academy (New London) and Associations of Graduates from the U.S. Mihtary Academy (West Point) and the U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs). The four previous Conferences have been attended by over 120 companies and 3500 alumni.

The SACC will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel - Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia.

Who will be the candidates at the SACC! The candidates will be alumni from the Service Academies.

These individuals have learned the lessons of leadership, integrity and time management during their undergraduate years. These skills have been honed and tested during active duty mihtary service in a fast paced operational environment.

The highest sense of personal honor and conunitment to getting the job done are common traits among our alumni. Alumni of the Service Academies are a true representation of our multicultural society and span the experience levels from entry to senior executive.

Who is a typical candidate?

Alumni of the Service Academies have a strong background in technical course material, as well as demonstrated leadership and management skills. Over 60% have post-graduate degrees.

What is the schedule for the SACC ?

The tentative schedule for the SACC is as follows: Thursday, April 24,1997 (Noon until 5:00 p.m.)— Recruiter check-in and receipt of resume books and electronic versions of resumes Friday, April 25,1997— 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Open Session I Recruiter Break 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Open Session U Saturday, April 26,1997— Interviews as scheduled by company recruiters.

What is the company registration fee?

The company registration fee is $1000/1st table with additional tables being obtained for $750/2nd table, $500/3rd table, $250/4th table. This fee entitles a company access to the best candidates in corporate America; open sessions to meet with candidates; opportunity for on-site interviews. For each table registered, a company receives hard copies of all resumes submitted and an electronic version of the resumes with search software. PLEASE NOTE: This fee does not cover the cost of your room at the hotel. You must make separate room reservations by calling 800-241-3333 or 703-415-5000 and asking for the SACC rate.

SACC Company Registration Form A. Enclosed is a check for $ for April 24-26, 1997. This is for tables.

B. Bill the $ SACC Company Registration fee for tables to the address below: C. Charge the $ SACC Company Registration fee for tables to the Exp. Date MasterCardA^isa/Discover #.

Signature Recruiter(s) Attending Company Name Company Address Company Phone # Mail to: SACC • 247 King George Street Aimapolis, MD 21402-5068 Phone—USNA Alumni Association: 410-263-4448 ext 130 FAX: 410-269-0151

United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy

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April 24-26,1997

What is the SACC7 The ^.^CC is the Service Academy Career Conference supported by the Alumni Associations from the U. S. Naval Academy (Annapolis) and U. S. Coast Guard Academy (New London) and Associations of Graduates from the U. S. Military Academy (West Point) and the U. S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs). The four previous Conferences have been attended by over 120 companies and 3500 alumni.

Where will the SACC be held?

The 1997 SACC will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. You may obtain a room at the Ritz for the SACC rate of $170 plus tax a night. Call 1-800241-3333 or 703-415-5000 for reservations and ask for the SACC rate. There are many other hotels available in the area, or think about renewing relationships with classmates in the Washington, DC area.

What to do to register for the SACC: 1. Have a current Association membership and complete the registration form below.

2. Send two copies of your resume (resumes strictly limited to one page/one side). This resume should be the version that sells you the best, not necessarily the one generated using the Electronic Resume Program.

3. Complete the Electronic Resume AND Attribute Program disk, obtained by sending a check for $25 to USNA Alumni Association, 247 King George Street, Annapolis, MD 21402.

The recruiters who participated in the 1995 and 1996 Conferences found the electronic database extremely helpful; it would be wise to use this resource.

4. To participate in the April 1997 SACC, send to the SACC office no later than March 21,1997: a. Completed registration form below b. The $20 registration fee c. Two (2) hard copy resumes (1 page/1 side) d. The Electronic Resume and Attribute program 5. Upon receipt of the above items, you will receive a confmmation notice with a definitive schedule.

6. The tentative schedule for the SACC is as follows: Thursday, April 24,1997: • Interview Prep Seminar at 7:00 p.m.

Friday, April 25,1997: • Registration opens 9:00 AM - continues all day • Two open sessions from 10:00 AM to 1:00 P.M. and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Saturday, April 26,1997: • Recruiters may schedule individual interviews Saturday.

We cannot guarantee resumes received after Mar. 21, 1997 will be included in the Resume Book provided each recruiter.

To have your resume included in the electronic version of the data base, please return the resume and attribute disk to SACC office. Electronic versions received after March 21, 1997 will not be provided 5.4CC recruiters at this conference; however, they will be added to the normal Service Academy Resume Database. This is a hard deadline, as the resumes have to be compiled and the disks copied. (If you have returned an electronic version after November 1, 1996 for the Service Academy Database, it will be included in the SACC Electronic Resume Database).

If you have any questions on this service provided to members by the USNA Alumni Association, please call 410263-0096, leave a message, and your call will be returned.

SACC Candidate Registration Form Name {to be printed on your nametag, no ranks please)

Address Phone numbers: Home Class Reminder - Please enclose: Reg. Form

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300 Year Anniversary of the Russian Navy A Return to Peter's Great City Stephen J. Pimpo '85

In the Summer of 1985, after studying Russian for three years at the Naval Academy, Steve Pimpo attended Norwich University Russian School and later went on a study/tour of the Soviet Union on a Cox Fund Scholarship. In the Summer of 1996, he returned to Russia while on active duty as a Naval Reservist. What follows is an account of his most recent experience in St. Petersburg.

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"Of course, no problem," and proceeded to have my visa extended. As the official began to process the papers and looked at my passport more closely, he noticed that it was an official government passport that stated that I was on official business for the United States Government. The solemn expression on his face immediately turned to surprise and concern. Looking at me, he then said, "Oh you have an official passport.

This is a different situation. I can extend your visa free of charge." My three week adventure in Russia had begun.

n Friday, 12 July 1996, after almost six months of planning and preparation I picked up my visa from the Russian emReturn To St. Petersburg bassy in Washington, DC. At that point I realized that I was really returning to Russia. Eleven years had passed since my last visit After clearing customs, I was met by a driver from my hotel (The to, what was then, the Soviet Union. As a political science major and a Nevsky Palace). We exchanged pleasantries (in Russian) and proceeded Russian language student, I was thrilled then, to be able to see and ex- to drive to St. Petersburg. As I rode to the hotel from the airport, I was perience the Soviet Union first-hand and to use my Russian language amazed at how much things had changed since 1985. Billboards and skills. After that trip, I wondered if I would ever have the chance to kiosks—advertising and selling everything imaginable—lined the streets. return. Now, in the Summer of 1996,1 had the opportunity to return to Advertisements were printed on busses and bus stops; lighted signs my favorite Russian city: St. Petersburg—Peter the Great's "Gateway adorned buildings. The stores were filled with fresh fruit, vegetables, to the West"—for my annual active duty training. meat, fish, and just about any consumer good that could be bought in A LCDR in the Naval Reserve, I am the commanding officer of the the West. The transition from communism to a capitalist-style market Naval Regional Contracting Center (NRCC) Naples Detachment 106 economy was a reality here, and the transformation was still in process. reserve unit, which provides immediate augmentation support to the Gone were the political slogans and communist falsehoods, and in their contracting detachments in both London and Bahrain. This year, to sup- place were symbols of a free and thriving economy. port U.S. participation in the Russian Navy's 300 year anniversary celThe city of St. Petersburg was just as majestic as I remembered it, ebration in St. Petersburg, NRCC London negotiated and arranged the with its many bridges and pastel-colored buildings lining the Neva River; husbanding agent /port services contract for U.S. Coast Guard Barque picturesque sunsets (occurring quite late because of its northern locaEAGLE and SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON ( F F G - 1 3 ) . My role was to serve as tion); and beautiful national landmarks such as St. Isaac's Cathedral, NRCC London's in-country Fleet Support Officer, coordinating and the Hermitage, Peter and Paul's Fortress, and the Church on the Spilled overseeing the port services for the two U.S. ships that were participat- Blood (which looks strikingly similar to St. Basil's Cathedral in Mosing in the celebration in St. Petersburg. cow). Contrasted with the beauty of the city, though, was the serious problem of a deteriorating infrastructure. Roads were bumpy and filled As a former surface supply officer, I have experience working with ship's chandlers and coordinating logistic and port visit requirements. with holes; trolley tracks were coming apart; and buildings were badly During my last two active duty periods in London, I coordinated provi- worn, and, in many cases, literally falling apart. Although the changes sions and logistics requirements for American ships participating in the and improvements overall were positive and vast, St. Petersburg, like Russia as a whole, is currently in a transitional phase, requiring ongo50th year anniversary of D-Day and later, VEA/J Day, in the United Kingdom. This practical experience, combined with my Russian lan- ing progress in the areas of modernization, infrastructure restoration guage skills, prepared me well for such a project in St. Petersburg. So, and free economic trade. It has a very bright future with unlimited powith Russian language books, visa, and passport in hand, I traveled to tential for business growth, tourism, and an improved quality of life for all of its residents. St. Petersburg's continued success is linked to the Russia to begin my unique active duty experience. success of the entire country.

A Long Transatlantic Commute My hotel—the Nevsky Palace—was impressive, and as nice as any After a three-hour delay in New York (due to bad weather), my plane five-star hotel in the world (East or West). It was home to the U.S. parfinally got underway for St. Petersburg. After just making the connec- ticipants of the 300 year anniversary celebration including: Ambassation and changing planes in Frankfurt, Germany, I finally arrived in St. dor Pickering (U.S. Ambassador to Russia), Secretary of the Navy Dalton '64, VADM Reason '65, and the U.S. Naval Attaches from Moscow.

Petersburg around 3:00 p.m. on 15 July 1996. At the airport, I immediately got reintroduced to the Russian bureaucratic system. While going Russian hospitality had come a long way since 1985. through immigration and customs, the immigration official noticed that USCG BARQUE EAGLE my visa did not begin until 16 July. Since it was still 15 July (for nine more hours), my visa was not yet valid; and I was not allowed to legally The United States Coast Guard Barque EAGLE arrived in St. Petersenter the country. In Russian, the customs official explained the situa- burg on Wednesday, 17 July. Sleek and majestic, "America's Tall Ship" tion to me and told me to go to the supervisor's office to get my prob- was in town participating in annual CUTTY SARK Tall Ships' Races, along lem resolved. with over 100 sailing ships from over 20 different countries. As part of I went to the supervisor's office and found a man and woman sitting the 300 year anniversary celebration of the Russian Navy, this was the there, self-absorbed and smoking. They took a few seconds to acknowl- first time that the international Tall Ships' Regatta had ever been held in St. Petersburg. The city did an outstanding job welcoming all of the edge my presence and then asked me what I needed. I explained my predicament, and after a long pause and several other questions, was participants, arranging tours and entertainment, and promoting a fesgiven two options. I could either remain in the airport customs area tive atmosphere of camaraderie and sportsmanship. until midnight (not a pleasant thought after a fourteen-hour journey) or, This particular leg of the race was won by the Russian tri-masted for "$36 American dollars," I could get my visa amended to allow me sailboat MIR (PEACE) which permanently resides in St. Petersburg, propto enter the country immediately. Sensing a scam, I asked if I would erty of the Admiral Makarov State Naval Academy. With a sailing speed receive a receipt if I decided on the more expensive option. I was told of 19.8 knots per hour, MIR is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records

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Prior to EAGLE'S arrival, I participated in several pre-event meetings with the United States Consulate General, the Honorable John Evans, members of his staff, and one of the assistant U.S. Naval Attaches (LCDR "Axel" Foley) who flew down from Moscow to help oversee the event.

One of the primary meetings was held at the M. V. Frunze Higher Naval College (Russia's equivalent to USNA), which served as the central meeting and administrative location for the sailing regatta. Rich with its own naval heritage from years of preparing Soviet naval leaders, the college housed some of the largest and most magnificent paintings I have ever seen. Depicting everything from famous Russian and Soviet naval battles to a collage of famous graduates, these extraordinary paintings (some 10 feet high by 20 feet wide) were priceless elements of Russian history.

Commanded by Captain Robert J. Papp, USCG, EAGLE came into port with a crew of 11 USCG officers, 54 enlisted, 106 USCG A Cadets, 8 USNA Midshipmen, 4 Sea Scouts, and 2 ROTC Midshipmen. As soon as EAGLE arrived pierside, the husbanding agent, assistant naval attache, regional security officer and I boarded the ship to brief the wardroom on the port visit. I met with the executive officer and the supply officer, introduced them to the husbanding agent, reviewed the logistics and telephone requirements, and entertained any additional requests and questions. We also arranged for the off-load and storage of a water purification unit that EAGLE brought to St. Petersburg for transfer to SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON the following week.

Getting down to business: LTJG Collins USCG ("Eagle" Supply Officer) and LCDR Pimpo '85 meet with the husbanding agents in the wardroom of BARQUE EAGLE to discuss import requirements.

The husbanding agent and I came aboard EAGLE daily (usually around

0800) to review requirements with the supply officer and to ensure that the contracted services were being delivered satisfactorily. We usually met in the wardroom, which was surprisingly large and comfortable.

Coffee, tea, juice or water was always offered and plentiful and was a welcomed treat. The entire time I was aboard, I noticed that the officers, crew, and cadets assigned to EAGLE were extremely professional, competent, friendly, and hospitable. They were tremendous ambassadors of goodwill and outstanding representatives of the United States.

As time passed, my Russian gradually improved; and I became more familiar and comfortable operating and conducting business in St. Petersburg. Total immersion in the language and culture worked wonders for my vocabulary and grammar. Since I was surrounded by native speakers, I was able to improve my accent and ask questions of hundreds of competent Russian language experts. Of particular help were the Russian interpreters that were onboard the ship each day. Looking to better their English skills and possessing a sincere appreciation of the difficulties associated with learning and speaking Russian, they were very helpful and patient.

Every day was a unique educational experience from which I learned more and more about the intricacies and realities of doing business in Russia. This constant learning environment was ideal, because it allowed me to accomplish another one of my objectives in St. Petersburg: to conduct and compile a port survey for NRCC Det. London, to help them learn more about conducting business in St. Petersburg. This survey would provide NRCC Det. London (and the Navy) with information about the cost and availability of services in St. Petersburg, which

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In a word, the key element to keep in mind when doing business in Russia is flexibility. Inconsistencies abound, and contingency plans are a must. Murphy's Law occurs regularly, and expecting the unexpected is the norm, whether it involves traffic conditions, invited (or uninvited) guests at receptions, or even the weather (which for most of the week, dipped into the high 30sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so much for a comfortable Summer in St. Petersburg).

One of the highlights of EAGLE'S visit was attending a reception that the ship held onboard, in honor of the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, the Honorable Thomas Pickering. Meeting Ambassador Pickering and his wife was a thrill and honor that I had not expected. The U.S. Consul General (Honorable John Evans) and his wife, along with his senior staff were aboard to both participate in the festivities, as well as help host the reception. Many high-ranking Russian officials were present, including the newly elected mayor/governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Yakovlev, members of his staff, the local business and diplomatic community, as well as many senior Naval officers.

EAGLE'S crew did an outstanding job preparing and serving the food and beverages, conducting tours, and interacting with the guests. They represented their service and country well, successfully promoting international relations through diplomacy and foreign policy execution.

For many of St. Petersburg residents that came aboard EAGLE for tours or the reception, it was their first, and possibly their only encounter with Americans. What an exciting opportunity and privilege to be part of such an important and significant event.

Before EAGLE and the other tall ships left, I had the unique opportunity to tour the Omani tall ship SNV SHABAB OMAN. A group of us were invited aboard (courtesy of the assistant U.S. Naval Attache from Moscow) and treated royally by the Omani crew who unselfishly gave us a thorough tour of the magnificent ship. The prospective commanding officer showed us the captain's cabin and invited us to the wardroom for coffee and a bite to eat. Both of these rooms were incredibly impressive (to say the least). Elegant and ornate, they looked more like rooms from a royal palace or museum than rooms on a sailing ship.

Spare Time After EAGLE and the tall ships departed, I had a little free time to look around St. Petersburg and relax before SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG-

13) arrived. I took a hydrofoil ride down the Neva River, out to the Bay of Finland and met a friend at Peterhof (also known as Petrodvorets).

Ceremonially inaugurated as an imperial residence in 1723 by Peter the Great, Peterhof served as a summer home to Peter and his family.

Adorned with grand palaces, gardens, creative fountains and cascades, it possesses the look and feel of Versailles.

Retuming to St. Petersburg, I visited St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Church on the Spilled Blood, shopped for souvenirs, and walked around the city, observing people and visiting various stores and offices. It was refreshing and enlightening to be able to stroll freely through the city, see places where I had been back in 1985, meet people, engage in conversations (in Russian) and experience life in St. Petersburg first-hand.

I sensed a genuine feeling of freedom and legitimacy around me that was absent when I was here (in Leningrad) in 1985. Back then, I noticed more of an atmosphere of compliance and oppression, and often felt that much of what I was seeing was not the real Soviet Union, but part of the well-orchestrated communist facade that the tour guides were instructed to show us. Things really had come a long way. For example, every day I would stop by the grocery store near my hotel to purchase bottled spring water and snacks. I was amazed at the large selection of high quality items that were in the store daily. And this was the case in all of the stores that I visited. Just about every store that I visited was filled with high quality goods that were available for purchase by everyone. This was not the case back in 1985 when the only stores that were regularly stocked with quality goods were the beriozka or "hard currency" stores which accepted foreign money and were accessible only to Western tourists. Now, these stores no longer exist.

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SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG-13) SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON'S port visit was more of an "official" U.S.

Navy event than EAGLE'S visit. The U.S. Naval Attache (CAPT Roger Cooper), his other assistant (CDR Chris Bott), and their respective reliefs (CAPT Tom Fedyszyn '69 and LCDR Carl Inman), all came down from Moscow to help oversee this highly visible and political evolution. What made this visit so much more formal, was the participation of Secretary of the Navy John Dalton '64, and the CNO's representative, VADM Paul Reason '65. After an initial meeting at the U.S. Consulate General's office, we traveled to the Admiralty Building (home of the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg) to attend a port briefing and events meeting. After much deliberation and discussion, it was decided that SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON would moor pierside, alone, instead of mooring outboard of the Canadian cruiser HMCS MONTREAL. The next morning, I met Secretary Dalton and his party as they arrived at the hotel and checked them into their rooms. I then traveled down to the Lt. Schmidt Embankment (on the north side of the Neva River) to meet SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON as she came pierside. Along the way, I was able to watch numerous Russian military aircraft flying overhead, practicing for an air show demonstration that was scheduled to take place later in the week. It was amazing to me to be able to see so many different types of state-of-the-art Russian military aircraft at such close range. Just a few years ago, this would not have been possible.

SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON was greeted by a Russian military band and

hundreds of curious St. Petersburg residents. Commanded by CDR Thomas R. Daniel, Jr., and assigned to the Naval Reserve Force, one of the primary missions of this OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigate, is to train Naval Reservists. Several of the 44 reservists that were integrated into the 156 member crew were Naval Academy graduates including CDR Jeff Hoy '78, LCDR John Volkoff '83, and one of my Classmates and fellow NAPSter, LCDR Greg Adams '85. Hoy and Volkoff were Russian linguists and served as interpreters for the commanding officer when he made speeches and public appearances. Their command of the Russian language was exceptional and their presence critical, in various social and official events. Adams was a helicopter pilot, and unfortunately, did not get to fly while assigned to the ship due to operational commitments and schedule changes. Nevertheless, he still enjoyed the opportunity to be an ambassador to Russia during his active duty training aboard the ship.

Class of "85 reunion in St. Petersburg: Classmates Greg Adams and Steve Pimpo enjoying their annual active duty training in Russia.

Once pierside, I went aboard the ship and met with the supply officer, husbanding agent and executive officer. We reviewed requirements.

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arranged for a suitable brow (which is a scarce luxury in St. Petersburg), set up schedules for water, sewage, vehicles, and arranged for the disbursing officer to acquire rubles to exchange money for the crew.

Timing was critical when scheduling these events because of the tours and official receptions that were due to take place during the visit. Fortunately, everything fell into place and logistics for the entire port visit ran smoothly.

The people of St. Petersburg were ecstatic to see a U.S. warship in the Neva River and immediately lined up to wait for tours to begin. I helped the officer of the deck explain to the people that the tours would start zaftra (tomorrow). Disappointed but not dejected, many of the people remained to take pictures, to ask for autographs, and to give gifts (pins, cards, matroshka dolls). We were all happy to oblige the tourists and pose for pictures and sign autographs each time we went ashore. People were very appreciative.

Later that evening I attended a wonderful reception onboard SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON. Ambassador Pickering, Secretary Dalton, Consul General Evans, and their wives, all attended, as did many high ranking civilian and military officials from St. Petersburg. Jeff Hoy, John Volkoff and I helped escort VIPs, with Hoy and Volkoff being in high demand due to their comprehensive language and interpreting skills. The reception was a huge success and SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON'S food service crew and supply department did an outstanding job preparing and serving food and drinks, throughout the evening. Their hard work and commitment to excellence made a lasting positive impression on the residents of St. Petersburg and all who were fortunate enough to attend the reception.

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Secretary of the Navy John Dalton '64. CDR Tom Daniel (CO. SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON) and the senior Russian admiral present cut the cake during reception aboard SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON in commemoration of the 300 year anniversary celebration.

The next several days were filled with receptions, band concerts, air shows, parties and celebrations. The atmosphere was festive and teemed with pride and remembrance. One particular reception, held at the Frunze Naval College, made a lasting impression on me. After a wonderful tour of one of the College buildings, we gathered in a reception room (similar to Memorial Hall) for drinks and hors d'oeuvres. After several toasts, a retired Russian naval officer remarked about how we used to be enemies and how he spent much of his naval career, "hunting the U.S. Navy" and preparing to fight them. He then made a touching speech that he never thought that he would see the day when U.S. and Russian Naval officers would be drinking and celebrating together. At which point, he raised his glass and proposed a toast to the United States' and Russian Navies. It was a moving moment.

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Early on, he addresses some of the tragedies at the Naval Academy, like the death of Alton Grizzard, Kerryn O'Neill, Lisa Winslow, Robin Pegram, and Autumn Pevzner, and how the Brigade and the team were affected. He also touched briefly on the 1992 cheating scandal, how it drove a wedge between the Brigade and the football team, and how it led to the return of Admiral Charles R. Larson to the helm of the Naval Academy.

The book then begins a pattern of alternating between Army and Navy as it works its way through the 1995 football season. As Feinstein details each game, its particular history and significance, he weaves in personal stories about the players. He starts with Army linebacker and team captain Jim Cantelupe, and his long distance rivalry—and friendship—with his Navy counterpart Andrew Thompson. He recounts the gut-wrenching story of Navy's Shaun Stephenson, a prior enlisted Marine who served in Desert Storm, where his brother Dion was killed by friendly fire. And his description of the Fat Men of West Point and their lust for football and food are worth the price of the book.

As Feinstein works his way through the football season, a constant theme on the West Point side is the cat and mouse game being played with football coach Bob Sutton's contract renewal, and for the Navy side, the disgraceful treatment of place kicker Ryan Buccianeri. All the while, he is able to bring in plenty of Academy quirks, hijinks, and idiosyncrasies that spark bitter-sweet memories among Alumni, and give neophytes a glimpse into Academy life with enough background provided so that it is not taken out of context.

In addition to the Sutton and Buccianeri stories, there are two other refrains that seem to nag at readers throughout the story. One is a constant whine from the players wondering if there is life after football.

The other is the large number of football players who accepted appointment to the Academies first to play division 1-A football, and second, to join the military. While these two themes may be blown out of proportion, it is disturbing to those with a more traditional view of the Academy's mission.

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Prominently credited are Admiral Larson and General Graves, and rightfully so. It took a lot of courage for them to allow a reporter—even a Shipmate. December 1996

dets. In a time when we tend to treat reporters as enemies and blame a biased press when they report our shortcomings, it takes guts to let them in, but also, it proves that most journalists are professionals, and that good will is reciprocated. In a speech at the Naval Academy last Spring, Jim Webb '68 said of Admiral Larson's handling of last year's drug arrests and the subsequent Brigade-wide urinalysis, that "Admiral Larson bet the Brigade—and bet on the Brigade, and won." He did it again, and not surprisingly, the Brigade and the Corps showed why the ArmyNavy rivalry—and the Service Academies in general—are still loved by the American public. The result is a fun and insightful book that any Alum can enjoy, and be proud of.

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A Few Inches from the Yard Midshipman Tony Holds, USN '97

Seasons Greetings Alumni! Things are getting more and more bearable here at the Boat School these days, even with final exams just ahead, because it's that time of year once again when you know that no matter what they do to you, you'll be home relaxing in no time. December, of course, brings the Army-Navy game. Christmas decorations pop up around the Yard, lending a festive atmosphere to things, and the typical Midshipman is caught up in a mental tug-of-war between nostalgic thoughts of home and the unavoidable academic anxiety that the end of the semester brings. But even if it weren't December I would be able to honestly say that morale at USNA is as high as it has been in the three and a half years I have been here. We are finishing up another semester, have only been in the press for positive reasons as of late, and are united behind a gutsy football team that is our best in many years, and most likely bowl-bound. It almost seems that old Kris Kringle dropped in a couple of months early for the USNA family. We have many things to be thankful for.

On the subject of things to be thankful for, I was one of the Midshipmen lucky enough to get a chance to travel to Dublin, Ireland for the game against Notre Dame last month. It was a great experience, and one which I know some of you had a chance to enjoy along with the members of the Brigade who were there. I went with a small group of singers from the Glee Club, and we had some great opportunities of our own. We were lucky enough to make a trip down to Wexford, on the

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southern coast, with a contingent including Captain and Mrs. Bogle and the Sixth Fleet Band. There we took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at a monument dedicated to the memory of Commodore John Barry, a revolutionary war hero who some consider to be the real father of the U.S. Navy. The Commodore was born in Wexford, and it is still a real source of pride for the residents of the small town. This little side trip also allowed us to see a bit of rural Ireland, which is home to some of the most beautiful country in the world. And I think anyone who was in Dublin with the Navy contingent could draw a couple of conclusions based on their experience: First, the representatives of the Brigade of Midshipman taught the Fighting Irish fans a lesson in team spirit. A joint pep rally was held on the night before the game at which the approximately 400 Mids in attendance made about twice as much noise as the 1,000 plus Notre Dame fans present. Second, the Irish people are amongst the warmest that can be found anywhere on earth. They understand the importance of a smile, a kind word, and a laughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something we are all sometimes too quick to forget in our busy lives. Not to mention that there is not much bad you can say about a culture that centers around good drink and friendly conversation. It was a joy interacting with those Dubliners we were lucky enough to meet.

As I write this, it comes to mind that more than a few of you will read it from a location that might not be your first choice of holiday locales.

Rest assured that those of us who will be home for Christmas are humbled and proud to be associated with those of you who are sacrificing traditional seasonal comforts this year to be on station, selflessly protecting our Nation and our way of life. We'll all be saying a little prayer for you as we go about our preparations for the big day here at home.

I certainly hope that you and your families are healthy and happy during this season. It has been an immensely rewarding experience meeting and communicating with many of you over the past six months, and I look forward to more of the same in 1997. Your support is much appreciated. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And on behalf of the entire Brigade of Midshipmen, here's wishing you all, near and far, on shore or at sea, a very Merry Christmas, a joyous Hanukkah and an exciting New Year filled with success and happiness. God Bless...

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The Yard has been an extremely busy place for the last month.. .although I couldn't cover everything, here are some of the highlights...

After the football team's huge win over Air Force, the Commandant awarded the Plebes carry on for one week. A kinder, gentler Navy you say? Well, maybe, but I know that when we were Plebes, we would have loved to carry on for a week, but we didn't...

The Yard recently acquired a new addition: the Midway Memorial.

The Memorial, dedicated on Thursday, 3 October 1996, honors the men that served in the Battle of Midway. Located between second and fourth wings on the grass that faces Dahlgren, its granite and black marble geometric structure looks very dignified standing next to Mother B. The monument proposal and design, provided by the International Midway Memorial Foundation, is based on the monument erected on Midway Island. The Class of '42 sponsors the monument, "so that the Battle of Midway will be studied, appreciated, and remembered by future Midshipman and all who pass here by." The granite portion honors the ships in Task Force 16, commanded by RADM Spruance, and Task Force 17, commanded by RADM Fletcher. It also includes Marine Air Group22, Naval Shore Based Aircraft Squadrons, Submarine Force, and Support Forces. The front of the black marble has a map of the battle and the following inscription: "04 June 1942 THE DAY WHEN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT REACHED FOR UNPARALLELED HEIGHTS AND, IN DOING SO SAVED DEMOCRACY FOR THE WESTERN WORLD." The rear includes a quote from Walter Lord's book, Incredible Victory: They had no right to win, yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of war. More than that, they added a new name—Midway— to that small list that inspires men by example...like Marathon, the Armada, the Maine. Even against the greatest odds, there is something in the human spirit—a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor—that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

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The Honorable Senator John McCain '58 delivered the dedication speech in front of Mids, Alumni, USNA staff and guests. The memorial has become official Yard Gouge.

Speaking of new additions, just when you thought the conquering scaffolding, florescent orange cones, fences, and various other construction equipment had ceased their infiltration on the Yard, Public Works started another project. They recently began to remove the 30 year old chiller plant from the basement of Michelson and Chauvenet along with the sod from Stribling Walk. The contractors made a white rocky road to facilitate the movement of the cranes and flatbed trucks used in the removal of metal. The rocks hope to enhance the contractor's mobility and mud problem. The contractors anticipate finishing by Commissioning Week, however, they also anticipated having Radford Terrace completed for '97's Ring Dance, yet a fence with yellow tape still encircles the fountain.

The formal parade season ended on Friday, 4 October 1996, Homecoming Weekend. Tenth Company finished in first place, followed by Twenty-Seventh Company and Thirteenth Company. Miraculously, Nineteenth Company finished in first place for Fourth Battalion in every parade, and ended up in third place for the drill season in the Brigade.

On another note, Men's rugby continues their quest for a National Title...currently the team is undefeated with a record of 5-0. They recently pummeled Penn State 58-33 and work towards a bid in the national play-offs which begin in November.

Women's rugby, also having an excellent season, recently crushed Delaware 10-0. The women, ranked number one in the Potomac Rugby Union, remain unbeaten. LT Neuenschwander '90, assistant coach, claims they are the best team on the East Coast. They recently qualified to compete in the Mid Atlantic Rugby Football Union play-offs at Princeton, the next round on the road to the National Championships.

Over Columbus Day weekend, the Navy crews headed to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Navy Day Regatta. For the first time in a long time we witnessed flat water, little wind, and sunny skies. The women, the lights, and the heavies competed against Penn, Temple, and Delaware. The women's first eight took second to Penn by six seconds; Penn edged the second eight by four seconds. The lights' first eight came in second to Penn by four seconds.

The heavies won all of their races, but the second eight had the most impressive victory, winning by more than 30 seconds. Following the regatta, the Women's Glee Club performed at the awards reception held along Boathouse Row at the Girls' Club. Navy placed second overall at the regatta to Penn, however, the crews have a rematch in two weeks for the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, in Philly.

More boathouse news.. .Admiral Alan Shephard '45 visited Hubbard Hall on 24 October 1996 for the christening of the lightweight's new eight, the Alan Shepard '45. Mr. Jack Lengyl delivered the dedication speech, highlighting the Admiral's achievements including the title of First American in Space and the sole person to hit a golf ball on the moon. He also promised that the Admiral, "would always have a boat at the Academy." Coach Rick Clothier also gave a speech emphasizing that the fight begins on the river, adding that some of the most successful Naval Academy graduates got their start at the boathouse. The Admiral gave his acceptance speech, shedding light on his career achievements, and reminiscing about his days in the three seat. He then proceeded to pour water from the Severn over the shell's bow, and the lightweights took it for a test drive on College Creek. After the ceremony, the civilians ate cake and the Mids inundated the Admiral for autographs, I even had my blue rim signed.

HERFFJONES Continued on page 41 Shipmate, December 1996

Navy Academics Robert H. Shapiro, Dean and Provost Guiding Tomorrow's Leaders: Enhancing Leadership Development at the Naval Academy A cornerstone of academic excellence at the Naval Academy is a constant effort to revise and update our curriculum. We take here very seriously that old adage that "If you're not getting better, you're probably getting worse."

Nowhere is this more apparent, or more crucial, than in our leadership curriculum. Last month, you heard about recent changes in how we're teaching ethics and character development at the Naval Academy. This month, I would like to share with Shipmate readers the substance of Admiral Larson's vision and a very impressive briefing I recently received from CDR Pat Walsh, USN, Chair of the Leadership, Ethics, and Law (LEL) Department and LCDR Will Hall, Director of the leadership track within the LEL Department. Their story gives insight into the enormous amount of work we devote, across the board, to the development and maintenance of our curriculum at the Academy. It also gives particular understanding of a "core business" at the Naval Academy; in the words of former Naval Academy superintendent. Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence '51: "Leadership is the most important thing we do here."

The effort to redesign the Naval Leadership curriculum was launched in February 1996 with a bottom-up review of the academic leadership programs. This first step would provide CDR Walsh, as a newly arrived department chair, with an accurate assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the first course in the sequence. Fundamentals of Naval Leadership I (NL102), taken during Fourth Class Year. This review drew particularly from student critiques of the Fall 1995 NL102 course, leadership instructor responses to an extensive survey, as well as inputs from across the Yard.

A common critique of the old NL102 course was that Midshipmen were likely to give the "right" answers to posed leadership dilemmas without necessarily believing that the given answer was right in and of itself. It was evident that either the values underlying the concepts were not clearly related in the course or that these values were not commonly held by the Midshipmen. In either case, it was also clear that it would be necessary to develop a foundation for the Naval Service core values in the introductory NL102 course and to establish these core values as the basis for the Naval leader's model for ethical decision-making.

This important conclusion proved pivotal in setting the course for major revisions to the program.

There was uniform agreement that the overall course objective should be to introduce Plebes to the fundamentals of Naval leadership using Admiral Larson's "back to basics" apShipmate. December 1996

proach that supports the continuum of leader- within the context of the maxim of Major Genship development across the Yard. Accordingly, eral W.H. Rice, USMC, (Ret.), "Know yourthe department staff worked with other USNA self, know your troops, and know your job." departments to incorporate into this course Within this framework, the Midshipmen learn many of those concepts that would be expanded key leadership concepts that every junior Naupon over the four year curriculum, including val leader should know upon entering the Fleet.

Several subject matter experts collaborate to the basics of the constitution, critical writing skills and public speaking, ethical decision- develop the core concepts presented in NL102. making, military law, as well as human devel- Military lawyers present two seminars on the UCMJ. The Naval Academy senior enlisted opment and character development issues.

There was a strong desire, moreover, to help leaders present a seminar that strengthens the Plebes begin the transition from memorization Plebes' understanding of a the enlisted Naval and recitation to life-long learning that stresses professional, proper officer/enlisted relationabstract conceptualization and modeling. Ac- ships, and key leadership issues facing every cordingly, assignments that promoted reflec- junior Naval leader. The Navy's Survival, Evative thought were included in every session. sion, Resistance and Escape School in San DiAdditionally, case studies were regularly as- ego participates in the NL102 program by presigned as part of in-class work in order to senting a module on the captivity experiences of Vietnam Prisoners of War. They focus on strengthen student reasoning skills.

Finally, the department expressed over- the struggle of POWs to recover personal honor whelming agreement that each of these macro and integrity after violating the Code of Conobjectives should be accomplished while cre- duct. Finally, a former or current Commandating a course that nurtured enthusiasm in stu- ing Officer presents a lecture to the entire class dents and instructors alike. Simply put, they on the theme of "Know yourself, know your set a goal to put a "lively step in the troops, and know your job."

Midshipmen's walk" to Luce Hall.

Continued on page 40 Tlie New NL102 The first half of the "new" NL102 course now reinforces many of the value concepts that we expect Midshipmen to have developed prior to entering the Brigade. The course re-emphasizes the values of citizenship and patriotism to show how these concepts support the values of the professional military officer. The Naval Service core values—Honor, Commitment, Courage—are, in turn, integrated into the course to show how they distinguish the Naval Officer Corps as a unique body within the corps of professional military officers. Ultimately, the goal is to establish a sound foundation for the Naval Service core values, and to show that they are not arbitrary precepts chosen at random.

Concepts are presented in progression to show an increasing level of commitment— from being a good citizen, to becoming a loyal patriot, to making the formal compact of a professional military officer. Concurrently, the concept of commitment is underscored in the context of perceptible evidence of these values in one's routine decisions and actions. The idea is developed that one's commitment to one's values is demonstrated by how these values are employed on a daily basis. Furthermore, the Naval Service core values are suggested as the legitimate authority on which Naval leaders should base ethical decision-making.

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t has been a fantastic Fall sports season here at the Naval Academy. With three regular season games remaining the football team has already clinched its first winning season since 1982 and has a chance to go to a bowl game for the first time since 1981. The team also will win the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 1981 with a victory over Army on December 7. That game will be televised at 12 noon by CBS with Jim Nantz and Terry Donahue calling the action. Michele Tafoya and Phil McConkey, one of the Naval Academy's all-time great players, will be the sideline reporters. You will also be able to listen to the game throughout the world on the Armed Forces Radio Network.

The football team is not the only Fall sports team to have success. The men's soccer team advanced to the Patriot League Championship game for the second straight year before Falling to Army, 4-1, in the championship game.

Greg Myers did an outstanding job with a team that was racked injuries all year.

Congratulations should go out to head coach Carin Gabarra and her women's soccer team as they won a school record 11 games against just five losses and two ties. Gabarra was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year, while second classman Cori Thornton and Amy Hakola along with 3/C Nicole Aunapu and plebe Shannon Filbin were all named first team All-Patriot League. Plebe Michelle Nance was named Rookie of the Year.

The women's volleyball team showed a big improvement under new head coach Mike Schwob and capped off the Patriot League regular season by beating Army, 3-2. It was just the third time a Navy women's volleyball team had defeated Army.

Al Cantello's men's cross country team shocked the East Coast by winning the prestigious Heptagonal Championships. First classman Jon Clemens and John Mentzer finished first and second at the Heps for the 25th ranked Midshipmen.

The women's cross country team, under the direction of Karen Boyle, is also having a great year thanks to the efforts of 2/C Rebecca Cline and 3/C Jackie Hayes. Both runners have a good chance to make it to the NCAA Championships.

Mike Schofield's water polo team ended up on a disappointing note by finishing fourth at the Eastern Championships, but the team still had its fourth straight 20-win season, while the lightweight football teamfinishedthe year with a 5-1 record and a tie for the ELFL crown after losing to Army in the season finale, 34-7.

The Army-Navy series is all tied at three with football remaining in the Fall sports. The Mids got wins in men's soccer, women's cross country and women's volleyball. The Cadets won in women's soccer, men's cross country and in lightweight football.

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Football (6-3) Chris McCoy rushed for a season-high 201 yards and one touchdown on 34 carries as the Mids defeated Delawsire, 30-14. The Mids set a school record for first downs (34),firstdowns by rush (28), rushing attempts (77) and field goals attempted in a game (6). Omar Nelson added 74 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries, while Cory Schemm had seven carries for 67 yards and two catches for 56 yards. Ben Fay came off the bench right before the end of the first half and led Navy on a two play scoring drive that tied the game at 14. Fay completed four of nine passing for 108 yards and one touchdown. Astor Heaven had three catches for 69 yards, including a 30-yard scoring strike from Fay. The Navy defense limited Delaware to just 41 yards rushing and 199 yards of total offense.

Lightweight Football (5-1,3-1 in the ELFLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Season Concluded) Army got off to an early roll and piled up 325 yards of total offense in the Cadets 34-7 win over Navy. The win by Army forced a tie with the Mids atop the ELFL standings. The Mids only touchdown came on a four-yard run by 1/C Brian Voss.

Men's Cross Country (4-2) Powered by a sweep of the top-two individual spots. Navy won the 1996 Heptagonal Men's Cross Country Championships at Van Courtland Park, edging second place Princeton by five points. Jon Clemens finished first for the Midshipmen in a time of 24:42, and John Mentzer crossed the finish line four seconds later to give Navy a sweep of the top-two positions. Navy finished with 59 points, five better than Princeton who finished second with 64.

Brown came in third, logging 68 points. All five Navy scorers finished in the top-25 individually as Scott Barnacle finished 14th Continued on page 38

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Men's Soccer (10-9-1, 3-3 in the Patriot Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Season Concluded) Navy placed three players on the All-Patriot League second team. Second class midfielder J.T. Merchant, 1/C sweeper Ryan Cox and 2/C defender John Bachmore each garnered the honors. Merchant finished the regular season with three goals and two assists. Two of his goals were game winners, each coming in 1 -0 shutout wins. Cox and Bachmore anchored the Navy defense which recorded seven shutouts on the season, including three straight over Philadelphia Textile, Army and UMES. Army, whom the Mids topped 1-0 two weeks ago, placed five players on the first team and had the offensive player of the year in A.J. Florkowski. Navy's 3/C keeper Kevin Campbell, who led the league with a .91 GAA and recorded 4.5 shutouts on the season, was left off both the first and second teams.

Third-seeded Navy defeated second-seeded Colgate, 2-1, to advance to the Patriot League Men's Soccer Championship finale. Colgate and Navy played to a scoreless first half on a saturated Varsity Field. Navy 2/C midfielder Mike Lowe got the Mids on the scoreboard first, beating Colgate keeper Jeff Lipman after a scramble in front of the net at the 62:18 mark.

Lowe deflected the rebound off a Lipman save back into the open net. The Mids struck again at 70:02 as freshman Matt Neely dribbled past Lipman to poke the ball in, to the keepers left.

But Colgate rallied to narrow the gap at 80:15, when freshman Ted Pease headed in a ball off a Colgate comer. Red Raider senior Nate Jackson assisted on the play. Colgate then peppered Navy 3/C keeper Kevin Campbell with several good shots in the ensuing ten minutes of play, but Campbell and a stepped-up Navy defense held on to preserve the win.

Navy's season came to an end for the second straight year in the Patriot League Championship, with the Mids Falling this year to Army, 4-1. Army controlled the game from the start, as League MVP A. J. Florkowski scored two first half goals to give the Cadets a 2-0 half-time lead. Army increased the lead to 4-0

before 2/C John Bachmore got the Mids on the scoreboard with less than 10 minutes to play.

Navy was outshot in the contest 13-12 and attempted six corner kicks to Army's seven.

Army will now host the winner of the Northeast Conference in the NCAA Play -In next weekend.

Men's Swimming (7-0) The Navy men's swimming team opened the 1996-97 season with a 154-82 sweep over George Washington. Navy won eight of the 13 events led by 3/C diver Bay Dobbins, who won both the one and three-meter events, and 2/C Britton Smith, who took first in the 200 and 500 freestyle. Plebe Brian Glaser and Peter Fehring started their collegiate careers with firsts in the 100 freestyle and the 200 breaststroke respectively. Plebe Chris Kaplan, Brian Crawford and John Burroughs all celebrated second places in theirfirstmeet. Navy took first in the 400 medley relay and junior John Loftin was the other first place winner for Navy in the 50 freestyle.

Men's Tennis (0-0) Navy's Silas Bouyer advanced to the round of eight at the Rolex Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Championships held in Princeton, NJ. Bouyer won two matches over Erich Holzer of Dartmouth and the tournament's ninth seed, Navroz Udwadia of Columbia to advance. In the quarterfinals Bouyer fell to top seed Oliver Mayo of Virginia Tech, 6-4,7-5. Mayo is on of the top ranked tennis players in the east and was an All-America last season.

Rifle (3-0) All America Harold Kim took first place individually in both the smallbore and air rifle competitions Saturday to lead the Navy Midshipmen to season-opening wins in each event at Bancroft Range. Kim, Navy's 1/C captain, tied with plebe Jon ladonisi for the top spot in the smallbore (.22 caliber) competition with 1158 points. In the air (.177 caliber) competition, Kim edged Navy plebe Joshua Kelley 388385 to take top honors. "Our plebes did a great job shooting," said Navy coach Ray Anti, who saw his Mids win for the 19th straight time.

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Navy's last loss was Feb. 4, 1995 to West Virginia. As a team, the Midshipmen had 4585 points in the smallbore competition and 1541 in the air competition, giving them 6126 total points on the day. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science finished second with 5725 points, followed by N.C. State, who had 5608.

Navy's rifle team improved to 3-0 on the young 1996-97 season, defeating Drexel 6,1385,322 at Bancroft Range. All-America and Navy captain Harold Kim captured first in the smallbore with a 1,167. As a team. Navy won the smallbore competidon 4,594-4,092. In the air competition. Navy missed the school record by just four points, scoring 1,544 to Drexel's 1,230. Navy's Chris Robinson captured top honors in the air competition with a personal best 389.

Squash (7-7) Navy's men's squash team defeated Ohio Wesleyan 9-0, Haverford 9-0 and Columbia 81. Peter Liebert, Andrew Cook, and Jason Brianas all won three matches on the day, while Bret Lowry, Joshua Lorden, Blake Benke, Scott Coonan, Neil Penso, Foster Righter, Adam Berk and Jake Spruance had two wins each.

Sunny Ramchandani and Chris Dion contributed one win each.

Navy pulled off a big upset against 13thranked Hobart and came close to pulling off another against 12th ranked Denison in the third and final day of the Navy Invitational. The unranked Midshipmen downed Hobart 6-3 in their first match of the day. After Falling behind 3-1, Navy won the last five matches to score the 6-3 win. Chance Mims won the first match before Hobart reeled off three straight wins. Peter Liebert then won the fifth match and got the Mids rolling. Adam Berk, Jake Spruance, Jason Brianas and Josh Lorden followed with wins to give Navy the win. "The bottom half of our lineup played very well," said Navy coach Dave Brown. Against Denison in the final match of the day. Navy fell 5-4.

Denison won thefirstthree matches before Bret Lowry broke the string. Denison clinched the win by winning the next two to go up 5-1, but Spruance, Brianas and Lorden won the last three matches for Navy.

Water Polo (20-8â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Season Concluded) The Navy men's water polo team fell to Brown, 7-5, placing fourth at the Eastern Water Polo Championships played in Cambridge, Mass. The Mids defeated St. Francis, 14-7, to advance to the winners bracket and a meeting with the University of Massachusetts later that night. UMass won that game 10-5, placing Navy in the third place game with Brown on Sunday. The Mids led Brown at the half, 5-3, but couldn't hold on to the lead as the Bears dominated the second half. Greg Mendenhall led the scoring against Brown with two goals and Marc Williams, Al Johnson and David Silverman each added a goal. Joe Alton made 14 saves at goalie.

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Women's Cross Country (4-2) The Navy women's cross country team finished sixth out of nine teams in the 1996 Heptagonal Women's Cross Country Championships Friday at Van Courtland Park. Dartmouth won the event by taking the top three individual spots. Navy 2/C Rebecca Cline finished seventh individually for the Mids in a time of 17:58.9. 3/C Jackie Hayes finished 20th for Navy in 18:36, and freshman Jolene Vanyo finished 23rd in a time of 18:43.

Women's Soccer (11-5-2, 3-2-1 in the Patriot League—Season Concluded) Navy head women's soccer coach Carin Gabarra earned 1996 Patriot League Coach of the Year honors by her peers and plebe Michelle Nance was named the Patriot League's Rookie of the Year at the Patriot League tournament awards banquet. Gabarra, a gold medalist at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta as a member of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, led the Mids to a school record 11 wins this year and a berth in the Patriot League Tournament for the second year in a row. Nance, a midfielder from Grapevine, Tex., started 16 games for the Mids and finished fourth on the team and seventh in the league in scoring with 20 points (7 goals, 6 assists). Navy led the league, placing seven players on either the first or second team All-League teams. 2/C Cori Thornton and Amy Hakola were named to the All-Patriot League first team for the third straight year. Making their debut on the first team were 3/C defender Nicole Aunapu and plebe forward Shannon Filbin. 2/C Carrie Dalton and plebe Kristen Riismandel were named to the second team rounding out the honorees from the Navy women's soccer team.

In semifinal round action of the 1996 Patriot League Women's Soccer Championship, twotime defending champion Colgate defeated Navy, 3-0, to advance to its sixth straight Patriot League championship game. Colgate got its first tally of the day at the 22:03 mark when junior forward Rachel D'Orazio fooled Navy's sweeper and then fired a shot into the upper right comer of the net from 35-feet out. Freshman midfielder Molly Ryan put Colgate ahead 2-0 when she took a crossing pass from junior Nicole D'Orazio and beat Navy's Amy Hakola.

Senior midfielder Jen Hughes, the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Year, closed out the scoring with a goal at 81:39 to become Colgate University's all-time leading scorer.

Kelly Tyrrell made seven saves in the net for the Red Raiders and now has 9.5 shutouts this season. Hakola also tallied seven saves for Navy. Navy took nine shots on goal and had seven corner kick opportunities. The Midshipmen finished the season with an 11-5-2 record, a school record for the most wins in a season.

Women's Swimming (3-1) The Navy women's swimming team edged out George Washington, 124-117, in its first dual meet of the season. The Colonials won seven of the 13 events, but Navy accumulated Shipmate, December 1996

more points with a strong showing in all the events. Senior All-America diver Darcy Stuart won both the one and three-meter events and sophomore Lora Anderson won the 50 and 100 freestyle. Other firsts came from Lauren Withers in the 200 free and Angle Maganza in the 200 fly.

Richmond handed the Navy women's swimming team its first dual-meet loss of the season, swimming past the Mids 168-127. Richmond captured firsts in the first four events of the meet before Navy's Julia Mason won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.21. Darcy Stewart swept the diving competition for Navy, winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Navy's Molly Salness finished first in the 200 breast in 2:28.72, and the Mids' 400 freestyle relay team made up of Lauren Withers, Lora Anderson, Lee Anne Hurley and Amy Kellstrand captured the final event of the day.

The Navy women's swimming team won its third meet of the season, defeating UMBC, 161130. Navy took first place in 10 events, including last seven of the last eight, to seal the victory. Lauren Withers, Lora Anderson and Darcy Stuart led the Mids winning two events each.

Withers took first in the 400 and 800 freestyle, was second in the 100 freestyle and swam on the 400 freestyle relay that placed first. Anderson swept the 50 and 100 freestyle events and Stuart won both the one and three-meter diving. Other firsts for Navy came from Julia Mason in the 100 breaststroke, Stacie Gibson in the 200 breaststroke and Kelly Welsh in the 200 individual medley.

Women's Volleyball (12-18, 4-2 in the Patriot League) In a jam-packed Macdonough Hall, Navy clinched the fourth and final spot in the 1996 Patriot League Tournament by defeating Army, 3-2. It was Navy's first win over Army since 1988 and only their third all-time. Navy won the first game, 15-13, before the Cadets came back to win the next two, 15-12, 15-10. Navy, though, rallied to take the next two games and the match by scores of 15-7 and 15-11. Rachel Shropa led Navy with 21 kills, while Karen Kait had 17. Captain Nikki St. Clair had 35 dig, two aces and 64 assists.

Penn defeated the Navy women's volleyball team in its final match of the 1996 regular season in straight games, 15-4, 15-3, 15-6. Navy, which was coming off an emotional win over Army the night before, was led by Sonja Hanson and Cindy Pease who both registered five kills each. Lani Hay and Tosha Balderston had four each. Steph Merritt led Navy defensively, getting 13 digs while Heather Burwell had 11. Heather Burwell had 18 assists.

Wrestling (0-0) Over 500 wrestiers competed in the season kickoff West Virginia Open this past weekend in Morgantown, with Navy placing three wrestlers in the bracket finals. Each weight class was broken down into two brackets so no champion was awarded. There was also no team scoring in the event. Navy's Mike Stabile lost to Army's Brad Fenske in the 150 lb bottom

bracket, Greg Gingeleskie fell to Shastone Duncan in the 167 lb bottom bracket and Steve Puskar fell to John Strittmatter in the top bracket 118 final. "We got a lot of wrestlers some mat experience," said head coach Reg Wicks. "This will especially help out the younger guys. It is nice to see them in a competitive match."

Bruce Selected for the Hula Bowl Navy senior linebacker Clint Bruce has been selected to the January 19 Hula Bowl All-Star game in Honolulu, HI. Bruce, who leads the Mids in tackles this year with 75, is the 17th Navy player to be selected to the game and the first since Marc Firlie in 1986.

Weatherbie a Finalist for Award Navy head football coach Charlie Weatherbie is one of 10 finalist for the Football News Coach of the Year award. The list will be paired to three on Friday, November 22. The official announcement of the award will be made on Tuesday, December 3. Other coaches that made the cut are last year's winner Gary Bamett from Northwestern, Bobby Bowden of Florida State, Mack Brown of North Carolina, John Cooper of Ohio State, Gerry DiNardo of Louisiana State, Bruce Snyder of Arizona State, Steve Spurrier of Florida, Bob Sutton of Army and Joe Tiller of Wyoming.

Basketball Promotions Announced The 1996-97 Navy men's and women's basketball season is packed with excitement and fun-filled entertainment for all. Head coaches Don DeVoe and Joe Sanchez are both coming off winning seasons and are expected to contend for the Patriot League titles this season.

The fast-paced action on the court is something fans will not want to miss. Fans of all ages will have the opportunity to take advantage of several promotions this season. The men tips-off the regular season Nov. 22 against the Coast Guard Academy for the Department of Defense Appreciation Night. Anyone showing a Department of Defense ID, civilian or military, will get their children admitted free of charge. On November 26, the women host Pennsylvania and the men host Pittsburgh for Annapolis Appreciation Night. Anyone showing a driver's license with Annapolis as their home address will have the chance to purchase two tickets for the price of one. The men's contest will be televised nationally by Liberty-TV A complete list of promotions follows: Nov. 22 Men vs. Coast Guard—Dept. of Defense Appreciation—Anyone showing a Dept. of Defense ID will have their kids admitted free.

Nov. 26 Women vs. Penn—Annapolis Appreciation Night Men vs. Pittsburgh—Anyone showing a driver's license listing Annapolis as their home address can purchase two tickets for the price of one.

Dec. 2 Women vs. Columbia—Church Night—Anyone bringing their church bulletin will be admitted free.

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Gettysburg Marines Toys for Tots Night— Bring a new toy and gain free admission, coordinated by USMC Reserves.

Dec. 21 Men vs. Dartmouth—Service Club Night—Women in Navy Classic—Local service clubs have the opportunity to provide tickets to their favorite local charity.

Jan. 2 Men vs. Harvard—Academic Recognition Night—All area students with an A on their last report card or perfect attendance will be admitted free.

Jan. 13 Women vs. Wofford/Men vs.

William & Mary—Bill, Mary & Wofford Night—Anyone named Bill, Mary, or Wofford is admitted free.

Jan. 18 Women vs. Lafayette/Men vs.

Lafayette—Scout Day—All Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts attending the game will receive a commemorative patch.

Feb. 5 Women vs. Colgate/Men vs.

Colgate—Business/Industry Night—Local businesses will have the opportunity to support the Midshipmen.

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Lehigh—Youth & Senior Citizen's Day, for young and old alike—Anyone in grades K-12 entering the gates with a basketball jersey on is admitted free. Complimentary admission will also be offered to all fans 60 years or older.

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Bucknell—Blue and Gold Day—Anyone wearing Blue and Gold to the game will be eligible for free prizes and special drawings.

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Navy Crew Honors Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard RADM Alan Shepard, the first American in space, was honored yesterday at the United States Naval Academy by having a crew shell named in his honor. "The naming of a shell is the highest honor in the crew community," said Director of Rowing, Rick Clothier. "There is no question Admiral Shepard is deserving of

this honor." Shepard rowed for Navy's undefeated crew in 1944 before going on to become one of America's most storied astronauts. He began his naval career on the destroyer COGSWELL, deployed in the Pacific during WW II. In 1950, he attended the United States Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, MD. After graduation, he participated in flight test work which included high altitude tests.

Shepard was one of the first Astronauts named

by NASA in April of 1959, and holds the distinction of being the first American in space.

In 1963, he was designated Chief of the Astronaut Office, with the responsibility and control of all astronaut activities. In 1971, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 in his second space flight. That lunar landing mission was the third by mankind. Shepard remains the only person to drive a golf ball on the moon. He resumed his duties as Chief of Astronaut Office in June of 1971 and served in that capacity until his retirement from NASA and the Navy on August 1, 1974. "I've been accorded many honors since I left the Academy," said Shepard.

"But it all started here at the boathouse. I am truly honored." After giving a few words, Shepard was presented with gifts from the Academy and christened the shell with water from the Severn River. Navy's lightweight crew then took the shell on the water and rowed past the group of 200 who had come out for the ceremony and a chance to meet Shepard.

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Continued from page 31 The department also revised the NL102 exam structure. Course-wide common exams now include questions to test critical thinking skills and comprehension of concepts. The new course combines several different testing devices in each exam to test student understanding while reinforcing the learning process. Most significant is the use of essays that require students to discuss leadership concepts in various contexts.

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These guides also include an example of how to conduct each session. Furthermore, all instructors can draw upon specific video clips or other mediums that illustrate key concepts.

The continuity and constancy of the program across the course are improved by weekly instructor training seminars. All course instructors meet on Monday mornings to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the past week's sessions and to plan common strategies on how to accomplish the session's objectives for the coming week. The flow of ideas and criticism in this setting promotes the confidence of the instructors in themselves and in the course.

Most importantly it builds the instructors' ownership in the course which translates as enthusiasm in the classroom.

Company Officers continue to serve as leadership instructors along with our regular leadership faculty. Their contribution enhances the continuity and constancy between the theory of leadership taught in Luce Hall and the practice of leadership in Bancroft Hall. Inevitably, the entire leadership development continuum benefits from this reciprocal interaction.

The LEL Department will continue to make enhancements to its academic programs in order to support the four year continuum of leadership development at the Academy. But the department also sees areas for potential growth that would help to establish a nationally acclaimed program for the Navy.

A capstone objective would be to establish a center of excellence for the research, study, and learning about Leadership and Ethics. Generous Alumni have already made the vision for a center of excellence closer to a reality by providing funding to entice national figures to join the leadership and ethics programs. A national search has attracted Professor Nancy Sherman of Georgetown University to serve as the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Professor in Ethics.

What was once an ambition to establish a graduate program in Leadership Education and Development is also rapidly progressing toward reality. Numerous individuals and agencies within the Navy are collaborating to achieve a June 1997 inauguration of this course of studies for Company Officers and leadership instructors. This program will professionalize the department staff of leadership instructors as well as enhance the model of leadership development within Bancroft Hall.

The LEL Department cleariy shares Admiral Lawrence's assessment of the critical distinction between our school and any other. The initiatives they propose are, in many ways, a radical departure from the normal response to the current trend in downsizing in staff and programs. They see the challenges of these times of fundamental change as an opportunity to analyze critically our long held internal notions and conventions about leadership development. In the final analysis, they hope, with their leadership development continuum, to make a profound, positive impact on one thousand new potential Naval leaders who come into their care every year.

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My last official event for this trip was a bit of a payback for a successful port visit. Jeff Hoy, John Volkoff and I were asked to be a part of a VIP tour of the Hermitage art museum given for Secretary Dalton,

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January ll*" to 28'" Burma's Road to Mandalay - (INTRAV) 17 Day Air/sea Cruise * Singapore * Malaysia * Thailand * Burma (Myanmar) * Hong Kong Aboard the Deluxe M.V Song of Flower.

January 21^' to 28'" Austrian Escapades - (AHI) See or Ski Austria - 8 days/7nights. SalzburgSound of Music Country.

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March 8'" to 21^' South America -(INTRAV) 14-Day Journey of Discovery to Peru * Chile * Argentina, Brazil - (Iguassu Falls Optional Tour) Visit to Machu Picchu - Inca Ruins.

Reserve * Mt. Kenya Safari Club * Pejeta Rhino Reserve * Masai Mara Game Reserve.

July y to 16'" Europe's Nostalgic Passage - (AHI) Moselle, Rhine & Main Cruise & Munich.

July 7'" to 17'" Alumni College Tuscany - (AHI) Alumni Campus abroad. Informative educational program. All meals, seminars & excursions included in one value price. Excursions to Cortona, Siena, Perugia, Assisi and Florence and to ancient Montepulciano.

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Brigade Activities Cont.

Continued from page 30 Now, the moment you have all been waiting for...Fall Intramural Championship Results. This year, the winning teams received trophies and T-shirts, sponsored by the Naval Academy Foundation and awarded

by CAPT Bogle '68 and CAPT Bill Flight '56 at noon meal. Thirtieth Company battled First Company to win the title of Brigade Company Football Champions. The Tenth company was victorious over Sixteenth Company in Company Volleyball. The Company Soccer Champions title went to the Eleventh Company, who dueled with the Twenty-First Company. And, lastly, the Twenty-Sixth Company claimed victory over the Seventh Company in the Company Basketball Championships. The winter intramural season gets underway soon, look for reports on the Brigade Champions in Weight lifting, Fieldball, Wallyball, and 3-on-3 Basketball.

Finally, the Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Johnson '68, visited the Brigade on 23 October to speak at the Forrestal Lecture. Brigade Commander, 1/C Nick Nuzzo, introduced him. He added, "Now we know who to blame for our Dep Dant;" ADM Johnson was CAPT Farrell's '70 first set squad leader. The Admiral discussed the status and future plans of our Navy and Marine Corps. He introduced the Brigade to his Four Stars, not on his uniform, but his plans to convey the vision for the future. The Four Stars include: operational primacy, leadership, teamwork, and pride.

To achieve operational primacy, we have to remain the best Navy in the world, never losing the edge we have today. He said that his experiences in Bancroft and the classroom prepared him for Vietnam. He en-

sured us that each will play a key role in making sure we have a premiere force. The CNO also reminded us that we have the best Navy with the best leaders, and to maintain that, we have to have effective leadership at all levels. He explained the leadership continuum for officers in the Fleet, as well as enlisted. He emphasized the need to know your people, to practice the Golden Rule, to place your people's will ahead of yours, and to be firm and fair.

The next point he focused on involved teamwork, "the only way to get the job done." He wants to see loyalty up, down, and on all sides of the Chain of Command—the full spectrum. He encouraged taking care of each other and abiding by the standards.

Finally, he said that pride was the anchor for success. The Admiral added that we have an honorable profession that makes us better people and citizens. Also, with our jobs, we make a personal investment in the future of our country. He reminded us that without integrity, you have nothing and concluded his speech with, "1 will do everything I can to make sure it's the finest Navy in the world."

The CNO followed his speech with a question and answer period.

The first, brave soul was Cadet 2/C Ciccarello, an exchange cadet from the other school who wanted to make a wager on the Navy-Army Football game. He wants the CNO to have to "ask him for permission every time he sits down." The other end of the bargain was never decided on, but he felt very confident that we would kick Army. Other questions followed regarding Joint Operations and the status of the Navy. Overall, Admiral Johnson was extremely excited about all of the new developments like the SMART Ship, the SMART Base, the SEAWOLF Class, and the Super HORNET. He left the Brigade with a positive image of our current and future roles, and he kept almost everyone awake.

The Brigade anxiously awaits the "day that will live in infamy" when Navy Football makes a little history of their own.. .See you at Veteran's Stadium.

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The following was received from Margaret (Peg) Tomlinson: "Just a note to notify you of my new address, 1418 Pine St. Sp. 17, Silverton. OR 97381.

I have moved to a mobile home in a snjall park just a long block from my former home. This was necessitated because of the sale of my son's acreage to the Silverton School District. In addition to my son's 20 acres, another 25 acres has been purchased by other owners. The new Union High School will occupy these 45 acres.

I am thankful this did not take place during Tommy's life. He would have been very upset. 1 am adjusting to the change. My health is good. I am grateful that we had so many years together. He died peacefully at Benedictine Nursing Center in Mt. Angel on 7 Jan. He was 98.

Thank you for so many kind regards."

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Virginia Johnson Taylor, widow of Rudolph Johnson, died 28 October 1996 at "The Meadows", Rutland, Vermont.

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Pres; ADM Elliott Strauss 2945 Garfield Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20008 H: 202-322-5042 Send news directly to Shipmate.

On 7 November 1996 Mr. Jack Lind, son-in-law of Rear Admiral J.R. Johannesen, presented Dr. Richard Werking and Ms. Alice Crieghton of Nimitz Library at USNA with 9 boxes of Admiral Johannesen's papers.

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Shipmate received the following from Wilson F. Engel, Jr. '46: "Francis (Cicero) Fairman's widow, Sallie, died in her sleep at the home of her daughter, Sallie Engel, in Annandale, VA, on 27 October 1996 of congestive heart failure. She was 95 years of age at the time of her death. She is survived by her sons, Francis E. Fairman III of Pittsburgh, PA, and Philip B. Fairman '47 of Miami, FL, and daughter, Sallie (wife of Retired Captain Wilson F. Engel, Jr., '46) of Annandale, VA, 10 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.

She was born and raised in Annapolis, MD, and married Francis E. Fairman, Jr. She was the granddaughter of RADM Philip H. Cooper 1864, who was a Superintendent of the Naval Academy and the niece of RADM William W. Hendrickson 1864, who was head of the Mathematics Department.

She became world renowned as a master craftsperson creating original crewel work, goldwork, weaving and bobbin lace. She exhibited her embroidery and art needlework in group and oneperson shows, including a major one-person exhibition at the Philadelphia College of Textiles."

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"But Still when two or three shall meet.

And old tales be retold .. "

Dr. Richard Werking, Ms. Alice Creighton, Mr. Jack Lind with the 9 boxes of Admiral Johannesen's papers

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Pres: RADM William B. Bailey, USN (Ret.) Send news directly to Shipmate.

Received from John Morrill: "This refers to your request for Classmate memorable experiences in the September 1996 issue of Shipmate.

For me, such are contained in my book. The Cincinnati. However, I could not expect Shipmate to reprint the book or even the lengthy pages of description.

More importantly. Chapter 12 of the book contains high praise for our Classmate Doc Seay (Erskine Austine Seay). I wish that Doc's friends, Classmates and relatives could read this chapter. If they want to do so, I believe they may still obtain copies of the book direct from the publisher, the Wordsprint Co., by calling 1-800-359-6608.

For you. Bill. I want to thank you for the hard work you are doing in behalf of our Classmates."

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Pres: RADM Walter C. Ford, USN (Ret.) Send news directly to Shipmate.

This is Henry Ford checking in after an absence.

It has been over seventy years since we all checked in at the Naval Academy. Admiral and Mrs. Frances Thomas visited me this Summer when they drove North from Texas. He checked in with me when we came from Buffalo, and we have remained friends since grammar school days. He was with me the night I met my wonderful wife of 67 years, Chan. Our Class ranks are thin and those remaining were listed recently in Shipmate. We have left a fine record as a Class and some reminders. The tree we planted still stands in front of the Administration Building. The replica of the Liberty Bell we contributed to the Naval Academy still calls the Midshipmen to attention in the messhall, and there are many other reminders of our activities.

On a personal note, I lived in Nevada for a few months but returned to my homebase, Annapolis.

Merry Christmas!

Mrs. Nancy "Biddy" Wright, widow of W.L. "Bull" Wright, passed away peacefully in her home at Lamar on 30 June 1996, after a short illness.

Biddy was born in Baltimore, MD, 19 May 1900.

She married Bull in 1926, after he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.

During their marriage, Biddy, Bull and her two daughters, Betty and Nancy, traveled all over the United States, including being stationed at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941.

Bull passed away in 1982.

Biddy is survived by her two daughters, Betty Kelly of Lamar, and Nancy Webster of Aransas Pass; her six grandchildren, Leslie Kelly, Glenn Kelly, Stephen Kelly, Rachel McKee, Cindy Goodgoin and Cathy Spell. She also had nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Biddy and Bull were members of the First United Methodist Church of Aransas Pass.

She passed away about the same time on Sunday morning that she would have been making yet another batch of "Grandma's Waffles" for her children and grandchildren as she had every Sunday for more than forty years.

She will be dearly missed.

The following was written by her grandchild: An Ode to the Old Lady

By Leslie Kelly She was old and bent with the mighty weight of the unseen hand of time.

But her tiny face shone with a glow that spoke of a life sublime.

She had fallen in love with a man of the sea, a boisterous Texan named Bull.

And their hearts were entwined for the rest of their lives with a passion deep and full.

She gave him her future and two lovely daughters and made him many a home.

She followed the Admiral from port to port, a sailor's wife has to roam.

They finally retired to his boyhood home with the South Texas stars above.

And they bought an old house in Aransas Pass and filled it with laughter and love.

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Orphaned young, she had lived with an aunt on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

And she carried with her for the rest of her life, a love for the sea and its lore.

A lot of her Summers were devoted to us.

The grandchildren came to stay.

There was always something great to be doing, not enough time in the day.

A quarter an hour for rubbing her feet, that was the wage I was paid.

But it'd buy me a coke and a Hershey bar and enough bait to fish all day.

Her kitchen is one of my favorite memories, I'll hold in my heart forever.

We ate, drank and laughed there, we argued and cried and we all grew up together When the Admiral died the old house grew huge, the trip up the stairs too far.

So she packed up her memories, closed up the old house and moved up the coast to Lamar.

Dad built her a cottage 'neath ancient oak trees, older even than she.

And she lived out her life surrounded by love, as happy as she could be.

On the last day of June, she was taken from us to be with her loved one. Bull.

And she never complained, she smiled through the pain and the glass was always half full.

Their ashes we'll spread together, on the waters they loved so much.

And she'll be in our hearts forever, her smile and her warm loving touch.

On the morning she died, my Mom said to me "She's always been my best friend."

But we all felt that way to a certain degree, she had so much love to spend.

We wept when she left, but all of us knew she was bound for a better place.

Surrounded by loved ones, she died like she lived, with dignity, honor and grace.

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Pres: CAPT Francis L. Busey, USN (Ret.) Secy: CAPT Gordon Campbell, USN (Ret.) 3848 Somerset Drive, Durham, NC 27707-5017 Sad to report that Commander Gideon A. Cox, USNR (Ret.) died on 3 Aug 1996. Interment was to be in Augusta, ME. "Jim" had resigned in 1928 but returned to active duty during 1942-47. After the war, he returned to his former position at the U.S. Treasury, retiring in 1973. He is survived by his wife, Carleta Sterling Mixer Cox and four siblings. The Class extends condolences to his family. The Corr.

Sec'y remembers his always cheerful disposition at Marion Institute and during our four years in the same Battalions at the Naval Academy. He was a good shipmate.

As of this writing, 5 Oct 1996, there are 54 surviving members of the graduating Class. The Alumni Association as of 8/11/96 lists nearly 200 associate members; but as only 6 are listed as members of the Alumni Association, there is no count of how many we have lost. My pen stands ready to include in the column news from all.

Have you considered including the Naval Academy in your Estate Plans?

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Pres: ADM U.S. Grant Sharp, USN (Ret.) Secy: RADM Joshua W. Cooper, USN (Ret.) 400 Madison Street, Apt. #808 Alexandria, VA 22314 (H) 703-549-8708 The San Diego Group met for luncheon at the Submarine Base on 25 September. Present were: Tex Anders, Cliff Cooper, Sally Deutermann, Phil Freeman, Bud Hammond, Nina and Oley Sharp. The group will meet in October, then skip meetings in November and December Mary Rule Coale, George Coale's widow and sister of Arthur Rule '26, writing from Austin, TX, bestowed a very generous gift to the USNA Alumni Association. As expressed by the Association: "She made a wonderful contribution to our efforts to produce programs of excellence rather than those that are simply adequate in quality."

We look forward to thanking Mary in person at our 70th Reunion in May '97.

We are sorry to report Bill Ashford's death which occurred in Raleigh, NC, on 25 February 1994.

Bill was accurately described by his Academy roommate, Lucius Chappell as "a southern gentleman and philosopher who was seldom ruffied and did not let academics worry him." Gifted with a fertile brain, he was a valued member of the wrestling and cross-country teams; and he sang in the choir.

His full and distinguished service career as well as his business career after retirement is covered in "Last Call." . He will be missed by the communities in which he lived as well as by his family and his contemporaries.

The Class has made a donation to the USNA Alumni Association in his memory.

Sheila Jo Watkins, wife of Admiral James D. Watkins '49 (former CNO) and daughter of Mims Betts and RADM Joseph D. McKinney (deceased), died at home 6 September in St. Leonard, MD. Sheila married then Ensign Watkins in San Diego in 1950 and moved 32 times in the course of her husband's duty assignments—thefinalone being that of CNO (1982-86).

She is survived by her husband of St. Leonard, MD, six children, her stepmother, Margaret Betts McKinney of San Diego, a sister and nine grandchildren.

Albert B. (A.B.) Mayfield was indirecUy reported "deceased" on the form which was distributed to determine those who would attend the 70th Reunion.

An attempt was made to verify the fact through an inquiry to A.B.'s daughter, who is listed in the Beacon as Ann Mayfield Anderson; but to date, no answer has been received. The inquiry was sent to A.B.'s address, since we have no address for his daughter If anyone can furnish information on the premises, it will be appreciated.

Happy Holidays and « ™ Happy New Year!!

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Jerry Gerin and Helen and Harry Sears celebrated Jerry's 90th birthday on lOAugust 1996 at the Manor Health Care Center

Harry Sears, Helen Sears and Jerry Gerin

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Secy: CAPT Philip R. Osborn, USN (Ret.) 8206 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 Corr. Secretary: Dot Flatley Sandpiper Village, Apt. PI, 1224 Village Creek Lane Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.

We are sorry to report the death of our Class President, RADM Samuel B. Frankel. USN (Ret.), who died II September 1996 at Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA. Terry's letter published in the September issue of Shipmate described their situation and the successful adjustments made together We will miss him very much and his special brand of humor He was MC at our last reunion. Sam (Chick) is particularly remembered for his service in Russia during World War II, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Sam is survived by his wife of 58 years, Tellervo (Terry) Von Helens Frankel, and daughter, Susan McShane, of London, England.

Another sad note—Judy Parish died 9 October 1996 in Jacksonville, FL. Services were held at the USNA Chapel on 18 October This was unexpected.

A recent letter and a poem by her daughter had recently been published in this column. Rogs died 28 Feb last year.

I attended the Homecoming game with Duke (6427) with son and daughter-in-law, but saw very few we knew except the Giambatistas '27 next to us.

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Pres: RADM William O. Snead, USN (Ret.) Secy: CAPT John A. Moreno, USN (Ret.) 1214 Fifth Street, Coronado, CA92II8 (H) 619-435-3732 Fran Harrell writes about Ned Harrell: "Ned died on 24 August from pneumonia complicated with a contagious viral infection. Memorial services took place on 13 October at the Church of Christ, Sun City, CA, followed by graveside services at Riverside National Cemetery." Fran has decided to con-

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tinue to live at their current address, 28640 Snead Drive, Sun City, CA 92586.

A letter from Judith Blanchard Avedisian about her father, Boyd E. Blanchard: "Boyd was bom in Augusta, ME. He died on 24 August after an accidental injury resulting from a fall. He resigned upon graduation because of imperfect vision. He served in the USNR during World War II, winning a Silver Star as a lieutenant commander commanding an LST in the South Pacific.

Boyd left a priceless legacy of love, loyalty and integrity and a keen enjoyment of the moment. He leaves his wife of 61 years, Kay King Blanchard, Monroe Community Hospital, 435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14620. Other survivors include daughters Judy Avedisian of Ossian, NY, and Penny Fisher of Chicago, IL, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Col. W. M. Grace, USA (Ret), is seeking any information anyone may have concerning his fatherin-law, Robert E. Clark, J r R.E. Clark attended USNA for shortly more than one year, but his current status is unknown. He is listed in the USNA Register of Alumni, but no address is given. His family seeks any information they can get about him.

Details of his life after resigning are missing, although it is believed he died in the 1970s. If you know anything about him, please contact Col. Grace at 104 North Wolff St., Femandina Beach, FL 32034, 904-321-1367.

A sickening thought: The Plebes of the Class of 2000 who were the cover for the July-August issue of Shipmate regard us in the same time frame as we regard the Class of 186011 don't think I ever knew anyone in the Class of 1860, but I bet they could tell some tall stories about the Before the War days!

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Pres: RADM J.O. Miner, USN (Ret.) Secy: RADM A. B. Metsger, USN (Ret.) 3520 N. Roberts Lane, Arlington, VA 22207 (H) 703-524-4599 Seven turned out for a vigorous luncheon—discussion meeting at Chevy Chase Club on 16 October: Bill F i t z g e r a l d , Skillet Gillette, Doc MacDonald, Abe Metsger, Jack Miner, Dick Steere, Johnny Webster. We were happy to receive a letter from the Class of '33 Washington carrying forward earlier oral discussions of combining our luncheons—to add to congeniality and, in the process, achieve a number justifying use of a party room.

(Thirty-one, down to some five to eight attendance has been meeting in the Card Room—pleasant, but not private.) We concurred on combining. There is a question as to whether it would be desirable to have the coed luncheons separate—but on checking later, Virginia Webster said, "Why don't we try?" Why not?

This was the day after the showing of "Navy Blues" on Public TV. This program examined the political aftermath of the "Tailhook" ramble, the destruction of a senior officers' career for approving the washing out of a deficient female flight student, and the suicide of Admiral Boorda. Those commenting felt some benefit might come from the showing of unfairness in the political level treatment of outstandingly able Naval officers. There was impatience with the Navy top command's failure to defend officers against political attacks to which the principals are unable to respond. Officers of our vintage recall a rigid separation of military and politics (would that be naive in this world?).

Bill Fitzgerald, with comprehensive background

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in the subject, contributed much to a review of our involvement in Balkans, Middle East, and Ireland.

The general sense of our meeting was that the areas have been in turmoil for centuries—for millennia in Balkans and East—we didn't see hope of correcting this by waving a Washington wand, or injecting many thousands of troops.

Bill Fitzgerald, Jack Miner, and Doc MacDonald, a 1994 luncheon Bob Heilig's report: I'm sitting here doing three things at once; writing to you, watching Dodgers-Padres final game of the regular season, 0-0 in the ninth inning, and watching the Chargers-Chiefs tied 16-16. And a beautiful afternoon for a walk to boot. Anyhow, '31 had a luncheon at the Bayview Club at the San Diego Recruit Depot on the 19th of September, with a nice tura-out. Those who answered the call were: Betty and Noah Adair. Phyllis and Ed Bums. Fran and Ernie Ellsworth (who brought Margo Hudson), Mary Lou Cumberledge. Norma and Dick Hay, Tena and Bob Heilig, Ruth and Ed Moring, Rivets Rivero, Ken Romberg and Joe Tenney. All told we had seventeen people, a grand turn-out, and all in good shape, health-wise. Tena and I are in excellent health, and we hope that you are also.

Just before going to press. Bob told us that Fran Ellsworth had suffered a mini-stroke; but she is doing OK. Bob anticipates a '31 luncheon, and also a meeting of the Ancient Mariners, in November.

Joe Thornton never fails to pass the news of the Naples area. His current report has J.B. Colwell playing his 3x a week golf; sees no change in good Al Reed; Anna and Red Child missed golf due to recent heavy rains and soft greens. Joe regrets missing a reunion of our old GCA guides ("If no transmission for 30 seconds, wave off') at Pensacola; Joe established the system at Gainesville, moved it to Banana River, and then to Olathe.

Dick Peterson, in spite of being somewhat limited and on oxygen, reported he'd checked with our people in the Bay Area. Ran Pierce is visited by daughter Susanne Coxhead several times a week.

Nick Trip! has had two major surgeries, is now fine.

Ginny Peterson takes Heloise Pfifer to Service Wives' meetings. Frances Veasey is exercising three times a week. Mary Bingham plans to visit in Hawaii. Helen Frances and Ed Steffanides recently returned from an eleven day cruise in the Ukraine; the country was rough, but the cruise was enjoyable.

Phil Mothersill flew to visit daughter in Indiana.

Junetta Firth had a hip operation, recovered very well, but a fall did some damage; Max is seeing some improvement in his migraine. Al Wilson had a stroke three weeks ago, is in Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo; neither of the Wilson's drive, and the hospital is 40 miles away from Cambria, their home.

Ginny Peterson has been in touch with Eleanor, widow of Ron Smith.

The Peterson's are and have been a mainstay of the Class in their region: we're grateful, Dick and Ginny.

Dick Peterson and Al Wilson in 1992 Sunny Gimber reports from San Diego that she and Harry are holding their own—with ups and downs. We thank the Gimber's for their welcome contribution to Secretarial expenses.

John Crumpacker's spirited voice reports he has six doctors looking after his arthritis—they should clear it up fast. Marge Carr of John's area sent us information for Brace's obituary; John and Vera plan to take Marge to the next Alumni Luncheon in his area.

Ali Gadrow and new husband Arthur Evans are just back from a craise to Bermuda; Ali reports a bit of rough water, we suppose in the Gulf Stream. Jesse Motes sees Les Wood regularly, reports he is about the same.

Jack Miner represented our Class in the reviewing group for the Homecoming Parade. Jack reports we were the senior Class present.

Ruth Day entertained Jean Ritchie the week of 6 October; they entertained friends at Ruth's, looked in on Audrey Dempsey at Vinson Hall. Jean reported on Fleet Landing: Elynor Brown active as always, P.K. Will no change.

We called the Cone's in Lake City, Florida, late September; talked to Eleanor who says Red is pretty well though he's given up golf. Eleanor was in great spirits, in spite of her physical ups and downs. We wish her, and Red, too, the very best.

Many tributes for outstanding Oklahoma City community support have been passed to Long John Kirkpatrick as we have reported many in past columns; the most recent is appointment as Honorary Life Member of the Board of Directors of the 45th Infantry Division Museum. John also passed us a xerox of his diary for December 7th, 25th, and 31st 1941—Pearl Harbor time, as seen by John in NORTH CAROLINA; a view of history in the making.

We talked over Class affairs with Will I. Bull '32; Will I. gave us the new address for Sara Ann Pancake Bernstein, shown below.

De Young 190 W Rt. 20 406B Ridgeville, 1 Ontario, Canada LUS-IMO Gardiner, Tel new Area Code for Flint Hill (540).

P a n c a k e — M r s . H . E. Bernstein, 2646 Bent Hickory Circle. Longwood, FL 32779 Sieglaff. PO Box 928, Urbanna, VA 23175-0928.

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Pres: CAPT Will I. Bull, USN (Ret.) 1725 Oak Lane, McLean, VA 22101 HERE AND THERE WITH '32 This column will start on a real positive note. Your Class Council has unanimously approved holding the Class of '32's 65th Reunion in Annapolis, starting on Saturday, 31 May 1997 and ending with a luncheon on Tuesday, 3 June 1996. The Loews Annapolis Hotel will be the focal point for the Reunion, just as it was for our 60th, and a block of rooms will be set aside for those coming from out of town. Shortly a more detailed announcement will be mailed out which will request an expression of the individual plans regarding attendance at the Reunion. This information is needed as more detailed plans are firmed up. Actually because of the lag between writing this column and its actual publication in Shipmate, the Class may receive the mailed notice before you receive the December Shipmate. The Class is fortunate in that Bob Gamble has volunteered to head up the Reunion planning in Annapolis.

As I promised last month, I have a report on our Southern California Classmates on Tuesday, 10 September Al Cope very faithfully reported on the luncheon, and I must say his letters always make their get togethers sound so pleasant. They make your scribe want to attend one of themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps in the future. To bring the report up-to-date, they held their luncheon at the Bay View Club (formerly the Marine Corps Recrait Depot Officer's Club, which has seemed to be one of their favorite places to meet.)

With all of the base closings, it looks as though the club must have changed hands. The attendance was small with only seven present. Dick Best drove down from Santa Monica and charmed Lloyd Mustin, Anne Thomas and her lovely daughter with mutual tales of current and past activities. Jack Kaufman, Pat Willard and Al Cope engaged in various bits of conversation at a highly pleasant level There were twelve absentees who were unable to make itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but no serious problems. Pat Willard had to leave early as she was catching a mid-afternoon plane for Paris and Rome (a "first" reason for early departure.)

Dick Best reported that he attended and participated in a lecture on 30 September, along with other veterans of the Battle of Midway, in a major lecture on the Battle of Midway which was held at the Naval Academy. As most of the Class knows, Dick commanded Bombing Squadron 6 based on ENTERPRISE at the Battle of Midway. He launched the initial dive bombing attack on AKAGI, the flagship of the Japanese carriers, and his bombs caught that carrier with all planes on deck in the process of loading bombs.

Needless to say, that was the end of AKAGI. During his trip to Annapolis, Dick was also invited to attend the dedication of the Midway Memorial in front of Dahlgren Hall on 3 October.

For many years, Andy Nisewaner arranged with the Athletic Association to set aside a spot near the water tower on Taylor Avenue for the Classes of' 31, '32, '33 and '34, for their tailgating prior to the football games. Francis Foley reported that somehow the Class' tailgating location was lost to the Class of '60. However for the games this season, a space was allocated off of Fartagut Road on the other end of the stadium, in the general vicinity of Gate M to the stadium. If a permanent location is set up for the 1997 season, we will report it to the Class.

The mention of tailgating reminded your scribe of an incident which happened a few years ago. My wife and I drove into the stadium parking lot off of West Street, and we were greeted by a very nice teenager who was assisting with the parking. I asked him if he knew where the Class of '32 was tailgating.

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Darleen and Paul Harrington I received an informative note from Paul Harrington's son Phil '62 which enclosed the above picture of Paul and his bride, Darleen, whom we hope we will have the pleasure of meeting at our 65th Reunion, if not before.

Paul had a slight cardiac problem but is coming along fine. As Paul puts it he is getting more exercise as part of his cardiac rehabilitation at his home in Seattle. He said he has moved the bar all the way across the room, is using heavier Manhattan glasses and is now off the sick list and ready for visitors.

Darleen and he would enjoy seeing any of his Classmates who happen to be in the Seattle area. The Happy Hour starts precisely at 5:00 P.M. We sometimes don't appreciate the many fine things that our Classmates do; mainly, I am afraid because we don't hear of them. Ted Hodgkins has an established scholarship program in the New England Area for worthy students; and at present, there are ten students studying at three colleges under Hodgkins Scholarships. The colleges are Connecticut College, Clark University and Dartmouth. Your Classmates are proud of what you have done.

Bobby Fulton wrote a note from Memphis and passed on some news. He said that he had recently been drafted into membership on the Recruiting Advisory Council for the Mid-South area. He stated that he had not realized that the Navy has a serious problem in recruiting the number of men that are needed to fully man the smaller Navy that we now have. I am sure that this information comes as a surprise to a lot of us. This is particularly surprising, as we have always thought of the middle part of the country as one of the greatest areas for recruits who join, not only for patriotic reasons, but to see the world.

Bobby also reported that Johnny Grider's widow, Charlotte, has now relocated to a local retirement facility. Her new address is Mrs. John M. Grider, The Trezevant Manor, 177 N. Highland Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38111.

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Pres: CAPT R. W. Thompson, Jr., USN (Ret.) S e c y : RADM Charles A. Blick, SC, USN (Ret.) 2725 31st St. NW, Washington, DC 20008 San Diego Correspondent: Mrs. R.S. Riddell 4037 Alameda Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 619-295-9091 The Annapolis-Washington group met for lunch on 8 Oct at the Chevy Chase Club. Attending were Thompson, Blick, Cobb, Coleman, Campbell (E.G.), Elliott, McKibbin, Moorer, Oren and Ramee. A general discussion was held re Tom Long's proposal for a "Victory at Sea" WWII Me-

morial at the Academy. Tom Moorer was optimistic that such a memorial would eventually materialize but that it would require patience and laborious negotiations to obtain the necessary approvals and funds. Plans were made for the annual get-together with the Class of 1933 (USMA) just prior to the Army-Navy Football game. Tom Moorer gave us the highlights on his recent Alaskan fishing trip and pointed out that the entire eco-system there relies on salmon for their survival including bears, birds, other fish and some people.

Carrie and Tom Moorer and Renee and Earnie Campbell attended the dedication of "The Battle of Midway" Memorial at the Academy on 3 Oct 1996.

The monument is very well done and consists of a single block of Vermont granite appropriately inscribed. It is located virtually in front of the northern end of Dahlgren Hall, and every Midshipmen will see it as part of daily routine. Tom Moorer pointed out that it took several years for the monument to be authorized, as approvals (not easy to come by) of the Academy Historian, the Senior Naval Constructor, the Academy Architect, and the Alumni Association were required prior to submission of the project to the Academy Superintendent. [Ed. Note: See article in the front of this issue...Nancy] Archaeologists and anthropologists are poking about at the Slayton House in Annapolis, the ancestral home of our Classmate, Morgan Slayton.

Among the items newly unearthed are religious items belonging to 18th century African-American slaves buried there. The Slayton House, a four-story brick structure on Duke of Gloucester street was built in 1774, a year before the American Revolution.

Archie Wright, our Class poet-laureate, recently received national recognition from the National Library of Poetry. Archie's work is being included in a book entitled Through the Hourglass, a treasury of today's poetry. Archie's opus, "Random Thoughts" is quoted herewith. Bravo, Archie!

Random Thoughts One night while I was watching The waves of an angry sea, As the waves rolled in upon the beach A strange thought came to me.

Have you ever noticed the ground swells As they start, and rise, then fall?

A close comparison can be made To the lives of we creatures all.

As the waves rise, certain cultures Come to dominate periods of time, And the history of mankind is written By the prophets of each, in its prime.

But a wave will crest at its summit And return to its mother, the sea.

With the forces of nature expended On rip-tides and rocks in the lee.

So each culture seems destined to vanish Replaced by the next one to rise.

And the law of entropy triumphs As we wonder who really is wise.

"Howie" Kuehl won first prize in the 80 (age) and over group in the Tri-County Seniors Golf Tournament in September held at La Cumbre Country Club in Santa Barbara, CA. Well Done, Howie.

Thank You! Your support continues the tradition of the supporting "... those we leave behind..."

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Pres: CAPT Hugh Q. Murray, USN (Ret.) 6310 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria, VA 22307 Secy: CAPT Roy C. Smith HI, USNR (Ret.) 3730 Ramsgate Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403 (H) 410-268-5668 West Coast Correspondent: Captain Robert W. Leeman, USN (Ret.) 1611 Chatsworth Blvd, San Diego,CA 92107 When I was editing this magazine, it distressed me to hear people say that they never read much more than their Class news column or, for the elders, "Last Call." Unfortunately, a lot of Alumni still have that same idea, and they miss a great deal. With all the horrible press the Academy has been enjoying in the past couple of years, it is important that the Alumni know and understand the truth of what is actually going on. The present Shipmate staff is doing a very good job of laying out the facts of the problems that appear in the media, which never lets trath interfere with a scandalous story. If you really want to know what's happening, read all of each issue of Shipmate.

And, let me also put in a plug for the new and much more informative Register ofAlumni just about off the press. It lists everyone who ever took the oath as a Midshipman and now will include a geographical listing by areas, a chronology of USNA history, and a great deal of useful information for anyone visiting Annapolis. The new Register is a very good buy.

Helen and John Harllee have moved, though not very far. Their new address is Maplewood Park Place, 9707 Old Georgetown Road, Apt. 1108, Bethesda, MD 20814-1727; phone 301-493-9555.

Emily NcNaughton, Bruce's widow, has also moved to a new address but transcontinental. No longer wanting to live alone, she has moved to an assisted living retirement home in Silver Spring, MD, near her daughter Sue. The new address is 8505 Springvale Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910, and the telephone is 301-587-5953. WB&Aresidents please note.

The WB&A luncheon kicking off the new season was hosted by Mary V. Moore, Allen's widow, at Annie's Restaurant on Maryland's Eastern Shore on 26 September with 23 Classmates and wives present.

The crab cakes were delicious and the ambiance was wonderful, which made for a most pleasant gathering. Attendees included Dorothy Bunevich, Dot Buse, Verna (Hyde) and John Craven, Lil Dickey, Isabel Fleck, Mill Gralla, Helen and John Harllee, Tres and Dud Hill, Betty and Bill Keller, Janet and Angus MacLeod, Lady Ours, Eleanor Ring, Ann and Roy Smith, Les Stone, and Rose Williams. Including our hostess, that totals 15-8 in favor of the ladies. Some years back, we eight men might have thought those odds pretty favorable.

Mili told us that Art Gralla has improved to the point where they now believe he is on the upswing to recovery; and, while it will no doubt be a long period, they are all quite optimistic about his progress. Lester Stone was welcomed for his first appearance in a very long time. He is still up in the beautiful foothills at Blue Ridge Summit, PA, and still actively engaged in painting. "Is there anything else to do?"

During the lunch, several people asked how many Classmates were still among the living. As of 4 October, there were 149 Classmates and 165 widows with known addresses. That ratio is a little better than the 8-15 of our luncheon.

In a sad call that evening, Mickey Champlin told me that his beloved Ginny had passed away on the 23rd from a heart attack coupled with pneumonia, but that she had been in poor health for a long time

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and had earned her rest. We chatted about our mutual inability to find a publisher for our books, but I'm surprised that no one has picked up his. Champ wrote a series of three articles for Shipmate when I was Editor about his remarkable experiences and adventures in Cavite, on Bataan and Corregidor, and in evacuation by submarine in the early days of World War II, They were all well-documented, supported by awards of the Navy Cross and Silver Star, but astounding in the on-the-spot decisions he made as to what had to be done to rescue or destroy public and private property. Very few junior officers have been faced with so many in such a short time, and Champ deserves a world of praise for his courage in doing what he saw had to be done right then.

Bob Leeman wrote that he found this picture among some forgotten records of a super tour as Exec of NAS Trinidad in 1947-48. "Flying into some of those primitive Caribbean islands where there were no available docks or ramps, the natives often kindly and cheerfully provided services to insure dry feet."

(For an aviator, I suppose that was a good substitute for a gig.)

Bob Leeman comes ashore from a 1948 flight to St. Lucia.

Sylvia Lee, Bob's widow, read about the need for a' 34 ring in the Alumni Association's ring bank and asked Colin Jock Mackenzie to send Bob's along to me for donation there. Years ago, my ring finger was so badly sprained that I could not fit any ring over its knuckle and therefore never bought one when the Class officers authorized me to wear the Class ring.

Out of casual curiosity, I tried on Bob's and found a perfect fit, just as though it had been made for my finger So I will now wear Bob Lee's ring and hope that someone else will contribute another to the ring bank. Thank you, Sylvia and Colin Jock.

Three days after the ring arrived, Larry Clark called to tell me that Sylvia had died on 4 October, the welcome end of a long and hopeless illness. Internment was scheduled for 18 October at Arlington next to Bob. He also informed me that Gussie Mae and Jock Mackenzie, who live in the same area, had been looking after her for some time in the absence of any family survivors. I'm sorry she never got my letter of thanks for Bob's ring; it might have cheered up her last days.

A little later, Larty called again to inform me that Zane Thompson had died on 2 October at Capistrano Beach, CA, and that his ashes would be scattered at sea by the Navy. He is survived by wife Elizabeth (Betty) and two children. Zane resigned on graduation but came back to service a year later as a student aviator and was commissioned in the Marine Corps. He flew all through World War II in the Pacific, earning a DFC, and retired shortly after the war as LtCol. Zane did not contribute to either of our 35th and 50th yearbooks, so I have no further data from which to prepare an obituary. If someone who knew him better could do that, I would be very grateful.

Homecoming this year had very little participation by '34, probably because it has just grown too

big and too young for us old folks. (That's why we have our reunions in the Spring when things are not so crowded.) The traditional '34 lead-off foursome for the golf tournament had only two Classmates, Dune Dixon and Roy Smith, for Fid Murray was at a ship's reunion and John Condon was having recurtent medical problems that kept him pretty much at home. We played with Charlie Minter '37, one of our Plebes, and Doc Abbott '39 in five hours of good fun and games; but unfortunately, the games did not include good golf. At Saturday's tailgate before the game with Duke, the Smiths and Betty Tovrnsend, Bob's widow, were the only '34 among a total often in the combined '31-'34 area, the Dixons being much delayed by traffic; but the game more than made up for any disappointments of the day.

Hilda Gunn, Pop's widow, called in early October to ask whether the Alumni Association would like to have Pop's Class ring for its ring bank, to which the answer was "Yes, indeed." We then had a long and pleasant conversation covering reminiscences of their attendance at our 60th reunion, his and my old water polo days, activities of the Coronado Alumni chapter, etc. Two items of note were that the Naval War College had requested that she donate Pop's papers, which she gladly did, and that she had some cancer surgery that turned out to be a 100% cure with no trace of recurrence. Hooray for that news.

A note from Russ Maynard said that Rule and he had been out to Portland, OR, for a reunion of LOUISVILLE in which he served at the beginning of WWII. There were about eighty enlisted, including all four of his AA battery gunner's mates, and two officers for a very enjoyable affair. LOUISVILLE had the rare task of bringing 128 tons of gold from South Africa to Brooklyn in 1941, while a sailing ship was loaded with lead and sailed for England to deceive Axis intelligence. The Maynards also revisited Mt. St. Helens, which they had first seen in 1980 in mideruption. Their lunch that day was covered with ashes as they tried to eat it, and they had a shocking scene crossing over the Turtle River with houses and tracks swept away under the bridge. It was closed twenty minutes later. My wish for all at this season is Feliz Pascuas y Prospero Ano Nuevo (Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year). This is better than "Happy New Year" because prosperity goes beyond just happinessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;without necessarily meaning wealth.

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Pres: CAPT Jefferson D. Parker, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas: CAPT L. M. Detweiler, USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Drive, #433, McLean, VA22101 Secy: CAPT W.H. Packard, USN (Ret.) 5600 Yorktown Blvd., Ariington, VA 22207 (H) 703-536-7120 [Ed. Note: Please see "All Hands" this issue for a much deserved tribute to your Corresponding Secretary. I am very proud to say "I work with Captain Packard"...Fondly, Nancy] It is regretfully reported that Omar Spain's widow, Nancy, died on 29 August 1996 at the community hospital in Skaneateles, NY, after a brief illness. She was buried with Omar at Arlington National Cemetery on 9 September. Omar died in 1967.

Warren Armstrong in La Jolla reports his son.

Brace, who is an active member of the U.S. Foreign Service, has recently been assigned in Washington after serving for four years with USIS at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany. His address will be added to our Class address list as indicated below in the final paragraph.

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The Class column in the November Shipmate mentioned the Sub-Vets of Worid War II Convention in Milwaukee. Herewith is a picture of most of the Class attendees, taken and sent in by Lib Ward.

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Pres: CAPT John M. Oseth, USN (Ret.) S e c y Treas., CAPT C M . Butler USN (Ret.) H O I S . Ariington Ridge Road, Ariington, VA22043 S e c y : CAPT WilHam A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) Goodwin House West #832,3440 S. Jefferson Street, Falls Church, VA 22041-3127; 703-578-7546

Ralph Metcalf, Dave McClintock, Flash Flacksenhar. Bub Ward, and Steiny Steinmetz.

As has been mentioned several times during past years, the noteworthy effort by Ruth and Mac Wordell to establish and enhance the success of the organization. La Mesa Beautiful, did not cease with the passing of Mac on 26 February. Ruth as a cofounder of La Mesa Beautiful, continued her interest in that organization, but she has now moved to Santa Barbara, CA, to be near her children. Before departing the home that Ruth and Mac had shared for many years, the city of La Mesa held an awards luncheon on 18 September honoring individuals and organizations for their support of La Mesa Beautiful's efforts at making La Mesa a more beautiful and livable community. Before the awards were made, the mayor of La Mesa read and presented a special, beautifully framed, resolution to Ruth as a co-founder and mainstay of La Mesa Beautiful.

News on '35's Homecoming '96 activities on 4 October and tailgating prior to the Navy-Duke football game the following day, could be voluminous.

The best part of that weekend was the lunch and enjoyable get-together sponsored by Patsy and George Hutchinson at their Annapolis home. Those attending (in addition to Patsy and George) included: Hattie Abhau with daughter Elliot, Cy Austin from California with daughter Susie, Phyllis and Rod Badger, George Baker from Hilton Head, SC, escorting Liz Hooff, Chet Briggs escorting Lucy Rundle, Poppy and Clag Claggett, Ruth and Slade Cutter, Roberta and Morrow Decker from Vermont, Ida Mary and Lou Detweiler, Annabella Walling DuBois, Lib and Jim Eppes, recently moved from Georgia and now living in Annapolis, Gwen and Jesse Gay, Bruce Hemphill from CA escorting Dotty Rakow, Sellen and Ed Keats, Alice and Page Knight from Kinsale, VA, Wy Packard, Louisa and Jeff Parker, Bliss Schumann with her nice niece Estelle, Elise Seymour, and Doris and Art Tarantino.

French Wampler's widow, Bette, wrote her first '96 Christmas card on 1 October, reporting on her travels of the past Summer and on a planed "ten-day junket down the East Coast" starting from New York on 31 October in the SILVER CLOUD. Scheduled stops include the following ports: Philadelphia, Alexandria, Yorktown, Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville. She hopes to see old friends at these ports, as she goes South. It is also hoped that any members of the Class she sees will report same if they haven't already done so by the time they read this.

Address changes: James B. Eppes, Jr. and Lib are now at 1307 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401-7271; Bob Prickett and Helen are now at 1985 Lemonwood Lane, Vista, CA 92083-9012; French Wampler's widow, Bette, is at 308 Roycroft Ave., Long Beach, CA 32233-4581; Mac Wordell's widow, Ruth, moved to Rancho Franciscan, 215 Hitchcock Way, Apt. 208, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; add to Class children list: Bruce Armstrong, 3128 Windwood Farms Drive, Oakton, VA 22124.

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A merry Christmas to you all. Don't know how '96 got away from us so fast; but here it is, the last month of this year and the end of our 60th Anniversary celebration year. Again there is a dearth of news from you since no one sent a letter or called lately with anything but sad news. Again we yell "May Day! May Day! Our ESP well is running dry!" A call, 703-578-7546, or a note would be much appreciated.

First, let us straighten out a misunderstanding. Bill Parham was not elected as the Class' Shipmate regional 1936 Class representative. Harry Stark, who has assisted us in this capacity for all our 39 years as your Scribe, remains as our assistant for the Southern California area. In response to our President's suggestion that Class regional representatives are now in order since the Class is so widely dispersed.

Bill Parham volunteered to be one and Bill Thomas agreed to assist him. They were the only ones who responded to John Oseth's suggestion. So you might say. Bill is thus the "Vice-President" of the Southern California region. News of interest for Shipmate still should be sent to Harry Stark who has a computer and access to the national network. Our apology to you all as well as to Harry Stark.

John Oseth's business meeting suggestion is still open and is still a very good one when you stop to consider that now we are all in or approaching our octogenarian years. It would be of great help to John in carrying out his Class responsibilities as our President if he had the assistance of several definite "Regional Vice-Presidents" on whom he could rely to help him get the word to Classmates and expedite the execution of Class affairs in their respective regions. It would be wonderful if we had volunteers from the Northwest U.S., as well as from the Midwest northern. Midwest southern and the East coast (New England, Norfolk, Middle East, and Florida) regions. How about it fellows? Any volunteers?

From Barbara Sleight came the following request for advice: ...Bob had written a 'mini-memoir' of his life at the Academy as a Midshipman. The remarkable thing to me is that he wrote it almost sixty years later! I know he hoped to have it published. It is not only entertaining but 'historical.' (Times have changed.) There has been so much bad press about the 'going ons' in the Navy as well as at the Naval Academy, that I believe there would be a certain amount of interest in a book of this type at this time.

My question: Do you have any suggestions? Does the Alumni Association publish works such as Bob's? If not, perhaps the editorial staff could point me in the right direction. I want to send the manuscript and a cover letter to an editor with a name and address who might consider it, or who knows someone who would. The book, by the way, is dedicated to 'United States Naval Academy Class of 1936.' Any helpful hints or ideas will be greatly appreciated.

We have made a brief reply to Barbara's question suggesting the U.S. Naval Institute as a possible publisher, but a better one may exist. If you have one, please reply direct to Barbara at the home address: 1717 Ala Wai Blvd., #1306, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815; phone: 808-955-5652. I am sure she would appreciate your advice.

When we returned from Iowa in late September, we were grieved to learn from Dick Bradley that Del Quackenbus had written him a note saying that

his wife. Fern, had died on 31 August 1996 in Venice, FL. We have no further details on Fern's death, but our deepest sympathy is expressed at this late date to Del and the members of the family. Classmates and friends may send personal condolences to Del at the home address: 982 Inagua Avenue East, Venice, FL 34292.

A note from Abe Lincoln (24 Sept.) said: .. .Looking forward to a 52nd-yr ship reunion in New Orleans. Have had to slow down on my world peace traveling...Bought a dream TennesseeWalker trail horse and have rejoined my Wednesday Riders...Am enjoying my volunteer work at the Salvation Army Rehab Center near my home.

Also thoroughly enjoyed our 60th Anniversary reunion. Good Job! Thanks for the kudo Abe, glad to hear from you and that you are still active in your community and Conflict Resolution work. We also thank you for the calendars you've been sending us for many years.

Harry Stark, accompanied by his daughter Kathy, was in town for a few days in early October settling up his sister-in-law's estate. They were so busy, they got out of town before we could visit with them except by phone. Harry said they were both fine and that they'd probably be back again soon since there were still a lot of matters to clear up.

We share with you the following notes received from Katie Chenault: Please thank the Class for the beautiful flowers in memory of Fred. They were at the church for his Memorial Service and at Fort Rosecrans for his burial. I'm so glad we made it to the 60th. Many of you I've known for over 60 years, and we always looked forward to meeting whenever it was possible. I hope to continue to do so. Most sincerely, Katie.

Jean Reed: An appropriate and beautiful Memorial Service was held for Bev on 6 September at the United Church of Marco Island. In lieu of flowers the family decision was to have donations made to the Allen B. Reed, Jr. Memorial Fund, c/o United Church of Marco Island. The memorial fund will be held at our church until decided which Medical Center the money is to go to since Al had carcinoid of the liverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;very rare, and so the funding for research has to be from donations that are made to [specific] individuals that are doing the research...There will be another memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery, where Al's parents are buried, whenever his son, Allen B., Ill, [2301 Barenmede Lane, Midlothian, VA 22113; phone, 804-379-2268] is able to make the arrangements for inurnment in the Columbarium.

At this writing, the inurnment was tentatively scheduled for 11 AM, on 8 November 1996.

We thank Katie and Jean for their notes and again express our sympathy to both of them. Addresses for both were previously furnished in the November Shipmate.

We were present Homecoming Saturday for that wonderful game when our Big Blue Team trounced Duke and were again elated the following Saturday when a field goal defeated the Air Force in Colorado Springs. Hopefully, the same will be victory over Notre Dame in Ireland. Regardless, when you read this, we hope it will also have been a "Beat Army" year.

In closing, it is with deep regrets that we report the sudden death of our good friend. Classmate, and Annapolis Reporter, James Thomas Reed, known to his Classmates as Tom. His death came on 26 September 1996 of sepsis at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore which he had re-entered for postoperative surgery. Tom, who was an "eye casualty" on graduation in 1936 and didn't receive a commission, went to work for DuPont de Nemours & Co. initially, and then later as a Junior Naval Architect at the David Taylor Model Basin. Upon the outbreak of WWII, he re-entered the Service, was commissioned, had duty in BUSHIPS, and at the end of

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the war transferred to the Regular Navy as an Engineering Duty Officer (EDO). Among his other assignments were BUSHIPS Representative for Underwater Countermeasures. ALUSNA, London; Assistant Chief of Staff for Maintenance Assignments, ComMinLant and ComServLant; Naval Shipyards Long Beach and Philadelphia; CO Naval Ship Repair Facility Guam; student Industrial College of the Armed Forces; and Assistant Inspector General, Naval Ships Systems Command. During this period, he was awarded the SECNAV Commendation Medal and the President's Meritorious Service Medal. After he retired in 1971 while serving in NAVSHIPS, he returned to Tennessee, where he was born and was President of a real estate company in Memphis until he returned to Annapolis in 1988, taking up residence in the Ginger Cove Retirement Community where he and his wife, the former Nancy Musterman of Annapolis, were active residents in its community affairs. Besides his wife of 60 years, Nancy, his survivors include daughters, Nancy Reed Robinson DeCou of Sterling, VA, and Elizabeth Leah Reed of Annapolis, MD; son, James T. Reed, Jr., of Seal Beach, CA; a brother, Charles Reed of Memphis, TN; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren to all of whom we extend our deepest sympathy. Classmates and friends may send personal notes of condolence to Nancy at the home address: 5109 River Crescent Drive, Annapohs, MD 214017273. This Class Scribe will miss Tom very much.

His assistance to us over the 39 years as your Cortesponding Secretary and his staunch support in writing this news column will be long remembered.

That's all for now. Have a merry, merry Christmas, and may Santa's present to all of us be a "BEAT ARMY!" end to a very successful Navy football season. GO NAY Y IN ' 97!!!

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Pres: CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas: RADM D.G. Baer, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Frank N. Shamer, USN (Ret.) 7112 Lewison Drive, San Diego, CA 92120-1248 Received a nice thank you note from Mrs. Emily Jane (Lani) Ramazzotti, Katy and Sid Freedman's daughter and family point of contact. Her address should have appeared in the Class column in the November Shipmate.

On behalf of my brother and myself, thank the USNA Class of 1937 through you for the donation to the Cancer Society in my parents' name. We are so grateful.

Believe me, we also are so grateful for all your personal efforts to assist us, including your marvelous eulogy. Dad was lucky to meet you all those years ago. You made an excellent friend.

I 'm sure your parents and my grandparents must have known each other in the small world of the Supply Corps. My grandfather served 54 1/2 years active duty, joining as a seaman in 1898.

The military service was .so beautiful, and Father Kellogg did a lovely job. I only wish my girls could have shared in the honor done their grandfather. It is something the civilian world only glimpses. Thank you and God Bless you, Lany Ramazzotti and family.

Father Kellogg '54 is a retired submariner "nuke" captain. As Class coordinator for the Pennsylvania/ New Jersey area, Paul Huelsenbeck attempted to poll his "flock" by telephone. Not a great success.

Here are some excerpts from his report.

The call to Henry Burfiend was delightful.

While he sounds like a million. Hank says his health level has dropped considerably. He has asked to be

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Step and one half Farrell.'09 coach. Frank Worth, Bill Held, Bill Kessler, PW. Jackson, Bob Bottenfield, Rolls Ross, Skid Skidmore, Owen Chambers, and Keith Robertson, manager. In front. Rex Wheeler, coxswain. relieved as my alternate coordinator.

At the Cames number—daughter Diane reported the death of her mother (Edna) in June, 1995.

John Garner has improved, but still not in good health—uses a walker to get around—has a throat problem which makes swallowing difficult so he has cuspidors all around. John lost his son, a junior, to a heart attack on 22 September 1996.

A very pleasant conversation with Joe Rengel's widow, Betty, indicated she and the whole family were doing well.

Christie Robertson, Keith Roberton's widow, said the family is in good health, each pursuing its own goals. Their beautiful farm is about to be sold.

Tiny talks of a fine USNAAA sponsored trip out of Portland, OR, on the Columbia and Snake rivers.

Tiny rates it "thoroughly enjoyed and heartily recommended." He reports himself recovered from "surgically removed kidney stone episode."

Woodward M. (Bill) Kessler reports in part: "My daughter, Sara Kessler Keeney, as a surprise for me, donated a shell, four with coxwain, at Hubbard Hall on 13 August. In the first photo. Bill is "christening" the shell. In the second photo the second from the left is our daughter, Sara, then Bill, USNA Director of Athletics, Jack Lengyel and my wife, Laura."

Bill Kessler christening the shell.

Get the News while it is ''hot."

Find out how in ''All Hands" in this issue!

Sara Kessler Keeney, donor. Bill Kessler, Jack Lengyel, and Laura Kessler In his letter Bill points out that what he is looking at is the speaker system that provides each rowing position with what the coxswain is saying into his microphone from his station, supine in the bow, with only enough of his head above the hull to let him see what is going on. From this position he steers, gives the cadence, and encourages and informs his crew.

Each rowing position contains shoes permanently fixed in position and personally fitted to the man assigned that position. Bill rowed lightweight crew and enclosed a picture of our plebe lightweight first shell. He states that only three of those pictured are still living. Were he to subscribe to Bill Brinckloe's Class Register, he would know that four are still with us. They are Frank Worth, Bill, Bob Bottenfield, and Rollo Ross.

As to his health, he states, "It seems as though you could open a medical book to any page and find my ailment there, including cancer, heart, arthritis, back, etc., but I get around. I'm one of those people a certain politician doesn't appreciate; he thinks we should all consult Dr Kervorkian." Bill's envelopes salute the defense of Wake Island 8-21 December 1941 and include an acknowledgment by a CDR Masatake Okumiya, JIN that considering the number in the invasion force and the meager number of defenders, the action was, "one of the most humiliating defeats the Japanese Navy ever suffered." The envelope should include the location of Bill's battery on the island. Ever the loyal marine. Bill closes his letters with Semper Fi. In the September Shipmate, I hope you didn't spend too much time identifying the Classmates and their ladies in the bottom photo of the center column on page 61. The photo also appears on page 55, correctly in this case, because it is a picture of people from the Class of ' 3 1 . I assume the idenfification

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under that photo is cortect. I have not found our photo anywhere in the magazine. It is the first time this has happened in my experience. If I get it back (as usually is the case) and it has not appeared as a correction, I will slip it into a later column.

Be sure and send in your bid to be with us in Annapolis in the 60th Reunion.

KEEPREVVIN' WITH '37!

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Boykin" with the thought that if your local news situation is similar to the Baltimore Sun, a "letter to the editor" might be highly appropriate...as a public service!!! Give it a thought!

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Pres: RADM M. H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) Chairman, Wash. Area CAPT J. H. Raymer, USN (Ret.) 703-979-8130 Sec'y: CAPT R. W. Carter, SC, USN (Ret.) 3II8 Little Creek Lane, Alexandria, VA 22309 (H) 703-780-8779 We seem to be a "quiet bunch," as one of my neighbors dubs us! We have watched the politicians and media enjoy "beating up" on USNA and the Navy in general—throughout these many months and years— twisting things into spectacular, destructive attacks on USNA character and integrity! The Baltimore Sun newspaper has been particularly evident in a seemingly endless vendetta against USNA—citing isolated events and turning then into total denunciation!

Bill Boykin, a long time Baltimore citizen, thought it was time to bring this sad situation to the attention of the Sun publisher and CEO. He pointed out to Ms. Junck that as a USNA graduate, martied to a Baltimore lady, and with a son who is also a Navy Captain Class of '68, and about 60 years or so of being a loyal Baltimore citizen, he is in a pretty good position for constractive comment. So—Bill pointed out that Admiral Larson has many on-going changes of determined insistence and effective effort to accept into USNA only those of the very highest qualifications and ideals—but, despite all, a few bad apples get by or slip in. Usually these people are rather quickly eliminated. The Sun paper reporting concentrated ONLY on these "bad-apple-events" to create the impressions of general disaster Nothing could be farther from the trath. So, Bill recommends to the Sun that they take a look at the operation of the LEADERS FORUM in January 1997—whereby about 100 Midshipmen and Cadets from the Service Academies spend about a week together, to be counseled by the top Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, Coast Guard officers to lead our Armed Forces, not only with knowledge, but with the crucial factors of character and integrity!!! This is powerfully proclaimed by our present military leaders including General Christman, General Newton, General Krulak. Admiral Boorda, Admiral Edney, Admiral Larson and other great leaders completely dedicated to excellence of their Country and its institutions! Bill Boykin then recommended to the Sun's publisher that, "rather than continuing your concentration on the spectacular, why not educate readers on the purposes and aims of USNA. These are splendid in concept and generally result in excellence found in few places of learning today."

This letter of Bill's DID get a reply to the effect that the Sun newspaper IS working on stories that portray the Academy in a less critical light and... while not promising anything specifically, they are giving consideration to doing a story on the LEADERS FORUM!! Properiy done, such should reassure all hands about Academy integrity and purpose. We do surely applaud this kind of rebuttal as a helpful kind of action which can be most productive in having the American public know "how it really is"— with the reassurance that honor, truth and integrity reign at USNA! We do say, "Thanks Bill Irvine, Berthrong, Akers, Fleps, and friend

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Presidents Corner This month's KUDOS go to Bill Boykin for winning four gold medals in the recent seniors' swim meet. Bill, in his modesty, points out that he is the youngest in the over-80 group, and has something of an advantage over those "old guys." Bill also made some waves when he wrote to the Baltimore Sun that they should look for some good things to say about USNA—he received a fine response from one of the senior editors to the effect that they agree with Bill and that the Sun is doing a story on the experiences of a pair of twins in the Class of 2000. Good work.

Bill!!!

We can also take some credit for the great performance of the football team, for some 27 of the Class turned out for the Homecoming to cheer them on.

We will even have two reps on the Ireland tour to see the Notre Dame game. Classmates making the longest trip to Homecoming—Jack Mansfleld and Charlie Akers from California—second honors for distance went to Jane and Walt Small who came up from Florida. It was a great day!

Mailbag My mailbox brings me lots of goodies from the Class in the form of books to be read, achievements and happenings. Most of the books are pretty current in time—however, from Howard Benge, I received a book that takes us "back in time over 100 years" to tell the story of an Annapolis grad who wound up in the Chinese Navy to fight in the Battle of the Yalu in 1894! Whatta story and a fine addition to our Class library. You can bortow it by just dropping me a card and I'll send it along. Ed Conrad responded to our continuing call for Class-Clips in the September Shipmate on pages 38 and 39 titled "Post-Naval Careers"—in which he started out as an educator and became a mariner again as a Great Lakes ship pilot. Anyone top that for application of our Navy skills in retirement??? If you missed it take look—Good Reading! From Larry Pierce on other subjects I find out that Larty has completed the first seven chapters of a book he is writing about Larty's Navy—lots of action including 80 missions flying at Guadacanal, and the days of dual-skills, like being the Chief Engineer and Commissary Officer of a destroyer. We'll be looking for Larty's book. Now back to a that continuing worry and consternation in our Class about how integrity, honesty, character, courage, dedication meet the pressures of political cortectness on today's Navy. Some of these things are explained—well kind of—in a book by Admiral Crowe '47 titled The Line Of Fire. The book is a cold-water-shock to some, including me, and seems to endorse accepting political cortectness and learning in skills in other than what we might think were Naval proficiencies. Maybe this does help explain some of the things and the emergence of certain subcultures in Navy life-to-be. I'm only about halfway through the book—and quite obviously some concepts are changing—not sure where it will take us— pretty scary! If you have read the book, how about comment? Tell you more later Midshipman Pashnehtala, Class of '97, President of the Class of '38 sponsored Leadership Library in Bancroft Hall, reported that the "Monster Mash" obstacle course championship has been elevated to an event in the color Company competition as an excellent example of teamwork and leadership—you remember that K.G. Robinson presided over last year's prize ceremony. Our funding helps the Library to do its job in supplying leadership materials to individual Midshipmen and wardrooms; and is a much appreciated contribution.

While on the subject of leadership—the next Leaders' Forum time is 2-4 January 1997—mark your calendars!!

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Forum I have two piles of your opinions as to the November election 5 November to see who will be President into the next century—if you were to believe this Class "poll" it would be President Dole!!!—by a landslide of over 92-i-%!! But as of this October date of writing, the "media polls" are predicting a Clinton win!! How can that be?? Are we that different from the general public as to the qualities of character and integrity that we think our Commanders must be. With our '97 Leaders' Foram coming up in January—wonder what today's Midshipmen think?? Our Leaders' Forum speakers continue to be pretty emphatic in their insistence that you can't make it as a Navy leader without those necessary character qualities of integrity, selflessness, physical and moral courage!!! So, it looks like this election will tell us a lot more than just who won—it may tell us a lot about ourselves as a nation. And by the time you read this—we all will know!!!

Class Events September Safari—that's about what it is, but that isn't what they call it! It's more like a mini-reunion in approved '38 style at Capon Springs, WV—every September, with emphasis on golf, hiking, contests, games,—four days of just relaxing in the cool comfort of luxury!! There were 17 this year—The Jones, Beshanys, Robinsons, Rindskopfs, Fleps, Irvine, Gugliotta, Emilou Melvin, Ro Brown, Shirley Andrews, Fran Pearson, Ann Church. The pictures kind of tell the story—Nice living!!

Class luncheons had some changes—for years the Washington Group had their monthly meetings at Fort Myer—but now have moved to Army Navy Country Club...where we do actually get room privacy, parking is much easier and at better prices. The only hitch was how to pay for it under ANCC rules— but Bob Bidwell and Hugh Robinson solved that nicely. In addition to the regulars we had Bud Wolfe visiting from California—Bud says he hope Classmates will visit him when in the Bay Area. It was also good to see Bill Hunnicut down from his Pennsylvania home. Here are a couple of pictures of the group at the "new" location luncheon. In the "foreign traveler" department—Birgitta and Snowden Arther are back from two weeks in Sweden where they celebrated the 50th birthday of their goddaughter Christina.. .visited the well where King Olaf was baptized in 1000 AD thus bringing Christianity to Sweden. Now that they are back in good old USA, Snowden is teaching a course at American University on Medieval literature and the ten best operas of Richard Wagner!! Fascinating things that these '38ers do!!

Note from Leo Jensen tells us that the San Diego faithfuls got together—and that the great sea-stories are still great. He also commented on the '96 Foram tapes which are being passed around and that reactions and comments are mixed. They particularly like the Krulak presentations—as we all do. Now that Summer is gone, drop us a note with your SummerClips of what you did, how you did it, and was it fun??

Remembrances We learn that Classmate Thurlow W. Reed Jr. died 13 September 1995 after suffering for years with Alzheimer's disease. His wife Vivian tells us of their enjoyment of the Class 50th Reunion at Annapolis.

Thurlow left USNA before graduation to become a Major in the Air Force. Their home was in Palm Beach. FL, where Vivian presently resides. We lost Classmate Charlie M Robertson in 1983 and now we are advised that wife Dolly Robertson died in Tucson, AZ on 23 September 1996. The Class made a memorial contribution to the Corondelet Foundation in Tucson in Dolly's name. Again we pause in remembrance and memory.

Moves And Relocations New address for Frank Silk—as 16925 Hierba Dr Apt 103, San Diego CA 92128...incidentally, Ruth Silk says, "Frank continues in the Nursing Home and she has moved to be near him in the Independent Living Section of the Remington Club in Raucho Bernaido..." Frank hopes we can stop by...regards to everyone. For the rest of us???...all quiet...I guess??

Class Clips In the "Golf Section" of the Class History Board is a peg for, "Most Hole-in-ones." The existing record total was the Mike Rindskopf with THREE! Now we have a new reported record of Frank Jones with a new hole-in-one for a total of FIVE!! Anyone to top Frank's record—just let me know!!

Last Thoughts Some letters from Classmates indicate that some of us may have lost our Class of 1938 Lucky BagW Looking through the Class's "Miscellaneous Locker" I find a couple of our Lucky Bags in really good shape. So, any of you '38-ers that have lost your own Lucky Bag, drop me a line and I'll send one along to its new home, no charge!! Just smile and stay happy after the election—if you can...but in any event, think how lucky we are to live in our time!!.. .maybe it will go down in history as, "The Best Ever"!! Stay Safe!!RWC

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Pres: CAPT Paul Loustaunau, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT WiHiam J. Ruhe, USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Avenue, McLean, VA 22102 The '39 October Washington luncheon was withwives with sixty five in attendance. Rita Perna told me of her successful book signings of her latest religious book Grapes of Glory which reflects the Bible's Galatians 5.27. Lois and Pres Shamer arrived at the luncheon through "hail and heavy rain;" and although normally being the '39ers from the furthest away, they were eclipsed with the arrival of Barbara and Elmo Waring from Oregon who were on a tour of the Northeast U.S. Elmo reported seeing Grant Rogers in Arizona, who said he was on his way to the annual Hoboes Convention, his having qualified for this dubious membership by riding the rails when he reported to the Boy's School back in 1935. Grant had also tried to get me to go since I'd also qualified to be a Hobo, having ridden the rods to California for the 1932 Olympics.

Elmo and Barbara Waring at '39's October Washington Luncheon

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Patterson and Mrozinski at Washington Luncheon Tom Bell who'd been absent from Washington in an unexplained fashion, revealed that he'd just completed a rail trip from Toronto to Vancouver—looking at the lovely Canadian scenery and getting his act back together after the death of his Marian. This is to be followed shortly, he said, by an Inland Waters cruise from Norfolk to Florida. Danny Weitzenfeld, as MC, raffled off a large number of presents donated by Betty Claypoole and Carolyn Anderson—who made all the arrangements for the luncheon, but who wasn't there.

L to R; Ruhe, Jeff Miller and Weitzenfeld at '39 October Washington Luncheon Flip Anderson collected the money and paid the food bill. Danny then passed out two of his "walking sticks" after Ginny's plug that "I couldn't do without one of Danny's walking sticks." Then Danny had a program of four submariners telling the story of U.S. submarines, past, present and future. Ned Beach spoke to past history telling about a rowboat covered with leather which lasted five minutes under water before it sank to the bottom. Then there was David Bushnell's Revolutionary War TURTLE. She was a one-man hand-propelled diving chamber that looked like an egg standing on end. Her mission was to sneak up on an enemy ship, leave a time bomb screwed to the hull and withdraw to safety before the explosion. Three attacks on British ships went awry. Then Ned's story about the Confederate sub HUNLEY brought many chuckles and a few guffaws.

It was so humorous that I suggested that he use it whenever he gave a speech about submarines.

HUNLEY, he said, "had a crew of nine men, eight of whom, like galley slaves, turned hand-cranks attached to the propeller shaft and slowly propelled HUNLEY towards its target. She had an explosive on the end of a pole which when it went off against the Union ship HOUSATONIC caused such a big pressure wave that her crew never lived to celebrate the victory.

Ned and Ingrid Beach at '39 October Washington Luncheon

Hindman and Shamer at Washington Luncheon Bing Gillette produced almost as many laughs as Ned when he told about our subs in World War II. Ernie Schwab talked to our present program of submarines, and I talked to the future of U.S. submarines. My Carol reminded me to mention that by the year 2000 "women will be part of a submarine's crew.

And don't knock it. It's inevitable." Ugh! Paul Loustaunau reminded that he has booked 30 rooms at the Holiday Inn, Annapolis for the 60th Reunion.

He needs the names of those '39ers who'll need rooms so as to determine soon how many more rooms should be reserved for 1999. At which, Bing Gillette, feeling his age, softly commented "I'll have to talk with my doctor before I commit to something three years hence." Amen!

A letter from Rear Admiral Ron Marryott '57, the new President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association to Ralph Benitez the author of the book of ethics ANCHORS, says: "I want to congratulate you and your Classmates for the excellent work ANCHORS that you developed for the Brigade of Midshipmen. The book is a fine compilation of words and actions to live by. Well done to the Class of 1939."

Nancy and Ralph Benitez at Homecoming Tailgate Butch Coulter sent me a letter to the Editor of The (Annapolis) Capital. It's from Red Waldron, a scrappy community-minded person, that excoriates the City Council for "not representing the resident majority in their successful attempt to repeal the Revenue Charter Amendment." He's thus spearheading an effort to put revenue authority back in the 1997 ballot.

A note from Fred Clarke says: I have one wrist in a cast so this letter is slow work. Our San Diego monthly September luncheon was attended by Barker, Bemis, Brent, Clarke, Dolan, Fischer, Paine, Ramage, Mathew, Wallingford and Norton. Diana (Danny) Howland has moved from her La Jolla home to a retirement home at 1207 Horizon Lane, Medford, OR, 97504, Her phone number is 541-857-6029 .

Elmo Waring, a few days after the October luncheon wrote: Just wished for you to know how much we enjoyed the with-wives luncheon and are looking forward to the 60th Reunion in 1999. Consider this an application for a room at the Holiday Inn. Played golf at the Fairfax Army-Navy course with Paul Loustaunau who, at the luncheon, had volunteered to give me a game. Our score is a secret, but we each had a par hole—Paul on a par three hole near a creek where I'd swum 70 years ago. We'd have missed the Class luncheon had not Freddy Kittler reminded about 'the first Wednesday of the month at Ft. Myer business.' We spent three grand days as guests of Connie and Kit on their Loblolly Farm in Ware-Neck, Virginia. They're wonderful hosts.

Played golf with Kit, but his swing is limited by arthritis and is too painful to give the game a real go. We also attended the Ware Episcopal Church, the Oldest church in our country, being built in 1652. It's a most elegant structure where the Kittlers add their lilting voices to the choir We're now off to Skaneatelas, NY, to visit Adele Shumway who

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The Greens, Glennons, Bills, Robertshaws, Henrietta Schratz, Muhlenbergs, Gayle, Ruhes, Benitezs, Gillettes, Weitzenfelds, Coulters, Stiles, Colemans and Loustaunaus.

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also sings in an Episcopal choir. Missed her last year, but we're determined to see her this time as we traverse the Northeast.

'39 was well represented at the Alumni Association's Washington luncheon on 17 September. The speaker was Admiral Leighton Smith '62, who as CINCSOUTH was in charge of the Bosnia ground operation. He gave us many insights into the problems involved in trying to keep the Croats, Muslims and Serbs from doing each other in. Eleanor and Paul Adams with son Tom (on the Bosnia desk at the State Department) were at our table, along with Bud Gore who had Chaplain Thomas's son as a guest; plus Moss, Schwab, Coleman, Ruhe, Weitzenfeld, Glennon and J.S. Lawrence. As usual '39 was second in numbers attending—behind the Class of '52.

Fred Clarke also sent a news article from the San Diego Union Tribune of 8 September. It told of the death of Bobo Bobcynski's wife, Jane, from cancer: She found time to paint, contribute to charitable and political causes, perform in amateur theatricals and raise seven children. She died of cancer in her home overlooking San Diego Bay. Last year she had a fund-raiser for presidential candidate, Pat Buchanan, who addressed about 250 supporters.

Bom in Long Beach, Jane Ives while living in Hawaii with her parents, witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor She taught Art History at Norfolk Catholic High School and for many years been active in parent-teacher associations and literary discussion groups. We'll miss this unique, lovely and very interesting woman.

The '39ers at the tailgate for the Duke Game, October 5th, celebrated their fifty-seventh annual reunion.

Barbara and John Muhlenberg at '39 57th Annual Reunion A late artival was Doc Abbot. When we all got into the stadium, we found all '39ers who were not season ticket holders to be scattered around—low in the stands and about at the 35-yard line. This, despite the fact that there was a large bloc of empty seats close by our seats. A deliberate attempt of the Athletic Associafion to discipline us old timers?

What's more, the Class of '42, observing its 55th annual reunion was bunched between the 25 and 30yard line.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!

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Get the News while it is "hot."

Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue!

Doc Abbot and Ralph Benitez at '39 57th Annual Reunion

Dede and Al Robertshaw at '39 57th Annual Reunion A call for more information on George Scott's death elicited an outstanding eulogy written by Ben Jarvis and delivered at George's Memorial Service for his remains. A few excerpts from this eulogy help to describe this special Classmate that we've lost.

We were near neighbors in Bancroft Hall for four years; lock-stepped to classes in the same formation; manned adjacent blackboards in recitation; and took our exams together. I sweated through each exam while George cracked the subject and invariably left early. He starred without difficulty. I well remember when I manned the next blackboard to George, the dust from his streaking chalk obscured my plodding work with a milky haze. During evening study hours, he had the patience to tutor me in my great nemesis—Spanish, and routinely kept me off the 'tree'. Selected for advance studies in Naval construction at M.f T, his star performance led to a Master's Degree with great alacrity. Upon retirement from the Navy in 1962, he went into the rocket business with our Classmate Bob Truax at Aerojet General. Truax's failure to power Evil Knievel's Skycycle II across the canyon of the Snake River had nothing to do with George's entry into the financial world. George, a Gentleman, Naval Officer. World Traveler, Sportsman, Sailor, Scholar, Stockbroker, Family Man, Classmate and Friend—farewell.

Imitating Ann Landers, the Axiom for this column is Mrs. Murphy's Law: "The average woman talks 50 percent more than her husband listens." (This was submitted to me by Ernie Schwab who got it off the Internet and who gave me the excellent pictures shown.

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Pres: CAPT William M. Carpenter, USN (Ret.) 1119 Aquia Drive, Stafford, VA 22554 Sec'y: CDR Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler Place, Alexandria, VA 22302-3309 Washington Report On 16 September, Ted Hill hosted nearly a score of PALS'*'(*Potomac Area Lunch Survivors) to a hearty luncheon of corned-beef-and-cabbage at the Army-Navy CC in Arlington, VA, on the 2ndWednesday-of-the-Month. PALS* present included Berndtson, Bowell, Carpenter, Collins, Desmond, Eckert, Hanley, Healer, Rev. Heath, Karch, Kronmiller, Muhlenfeld, Newbold, Roseborough, Seim, Sledge, Stiriing and Triplett!! A good time was had by all...while Dee and the sec'y enjoyed September-after-Labor-Day at the Ocean City, MD, beach.

Then, on a beautiful autumnal day in October, Jack Bowell gathered the clan at the International Country Club in Chantilly, VA, for an afternoon of golfing and dining on a superb steak dinner (These PALS* really know how to celebrate a 2nd-Wednesday; in this instance—9 October) While the others swapped sea stories, George Kronmiller and Phil Eckert joined Jack on the golf course. The scores were classified.

Marge and Ed Muhlenfeld know how to enjoy the start of the fall season. An early October "Rehoboth Beach, Delaware" postcard from them admitted that: "It's too cool for swimming—but great weather for walking the boards. Drove over here for a 10-day stay in our neighbor's year-round cottage; all the comforts of home, while they are off to Europe..."

In last month's Shipmate, you read that the PALS* 25th 3rd-Sunday-of August Annual Picnic was much better than expected because of the unusually fine weather following a very, very soggy Summer. It was thus—a good "photo op". Our editor permitting, here are a few more snaps of the event to warm the spirits of our Classmates who may now be locked into December's chilly grip. And, oh by the way, a Merry Christmas and another 4.0 year to us all!!

Foreground table: Julianne and Ted Hill with granddaughter and 'Aussie' friend, Mrs. Lewis de Teligen.

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Foregroundâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jonnie Berndtson (wheelchair). Sis Lacouture and Berndtson.

Sis and John Lacouture, Desmond, Lamb.

Heimark, Desmond, Woodside, Jerry Lindsay, host Figuers.

Figuers, Lamb and Schafer.

The new '40 Roster will be out soon; meanwhile, here's a change of address for an Annapolis PAL*: CDR R.H. PauH, 2598 Timber Cove, Annapolis, MD 21401,410-266-7431.

The Distaff Side Barbara "Bobbi" Radford, widow of Cyrus S. Radford, Jr. (who died 4 April 1946 at Culebra Island, PR) "passed away on 10 July at Suburban Manor Nursing Home in Acton, Massachusetts after an extended illness..." Her son Cy III and his wife Julia have written: She had requested that her body be made an anatomical gift to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, We did as she requested; therefore, there wasn't a wake, funeral, nor was an obituary submitted to the newspaper. After we had time to collect our thoughts, a memorial service was held at the Congregational Church in Carlisle, Massachusetts (14 September 1996). Flowers were there from the Class of 1940. They were beautiful and the exact kind of arrangement that Barbara loved.

Thank you for the kind gesture...

Julia and Cy III disseminated the sad news of Bobbi's death to the family and friends in early September. Sam Forter, of nearby Hingham, MA, notified Bill Carpenter, artanged the floral tribute and, with his Jeanne, represented the Class at the Memorial Service. That's why this Class is known as the "Family Forty"! Many thanks and "Well Done!" to Jeanne and Sam. In the '40 Lucky Bag, he was described as having "a sense of humor and a sense of values that gives him the ability to steer a straight course through any water" Well, Nick Nicholson has embarked on his final trip. After a struggle with lung cancer, Nick died on Saturday, 28 September. His obituary is in this month's "Last Call". Gil, his wife for fifty-two happy years, remains in the new house they recently completed: 10232 Arrowhead Drive, Punta Gorda, FL 33955-4703, 813-637-1484. Gil plans his inurnment in the Spring of '97 in the USNA Columbarium, Annapolis. The date will be disseminated next year Gil's family sent in the obits from the local paper. Betsy Williams was kind enough to send in another from her Norfolk Paper, The Virginian-Pilot of 1 October. Many thanks, again!

News from Here and There News from Ted Rodgers of Lake Alamoosook (Bucksport), Maine, reports: "We are going to visit Blaine Libbey tomortow (12 September) and take Mary to lunch. She said that Blaine won't be able to join...he has difficulty in walking." By 27 October, Marguerite and Ted were scheduled to be enroute to their winter condo at Cocoa Beach, FL. Ted enclosed page 1 of the Bangor Daily News of 11 September 1996. Across the top of the page the Maine headline read: "Old sailor takes submarines to New Heights".

It was about George Kittredge of Thomaston, ME, who has built since retirement from the Navy, 52 one-man submarines; depth capacities from 250 to 600 feet! Prices range up to $150,000.00 each. The subs are battery-powered, but George is now working on a pedal-powered sub for sport and exercise.

And he is looking for a person with "deep pockets" to finance a 30 to 40-foot "Family Sub," like an underwater RV. With such a boat, one could picnic underwater (no smoke pollution), watch television, and see the fish swim by...

In a PC from Dusty Rhodes of Darien, CT: "Anne and I spent part of August in Tallahassee, FL, then a few days this month (September) with Anne's relatives in Nantucket. We toured the Island, tried surfcasting and gathered mussels to make a great stew!"

The word from D'Arcy and Ned Bent in Raleigh, NC, on 29 August (Dee and the sec'y's 54th Anniversary?): We greet you with much joy and all good news about Ned's recovery from a stroke on 2 July. After 4 weeks in the hospital, Ned returned home on 1 August; and now, in still another 4 weeks time, he has made great progress. We are thankful for many things, one of which is that Ned's speech came back within a few days of his stroke. Now he is going to therapy three times a week to gather strength in both his right leg and right hand. Ned and D'Arcy send ALL OF YOU "Many Thanks!" for your many cards, letters, phone calls, visits, etc. plus, most importantly YOUR prayers...

A second bulletin dated 28 September: Hi! Well, we made it through the night of Hurricane Fran... (when Fran) hit Raleigh and caused the worst catastrophe of the century here in Raleigh...Our house was hit at 2 A.M. Friday, 6 September.. .we were both asleep until the tree fell just inches from our bedroom window! (We) never hope to hear the sound of wind in a hurricane again... Horrible sound! We are okay and now waiting for repairs. Both trees (a 2nd tree smashed through the living room roof and bay window) are off the house and USAA has been GREAT...

Their many friends in the Family Forty pray that

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D'Arcy and Ned are both well enough to celebrate the '97 4th of July in Castine, Maine, where Ned helps Fritz Freund ran the annual Castine Capers, which are much more fun than hospitals and hurricanes.

During September, Georgia republican Cary Hall escaped a part of the pre-election humus (Newt versus the demoncrats) by taking a slow boat from Copenhagen to Barcelona. More, later.

Herman Klare will not be retuming to Harper's Ferty, WV. His permanent address will remain: 821 Lake Port Blvd, M-III, Leesburg, FL34748,352-7284499.

And Ed Donley has finally settled down also. He reports: After nearly nine years of commuting Alabama to Florida three or four times a year, Jo and I decided to stay in Huntsville (Alabama)—full time. Sold the house at Sunrise last July, and we are glad to be in one place—reasonably near our children and their families: Steve-Huntsville; Kevin—Atlanta; Doug—Nashville.

That address is: 236 Inverness Drive SW, Huntsville, AL 35802-4569, 205-883-7082.

Regional Veep Cliff Bundy kept the wires humming with West Coast news as Summer ended; some sad, some good. First—the unhappy events: On 8 August, Ned Weed died after a long illness. He had served on the cruiser SAN FRANCISCO through 7 December 1941 and, thereafter, on board submarines through WWII. Resigning after War's end as a Lieutenant Commander and was declared "Citizen Emeritus" in his home town of Belvedere, California, in 1994. Cliff was at hand with a 'floral farewell' from the Class of '40 for Ned's Memorial Service. His widow, Frankie Weed wrote to the Class: "Ned had been ill ever since his stroke twenty years ago. He was strong and valiant. He died peacefully in his home, and he was ready. Dear friends, such as yourselves, have been so helpful." Your condolences have been passed on to Ned's family.

Cliff also forwarded a letter from George H e m i n g w a y written in response to Foggy Newcomb's 'mail-out' for a West Coast mini-reunion 10-12 November in Santa Barbara: I'm sorry I am unable to attend this reunion, but illness has me staying home these days. To date, I have had several strokes, a triple bypass, and congestive heart failure. Last January I had a pacemaker put in. I now use a walker and a wheelchair and have 24-hour nurses. They drive me around town, to my church and watch over me fairly well.

My wife passed away 6 years ago. Two children live in Colorado, one son lives in MA, and two children live here close to me. I would dearly love to hear from any of you, and 1 miss all of you. /s/ George D. Hemingway.

George came to us from NA '39. Electrical Engineering finally 'got' him in February 1938. We are sure that some of George's roommates or company mates will contact him at 3047 Fawn Ave, San Diego, CA 92117-1396, 619-273-1396.

The "good news" from Cliff was contained in a copy of the wedding announcement between Jean E. Hahn and John I. Hardy on 6 July at Villa Verano in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The sec'y is still uncertain as to the address and phone number of the newlyweds. Our thanks to Cissi and Cliff for the happy-face photos. Made my day.

Thank You! Your support continues the tradition of the supporting '... those we leave behind...'

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Dick Parker, turned 80 on 8 August... Congratulations Jacquie and Dick!; and, now, Harty even forwards from the newspapers of Arizona, a neighbor state, a paean of praise to Bud Newhall's late lovely wife, Kathryn Capps Newhall—now in the mail to Bud. Dick Parker, knowing he is under the gun, sends this message to the Family Forty: "Best Regards and Happy Birthday to the others turning 80 this year!"

Thank you, Dick. Harry will attain that eminence this year on 14 December The Secretary's Corner In response to a plea from Pat Dupzyk, a message was dispatched to Ace Campo in Saint Ignatius Village, Quezon City, PI—same old address. He is still there—very much alive, as witness this prompt response: "Thanks for your regards and concern. Am perfectly fine; made 80 years 21 June 1996. Still teaching at FEATI University. Will write longer soon..."

Of course. * * * * O N L Y F O R T Y IS 4 . 0 ! * * * *

Bundy, Carol Elkins, Caspari, Cissi Bundy, Elkins and Ruth Caspari.

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Chmn & Sec'y: CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 5610 Wisconsin Avenue, Apt # 1409 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4419 301-215-7532 E-mail: VDelano@aol.com

Bundy, Caspari and Elkins. "Tecumseh" in background Willie Trice wrote from his new address: 8515 Costa Verde Blvd #605, San Diego, CA92122, 619646-7829. He also explained why his better half is called Tony instead of Ruth, her given name; it was derived from her family name, Toenberg, and used since her career as a Navy nurse. While they were attending a reunion of Tony's hospital ship SOLACE in Baltimore, MD, starting 7 October, Willie checked in with the sec'y by phone. They are now settled "in a high rise retirement community with all the conveniences...only a mile and a half from our old home in La Jolla."

There must be a very special place reserved in Heaven for Flossie and Harry Fischer; even better than Coronado, California. Even after practically cartying this old RANGER (CV-4) shipmate around on his shoulders during the 50th Anniversary of Hal Woodson '43 and Marge in Coronado last August, he still keeps in touch with this grateful sec'y—regularly. (NOTE: Marge is Dee's favorite cousin. Hal is just one heckuva Naval officer and friend who made DD duty in the Okinawa Campaign seem almost like fun for this ever-thankful sec'y.) Yes, Harry has kept us all au courant with the martiage of Jean to Jack Hardy; the mini-reunion plans of Foggy Newcomb for Santa Barbara 10-12 November; an article from the Coronado Eagle reporting "Former Coronado Mayor Is Honored On His 80th Birthday"—that's

Even though the usual tailgating before the Homecoming game against Duke was somewhat messed up because the game started at noon, the game itself was a major success. 64 points is a lot against anybody! After the game, Helen Hoker, Ann Somers and Betty Taussig organized a snack party at the Taussig's lovely home and, for once, there really was something to celebrate. The day before I was honored to be among the Class presidents who were invited to review the final dress parade of the year. Needless to say, it was a proud moment but I honestly thought our marching was better than it is today. This year the Brigade came down to 30 companies and may get even smaller Now we have some newlyweds to welcome. Dorothy Gibson and Bill Neely were married last August and are now at home in Venice, FL. Welcome into the gathering, Dorothy. Also, Pat Wheeler has moved to Palm Harbor FL so you Floridians can please include the Neelys and Pat Wheeler in your Florida reunion mailing list. And speaking of Florida, the planning for the annual 7 Febraary reunion at Ponte Vedra is underway and some of you may already have received flyers and reservation forms. Because a large corporation has taken over the entire Ponte Vedra Inn and Club for the whole week of 2-8 February, our reunion dates have been changed to 31 January - 2 Febraary so mark your calendars and get your reservations in as soon as possible since the block of rooms reserved for our reunion cannot be held beyond 18 December. If you have any questions, please get in touch with any of the following: Gray Strum, Charlie Styer, Hoke Sisk, Bill Elliott, Ray Welch or Tom Wolfe.

Last Fall, Bob Hayler went to a reunion of JOHN PAUL JONES, which he commissioned as her first skipper The reunion was in Colorado Springs so the group spent some time at the Air Force Academy and visited NORAD. They also took the cog railway to the top of the 14,100' Pike's Peak. Bob says they had a great time. The accompanying picture shows Bob, Al Olsen '45, the fifth skipper and George Grove '47, Bob's exec.

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Grove '47, Hayler, Olsen '45 at the Air Force Academy Chapel The following letter reached me from Olga Durgin after Cal's service at Arlington: This letter comes to you with my sincere thanks for your friendship, help and support during these difficult times for me.

Life is not the same when we have lost our beloved ones, but we have to be thankful that Cal is not suffering any longer Cal was a great friend to us all. We all had so much happiness together.

His funeral was beautiful, and naturally organized to perfection by the Navy at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

I received so many telephone calls of support and had many visitors to the funeral that I truly know how much Cal was loved by all.

Many people have expressed their warmth and friendship and I truly appreciate your thoughts and wishes.

I will be retuming to Madrid for a while and hope that we will all be in contact in the not too distant future.

Sidonia and Bill McReynolds are serious travelers and here is Bill's account of their most recent trip: Our daughter, Courtney, went to France as an exchange student and spent two weeks in Paris with one family and two weeks near Marseilles with another. Sidonia and I started trying to get an Air Force Space-A flight out of Dover on 21 July. We learned for the third time that Summer is not the time to try Space-A. Active duty people and their families who carry a higher priority take leave while the kids are out of school. On top of that overseas dependents are now allowed to travel without their serviceman sponsor. Dover was a madhouse and after five days of disappointment we bought tickets to Frankfurt. If anyone is considering the Air Force flights overseas, make it after September first and before June fifteenth. Also Christmas time is not good.

We got to Frankfurt on 29 July, picked up our rental car and started our journey in Europe. After visiting some Czech/German friends in Kaiserslautern, we headed East to Slovakia, making Bratislava in one day. In Slovakia I was interested in finding out how the people and the economy are doing since communism. Progress is evident everywhere. Many of the fine old European style buildings in the city have been renovated and

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the town is becoming pretty. There are more stores and shops opened with lots of goods on sale. The older Skoda and Lada automobiles have all but disappeared and new European and Japanese cars abound. Traffic is getting heavier and parking is a problem. We enjoyed the many museums and galleries in the refurbished palaces in the old town and found many places to have lunch and dinner at very low prices. If you avoid the places that cater to tourists, you can do very well for small change. Austrian friends told us that they can do their shopping and go out for the same amount in Slovak krone as Austrian schillings, i.e., one-third.

We took a train down to Budapest for a few days.

We couldn't take our car as the insurance wasn't any good in Hungary. Getting around on the Metro in Budapest was very convenient and we didn't have to worry about parking or car theft. We also bought four day tour bus tickets on the bus that ran continuously around to all the big sights. It was a good way to get to all we wanted to see. We saw or visited the Hero's Square (Unknown Soldier), the Citadel, St. Stefan Cathedral, the National Gallery, the Basilica, Fishermen's Bastion and the ladies all strolled the pedestrian only shopping district downtown. Our impression of Budapest is that it is a dirty city; it is comparatively young as European cities go with most of the buildings dating from the mid 1800s on. The waiters in restaurants are universally rude and service is slow. Hungarians are not catching up as fast as the Slovaks. All the Trabants (smelly two cycle East German cars that found their way west after the Iron Curtain fell) of East Germany seem to have found a home in Budapest.

We were only 70km from Vienna at Bratislava so we drove over there a couple of times to try to see the sights. We met friends and enjoyed coffee and cakes at the famous Aida Konditori on Kartner Strasse. Then we spent the afternoon on a bus tour of all the sights around Vienna. The highlight of this tour was the Schonbrunn Palace that we always heard about but had never visited. It is an impressive monument to the past.

Sidonia arranged for us to spend a week at a health spa, Bojnice, in the foothills of central Slovakia. We took hot baths, paraffin dips for our arthritic hands and a daily massage. The waters are supposed to be very healing for whatever ails you.

I think I felt better for all the time I spent in the 110째 pool and in the whirlpool bath. So now I am using our Jacuzzi every day as our own health spa.

Slovakia has a lot of old castles and many of them are restored and open. There is a good one at Bojnice that was used right up into the 20" century. Another is at Trecin. We visited these on our afternoons. We also went to Banska Bystricka where there is a museum of the Uprising, WWII military museum. It was mainly to commemorate the Partizan fighters but it had exhibits of all Slovak factions in the war Slovakia was made independent by Hitler and had an army that fought in Russia and Italy for the Nazis. They also had a breakaway army under a General Swoboda that fought with the Russians and were present for the defeat of the Nazis in their home country. There were Slovaks that escaped to fight in the French army and many who were with the RAF bombing Germany. And, of course, the Partizans in the country were supported mainly by the Russians but we also sent OSS agents in to work with them. There was one photo in the museum of an American Navy Lieutenant with the Partizans.

For our return home we drove into southern Austria, one of our favorite places in Europe. The autobahns through the Alps are spectacular and you have to slow down to take it all in. We took some time off to see Graz, the second largest city in Austria. After parking the car we walked through the downtown. Then for the first time ever we couldn't find where we parked the car. After about an hour of walking in circles trying to remember where we'd been, we found it. Lesson, always write down the street intersections. Nothing in Europe is built square, so the wrong street can take you off at an angle away from where you think you are going.

After Graz, we drove on up to visit friends in Kirchdorf, south of Linz. This charming town is on the edge of the alpine region and is near one of

the most beautiful churches at Schlierbach. It is in a convent and is fantastically ornamented in gold leaf with murals and paintings on every piece of wall space. Off the beaten track it is a must see for the traveler in Austria.

Back in Germany we went to Ramstein AFB to check in for Space A. This time, in late August, the kids were back in school and we were able to get on a flight to Dover our first day there.

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Sidonia and Bill McReynolds on the Fishermen's Bastion, Budapest Sidonia and Bill's trip may give you other European travelers some good ideas for future trips.

Now that our 60"" Anniversary is approaching, we have to start planning and at our September Class lunch we discussed the locarion and date. Annapolis seems clearly the favored choice for location but the date is undecided. We nartowed it down to four possible dates: 7 Febraary, April (with decent weather likely plus a dress parade), June (after Commissioning Week) or Homecoming Weekend in the Fall of 2001. Among those at the luncheon, the April and June dates were easy favorites, mainly because of weather and not competing with other Classes at Homecoming. If you have some thoughts about this, please let me or some other Washington Classmate know how you feel so we can move forward with the planning. In the meantime, if any of you are going to be in the Washington area on Thursday, 19 December, please join us for our coed lunch at Chevy Chase Club. It starts at 1130 and is pretty fesrive. If you are not on the area calling list and plan to be there, please let me or Jim Thomson know so there will be enough food.

It is always sad to report another death and this time it is Walt Gaddis who died of congestive heart failure last October. Walt had been living nearby in Bertyville, VA since his refirement in 1978.1 understand that he still continued his golf at which he had started at the Academy. To Dorothy and their three sons, three daughters and 12 grandchildren goes our sympathy and understanding in their loss which I know all of us share. Walt was a distinguished Classmate who will be missed.

The December birthdays have rolled around again and here they are: Bangert, Burley, Charbonnet, Delano, Greenlee, Kugler, Lilly, Lynch, John Malone, Reade, Roderick, Seedlock and Silverman.

Bang away at all the sleigh bells you can find.

Here are two changes for your Class roster: Dorothy and Bill Neely, 732 Connemara Court, Venice FL 34292, phone 941-488-2819; Mrs. Joseph C. (Pat) Wheeler, Marriott Stratford Court, 45 Katherine Boulevard, Apt. 203, Palm Harbor FL 34684.

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Pres; CAPT Max Duncan, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: R. S. Day, CLU 2426 Chestnut St., Falls Church, VA 22043-3052 The 55th Reunion was more than highly successful; it went off without a hitch thanks to the hard work of a number of the Washington-Annapolis Classmates, wives and widows under Bill Houser's guidance. We owe a special thanks to Harry Allendorfer and Jerry Miller for the Saturday evening gala.

Attending were Sue and Ab Abernathy; Lonaine and Gil Acker; Lucie and Buck Adams; Emily and Jim Alexander; Anne and Layton Allen; Nancy and Harry Allendorfer; Betty and Charlie Allsopp; Frank Andrews; Colleen and Army Armstead; Peggy Norman and Ted Balis; Shirley and Bill Barnett; Margot and Gene Barnhardt; Ann Beale; Peggy and Buzz Betzel; Alnora and Charlie Bishop; Eleanor and George Bliss; Millie and Al Bogart; Muff and Jim Borop; Bill Brewster; Jean and Joy Brown; Buck Buhrer; Mary and Bill Burchard; Mary Burt; Betty and Frank Carter; Virginia and Bill Carver; Bobbie and Buck Catlin; Ree and Bob Childers; Kay Cole; Anne and Jim Conger; Betty and Jack Crawford; Joan and Dick Curtis; Hap Day; Louise and Army Dennett; Dot and Des des Granges; Betts and Bill Divine; Jean and Bill Dozier; Dodie and John Drew; Trilby and Max Duncan; Jeanne and Duke Easton; Winnie and TVigger Esler; Gene Farrell; Belle and Russ Flynn; Arline and Igloo Folta; Ed Gallagher; Jeanne and George Gardes; Peg and Jake Glick; Ruth and Jack Gommengenger; Joyce and Bob Gooding; Anne and Earl Greer; Rene Griffith; Mimi and Doc Gulledge; Jack Hansen; Sonny Harbert; Marie and Hal Harwood; Booby and Duke Harwood; Don Henning; Peggy and Bunky Herndon; Marge and Ray Herzberger; Muffin and Jeff Hester; Rita Beaumont and JT Hill; Ann and Jack Hill; Rose and Jim Hill; Jack Hinchey; Bee and Don Holmes; Betty Lou and Bill Houser; Dorothy Howard; Peggy Bergin Hubbell; Chris and Bill Hurst; Cindy and Jack James; Miriam Johns; Beez Jones; Shirley and Harry Kelley; Angelique and Ike Kidd; Betty and Ace King; Alice and Ed Kintner; Carl Klug; Ted Landua; Polly and Lew Layer; Chet Lee; Bobby Lim; Carolyn and John Lindbeck; Miney Livingston; Alice and Ike Lorenz; Mary Lee and Dick Lowe; Irene and Mac Mackown; Gene Madden; Mary and John Marocchi; Angle and Tom Marshall; Mary and Bob McGrath; Anne and Bill McKinney; Dortis and Mac McNeal; Maggie Liz and Bob McWethy; Eleonora and Lou Meier; Ethel and Bruce Meulendyke; Jo Ann and Jerry Miller; Sue and Bob Mills; Kieran and Jack Mitchell; Lyn and Monk Moeller; Marion and Bill Montgomery; Nancy and Bill Morrow; Dorothy and Max Monk; Shuri and Mo Murch; Muff and Norm Nash; Barbara and John Neff; Kay and Nick Nickerson; Edie and Frank O'Brien; Dick O'Brien; Jane and Obie O'Bryant; Ethel and Buck O'Neil; Ruth Opp; Pattie and John Pat Patterson; Sunshine Payne; Maryanne and Tom Pearson; Margaret and Quint Pierce; Peggy and Doug Plate; Rufe Porter; Jeanne and Walt Price; Pat and Art Rawson; Eleanor and Dwight Raymond; Barbara and Dale Reed; Peggy and Harry Rice; Marj and Don Richards; Anne and Bill Richardson; Ginny and Paul Richmond; Betty and Dick Riley; Bruce Robb; Beverley and Bill Robie; Joy Robison: Mary and John Rowan; Jim Salassi; Isobel and Grif Scarborough; Louise and Hugo Schmidt; Bobbie Schnepp; Vira Schoenfeld; Jim Seamans; Julie and Frank Sellers: Barb and Dick Sewall; Betty and Hal Shear; Joyce and Bill

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Simmons; Martha and Pappy Sims; Carolyn and Mervin Slater; Peggy and Jim Small; Martha Jane and Charlie Smith; Jean and Paul Smith; Ginnie Ehreke and Tom Smith; Marcia and Bill Spiegel; Bob Stahl; Harriet and Walt Stegemerten; Sue and Grif Stokes; Kay and Carl Swenson; Georgia and Johnny Theys; Peggy and Frank Tofalo; Mary and Bill Vose; Jeannie Wahlin; Jeanne and John Wallace; Joy and Willie Weber; Betty and John Welsh; Janet and Dick Werner; Jeanette and Roy Werthmuller; Kitty and Alden Whitney; Dottie Wiggins; Barbara Sands and Scroggie Wiley; Ray Wilhite; Evelyn and Tom Williamson; Nell and Don Wilson; Tex Winslow; Grace Woessner; Virginia and Mark Woods; and Carol and Hal Wynne.

While Classmates artived and departed during the five days, most arrived on Wednesday and stayed through brunch on Sunday. Fueled by Bunky Herndon's constant data updates, the Hospitality Committee assembled the Reunion packets to provide the 150 Classmates and 17 widows with a Planof-the-Day, tickets for the various functions selected, maps, badges for the Naval Academy Store, bright, easily readable name tags, and a polished, pewter picture frame ready to receive the portraits produced during the gala on Saturday evening. Sunshine Payne and Ann Beale selected and provided the frames. A limited number are still available for those who might like to order an additional one. Prior to the game on Saturday, distinctive 55th Reunion caps were issued.

The Hospitality Room served as the command post for the reunion. As at the 50th, we engaged the services of Kelly Temps to ensure that the room would be open during all of the various functions. This time, we benefited from having one of their finest, George Hausmann, take full responsibility for the entire 42 hours. George blended in so well and worked so closely with the committee that many of the attendees found themselves trying to decide in which battalion he had served. The fact that everything moved so efficiently also was due to the Classmates, widows and wives who volunteered their services during peak hours. Bill Richardson, Ann Beale, Sunshine Payne, Betty Welsh, Peggy Glick, Rene

Griffith, Peggy Hubbell, Pat and Art Rawson, and Kay Cole, among others, made everyone feel at home.

Ginnie Ehreke Smith laid on the delicious bull roast, chicken and crab feast at Hospital Point on Wednesday evening. The weather cooperated beautifully in spite of a hint of rain and the 170 celebrants more than did justice to the quantifies of food provided. Thursday, we assembled in Alumni Hall to receive the Superintendent's report on the state of the Academy and Academic Dean Bob Shapiro's review of the changes in the academic program from our days at the Academy to the present. Bob attempted to assign the Class a makeup assignment for the shortened First Class Year we enjoyed until advised that we had taken care of that during the Summer of 1941. In spite of the series of unseemly events which have gained nafional headlines during the past few years, we all left the meeting with a strong conviction that the Academy is in good hands and will stay the course in pursuit of excellence.

From the Class meeting, we made our way to the dedication of the Midway Memorial. Senator John McCain '58 was the featured speaker. Modestly, one can describe the Memorial as one of the most powerful in the yard and one of which the Class can be very proud. It is a fitting complement to the memorial garden dedicated at the 50th Reunion. [Ed. Note: See cover, dedication article in the front, and "Brigade Activites" in this issue...Thank you and Congratulations, Nancy] Bob Stahl laid on a winning buffet for the welcome reception at the hotel Thursday evening. Our numbers had swelled to over 280 and sea stories mixed admirably with the joy of renewing friendships reflecting the years that have passed since we graduated.

Friday, we were up and running. Jack Gommengenger had arranged a full morning of tours of the newer Washington memorials. Peg and Jake Glick led some 60 souls to Washington to visit the Navy Memorial, the Korean and Vietnam Memorials and lunch at the refurbished Union Station. Peg is a master guide and she and Jake made sure that

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We were fully briefed on the artistic development of these very different memorials. In the meantime, over 100 of the group were taking advantage of the YP craises and opportunities to do a bit of sailing laid on by Bob McWethy. Thanks to Jack Hinchey's masterful juggling of buses, everyone came together in time to take our seats in the reviewing stand for the Homecoming Parade. The annual Alumni Association cocktail party in Dahlgren Hall and the dinner in King Hall benefited from the 280 Classmates, families and friends who represented '42. Attendance overall generally was far less than in previous years, so casual conversafion was possible for a change.

Saturday, we gathered in the Class of '53 pavilion at the east end of the stadium to enjoy Pappy Sims's hospitality. With another hearty brunch coordinated

by Ginnie Ehreke Smith under our belts, we were in excellent shape to gather in Section 3 and root the lads to an astounding trouncing of Duke after seeing the first half end up at 21 -21. This proved providential as the gala laid on at the hotel Saturday evening for the 320 guests was based on a football theme.

Nancy Allendorfer Waffen, a professional TV producer in Washington, stood in for her father as the mistress' of ceremonies for the evening, although Harry stayed close by in the wings. Bill Houser, reunion chairman, introduced Ben Scott Custer '26 as the guest of honor. RADM Custer served as English professor for most of us and he and his wife Betsy were delighted to have been included. Harty had artanged for a professional group, the "Strolling Strings," and, from the Academy, a barber shop quartet, to entertain during dinner. The "Strolling Strings" is a far cry from the usual handful of violinists one usually encounters. The group numbered 19 talented musicians who provided not only the intimate mood music one likes to enjoy with dinner but lively danceable tunes which filled the dance floor throughout dinner.

The gala reached a crescendo after dinner when we all moved back into the atrium of the hotel for a round of Navy cheers led by Academy cheerleaders, climaxing with the dropping of clusters of balloons and four huge banners spelling out 1-9-4-2, and an emotional choras of Navy Blue and Gold..

The Sunday brunch in Alumni Hall overiooking our memorial garden arranged by Ree and Bob Childers, backed up by Mark Woods, afforded the 200 survivors an opportunity to quietiy reflect on the highlights of the reunion, share last thoughts with

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friends and families, and say our good-byes. Thus ended a nearly perfect gathering. Everyone who contributed their time and effort to achieve this result more than received their thanks from the repeated expressions of gratitude from those who attended.

Now, about the 60th?

However, before anyone commits to that awesome project, let us review just what it takes to put together such an event. While many have already been highlighted, others were willing participants. Jake Glick faithfully served as secretary, assured the committee that all commitments were reported, and provided the momentum to keep everything on track.

Earl Greer handled the money with Class Treasurer Hal Wynne looking over his shoulder Max Duncan arranged for the hotel reservations and was backstopped by Frank O'Brien. Bill Morrow arranged for the tennis and golf matches. JT Hill and Jack Glick worked with Pappy Sims on the football tickets and the tour of the new athletic facilities at the stadium. Jerry Miller pulled the entire Saturday evening gala together with Harry Allendorfer's guidance. Ace King tirelessly pursued the Alumni Association to ensure our place at the Friday night cocktail party and dinner Bill Montgomery was more than my right-hand man in seeing that the Hospitality Committee function smoothly by producing the all important Plan of the Day. Bill Divine arranged for all the photography which will be included in a photo book for each attendee, as well as the individual portraits taken Saturday evening. Class Vice President Norm Nash attended all the committee meetings to pitch in where President Duncan needed a hand.

For the benefit of reunion attendees, Jim Small produced a numerical history of the Class from our entry into the Naval Academy in 1938, 742 strong, to our status at the 55th with 320 known living graduates and 39 non-graduates. We maintain good addresses on 459 classmates and widows but have lost touch with 111 graduates and non-graduates. Jim is continuing his research and the results will be made available to the Class in a wrap-up mailing to all hands.

"Peace a*t SeittA^

Bunky Herndon prepared an update to the October 1995 Class directory which was distributed to the attendees and will be made available to all Classmates. After the reunion, Don Henning advised that his new address was 203 Hitchcock Way, Apt. 215, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Then, Hope Knight called to let me know that she had decided to move back north from their Charleston home to relocate in Hollandale Apt. 42K, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Janet and Dick Werner have moved from their long-time Wilton, CT, home to the Washington, DC area and settled in a new (Air Force-oriented) retirement facility at 86846 Grissom St., Sterling, VA20165; 703430-3735.k And, impinging on the Class vital statistics, the Alumni Association passed along word that Bob Whitehurst had died on 17 August 1994 although no additional details were available. During the reunion, Charlie Allsopp alerted us to the passing of Perry Johnson on 15 September 1996. His daughter Judith provided the obituary for "Last Call."

On 9 October, Johnny Edmunds succumbed to cancer and emphysema at his home in Newport News, VA, where he and Phyllis had made their home for 26 years. His ashes were inured in the Naval Academy columbarium following services at the Academy chapel on 18 October He had served on the Academy faculty in the 1950s and pursued a teaching career after retiring from the Navy in 1962.

Initially, he had held an administrative position with the Capital Institute of Technology in Washington, DC and was invited to take a temporary position as registrar with the fiedgling Northern Virginia Community College in the Summer of 1963. The initial projection of the number of enroUees suggested that a few months work would suffice. As students swarmed to this new educational opportunity, his summer job turned into a permanent one and he remained with the administration for a few years until things had settled down. At that point, he took advantage of a Navy program at Penn State designed to accredit math and science instructors. As a prerequisite, he was required to teach in a Virginia institution. Having served the Northern Virginia Community College for ten years, he accepted a position with the Christopher Wren Community College in Newport News, VA, from which he retired in 1981.

Barbara Arnold, widow of Bruce Arnold, who died in 1962, lost her battle with cancer on 9 October 1996 and was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery on 18 October. Ironically, her funeral and Johnny's were scheduled at the same hour We have been advised that Sue Rosenberg has now joined Ed on their eternal craise. No other details are known at this time.

When I sat down to record the joys and excitement of our 55th Reunion, I was filled with the warmth and sense of accomplishment this gathering engendered. Having had the unusual opportunity to see and exchange a word or two with all of the attendees as they checked in at the hospitality suite, I found myself overwhelmed with the task of recording how each appeared, what was said, what memories were awakened. The resulting record of who attended and who did what to make the reunion successful hardly encapsulates the sense of euphoria which permeated the entire five days. Those who attended will have their own memories and stories to share as they spread out across the world. Surely, they will perform the task that this account has not.

When and where we will gather five years or more in the future is an unknown. At the least, we know how!

On a lighter note, Peggy and Bunky Herndon warmed up for the reunion by spending the last two weeks in August on a craise to the northern capitals of Europe: Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, and Amsterdam. They found

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Pres: CAPT E. A. Robie, USN (Ret) 220 Lookout Lane, Annapolis. MD 21401 410-757-5773 Sec'y: CAPT "Jack" Van Ness, Jr., USN (Ret.) 7108 Broxburn D r , Bethesda, MD 20817 301-320-4564 Worth Reading The Alumni Association is devoting considerable time and effort to making Shipmate much more than just a compilation of Class News, Chapter News, and Last Call.

So please consider setting aside some time to read the many articles that appear throughout Shipmate.

The stories are interesting and informative. It will be time well spent.

Farewell and Godspeed Dorothy Wagner Earl, widow of our Classmate, Dennis Wagner, died at her home in Arlington, Virginia, on October 6.

A memorial service was held for Dee on October 8. to celebrate her life. She was well known as a teacher and strong role model. In the Memorial Service, her pastor, the Reverend Bob Knox, referred to Dee as "one of God's angels". We all agree.

Anyone Smell Smoke?

From Bob Adrian in Annapolis...Bob reports a temporary change of address of 205 Hanover Street, Annapolis, making his nearest neighbor a fellow named John Paul Jones, just across the street, over the Naval Academy wall, and into the Academy Chapel Crypt.

This tempory move was caused by a fire Bob and Joan had at the home of many years at 205 Hanover Street. The fire seemed to have been caused by the overloading of a circuit in his home office.

The fire was fed by Bob's considerable client files from his third career as a Lifecare Consultant. He led a team of a lawyer, a CPA, a stockbroker, and a medical doctor to address the needs of his clients.

This, of course, followed Bob's second career in banking, which he pursued after retiring from the Navy.

Fortunately, Bob and Joan were able to escape the trauma of the fire by retreating to their beachhouse in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. While there they entertained 17 members of their family who came from all over: Denmark, Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, and North Carolina.

And, about the time you receive this update, the Adrians' fire-damaged home will be repaired, and they will have moved back into their refurbished "digs".

Snuggled Down in T\ilsa From Tom Wilson in Tulsa...During his First Class Year, Tom roomed with Waco Walker, Clarence Cook, Jerry Clare, and George Sloan.

Tom resigned from the Navy in 1947, following tours of duty on FULLAM ( D D - 4 7 4 ) and LEARY ( D D -

"Winners", Ace King, Hugo Schmidt, Ed Kintner, and Jerry Miller.

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Peggy and Bunky Herndon prepare to visit St. Petersburg.

Finally, and hopefully only the first of many, Dick King has come up with a comment and a photo from the reunion. He remarked as did many others that our Class turnout on Friday evening for the Alumni bash far outnumbered those celebrating their 25th and 30th reunions. He was one of the four survivors of the 17 who signed up for tennis. The results of the final in which Ace teamed up with Ed Kintner to

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879) and went to work for Warten Petroleum. After 26 years with Warten, he retired and since then has enjoyed the comfortable life, playing golf at least twice a week, complefing home projects with his lathe, table saw, and drill press, with lots of time set aside for reading.

Tom's wife Frannie is a romantic fiction writer, having had eighteen (repeat eighteen) novels published. (Novel #19 is just about finished) Frannie firmly says the proper adjective for her novels is "ROMANTIC"; NOT "racy".

At your favorite bookstore look for paperbacks authored by Frances Engle Wilson, and published

by Thomas Bouregy, New York. Most recently published are "All The Tomorrows" and "Bridestown".

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Both son and daughter are doing well: daughter at Los Alamos; son in Tulsa; one grandson in Chicago; the other in Jacksonville.

Former Roomie Clarence Cook describes Tom as: "A delightful roommate"; a second Roomie, Waco Walker, said the words in our Lucky Bag describe Tom perfectly: "He was happy, carefree, yet studious and perservering."

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Frannie and Tom Wilson Doing Really Important Work From Horace Woodward in Williamsburg...

I retired in 1972, and Margaret and I moved to Williamsburg. Shortly thereafter I decided that it might be fun to be a guide at the local Episcopal church, which is open every day of the year for visitors, in additions to the many services, concerts, weddings, etc., that are held here. 1 completed the required training to be a guide, and was soon asked to be the supervisor. I have supervised the guides of the church ever since, or for 24 years, and intend to continue as long as 1 am able, and 'sound of wind and limb.'

The church, Bruton Parish, located in the middle of Colonial Williamsburg, is now in its fourth century of uninterrupted worship, and is a National Historic Site. Bruton today is a large and busy parish, with Interim Rector, Bishop Charles Vache, three priests, four choirs, two organists, over sixty lay readers, and some 800 households as parishioners. There is a service every day at the church, two on Wednesdays, four on Sundays, seven on Easter, and five on Christmas Eve. About a million visitors pass through the church each year We have 30 guides, carefully selected and trained by the church, and the turn-over rate is very low, FootNote: When asked about Horace, Bishop Charles Vache, Interim Rector of Bruton Parish said: "He continues to serve the Parish and the people of the worid faithfully and well, as head of the Guides who provide daily tours of this historic church."

Thank You! Your support continues the tradition of the supporting '...those we leave behind...'

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Horace Woodward at Bruton Parish Big Doings in San Diego From Lee Scherer and Hal Woodson in Southern California.. .The big event in August in San Diego was not the Republican National Convention, but the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Maggie and Hal Woodson, celebrated at NAS North Island for about 140 guests.

The guests included a number of Classmates: Fran and Bill Racette; Margie and George Meyers; Ann and Swede Hansen; Linda and John Nichols; Julie and Dick Law; Tut Fargo (widow of Tom Boulton); MaryAnn and Dewey Struble; Janet and John Daniel; and Sheryn and Lee Scherer.

Four of the Woodson children were in attendance and in a touching moment each related a fond childhood memory of their mother and father As the celebration began to slow (at our age, shortly after dessert) the Woodson grandchildren took over the dance floor and soon were teaching the others how to do the Macarena. As the spell of the Macarena filled the room, the beat became hypnotic; the temperature rose; all cares vanished; and I am sure that our Classmates—who, after all, were always good at the Conga—took over the floor!

Maggie and Hal Woodson

Marge Meyer, Swede Hansen, Bill Racette, Ann Hansen

Son Tom Woodson, Dewey Struble, Mary Ann Struble, Sheryn Scherer Southern Living From Joe Gould in Mississippi. . .

Joe reports that he retired in 1965, was widowed in 1966, entered the Real Estate profession in Southern California the same year, and married Kathie in 1968. Also in that year he took the assignment as Naval Junior ROTC Instructor for San Clemente High School. In 1976 he and Kathie opened Shorebird Realty in San Clemente, remaining there until 1989, when they moved to Jekyll Island, Georgia, and shortly thereafter, for family reasons, to their present locarion of Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

While in San Clemente Joe served as President of the San Clemente Interfaith Servicemen's Center, and President of the La Crisfianita Pageant Associafion.

And, in the fall of 1971, returned to acfive duty to head up a convoy exercise in which he took seven of his senior NJROTC Cadets along, having received special permission to do so from Bud Zumwalt.

In Ocean Springs Katie and Joe are active in church affairs, and in improving their home which is adjacent to a golf course. When time permits they travel to their time-share in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Other travel takes them to the Orient, the Caribbean and throughout the United States, and to Hawaii (to visit son Ron, and his wife Kim, and two adopted Cambodian grandsons. Prom and Mina), and to Sterling, Virginia (to visit Kafie's son. Sonny, his wife Shertie, and their two children, Alexis and Colin.)

Joe continues to write, mostly poetry now, and has had his work published from rime to rime, but his poems are written for fun rather than profit.

A year ago Joe's family surprised him with a 75th birthday party with attendees from Hawaii, Georgia,

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Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Many letters were received from friends who could not attend, including one from one of his NJROTC lads who wrote that he learned all about the Navy from Joe— that's why he went into the Merchant Marine! Just kidding, of course, as he attributed his success in achieving his Master's Papers, in large degree, to his years in the NJROTC. He is now a CDR, USCG, stationed in Singapore.

Kathie and Joe Gould The Man from Durango From Stan Hutchin of Ogden, Utah...Stan has been missing from our rolls for a bit of time, but he is back, and most welcome, and reports the following: I resigned for several reasons in 1954. Perhaps the most significant was being grounded because of injuries from a bad airplane crash a few years before. Joined Lockheed Missiles & Space and watched it grow from some 350 people to 19,000.

That in itself was rewarding as in various positions 1 had up to 1,000 people reporting to me, and at some point, only myself Mostly Control Center and Tracking Station work.

I ordered a Cheoy Lee off-shore 40-foot sloop, complete with auxiliary diesel, and had it delivered from Hong Kong to San Francisco, with the remote thought of sailing single-handed around the world. Fortunately, common sense ruled, and after months of preparation, I took off for the East Coast and assorted places.

Sailed bravely out of San Francisco on a rather stormy December night, based on a faulty weather forecast, with one sullen crewman, only to return, running for our lives, to the safety of one of the Bay Islands. Finally made it to San Diego in some five days having eaten nothing en route.

On Christmas Day, not having eaten or slept in general. Point Mugu flew a plane over me and on their external speaker sang out: "Merry Christmas from the United States Navy." I cried real tears.

Fatigue is obviously the enemy of those who are short-handed.

Picked up a more or less qualified young couple and one good young sailor with Coast Guard credentials, and eased our way down the Baja Coast.

As usual, it was rough and windy. Holed up at Cabo San Lucas for a few days. We were early, and (present wife) Ariene was due to intercept us in Mazatlan for a month's cruise as partial payment for her support efforts; in addition, she was the only one who could cook.

Seemed to run into the entire U.S. tuna fishing fleet who were in some bay north of Acapulco. They do know how to throw a party! In Acapulco Harbor everyone waited until they saw me anchor. I did the Navy proud, putting the boat stem first in a crosswind with a bow anchor out to starboard.

The Panama Canal is a big worry for small boats—took eight hours to transit. Got to Cartagena and the San Bias Islands, but then: PIRATES! These were not from Disneyland. They chased us, but we were able to outrun them, and then lost them as darkness fell.

Put the boat up for sale in Florida; my first wife promptly divorced me; and I went to work with a former Lockheed friend as remodeling contractors in Palo Alto.

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Ended up back in the aerospace business, working for TRW, and moving from Redondo Beach, to San Bernardino, and eventually on to Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah. 1 retired from TRW when the Air Force referred to me as "a wise old ow.l" and a young co-worker said I was "a legend." Got outta there before anyone wised up!

Stan Hutchin—Cooling it in Utah Is It Possible to Live Anywhere That Would Be Better?

From Mike Strohl in Paris, France... We all have to live someplace, but it will be hard to beat the location choice of Nicole and Mike Strohl.

Mike has lived in the same apartment for the last 28 years, and reports that life has not been dull. For about 3 years in the sixfies, he was Executive Director of a lobby called League of Americans Residing Abroad. He traveled the world making speeches and organizing events, finally decided that it was not the job for him.

Mike then moved to a professor's job at The American College of Paris, and remained there for 23 years. When he reached the age of 70, he retired, as required by French law, but was given the title of Professor of Polifical Science Emeritus. For the following five years he taught part time for the Paris Branch of the Boston University Graduate School.

Now Mike is writing, and is well along in his book, Europe 1815-1989. And he has written Europe's High Speed Trains: A Study in Geo-Economics, which was published in 1993. Mike says that his book is hardly a rail fan book, and may have given pause to a few groups in the United States who have thought about having this kind of high speed train service. Consulting and expert witness work resulted.

On a visit to the United States in 1994, Mike and wife, Nicole, visited his old grade school in Pennsylvania, high school, his first alma mater (The Citadel), and the Naval Academy, then the Naval War College in Newport and the Fletcher School at Tufts.

Saw his brother, a medical school professor, and his brother's daughter, a medical doctor.

In addifion, they visited with his three sons and six grandchildren, and. in Washington, thanks to Classmate Joe Schmidt, talked to several railroad execufives about Europe's high speed trains.

Vacations: nearly all somewhere in Europe. In Winter they have gone mostly to Switzerland and Austria for cross-country skiing. In Summer they

nearly always go walking in the Alps, again in Switzerland and Austria, but sometimes in Germany. He and Nicole have visited Russia, and also made long vacation tours in Norway, Ireland and Scotland.

Mike says that it is just great to see Classmates when they come through Paris. Visitors have included: Dave Sterrett, Joe Schmidt, George Cornelius, Jim Gillen, Pete Fisler, and their wives.

And then he adds: "I wish there were more. Nicole is a great cook and we have lots of good wine."

In closing, Mike says he is not sure they will be at the 55th, although he is thinking about it. To which I respond, I know for the Class, by saying: "Mike, you and Nicole must join us for our 55th. We need more stories of your fascinafing life."

Mike Strohl, Prague. September 1995 Look out, Fish!

There are a number of Classmates who fish, but for several (including those whose stories immediately follow) the art and skill of fishing is a passion: Orion Templeton and Larry Kurtz—In early June of this year, Orion, wife Patte, and daughter Patsy and her husband Herrikand, 12 year old son Patrick, plus Larry Kurtz, spent some time off Captiva Island (near Fort Meyer, FL) and landed 50 mackeral. The accompanying photo shows the Templeton-Kurtz fishing team holding several of the fish caught. (Larty Kurtz is behind those shades.)

Patte Templeton, daughter Patsy Palme, grandson Patrick, Orion Templeton, son-in-law Henrik Palme. Lary Kurtz Dick Madson and Frank Ault—Dick sends in the following report: About 50 years ago. Frank Ault and 1 decided that fishing was a great way to relax and have fun. to say nothing of putting food on the table. We ha\ c progressed from pond fishing to annual trips to more exotic venues, including Canada, Belize, the Everglades, and, most recently, Alaska. A July trip this year to Moar Lake, Manitoba, yielded many

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walleyes and northern pike, including a Master Anglers Trophy Award for Frank, who landed a 43 1/3" northem, which he promptly acclaimed was in honor of the Class of '43. He also holds two Manitoba awards for trophy walleyes. Since our fishing is always competitive, 1 must modestly add that a 45" northem caught last year in Manitoba keeps me in the competition.

We followed our July trip with a visit in August to Ketchikan, Alaska, where in spite of some bad weather days our party of four boated over 500 pounds of Coho salmon.

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Ken Ruiz and Lots of Fish I'll have a much longer story about Ken and his career in an upcoming column.

Will Shorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Will and Joby have more than one hobby, but one is fishing. Both are also serious fisherfolks and have traveled all over the world to pursue fish, including trips to New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Yugoslavia, Austria, Canada, Alaska, the Falklands, Labrador, and Tierta del Fuego. This year they spent 3 days of floafing (and fishing) on the Snake River in Idaho.

In the photo just below you will find Will in lots of foul weather gear (because of fierce black flies) with a nervous northern pike:

Frank Ault and another Big Fish Ken Ruizâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;One of the many interesting aspects of Ken's life is his hobby of fishing. He and Judy own a cabin at "the salmon fishing capital of the world," the Campbell River on Vancouver Island, Brifish Columbia. Check the following two photos!

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Will Shor and Unhappy Northem Pike I'll have another story about Will Shor in a future column.

Chip off the Block All of us remember our late Classmate, Hoviie Clark, and his spirit, drive and courage, both on and off the football field.

These same characteristics have been passed to his grandson, also known as Howie Clark, who was selected a couple of years ago right out of high school by the Baltimore Orioles to be a member of their baseball organization. Howie started with the High Desert Mavericks in California, and is now playing 2nd base for the Bowie (MD) BaySox. This year Howie batted .272, with 4 home runs, and 52 Runs Batted In. In one game this September, Howie demonstrated his abilities by playing all nine positions in one game.

Dave Collins, Play-By-Play Announcer for the BaySox says: "Howie is the feistiest, most fundamentally-sound, hardest working player he has ever seen."

Young Howie devotes all of his off-season time to lifting weights, running, and "working on his game". In his words, he "has dedicated his life to baseball right now with the dream of making the big leagues."

Another grandson of our Howie Clark, Mike Fullilove, is a Navy SEAL. Wow! Those Howie Clark genes are moving right down the generations!

What Service!

From Jack Barrett, Visiting in Hawaii.. .Jack reports that on their visit to Hawaii last Winter, he and Joan stayed with Kay and Paul Lacy. Early on a Sunday morning Jack noficed light under Paul's library door and decided to give Paul some special '43 Bancroft Hall coffee service.

Paul's tongue-in-cheek comment was, "Bartett, you will do anything to get out of paying for a hotel room."

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Life is Good!

Our 54th Homecoming!

The weather on Homecoming Weekend was just perfect, cool and crisp, and equally perfect was the tailgafing. After a pre-game flyover by four F-14s, which flew over the stadium low enough one could hear them without a hearing aid, the Navy football team routed the Duke Blue Devils. What a football performance!

Mariella and Jim Oliver were responsible for planning, organizing, and producing a very fine evening dinner-dance, attended by the following: Joan and Bob Adrian; Elle Bowman, widow of John Bowman; Ruth Ann and Hank Bress; Eleanor and Earl Buckwalter; Ginny and Bill Busik; Phyllis and Clif Cates; LaNelle and Det Detweiler; Jan and John Dudley; Dottie Freeman, widow of Pearly Gates, and Doc Freeman; Mary and Bernie Frese; Hazel and Bob Greenwood; Betty and Fred Gressard; George Grkovic; Fran Hudson, widow of Jack Hudson, and Bob Hansen; Jane and Les Heselton; Dabney and Jim Holloway; Squidge and Dave Holmes; Shirley and Dan Hunt; Jean and Doug Jennings; Jane and Dan Kracher; Olga Harjess and Hal Kauffman; Peggy and Owen Keeler; Eleanore and Dick Lazenby; Libby and Jack Logan; Jane and Tom McClellan; Teddi Ellis and Jack O'Brien; Mariella and Jim Oliver; Jean and Warren Olson; Patty and Ed Robie; Helen and Joe Schmidt; Milly and John Shepherd; Libby and Art Sibold; Charlie Smyers; Betty Traylor, widow of Jim Traylor; Roz and Jim Underwood; and Sue and Jack Van Ness.

Dancing to the music of the 1940s followed the elegant dinner, and the dance floor was crowded when those memorable songs, such as "A String of Pearls" and "Moonlight Serenade", were played. But all agreed that the best dancers of the evening were Betty Gressard and Jim Hollowayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"cutting a rug" to Glen Miller, Tex Beneke and "Chattanooga ChooChoo". It was wild!

New Address Mary and Jim Aller report their new address: Mr. and Mrs. James C. Aller, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, 250 Pantops Mountain Road #2, Charlottesville, VA 22911.

Internet Address Here is the first Internet address received from Herb Ward, who resides in Baltimore, MD: hw0004@mail.pratt.lib.md.us The Lost Platoon Have made contact with one more of our "lost" Classmates, Bob MacQuaid. Will have a report from Bob next month.

Also, it has been learned that Classmate James C. Gibson died in December 1989, in Mount Wolfe, PA. Jim's widow, Wilma, lives at 65 Bridlewood Way, Apartment A33, York, PA, 17402; Phone: 717755-0416. If I obtain additional information, I will pass it on in a future column.

Have "feelers" out for the following, but not much success so far: Frank Nelson, Tom Clear, Marshall Gregory, Bill Bennett, Earl Alt and Frank Adams.

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Do you have any suggestions as to where to look?

Late But Important Request Phil Hambsch reports that he and Jack Barrett recently visited Joe Devlin who is quite ill and would appreciate cards from Classmates. Joe's address is Olivenhain Guest House, 350 Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas, CA 92024.

Coming up in Future Columns Hal Kauffman and "Big Doings at Little Campus;" Ken Ruiz and "On, Under, Above, and In the Seas;" Bob MacQuaid and "Life In The State Department;" Will Shor and "The Predators;" Ed Robie and "The Wine of Burgundy and More;" George Cornelius and "Honorary '43er;" Clarence Cook and "The Good Life in Pensacola;" Zeke Zechella and "On The Job Training;" George Cornelius and "A Paean To Dispellers of Pain;" and Milton Caniff and "Terry and The Pirates."

President's Corner From Ed Robie: As of October 12, 1996, fifty-five of our Classmates had sent in their seed money ($25) for our 55th Reunion. By the time this December issue of Shipmate reaches you we are in hopes that this number will be more than doubled.

We must have a fair idea of the number attending in order to arrive at the cost for the three day festivities. This and other information will be provided by a flyer in the First Quarter of 1997. Let me assure you that this will be a gala reunion, one which all Classmates and widows should attend.

The following is a matter of statistical interest: In an August 1996 survey of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class Midshipmen, it was revealed that 95% felt positive about their Academy experience; 89% were proud of their affiliation with the Academy; 93% were satisfied with their intellectual development; and 81% had a positive feeling toward the Superintendent and Commandant.

Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Joyous, Happy New Year.

Got the Seasons Mixed Up In our November column I mistakenly reversed the season that the Zimermanns spend in Washington and the season they spend in Florida. CORRECTION: Virgie and Dick spend their Summers in Palm Coast, FL and their Winters at Vinson Hall. Sorty for my ertor.

Listening Out We were searching for Classmate Craig Leedom for a few months but without success. In our 25 Year Lucky Bag, he reported in from a specific address in Pennsylvania. But a request to Information of the telephone company resulted in "no joy".

So I asked three of you to look with your computer capability to see if anything surfaced. No good leads resulted.

Then I had the idea of writing to the "Resident" at Leedom's 25 year old address, asking if when they moved into the house someone, anyone, might say something like: "Yes, the Leedoms used to live here, but they moved to Florida," or whatever.

So I did that and enclosed a SAS envelope.

Yesterday, I received that envelope back with a small note in it which said: "Captain Van Ness: Sorry to inform you Mr. Leedom passed away 20 Nov 1985."

Only that; no name of who wrote the note; tiny piece of paper, about 3" x 3".

But now we know. Farewell, Craig Leedom.

Maybe next our search will be for Thomas Leroy Clear II. Well, Classmates and wonderful ladies, we've just about made it through another year, for which I know each of you is most thankful. On to 1997!

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Pres: CAPT Henry S. Barbour, USN (Ret.) Annapolis Rep: CAPT Jack E. Godfrey, USN (Ret) Sec'y: CAPT Wynn V. Whidden, USN (Ret.) 6156 Loch Raven Drive, McLean, VA 22101-3132 MAIL BAG. Andy Papageorge wrote in to let the world and his Classmates know that he is still alive and kicking. He and his wife, Elizabeth, who are both Emeritus Professors of California State University, Stanislaus, were invited by the University to go to Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, for a month in May and June this year to teach management seminars at the Technological University of Padillia there and, also, to repeat the same subject matter at a new Center for Business Development in that city. It was a great experience for them both personally and professionally. While there, they also presented research papers that they had prepared and submitted beforehand at an International Economic Conference held at their University. Andy and Elizabeth were very impressed by the students and faculty of the University in Ukraine, who were most interested in learning about U.S. management methods, as were the business men and women who attended the seminars in the Business Center. This program was under the auspices of an Eurasian Foundation grant given to their University and to Modesto, CA, which is a sister city of Khmelnitsky, Ukraine. Our congrats to the Papageorges for their good works!

Lloyd Yeich informed us that he, John Strachan, Bob Long, and Dick Fedon attended the President's Circle weekend at the Naval Academy on 20-21 September A full schedule of events included attending Classes with Midshipmen; a luncheon and meeting at Alumni Hall with RADM Ron Marryott '57, USN (Ret), President and CEO, USNA Alumni Association, and ADM Chuck Larson '58, USN, Superintendent, USNA as speakers; a formal dress parade; and a Saturday "Waterways of Annapolis" tour.

Lloyd sent along a photo of the '44 group taken in Alumni House in Annapolis. Kneeling in front are Diana and Lloyd Yeich; standing left to right are: John Strachan, Bob and Sara Long, and Dick and Marie Fedon.

Jack Cryan reported visiting Bob Awtrey down in Fernandino Beach, FL, in September. They dined with their female companions at a restaurant on the historic beach waterfront. Afterward Bob took them home to show off his toys, a garage filled with racing shells, wind surfing boards, and other paraphernalia. According to Jack, Bob regularly goes out into the bay and marsh area to out-race alligators, which have so far failed to snatch him when he falls from his surf boardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thus he may make it to the 55th! The photo Jack sent shows Jack standing behind his "golf coach and mentor," Nancy Soule, and Bob standing behind his tennis doubles partner, Nancy Biedenkapp. The boys seem to be clinging rightly to their much younger ladies for support, affection, or to insure that they don't escape. After leaving Amelia Island, Jack and Nancy drove to Pensacola where they golfed and visited the Naval Aviation Foundation Museum at NAS Pensacola.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!

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out the welcome shingle for Classmates who are in the Napa Valley, where dieir new address is: 186 Milliken Creek Drive, Napa, CA 94558-1244: 707255-0668. The photo of Frank shows a healthy looking gent, although he says his hair has a couple of months to go before it's all back!

With more deliberation and emphasis, the heavy-set Lieutenant instractor retorted, "Balls. M r Lowery, B-A-L-L-S!" C.C. Brock sent some more photos made at the Sub Vets convention, 31 August-3 September of '44 attendees. Credits go to Jim Clancy, Chuck Schmidt, and Snuffy Smith.

Cryan, Awtrey, and Consorts In June, Faye and Jay Howell joined other Academy Alumni on a two-week Meditertanean craise sailing from Barcelona to Kusadasi, Turkey (near Ephesus and other ancient cities) and back to Venice.

The photo of Faye and Jay was made on the staircase of the "Love Boat" during the cruise.

Frank Kelly Russell "Rusty" King expressed his distress over J.J. Lowery's recent demise. They roomed together along with Red Epps in the Summer of 1941 at the end of Plebe Year. It was the most enjoyable Summer of Rusty's life. Rusty was later an usher at J.J. 's wedding with Joan, and he recalled with pleasure how he enjoyed hearing of J.J.'s studies in nuclear energy while at the 50th. He also remembers a memorable scene in Seamanship Class in '41 when, in answer to a question posed to him by the instructor, J.J. gave a convoluted and indecipherable answer.

The instructor replied slowly and emphatically, "Balls, Mr. Lowery." "Huh, sir?" Lowery questioned.

Fay and Jay Howell Sharon and Dean Horn had to hurry back home from their fall vacation to repair the sunroom roof and clean up after Hurricane Fran. She dropped a big oak on the sunroom and poked a couple of holes in the attic of their home in New Bern, NC. There was water damage to the ceiling, lights, and overhead fan, but nothing serious that cannot be repaired with the USAA's fine help. Their vacation entailed a five-day trip aboard the Mississippi Queen steamboat and a family reunion with siblings and cousins.

Dean suggests that it might be a good idea to consider a future '44 Class Reunion aboard a river boat.

Incidentally, we learned from Priscilla and Bob "Hawkeye" Hawkins at Homecoming that they lost both their cars to Hurricane Fran and had just sold their boat prior to the big blow. They also live in the New Bern, NC area.

Frank Kelly apologized for not staying in touch but stated that he and Jane were so pleased and impressed by the Classmates they celebrated die 50th with that they are still talking about it to friends and family. Two of his three roommates, George Jubb and Sandy Sandquist, were there and he had not seen them for 50 years. The Kellys are looking forward to the 55di and seeing old friends again. Frank is doing well now after having weathered his second bout with Lymphoma and says he feels great and is raring to go. He and Jane have bought and moved into a dream house in the middle of a country club and now feel like they are in heaven. They have hung

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Richmond, VA 23226; Glenn Dumas, 1155 California Avenue, Areata, CA 95521; P.B. Wall, 6016 Hilbum Road # 1 , Pensacola. FL; S.A. Davis, 1290 Boyce Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241; Jay S. Howell, 12400 Greenhill Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20942943; Pat Hartley (widow of John Hartley), 517A NW Peace Parkway, Lees Summit, MO 64081.

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!...WVW.

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Trudy Chadwick, Bopb and Bobbie Gusafson Stet Hills sent a clipping from The Republican Journal, Belfast, ME, dated 5 September, titled "Searsport Couple Has TITAJNTIC Adventure—Stetson and Fay Hills visit sight of most famous sinking"—

By Dorothy Chocensky, Summarizing. Fay and Stet sailed from Boston aboard the craise ship Her Royal Highness on 25 August and arrived at TrtANic's sirdcing coordinates two days later They witnessed the attempt to salvage a piece of the ship which failed when it reached a depth of 200 feet where the supporting cable parted. One of their shipmates was Eleanor Johnston Shuman who was a 1 year-old passenger on the TiTANTic when it sank. Another, possibly better known, shipmate was Loni Anderson, who is pictured in the snapshot in the lounge of the craise ship having an intimate tete-a-tete with Stet Hills.

As he says, "Eat your hearts out, fellows!"

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Loni Anderson and Stet Hills IN MEMORY. Rupert S. Miller died on 10 September 1996 and was buried at Beaufort, SC, not far from his home at Hilton Head on 13 September Rupe retired as RADM (AEDO) a few years ago. Condolences are extended to his wife, Teddy, and the family. Please refer to "Last Call" for the obituary.

Paul E. Arbo died of cardiac artest on 7 October 1996 at his home in Arlington. VA. Paul had attended the '44 Class luncheon on 3 October, and will be greatiy missed by all in the '44 Headquarters Chapter. A memorial service was held in St. Andrew's Chapel at the Naval Academy followed by inurnment at the Columbarium on 21 October Our sympathy goes out to Mary Ann and their children. Please refer to "Last Call."

William W. Upshaw died in Alexandria, VA, on 12 October 1996. Bill was also present at the '44 Class luncheon on 3 October and will be sorely missed by all who greeted him lightheartedly on that occasion. Funeral service and burial took place at Arlington National Cemetery on 21 October We send our heartfelt sympathy to Sydney and the entire family. Please refer to "Last Call."

SECRETARY'S CORNER. Homecoming was rather well attended this year. About 88 attended the tailgating at the magnificent football victory over Duke, and there were 84 present at the '44 Dinner that evening.

Here are some new addresses: Mrs. R.H. (Mary Jo) Cross, Jr.. 6161 River Road. 53 Chatham Square.

Our 21st Annual Duty Santa Claus of the Class of 1945 is another great submariner, Patrick J. Hannifin, of 765 Santa Camelia Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075-1612, who has moored his own Akula mini-sub at the local marina to offer the following Holiday suggestion: "Why not send your Christmas Card and Family Newsletter to the Class of 1945, so that we can share them with 40-45 Classmates at the January and Febraary luncheons at Ft. Myer Don't worry about the deadline, just send them to Dutch; and I will acknowledge each submission."

The 52nd Homecoming celebration of the Class of 1945 couldn't have been more perfect the weekend of 4-5 October 1996! Weather chilly but sunny, a great tailgating before the 1200 game. Yes, the game with Duke was something the 34,000 fans in die Navy Memorial Stadium had not seen for years— 64 points by Navy and a very fulfilling Victory! Later, many of us watched the sunset at the Providence Community Center, as the rest of us gathered in the newly redecorated home for a refreshing period of attitude adjustment and an evening of fellowship and food. No one needed to make a speech or comment to the group because we were too busy catching up with our Classmates. Not previously seen at this type of gathering was E.P. Wilson, the most successful basketball coach of Anne Arundel County who greeted many Classmates he had not seen for years.

Peg Cosgrove brought the two Champagne bottles from our 50th in San Diego. We want to give a big toss of the Green Bowler to Carolyn and Bill Hoover who had to take over the execution of the operation

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at a late date and to Peg and Bill Cosgrove who handled the on-site arrangements. Here's the list of those present, last names only to save space: Cabanis, O'Neil, Lipfert, Stell, Parke, Wood, Barnes, Priest, Bradley, Wilson, Schulz, Cosgrove, Hoover, Wilhelm, Simpson, Giorgis, Williams, Davidson, McLaughlin, Poe and Cockrill.

Capt. J. William Flight '56, Executive Director of the USNA Foundation writes, "It is my very great pleasure to inform you that Midshipman Alexander E. Weatherbee has been selected as the CDR R.T.E. Bowler Jr. USN (Ret.) Class of 1945 Memorial Honor Scholar for the year He is one of seventyeight Foundation sponsorees to enter the Class of 2000." Mid'n Weatherbee attended McLean High School, participating in athletics and earning varsity letters in lacrosse. As captain and MVP of the lacrosse team, he was voted First Team All-District and honorable mention All-Region.

One of our regular West Coast Cortespondents, Bill Siegrist, sent a foto with this note: Just a brief report of a very nice gathering of a few local Classmates at an Aloha Friday dinner party on 9 August at our home in Huntington Beach.

The Mai-Tai kick off to the island-style dinner proved to be very popular—I had forgotten how thirsty this '45 group can be! The foto shows standing from left, Ruth Siegrist, Betty Berkshire, Tomi Pearce, Sally Conover, Joanne Larson and Bemy Milhan. Seated from left are Siegrist, Berkshire, Conover, Pearce, Larson and Milhan.

And San Diego resident. Bill Traynor, had this to say: In 1944, Jay Schriever and 1 reported for duty aboard DEHAVEN (DD-727). In 1961, Classmate Jim Montgomery assumed command of the same ship.

In mid-September 1996, DEHAVEN had a reunion in San Diego. I held a party at my home for former wardroom officers. The picture shows Jim Montgomery, Jay Schriever and Bill Traynor.

Aloha Party when a wave came in and washed them out to sea— so much for the southernmost point of the USA. The 16th Annual Golf and Tennis Outing on Wednesday 25 September at the Evergreen Country Club in Haymarket found 40 present for dinner, including Bob Williams of Menlo Park, CA, Al Georgis from CA, Sam Simpson from PA and Bill McLaughlin of Virginia Beach. Sam took Low Net and Bill McLaughlin, Low Gross. Following a splendid New York steak dinner, after dinner drinks were available at the Poe's with a Thursday brunch at the Cockrills for the overnighters. It has become the custom for some Classmates to overnight at the Battlefield Marriott Courtyard Motel rather than battling the night traffic back to DC. NOTES FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST COMPANY: Len Volk of 7021 Adele Court, Norfolk, VA 23518, wrote: "Bob Douglas (R.G.) lost his wife.

Holly, on 26 September 1996. She had suffered a stroke some 4 years ago, and Bob had been her care provider for all this time—About three months ago, she was diagnosed with cancer which finally led to her death." Bob can be reached at 9648 Galatea Lane, Esconido, CA 92026....Thanks to Jayne Bartett for reporting the passing of June Blum on 24 September 1996 at her home in Melbourne, FL, of cancer

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Kent Island gathering

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Destroyer DEHAVEN Reunion Again, as in every issue it seems, I must report the passing of one of our Shipmates; this time Tweet Norton of Virginia Beach who succumbed to Parkinson's on 8 October 1996 at Norfolk Hospital.

The heartfelt condolences of the Class go out to Helen and her family, 131 Ridgely Point, Norfolk, VA 23505. Inurnment of his ashes has been scheduled for 29 October at Arlington Cemetery.

Skeezix Hamilton of Lafayette, CA, had some interesting news: Back in April, Jan Bristow graciously hosted a brunch at her home in Orinda for a number of Northem California '45ers and their wives. The enclosed fotos shows the whole group except Jan who took the picture. L to R are: Mary Ann Pick, Ted Pick, Bill Hayler, Toni Hayler, Garren Rae, Joy Bessac, Buz Bessac and George Hamilton.

Skeezix concludes with a reference to the July/ August issue of this column: Jack Barrona's narrative of his Pacific Rim travels mentioned his encounter with the lava flow at Kalae Point, HI, which rung a bell with me. Let it be known that Jack is not the first Classmate to stand on that rock—1 did it in 1954 and my wife, Ellen, climbed up with me. Jack found a metal disc, we lost a brand new pair of 1 Miller ladies shoes

after a long illness. She is survived by Howard of 1310 Mayflower Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32940, two sons and a stepdaughter Howie and June were married in 1981. Memorial Services were held on 10 October at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Suntree, FL...And, Carolyn Shaffer died on 10 October 1996 of lung cancer at home in Annapolis. Funeral services were held on 14 October at St. Ann's Episcopal Church on Church Circle in Annapolis, where she had been an active communicant. Eleven Classmates and spouses were able to attend the services and the reception which followed at St. John's College. Larry Shaffer's address is 2 Bancroft Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403.

Jan Bristow's party

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Jayne Barrett of Annapolis and Melbourne enclosed two fotos with her short note: "The picture of George Ellis, Ernie Barrett, Bert Findly and Bill Campbell was taken at the Campbell condo on Kent Island after a golf game at Prospect Bay. The other picture is Ernie swearing in our grandson, Christopher Branch, Class of 2000."

Swearing in Ceremony Pauline Donaghy wrote from 567 Boston Neck Road, Suffield, CT 06078: "The flowers to the church were beautiful and were the focal point in the chapel."

She has written a touching obituary for her Shipmate of 50 years which will appear in the "Last Call" section of this magazine...And, Mary Jane Puckett of 12104 Drews Court, Potomac, MD 20854 writes of her sincere gratitude for the support of the Class following Paul's death on 9 September 1996....For the record, Ted Ashley of East Freetown, MA, is now the oldest living member of the Class of '45 and Dutch is #2... Eileen Kistier's death on 26 July 1996 was reported in the October issue of this column.

Subsequently, I have received several eulogies about this indefatigable woman who was active until the very end—Her daughter, Carol Kistler Ballent, writes, "Although we are very saddened by her death, we are happy that she was able to live a full and active life up till the end. She had traveled to Taiwan and Thailand in the Spring with a friend and was planning a trip to Antarctica in Febraary—She really enjoyed her adventures these past ten years."

And, a note from Mrs. Edward J. Cook: "Captain Kistier was Head of the Science Division at the Academy when my husband was Senior Professor of the Science Division and who taught the Class of 1945 Chemistry, Physics and Electrical Engineering." The Sierra Sun News of Trackee, CA, issue of 1 August 1996 called Eileen a "Lady of Adventure" who was involved in the Trackee schools for 12 years as a music educator and who traveled extensively all over the world.

THE TRAVEL BUREAU: When we last reported on the intrepid circumnavigators. Peg and Gene Masica, they were at 6000 feet altitude in a remote African Game Preserve. Gene continues with Part II of his nartative: ...On the third morning we left the lodge and proceeded to the dirt airstrip and boarded another gooney bird (DC3)...After a refueling stop in Nairobi, we flew on to Mombassa... Holland American representatives were waiting for us to take us to the ship. It felt like we were retuming home as we boarded the Rotterdam. We had received a two jump upgrade on our cabin as a Rotterdam Alumni and had a nice large cabin aft on the port side of

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the lower promenade deck...Leaving Mombassa, Rotterdam arrived at Zanzibar the next morning.

We'd been there once before on a previous cruise and, after going ashore, found that it hadn't improved.. .Two days of steaming took us to Nossy Bay, Madagascar—much better than Zanzibar...Then three days steaming to Durban.

We'd been to Durban previously and enjoyed it again—Very modern, cosmopolitan and attractive.. .Two days later in Capetown, one of our favorite stops, and a delightful city. This time. Table Mountain, the backdrop of the city, was cloud-free and very impressive. The area around the waterfront is still undergoing a massive restoration...After an overnight stay, we steamed due West for a scheduled stop at Tristan Da Cunha, an island grouping in the deep South Atlantic...It is an almost circular island about 7 miles in diameter, with a volcanic cone reaching up almost 7000 feet...There are about 250-300 inhabitants with only 6 or 7 family names...After a severe eruption in 1961, all of the inhabitants were evacuated to England; but after several years, they all opted to return to their little island life. The place is visited by only about six ship visits a year, no airstrip nor harbor and about as isolated as Pitcarin Island. It is about 2000 miles from anything else; and while the inhabitants come under British dominion, like Hong Kong, they don't have British passports.

(Look forward to Part III in the next issue.)

Friday Harbor gathering Travel Bureau, continued: Bud Geneste, of Friday Harbor, WA, notes: We had a Class of '45 get-together in Friday Harbor. Marian and Joe Bonds stopped by for a few days after a cruise to Alaska. While they were here, we had a gala dinner at our house with Marian and Joe Bonds, Susan and Andy Kerr, and Helen and Bud Geneste. The enclosed picture shows Andy Kerr, Joe Bonds and Bud Geneste. Joe is holding the local Friday Harbor '45 Light which actually blinks four and five.

Bud concludes, "Helen and I are off to Asia for a cruise to Singapore, Semarang, Bali, Cairns, Great Bartier Reef and Brisbane, Last year we cruised in the China area and saw a number of the ports that I visited after WWII while on BELL, It was astounding to see the tremendous growth in China ,.."...Harvey Hartzell, writing from Los Almitos, CA, has this fish tale: Pat Hannifin and Slick Fitch joined me again this year on my annual two-day deep sea fishing trip. We left Sunday, 22 September, and retumed Tuesday night. While about 60 miles West of Ensenada, we ran into some schools of Yellowfin which were 15-20 pounds. Just right for us young guys to pull in; but by evening, we knew that we had some fun as well as exercise. Tuesday, we caught some nice Yellowtail at San Clemente on our way home...We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in January in Hawaii on the Islands of Lanai and Maui.

(Cort. Secy's note: I wonder why he doesn't send me fotos of the "big" fish?)

A FEW NOTES BEFORE THE 'YEAR TWO KILO': As you all know by now, that at 0001 of the Year 2000 all of your computers are going to pucker up, since they cannot shift from 1999 to 2000. I'm

sure that one of our computer nerds will tell us the solution to this problem... And, speaking of computers, Joe Marzluff of Lawrence, KS, was in town for a few days and was able to attend the 8 October luncheon with the rest of the 45 or so attendees. He was able to pick up a batch of new e-mail addresses and now has the only Class of '45 e-mail directory. Why not write him at 432 Rock Fence Court, Lawrence, KS 66049-2023? I will retain all of the e-mail addresses he gives me, which are available to you for a dabble of news for this column. As a matter of fact, I have an e-mail letter from Lesbuck@aol.com to marzluff@falcon.cc.ukans.edu "annointing" Joe as "e-mail C h i e f of the Class of 1945...A1 Olsen reminds the Class that the annual Washington Area Christmas Ball for USNA Classes '39 to '52 will be held on Wednesday, 18 December 1996, at the Bethesda Officer's Club, same menu and price as of last year. Call Al at 703-536-9484 or Hank Bress '43 at 301-320-3075. This is the Premiere social event of the year, don't miss it!!.. .John D. Hicks of Charlotte, NC, raised an interesting question: "In responding to the USNA Alumni Association's Annual Fund Drive, should I designate my contribution to the Class of 1945 Fund or should I mark it "unrestricted"? I gave him my opinion that since the Class has no ongoing Fund Drive for a specific project, he might as well designate his gift as "unrestricted." In any event, this question will be "Run up the Flagpole'" at our next '45 luncheon/ business meeting.

On Saturday, 14 September, services were held at the Potomac United Methodist Church for Paul Puckett who had died on 9 September. Over 240 were present, which was followed by a substantial reception at the church. Interment at Arlington Cemetery with military honors was held on 18 September 1996...Forty-five Classmates braved the heavy rains of Hurticane Josephine to attend the 8 October Class luncheon at Ft. Myer Out-of-town guests were Ken Chambers of Virginia Beach and Joe Marzluff of Lawrence, KS. THE SICK BAY: Don Poe spent six days in October at the Prince William Hospital undergoing a successful colon cancer operation. He is home and back to battery.. .Our Class Secretary, Hut Rowson, had an unexpected three-day stay in the Dunkirk, NY, Community Hospital during a mid-September vacation trip...Joe Marzluff is recovering from a knee replacement some six months ago...Frank Rawlings had a knee replacement on 20 August, liked it so much, and is now scheduled for another on 15 October I forgot who gave me this tag line: "You know you're getting old when you run a red light just to get someone to look at your ID card."

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Pres: VADM Charles H. Griffiths, USN (Ret.) Vice Pres: CAPT Jim W. Foust, USN (Ret.) 1914 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Annapolis, MD 21401 800-334-5701 Treas: CAPT Wils F Engel, USN (Ret.) 6807 Rosewood St., Annandale, VA 22003 703-256-5832 Sec'y: CAPT Ed Ellis, USN (Ret.) 7405 Charmant Drive, Apt. 2111 San Diego, CA 92122 (H) 619-550-9457 (Mail) PO Box 221117, San Diego, CA 92192 - 1117 Joe Bakos (3) reported in from Naples, FL, with part of a flier containing pictures of a nuclear submarine, an AEGIS cruiser, a master chief's rating

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badge, a Navy lieutenant and a Naval Academy seal and the positive phrase—BEAT ARMY. His message was: "Note, there's no question mark."

Sandra and Jordan T. (Bird) Bolton (1) have moved from Los Frenos, TX, to 5110 Palm Valley Drive South, Harlingen. TX 78552.

Marian and John E. (Jeb) Bryant (16) have moved from Westlake Village. CA, to 1334 Hogan Circle, St George, UT 84790—7719 in "...God's country with the beautiful surtounding mountains and clear air." This is a major change—from a place where you can see what you breathe to a place where you can't.

We are indebted to Ted Dibble (18), Thousand Oaks, CA, who attended the Greater San Diego Area Luncheon in September for the two photos taken in the "Gautier Cellars" after the luncheon. The first picture shows (1 to r) our host for that event Bob Gautier (7) and Ted Dibble. The second photo shows (1 to r) Harmon Penny (14) El Cajon, CA; Jan Dibble, Ted's wife, and Bert Decker (18) standing in front of some of Bob's vintage which lAW the rales cannot be sold.

6 triple cushion sofas and 3 single cushion sofas all assessment was that it was feasible provided that oriented toward the TV. It appears the room can pro- most of our living Classmates responded. Initial revide crowded seats for about 30 Midshipmen at a sponse has been superb. Accordingly, the Committime. There are 136 in the Company of which 36 are tee has reaffirmed the goal of $ 1,000,000; and a plan Plebes. After discussing the need for a new VCR and to raise the remaining $150,000 is being developed. possible upgrades, it was decided that the MidshipEd Ellis, the Chairman of our 45th Reunion in men should develop a requested long range plan for San Diego has been requested to initiate planning an upgrade to the wardroom, to include new sofa for our 55th Reunion in San Diego to include using covers, ship and aircraft pictures and military unit the Hotel Del Coronado as our Reunion headquarplaques. In a step toward personalizing the relation- ters. Because the average age of attendees will be 78 ship between our Class and the Company, Jim will in the year 2000, planned events are to be less strenuobtain a copy of the '46 Lucky Bag, the 50th Re- ous than those during our 45th. union Log and our 45th Class Register (Ed will proAfter the Committee Meeting, Class Officers vide a copy of the latter) for the wardroom. Class- moved to the Visitors Center to view the figurehead mates are asked to provide pictures of ships and of Tecumseh which the Class paid to restore. The aircraft and plaques; but, prior to sending them, accompanying photo shows them standing in front please check with Jim. We will provide funds for a of Tecumseh on the second deck of the Center where new VCR without waiting for the upgrade plan. Be- it can be seen by anyone approaching the entrance, fore leaving the area, Ed and Jim were shown a 3- particularly at night, because of the lighting. person Plebe room. You would feel at home with the "stark amenities" (bed, locker, desk and chair), even after 51 years; but, the personal desktop computer on each desk would bring you into today's environment. The names of occupants on the door followed by their Class '00 would, I'm sure, cause a moment's pause. Time is passing.

An Executive Committee Meeting, in conjunction with a dutch treat lunch, was held at the Campus Inn on Maryland Avenue in Annapolis on Thursday, 3 October In keeping with the by-laws, the Class Corresponding Secretary joined the Class Officers listed in the heading to this column and Clete Kennelly, the Class Secretary, as a member of the Committee, because he was in the area. Our Treasurer reported that each widow of Classmates who have died since 1975 and for whom we have a valid address should now be receiving Shipmate. The major issues discussed were the $1,000,000 Class Endowment and the 55th Reunion.

Class Officers 1 to r Ed Ellis (7). Chuck Griffiths (6), Jim According to Wils Engel'sfigures,we have raised Foust (7), Wils Engel (4) and Clete Kennelly (10) are approximately $850,000 of the Endowment. When shown with TECUMSEH the Executive Committee decided on this gift, their

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Harmon Penny, Jan Dibble (Ted's wife), and Bert Decker I deeply regret to report the sudden death of Glyde B. Hannah (17), Annapolis, MD, from an undiagnosed aneurysm. Glyde was a regular at all Annapolis events and also made many of the Greater Washington, DC, luncheons. His last duty station was the Naval Academy where he had been an Assistant Professor from 1966 to 1973. His wife, Barbara, predeceased him in December 1993. Services were held at the Calgary United Methodist Church in Annapolis on 13 October The following represented the Class: Wils Engel (4); Marguerite Jones; Mary Suit; Nancy and Bob Tisdale (17); and, Dick Wilson (2).

He is survived by his two sons, Clyde and Ted; a daughter, Susan, and six grandchildren. Our sincerest sympathies are extended to each of them.

On Saturday morning, 5 October, Ed Ellis and Jim Foust (both formerly 7th Co) visited the 6th Company Wardroom, which our Class sponsors. They were escorted by Mid'n 1/c Katie Hill, the curtent Company Commander and were joined by Mid'n 1/ c Darten Womack, the curtent Executive Officer Not knowing what to expect, your scribe was surprised at the starkness of the room which is used for training and as a TV lounge for upper classmen in the evening and on weekends. The furniture consists of

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Marilyn Althoff; Pris and Jim Foust; Frank Haak; Ash and B.G. Ashley

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Homecoming, as those of you who have participated in it know, is a very busy period. Your scribe, an infrequent visitor from the West Coast, tried to maximize his participation. As a result, he attended the Alumni Picnic at Alumni House where he lunched with Jean and Hal Hamberg (7) and Pat and Bob Moore (7), Fairhaven, NJ. Hal and Pat are brother and sister. This mini 7th Company reunion came about by pure chance. (Ed was hungry and so were they.) Later, at the Registration Center in Alumni Hall, Ed ran into Stu Beyer (3) Schenectady, NY, and his friend, Carolyn Hitchcock. The three attended the Dress Parade. In the evening, Ed attended the 25th Anniversary Tribute to Dr. Barry Talley, Director of Musical Activities at the Naval Academy. Although Ed represented the Class and San Diego at this event, he was there primarily to thank Dr. Talley for the outstanding support he had received from him during June Week West 1994 in San Diego incident to the Navy/San Diego State football game. On Saturday, your scribe participated in the visit to company wardrooms by sponsoring Classes, as previously described; the joint '46 and '65 Tailgate at the stadium; and, the splendid football game between Navy and Duke. The accompanying pictures of Classmates and spouses at the Tailgate testify to the cold weather prevailing during Homecoming. (To locals it may have been just brisk but to we visitors from paradise, it was cold.) Persons in the various Tailgate photos are, in each instance, from left to right:

Carolyn and Bruce Althoff (1); Hal Hamberg (7); Butch Hansman (1); and Elsie Somer Did you know that in 1874 the Naval Academy offered the first course in mechanical engineering intheU.S? FUTURE EVENTS The Greater Washington, DC, monthly luncheon.

Call Wils Engel for information and reservations.

The Army/Navy game parties on Saturday, 7 December 1996 at Patsy Skidmore's in Arlington, VA, and at the Harry Watsons' (7) in Poway, CA, just outside of San Diego. Fliers were mailed to the greater San Diego group and associates giving directions and food assignments.

USNAAAChristmasBallforClasses 1939—1952 on 18 December from 1830—2300 at the Bethesda Officers' Club. Black tie optional.

Our FIFTY TWO and a HALF January 25-31, 1998, on the Southern Caribbean Craise. Brochures will be mailed by the Matterhorn Travel Agency in Annapolis.

Merry Christmas arul a Happy New Year.

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Bob Moore (7): Stu Beyer (3); Tom Faulders (5); Carolyn Hitchcock; and, Pat Moore

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Membership: 78%

Pres: ADM William J. (Bill) Crowe Jr., USN (Ret.) Sec'y: Chester H. (Chet) Shaddeau, Jr. 343 Prestonfield Lane Severna Park, MD 21146-1512; (H) 410-647-5868 (Fax) 410-647-2453 E-mail:Stadir@erols.com ANOTHER LINK IN THE CHAIN So that everybody is kept up to date: In the whoosh! of the Class Business Meeting during the Reunion's last day, it was approved, but very few Classmates subsequently have indicated a very clear idea of what they okayed funds for, in relation to the Class of 1997. Here's the skinny: In furtherance of a program established two years ago by the Alumni Association, and so far well-launched by '45 and '46, each year the Class which numerically precedes the First Class by fifty years is invited to send representatives to attend each of six battalion-sized receptions at Alumni House, honoring the about-to-graduate First Class. This year, '47 will send several of our members to each of the affairs, to be held during the January-Febraary Dark Ages, when they should be very welcome, in honor of the Class of 1997, and to welcome them as the "newest link in the chain".

Your Class officers have authorized the procurement of a keepsake Swiss-Army type (but small— penknife-size) pocket knife, bearing a USNA crest on one side and a logo on the other showing the Class numerals of '47 and '97 connected by several links of massive Navy anchor chain. The knife is Navy blue and all decoration is gold. One of these will be given to each member of the Class of '97 during the reception for his Battalion. In addition, one of your Classmates is creating (more details on this later!) a

beautifully-turned gavel and sounding/storage block, with an appropriately engraved brass dedication plaque, to be presented to their Class President, for perpetual use.

That's where we're putting some of your Class funds. We propose to have a limited quantity of the knives made in excess of need, for sale to Classmates who may be interested in purchasing them. More on that at a later date.

DELAYED RECOGNITION Like everything else in Anne Arundel County (which you may remember is the real estate that surrounds the Naval Academy) news moves a little slowly, so it was not surprising that the County only this past month got around to naming one of its longtime residents to the County Athletic Hall of Fame.

Dick Duden has made his home here for many, many years since our graduation and since his receipt of the NAAA silver sword as Navy's top athlete for 1946. He played three seasons each of football, basketball, and baseball, earning nine varsity letters. In the "iron-man" era before two-platoon football, he was a two-time football All-America as both offensive and defensive end. In 1973, he was named to the Ail-Time Army-Navy team by a panel of sportswriters. In 1951, he retumed to the Annapolis area to become head coach for Plebe football and continued to serve in that capacity for many years, while pursuing a career in insurance.

As we hope you are remembering to tell your kids and grandkids, "there were giants in those days..." and one of ours is finally being recognized by his neighbors. A rousing 4N is hereby proffered!

FIFTY YEARS ON—AGAIN! The item above on Dick Duden. with its echoes of days of football greatness, could not have been more appropriately timed for those who attended the Homecoming activities and in particular the football game against Duke on 5 October! It was just like our days at Navy U.—a 64 to 27 win! The sparkling performance of the team was appreciated, among many others, by over one hundred '47 Classmates, spouses, and guests after a magnificent tailgate repast, advertised as "continuing the Reunion"—and it lived up to the billing! Because of the early game start time (to accommodate TV coverage), they started chowing down at 0930 on scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, baked beans, and sweet rolls (with frait and cheese for the dainty) and continued on with during-and-after-game do-it-yourself deli sandwiches, all washed down with great coffee. Bloody Marys, and white wine.

A wanderer who claimed to be a judge from the Athletic Association came through, sampled the food, took names, and wrote down some stuff on his clipboard. Later, during the game, a PA announcement told the crowd that the Class of 1947 Tailgate had won the Association's prize for the day for "Most Navy"! We're not sure what that means, unless it was our beans for breakfast; and as of this writing, the prize, whatever it is, had not showed up! We will keep you advised. (Late flash! Today's mail contained a letter of congratulations from Navy's AD, Jack Lengyel, and chits for free meals at several Annapolis watering holes. They were distributed among the crew who did all the heaving and hauling for these affairs over the past few years.)

Those whose capacity permitted wound up at a Class dinner at the O" Club that evening, dined well, and steered by emcee John Urban and Veep Jake Finneran. many of us did a great deal of public storytelling and reminiscing. The perfect end to a Navy Day! Jake and Class President Bill Crowe (who was in town from his post in Great Britain over the weekend) represented the Class as reviewers of the Brigade Parade on Friday, honoring ali five-year Reunion Classes, so add that to the social functions

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described, and you may truly believe that the Class was well-represented, well-fed, and well-entertained throughout the Homecoming of 1996. The only thing we missed was YOU.

John Geary chowing down at the Homecoming tailgate party

Under the tailgate tent—1 to r: Jake Finneran, Frank Deaton, Pete Cummins, and Lou Rossi

Scrambled eggs, beans, and Bloody Marys! 1 to r: Chet Shaddeau, Frank Thurtell, and Betty Ann Reed at Homecoming.

Two former Navy football teammates await the Homecoming game. 1 to r : Charlie Kiser, with Karyn and Stan Tumer THE MAIL BUOY "Bobby Tom" Jenkins wrote to Johnny Johnson and contributed to the Tripoli Monument project, so Johnny and I have colluded in pretending the letter was to the column, in order that you hear from this seldom-heard-from source: ...Bill Simpich sent me a copy of the 3-year video, and it's excellent. Thanks so much. Truly this year has been a bummer for me. Went back in the hospital last week—problem was fluid in one lung. They did all sorts of tests and report that no further physical damage has been done to my heart

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since the late May hospital visit, so they will handle things now with medication. 1 got out on Saturday, and today, Monday, I am feeling much better There really was no way I could have been at the reunion.. .1 have enclosed a photo of Jane and me taken in July in Florida...we have been married 50 years this past 15 June. Have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. My son and another young man have purchased my business, and they run it today. 1 go down 3 or 4 times a week to offer advice (unsolicited) and take a nap. 1 talk with Lee Bramlett occasionally—he's still farming.

Truly wish 1 could have made the Reunion, but thanks for the video.

You will remember that I complained recently that the column had received no new entries for the Vanity Plate file. Read on: ...As a matter of interest re "USNA47" license plates: Since September 1994,1 have been the proud possessor of USNA47 for the State (Q: Doesn't he mean Commonwealth?) of Virginia. Shortly after attaching the new plates, 1 was followed for several miles here in Roanoke, VA, (until 1 parked at a shopping center) by the brother of Classmate Art Holfield (20th Co.) who parked behind me and identified himself Art's brother is a Roanoke resident and spotted the USNA47 tag while underway on the highway. It seems '47 and/or its kinfolks are ever-present, wherever you go.. .Cordially, Bob Horner From Bud Baldwin, our man in Osaka, Japan: ...since the 1987 reunion, I've had lots of requests from the UNA 75th Class. 1 correct or rewrite speeches, official letters, and faxes, with most involving the USNA Class of '47. ..many of them are influential in the political, business, and military world here...I'm happy to be the bridge, to use the currently popular American political jargon. It was good of you to include a little scene of the 75th Class in our Reunion video. The 75th will be highly honored and probably very surprised.

Anyway, a nice gesture...

POLICY STATEMENT We are occasionally asked, and it seems wise to make it clear here, about our policy regarding announcements of death in the case of spouses and children of Classmates. In general, in order to avoid unnecessary pain and possible ertor generated by inadequate or ertoneous information, the column will not initiate them but will make announcements or other mention of such losses only if specifically asked to do so by the Classmate or other family member It goes without saying that we ask you, in the case of a Classmate's death to advise the Secretary at the very earliest opportunity.

THE TRIPOLI PROJECT The best way so far devised for you to participate in the project to restore the Academy's Tripoli Monument (see the article "Shall We Let it Cramble?" in the May issue of Shipmate ) is now available.

For a limited time only, a contribution of a minimum of $35 will both provide badly-needed funds for the Project and get you a hardback copy of the new historical novel Annapolis, by William Martin.

Here's the drill: Make out your check (and there is no need to limit it—spring for a bundle—contributions are tax-deductible above the $24.95 retail value!) to: USNAAA Tripoli Project. Mail to: the U.S. Naval Institute Bookstore, 118 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21402-5035. Simple, straightforward, and worthy of your support. And the book is a rollicking good yarn, full of interesting background material about the town. Naval history, and the Academy. All around, it's a very good deal.

By the way; we shouted them out many times while marching past; but do you now remember the names of the Tripoli heroes inscribed on the base of the monument? Read on...

FINAL HONORS The "Last CaU" section of the October issue carried the notification of death and a full obituary for

Classmate John Fjelsta, who passed away in August. We failed to get the word here but offer our belated sympathy to his family.

A LITTLE FOG FROM THE NORTHWEST Pat March writes: I imagine you have been swamped with communications following the Fabulous Fiftieth. However, on the off chance that you are now facing a seasonal dearth of input (n.b. How right he is!) 1 venture to submit the following report of the SECOND reunion of members of the Class in Olympia. This one was restricted just to West Coasters, in contrast to the last which featured the Marmets from Back East. Jan and Dick Gardiner drove up this way in September from Palos Verdes, and Jackie and Hugh Minor sailed into Olympia Harbor from their home up in Marysville (near Seattle). The result was a reunion and a neat sail around Budd Inlet, courtesy of the Minors. It was great fun. Hugh and I were Company mates, and Dick and 1 were stellar members of Cutter Crew 401 during Plebe Summer. 1 was so moved by the occasion that 1 granted Saumie a holiday (for half a day!) and prepared an Indian curry dinner and baked a blackberry pie for all hands. After the Minors sailed off, the others headed for Whistler, B.C., where we spent a great week, courtesy oftheGardiners'timeshare. The weather cooperated, and we even managed to get in three rounds of cow-pasture pool (golf, to you city folks).

New Subject: 1 might very delicately point out to the Hon. Secretary that in the September issue of Shipmate, the identity of some intrepid oarsmen is provided slightly bass-ackwardly. (Secretary's note: 1 received several less-delicate notices to that effect. There must be some way to blame a computer!) That's OK. However, 1 should correct one impression which might reflect unfavorably on the oarsmen's intrepidity; Coach Clothier, shrewd psychologist and motivator that he is, certainly would not have provided Navy Crew shirts to these superannuated athletes until after they had completed their row and had properly stowed the shell. You will note that in that photo, all are wearing their shirts! Warm regards and "Keep revvin' with FortySeven."

The pirate crew: 1 to r : Dick Gardiner, Jackie Minor, Hugh Minor, Jan Gardiner, Pat March, and Saumie March.

VIDEO—LAST CHANCE There may well be none left by the time this notice reaches you, but be advised that the Still-Video album which Johnny Johnson created from the hundreds of Reunion photos sent him by Classmates is well worth your calling in to find out. He extended it to a one-hour tape and still had to edit out a lot of awfully good pictures. As he points out, this is a strictiy amateur production, with some glitches; but what do you expect for ten bucks plus P&H?—and you can always fast-forward it to see yourself again!

The quantity is limited, and it's first-come, firstserve, so act now, either to send your check for $12.50 , made out to W.B. Johnson, and mailed to him at 8653 Gateshead Rd., Alexandria, VA 22309; or if you're the cautious type, to inquire from him toll-free at 800-743-7323 as to availability.

A few copies of the Big One—the Reunion Videotape showing Class History, Academy scenes, and the Reunion itself are also available at $35.00 each.

All other details as above, but make the check to USNA Class of 1947.

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QUICK TAKES Cybernuts among you, please take note: As reflected in the masthead, if everything has gone well, your secretary has finally seen the light and dropped America O n l i n e . The new e-mail address is <stadir@erols.com> .. .The refulgent glow you may have seen over Cape Canaveral when the STS-79 Shuttle flight retumed with Shannon Lucid aboard ATLANTIS from the MIR hookup was easy to explain—it was the smile of pride on Frank Readdy's face—his son Bill, (CAPT, USNR, '74) was the Mission Commander, and performed both the incredibly ticklish docking and undocking, as well as the landing...We had a chance to talk to "Pinky" Hill, widow of Classmate Ed Hill. She likes—and wanted one of—our '47 license plate frames. Be advised that only they are still available—everything else in the way of merchandise from the Reunion is sold out.. .John Corse provided a clipping from the September 1996 Mid-Atlantic Country about the Darley Manor Inn in Claymont, Delaware, in which the author reported that while there recentiy, she talked to "..two couples who had just retumed from a 50-year reunion at the Naval Academy, navigating their way North via Winterthur, the Cezanne exhibit in Philadelphia, and relatives in New Jersey..." Sounds like some of us. Anybody out there realize you were being interviewed?...We received a newsy letter from another pair of our faithful cortespondents—Shirley and Dick Beane—about to take off and be in Crabtown for Homecoming...Other seldom-heardfroms who checked in, enticed by sales of reunion memorabilia, were Dan Hollis and Jack Bellan.. .Sending his request for a Class roster, Walt Johnson advises from Charlottesville, VA, that he and Loyce will be moving into a new house (still at Charlottesville) around the first of the year...Re: The Tripoli Project question above: "Somers, Caldwell, Decatur, Wadsworth, Dorsey, and Israel!" But then, of course, you remembered, didn't you?...Don Murray reports that his wife, Betty, is doing so well after her angioplasty that last month he had her driving the boat while he water-skied. By his calculation, that makes the sum of driver's and skier's ages 143! They plan to make the 55th in San Diego, but plead for it to be scheduled for a cold month, so they can dodge the Minnesota Winter!...The Class was honored by the presence at Homecoming and at our Class dinner of Betty Ann Reed, widow of Lynn Reed, and of Joyce H a i z l i p , widow of Slip Haizlip.. .John Prehn pronounces himself both impressed and fascinated after a VIP tour from New London to Annapolis on board ANNAPOLIS, the attack sub named for our Crabtown... Any body for aging pangs? Jack Fisher e-mailed to advise that the birth date of the new CNO was 5 June 1946! Does that sound familiar to you??...This issue should hit you just about in time for Christmas Greetings to be appropriate. In a more unlikely scenario, it might be in time to remind you, if you're going to be in the area, that you would be welcome at the Annapolis-DC Area Christmas Branch on December 15 at the ArmyNavy Country Club. Do it if you can; but in any case, our warmest best wishes to you all, and our hopes for a healthy and happy New Year CHS

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Fred Bouwman at the welcome reception—50th Reunion.

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can take you out quickly," He also provides his email (howtrue@aol.com), and FAX (205-823-0055), in case you would like further information.

Incidentally, Howard True is working with Dave Carruth in formatting the 50-Year Book, since Howard is computer hyperintelligent and owns a very curtent rig. From a recent note he sent to Dave: Time marches on so I decided to inquire how the 50-Year Book project is progressing. I have just completed a two-year project as MIS Coordinator for the Alabama TROA Council and working with National TROA (The Retired Officers Association) on the Chapter TBASE roster updates. Working with mostly old fogies like us to get roster changes from 12 chapters is a lot like pulling fish teeth— they fear PCs and volunteers ignore deadlines. 1 am writing about the trials and tribulations encountered for a future article in The Retired Officer.

Paul Keenan has come up with some pictures you will enjoy.

In the late Summer of 1944, roommates (wives) Bill Morrison and Frank Knock were licking their wounds as they tried to cope with Plebe Summer.

The last thing they needed was another roommate and that is just what they got. Paul Keenan, just a little late as usual, opened the door and announced his arrival. Although it took some adjustments to have three Mids in a two-man room, everyone accommodated remarkably well and became great friends. A few weeks ago, we managed a mini-reunion; and here are the photos to prove it—except that we were wearing caps in 1944.

Membership: 7 2 %

Sec'y: CDR Sumner Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Manison Dr, Alexandria, VA 22302-2903 (H) 703-549-8739 A few columns back, under the general story of the Monterey Reunion, I told of the video of the 1946 Army game put together from films by Buddy McClure and his son. Jim Carrington has cortected my hearsay estimates of who the voices were on the tapes. The play-by-play of the second half was Harty Wismer vice Red Barber, and the wrap-up was Bill Coram. Thanks, Jim, for the update. By the time you read this, the '96 Army game is history; and I hope many were able to be there.

Howard True comes in from Birmingham, AL, with some information that might be of vital interest to many, judging from his personal experience: I'm just checking in after a two-year high on oxygen—just increased from 16 to 20 hours a day.

This pretty much eliminates my travel by plane because the FAA will not allow take-on oxygen cylinders or generators now due to the Valuejet crash. I canceled all my ship reunions this Summer because 1 can't be exposed to high heat—sure hate to miss one in Las Vegas though.

The crux of Howard's letter follows: All Classmates cruised on the old four-stacker cruisers in 1945, and the frayed asbestos pipe lagging badly exposed all of us to the invisible floating fibers; and a fifty year delay in lung problems seems about right for all of us. My problems have started and are progressive. 1 had eleven exposure periods from 1940 through 1980, and I have written them out in detail for future reference by my heirs. I have severe asbestosis, confirmed by my pulmonary doctor at the University of Alabama Kirklin Clinic and by an independent testing laboratory. 1 am a member of a class action suit against fifteen asbestos companies, and I have signed releases for three of them for modest payments that will cover additional medicine and treatments. Each of you should think back and put on paper details of your exposure—your dependents deserve no less.

Howard suggests that if the above advice is put in the column, it could save some grief because, "When this hits you and you have other health problems, it

Recent photo—Keenan, Knock and Morrison Here is your December peek at information developed at the 24 September 50th Reunion Committee in Annapolis. You have all sent in your postcards, haven't you? Dick Clithero has been collating data from them and sent me some of it to pass to you.

There will be another mailing to all in early 1997.

But first, Dick reports that he was planning to participate in a 6-mile hike in early October, his longest walk since heart bypass surgery in June, after his and Mary's trip to Monterey in May. So, be advised that some of you forgot to put you names on your postcards. He was able to track a few by their phone numbers. As of late September, some 250 Classmates had indicated their intention to come, with a total of about 460 attendees. Insofar as tentative activity requests go, the YP Craise is high, as is the Yard Tour,

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Bay Lady Dinner Craise, Town Tour, Bay Sail. The Supe's update is popular, with some doubts about spouse interest (I think the lady's will be there). Golf looks good, with fewer for tennis. Remember, this postcard sampling was for planning purposes only, and no one is committed yet. That will come later From Medford, NJ, Gene Kelly says: It was good to see you and Jane in Monterey. We are still talking about the fabulous 48/48. I have enclosed a snap of the four great 'wannabe golfers' (Kellys and Chaplines). I think it was a pretty big shock to Jim Johnson and the Monterey tournament committee when we teed off, but they let us play. We looked like the Marx Brothers, but 1 guarantee we had the most fun. We had a mini-reunion luncheon here on 7 September prior to the Rutgers game. Carlquists were our weekend guests, and we were joined by Parks and Buhrers. As far as we know, we were the only '48 reps at the game, which was great and we won.

Kellys and Chaplines, the real winners George Ball reports that the Summer Pool Party took place in Alexandria on 25 August with superb pot luck dishes, cold beer, a hot grille, and abundant fellowship. Several of the wives even went in the pool. Dolly Rasmussen brought her electronic piano, John brought his uke, and I broke out my trombone (shades of the NA-10), and we had a real old-fashioned sing-along with song sheets provided by Dolly.

Attendees: Warten Graham and Eddie Welch, and with wives. Ball, Shockey, Harkins, Conable, Ahem, O'Keefe, Cab Davis, Harvey, Mertz, Goldman, Buhrer, Sprince, and Rasmussen.

Incidentally, Cab Davis told me some time ago that he has available a 48-B Lucky Bag (703-2816573). He may still have it. Ted Holt comes in with a photo of the last luncheon in the NorfolkA'irginia Beach area: "We get together every other month, no set location, third Wednesday 1130." L to R in the photo are, Diebler, Don Ross, Childress, Mclntyre, Vollertsen, Thiele, Chipman, Bacon, Buechler, Klinefelter, George Parish, Holt. Also there were wives, Kitty Bacon, Betty Buechler, Marie Chipman,

Eriine Holt, Jeanne Parish, Loys Vollertsen, Nadine Ross, and Jane Lane (Chuck's widow). Ted also added that Tom Dawson's wife, Lee, succumbed to cancer 27 June after a long and courageous battle.

Tom was one of the goat keepers. Karl Thiele is rapidly recovering from bypass surgery, and is doing very well. The Holts became grandparents for the first time in August. Daughter, Perri, and husband Captain John M. Bayer, USA, are parents of Bailee Michele Bayer, a beautiful young lady.

A phone call from George Ball imparts the sad news of the death of Charles Alexander on 8 October in Alexandria, VA, where he had lived for many years. He never martied and was active in Alexandria civic affairs. Alex and George were Plebe Year roommates, and he lived with John Fry the other two. George is working on an obit for "Last Call."

Alex died from a heart attack suffered in the hospital after being admitted because of pancreatic problems.

Cy Waldrop checks in from 103 Sand Castle Dr, Emerald Isle, NC, 28594.

This is my first correspondence with your column; but I would like to mention a visit by a Classmate and his lovely wife with my wife, Mary Ann, and me for a short time in August, not long after our first hurricane, Bertha. Having received a Dear Classmate form letter from Roger, 19 August, and not having seen Roger since graduation, and since he and 1 are friends since our V-12 days at the University of South Carolina in 1943, 1 called to say hello. Coincidentally, after some rapid and loud conversation, he informed me that he and Amante, and some in-laws, were coming to Emerald Isle for a few days within the week. Needless to say, it was great hearing from him and meeting his wife and relatives. He would be staying only about 3 or 4 miles from us. The enclosed photo was taken during the brief reunion at our home during a lull in the hurricanes. Hurricane Fran arrived a week after Roger left.

Between the huricanes are Amante and Roger Carlquist and Mary Ann and F.H. Cy Waldrop at Emerald Isle, NC. Bob McClinton sent a copy of his report letter to

his supporters covering his most recent sortie on his bike to raise money. His added comment to me: "I've raised over $40,000 for lung cancer research." Readers of this column will recall a number of requests for support and subsequent reports over the last few years as Bob has pedaled forth all over the Northwest and across the country. From his report: 174 of us bicycled from 21 through 23 September on the annual Tri-lsland Trek, my eighth.

Winslow to Port Townsend (my father's birthplace), Whidbey Island, Orcas Island, thence on Vancouver Island from Sidney to Victoria. We logged 144 miles, most of those in magnificent weather. Not so for about an hour on Saturday near Port Ludlow, however; a driving rainstorm complete with thunder and, ugh, lightning. My raingear works great.

After that, just a piece of cake. 1 was privileged to be the eldest rider and the leading fundraiser for the second consecutive year Bob goes on with a further description of an earlier September ride in support of a number of local charities with 73 cyclists, which he helped organize, Clallam County's inaugural Olympic Peninsula Adventure. A great way to stay in shape, and a great area in which to bike.

Frank Snyder provides the following interesting and different bit for the column: Here is a vignette about our Classmate, Bill Clifford, that might be interesting to people who wonder whether it is possible to predict career success. Thirty years ago (probably late 1966), Bill Clifford was on the staff of Commander Sixth Fleet as Surface Operations Officer (Two other Classmates were also on the staff Bob Smith was the Marine Aviator, and Frank Snyder was the Communications Officer). A team came aboard the flagship to brief the staff on the Naval Tactical Data System, which by that time was showing up in some SIXTHFLT ships, but had not yet been installed in the fleet flagship. Officers from both the staff and the flagship were assembled in the wardroom to hear the briefing and ask questions. The briefing officer, after he had fielded some very searching questions from Bill, interrupted his talk to say to him: "1 don't know who you are. Commander, and 1 really don't know anything about you; but I will predict right now that you are going to make admiral because the questions you ask are the same ones that I get from admirals in the Pentagon." Indeed, six years later. Bill was one of the first members of the Class to become a flag officer Dave Cammack, retired Episcopal priest, writes; 1 just returned from the funeral in Lakeland, FL, of Cornells (Wink) Winkler, Jr. Wink was one of my roommates Second Class Year and one of my closest friends. We never lost contact, lived near and supported each other during the two years we were both going through divorce, and then each married English wives. After 17 years in England, Wink's wife died; and he retumed to the U.S., building a wonderful hi-tech house near his son. Wink III, in Lakeland. There he also met Nancy, who made possible the most wonderful marriage relationship either had experienced. Shiriey and I were there for the last hours. His cancer took him at galloping speed, which seems to have been a blessing. Lee Strong, Bill Lee, Dave Hurt, and I were able to be part of the final tribute to Wink. A lifelong agnostic, he had been baptized two weeks previous. However, he always had the characteristics which most of us would regard as exemplary Christian, high moral standards, psychological sensitivity, social adeptness, goodness of nature, and a contagious sense of humor.

Here is a short paragraph from the Newport, RI, Daily News of 23 October: Howard N. Kay has been Newport's contribution to the Board of Trustees of the Providence Performing Arts Center for years. He helped save the building from the wrecking ball and has helped keep the place afloat. Now the PPAC board has named Kay the fifth recipient of the Performing Arts Center Founders Award. The award is given to those who've made significant contributions to the theater's development and preservation. The

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Center's chairman, Joseph W. Walsh, praised Kay for his 18 years of volunteer service. "His sincerity, wisdom and integrity have set high standards for volunteerism and, we are grateful for his commitment to the Theater," Walsh said. Kay said he deeply appreciated the recognition. He called his tenure with the center and the people running it a labor of love.

The last person to receive this award was former Governor, Bruce Sundlun.

I shall continue to publish photos from Monterey until I ran out of good ones. Meanwhile, keep the letters and pics coming. When you read this, Jane and I will be well-launched into our 6-month Winter in Alexandria (703-549-8739).

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Membership: 72%

Pres: Alfred C. Boughton III, USNR (Ret.) Sec'y: LTCOL Richard H. Francis, USMC (Ret.) P O . Box 10262, McLean, VA 22102-8262 (H) 703 339-5275 Let me open by observing that by now you should have received your copy of the Class Directory. If not, please let me know. I'll send you a copy. Recognizing that it's an imperfect worid, please accept my apology for enors of omission and commission.

Drop me a note so that I can cortect our database accordingly for any such ertor.

Again this year the Classes of 1939-1952, so called war-time Classes, will be holding their Christmas Ball on Wednesday, 18 December at the Bethesda Officers' Club. Cocktails, 1830-1930, then Dinner of filet mignon with wine, followed by dancing to tunes of the 40s. The price is $70 per couple. Black tie is optional. Reservations should be sent to CAPT. Al Olsen, USN Ret., 5806 N. Ariington St., Ariington, VA 22205, 703-536-9484 or call/write me. We will be seated by Classes. Sally and I attend this each year and find it a thoroughly delightful evening. Let's have a good Class tum out this year NOW FOR CLASS NEWS: Slim Somerville, Fred Baur and their wives "dropped in" on Ann and Mac Adams on their way to the reunion commemorating the 45th anniversary of the founding of Patron Nine at NAS Whidbey Island, WA. Slim and Fred are plank owners of VP9 which was the last P4Y-2 squadron to see combat in Korea. It was also the squadron in which three '49ers lost their lives in non-combat-related accidents during its first two years: Frank Goulburn, Bob Conklin and Lee Stegmerten. Mac and Ann are actively retired in a lovely home on Mercer Island.

Joe Dickson sent us this report on his peregrinations: Do not fall over due to the fact that your are hearing from me, but I thought that 1 would let you know what 1 have been up to while tooling around the country.

First, 1 managed to have lunch with John Benson from El Dorado, Arkansas. He came to Hot Springs once for lunch, and we went to El Dorado later for lunch.

Second, in May, I went to Pensacola to attend the Navy Symposiums. There I met Gaynel and Roger Boh, Carolyn and Ed Dennis. Chrissa and C. Ray Smith, and Ursula and Warren Vosseler.

Roger had us to his house for get together. On our way home, 1 stopped in West Point, Mississippi, and attended a Rotary lunch with Ed Miller.

Earlier this month, I attended a reunion of my first ship, LYMAN K. SWENSON (DD-729), which was a "Sitting Duck" during the Inchon Invasion. 1 was the Officer of the Deck during the invasion. For the banquet, Sallie and Dick Page attended. Dick has had an operation for cancer on the right side of his face that necessitated removing part of his ear.

He told me that he would be going through corrective surgery shortly.

While in San Diego, Pugs and 1 had lunch with Chuck Hickey and Robair Mohrahardt. Their wives were committed and were unable to attend.

Later, we had dinner with Stan Counts. 1 tried to contact Dick Agnew, G. Brummitt, and Dick Haley, all without success.

In October, I attended an Admiral Thach ANA Dinner of the Arkansas Chapter which Larry Derby is Chairman.

So you see. I have been in contact with several of our Classmates as I travel around. It is good to have the opportunity to visit with them, more or less, one on one.

1 am enclosing a photo of Chuck, Robair and myself Unfortunately, Pugs did not do a good job of getting the picture centered.

Joe, Chuck, and Robair A brief note from Jane and Bob Needlwan included this photo of Bob with Wally Valencia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last August,

Chuck, Robair and Joe Jim McVoy, advises that Lloyd "Tex" Lauderdale is "lauded" (no pun intended) in several places in A Century of Spies by Jeffery T. Richelson (Oxford Press).

We received a thoughtful letter from Midshipman 4/C John N. Wood expressing his appreciation to the Class as well as the USNA Foundation for our assistance in his preparation for the Naval Academy.

He describes the arduous process he underwent to enter the Academy concluding that "It is impossible to explain my feelings of excitement that I am member of the Brigade of Midshipmen...Thank you!"

Highlighted by an exciting Navy Football win over Duke (64 to 27), the '49ers' 1996 Homecoming was a well-attended, very pleasant occasion. Friday's events included visits to the Midshipmen's store, a reception and dinner in Alumni Hall honoring 25 years as USNA Director of Musical activities for Dr. John Barry Talley, and the Dahlgren Hall—King Hall Alumni Reception and Dinner Our pre-game Saturday tailgating was marked by a crowd of '49ers and an abundance of great food and good drinks. Fiftyfive of our '49ers group attended the post-game dinner-dance at the Bay Ridge Inn on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay just south of Annapolis. The food was delicious and bountiful. Greetings and conversations were enthusiastic and boisterous—often competing with the voluminous dance music. Thanks to our Executive Committee and Keatinge Keays for well-organized, memorable event. A Classmate, Harry Donahue and Lois from as far away as Alaska joined us at the Bay Ridge Inn Event—Harty also gave Ace a very generous check for the '49 House Project. Pete "Wig" Peterson came all the way from California to join us at Homecoming. I know that I may not be including all attendees, but I'm almost certain that the following '49ers were in our lively homecoming group John and Anne Bajus, John and Flo Barrow, Jack and Rose Benoit. Reynolds

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Beckwith, Ace and Mickey Boughton, Eileen Butler, Luke and Charlotte Capone, Chet and Ella Davis, John and Marilyn Dobson, Duke and Sally Francis, Ralph and Sally Ghormley, Fred and Laila Grabowsky, Bill and Betty Guthrie, Charlie and Dolores Haskell, Keatinge and Rita Keays, Tom and Domell Kilcline, Jack and Bev Koach, Walt and Alice Krause, Steve and Rita Krause, John and Helen Metcalf, Gene and Joan Shine, Bob and Cauda Smith, Ward and Sandy Stuart, Walt and Mary Stapleton, Pete and Deette Swanson, Don and Cecile Traeblood, Voss and Ursula Vosseler, Dick and Betty Whiteside, and Barkley and Peggy Wood.

A couple of days later a small but lively group attended the monthly lunch at the Orleans house in Rosslyn: Ralph Ghormley, Slim Somerville, Barkley Word, Roy Goldman, CMC Jones, Pete Klein, Mort Neely, and Gene Reiher. Gene retired from TRW in October. He reported that Kathy Burk, Gary's wife, passed away on 28 September

Slim Somerville. Audrey and Fred Baur, Helen Somerville, Ann and Mac Adams We were also saddened by the death last 6 September of Sheila Jo Watkins, Jim's wife, of cancer Following a mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, she was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.

The Class expresses its condolences to both their families.

This is all for now. Nothing can be finer than to be a '49er!

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Pres: RADM Milton J. Schultz, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Wayne L. Jensen, USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Court, Chula Vista, CA 92010 Members of '50 who reside in the San Diego area enjoy many benefits besides the mild year round climate. One of these is the racetrack at Del Mar— where the turf meets the surf. During August, three of '50 supported Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, which sponsored a race for the thoroughbred club. Faye and Don Elliott, Dolores and Lloyd Harrison and Minnie and B.B. Lane attended the races. Then at a race on 28 August, the chairman of the Califomia Racing Commission joined the Lanes; and it was B.B.'s day for success, culminafing in a big win on a horse named Wink at a Sailor. It was a most appropriate wager since it was on 28 August 1948 when Mid'n 2/C B.B. Lane first met Minnie Bassert. Unfortunately, the wager wasn't large; and it was only the second race. The Chairman took B.B. down to the Winner's Circle, where the traditional picture was taken. We would have included that picture except the horse obscures B.B. Benita and J.B. Farrell vacationed during September in Del Webb's Sun City Palm Desert and were kind enough to send a picmre postcard saying they

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were really impressed by the outstanding constraction, beautiful scenery with plenty to do; but alas Benita complained there was no ocean. There was one thing wrong—the card was addressed to yoiff C.S. and that was the complete address. Still can't understand why the post office couldn't deliver At any rate, it was retumed to sender. J.B. persisted and sent it on albeit a little late.

Frank Holcomb writes with a "Beat Army" message and a copy of an article from the San Francisco Chronicle written by Classmate, Kendall Moll. Ken is an Emeritus Professor of Management at San Francisco State University. He has worked as an electronic engineer, defense policy analyst, economic advisor to developing country governments and environmental director of a Fortune 500 company. In the article entitled "China's Mercantile Conspiracy," Ken says China promised to improve on their practices; but if its intellectual property pirates are allowed to continue, they could make ghost towns of Silicon Valley high-tech and bio-tech centers and endanger as many as 4 million premium U.S. jobs.

Ken concludes that we need to talk tough or even impose trade sanctions since intemational free trade works best on a level playing field.

Willard MacFarland has maintained a wonderful sense of humor over the years, and he writes with some political wisdom that your C.S. finds enlightening. He and Lindy missed the 45th reunion but will be in Annapolis for our 50th. Will left the Navy in 1954 and earned an MS in ME from Northwestern University. He was president of Winsmith Company, an industrial gearbox business, for ten years; and then he consulted with small companies ran by entrepreneurs, where he was a father image, mentor and informal chairman of the boards. He is now retired, enjoying world travel and helping in the raising of six grandchildren. Willard says, "If Classmates drive East, stop by in Orchard Park; and we'll show you Niagara Falls."

Lee Bendell writes of the death and funeral of our Classmate, Ed Bronars. Ed went to Walter Reed Hospital widi a unique condition of fungus of the lungs. During a period of 8 weeks, it spread and caused his death on 6 September A memorial service was held at Fort Myer, and a partial list of those attending from '50 were: Lee Bendell, Charlie Cooper, Joe McLernan, Ross Mulford, Tom Bigley and Phil Ryan. Lee gave the scripture reading and Gloria provided remembrance in song. LCOL Bruce Bronars USMC and LCOL Oliver North '68 USMC (Ret) had remarks of remembrance. Lee concluded that Ed was an outstanding Marine, great husband and father and served God and Country with complete dedication. Ollie North contributed a "Farewell salute to a hero for all seasons" included with the memorial service program. He described Ed's post-retirement activities which included stints as president of the Navy Relief Society, executive director of the Association of Military Schools and Colleges and as administrator of the Legal Defense Fund. Ollie pointed out that Ed Bronars was a great leader A goodly number knew he was a steadfast patriot. A handful knew he was a war hero. Beautiful Dot Bronars knew him as her husband. Brace and Bobbie knew him as their dad. All were blessed to have him as a faithful friend. Semper Fidelis, we'll miss you, Ed. In Annapolis in the midst of Homecoming Weekend, the faithful of '50 came for lunch on 4 October at USNA: John Cavanaugh, Jerry Coleman, Charlie Hirsch, Rex Kilbourn and Tom Ross. They were in competition with many events including a free picnic lunch at Alumni House. Jim Allen was in from Seattie for his first Homecoming experience.

The events for Friday and Saturday went off without any problems. (How could there be any problems after a 64-27 drubbing of Duke?) The festivi-

ties at the Bayridge Inn with '49 and '51 were joyous. Ron Marryott '57, new CEO and President of the Alumni Association, put in an appearance and thanked the three Classes for their support of USNA. Tom Ross suggests that a winning football season with wins over Air Force and Army will go a long way to setting things straight with regards to the myriad problems that have beset the Department of the Navy, USNA and the Alumni Association. Ann and Tom Ross were planning a Uip to tour the Hawaiian Islands during November and Rosemarie and Barney Barnette were planning a '50 Aloha to Honolulu in welcome.

Bill Kiehl sends '50 Washington area news garnered from the 3 October luncheon meeting. The SCORPION/THRESHER Memorial (a partial '50 sponsorship) will be dedicated at USNA on 28 January 1997.

The re-work of our 30tii gift to the Academy is progressing well. Public works is doing site preparation and landscaping, while a new and much larger '50 crest is being provided. A new multi-colored and larger metal map of the Academy grounds is awaiting installation. Our project is directly across from the new Visitors Center and gets a lot of attention.

Those providing information at the October gathering were: Bill Rockey, Daryle Tripp, Jim Lynn, Bill Kiehl (going to Dublin for Navy/ND), CharUe Cooper (book will be out soon), Tom Ross, Gayle May, Charlie Hirsch, Milt Schultz (with guest Mare-Philipp MeyerfromStuttgart, Germany), Willy Ayres, Roy Snyder, Bob Mandeville, John Cavanaugh, J.J. McNally, Bill Simons (RAND Corporation has published in 2 volumes Soldiers For Peace. First volume is a typology of peace operations while the 2nd analyzes different constraints and requirements for each type of operation and is intended as a handbook for staff officers, civilian and military, charged with planning.). Ward Lasley, Don StuU, Stan Krohn, and Larry Hawkins.

Fran and Dick Powell were down at the beach in Virginia Beach during November and December, but Dick's thoughts and activities were never far from Fifty Fund actions. Dick has a laptop, fax machine and a portable printer so he is never out of touch.

The Powells invited all the Tidewater types out to the Sandpiper Road address for fun, food and games and gathered: Jeanne and Ray Barber, Marlene and Ellis Buckley, Mary and Jim DiNardo, Alice and Fred Edwards, Shirley and Dick Fox, Ulla and Cliff Hopkins, George Jessen (Cathy contending with chemo at home), Peggy and Ron Kelly, Pat and Tom Mulligan and hosts Fran and Dick Powell. There was a showing of the promotional video that the Class sponsored supporting the restoration and modemization of Preble Hall. A copy of the video was also sent to San Diego, and a laser version was prepared for showing in the Museum foyer. Dick mentions that a money bartel in that foyer will not be out of line. As to the Fifty Fund—almost 40 percent have either given or pledged for a total of just over $262K. Widows have been generous, and one parent contributed $2000. There are also corporate matching gifts being received. (Many retirees who had been under corporate matching gift programs may still be eligible. If not sure of status, then check it.) Our outlays for video preparation, laser works and rehab of our 30th Memorial is coming in under budget with more product than had been anticipated. Sam Doak has not only contributed to the Fifty Fund but has written to say that he has been touched by the appeal. Accordingly, he has sent appreciated stock in generous measure to the Fund. Director of Development of the Alumni Association, Chip Seymour.'65, assures that it has been credited to the Fifty Fund.

Chip also noted that the Museum makes a great impression on visitors and potential Midshipmen. Sam observes that the Museum is a very worthy cause and that we are reaching the point where old

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thingshave more relevance. (Why not let the youngsters see those things that we grew up with?) The Doaks and Corky Anglemans attended the Navy/ Wake Forest game in Winston Salem. Sam, Corky, Jacques Trevillyan, Al Drew and Roddy Radcliff gather together on occasion.

Prompted by an article in New Yorker magazine of 16 September, the San Diego '50 group October meeting at the Naval Station Mariner Club concentrated on "Tail Hook Revisited." There was general agreement, and not just Monday morning quarterbacking, that the reason for the continued media interest and, therefore, the damage to the Department of the Navy was the ill-advised attempt to stonewall that event. Those present saw parallels with the recent case of the resignation of the CEO and President of the Alumni Association. After all, it was argued, after a lengthy executive search and an extended tumover period, it was a shock to leam that the incumbent had resigned and had been replaced without any apparent notice to the various Chapters of the Association, let alone seeking advice. It was felt that we, as sti-ong supporters of the Alumni Association, rated an explanation as well as a full report of the findings and recommendations of the panel that accepted the resignation and did the hiring of his replacement. Those present and in agreement: Veme Stange, John Coughlin (subsequently noting agreement from Alumni in the Seattle area), Wayne Jensen, Mark Fradden, Dick Prescott, Bob Muck, Charlie Clark, Stan Neander, Dick Thurston, Don Elliott, Frank Cassilly and Bill Grimm. The '50 wives also met for October but had no controversial matters: Faye Elliott, Marj Cassilly, Marcia Clark, Mary Ellen Prescott (back from Minnesota and a high school reunion), Mary Lou Thurston, June Neander, Mary Coughlin (down to San Diego to see another son off on a six-month deployment to keep America free) and Dorothy Jensen. Wayne

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Pres: CAPT F. Trent Shaver, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: William W. Boyes, Jr. 2214 McAuliffe Drive, Rockville, MD 20851-1548 The 45th Reunion of the Class of 1951 (Second to None) is now history. In attendance were some 203 Classmates and enough spouses and significant others to ran over a total of 350 attendees. As might be expected. Classmates came from all over the country, and there was a very good contingent from the West Coast. The latter, under the aegis of John Tillson will be expecting a goodly tumout of East Coasters at the San Diego game, June Week West, etc. next Fall, a sort of mini '51 reunion, if you will.

Some of our Classmates who did not make the 45th wrote to say they would absolutely make the 50th at Loew's Hotel in Annapolis in 2001 (if you can believe after the tum of the century). Unfortunately, the actuarial tables say many of us will not make it past the biblical three score and ten.

At the 45th, there were a few glitches as might be expected in a four-day extravaganza; but all in all, everybody seemed to have a good time. Those who did not can write personally to Paul Tomb. Paul will be compiling a list of lessons leamed at the 45th, so hopefully any mistakes, ertors, omissions will not be repeated by what will be a new President and new (probably recycled) Board of Directors in the year 2001.

On a brighter note, the hospitality suite was well attended and used for a variety of goings-on. The tie was a great choice for the males but the vase and carafe were a bit bulky for female travelers to tote

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back home. Maybe a bracelet or charm for the 50th?

Or, both, Paul. Luncheon widi die Brigade went well, I understand. Sailing and the YP trips were very social and much appreciated. The banquet was well done and the SMU game was a thriller down to the last second when a field goal broke a tie to lock up the game. I hate to say this, but the Brigade looked better marching on the field tiian we did. Maybe it was those whites which we never had back in the late forties.

I was fortunate enough to sit in front of Jim Hunt at the football game and his ranning commentary on the shenanigans was as good as, if not better, than some other football players on TV. I especially liked Jim's remark when SMU got hold of the ball tiieir last time; he said, "Now the air will be filled with flying footballs," and it was. Fortunately, to no avail for SMU. Newt Burley brought down a case of Chief Hatuey (that old one-eyed rascal) beer from the environs of New York City. Needless to say they went like hotcakes and were much appreciated. The first taste in 46 years for some.

Frank Liberato was the first to send me a picture of the 45th which I fully intended to ran in this issue. But as Iflippedthe letter under it, the photo slid off into a crevice in our newly redecorated kitchen from which it will never see the light of day until the next tenant decides to re-do the kitchen in a decade or two. Sorry about that, Frank, but think of the amazement on the faces of the new installers in the 21st Century when they look at that faded photo and wonder who those old geezers were.

And speaking of old timers, your old (and getting older) scribe received a letter from Al Olsen '45. It informed me that the USNA Christmas Ball at the Bethesda "O" Club which used to include only the Classes of 1939-1950, has now opened up to the Classes of 1951 and 1952. The Ball is held on Wednesday, 18 Dec. 1996, black tie optional, and at $70 per couple includes a filet mignon dinner and wine plus dancing with the "Aristocrats" playing tunes of the 40s.

I guess that means no macarena. Cash bar before and after the dinner, of course. This might be a nice take because we'd be the least wrinkled bunch of youngsters going to an old timers ball. Not bad.

Pete Hilgartner has taken it upon himself to keep curtent the list of Marines in our Class, so he and Haig Donabedian on the West Coast can personally inform all of them about events, deaths, or whatever that will be meaningful. Pete has already done such a superb job on this that Tony Thorne (who went USAF at graduation) asked to be included since he, Tony, sometimes is forgotten in far off Sevema Park, MD. At the 40th reunion, your newly elected old scribe did an unofficial MK VI eyeball poll of our Class to see who had changed the least since 1 June 1951. At that time, it was a toss-up among Andy Bergesen, Bob Rehwaldt and Dick Inman.

And so as not to be accused of favoritism one way or another, rather than announce the result, I decided to wait and do a similar poll at the 45th, which I did.

And the winner is—(he will be announced at the 50th reunion, God willin' and the creek don't overflow).

New address: Frank MulhoUand, Apt. 231,9435 Sunset Harbor Lane, Ft. Myers, FL, 33919.

The business meeting of the Class on Sat. morning of the 45th reunion was rather extended and covered multifarious subjects. So much so that I'll leave it up to everyone to read the annual report, which should he mailed out probably before you read this in the December issue of Shipmate.

Elections were held at the 45th. Our new Vice President will be Sam Ginder. He will be joined on the Board of Directors by newly elected: Dick Dean, John Redfield and George Klett.

Ron Davies wrote to say the Veterans Administration hospital in La Jolla. CA, and 16 other VA centers throughout the country are running a free abdominal aortic aneurysm sonogram test. No Xrays, no needles, no dyes, just a 20-minute ultrasound to detect a possible ballooning of the large artery in the abdomen, the bursting of which is the tenth leading cause of death in older males. Hey, every little bit of preventive medicine counts nowadays if it will help us to keen on ticking.

One of John Seward's roomies came up to me at the 45th to say John's name was missing from our Class Directory. However, upon close examination it will show Jack is butted up against the late Lou Sessions due to a space cramping. Bruce Meader had to squeeze it in and figured Lou would understand.

Speaking of which, the Class Directory will be a little late this year due to the crush of the 45th reunion. Homecoming and the annual report all coming too close together.

Albert Corwen gave up a very exclusive, invitation only, golf toumament to attend the 45th. He also dropped me a politically incortect article from the Wall Street Journal in which CDR Robert E. Stumpf, '74, ADM Jeremy Boorda, and ADM Stanley Arthur (eleven Distinguished Flying Crosses) came out smelling like roses—for once—and the late LT Kara Hultgreen (pilot ertor killed her) and LT Rebecca Hansen (pilot ertor would have killed her) come out not smelling like roses. The latter LT was ably aided by the now ex-Senator David Durenberger, obviously a better judge of pilot material than ADM Arthur. A host of other Senators such as: Kay Hutchison, Dan Coates, Sam Nunn, et al., stood ignominiously by while Stumpf's and Arthur's careers went right down the tubes for no real reasons.

In this same regard, Andy Kremm, who attended this years Tailhook Convention in Reno, saw no Classmates there, noted that CRD Stumpf was never "Tailhooker of the Year," and thinks aviator Classmates ought to resume support of this organization, especially our flags.

Received a note from Cholly Furlow, who eased back into '52 after our Ring Dance (and got to attend the '52 Ring Dance as well), asking about why I had ran Boyd Prior's photo. Had Boyd died or what? So I gave Cholly my spiel about how I ran a myriad of pictures of all kinds of Classmates—the quick and the dead—because, "Once a Classmate, always a Classmate," and, besides, who else could or would ran them?

Mary and Clyde MidJIeum

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Pres: CAPT James P. Keane, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Leigh Ebbert, USN (Ret.) 2514 Culpeper Road, Alexandria, VA 22308-2133

Reece Belk and Jack Nunneley Well, it's time to wish you all a Merty Christmas and a Happy New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Walt.

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Beat Army! ! How is the end of the year shaping up for you? We've had another Presidential election, more grandchildren born, and we are looking forward to a grand New Year. It was nice to have some wins for the home team this year There was a different quality of conversation at Homecoming, due in large part by the 64-27 win over Duke. When was it that we had that sort of score? A nice score on the Air Force game, wasn't it! !

Speaking of football, how well would you do on the following trae-false question? A suspended player is removed for the entire game and has to leave the field. This was one of the questions Johnny Greer, our honorary Classmate and NFL referee, left us with during the September luncheon in Washington, DC. His talk included rule change description for the Chop Blocksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite complicated and enjoyed by those that were there. They were: Jim Troutman, Buz Thomas, Tom Tonseth, Vince Manara, Ed Leonard, Doane Kiechel, Jack O'Donnell and son LCDR Brian O'Donnell, Dick Laulor, Bob Lancaster, Howard McCollum, John Lanford, Dick Smith, Vince Argiro, Jack O'Connell, Jake Brown, Jerry Zachararias, Dick Fleeson, Gordon Engquist, Jerry Hyndman, Bill Laux, Toxey Califf, Hork Dimon, Garnett Bailey, George Lester, Leigh Ebbert and Larry Layman. Buz Thomas gave us an update on plans for the 45th reunion. He described the "Then and Now" book and gave us a sample of what we could put into it. Pictures of ourselves prior to '60 and after '90 and a commentary that you can share with us at the reunion. The Fischers hosted a seafood cookout prior to the SMU game in September Attending were: Nancy and Gene Avallone, Nan and Jim Quinn, Peggy and Jim Keane, Lois and Dick Smith, Dolly and Ed Leonard, Martha and Toxey Califf, Francoise and Al Bress, Nancy and Frank Hannegan, Esther and Vince Manara, Rita and Garnett Bailey, Petey and Biscuit Wev, Jim Troutman, Mary-lin and Demp Jackson, Helen and Les Banghart, Susan Kephart and Tom Thawley, Joan and Vince Argiro, Sally and John Alexander, Joan Beecher, and hosts Betty and Jim Fischer.

Thanks, Jim, for the input.

Bob Morris and Bill Sherar report on the '96 Tailhook reunion. Recreation Research President Mortis, writes "Our Class was well represented at the convention since it was widely published that Jim Lovell was going to be our banquet speaker."

Bob says that Jim captivated the large audience as he covered "hairy" segments of the APOLLO 13 flight using movie clips and slides. Everyone was on the edge of their seats. Bob continues, "Another highlight of the convention was the recognition of our Classmate Punchy Gilcrist as he was nominated for the 'Tailhook Associafion Lifefime Achievement Award.'" The award citation listed Punchy's tours in fighter squadrons, an instructor in the Pacific Fleet Air Gunnery Unit, the predecessor the "Top Gun," test pilot training, flight testing of most of the Navy' s tactical jet aircraft, and command tours. It states, "During the Vietnam War, he made three combat deployments, logged 167 combat missions, and was awarded 17 combat decorations..." The first flag officer to land an F-14 Tomcat on board an aircraft carrier, he retired from the Naval service in 1985.

He has authored four b o o k s : Feet Wet, Crusader.Tomcat, and Vultures Raw and contributed to the Tailhook magazine. The Hook. Congratulations, Punchy.

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Punchy Gilcrist at Tailhook Judy and Bill Sherar went to San Francisco to visit a daughter who operates an antique brokerage firm, called I Spy, Inc. Bill says "Needless to say, Angella has had some very interesting phone calls with that name." He continues, "We also went to Reno to my first Tailhook convention. It was also Jim Lovell's first. His old Squadron, VC-3 had a reunion. Jim's talk on APOLLO 13 was super, and you know I am the Classmate that found the APOLLO 13 capsule for Jim about 8 years ago at the LeBourget Field Musee D'Aire alongside a Soviet Vostock Capsule." Bill comments on the convention: "Obviously the Tailhook Association has changed direction; and all but a few attendees were retired Naval aviators, like us, with the active duty attendees mostly speakers on the Air Training Command today." Bill sends along a picture of Judy and himself, "My old LSO suit was a littie fight, but still fit; and when Judy wore that jacket, I usually assumed my aide position one pace to the left and one to the rear, like I did for ComHukLants RADMs Miller and Thach."

Corky Lenox, Punchy Gilcrist, Jim Lovell, Bill Knutson, Bob Morris, and in the front row Bill Sherar and Jim McPherson—Gus Eggert was there but not available for the picture Bill Sherar also comments that: it was great seeing so many, and Tailhook is fully in support of current Naval aviation, which with so many congressmen having never served in any military, is downsizing and cost-reducing.

It's the old story, in peacetime the military is not needed; but when an unexpected war breaks out, where is the military—why aren't they prepared?

Bee and Jim Niederkrome are paying their first visit to New Orleans in October and will spend a few days with us in our home on the river in Covington.

1 have retired from the insurance brokerage business where 1 had branch offices in Shanghai, Singapore. Italy and Bermuda and have started a Transportation Research Institute to locate a library at the University of New Orleans Research Park, along with several others including Bill Rowden,..Who said retirement is boring?

Thanks, Bill, for the update.

McKenzie Moss checks in with a note and the picture of himself, Wayne Hughes and Bill Rowden ("he suffered living with me for four years") last Summer He writes "Nearing the finish of the great Kentucky novel (penned on the shores of Carmel Bay). Never worked so hard in my life—a tough discipline—but love writing and wish I'd started a lot sooner. Also am active in the Civil Air Patrol which is fun and challenging and still teaching at Golden Gate U." He and Barbara were planning a trip to New England to see the fall color and to visit his other "wife" Dick Coulter and his wife Shelaigh in Shrewsbury, MA. Thanks, McKenzie, and good luck.

At dinner in Carmel We seem to have a number of Classmates writing, and I'm hearing more about the athletes among you.

In addition to Lois and Dick Smith, I understand that Phil Case is doing rather well. We heard from J. Val Smith about the seniors basketball toumament with Dick Smith. Dick sends along a picture of Lois and himself with June and Jake Brown, taken at the Brown's condo in Sea Pines Plantation at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Dick notes "Aren't those two ladies in the photo gorgeous? Jake and myself traly are blessed."

Smiths and Browns Thank you, Dick, and you will go a long way.

In the Real Estate Section of the Washington Post, 16 September, was an article titled, "At Port Royal, Rooms With Quite a View." The article describes this set of condominiums located in the southern section of Alexandria and what the residents could see.

I found this: Other neighbors such as Joan Argiro, said the scenic view was the main attraction. From her condo unit, Argiro and her husband, retired Navy Capt. Vincent J. Argiro can see Boiling Air Force Base. To the Southwest, there is the George Washington Masonic Temple in Alexandria. 'We like to travel a lot, but when we're here we could spend hours on the balcony taking in all the beauty,' Joan Argiro said.

Homecoming weekend was blessed with great weather. For those of us who gathered to play The George Vahsen Memorial Golf Tournament on Thursday, the 3rd of October, you couldn't have asked for a nicer afternoon. Three foursomes, Jim Hagen, Peter Stark, Peter Barry, Mac McDonald, Ed Paluso, Gus Eggert, Frank Hannegan, Ken Weir, Leigh Ebbert, Jim Troutman, Doane Kiechel, and Lou McMillan. The winner was Pete Stark who took the trophy from Ed Paluso. The low gross was Peter Barry, and second and third places went to Jim Hagen and Jim Troutman respectively. Wonderful world of Callaway.

As many of you know, the football was great on Saturday; and in the early evening, we gathered at the Alumni House for a buffet and for time to catch up with each other It was great to see Agnes and Ron Mathis and to hear about Jerry Rapkin's efforts to tell the Navy story through his work in the Navy League. He and Jan had just returned from extensive travels in the Far East. Helen and Lou have finished their new home in Florida. Attending were: Rita and Garnett Bailey, Sheila and Peter Barry, Joan Beecher, Martha and Toxey Califf, Bill Carl, Jean and Leigh Ebbert, Nancy and Frank Hannegan, Mary Ann and Bob Lancaster, Dolly and Ed Leonard, Rosemary and Walt Locke, Esther and Vince Manara, Agnes and Ron Mathis, Mac McDonald, Gayle May '50 guest, Helen and Lou McMillan, Billie and John Owen, Nan and Jim Quinn, Ian and Jerry Rapkin, lulie and Bill Ryan, Elaine and Bob Schulze, Lois and Dick Smith, 'Tom Thawley, Wanda and Art T h o m p s o n , Jim Troutman, Nancy and Kenny Weir, Petey and Biscuit Wev, Lillian and Jim Wilson, Liz and Ernie Schultz, Bill Deaton, Dottie and Pete Maloney, Jean and Jack Sheehan.

I have included pictures from previously described events: Esther and Vince Manara at their cottage in the Outerbanks with the Argiros, Wevs and the Fakourys; Jerry Rapkin and Jack Sheehan (January '96), Demp Jackson, Garnett Bailey and Paul German at the Annual Meeting, and Hork Dimon with Jack O'Connell at the Valentine Brunch.

Bill Sherar and Judy

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Esther and Vince at the Outerbanks

Pres: RADM S. David Frost, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: LCOL David B. Jones, USAF (Ret.) 6708 Pageland Lane, Gainesville, VA 20155 (H) 703 754-4492

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Can't believe that this is the last 1996 Shipmate column (and it is only early October). It is hard to think of the Army-Navy Game and then Christmas this early. Firstly, we have only had three football games. The team is 2-1 and has looked good in spots but has had some troubles also. Conversely, Army is 3-0 and Air Force is 3-1. However, if the SMU game is a true indicator, we have an exciting team that appears to be very well coached. We could not say that several years ago.

The first tailgate of the year at the SMU game was very successful. We had a large tumout of Classmates and wives who were happy to see the new Class Flag that Jack Hoch had the Tailor Shop make for us.

Dave Johnson designed and built the Mast/Stanchion (?) artangeraent and Dave Wagner told me at the October Luncheon that he has been "volunteered" to be the keeper and setter-upper of our flag. The first picture shows Mooney, Dowd, Albright, Cricket Johnson, Hoch, Jones and Dave Johnson posing in front of the flag.

Earl Griggs and Lynn Johnson

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The Flag Raising The remaining tailgate pictures show Gene and Jack Wilson; Tony Dowd, Denver Eddy and Dave Wagner; Dolores and Ed Dixon with Dave Johnson; Earl Griggs being assisted (?) by Lynn Johnson; and Lynn and Dave Johnson in a calm moment before most of the people artived.

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The food was great. Lynn Johnson smoked a large turkey. Earl Griggs made two pots of beans and rice that were gooood, there were lots of hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill as well as numerous other goodies such as country ham slices on mini-rolls, buffalo wings, three or four different kinds of brownies and that's just what I sampled. Needless to say. no one went hungry. Bill Trueblood brought his portable generator, so once again we were underway with electric power The game was very exciting as Navy won on the last play, and we were a happy bunch as we replayed the game in the parking lot while we waited for the traffic to thin out.

At the tailgate. Bill Trueblood gave me a letter describing the trip Karen and he took this past Summer It was an Alumni Association sponsored trip of the Scandinavian countries. The trip was organized and run by Vantage Travel and the full group was 22 couples. Fourteen of these couples were from the Academy. Of this contingent, 4 couples were from the Class of 1953. These were Karen and Bill, Ginny and Hank Hukill, Lida and Jerry Muench and Ann and Harvey Falk. The four couples won '53 the prize for largest Class representation. Over the fifteen-day trip, they saw as much of Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden as could be seen in that length of time. Bill included two pictures; the first one shows the '53 group holding the Alumni Association Flag, while the second shot shows Jerry Muench, Hank Hukill and Bill in front of a wonderfully preserved 150 year old lady in Helsinki. Thanks, Bill it's good to see some of the other submariners in the Class.

Jerry Muench. Hank Hukill and Bill Trueblood On the subject of submariners. Art Bivens has written a book entitled Of Nukes and Nose Cones. A Submarine Story, and was kind enough to send me a copy. In the letter he sent with it, he said that he wrote the book for his own amusement and as a historical account. He adds the Class of 1953 played a big part in early nuclear submarine operations. Seven

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Classmates were on the commissioning crew (Blue and Gold) of PATRICK HENRY, the second Polaris missile submarine, but with many firsts, such as the first into Holy Loch, Scotland, after setting a submerged endurance record. The seven were Art Moreau, Dick Wright, John Olson, Bill Purdum, Joe Logan, Rob Conolly and Art. Two others, Pete Lyon and Bill Ryan joined the ship shortly thereafter Many other of our submariners also served on these early nuclear subs. I'm almost through the book, and it is very interesting. It is always fun to find names of people you know and like in a book. The November issue of Shipmate should have an ad for the book; but if you didn't see it or have discarded that issue, give Art a call at 703-273-1392. Thanks, again Art. The October lunch was well attended—I say that anytime they have to bring in extra chairs and place settings. We were set up for a max of 32 and wound up with 37 or 38. Dave Frost could not make it, so our VP Gus Hubal ran the luncheon. While still on crutches, he said he is well on the road to recovery after his hip replacement operations. He is into physical therapy on a daily basis. The prosthesis is in Au Natural, not glued; and when it is totally healed, he says the doctors say it will carry a lifetime guarantee. He also said that since he came home from the hospital, Judy was administering all his intravenous injections (she was checked out at Bethesda). This has taught him that it is not wise to upset one's nurse.

The picture of Gus was snapped as he entered our McNair room. The other luncheon picture is one I talked about a month or so ago. It is of Bob Ruckman and his award winning Classic Chewy.

Don McVay reminded all attendees of the 3 December joint USMA-USNA Class of '53 Pre-Army-Navy Game luncheon that replaces our normal December Class Luncheon. It will be at Fort McNair at 1130 but will probably be upstairs in the bigger room.

Bob Ruckman and Prizewinning Chevrolet Just got a call from Hart Sebring with some good news. Martha has had serious foot problems the last several years. Walking has become very painful, and she has basically had to quit golf and many other normal activities. Fortunately, they heard about an outpatient Sports Medicine type clinic in Annapolis.

Martha had an evaluation there, and they told her they could help. Hart took her in last week, and they operated. The call today was to report that it looks as if the operation was successful. She is in a wheelchair now (Oct. 3rd), but she should be back to battery in about six weeks and be able to walk and play golf with none of the pain of before.

I think I mentioned in an earlier column that we were planning an Alaskan Craise/tour in late Summer of 1997. The '97 schedules are now out, and we have booked a 14-day trip. We start with a 7-day tour of the Kenai, Anchorage, Mt. McKinley (Denali) and Fairbanks areas and finish with a 7-day craise on CROWN PRINCESS from Seward to Vancouver The craise will go by College Fjord, into Glacier Bay, visit Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan and get to Vancouver via the Inside Passage. The land portion is also a Princess operation so it should be pretty plush and CROWN PRINCESS is a nice ship—it's only problem might be that it is a very big ship. Four couples have already booked, and we think four or five more will join us. If you are interested, book before mid-Febraary to get the early bird discount.

Our trip is Princess Craise/Tour 14 on 26 August, 1997. If you want more information, call us at 703754-4492 until Christmas and at 561-278-8325 after New Years. Alaska is magnificent and Princess rans good craises and tours.

Some quick excerpts from Don Rente's 24th Company News Letter Grace and Dan Hopkins live in Penn Yan, NY for most of the year; but when the golf courses close, they head south. A year ago they rented a house in Palm Coast, FL, for three months.

Since Grace had issued an open "Come on down" invitation to a lot of friends, they were inundated with company. Between January 2nd and Febraary 15th, they had 23 nights of overnight guests. Even Joyce and Hebe Jones showed. Hebe stayed for 10 days, while Joyce was there for a weekend. Talk about hot bunks...Needless to say Grace became very adept at getting linens on and off a bed before the next shift showed up. During the entire three months, they only missed 3 days of golf. And on one of those other 87 days that they played golf, Grace BROKE EIGHTY!!! That may not mean much to a non-golfer; but to a lady near our age, it is BIG STUFF. She tried to take the course home with her, but it wasn't for sale. They did leam an important Florida lesson when they did go North. You shouldn't travel into or out of Florida on the first or last day of a month in the winter season (or during the week between Christmas and New Years)! Congratulations, Grace—I think we played together at a reunion about 10 or 15 years ago, but we weren't breaking 80 then. I'm impressed. If you come to South Florida this Winter, let's try and play a round. Toni and Al Krochmal are supposed to be moving to the DC area from Califomia this Fall. Don wonders whether they read about the recent winter weather in DC? If they are back here now and read this, I hope they will start coming to luncheons and the other Class activities. Anne and Dick Robbins reported that Dick had successful cataract surgery in December '95 and that they then took off on their planned seven-week trip through Australia and New Zealand. Dee Kraynak wrote Don and informed him that she has moved to Virginia Beach. Her new address is 4419 Honeygrove Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23455. Her phone number is 804-460-8698. Don says to give her a call if you are in the Tidewater area. Thanks, Don. More next month also.

Found another Grandfather picture. I think I ran one similar to this a year ago, but it is so good that it should ran again; and besides, it is a good example of what we want from you in a grandfather picture.

The picture is of Brad Mooney with his daughter Jennifer's son. Love it—send me more. Also please remember to send me your Christmas Cards and letters.

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Grandfather Mooney Don't forget Class Luncheons are on the first Tuesday of each month at the Fort McNair Officers Club at 1130. The Dark Ages Branch will be in late Febraary, probably at Fort Myers. If you don't receive a flyer on this, call Dave Frost at 703-620-6062 or Gus Hubal at 703-533-3041. Send news and pictures to me anytime. Pictures can be black and white or color, must have an Alumnus or Alumni in them and, hopefully, shouldn't have any writing on the back. After Christmas, we will be at 1 Harbourside Drive, Apt 1-701, Delray Beach, FL 33483, phone 561-278-8325. BEAT ARMY! Merty Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you—Dave.

P.S. If you are looking for charities to help this Christmas, remember Father Jim Walker's St. Peter Claver Catholic Church School at 131 Ward St., Macon, GA 31201. The money is needed, it will be used, it will help and it is tax deductible.

Cortection: In the September column, Tony Miller informs me that the lady I identified in the picture as his wife Helen is not Helen—I'm sorty. Now HELP, who is she?

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under for several years in conjunction with Maria's Foreign Service duties. Bill hinted that a transfer back to the good-ole USA was forthcoming. Jamie and Carol, get there before they leave. The Johnsons are great hosts as can be attested by several of our Classmates.

The Class extends its sincere sympathies to Jeannine Anderson whose husband of 27 years, our Classmate Joseph Franklin Anderson died of cancer 1 October at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1978, Joe retired in the rank of Captain after years of outstanding contributions to the Submarine Service. As a civilian, he worked as a senior engineer on the U.S. Trident Submarine Program for American Systems in Virginia. Joe contributed many hours to his community as President of the Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association. To all of Joe's family, we offer our condolences in this time of deep sorrow.

Schlenzig's in town again. Would you believe that Cheron and Bill Hargrave have swapped homes for several weeks? Hargrave goes to California and we get the "Schlenz" in Annapolis...Well, it's actually a great honor for all of us, and especially me, to welcome Bob back to the "Right Coast" whence came he. We chatted at the Navy-Duke game? (can you believe that game...happy times are here again!) and Bob has zillions of photos from the West Coast Reunion. As soon as I get them, you will see them in your Class column...promise.

I have heard that we have all reached the age of discretion...probably meaning that we can make fools of ourselves in a more dignified way...or that we can put two and two together and keep our mouth shut!

Donald "Spud" Campbell checks in from Sequin, Washington:

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Pres: COL Fitz W. Woodrow, USMC (Ret.) Sec'y: Edward H. "Ed" Dawson, Jr. 6601 Howie Ct., Camp Springs, MD 20748-3941 (H) 301-449-1954 (Fax) 301-595-2586 Carty on Blue and Gold, both in thought and action bold, for a Navy Victory!! Let's just DO IT!!.. .May God bless each of us as we celebrate this glorious holiday season in our own special ways.

Chuck Horowitz reports that he and his wife, Lee joined Evie and Frank Brame last September to celebrate a surprise birthday party Jamie Deuel held for his wife, Carol in Albuquerque. Chuck says Jamie went all out in coordinating the gala event which included food and beverages (of course), but also grandiose decorations, party favors, appropriate songs and theme T-shirts for 80 guests. As usual for Jamie, the party was a blast. Carol was treated to (or suffered through) a "This is your Life" scenario. As a special birthday present, Jamie presented Carol with tickets for a three-week trip to Tasmania, Australia and New Zealand. What a great present...wait a minute...it says here (wouldn't you know). ..Jamie has to go with her. As reported earlier this year, Jamie was scheduled to bicycle cross-country this Fall.

Hopefully, he will bring the Class up-to-date on his adventures...Happy Birthday, Carol.

Add joy to your daily life...Watch a sunrise at least once a year, compliment three people every day, live beneath your means and, finally choose your life's mate carefully...From this one decision will come ninety percent of all your happiness...or misery. H.J. Brown.

Bill Johnson called me long distance...and I mean, long distance! I thought Bill was in town, the connection was so clear; but I was talking to Australia!

Bill and his wife Maria have been stationed down-

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Spud, By and J.J. Summer hasfinallycome to an end, so 1 thought a short note regarding summer visitors to the other "Olympics" might be of interest.

As some may recall, 1 live in a small town on the Olympic Peninsula in the far northwestern corner of the state. Our local claim to fame is that we average only 16 inches of rainfall annually, so we can enjoy an abundance of outdoor recreation which includes two championship golf courses.

Small as it is, Sequim has been discovered by several of our Classmates. By Byington visited in July following an RV expedition to visit his brother in Alaska. My old roomie, and brother-in-law, J.J. Olsen joined us from his home in nearby Mercer Island so we tee-d'em up for a round or two. I reminded Byington that the first real submarine that he ever got close to was when he was a CAG, and I took him on an in-port tour of BARBEL. Summer was rounded out by a surprise visit from Dick Murphy, who ventured all the way from Williamsburg, VA, to visit his brother who happens to be retired in this city.(My note: Dick must have gotten a letter from his golf course pro giving him permission to leave the area. Spud continues...)

Dick was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, not far from here where he had worked Summers on a farm...bringing back youthful memories.

Bob Schlenzig did a great job. See you at the 45th, think deep. Spud.

Ed Tipshus always takes time out of his busy schedule to drop a line or send some photos. This year Ed traveled from Ohio to attend the Navy-Duke

game and was rewarded with a superior Navy performance at Homecoming. Thanks for the pix, Ed.

Herb Hope, Den Ager, Barbara Eisenhauer, Jim Healy, Steve Eisenhauer

Bill Hoover, Ed Tipshus, Jim Hay and Fred Kinley Remember when this column...your column...had interesting anecdotes, factual stories that happened to you? They were humorous, they were serious, they were fun, they were our experiences during our military careers...they are what we all want to read about the great Class of 1954. Well...?? Why not put on your thinking caps, put some of your thoughts into writing and help me out with this column. Indulge me, challenge me as I challenge you to give me some good solid input to share with your Classmates. This goes for you wives also. Tell your husband...remember when this happened...it was so funny or weird...how about writing to Eddie to include in the column. Thank you all for your support.

As we close out the year of 1996, I wish you happiness...Happiness is a healthy mental attitude, a grateful spirit, a clear conscience, and a heart full of love... Eddie.

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Pres: LCDR Dennis Sullivan, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Thomas G. Kiefaber, USN (Ret.) 10522 Bimham Road, Great Falls, VA 22066-3202 Homecoming '96 was a fun event for yours traly.

Hosted Al "King" Kozischek (out from Long Beach, CA) for five days. At the airport, he stepped off the plane with a movie camera in his face. While I advanced to greet him, Al shouted out "sound o f f (for the movie). After two days of sightseeing in Washington and his shooting and nartating film of our house (inside and out), we headed down to Bean Town eariy on Friday to soak up the ambiance and attend as many events as possible. After signing in at Alumni Hall, we dropped in on Dean Jack Renard; attended the freebie picnic lunch hosted by USNAAA at Alumni House (running into Denny Sullivan, and Herb Malick and friend, Linda); went to the Midshipman Store; attended the Dress Parade (very impressive), and "endured" Happy Hour at the Officers' Club. An interesting note—Herb makes a living playing high stakes poker and performing otherhonest endeavors. Al and I had just enough time to check-in to our suite-by-the-bay at Ricketts Hall

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and change for the Dahlgren Hall Reception and Mess Hall Dinner We were joined at this gala by Denny, Herb, Otto Zipf and friend, Peggy, and Margot and Gary Snyder. (By the way, the mess hall dinner was a vast improvement over ones of recent past.) The next morning we visited the new Visitor's Center (the flick To Serve is a must see) and observed the "Running of the Goats" (jog-ran) and "shared" coffee and doughnuts with the participants. Artived at our tailgate area at the stadium early—in time to see Fred Tolleson shimming up a light pole to tie-off our massive '55 standard. There was a good tumout for the tailgate, which featured fine cuisine, suds and Pep (as in Rally). Kudos to Set Up pros Fred and Dan Shields. We all then witnessed a smashing victory by the Navy team over Duke. After the game, we attended the Class Bash at Busch's Chesapeake House featuring taped highlights of the "54 football season (including the Sugar Bowl). It was fun watching John Weaver, Joe Gattuso, Billy Hepworth, Phil Monahan and Jack Garrow again running roughshod over the opposition. Navy cheers were led by King Koz (at the game too). Don Conner maestroed the event beautifully and somehow obtained the tape free of charge. The startling command "sound o f f was to be repeated for the entire five days, to friends and strangers alike, while Al was shooting everything in sight. The entire weekend with Al was fun and reminiscent of many happy encounters during the past 40 plus years.

And it's all on film for anyone interested!

Norm Harper sent in the following:

why not non-golfers? Attending were: Virginia and Ray Wyman, Lucy and Hank Mustin. Susie and Geoff Gardner (last hoorah before the knife), Debbie and John Adams, Pat and Joe Chmelik (plus their son Ed and his wife), Martha and Tony Bracken, Don Kellerman, Denny Sullivan, Dick Morgan and yours truly (a non-golfer). Playing, but unable to stay for dinner were: Dottie and Bernie White and Diane and Steve Ruth. Award trophies went to: Ray Hine—Ed Straub Memorial Award for golfing excellence, Tony Bracken—most competitive; Denny Sullivan—most improved; Dick Morgan—most consistent, John Adams—bravest, Lucy Mustin—most consistent lady. In addifion, each golfer received from Dick Morgan a fickle-fingerof-fate instrument for tidying up greens.

Higgs with Trophies It is sad to report that Roger "Spider" Johnson, RADM USN (Ret) passed away on 4 October from cardiac artest after over a week in a coma. Spider was a splendid Naval officer, a mighty fine Classmate and a frequent attendee of Class functions in the Washington, DC area. Funeral services, with full military honors, were held on 21 October at Ft. Myer/ Arlington National Cemetery, followed by a reception at the Ft. Myer Officers' club. His wife Jean can be reached at: 2408 Babcock Road, Vienna, VA 22182-4012; Tel: 703-938-8548.

HEARD IT ON THE GRAPEVINE ('55 Net).

Paul Sutherland reported in after getting back from an outstanding lunch at the Outer Banks attended by 30 Classmates and wives. Attendees were from Tidewater, VA, NC, and even some from the Northern Neck of VA, MD and Northern VA. Always an outstanding group when any '55ers get together for social and talk. Attending were: Sybil and Charlie Plumly , Karen and Pat Taylor, Dolly and Brent Streit, Gwin and Frank Farino, Joan and Dick Morgan, Sharon and Kirk Rowe, Sarah and Larry Frost, Betty and Tony Hastoglis, Millie and Don Aven, Joanne and John Roberts, Ginny and Don Conner, Carol and Jack Bedenbaugh, Carl Vogel, Denny Sullivan, Jack Foran, John Camp and Pat and Paul. "Hopefully we will have an even larger group next year at this time including Lynn and Dan Shields as neighbors."

Jim Blandford lost his wife to cancer and on 10 October A Memorial Service for Kaethe took place at the Naval Academy in St. Andrew's Chapel followed by inurnment at the Columbarium. Classmates sharing this time with Jim and his family were from the crew team and the 4th Company.

Attending were: Jim Dunbar, Betsy and Bob Fountain, Jack McNish, Sabra and Bill Kennington from the crew team, with Pat and Ray Mara, Joan and Dick Comstock and myself from the 4th. With a great deal of emotion, Jim remarked at the Memorial Service how much the Academy had been part of Kaethe's life, starting with being a "drag", a tour as an instructor's wife, having a son graduate ('79) and two son-in-laws from USNA. As Jim left the lectern, he remained true to her spirit and said "Beat Army." A reception followed the service where I learned that Jim and Kaethe had intended to attend the 40th Reunion and virtually were packed when Kaethe became too ill to make the trip.

Ray and Pat Mara B I N N A C L E LIST. Charlie Plumly came through triple bypass surgery on 11 October with flying colors. He returned home to recover 3 days after surgery and will be raring to go long before his Appalachian Trail thing next Spring. At this writing, Geoff Gardner also is recovering nicely at home following surgery on 8 October to remove a kidney with a malignant tumor Geoff says the probability of it spreading is extremely small, A Finale '55 Golf Match and Awards Dinner was held on 26 September at the Hidden Creek CC in Reston, VA, Masterfully orchestrated and MCed by Ray Hine again, this event has become a premier social event of the season for '55 area golfers. And

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effacement, a lesson he is still working on as can be seen from his continuing penchant for showing off his plaques and trophies.

USMC (Ret.) Golfers Alex Aronis reports that he visited Jack "Doctah" Higgs at his home on Okeechobee Drive, Johnson city, TN, and had good discussion on his latest, scholarly but highly relevant book God in the Stadium, published by University Press of Kentucky. It is receiving a lot of attention by significant reviewers— positive and negative. In it. Jack exhorts pampered athletes of our time to practice humility and self-

Dick Morgan. Frank Farino. and Brent Streit

Have you considered including the Naval Academy in your Estate Plans?

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town in the Shenandoah Valley." Prayers and best wishes for speedy recoveries poured out over the Net for Spider Johnson, Charlie Plumly and Geoff Gardner. In Spider's case, the odds were just too long

ate S&T Travel in Silver Spring, MD. If you have any good ideas for a cruise, please call Sandy or Ted. Their phone is: 301-871-2200. October 2000. Our 45th Reunion will be held 19-22 October We have a block of rooms reserved at the Annapolis Mariott for the weekend. The hotel is on the waterfront and within easy walking distance (even at our age!) of the Academy. The football game is with Rutgers, and it is not a homecoming weekend. We will start advance planning for this event next year; so if you have any input, give a call to a Class Officer or a Classmate in the Washington, DC area. Fall 2005.

Absolutely no planning or thought has been given to the 50th yet!

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Anglers Morgan and Loosley Carl Strang reported a bountiful crop of new Classmates on the Listserv. Heartiest of welcomes to: Bob Irons (bobirons@indirect.com), Don Kellerman (DKellerman@aol.com), Todd Meloy (Rmeloy3313@aol.com), Fred Underwood (76614 .2464@Compuserve.Com), Dave Koonce (LDK009 @email.mot.com), J.D. Everett (JEver7723@ aol.com). Gene Crosby (khgene@juno.com). Rip Wieler (RipWieler@aol.com), Bob Weir (kweir® znet.com), and Jerry Nay (nay@rockbridge.net).

Welcome back to (with new addresses): Alex Aronis (AAINJC@aol.com), Al Rodes (BIGAHR@aol .com) and Bob Freeman (Bob_Freeman@ nuclear .com). Jerry Nay informed that following retirement from USAF in 1977, he and Ann started a second career in Lexington, VA, forming a small corporation to deal with medical practice management. They may be building a third medical office building next year. In addition, they've just acquired a piece of land upon which to develop a small industrial park and may be setting up a small factory to build affordable housing for the elderly. "We have lots of room in our tum-of-the-century home and would love to put up Classmates who would like to see this quiet

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Chuck and Pat SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING EVENTS. Sept 1997. We are planning a mini-reunion in San Diego to coincide with June Week West and the San Diego State—Navy football game on 6 September. The Class has a block of hotel rooms reserved and plans some functions other than the June Week West events. A schedule of events and more information will be mailed to all Classmates early in 1997. 18 October 1997. Homecoming at the Academy. The football game is against VMI, and the Class has scheduled a post-game party at Busch's Chesapeake House. Fall 1998. We are planning a Class craise— it is still in the conceptual planning stage. Our planners are Sandy and Ted Hyman who own and oper-

Membership: 70%

Co-chairmen Class Executive Committee CAPT Bill Henry, USN (Ret.) COL George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT P. C. Peterson, USN (Ret.) 401 Third Avenue Melboume Beach, FL 32951-2537 From Phoenix, AZ, Roy Hejhall writes that after 35 years of doing electronics engineering at Motorola, he retired on 30 August. In response to FAQ (computer language for frequently asked questions), "1) What am I going to do? Ans: Whatever I want. 2) Am I going to move? Ans: No. Unlike some Classmates who retire and move to Florida, I already live in a warm climate." Audrey has been receiving condolences on having Roy around the house, but so far she seems to be happy. Audrey and Roy plan to be at Homecoming and will visit daughter Julie and family in Hollywood, MD. Granddaughter, Molly will be 2 in October Daughter Jody and husband Capt Ken Edwards are stationed at DavisMonthan in Tucson, and he is the West Coast USAF A10 Air Show Demo pilot flying air shows most every weekend.

After an extremely short delay, Jim Kautz forwarded a picture of the handsome people from the Class of '56 in the Pacific Northwest. The occasion is the wedding of Weece and Jerry Masterson's son Joey who was married on 2 August. Hal Lewis wanted members of '56 to attend this wedding, so that a picture could be taken and sent back for the scrapbook and the column. It all worked well until Hal marked his calendar for the wrong day and, thus, is not in the picture. Fortunately, Class members have a lot of perseverance, or there would not be a picture at all. Why? Because Jerty did not provide a map to the reception, and the bridge was out along the normal route. After a 10 mile drive for 1 1/2 hours, the group found the place. Notice the happy faces on all!! Lyell Harris is happy because he weighs less than he did at the Academy. Pat Harris is happy because she finally got to the reception. Joan Kautz is happy because Jim's attitude is much better since he had some food. Weece Masterson is happy because she finally got Jerry to stand still for the picture, and Jerry is happy because he is not paying for the reception. Don Hanson is smiling because he thinks someone told a joke, and Faye is smiling because she heard it. All are happy because no alcohol was served at the reception because if there had been, no one would have found the way home again. Seven '56ers from the Great NW are heading to Dublin but that will be the reason for more happiness.

Happy New Year

1997 Shipmate, December 1996

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Pres: CAPT Walter T. Meukow, USN Sec'y: CAPT W. H. Peerenboom, USN (Ret.) 1003 Rachel Lane, Vienna, VA 22180-6473 I am saddened to begin this column with the belated report of the death of 10th Company Classmate Joe Reilly who passed away last June. I had a brief note from his son, Thomas J. Reilly, which reads as follows; "In June, my father, Joseph V. Reilly III, passed away. More than twenty of his Classmates, many of whom he had lost touch with, were kind enough to attend his funeral. This meant a great deal to my family, especially my mother, Lillian Reilly. She asked that I place a notice of thanks in the Naval Academy's Alumni magazine."

I know I speak for all the Class when I pass along our heartfelt sympathy and prayers of the Class for Joe's family. He was a beloved Classmate and will be sorely missed.

In a similar vein, I received a note from George Kachigan reporting the death of Ron Jensen, who had been George's roommate at the Academy. Ron's death had been previously reported. George reported that he had coordinated the 23rd Company effort to raise funds for a memorial chair for Ron and to express his thanks to all Classmates who had generously donated $780 for that cause. George is donating the excess funds to the Class treasurer, Tom Sims as a credit for the 23rd company. For those passing through Coronado, George is ensconced there along with a number of other Classmates.

In a follow-on to a previous report of Bruce Friederich's bicycle odyssey of last Summer, Brace sent a note, along with a pamphlet. Pertinent extracts are: During the period 9 June to 11 August, 1 rode nearly 3500 of the 4363 miles described in the pamphlet. Sometimes either the bike or 1 was unfit to hit the road. The miles we did ride were wonderful. In the West, we averaged 80-85 miles a day; in the East, we did 65-70, with Saturdays being a day off to do laundry, bike cleaning and catching up on things. The extremes in weather reached from below freezing and three inches of snow over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on 23 June to i04 degrees on 3 July on the 112 mile trip from Billings to Forsyth, Montana. While 1 wasn't in wonderful physical condition prior to starting the ride, I hope that the reputation of the Class was eventually held in high regard. An interesting meeting took place when a member of the Class of '54 joined us

for the trip across Ohio. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen Al Casey and 1 compared notes and discovered that we spent ac year '53-'54 just down the passageway from each other. Small world! 1 hope that some of our Classmates will be encouraged to try some adventures on their own and share them with us in the future. There is still a lot of life to be lived for so many people reaching retirement age.

You got that right. Brace; for anyone interested in living Brace's adventure in person, as opposed to the vicarious thrill of reading about it in Shipmate, call 800-245-3263, or contact internet site at www.cycleamerica.com to reach CycleAmerica.

They'll put your tush to the test!

By e-mail, I heard from Bill Crowe (whom I used to see in church on Sundays and had missed of late) who passed along the news to solve that mystery.

Bill e-mails: Terry and I recently moved to San Diego at the request of my company, Booz Allen & Hamilton.

The firm supports SPAWAR, and with the BRAC relocation of the command to San Diego, we were offered the opportunity to move out early and just couldn't pass it up. Plus, my daughter, Michelle, and her family including three granddaughters are also here. My son-in-law, LTJG Kevin Christie, serves on VALLEY FORGE, which is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf. We purchased a new home near Poway in the Sabre Springs area. The address is 11822 Baypony Lane, San Diego, CA 92128, 619-683-3312 (w), and 619-679-8263 (h).

Bill can be e-mailed at Crowe_Bill@bah.com.

Our final two letters contain a wealth of pictures, and I am hopeful that the editor will find space for all of them. Given the opening remarks in Joe Koch's letter, I have the feefing they might just do that. Joe writes: Thought I would contribute news of Classmates in the Los Angeles area. We had the honor of having Ron Marryott as the speaker at the 8 October monthly Orange County Business Exchange luncheon. As 1 am on the Board of the Los Angeles Chapter, 1 contacted a number of Classmates in the El Toro area to encourage their attendance. The picture shows us at the event. Ron presented an excellent talk on the state of the Alumni Association, and the latest happenings in Annapolis. It is always good to hear the scoop from the Boat School, especially when it comes from a Classmate in a responsible position. To catch up on Classmates I've spoken to lately, Vic Prushan (1) living in Thousand Oaks, still working as business marketing consultant in his own firm, VHP Associates; he doesn't have any plans to retire any time soon. Mary Jane and I attended the wedding of his oldest son, Paul, in September. Jim Faulk (6) retired from Proctor and Gamble a couple years ago, and spends

Joe Koch (11). Don Mitchell (8), Ron Marryott (6), Tony Crowell (24) and Dave Delo (24).

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most of his time working for United Anglers, a very active fishing group in southem Califomia. Don Mitchell (8) retired from Hughes Aircraft and has started his own business. Rex Leonard (11) retired from being a college professor in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and now lives in Colorado Springs enjoying retired life, Joe Monteith (12) has also retired from Hughes and has a vending machine business.

Doug Burns (18) is still working for McDonnell Douglas on the C-17 project but hopes to retire in the near future. Fritz Schwalbe (18) is working in precious metals sales in the Newport Beach area.

Tony Crowell (24) is an attorney and works in real estate, also in the Newport Beach area. Dave Delo (24) is involved with a sailing association planning an around the world sailing event for 1997. 1 retired from Southem Califomia Gas Company when offered a golden handshake at the end of 1993. 1 did some consulting the first few years, but I have found that 1 do not have time to work, what with all the volunteer activities I'm involved in plus traveling. Vic Prushan, Rex Leonard and 1 have already made reservations for the 40th and look forward to seeing many friends there. Any Classmates in the Los Angeles area, please give me a call at 714-773-1090. The welcome mat is always out.

From the land of Aloha, we hear from Buck Rogers, who resides at 47-337 Lulani Street in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Buck's report, with lots of great photos is: A note from the middle of the Pacific to report on a gathering of '57 Classmates and wives at the home of George W. (Buck) Ashford and his wife.

Sue, in Kailua on the island of Oahu, on 14 October. At the party were Charlotte and Art Ahrens, Sue and Buck Ashford, Joanne and Dick Chanslor, Wanda and Dick Porter, Buck Rogers (Marge was at sea that night working aboard a cruise ship doing some travel business), Ann and Dan Roudebush, Pat and Bill Russell, Jule and Bob Saracco. The setting was wonderful, with tables set at one end of the swimming pool, a band playing Hawaiian and dance music at the far end, a fabulous gourmet meal cooked by one of Buck Ashford's associates, wine selected by Dick Porter, and a nice tradewind cool evening. All hands joined in conversation about old times, new times and all times in between. Some of the group will be headed back to the 40th next year. Not able to attend were Edie and Jerry Anderson, Bill Jessup, Fred LLewellyn and Jake Reed.

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Bob Lutz provided a late minute report of the great Class luncheon at which we honored our last Classmate to leave active duty, Bruce DeMars. Typically, Bruce disdained any official pomp and ceremony to attend his departure from the active rolls after over 40 years, but the Washington Chapter of the Class persuaded him to let us fete him in a proper manner Here is Bob's report of the event: During the October luncheon, at the Penthouse restaurant of the Double Tree Hotel, the Washington Chapter celebrated the retirement of Bruce DeMars as the last member of the Class to retire from active duty. We had a total of 71 Classmates, wives and guests at the luncheon. Sam Underbill was the MC for the "awards" portion of the ceremony. Dave Cooper reviewed Bruce's 39 years of service with humorous "insight" and comment.

After this introduction to Ancient History, Bob Rositzke showed photographic evidence that it was Bruce rather than John Holland who was actually the inventor of the submarine. This rather convincing photo was presented to Bruce. Next came a presentation by Bob Lutz of the "Golden Rasputnik" to Bruce as the last to retire from continuous active duty. Walt Meukow, on behalf of the entire Class, gave a well deserved testimonial to Bruce's career. Thefinalpresentation was that of the "White Dolphin" by Dave Cooper. This is the Submarine Community's version of the aviator's "Grey Eagle."

Bruce met this qualification in more than one way.

This event was the only "official" function held in honor of Bruce and Margaret, and it was fitting that he let the Class hold it. Much credit has to be given to Pete Boyne for convincing Bruce to let us honor him and for orchestrating the event. Photos of the occasion were taken by George Philipps and Bob (Cecil B.) Rositzke, who made a video of the event for posterity. Bob Crouch won the raffle and gave the money back to the chapter to help with the cost of operations. (Buzz Beans take note). Who said Supply people were not generous?

Pat and Bill Russell

Margaret and Bruce DeMars surrounded by classmates

Dan Roudebush, Bob Saracco, Dick Chanslor, Buck Ashford

Bruce DeMars and Bob Rositzke

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Bruce DeMars holding the "White Dolphin" One small piece of business at the end, in the form of a note from Class Secretary Dick Scales, who updates us on the "Lost and Found" souls: We have one new "lost soul" in the person of Dick Secor 13th Co. Readers are asked to offer clues, or whatever Dick, if you are "out there," please call home. Scales also points out that the newly received Class Directory (which you should have received along with the Class newsletter, contains entries on these ex-"lost souls" (otherwise known as "found souls" - Bob Arnold (13); Brooks "Woody" Bays (18); Norman "Pete" Marshall (12); Jim Pitney (8); Fritz Schwalbe (18); Fritz Steiner (17) and Norm Waring (21).

Well done, Dick, aka "Mr Keane."

Betty and I joined John Shewmaker and his grandson Liam (standing for Monica who was under the weather) for Homecoming and saw that great 64-whatever rout of Duke. We had hoped the team would play the Dram and Bugle Corps once the score reached 57, but no such luck. Great game; and lots of Classmates were in attendance at the Tent Tailgate with the 22nd Co, which is now ours, thanks to the work of President Walt Meukow. For those not in on that imbroglio, with the Brigade downsizing to 30 from 36 companies, the 27th company, our former sponsorees, "morphed" to 22nd company.

Regrettably, that number was already "spoken for" by another Class and that meant we would have lost the rapport we had built up over the years with the Midshipmen themselves. So Walt made arrangements to get that changed, and we remain bonded to the same group of Mids, just with a different number Well done, Walt. As an "interesting" sidelight to that event, we noted that the last time Navy rung up such a score was against Princeton, in the Fall of '53; I'm sure all of you recall cartying on for that.

My son mentioned that to one of his Classmates, who was surprised that John's dad was a Plebe in 1953, and noted that his father was born in 1953. Artgh!

From our family to your family,

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!

USNA Alumni Association

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Pres: LCOL Gordon M. Gerson, USAF(Ret.) E-mail: gmgerson@cpcug.org Sec'y: COL Warren S. Walters, USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Lane, Springfield, VA 22151-2430 (H) 703 321-9586 E-mail: wwalters(2>mail.erols.com http://www.usnaClass.org/Class/58 Here's December! All the holiday stuff is in full swing, and most of us are standing there with a bemused look upon our face wondering what happened to the rest of the year. Where did it go? Did I get all my 1996 required activities completed? Did I answer up about the 40th Reunion yearbook? Did I send in the first payment for the yearbook? Did I get my biography/photo underway? Did I remember to tell my keeper that I'm supposed to be doing this? And what about my contribution to the Class of 1958 fund at USNA? Did I make contact with my old roomies during the year? And why do I feel so uneasy reading this? Darned December...it always generates more questions than I care to answer. Sort of like a calendar year P-work!

Here's the gouge on what took place with some of the '58ers over the past few months, so at least you'll max that portion of the exam. Sylvia and Denis Taft (12th Co) jumped in their car out in Kent, WA, and just kept driving, three weeks worth through the upper part of the states. Made it to Wisconsin and then reversed course. It was a family/nostalgia trip, as they visited relatives along the path and steeped themselves in family history. The next big venture is a potential trip to Europe in early Summer 1997.

On the road in the southem part of the country was Dave Gibson (9th Co), who cranked up the motor home and left his new house in Rogers, AR, with packing boxes still unopened. He tooled down to Horida to help his mother celebrate her 89th birthday. Nancy flew down to meet him in Pensacola, as Dave managed to stretch out the trip to nearly a month. He used military base family campgrounds when possible and recommends the Air Force facilities very highly. The neat thing about Rogers, AR, according to Dave, is that it has all the things they like and want. Their boat is tied up in front of the house, and the area is honeycombed with back roads for great motorcycle rides. He has his first lawn-tractor, so with all those toys, his hand or foot is always on the throtrte of something! They do miss the Navy football games, decrying the fact that now that they have moved away, the team is starting to win games!

They are sneaking in an occasional Razorback game just to keep their cheering skills in shape for the 40th.

It sounds like the good life, Dave!

Quickie notes from around the Class come flying in on the e-mail. It's a great way to pass along your activities, and we have about 120 Classmates now on die '58 net. Recent joinee Phil Given (6th Co) reported in from Escondido, CA. He is doing some work with Ron Fisher (17th Co) and his Defense Fire Protection Association and in the process has visited Joe Fenick (7th Co) in Tortey Pines near San Diego. Phil did get back to the DC area in September on a quick family wedding trip and, while here, linked up with old roommate Ken Granzin (6th Co).

Ken and Sharon were visiting her family in Annapolis on a trip from their home in Sandy, UT. So the California guy meets the Utah guy in Maryland...that's the '58 way! Phil plans to sell out in Escondido and head to his other house on the golf course in Poway, CA. This will be convenient, as he says he is on the course 4 or 5 days a week.

These "unusual place" encounters for '58ers happen all the time. Cortespondent was standing on the firing line in the men's room at the Lajes O' Club.

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Liz Cunanan, President Ramos (USMA '50), Marty McCullough and other wedding guests at Cunanan wedding Azores, during a refueling stop, when the next position was taken by '58er Bill Diesing, also on a fueling stop but headed the opposite direction. A short but memorable visit, with a couple of quick snorts, some tall tales, then off to put the world in order again...and all that in 1960. This years best encounter so far is sent in by Mac Baldwin (18th Co), who lives way out in Orem, UT. The last Saturday of September, he and Joani went to the Sundance Resort near Orem and in the parking lot ran in to Rosemary and Jim Adkins (9th Co) from Alexandria, VA. They had a short visit as they were each with other parties; but Mac reports this is a weird repeat of an earlier encounter that occurted about 5 years ago, when both couples were in the parking lot of the visitors center for the Great Smoky Mountain Park near Gatlinburg, TN. The Baldwins say their house is only a short drive from 8 super ski resorts, including Deer Valley, Park City, and Alta, and they would love to host the Class of '58 ski team. How about Coach Keifer's Luge team? And isn't there something about some Olympic Winter Games in that area? The Baldwin Burdchouse can be reached at 801-221-8257 or embaldwin@prodigy.com.

The 23rd Company Chowder Club and Marching Society held their October soiree at Vera's Cafe in Sevema Park, MD, where proprietors Vera and Joe Port (23rd Co) prepared a superior dining experience. In addition to the bakery products that got Vera started, they tried shrimp Bahia (remember. Vera is from Brazil), chicken Cordon Bleu, and crab cakes.

Attendees for this session, all from 23rd Company, were Ralph Buck, Jane and John Carty, Barbara and Tom Corey, Sandy and Frank Clement, Cartoll and Jack Pierce, and Betty Ann and Brent Taylor.

Ralph tells that the Ports are looking to relocate their restaurant down into Annapolis, so it will be an even shorter drive for DC area '58ers to visit this Classmate restaurant. The next chowder outing will be at Boiling AFB in January.

Adrienne and Marty McCullough (12th Co) flew across the Pacific to Manila for an important event in the family of Liz Cunanan and our late Classmate, RADM Carlito Cunanan PN. On 28 September.

their daughter. Miss Katherine Cunanan was wed to Mr Arthur Feliciano, son of Mr and Mrs. George Feliciano, in San Agustin Church, Manila, with a reception following at the Manila Hotel. The wedding was attended by many family friends that Carlito had served with over the years, including a large contingent of West Point and Naval Academy graduates. The relationships are very interesting, so a brief history is appropriate. Liz Cunanan's brother. Bill Seltz, is a USMA '61 graduate, and his roommate at Hell-on-the-Hudson was Carlito's younger brother, Thelmo, now BGEN Cunanan. This is the initial link between Liz and Carlito. Another of the guests, Fidel V. Ramos, USMA '50, is better known worldwide as President Ramos of the Philippines.

The two pictures show Marty in the good company of some of these West Point Alumni and ladies. The first picture was taken at the church and shows Liz Cunanan and her sister-in-law, Lois Seltz, surtounded by 5 distinguished gentlemen wearing barongs. In back, from the left, Thelmo Cunanan USMA '61, Bill Seltz USMA '61, and Marty McCullough USNA '58. Seated on the left is Luis Mirasol, USMA '58 and on the right next to Liz is President of the Philippines, Fidel Ramos, USMA '50. The second photo was taken at the reception and shows the bride and groom. Standing from the left are Adrienne McCullough, Medy Agustin (wife

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of Chuck, '60), the groom, Arthur Feliciano, the bride, Katherine Ann Seltz Cunanan Feliciano, and Marty McCullough '58. Seated are Chit and Bill Applegate '67.

Standing 1-r: Adrienne McCullough. Medy Agustin, Groom Arthur Feliciano, Bride Kathy Cunanan Feliciano.

Marty Mccullough; seated: Chit and Bill Applegate '67 Kathy and Arthur honeymooned in the United State during November and December, with visits in Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, DC, and Florida.

Congratulations to the young couple, who will be making their home in Manila, from the Class of 1958!

Another coast-to-coast traveler during September was Al Friedland (7th Co), who along with wife Dorothy traveled from their Boca Raton, FL, home out to Sacramento, CA, for their son Jeffrey's wedding. Once there, the Friedlands linked up with Nancy and Bruce Bartels (7th Co) from Danville, CA. and spent several enjoyable days in Napa with them, playing golf and visiting various wineries and restaurants. There must have been some great discussion conceming the relative merits of the two sunshine states that week, but Brace probably took the day by asking Al if he had been to any great Florida wineries lately!

Fred Victor (11 th Co), Chairman of the 40th Reunion Yearbook, has sent in the following reminder Earlier this year, the company representatives' letters included a notice about the plans for the 40th Reunion book. To date, the response has been minimal; and we need everyone's input to make this book a success. To iterate the basic outline for the book, we plan to make it a quality product, a bound book with hard cover, glossy pages with type-set print, and high quality photo reproduction. If we get all the information we need, this will be a Lucky Bag quality book.

The main attraction in the book will be a 300-word biography of each Classmate and a picture of him or his family. We have tried this before without success. The lesson learned from past experience is that we have to start early and have the Company Reps help get the info. Although many of you may not think that anyone is interested, your friends, roommates, cruise mates from the past would like to hear from you. Also, we would like to include a section of anecdotes about events that occurted over the years that Classmates and their families would be interested in.

Depending on the response, we estimate that the book will be about 300-350 pages and will cost about $75. To ease the pain of shelling out that much at one time, we are asking for half the payment up front and the remainder by July 97.

This is a big project and cannot wait till the last minute. Please send in your initial payment, bios, pictures, and stories to your company rep or to Fred Victor (Chairman of the 40th Reunion book committee. 703-455-7418/fax 703-455-0934, e-mail: avictor@ida.org) If anyone has any ideas on what you would like to see in such a book, contact Fred Victor or your Company Rep. Any help is welcomed!

The Class has two members who have joined the ranks of high school teachers. Ralph Buck (23rd Co) is teaching physics at two Fairfax County, VA, high

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REUNION 35 schools, and Walt Mitchell (12th Co) is teaching algebra at an Annapolis high school. Walt's principal is Barbara Schwitzer, wife of Al Schwitzer (1st Co). Small world department, no?

Our lacrosse goalie, Mickey Carson (5th Co), is on the Binnacle List due to cancer Mickey had been treated over a year ago for prostate cancer, but it has metastasized and he is undergoing further treatment.

He and Betsy have moved to 831 Arlington Circle, Richmond, VA 23229-6507, telephone 804-2880285, to be nearer to their children and grandchildren.

Our last photo is courtesy of Carlos Hernandez (24th Co), and it shows that group, minus him, at REUNION 35, way back in '93. Nice neckties!

'58 Trivia: In 1956, we were offered Time magazine for $3 a year and Life and Sports Illustrated for $4 a year. Good deal, as Time now costs $59.94 a year! Mickey was the goalie...who was the Captain of the Lacrosse team in 1958? Hasta Luego! WSW

that control breathing had stopped functioning.

Morphine helped ease the agitation in the final hours of respiratory failure.

Tom was a wonderful patient and he never complained once. He thanked everyone profusely for all the many acts of kindness. Through discussions with another "PAL" (person with ALS) who is West Point '65, it seems the military training received at the Service Academies provided outstanding preparation for dealing with the most adverse of circumstances. This was evident in Tom's case many times.

I personally feel very privileged to have been his sole caregiver for the past 8 months and to have been alone with him here at our home when he died.

His courage, honesty, integrity, sense of fairness, generosity, humor, patience, distinctive laugh, and zest for life, along with the stories he loved to tell, will be missed by all who knew him. I feel very grateful to have been one of these fortunate individuals. Laura.

On behalf of the Class of '59, Laura, our deepest condolences and our thanks to you for sharing these precious thoughts about Tom. Our prayers remain always with you and the family!

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Many of us were still grieving from the loss of other Classmates, Dave Frle, Jim CuUiton, John Paine, et al. We surely are getting to that point in our lives, when we have to expect these tragedies.

But it still hurts! I had occasion to speak with someone from MIT the other day, and wow you should have heard the praise for Jim CuUiton. He certainly was a fantastic Ambassador for Uie Navy (and much, much more) at that prestigious academic institution.

Bill Clautice shares this from a lovely 96-yr old lady, John Paine's mother, and Bill prefaces it saying, "I was very touched by a note I received in retum from her and thought I would share it in case others are in doubt as to writing sympathy notes."

John's Mom writes

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Pres: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) Chrmn Ex Committee: CAPT David W. Dyke, USNR (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT John A. Butterfield, USN (Ret.) 1130 Sugar Sands #190, Singer Island, FL 33404 (Fax) 407-863-8984 Rise 'n Shine, this Fall is Mighty Fine '59!

After a great USNA Homecoming and Navy's defeat of Air Force, we simply have to be in a positive mood! Sure we have had some bad news for the Class along the way, but we have to look beyond.

But first, a beautiful note from Laura Hawley Jarvis: Dear '59ers, 1 want to express my heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming response from the Naval Academy Community to the news of Tom's medical diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The cards, telephone calls, e-mails, and personal visits provided a very bright spot for Tom and gave him a much needed boost while living with an incurable illness. Tom always considered the Navy his family, and his days at the Academy very happy ones. The response of so many caring friends was very much appreciated by him personally. The disease progression was very rapid in Tom's case, with tremendous fatigue beginning in mid-March, after an initial diagnosis on January 17, 1996 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. He was wheelchair-bound by Easter Sunday. Upper body strength deteriorated rapidly beginning in early July, and he became a hospice patient on 30 July. Death came peacefully while sleeping on 5 Sept. at 7:50 am. The muscles

1 can't tell you how much it meant to get your card. You gave me the comfort which I needed then.

My other son Bill felt the same way too! It was very thoughtful of you to write to me. 1 thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you are ever in Philadelphia, do drop in to see me. Thank you and God Bless you both (ed: Joyce and Bill).

Well done team Clautice!

This letter was received from Victor A. Moitoret '41, Capt. U.S. Navy (Ret), of 3812 Tom Lyons Dr Silver City NM 88061: You would want to know about the death here Sunday. 22 Sept. of your Classmate Carl Elayer Davis. 1 had not had any recent contact with Carl; but some years back, he replaced me as the Blue & Gold Officer for the SW area of New Mexico. It wasn't until 1 saw the obit that I leamed that Chris Drangmeister, who was a grad school classmate of mine here at Western New Mexico University, was Carl Davis' sister She is the wife of the long-time successful basketball coach/now Athletic Director

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at WNMU. One of their sons had made a visit to USNA about 15 yrs ago and came home with a gift for me (his 9th grade science teacher at the time)— a USNA t-shirt with the goat. Carl was somewhat reclusive as he enjoyed his showplace home perched on a mountainside close to the Continental Divide. One can write his wife Gail at 11 Onyx Dr, Silver City, NM 88061, or call 505-538-2769.

1 shall be firing a rifle with the local American Legion Honor Guard at Carl' s funeral at Fort Bayard National Cemetery.

Thank you Victor for keeping us informed!

Let's shift to some good news: this report from Dick Baldwin of 3206 Shoreview Rd., Triangle, VA 22172-1514.

Thanks for your continued and unflagging efforts. Robbie gave you a minor bit of misinfo. Dave Rogers didn't have a heart valve replacement; he had a "STENT' placed in an occluded artery to prevent the occurrance of an attack, thus preventing damage to the heart muscle and any attendant disability which might happen. A very good move on the part of the cardiologist! And 1 talk to Dave on a regular basis, and he says that he is doing fine.

YEAH!! We are partners in a light airplane, and Dave has been up since the incident so "it's working!" Speaking of flying, old pilots, etc., Jacques Naviaux was out about 1 month ago, and we spent one pleasurable day flying about the VA countryside, doing "touch and gos" and in general "lovin life" as the saying goes. Jack had a knee joint replaced earlier in the Summer but that did not seem to hinder his flying in any way. Once a fighter pilot...! Jack is heavy into gliders and has a new machine with AXE on the tail.

Living near DC gives me the opportunity to keep in touch with several Classmates. I attended a United Air Lines retirement party on the (14 Sept).

Our Classmate Dave Dyke was one of the retirees.

More and more of us are in that club it seems. I heard from Frank Navratil about a month ago. He is living near Annapolis. He travels a lot. Appears and disappears. If you read this, Frank CALL! Thanks Dick, and I shall follow with a letter I received after I had flown to the West Coast and literally ran into Jacques.

Good to see you at LAX, and even better to recognize each other. FYl I recently attended a recruit training graduation at MCRD San Diego with Major Andy Solgere '85 (and a young man Jack introduced me to when 1 was keeping tabs on my son Andy, also '85). Andy was a rifle company commander during the withdrawal from Somalia. The graduation was very impressive and very much a family affair. It is hard for me to realize that it has been 42 yrs since I was on that parade field for graduation. 1 stopped by the command museum to chat with Vic Krulak. He claims that he is not getting any older, but it is duly noted that his little brother is now the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Vic and 1 have the key to all of the Navy's current problems by the way, in case anyone cares to ask us. (next letter, Jack?)

I finally faced the fact 1 had to have a total knee joint replacement. An old h.s. injury followed by surgery Plebe Summer, and 2 more surgeries after that, combined with years of running, tennis, and squash left me without any cartilage. 1 now have a titanium knee, am walking 5 miles a day, etc., and I will be skiing this Winter.. but no moguls. ..never did that very well anyway! Our older son. Captain Jacques Naviaux II USMC is an Instructor in VT10 at NAS Pensacola. For those of you who are not current in what is happening in the Training Command, it is now joint. VT-10 trains Air Force navigators. Navy and Marine Corps NFOs, and foreign students. The CO is a Navy Captain; the XO a female Air Force Lt Col. The students now get to solo the T-34C before receiving the rest of their training.

Our younger son is now in medical school at the U. of Washington after spending a year in the South Pacific on a sailboat with my brother, and 3 yrs in Swaziland as a Peace Corps volunteer 1 have to admit that 1 had a rather jaundiced view of the Peace Corps, since they seemed to be wearing beads and smoking grass while I was fighting an unpopular

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war in Southeast Asia. 1 don't really know what it was like then, but now the Peace Corps consists of some really marvelous people of all ages. We visited our son when he was in Swaziland. My wife found his house to be a liule too much on the third world side. 1 told her that 1 lived in far worse circumstances in the Marine Corps, but she was not interested in that. 1 am going to Namibia next month to fly gliders with a Swiss club. They have been setting world soaring records in Namibia, and 1 am hoping to be favored by the weather gods. If 1 manage to do anything significant, you will hear about it. Otherwise, silence! Semper fi, Jacques, from 9 Via San Remo, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-.

Thanks Jack!!

Also on my trip West, I called and left a message for Hank Mauz, and the result was this super letter: Many thanks for the message on our phone recorder a couple of weeks ago. At the time, Peggy and I were in the UK on a trip seeing old friends and a few shows in London—and (surprise) I played some golf too. While there, we wandered out to Wales and saw some of the Solheim Cup which the American women won. After leaving CINCLANTFLT and Norfolk in Oct '94, we immediately headed West and moved into our home in Pebble Beach, CA. We had a house here for many years but never lived in it. Over the years, we outgrew it and are now selling it. The new place fits our needs perfectly, with room for visiting children/ grandchildren—and for Classmates if any should come this way. As most know, the Monterey Peninsula is a special comer of the world. We'd welcome any visitors at any time! There is a nice collection of '59ers in the area (see recent '59 column).

Speaking of grandchildren, we have gone from zero to six in 3 years courtesy of two producing daughters. One of these had triplet boys added to her 19 month-old boy. That crowd plays the baby in the TV sitcom "Friends." We are not thrilled with some of the story line aspects, but it does help with the college fund. Our other daughter has a little boy (2 and 1 /2) and girl (1). After all those boys, Peggy was especially glad to get a granddaughter. And our married son and his lovely wife are expecting this month.

I have gotten involved in farming in a big way.

We have had in the family for many years (by way of Peggy's Dad) 1100 acres southwest of Fresno.

Our two sons have been farming that land. Last Dec, we bought a 3200 acre farm (they call them ranches in these parts) together with another family. Our main crop is cotton, so please no polyester! We plan to plant 1000 acres of trees, almonds, or pistachios over the next few years. I've leamed a lot but still have a ways to go, and I enjoy our farming adventure. 1 hasten to add that I am not spending much time on a tractor 1 do pay close attention to the business aspects and spend a couple of days a week in the San Joaquin Valley, only 2 hour drive from Pebble Beach. It seems that farming is like playing Russian Roulette, with 3 pistols pointed at your head. One pistol involves the price you can sell your product. Another is the water factor, availability and cost. The third relates to crop yield, affected by weather, bugs, and the like. If these chambers come up empty most of the time, we'll do fine. The constant thrill is looking out on 3200 acres of the best farmland in the world and see it produce.

I am doing some traveling including trips to "newly emerging democracies" as part of a U.S. program to help countries deal with civil-military relations in the post-Cold War age. Been to Ghana in West Africa; scheduled for Moscow in November (if a planned heart surgery there happens without complicating matters). Doing a bit of corporate work too. Some speaking to various audiences on maintaining an adequate defense posture.

We have a house in Snowmass Village, near Aspen; and we hope to spend about 3 months a year there in the future. Been hard to program so far!

Peggy is busy too—she has a great horse at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center and is on the Board of Directors of the Carmel Chapter of the American Red Cross. She was especially honored last year by being appointed to the Board of Regents of the

Catholic University of America in Washington, DC (Congrats, Peggy!!). I am able to keep up with golf, but play less than 1 thought 1 would in "retirement."

All in all, Peggy and I have a lot to be thankful for—our wonderful Navy hfe, our children and their children, our health—to name just a few things for which we are properly grateful. Cut 'n paste this letter as you see fit. Thank you for your efforts; your column keeps us connected! Hank (1608 Viscaino Rd, RB., CA 93953).

Thanks to you. Hank, for a fantastic report which needs no cutting, and best wishes for every continued success!

Another nice note, this one from Gary Smith (4303 Argonne Dr, Fairfax, VA 22032-1406): Ran across enclosed article and wanted to pass it on. Lots of fun watching Navy beat SMU on the last play of the game. Wish you could have been with us (sec'y: I was happy to be with '59er tailgaters few weeks later when we clobbered Duke with 64 point.. .wow!). The article is from the GWU School of Business and Public Management "Perspectives" Fall 1996 with an accompanying photo of our distinguished looking Classmate, Jack London, announcing he has won the GWU Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. 'To transform a company is no mean feat. But that is exacdy what J. Phillip "Jack" London (DBA '71), Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of CACI International Inc. did and continues to do as he looks ahead to the revolutionary changes in information technology."

There's much more, but we have written about Jack before... and he has not written us... so we shall just say, "BZ" JP! And seriously, well done and Congrats to a good friend, fellow Classmate!

Here are some of the guys I spotted at Homecoming (and most had their ladies with them): Ted Alexander, Ray Art, Norm Bednarek, Geof Cant, Bill Clautice, Charlie Dobbs, Frank Donovan, Art Emmerson, Marty Finerty, Joe Flynn, Bill Ganett, Gary Geist, Jim Hardin, Joe King, Hayden Leon, William B. McAree, Bob Michael, Brace Nordwall, Vince Obsitnik, Dick Robinson, Ted Santos, George Simmons, Gary Smith, Pete Stout, Dan Traax, and Larry Vogt. Also went out to dinner one evening with my roommate and his wife, Jane and Ken Town.

Had a couple of calls the other day, so thought I would pass info along to you. Christoper L. "Husky" Hudgins, 12th company, was first diagnosed with lung cancer about 5 years ago. His sister called me to say Husky is suffering with "Metastatic ca".. .and has moved from VA; gone to South Carolina to wait out his last few months. The family would love it if we can put the word out—they would love to have Husky get some cards, calls, notes, etc. He is at 1205 Three Ridges Rd in Easley, SC 29640, and the phone is 864-269-1259. Husky's second wife of the last 20 years, Judy, is there to comfort and help him. If anyone needs more info, call Sally Delesie (her husband Jim Delesie was one of our '62 Plebes) in the Tampa area, 813-634-9454. Sally took it upon herself to call me cuz she felt it was important to Husky to get connected back with some of his old friends from '59.

Also I j u s t had a fax re William "Dave" Ekleberry, who just died in Spencer, MA. He had flown for TWA for almost 30 years after his time as a Naval Aviator, including Vietnam time.. .and flew missions for TWA/DoD during Operation Desert Storm. Fred Yeatts, in Bedford, MA, could provide a few more details, 617-271-0258.

Dave had been very active in his Worcester, MA, area community of Spencer; owned a historic inn (Spencer Country Inn); was a Selectman since '78 (including a stint as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen); served on Spencer Board of Water Commissioners and Spencer Personnel Board; trustee of Leiscester Savings Bank; and honorary member of the Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs Assn.

We opened with Rise 'n Shine, but we'll never wind up with "Down 'n Out." 87

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Pres: Dr. Richard R. Pariseau Sec'y: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge PI., Midlothian, VA 23112-4337 (H) 804-744-8808; (Fax) 804-675-5372 E-mail: bilewis@richmond.infi.net Deadlines: 6 Jan (Mar '97), 7 Feb (Apr '97), 10 Mar (May '97), 7 Apr (Jun '97). I appreciate the input over Internet.

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Wanda and Jack Booth from DesArc, AR here for I St Class parents weekend. Their daughter Laura Booth '97 took Jack to an 8 AM Friday math class.

First time he remembers staying awake through an entire math class.

Janet and Ben Cote arrived from Cherty Hill, NJ, with friends Rip and Doris. Ben is curtentiy owner of "Career Opportunities Through Education." His company manages scholarship programs for children of corporate employees or association members.

Dick Sargent '57, Ben and Janet Cote, Cathy Sargent.

Phyllis and Gene Gardner also attended. Gene is in computer security for Logicon, Inc. He also teaches computer security for George Washington University and another school. Phyllis is Director, New Business Development for Time Life Books and is really on the go. Son Harry Gardner '95, a 2nd LT. USMC, is stationed at Quanfico but may be leaving the area soon.

Joanne and Bob Gamba indicated that they would be moving shortly but only in Annapolis. Their new location, in Admiral Heights, will put them close by the stadium.

June and Gene Gasser commented that they are finally retired (from CCI, Inc.) and loving it. They will be joining the group for the Notre Dame, Dublin trip.

Merf Moerschel looked great from all the activities on the bay. He indicated that he is as ornery as ever.

Barbara and Jim Hancock arrived, and Jim passed me his e-mail address.

Deborah and John Ruhsenberger expect to retire on 1 Feb, sell their house and travel the country in an RV. John curtently works for Lockheed/Martin and lives in Prince Frederick, MD. Beth and Jim Knorr mentioned that we will be inviting our new company, the 1st, to our tailgate in November Ginny and Don Delude attended as well. I talked to Don and learned that he will retire in November from civil service. He will start work in December for Endmark Corp. as a Sr Engineer supporting AIM 9X missile program.

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Don and Ginny Delude Cookie and Joe Tranchini have both retired. They are building a house in Florida on the Palm Coast.

Charlotte and Bob Stevenson were visiting from San Diego. Bob is a General Contractor out there where they retired after career in Naval Aviation.

They spent the last few days running ahead of hurticane Fran, visiting kids in NC. Lorty and Cliff Schumann spent a few minutes with me. They were visiting son Mark Schumann '97, for First Class Parents Weekend. He works in Pittston, NJ, at Bell Corp (a software house). His specialty is electrical engineering in telecommunications. He also teaches on the side at a local community college and Thomas Edison College. Cliff also recounted that he was at a wedding in Clinton, NJ, recently and was pleasantly surprised to run into Bob Antonio.

Also in attendance were Sheila and John Chenard, Carol and Tom Marti, Evelyn and Dick Pariseau, Rita and Bill Griffin and Joan and Jim Lippold.

On 5 October, the Tailgate party was a WINNER. At least according to the judges. Anyway, it was the tailgate with the most enthusiasm and fun! Make a point to come to future ones. Linda and John Paepcke deserve a BIG pat on the back for the work they have put into making this traly an enjoyable place to come on those crisp Saturday fall afternoons.

The Homecoming Class party was held at the Eastport Yacht Club. Attendees included " M e r f Moerschel (the host), Tom Glew and Evelyn Hawthorne, Ginny and Don Delude, Bob Osman, Evelyn and Dick Pariseau, Carol and Tom Marti, Linda and John Paepcke, Linda and Bill Lewis, Janet and Ben Cote with guests John and Elaine Ness, Joanne and Bob Gamba, Carol and Jim Duffy, Sally and Bill Zierden, Bob Lowe and Pat Quintus, "Pinkie" Saunders, June and Gene Gasser, Suzanne and Ed Mangan, Lorry and Cliff Schumann, daughter Amy Schumann and son Mark Schumann '97, Amalia and Duane Tollaksen, Sandy and Tom Wishart, and Peggy and Jim Britell.

The dinner was very nice. The view of the harbor and the Academy to the north was spectacular. It took me 40 years to get to that side of Annapolis. I'll have to look at it some more.

"Merf' Moerschel, Lorraine, Mark, Amy and Cliff Schumann.

Amalia and Duane Tollaksen, Tom and Sandy Wishart.

Pat Quintus and Bob Lowe Bob Rohr sent me an e-mail to up-date us on the last twenty.

1 retired from the Navy after 20 years, having made my career in patrol aviation (4 tours, VP-21, VP-17, VXN-8 and NRL) and service on INTREPID, ASWFORPAC/Third Fleet Stafl' (ASW Officer), and Naval Academy (Executive Dept.). It was a great 20 years, and I had the pleasure to work for and with some terrific people. 1 stayed on at NATC Patuxent River, working for Sperry/Unisys and later supported NAVAIR for Tracor Aerospace. We came to FL in January 1995 and enjoy the great sunshine and our oceanside retreat that we call now home.

I'm working here in Palm Coast, about an hour south of NAS Jacksonville, as a FL Real Estate broker with Realty Executives. Nita works parttime as a secretary for Sun Coast Chemicals of Daytona, makers of an outstanding oil additive product called X-18. At present Nita and I are looking forward to joining Carol and Jim Duffy and the 8th Co. gang to see the Navy-Notre Dame game in Dublin, Ireland. It should be a fun trip and a great vacation. As for the kids, our oldest, Cindy, is employed in Douglas, GA, as a nuclear medicine and ultrasound technologist. Douglas is about 3 hours from us, so we see Cindy often. Our other daughter, Corkey, resides in Heidelberg, Germany, with the two grandchildren, Jennifer and Michael, and her husband, Greg, who is in civil service support of the Army there. Our next major trip is planned for the Spring of '97, a visit to Germany Nita and I always have the welcome mat displayed here in FL. Please stop by if vacationing or passing through. Nita and Bob Rohr, 21 Cottonwood Trail, Palm Coast, FI 32137, and 904-4455299. On e-mail, 76512.2175@compuserve com

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Pres: RADM Jerry Smith, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Roger Onorati, USN (Ret.) 1756 Point No Point Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 (H) 410-849-3812 (W) 301-261-8862 (Fax) 301-261-8669 E-mail: rtrogero@ea.net Before getting started on the 35th Reunion report, it's my very sad duty to report the deaths of two Classmates. First, a terrific Classmate, great friend, and a courageous man, Frankie Dattilo, finally lost his long battle with cancer Don Grinnell, who spent a great deal of his time with Frankie throughout his recent hospitalization, sent the following: Frankie Dattilo passed on due to complications from non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at 4:30 PM on 25 September 1996. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to visit with him a couple of hours earlier. He was in a great deal of pain, and his passing must be described as merciful. 1 will not go into the details regarding his fight against cancer except to say that he displayed courage that would be inspiring to anyone. His funeral was held as he had requested back in January. The Class representation was tremendous; and from his wife, Sharron, and daughters, Michelle and Noelle, thank you all for your tribute to Frankie.

Pall bearers were: representing USNA, myself.

Bill Kraus, Frankie Lucci (son of our deceased Classmate, Tony Lucci. and a 1985 graduate of USAFA), Ron McKeown, Jim Richardson, and Myron Fleming '62; representing the family were Franks brother, Larry Dattilo, and brother-in-law, Jim Dipanfilo. Father Henry Cy Rotridge, RADM. USN (Ret.), who was our chaplain at USNA, was present thanks to Bill Kraus. Jack Allen was kind enough to chauffeur Father Rotridge to and from the services and cemetery. Classmates and wives in attendance, in addition to the pall bearers were: Jack Allen, Betty and Tom Bailey, Bruce Churchill, Mike Hoernemann, Joe Madden, Joe Matalavage, Jack Mattiace, Steve Mayian, Bruce Maxon. Patty and Ed Oleata, Hannah Richardson, John Robinson, Bob Sheridan, Chuck St. Laurent, Lou and Boyd Steele, and Leo Willetts. Representing other Classes and the Navy Football Lettermans Club were Jack Bennett, '41 and Larry Beyer '60.

Jimmy McCune and 1 had a flower spray made up with Franks old number 88 on it. Otherwise, memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, San Diego Chapter are suggested.

I received a call from Ned Kuhns to report that on 12 October 1996 John E. (Jack) Braendle, USN (Ret.) died of cancer in Virginia Beach, VA. Jack and his wife, Linda, had moved to Virgina from San Diego in. 1982 following his retirement from the Navy. Memorial services were held on 14 October at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek Chapel, and Jack was buried with full military honors at Eastern Shore Cemetery.

On behalf of our Class I'd like to offer condolences to Frank's and Jack's family, and thank our Classmates in the San Diego area, particularly Don Grinnell and Bill Kraus, for their tremendous support throughout Frank's illness and following.

Several people asked me if the Class sent flowers or did anything when a Classmate passes away.

Here's what we do. Several years ago, we had a beautiful sympathy card custom designed, courtesy of Ben Sottile and his folks when he was CEO of Gibson Greetings. The front cover has a Navy blue background with a painting of a Naval officers cover, sword, and a folded U.S. flag on the front, and the words: From knowledge seapower From death, eternal life. Inside the card on the left, under the USNA seal are the words to the first verse of the Navy Hymn, Eternal Father On the right side under the Class crest are the words. The United States Naval Academy Class of 1961 shares in the loss of your

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Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue! loved one. As a special tribute the Class has made a gift to the United States Naval Academy Chapel to be used for flowers at services throughout the year In addition, our Classmate will be remembered during the Easter Sunday chapel service.

The Class makes an annual donation to the USNA Chapel for flowers, and has a written remembrance of Classmates who have passed away during the year printed in the Easter Sunday or Palm Sunday chapel bulletin.

SEEN AND HEARD AROUND TOWN. The major story for this column is, of course, our great 35th Reunion held over the weekend of 19-22 September 1996. The weather was perfect, a beautiful early fall crispness in the air or, in the words of Goldilocks, not too hot and not too cold, just right and great for golf, touring, shopping, tailgating, partying, football, and renewing old friendships. It was also nice to have Navy pull out an exciting 19-17 victory over SMU on a last second field goal. It almost seemed like the game was choreographed to present the best possible scenario for all the folks who came from far and wide to attend. This was all corroborated by many of the folks we talked to during and following the reunion. The following compendium of quotes, thoughts, comments, and observations was gathered from Classmates in attendance and submitted to me by Mike McMillan, an Executive Committee member I added a few I overheard myself.

No one envies the planners for the 40th because the 35th will be impossible to top.

The 35th success was due to the result of a lot of hard work (especially by Tiny McLaughlin and Bill Hartman), a lot of answered prayers on the weather, and lucky circumstances that changed the schedule of key events.

From the sign-in activities, through the cocktail party, the golf, the Class meeting with Admiral Chuck, the fantastic Friday night dinner and Ed Straws heartfelt and insightful remarks, the classy top-drawer tailgate (and the impressive portable heads according to the ladies), an exciting Navy win, to Chapel and a fine brunch at the Alumni House, the 35th could not have been better.

A perfect mix of scheduled events and time to do your own thing.

It appeared that '61 has more than its fair share of power shoppers. The Mid Store reported the highest ever daily sales during our 35th and also reported that at least three Classmates Visa cards melted from over use.

It is not trae that Joe Bellino has had a face lift, but it is rumored that he is into Grecian Formula.

(Note: Grecian Formula was a big seller at the Mid Store.)

Many Classmates were overheard rejoicing the fact that the McMillans left their dogs at home for a change.

Not a rumor, but a fact: There was a '61 dwarf meeting during the tailgate. Attendees included Jimmy McCune, Cliff Dunning, Bill Straight, Paul Moses, Fred Palumbo, Harry Dietz, and Joe Allegretti. Jimmy McCune was voted shortest but biggest. John Quarterman might have won if he had attended.

Our newly installed Class Prez, Jerry Smith, has taken the opportunity to make his first official report to the Class in the form of a reunion roundup, thus saving you from having to endure my prose, for a change.

Greetings from your new Class President. I'm pleased and honored to be able to serve after having avoided any serious Class responsibilities by hiding out in various far corners of the world over

most of the last 35 years. We all owe a terrific debt of gratitude to Jack Stevens who shouldered these responsibilities cheerfully and effectively for the last three years while earning a living in the Washington business community. Jack has given generously and ably of his time, and I shall attempt to do the same.

Those of you who were able to attend the thirtyfifth Reunion celebration also know that we are also truly in the debt of Bob McLaughlin, Jim George, Bill Hartman, Roger Onorati, Bob Hofford, and others of our Classmates mostly from the Annapolis area whose many months of planning and hard work paid off with an absolutely fabulous four-day extravaganza. Bob Tiny McLaughlin as Chairman made all the key arrangements, wrote the flyers, collected the money, signed the contracts with vendors, established a great working relationship with the Loews Annapolis Hotel, and enlisted a host of volunteers to bring this about. The formal dinnerdance Tiny orchestrated was grand and then exceeded the following day by a tailgate party that was the envy of all other graduates. When you have a big job, give it to the BIG man. Thanks, Tiny.

Jim George worked long and hard to produce a Class History and questionnaire that were given to all Classmates with their registration package. It was a labor of love and will give us something to build on in future years to keep the history and accomplishments of the Worlds Greatest Naval Academy Class (WGNAC) well documented. Bill Hartman arranged to scan in our Lucky Bag pictures and build the data base for registration and badges.. .then brought in personnel and computers to conduct our check-in and ID process. He also produced a slide show for the registration, showing photos of Classmates taken over the years. We owe Roger Onorati thanks for arranging golf tee times and the toumament, although next time some supervision on awards might be in order. Bob Hofford, who has come back as our Class Giving Coordinator even as he is undertaking the same challenge for the Naval Academy Alumni Association, helped us maximize the support we received from the Alumni Association for our reunion and represented Ron Marryott '57, the President of the Association, at our Class meeting with Admiral Chuck Larson '58. On the distaff side, Jane Westfall and Ceil Wasserman provided some great memorabilia for us to lug home from the Reunion, and Doris McLaughlin put together the thoughtful and moving montage of our deceased Classmates.

Those of us on the Executive Committee collected a lot of comments, concerns, and suggestions from Classmates during the Reunion. It really helps to get feedback so we can do a better job of planning on your behalf for the activities we enjoy doing together. 1 got some excellent advice from Classmates with experience in finance and in charitable giving about what the Class of '61 could be doing to address some of the resource challenges that the Superintendent sketched for us. We will be talking about that at our ExCom meetings, and you will hear from us again. Similarly, many of you expressed yourselves on preferences for our Fortieth Reunion. Please let us hear from the rest of you on what you liked, didn't like, and would particularly want to see next time. There isn't a moment to lose in launching our Project for a Fabulous Fortieth. Thanks to all who joined in the celebration of our thirty-fifth, and for those who couldn't make it: start planning today to join your Classmates and their spouses in 2001. BEAT ARMY! Jerry Smith.

Thanks Jeny for the timely and comprehensive report. On behalf of all who attended, I'd also like to thank the organizers for a truly enjoyable and memorable experience. To quote one of the common sentiments overheard from one Classmate during brunch at the Alumni House on the final day with no pun intended: It was a real Class Act.

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Let me give you a short summary of some of the in attendance the opportunity to say their good-byes, highlights of the weekend, somewhat in some chro- trade addresses and phone numbers, and make promnological order ises to meet again in five for another great reunion.

REGISTRATION: Masterfiilly handled by Bob MUSTER REPORT: Following a thorough scrab McLaughlin and Bill Hartman. We've finally en- of all the Forms W submitted by the mustering Pos, tered the computer age thanks to Bill. It was a great a grand total of 273 Classmates were in attendance opportunity for people to get together and start re- at one or more of the reunion weekend events. They living old memories. were: MEMORABILIA: The memorabilia was taste- Gary Abrell, Joe Allegretti, Amie Allen, John Allen, fully selected by Jane and Ceil and a big hit for those Bill Allen, Tom Anderson, Paul Ametii, John Arnold, that ordered it. Due to a manufacturing glitch, sev- Joe Baldwin, Tom Balish, Walt Bardeschewski, Tod eral items were not ready for distribution at the time Bames, Joe Bellino, Skip Bennett, John Bennett, Jim of the reunion. Those who ordered these missing Bicknell, Randy Bishop, Jerry Black, John Black, items will receive them by mail directiy from the Neil Block, Jim Bourn, Jay Bower, Mike Bradley, manufacturer Hopefully, by the time you read this, Frank Brennan, Bud Bronson, Rod Bubeck, Marshall it will have arrived.

Burgess, Bud Byrne, Arlie Campbell, Ron Campbell, GOLF: The weather for the golf outing on Thurs- Ron Carlberg, Gary Carlson, Neil Cams, Jim day and the Class Toumament on Friday was spec- Cavanaugh, Bob Caviness, Gary Chapel, Al Cheaure, tacular. Unfortunately, due to heavy rains all day Brace Churchill, Bill Clark, Ike Cole, Al Conboy, Monday and Tuesday of reunion week, a scheduled Tom Corboy, Ken Craig, Pete Danna, Chuck Davis, aeration and top dressing of the greens had to be RT Davis, Ernie DeSha, Dale Dean, JP Decker, Jack delayed until Wednesday and Thursday. This made Dell, Bob Denis, Rich DeRose, Al Dessayer, Earl for some interesting putting for the first groups out. Diamond, Bill Dick, Harry Dietz, Tony Dighton, Ken The winners of the Friday toumament were: Dixner, Walt Draper, Rick Drammond, Tim Dugan, Low Gross 1st place: Mike Moore Charlie Duke, Dick Dunn, Cliff Dunning, Bill Low Gross 2nd place: Dick Stengel Eldredge, Jon Elliott, Don Erickson, Ed Eninger, Don Low net 1st place: Gary Carlson Evans, Doug Falconer, Fred Farber, Gray Farley, Low Net 2nd place: Hank Schwirtz Charlie Fartell, Bob Fitch, Paddy Fitzpatrick, Buddy Long Drive: Bob Westfall Flagg, Stu Freeland, Dana French, John French, Buzz Closest to the hole: Bill Leeson Galbraith, Dick Garritson, Jim George, Benno Gift certificates redeemable at the USNA Pro Shop Gerson, Frank Giambatrista, Clark Gibbs, Bob were presented to all. In addition, Jim Breece, who Giuffreda, George Glavis, Bob Glover, Al Goins, is in the golf club making business in North Caro- Dartel Gonyea, Mike Gothic, Bob Graham, Gene lina, donated a brand spanking new driver that was Green, Bill Green, Al Greer, John Griffith, Kevin presented to Bob Westfall for his longest drive Growney, Bob Grubb, Gordy Guenter, Wally Guthrie, Bob Hanson, Bill Hartman, Jan Harvey, Jim achieved with what he said was a 30-year-old club.

NO-HOST COCKTAIL PARTY: A chance for Hellauer, Jimmy Henderson, Ray Herzog, Virg Hill, the early arrivals to get a head start on the party cir- Tom Hinton, Don Hislop, Bob Hoag, Bob Hofford, cuit. On Friday moming following the no-host, I saw Neal Holben, Curt Holcomb, Warten Hoppe, Bemie only a handful of people displaying serious pangs of Humphrey, Ed Hux, Huey Hyde, Jim Ibach, Brent Jacobs, Frank Jones, Denny Joyce, Jim Joyner, Vic alcoholic remorse.

COMPANY PARTIES: Several companies had Karcher, Joe Kasales, Joe Kavanagh, Bob Kelly, Jack dinner parties and other less formally artanged gath- Kennedy, JP Kennedy, Jim Kerwick, Dick Kibbe, erings following the no-host on Thursday evening. Pierte Kieffer, Joe Kiel, Dick Kievit, Tom Kinberg, Club 11, once more set the standard by having a for- Amie Kleban, Paul Kleindorfer, Tom Korsmo, Bill mal Mess Night (Dining Out) at the Loews Hotel. Kraus, Arland Kuester, Boots Kuhla, Rusty Lamade, NOTE: I'd like to get an input from some of the odier Rich Lamporte, Paul Lang, Ted Langworthy, Harty company reps on your reunion activities for future Lara, Jim Laster, Tony Lazzaretti, John LeComu, Bill Shipmate columns, so those of you who have stories Leeson, Les Lemke, Stan Lepo, Sari Liebler, Ira and/or pictures, PLEASE STEP UP and get the info Livingston, Jim Luper, Ed Lutz, Charlie Lyman, Tom Lynch, Don Lyons, Rod MacDonald, Bill Mackey, to me.

CLASS MEETING: A great idea and very well- Joe Maiden, Vic Mamon, Tom Manning, Tom received. Jack Stevens brought everyone up to speed Markley, Steve Mayian, Jimmy McCune, John on Executive Committee activities, including the McDonald, Larty McEwen, Skip McGinley, Bob update of our strategic plan, which was provided to McLaughlin, Mike McMillan, Tom McNicholas, all attendees in their registration package. The high- Carlos Mercado, Jim Mergner, Phil Mertill, Alan light, of course, was a presentation by the Superin- Miller, Tom Mitchell, Denny Moore, Mark Moore, tendent, ADM Chuck Larson '58 on the curtent state Mike Moore, Bill Moore, Dick Morgan, Chuck Morris, John C. Morris, John K. Morris, Jr., Paul Moses, of the Naval Academy and future initiatives.

FORMAL DINNER-DANCE: Holding this func- Tom Murray, Bob Nichol, Chris Nichols, Dick tion on Friday evening instead of the traditional Sat- Norman, John O'Connor, Jeny O'Donnell, Glenn urday, seemed to make the weekend more relaxed O'Steen, Ollie Oliver, Roger OnoraU, Phil for everyone and was a big hit. Having it at our head- Oppenheimer, Tex Painter, Fred Palumbo, John quarters hotel also helped. Beside the fine dinner, Pearson, Gil Perty, John Phillips, Mike Quarles, Bill dancing, good fellowship, and short program that Rakow, Jim Rauth, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Richardson, included the passing of the presidential torch from Kent Riffey, Stan Roman, Tom Rooney, Jerry Jack Stevens to Jerry Smith, the highlight was a Rosenberger, Mike Roth, Dick Rothwell, Art Rowe, tremendous speech given by our senior active duty Justin Ryan, Jay Savage, Dan Schroeder, Hank Classmate, VADM. Ed Straw, that was an inspira- Schwirtz, Ed Schlichter, Bob Seyfarth, Bruce Shapiro, Jack Sheahan, Bob Sherer, Tom Shields, Jay tion to all.

TAILGATE PARTY/FOOTBALL GAME: Per- Shower, Bob Shupe, Raese Simpson, Alan Smith, fect!!! The tailgate party was elegant, the weather Mickey Smith, Reid Smith, Bob Smith, Wayne superb, and not the least important to the ultimate Smith, Jerry Smith, Arch Spencer, Hal Spooner, enjoyment of the attendees, the last second field goal Chuck St Laurent, Sonny Stanley, Dave Stem, Dick

by Navy to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat Stengel, Jack Stevens, Charlie Stewart, Jesse Stewart, Dick Storm, Bill Stt-aight, Ed Straw, Walt Sti-obach, made it a memorable evening for all.

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Held at the Alumni house, Dave Stryker, Denny Sullivan, Ara Swisher, Rick the weather was again perfect. The branch gave those Sylvester, Charles Thomas, Scott Thorell, Dave

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Timm, Fred Triggs, Gordy Uehling, Paul Umberger, Frank Visted, Bob Vogel, Gordon Wacker, Ken Waldorf, Allen Walker, Sam Walter, Bob Wasserman, Rod Watterson, Mike Welch, Fred West, Bob Westfall, Tom White, Leo Willetts, Jack Williams, Dudley Williams, Brace Wilson, Bany Wimberley, Howard Winfree, and Len Yurkovic.

To conclude this initial reunion report, Jim George, who did such a magnificent job in compiling our Class History and distributing it to all in attendance at the reunion, sent the following preliminary report on the results of his questionnaire.

For tiiose of you who did not attend the 35th reunion, we had a questionnaire asking people for their preferences on time and place for the 40th reunion, whether there was any interest for a mid-term cruise in 1999, a critique of the 35th, and finally suggestions for a major Class project. So far, 92 people have responded with the following results: LOCATION: Overwhelming (95%) support for Annapolis rather than moving off-site to either Washington/Baltimore or even a different city like San Diego.

TIME: By a margin of 76% to 24%, people preferted the off-weekend in the Fall to the regular USNA Homecoming weekend. This does give more flexibility for hotel space.

MID-TERM CRUISE: About 57% indicated interest in a 1999 craise, with the first choice being the Caribbean, followed closely by Alaska, and then the Meditertanean. Our 35th Reunion Chairman, Bob (some people never get the word) McLaughlin has volunteered to look into this, so keep your calendar clear for a tentative Febraary 1999 craise to the Caribbean, or maybe a summer craise to Alaska.

CLASS PROJECTS: Most people left this blank, deferring to the Executive Committee. Several suggested some kind of endowment for leadership; and while we will look into this, the Academy has already taken steps in that direction. Former six-striper, Dick Garritson, had an interesting concept for a Cold War memorial in Bancroft Hall along the lines of persistence prevails to inspire the Midshipmen.

The Berlin Wall did go up in 1961 and also came down on our watch. And, there were several more suggestions the Committee will look into, including Jimmy McCune's suggestions for a hangover cure before the 40th and booster chairs for the stadium seats.

35TH CRITIQUE: Overall, there were Bravo Zulus, especially for our Chairman, Bob McLaughlin. Many commented it was die best reunion ever There were also many good suggestions we will take under advisement for the 40th. Several people commented on the semi-split seating artangements for the dinner-dance. Unfortunately, there is no larger room in Annapolis outside USNA that permits 500 people to sit together We had the largest commercial banquet room in town. Several commented that the tailgate was the best they ever attended. There were a few complaints about bees at branch, so we're buying Emma and Bob Hofford, who work at Alumni House, beekeeper hats to solve that problem for the 40th.

Jim has asked me to remind those who attended the 35th to PLEASE RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE YELLOW FOLDER YOU RECEIVED AT REGISTRATION. Fortiioseof you who didn't attend and would like to be counted, if you could please drop Jim a note with your preferences concerning the 40th reunion, along with any suggestions for a future Class project, from which we can all benefit. Please mail it to Jim George, 8615 Timber Hill Lane, Potomac, MD 20854, or FAX it to him at 301-299-9590. Here's what we want to know: First, your complete, up-to-date demographic data including address, wife's name, home and business

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phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and other pertinent info through which we can reach you.

Future Time for 40th Reunion. Do you prefer; Regular Navy Homecoming Weekend Off -Weekend in the Fall (still with football game) Off-Weekend in Spring Future Place for 40th Reunion. Do you prefer: Annapolis Slightly off-site (e.g., DC or Baltimore area with buses to the game) Totally off-site (perhaps in conjunction with an away Navy game) San Diego St Louis/Memphis Other Mid-Term Craise in '99 Would you be interested?Yes No If so, where?

Caribbean Alaska Other MAIL CALL. I had quite a bit of mail this month but because of the length of this column I'll save it for future issues. So Tim deGavre, Jim Breece, and Arnie Allen will have to wait another month to see your names and letters in print again.

UPCOMING LOCAL CLASS EVENTS. Washington area Class luncheons on Tuesday, 15 January, and 11 March. Stay tuned for nooze on a Dark Ages party sometime in the January-March time frame.

PARTING SHOTS. On Friday, 18 October 1996, the penultimate r e t i r e m e n t c e r e m o n y for a WGNACer was held at the Washington Navy Yard aboard the Display Ship BARRY ( D D - 9 3 3 ) at which RADM John Pearson hung up his spikes. John gave a typically humorous, poignant and heartwarming speech recounting his career and paying tribute to all those who helped him along the way, especially the brains of the outfit, his wife Georgeanne. Here's a short summary of John's career: John is a native of Pinetops, North Carolina, who joined the surface Navy after graduation. He received his qualification for Nuclear Power training in 1966, is a graduate of the U.S. Destroyer School and Armed Forces Staff College, and earned a Master of Science degree in Underwater Acoustics in 1970.

John's sea assignments included the commissioning crew of WILLIAM V. PRATT ( D L G - 1 3 ) as Electrical Officer and DCA; WARRINGTON ( D D - 8 4 3 ) as

Operations Officer; ENTERPRISE ( C V N - 6 5 ) as Reactor Mechanical Assistant and Reactor Control Assistant; CALIFORNIA ( C G N - 3 6 ) as Commissioning Engineer Officer; and RICHMOND K . TURNER ( C G - 2 0 )

as Executive Officer. He served as Commanding Officer THOMAS C . HART ( F F - 1 0 9 2 ) from 1979 to

I98I andTRUXTON (CGN-35) from 1981 to 1984.

Ashore, John served as OIC of the Senior Officer Ship Material Readiness Course (SOSMRC) and in the Office of the CNO as Director, Surface Warfare Manpower and Training Requirements Division (OP39). Prior to reporting as Commander, Mine Warfare Command, his job for the last five years of his career, he was Deputy Commander, and subsequently Commander, Joint Task Force FOUR, the U.S. Atlantic Command counter-narcotics force.

John's personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards). Navy Commendation Medal (with Combat V), Navy unit Commendation Medal, (two awards), and numerous unit commendations and citations. John was promoted to the permanent grade of Rear Admiral on 1 January 1993.

The son of the late D r and Mrs. Hugh O. Pearson, John is martied to the former Georgeanne Spalding of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. They have two children: Brian, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, and Beth of Seattle, Washington.

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In attendance were Bonnie and Arlie Campbell, Carolyn and Jim Hellauer, Ed Straw (who retired the following Friday, but too late to make it into this column), Fred Farber, Carol and J.P. Decker, Jack Stevens, Carol and Cliff Dunning, Jill and Jerry Smith, Jan and Bob Giufredda, Jeanne and Jim George, Stan Lepo, Skip McGinley, Bob Sherer, and my bride Judy and me. We all wish Georgeanne and John fair winds and following seas in their future and thank them both for their contt-ibutions to both the Class and the Navy.

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Pres: RADM Stephen K. Chadwick, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: Howard Pinskey PO, Box 3380, Annapolis, MD 2I403-3326 http://www.usna62.org http://www.msv.org/62.html GREETINGS FROM ANNAPOLIS Navy Football is off to a great start and some Classmates are off to Dublin, Ireland, next week to see Navy beat Notre Dame and sight see a beautiful country.

KIP O'CONNOR The Class moums the loss of our friend and Classmate. Retired Navy CMDR. Kip O'Connor, 56, died of cancer 24 Sept. at his home in Annapolis.

Inurnment was in the Naval Academy Columbarium. A Memorial Service was held 27 Sept. at the Naval Academy Main Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Anne Arundel Medical Center, 25 Shaw St., Annapolis, MD 21401.

The Class extends to Sarah and her family our heartfelt condolences. See "Last Call" this issue for a full obituary.

AROUND THE FLEET The Class of 1962's last four star Admiral to retire, Leighton "Snuffy" Smith, did so at Alumni Hall, Naval Academy, on Friday, 27 September, 1996. More than 40 Classmates and hundreds of other guests, including Midshipmen, attended this colorful affair Stu Lingley writes that Snuffy's retirement was just right. First, ADM., the Supt, Larson '58 gave a great account of his encounter with Midn 4/C Smith on our first day of Plebe Year. He also said lots of wonderful things about Snuffy and Dottie.

Then, the CNO, ADM Johnson '68 told more stories about leaming leadership at Snuffy's knee. Next, SECNAV, John Dalton '64 filled the bases with his praise of Snuffy's career and Dottle's support. (Yes, that is what he told SECNAV to call him.) As you might expect. Snuffy batted cleanup and hit a grand slam. The Class of '62 had great seats, directiy in front, at eye level with the speakers. The reception that followed was delightful, and everyone had a chance to wish Snuffy and Dottie their best. The hero of the day was the only General in the Navy (other than quarters and courts martial) VADM Hal Koenig, our Surgeon General Classmate, who artanged back surgery for Snuffy on Sunday last. Apparently, Dottie may have been working Snuffy too hard around the house. It could have been too much golf or too much something else. Anyway, Snuffy proceeded admirably, with the assistance of only a cane. The Class wishes Snuffy and Dottie a well deserved retirement and smooth sailing.

ADM. Larson, a Lieutenant well wisher, ADM. Smith CLASS NEWS Emil Dimotta lives in Lakeland, Florida, where he and Bob "Pappy" Kuntz had a get-together this past Spring. The following photos were taken at the Sun n' Fun Flyin this Spring '96 in Lakeland, Florida.

Pappy and Emil spent 2 days checking it out and especially the Warbirds. They even had Russian and Polish military jets there, complete with the "big RED star" on them. Unfortunately the day they were there, a great stunt pilot was killed when his taildragger ground looped and flipped over on top of him. On a happy note. Pappy is proud as a peacock with his new grandson. His first. Grace and Emil are expecting their 4th grandchild. It is due now, so they may move up in rank soon. I think that Jim Agamite and he are tied with 7 children each, but I think Emil has him beat with 64 nieces and nephews, 42 great nieces and nephews and soon 4 grandchildren! When your bride is one of 12, it is easy to do that!

Dimotta, Kuntz Our Classmate. Jim Roberts, a Vice President of USAA in San Antonio, sends us his thoughts about Bill Brockett: I have some additional comments on Bill Brockett that I wish to share with our Classmates.

In reading the e-mail and other exchanges of correspondence following Bill's death. I noted most members of the Class indicated they had lost contact over the years with Bill. I was more fortunate.

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its, telephone calls and holiday cards. I last visited with him at his San Francisco law office. We were roommates at the Academy, and 1 have many fond memories of great conversations with Bill on folk music, classical literature, basketball, poker, movies, life, death and girls. Like many of his Classmates, I was the beneficiary of Bill's willingness and ability to mentor and, in some case, just tell me what I needed to study to get through the many courses 1 had difficulty with. I have a message for John Berg. John, Bill was very much aware of your appreciation of the help he gave you that Second Class year. I know because the last time we were together we told Academy war stories. Yours was one of them. Another was when he helped Dick Fitzgerald get ready for the Chemistry True/False exam, and Fitz scored higher than Bill. I also have some wonderful memories of Bill since graduation, including the time early in our careers when we were both stationed in Califomia. Bill drove to our house one weekend and serenaded my first bom daughter with his guitar, singing folk songs and lullabies by the "Weavers", one of his favorite groups.

Like John Arick, I will remember Bill as an intellect, a great conversationalist, and one who cared deeply about other people, especially those different and less fortunate than he. Of course, his friendship is what I will always remember and treasure most. Bill married later than most of us, but his enthusiasm and love for Barbara and his stepdaughters gave him obvious joy. The last time I talked to him, he said that he still intended to write a definitive book about life at the Academy. The book was to be about what it was really like for the Class of 1962, and I'm sure it would have given some insights for today. It is our loss that he didn't get it done.

Conceming our Classmate Bill, his mother Mrs. Juana Brockett wrote to us from San Diego: "I want you to know how much I appreciate your kindness in providing the information for the '62 Class column. No mother ever had a better son, and it warmed my heart to read the tributes to him from John Berg and John Arick. Again my thanks and I hope you have a happy future."

SAILING THE BAY Wayne Hickman and Stu Lingley own a 27 ft. sailboat, berthed on the South River, outside Annapolis. On the day after hurricane Equarde hit Annapolis, Wayne, Stu, Dave Peterson and yours traly, sailed the bay. Great sailing, great camaraderie and a great view of USNA from the water

Dave Peterson, Howard Pinskey, Wayne Hickman

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Pres: Robert L. Harper Sec'y: Michael H. Shelley 9915 Natick Road, Burke, VA 22015-2935 E-mail; mshe@loc.gov We have a very good collection of News From All Over to share tiiis month. Without further preliminaries, let's go directiy to this letter from Pete Carrothers: We had Winn Orgera in town a couple of times recently on layovers with Delta and got to spend a couple of evenings talking about the good ole days.

Larry Wamken and his new OAO Kathleen were also in town over Labor Day weekend, and we got a chance to demonstrate why I always had so much trouble with the YP Drills. I like to make Captain Ron's approach to the dock look like a slow boat to China.. .which is why Nancy has relieved me of the conn...which reminds me you wanted to know how Nancy got her captains license, and I was assigned first mate duties...when we were in Dallas with Frito-Lay/PepsiCo, Nancy started a charter boat business on Lake Dallas...initially with a 47foot ketchriggedsailboat and later a 52-foot cruiser.

She would take out primarily corporate groups for off sites, dinner cruises, etc. One evening she was double booked and asked me to help crew.. .she just wanted some deck fluff...but talk about role reversal... remember I had trouble taking orders in the ole Nivea, much less...well it was a first and last time that I volunteered for subservient duty.

Boat Owners—Hickman and Lingley CLASS LUNCHEONS The next regular DC-area Class luncheon is scheduled at Ft. Myer Officers Club on Thursday, 9 January at 11 30. Reservations, to Rich Rice by e-mail (ricer(a>mcnairemh2.army.mil), fax 202-685-3437 or phone 202-685-6093. The subsequent luncheons for 1997 will be 13 Mar, 8 May, 10 July and 11 Sept.

We have changed to the second Thursday of every other month to avoid conflict with the USNAAA DC chapter luncheons on the third Wednesdays.

Vic Myer is the new president of the DC chapter and has asked that anyone who can come to their regular luncheons, please do. If you don't belong to the DC chapter and would like to get their announcements, call Vic at 703-695-9595, fax him at 703-6959590) or e-mail him at (nsapn83@nemo.nosc.mil).

CLASS ELECTIONS Election of Class officers to serve from Oct 1997Oct 2002, will be held in September 1997 by mail ballot, and the new officers will be installed at our 35th Homecoming Gala on Friday, 10 October 1997.

Walt Welham has agreed to serve as the chairman of the nominations and elections committee for next years election of Class officers. Anyone interested in helping with the committee, serving as a Class officer, or wants to recommend someone, contact Walt at (welham@bsl.prc.com) or phone 703323-6604.

35TH REUNION Dick Hayes, our 35th reunion chairman and his committee are well into preparations for our gala weekend, 9-12 October 1997. News and information will begin in early 1997 issues of Shipmate, and the initial reservation flyer will be mailed to all Classmates in late April. Stay tuned.

NAVY—ARMY Navy will defeat Army on Saturday, 7 December at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. For the 38th consecutive year, '62 SEZ—ZONK 'EM!!

That's our Class news and information for this December 1996 issue of Shipmate. May everyone enjoy and experience a joyous holiday and a healthy and happy New Year.

Until next time...

Fortunately, Nancy has retired; and we got out of the sailboat, moved the cruiser down to Galveston Bay and we find time to cruise around the Gulf Coast...last Fall we went over to Louisiana for a tie up next to one of the river boat gamblers, and next month we're going to run down to Corpus Christi and see if the statue of limitations has run out at Frenchies and if they'll let me back in.

I wonder if you can prod Billy Gunn to come out of seclusion and help me remember the details on when the Commandant hauled us both in for "allegedly" violating the Mann Act.. .1 swear I did not realize that either one of the girls we met at the Tea Fight were daughters of Congressmen...That little episode paled in comparison to the purported "inciting a mutiny" Class A charge that was a real drummed up deal...those that know me well, realize that I'm just not that kind of guy. You'll have to get Blackie to fess up to that one. As you can tell, I'm trying to clean up my sullied reputation and hope that the real perpetrators will come forward and recant.

Meanwhile, we're having fun tuming Imperial Holly Sugar around.. .we're finally in the black, and our stock has almost Uipled in the past eight months.

We acquired Spreckels Sugar in April, and I've been busy merging their operations into ours. After my initial stint with Folgers, then Frito Lay, and now Imperial Holly Sugar, I figure I've covered most of the basic food groups... if 1 could just get a little time with Coors 1 could round it out.

If anyone is passing through Houston, give us a call (actually it's a suburb called Sugar Land...naturally)...713-277-3315...or drop us a line at 3315 Riviera Drive, Sugar Land, Texas 77479.

I have learned that John Newton's wife, Pat, died recentiy; but I have no details. We extend our sympatiiy to John, whose address is 32 Vista Del Mar, Orinda, Califomia 94563.

I'm sure you folks are mighty glad that Navy football's long drought has come to an end. Navy's games have been televised regionally and sometimes Nationally on several occasions this year; I hope you've been able to see a game or two and marvel at the talent and spirit that now characterize OUR team.

By the time you read this, the Army game telecast will be over Writing this in mid-October, I can only hope we'll have another look at this year's team in

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Mike Shelley, Lou Simpleman. Forrest Siburt. Jack Fischer

Tailgating before the SMU game a bowl gameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;later this year. Please, please, please...Winning home games has made our Class tailgating even more fun than usual. If you weren't able to join us this year, make the decision now that you will come to one or more of the home games in Annapolis in 1997.

Here is a photo of some of our Classmates just before the SMU game on 21 September Left to right are Forrest Siburt, Bob LaGassa, Tom O'Brien, Ron Wills, Norm Shackelton, Bob Forster, Jeff Miles, and myself. (The road sign miraculously appeared from somewhere just in time for the picture.)

The Class of 1963 had a fine tumout for Homecoming this year. Among those I saw at the tailgate and the Class cocktail party after the game (most with their ladies) were Paul Tobin, Al Sherman, Charlie Minter, our Honorary Classmate Charlie Minter '37, Joel Gardner, Bill Anderson, Denny Vaughan, Jeff Miles, Bob Maier, Roger Mehle, Lou Simpleman, Jim Lloyd, Joe Morta, Dave Ebert, Nick Sim, Eli Dabich, Fortest Siburt, Brace Webb, Jack Fischer, Mike Krause, Jim Metcalfe, Bob Harper.

Steve Duncan, Tom Reemelin, Steve Leisge, Dave Honhart, Jack Reed, Bob LaGassa, Norm Shackelton, Pete Quinton, Don Freese, Satch Baumgart, Bill Eamer, Tom O'Brien, and Ollie Donelan. I have a few photos from the tailgate. Let's begin with one of Tom Reemelin and three others. There's a story behind it, as reported by Pete Quinton:

Tom Reemelin, Al Sherman, Pete Quinton, and Tom O'Brien The ash tray that Tom Reemelin is holding is from his first ship. KEYES, then homeported in Long Beach, He presented it as a gift to my Mom when he visited their mountain cabin at Lake Arrowhead.

Califomia. She had it mounted on a wall with all her other Navy memorabilia, and it was there from 1963 until 1995 when they sold the place. I saved the ash tfay to give back to Tom. 1 thought he would get a kick of getting it back. We Navy guys sure can get sentimental, can't we?

Shiomate. December 1996

The folks in the other Homecoming photos are named in the captions. The Mid is my son Aaron '97, with Joel Gardner, Lou Simpleman, Jim Lloyd, and Joe Morra. The four retired Marines were doing what they could to reinforce his plans to become a Marine aviator It was an easy sell.

Mike Krause. Bill Anderson. Dave Honhart

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Retired and future Marines The lopsided Homecoming game victory over Duke was hard to believe, even though it was happening right before our eyes. When the Navy score reached 63, I was hoping the extra point would be missed (How's THAT for a change of perspective?), but our kicker would not be denied. Bruce Webb had the presence of mind to take a picture of the scoreboard when it still read 63; that will be a cherished memory. Beginning the second half with the score tied at 21. Navy could do no wrong and Duke could do nothing right. I began to feel sorry for the Duke team, but then I remembered our Youngster Year On its way to the Orange Bowl, the 1960 Navy football team won nine games and lost only one, a 19-10 decision at Duke. With that in mind, 1 felt satisfaction in considering the 1996 game as payback with interest.

Here's an interesting report from Chuck Calvano, who's well settled in Monterey: Having retired from active duty in October 1991, I'm marking my fifth anniversary on the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School, where I'm teaching a Systems Engineering program centered on the design and development of Navy surface ships.

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For the last three years, the 10th/8th Company '63ers have observed the tradition of an annual summer reunion. The first two were hosted by Annelise and Bill Ellison in Newport, Rhode Island, and Mary and Dave Bingemann in Mayport, Florida. This year's gathering was the weekend of 16 August; our host couple were Sandy and Roger Deegan in Seattle.

The photograph taken in the Deegans' yard, shows the assembled Classmates and their ladies.

Those who made it to Seattle were Margarette and John Boley, Katherine and Al Breen, Kathi and Chuck Calvano, Ollie and Denny Doherty, Annelise and Bill Ellison, Barbara and Bil Hahn, Charlie Helsper (Nancy was unable to join us), Lillian and Jack Karson, Gloria and Dick Kell, and our hosts Sandy and Roger Also present, for thefirsttime any of us had seen him in the 33 years since we graduated, was Mike Spear, accompanied by his wife Bonnie. Seeing Mike after all those years made it an especially enjoyable weekend for the rest of us. The Deegans went all-out in planning and preparing a great weekend. It started Friday evening with a wonderful catered Pacific Northwest dinner at their beautiful home. Saturday saw a scenic boat ride (What else for the company which claims the record for the number of members who served 20 years or more?) to the San Juan Islands and lunch at Friday Harbor Saturday evening brought another opportunity to exchange reminiscences over another dinner at the Deegans prepared by the Deegan sons and their wives. Delicious! The gathering broke up after Sunday branch. (We really did do some things other than eat!)

Chuck, thanks for your most excellent report. I think it's high time for some other companies to follow the great example set by the Eighth Company.

Get on the stick, guys! Friends, the holidays are almost upon you. This is a good time to make contact with some of your Classmates. Make a phone call, pay a visit, or communicate by mail or e-mail with someone you haven't been in touch with recently.

Our USNA and Class of 1963 ties ran deep and, I'm sure, are very important to you. Act accordingly.

And let me hear from you soon. I follow an amnesty policy: No matter how long it has been since you last (if ever) submitted news to be shared with your Classmates, there will be no penalty. No overdue fines. No special charges. No interest due. Nothing.

Happy Holidays! Have a healthy and happy 1997, everyone!

leaders who are responsible for managing the efforts of up to ten companies at a time. We work extensively with volunteer experts in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, production, etc., who come here for varying lengths of time, but generally six months. Each of us also has a Macedonian counterpart, whom we are training. 1 expect to be here for at least a year, probably two, and invite everyone who happens to be in this part of the world to contact me. Greece, Turkey, Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, are all an hour or less away, and a lot more of Europe can be reached by air within two hours. While I'm getting settled in, it is incredibly different. It is amazing the concepts and knowledge we take for granted. Everything here is production oriented. Many of the business concepts we take for granted are not part of the way business is done in this part of the world.

The general directors of the companies are still the same people who were running the operations under the old regime. It is an absolute command and control system. We're making progress, slowly but surely, and more with some companies than others. It is fun. You just have to hope that some of the information and help we are providing sticks. It is a USAID funded project so their bureaucracy is overseeing us. As a matter of fact, this week we have two consultants in who have been contracted

by USAID to monitor our progress. One of the consultants is Jack Bishop from Bishop Associates in Chicago. His brother was a Classmate of ours. Bob Bishop. I don't think I remember Bob, but then I don't remember a lot of people. Finally, could you do a favor for me.

For anyone who might be close enough to stop in and see Pat or in case old friends may want to contact him, he sent along information on how to get in touch. The telephone numbers at the MBRC are: telephone: (38991) 121-255; fax: (389 91) 121-200; email: crimson@lotus.mpt.com.mk. Pat's apartment phone number is (389 91) 364-508, but you will have better luck contacting him at the MBRC, or at least getting a message to him there.

John, who is very active in the Chicago area Alumni Association Chapter, also passed along that Bob Timberg was going to be the guest speaker for their dinner on 12 October, which is their biggest function of the year They were expecting 80-100 attendees with Alumni coming from Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Rick Dau sent along a note that he and Ann had recently become proud grandparents (first time) on the 28th of August. Robert Michael Dau Jr, was bom

in Atianta, GA, to their son Bob and his wife Lisa.

Rick and Ann are planning to go check out the new addition at the end of October.

We have been getting very good turnouts for the home football games. At least thirty or more Classmates have purchased season tickets; and after 32 years, we actually have very good seats. We have been having pre and post game tailgate parties that are also very well attended. For those of you who may not have seen the score of the Homecoming games versus Duke, the final score was Navy 64â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Duke 28. We managed to get a picture of the scoreboard as well as some Class pictures at Homecoming and hopefully will be able to include them in next month's column. The following is a list of Classmates I have seen at one or both of this year's games (my apologies to anyone whose name I may have omitted): Marion Alexander; Jerry Anderson; Wayne Amy; Jim Arrison; Marty Austin; Tom Barnett; Ernie Blake; Robin Bosworth; Steve Claassen; Sandy Coward; Dick Curley; John Dalton; Jack Dantone; Strom Evans; Paul Fletcher; John Garber; Bob Gault; Gene Holloway; Steve Laabs; Chuck Laskey; Bernie Maguire; Jim Maitiand; Bill Malin; Ken Middleton; Al Moored; Bill Natter; Jerty Negin; Bruce Newell; Bob Orlosky; Marty Philips; Denny Pignotti; Jim Porterfield; Steve Saulnier; Dick Robbins; Bill Sargent; Jim Shanahan; Bob Sutton; Bob Teal; Andy Thompson; Jim Tolbert; Ted Triebel; Ray Witter Received the following letter from Paul Fletcher who is curtentiy living in Lexington Park, MD, near Pax River Mary and I have just retumed from a fabulous week in Hawaii for all '64 grads in the 24th Company. The event was hosted by Gwen and Shel Zane with able assistance and encouragement from Connie and John Gorman. I am enclosing a photo from our cruise on the Navatek I, a dinner cmise overlooking the Honolulu coastline. Tom Stick and

Happy Holidays

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Pres: CAPT Jerry Anderson, USNR (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Grant Fulkerson, USN (Ret.) 6000 Natick Court, Burke, VA 22015 (H) (703) 978-6885; E-mail: gfulkers@csc.com Again this month e-mail messages have been our biggest source of Classmate information. Received a couple of notes from John Howland, who is one of our best sources of news. John relayed an e-mail note he had received from Pat Haala who is currently working in Macedonia and, as you can see, is involved in some very interesting work with developing companies in that part of the world. Here is a synopsis of Pat's note dated 6 October I have been contracted to work in the Macedonian Business Resource Center by Crimson Capital Corporation, a New York based investment banking firm with extensive operations in Eastern Europe, as well as elsewhere. One of Crimson's projects is to set up business consulting services, like this one, for USAID. Our task is two-fold: 1) to transform formerly state-owned Macedonian enterprises into commercially viable, competitive businesses, and 2) to train our Macedonian counterparts and provide general management training. We have team

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his friend Maureen joined us later on the big island. Yes, the 24th Company lives. Aloha and Mahalo.

Also received a letter from Jim Fazekas. Jim and Judy have been keeping very busy, mainly with work; but they did find some time this past July to visit their daughter Judy, an Army Captain in the 25th Infantry, and her husband Phil, a brand new Sergeant Major also in the 25th. Judy is expecting with the Fazekas's fourth grandchild. Jim and Judy had a wonderful time in Hawaii including several idyllic days on Maui. While in Hawaii, Jim and Judy were able to visit Stephanie and Mike Combs and attend a luau the Comb's were hosting.

Jim Fazekas, Judy Fazekas holding grandson Christopher, Mike Combs, Stephanie Combs.

Jim also passed on news of several other 4th Company Classmates that he had seen recently. Pam and Andy Murphy recently moved back to New Jersey from the West Coast, and Andy is now working with Joe Boeddeker. Jim is now working with Butch Beckwith. They are getting involved with water ionization for both swimming pools and large water plant cooling towers. Their product which can be used for home or industrial applications will just about eliminate the need for chemicals, including chlorine. They have a prototype unit functioning at Jim's pool complex, and evidently it is eliciting a lot of interest since it is cheaper than using chemicals.

Many thanks to Tony Garcia who sent along his second e-mail note over the past few months.

It took me 30 years to write my first letter to Shipmate, and here is my second just a few months later On 19-22 September, I attended the Marine Corps Aviation Association Convention in San Diego, CA, and saw several of our Classmates there.

The convention travels around the country each year, and this year Cap Pinney was in charge of putting together the San Diego event and did an outstanding job. Cap and I had shared a bachelor's pad with several other aviators while going through flight training in Pensacola. He now spends his time flying for American Air Lines when he is not practicing law. Our Commandant, General Chuck Krulak was the guest speaker for the Awards Banquet.

Chuck's brother, Victor Kralak, Jr, a Chaplain, gave the invocation; and his father, retired Lt. General Victor Krulak, was in attendance, so it was a Krulak night. 1 also ran into another Classmate, VADM Brent Bennitt, at the banquet. The following week I was at Quantico, VA, for the Modern Day Marine Symposium. Chuck Krulak was again the guest speaker at the banquet (he must like that banquet chicken). Most of the general officers in the Marine Corps were there, including Major Gen. Joe Stewart. Another of our Classmates who attends the symposium each year. Bill Shaughnessy, was also in attendance. Bill is an account manager for Dupont Advanced Fibers Systems in Richmond, VA. Hope this helps fill a little space in your column.

Kathy and Joe Stewart recently returned to the Washington area from Albany, GA. Joe has assumed duties as head of Marine Corps Logistics working out of Marine Corps Headquarters.

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On 25 September, Washington area Classmates held an evening meeting at the Army-Navy Club in downtown DC. While evening meetings are a rarity, this particular meeting was even more special in that wives and significant others were also invited to attend. We had about 64 people attend the dinner Think everyone had a great time, and it will probably start an annual tradition for Class meetings. Special thanks are in order for Dick Curley who organized and coordinated the evening. Attendees included: Dave Ahem; Wayne Amy; Emie Blake; Robin Bosworth; George Christian; Steve Claassen; Art Collier; Ed Conant; Dick Curley; Jack Dantone; Paul Fletcher; Bill Franks; Grant Fulkerson; Bob Gault; Charles Heath; Jim Hubbard; Steve Laabs; Chuck Laskey; Ken Longeway; Bernie Maguire; Ken Middleton; Hugh Risseeuw; Steve Saulnier; Bill Sargent; Tony Taylor; Bill Tinston; Andy Thompson; John Tweel; Dave Wagner; Jerry Welch; Ray Witter Regrettably, I must close this column on a sad note.

Received word from Rick Dau that Bob Welsh passed away in December 1995. Bob's wife Barbara had recentiy written Rick, who had been Bob's Academy roommate, to pass on the information. Bob had suffered a stroke in 1993, and his death was a result of complications from that stroke. Bob left the Navy very early and had a successful career in the electronics industry. Bob is survived by his wife Barbara, two children, a son Bob, and a daughter Caroline, and his mother At the time of his death.

Bob and Barbara were living in Santa Clara, CA. I know you all join me in expressing our sympathy to Barbara, Bob, Caroline, and Mrs. Welsh.

As I write this last column of 1996,1 want to express my thanks to all of you who have provided news and information throughout the past year. As you sit down to write your holiday cards and greetings, think about all those Classmates who would love to hear about you and your family, where you are living, what you have been doing, and what you may be planning for 1997. Drop me a note or e-mail as part of your holiday mailings. Seasons Greetings to one and all and may 1997 bring each of you much happiness and joy.

Don't Forget: Ethics Night for the Class of 1997 is January 7, 1997. Try to ATTEND!

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Pres: Pete Gness 410-757-4796 Sec'y: CDR Dave Anderson, USN ( R e t ) 98-1851A Kaahumanu St., Aiea, HI 96701 (H) 808-456-5330; (W) 808-474-6953 (F) 808-474-8445 E-mail: daveand@aloha.net Homepage—http://www.aloha.net/~daveand Absolutely NADA in the way of mail this month.

Not even a measly postcard. Need input, you guys!

Thank the tech gods for e-mail. That, I get a lot of.

But a request: when you guys get new e-mail addresses, please let me know what they are; and (it's a big AND) when you jot me a few lines with the email address also please include a few lines as to what you've been up to lately. The Throng and I would sure appreciate it. Save us from making up vicious lies to tell about you all.

Here's the (e)mail from the last month or so (for more recent e-mail, check out our '65 website—URL above): From Tom Murphy, (tpmcam@crosslink.net), 14 Oct 1996: Here's my new e-mail address for addition to the Classmate list in our homepage. To assist you in your work 1 have attached a file of DC area Class-

mates with phone numbers and e-mail addresses where known. Please add the e-mail addresses to our Class page list. (Done!) Thank you. TPM. PS: Jack Moore updates the attached list monthly and can send you updates. He is at: jmoore@ keanefed.com but his e-mail server is usually not available on weekends.

(Sec'y: I, too, would be glad to e-mail one of these lists to any Classmate who e-mails me with a request plus at least two sentences as to your latest adventures).

From John Kohler, (jkohlel9@maiI.idt.net), 14 Sep 1996: Please update my e-mail address. I have dropped AOL and subscribed to another service. My new address: jkohlel9(a'mail.idt.net (home) and jkohler@mdc.com (work). My eldest (Karl, '95) is currently at NAS Whiting Field up for FAM-04 in the T-34C. He had difficulty with the 8-foot wall in the obstacle course in Pre-flight Curriculum (he is only 5 ft, 4.5 in tall). He was accorded the privilege of an "interview" with the brand new CO of the school and asked to explain why he was having difficulty. He replied "Sir, at 5 feet 4, I'm 'vertically challenged' in the physical world, but I have the heart of a six footer!" The CO (Steve Hannifin, '67) had to tum away to keep from breaking up.

He got his extra chance, got over the wall and is doing well at Whiting. Hope all is well with you.

Are you still with GDE Systems? (No—SAIC!).

My copy of Shipmate just started arriving on a regular basis last Spring. Beat Army. John.

From Claude Lumpkin, (clumpkin@atsmail .lucent.com), 12 Sep 96: Just got an e-mail from Gary Granai (subject: "Surface the Gimp"), advising the following: "I own a firm that is publishing the Master Page (www.wonet.com.pl) in Eastern Europe. Everything is fine. Life in this part of the world is quite interesting." Recommend anyone interested in what Gary's up to check out his home page. 1 know we all wish him success in this business venture. Regards, Claude, 910-279-3604, Fax: 910-279-5497.

From: Andy P r y d y b a s z ( u r b a n r e h a l @aol .com), 18 Oct 1996: Dave, was wondering if there is a resource to get copies of Navy football game video tapes (Yes!).

Here in Finland, getting any kind of football is tough. 1 would be willing to pay postage and tape costs as well. Especially interested in the 12 October Navy-Air Force game. Let me know, and I'll send a mailing address. Thanks for your time. Take care. Best regards, Andy Prydybasz.

From Tom Crowder, tomzoom@earthlink.net, 24 Aug 1996: We just went online with Earthlink; decided to cut out the AOL middlemen. My e-mail address is tomzoom@earthlink.net. That Harry Hoffman really gets around. Carole and 1 visited with him at our reunion in Oct., and who else should we meet walking down Duval St. in Key West the very next month! A couple of months ago, I was waiting on my car to be washed and sat down next to George Weiler, who is flying for United. Speaking of airlines. Carole's son. Bob, was just hired by United Express out of Dulles. He said that I influenced him to make a living sitting on his butt. I am a Territory Manager with Dupont Merck Pharmaceuticals, stationed here in South Florida, and Carole has her own executive relocation service. My daughter, Kimberly is in her fifth year as a ballerina with the North Carolina Dance Theatre. Life is good! We're finally empty nesters! A special thanks to all those shipmates (you know who you are) who helped me to get through USNA academically—it has opened doors for this old Tennessee boy that I never even dreamed of! Carpe totum!

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Tom Crowder. ...and here are a coupla e-mail address changes/ additions...

John Coleman—colemanj@erols.com Phil Elder—pelder@aol.com Mike Goodwin—mgoftx@ aol.com (home) / txmgmtco@aol.com (office) John Musitano—jrmoosel @aol.com (home) / jrmusita@ rocket.rdyne.rockwell.com (office) That be it for this month. Will be thinkin' of you guys as my friend and I sit on our boards in the line up just beyond the surf line at Barber's Point this weekend. Hope you all have a great Christmas! Put me on your Christmas card list—enclose family photos! Dave.

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Pres: CAPT Fred P. Moosally, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CDR Mike Baird, USN (Ret.) 63 Franklin Su-eet, Annapolis, MD 21401 West Coast: Robert G. Johnson, Jr., Esq. 30011 Ivy Glenn, Suite # 124 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 714-495-1211; Fax: 714-495-7736 It's too bad some good times can't be prolonged.

I really enjoyed the 30th Reunion; and to me it's unfortunate that after so much planning and anticipation, it's gone. But, it was great while it lasted. I know you join me in thanking the Executive Committee for a great job, particularly Clay Spikes and Chuck Grutzius. For the second consecutive major reunion. Clay has provided the leadership and Chuck the financial solvency. Both have contributed plain old hard work.. .Ned Sarno was kind enough to provide some pictures of the event, and I encourage anyone else who has some pictures to share to send them to me. Just make sure at least one Classmate is in the picture, or it won't get printed. Ned provided a cross-section from the Thursday night cocktail party, the tailgate, the dinner, and Sunday moming branch.

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Diane and John Scudi and Bob Johnson Thanks Ned, I really appreciate the help.

Another event that took place before the 30th Reunion was the second annual Florida Class of '66 Come Around, The event was held on 3 August in frost proof Florida at the lakeside home of Nancy and Tom Petillo. Classmates attending were Tom, Herschel Hughes, Bill Johnson, Pete Leniart, Wayne Lynn, Andre Simonpietri, and Mike Smith, Tom also provided a picture of the group. The picture was taken after the event, so it doesn't include Mike and his wife, as they had left the area. Tom says that's par for the course with Mike, since he was cut adrift at graduation and went Air Force; and some things don't change. Tom says that the third annual event will be held next Summer, and all Classmates are invited. Non-Florida residents will need references. Thanks Tom. Dan McCague writes that he is starting up a West Virginia Chapter of the Alumni Association. He is having a newsletter sent to 427 Alumni who were either appointed from West Virginia or who reside in West Virginia. Dan wrote the 21st Company letters for our Class for two years before passing the buck to a former Brigade Commander in '67 to write them for '67. Good luck on the new chapter Dan. My last bit of news comes from Tom Felger. Tom clipped an article out of the October 1996 Naval Reserve Association magazine. CAPT Gered H. Beeby was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal on

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Saturday, 18 May 1996. Jerry received the award for his exemplary leadership while serving as Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve Port Hueneme Division (PHD) Naval Suri'ace Wari^are Center (NSWC) Headquarters Detachment 119, from October 1993 through September 1995. While maintaining personnel and training readiness in the headquarters unit, Jerry was cited for integration of PHD NSWC's seven selected reserve units into a multi-functional team which supported conversion of the CX-DECATUR into the Self Defense Test Ship; a one-of-a-kind asset. One unique feature about the award is that Jerty is believed to be the first Reserve Engineering Duty Officer (14XX Designator) to have received the Legion of Merit while in a Selected Reserve status. The other unique feature about the award is that CAPT Scott Beachy presented it as Commander PHD NSWC, and they were both in the 10th Company.

Congratulations Jerry, and thanks Tom. Well, that about does it for this issue. Christmas is nearly here, and the new year seems just over the horizon. It's difficult to believe that this year has gone so fast, but it has had some great memories. I wish all of you a very Merty Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and a prosperous and blessed New Year. Thanks again to all of you who have helped keep these articles full of interesting news for us all. I hope to maintain your support next year All the best— Mike!!!

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Pres: CDR David E. Church, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: LCOL Jim McNeece, USMC (Ret.) 4832 Solomon Dr, Annandale, VA 22003-4041 E-mail: SCRIBE67@AOL.COM Once again, kiddies, it's time for the last column of the year. It always surprises me when this one rolls around because every year seems to go by faster than the last. We're halfway through the football season and Navy's doing great. We beat Air Force last week at Colorado Springs. Read a thing in the paper or someplace where their Commandant, or whatever his title, said if Navy beat them, he'd sing "Navy Blue and Gold" in the USAFA mess hall. I hear tell it was a pretty good rendition, too! Little victories mean a lot, and big ones are especially sweet! You're reading this in December, aren't you? Have a happy holiday season, whatever you happen to call it or whatever its significance to you. I certainly hope that the year in which we begin our thirty-first post-Navy annum will be good to us all. Now for the confession: I dropped the ball last month and left out a couple of notes I'd gotten. I thought about just putting them in without comment, but my guilty conscience weighed me down. Here's the first, from Ike Ambrose: I thought it was about time to sign in and let you know that I am still around. No longer in Hong Kong, though, and am now down in Melboume working for another container/conventional stevedoring company. Patrick the Australian Stevedore is the name of the company and, it is Australia's largest. Cindy is down here with me and still looking forward to settling somewhere (anywhere?). 1 am here on a permanent visa, which is the result of my two daughters marrying locals; and now that there are two grandchildren here, 1 think it just might be permanent. Was very interested to hear that Bob Waters is getting married and will be looking forward to some more news and even a photo or two. I wrote to him recently and have not yet received a reply. My e-mail address is iambrose @oze-mail.com.au. Take care out there!

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tion. The other note I dropped out also came via email. It's fun to look at the addresses and try to figure them out. Max Meltzer wrote, and his address is mcmeltz@landsend.com, so I wrote back and told him if his address indicated that he worked for THE Lands' End, he owed me a big thank you for all the contributions I'd made to his company's revenue.

His reply:

ber 1996: '67 Beat Army Party at Alumni House in Annapolis; and 1 March 1997: Dark Ages Party at the Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA. With that—That's it.. .Goodnight!.. .Jim

Yes, I do work for THE Lands' End, and we are all grateful for your past and future contributions to our family well-being. It is a terrific company with lots of genuine people working here. Everyone's primary focus is on the customer and the quality of our goods, hence the guarantee trademark, 'Guaranteed. Period.' Years have flown by, and I have stayed in close touch with Dave Davis, an Annapolis resident and close friend, as well as Ed Hepp from Oregon Steel Mills in Portland, Ed and Fran have been surrogate parents for my oldest son, Kelly who is entering his third year of law school at Lewis and Clark in Portland. Last night, Steve Hannifin '68, called to say hello. His son Patrick is flying F-18s out of Atsugi and his daughter, Susan, I believe is teaching school in San Diego. Steve is at Pensacola and 'owns' the training of officer candidate programs there, both air and sea types.

My aviation career has included a lot of moves and over 10,000 hours of flying. I've worked dropping smoke jumpers on forest fires, flying passengers for PSA and Western Airlines (where 1 used to see Jim Ehmer), and as a corporate pilot for General Electric and Lands' End, where 1 manage the flight department and travel department as well. About six years ago, someone convinced me to attend the University of Colorado Executive MBA program.

Following graduation 1 came to work for Lands' End in Wisconsin where we have two seasons.

Winter...and tough sledding.

I'm glad to hear there are other crazies going the Executive MBA route besides Burlie Brunson and me. Max sounds like he's had a good aviation career, too. That's the part I'm envious of Maybe when I grow up—thanks for the note. Max. Mail came in from Dan Harrington who was looking for Homecoming information. Here's another interesting address: Books4RP@ix.netcom.com. I asked Dan about that one and he said that Books4RP "is my family's philanthropic effort to improve one million Filipino children's literacy oppormnity each year."

The actual name is BOOKS for the BARRIOS, Inc., but it really sounds like a good thing. You know, we have some Classmates who are doing some really super things to make the lives of others a bit better At any rate, I sent Dan the information he was looking for, and I heard from Dave Church that Dan was able to hit both the tailgate and the post game dinner Dan has a son in the Class of '00, so with the big Homecoming win, I expect he had a pretty good time. Dick (of the Database) Meade picked up a couple of tidbits he passed to me. Mike Peterson followed Dick's dictum, "Turn in a Classmate."

That's the slogan he uses to round up names for his address list, so Mike did just that, providing Doug Naylor's. Mike said his knowing Doug's address was fallout of the dating game. Seems Mike's son dated Doug's daughter while son was in Bremerton over the Summer "What a small world." said Mike. Ain't it the trath!? Dick also heard via Ritch Gouk that Gary Tabbert is in Phoenix looking for a job. I haven't been to Slummers in so long my membership card has probably expired. I understand about a dozen guys showed up in August. One of the great Slummers mysteries has apparently been solved, though. Dante Marzetta disappeared off the face of the earth, but he has surfaced in Houston as Director of Craft Appearances for Continental Airlines. I don't have the foggiest notion what a Director of Craft Appearances does, so don't even ask. Maybe he's the chief plane washer or something. Jump in here any time and defend yourself. Dante, now that I've dug the hole! Enough of this. Here are some dates to remember, but no details to go with 'em: 7 Decem-

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Pres: RADM Kendell M. Pease, USN Sec'y: Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Road, Annapolis, MD 2 I 4 0 I - I 0 6 I The end of another action packed year. Can hardly believe it. As I write this December column, the USNA football team is off to one of the best starts in years. Now as you read this, we will be celebrating a long overdue victory over Army! I do have a few bits of news and cortespondence to pass on, so without further ado....

Bob Owendoff provided me with a picture and write-up about a recent Baltimore-area Service Academies Business Professionals gathering where our own Jim Webb was the guest speaker The group is the Baltimore Chapter of several nationwide Service Academy networking forams in part sponsored by our Alumni Association. Rich D'Anna is one of the founders of the Baltimore Chapter which has a breakfast meeting once a month. Over 125 Service Academy Alumni attended this meeting, which set an attendance record for the chapter. Several ' 6 8 Classmates attended as shown in the included picture.

At this recent meeting Jim talked to the group about aspects of being an entrepreneur, drawing on much of his own experience. Bob reported that Jim was most entertaining in his anecdotes about the Byzantine practices of doing business in cument day Vietnam. Bob also noted that Jim has only given two speeches in the last several years, this one and one back in April at the Naval Institute annual meeting.

Jim is curtentiy president of his own production and consulting company, pursuing dual objectives of feature film making and representation of major U.S. companies with business dealings in Southeast Asia.

He has been involved as a screen writer and producer of several feature film projects and has traveled extensively in Asia over the past five years.

A recent letter from John Cartwright and his Calvery Independent Baptist Church in Morton, Pennsylvania reports that all is going well with him in that area just south of Philadelphia. His church family is formulating plans for a new building at their present location to accommodate a continued growth.

Back in August a few former 22nd Company '68ers came to town to greet a former Company Officer. Then MAJ Ward LeHardy, USA, was one of the Army exchange officers serving at USNA our First Class year. LeHardy completed a full career in the Army and retired back in 1991. Shortly afterwards, he and his wife, Judy, set sail from Annapolis in their 39-foot sailboat to leisurely circumnavigate the world. In August, the LeHardys completed their five-year odyssey, artiving back at Santee Basin where the contingent of '68ers joined others in welcoming them home.

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Pres: William H. Newton III Sec'y: Steve Hudock 6006 Woodlake Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310

Classmates Greet Fellow Classmate Jim Webb at Baltimore Gathering Jim Hurston reported that he, Keith Haines, Mike Fitzgerald, and Al Pease were on hand for the event. It was a fun occasion to renew acquaintances and to recognize a significant sailing accomplishment for the LeHardys. Of these Classmates participating in this event, Jim noted that Keith is curtentiy residing in Provo, UT, where he stays active in area USNA Alumni affairs. Mike owns a carpet cleaning equipment business in Williamsburg, VA, where he lives with his lovely wife and three daughters. Al is president and CEO of PERCEPTION, a computer think tank located near Detroit.

His daughter is in the Class of '98. Jim is in his third year teaching fifth graders at Malibu Elementary in Virginia Beach. He really enjoys the opportunity and privilege of being involved in the molding of young lives. Jim and wife, Myra, still live in Virginia Beach.

Jim stays in touch with Dave Hodgson who continues in the graphics design business in the Oak Harbor, WA. Other items about Classmates include a change of command for Bill Moore in October as he took over as Commander, Battle Force Seventh Fleet in ceremonies on board INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) in Yokosuka, Japan. Also, Dennis Rowley was involved in a hotly contested city council election in Chula Vista, California. By the time this hits the street, Dennis should have won a hard fought race against the incumbent.

Early October was Homecoming here at USNA. The Class did not have any formal events planned, but several Classmates were in attendance at a tailgate unofficially hosted by Mary and Ted Naydan, and/or an informal gathering at Joanie and Randy Bogle's quarters after the big win over Duke. An unofficial list compiled by Bob Evans includes the following '68 Homecoming participants: Susan and Gary Storm, Edie and Gil Lucas, Jackie and Charlie Bolden, Joanie and Randy Bogle, Phil Katauskas, Betty and Gordy Smith, Holly and Bob Arneson, Karl Krumbholz, Bob Owendoff, Karon and Kendell Pease, Phil Hough, Susan and Glenn Gottschalk, Fran Holian, Mac Ogilvie, John Lyons, Bryan O'Connor, Ted Webster, Marguerite and Russ Hermanson, Pattie and Mike Neale, Mary and Ted Naydan, Nellie and Bob Evans, Ruth and Pete Diefendorf, Becky and Bill Boykin, Gary Roberts, Ed Sundberg, Joanie and Roy Graham, Terry and Joe Conway, Jim Rather, Judy and Don Vtipil, Bill Dow, Pat and Greg Wood, Deborah and Mike Mullen, Ruth and Tom Pestorius, Pete Bulkeley, John Kane, and David Denson. I also saw Chet Carroll who now resides in Pensacola and came to town in part to play in the Alumni basketball game

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the Friday evening before the Homecoming football game.

I know a number of you may be wondering what if any is happening for our 30th, now only a couple of years away. There has been informal discussion among some of the local Classmates, but no formal plans yet. Some thoughts include holding the reunion on a non-Homecoming football game weekend (several Classes are doing that these days), and also having headquarters/accommodations in the Annapolis area. Keep tuned...

A couple more items, and we will close for this month. Karl Krumbholz set me an e-mail to advise that he is volunteering to establish a Class of '68 seating section for home football games. This is obviously for the 1997 football season. The section would be on the Blue (Navy) side of the field. Karl spoke with the NAAA ticket manager and was told that he needs to know the names and number of people of interested in sitting in a Class section. Karl wrote that anyone tentatively interested, or who would like to find out who else would be sitting in the section before committing, should advise him by e-mail; and he will send updates as he builds a list of interested Classmates. He will take a list of names to the NAAA in the February timeframe to get the section set up. Later in the year when ticket ordering actually starts, the ordered tickets should be issued in a Class of '68 section. If you have additional questions or you are interested in this, you can contact Kari by phone at 703-768-6760 (H) or 703-8453308 (W), or by e-mail at kkrambho@bdm.com or kkrumbho@aol.com. Thanks for the work Karl.

For those of you actively surfing the internet these days, you may have noted that some USNA Classes have their own Web homepage. There has been some suggestions about setting up our own Class homepage. Kit Ruland first mentioned it to me in phone call several weeks back, and I have heard others talk about the idea. If you have any thoughts or suggestions on this, please let me know; and I will pass it on to whomever seems to be taking action on it.

I hope that 1996 has been a good year for all of you. I suspect that with most of you, as with me, there have been ups and downs. I do pray that you have all been able to focus on the good things that have happened and can look forward to exciting possibilities ahead in 1997. Keep your faith and have a wonderful and safe holiday season. May God bless you and your families...Leo

We've got some news from a number of our Classmates this month, at last! Norm Brown let us know he will be moving from Beaufort, SC, to USNA in November, reporting on board as the newest Protestant Chaplain. We all wish you well. Norm!

Mike Cross checked in on his way to be the new Chief of Staff at 2nd Marine Air Wing in Cherty Point. He just completed a two-year accompanied tour in the Republic of Korea with the Combined Forces Command. Barbara loved the shopping over there but was very anxious to get back to the good old USA. Mike had an opportunity to visit the ROK Naval Academy at Chinhae, where he encountered the former Soviet Union aircraft cartier MINSK tied up waiting for the scrap heap. He enjoyed finding our old nemesis in such a condition and provided a shapshot recording his visit. Mike tells us the academy is located in a very picturesque setting on an inlet surtOunded by mountains. The 1,000 ROK midshipmen participate in a curticulum which has been modeled after ours and has very modern facilities.

Nice to have you back in CONUS, Mike, thanks for the note.

Former Fleet Nemesis, MINSK, laid up in Chinhae- -Mike Cross enjoys last laugh.

Joe and Joey Chopek Finally, always good for a few lines, Joe Chopek, wrote in to let us know how things are going. He visited John Post in his successful practice in Chariottesville, VA. Joe's elbow and shoulder may recover from his lifetime of excessive bending under John's care. J.D. "Dean" Harris, Joe's roommate of 4 years, was recently promoted to National Sales Manager, Microchip Division of Mitsubishi Electronics. Dean and his wife Nancy have moved from Florida to the Raleigh-Durham area. On the personal side, Joe's youngest son, Casey, an '02 hopeful, is stroking with the Varsity 8 at St. Andrew's school in Delaware. His other son, "Joey" '97, was

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on Plebe Detail last Summer, having finished 2nd Class year with a lot higher GPR than Dad ever thought of doing! Joey is also an accomplished TaeKwan-Do expert, having dealt Army a mortal blow during last year's match. Joe Sr has been busy merging the Blue Ridge Telephone Company his wife Marti owns and moving to a house on the Bay where they will be establishing a new residence. One more line, Joe tells us his old "Sleepy Hollow" snooze mate, Mike Minter, is now giving the sermon's we used to listen to Father Sullivan deliver Mike's the new pastor at Reston Bible Church in Reston, VA. Never know where the Class of '69 will end up next!

On that happy note, I'll sign off and look forward to a victorious win over Army!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Steve.

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Pres: Fred Hall Sec'y: CDR Royal Connell, USN (Ret.) 1978 Valley Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401 E-mail: njrotc@pensacola.nadn.navy.mil Greetings and a Merry Christmas season to all of you. The Army-Navy game is nigh upon us and, as I write this. Navy is 5-1 and Army is 6-0. We've beaten Air Force, BEAT ARMY! Our belated sympathies go out to Chuck Paddock, his wife Jane died of cancer in September Jim Carter attended the funeral at the National Cathedral and reports there were not only about 300 people there, but that the crowd included Doug LaMartin, Lynn Widener, Dudley Leath and their wives. Jane was a managing editor for National Geographic, editing books for both children and adults. Our deepest condolences to Chuck and their two children, Virginia and Guy. Jim also attended a couple of retirements as well.

That of Jim Perry was held on the display ship BARRY at the Washington Navy Yard. He retired after a great tour as CO of the Navy Surface Warfare Center White Oak. They are staying in the area where Jim has landed a good job with a local outfit. C.J. Ihrig had his retirement ceremony in Mem Hall at USNA. C.J. was a successful submariner who fulfilled Jim's criteria of success by getting the chal-

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lenges of salt air, spray and a mixed crew as CO of a tender No one could say what he did in his last job; but based on the nice comments and award he received, he did it well. RADM Ed Giabastiani gave the assembled crowd a brief overview of how he and C. J. managed to cross paths numerous time during a career I'm sure he left out most of the good stuff about their Midshipmen exploits to avoid leading the color guard from the Class of 2000 to believe that they could do that stuff and be successful. C.J.'s remarks were brief but right on target about the integrity and equality he strived for and we must continue to pursue as officers despite the allegations of some with their own agenda.

Guy Knieriem also reports on Classmate moves.

Mike Cosgrove was written up in the Pax River paper as having just closed down Warminster, PA, as its last CO and is now the CO of a command down there. In his remarks, he reiterated his philosophy for his job; "Work safely, satisfy the customers, and have fun doing numbers one and two." In other change of command news, Lynn Widener was relieved as CO of the Naval Reserve Naval Control of Shipping Office Atlantic 206 at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore.

Kent Hamlin writes enroute from the hot bed of Olympic madness in Atlanta to his new digs in London, where he will be the Deputy Director of the Coordinating Centre of the World Association of Nuclear Operators for the next two years. They started there in October and planned to attend the Notre Dame game in Dublin. In the process of cleaning out, Kent found the following notice. How far we have come...

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Annapolis, Maryland 13 March 1967 From: Officer Representative, Class of 1970 To: Class of 1970 Subj: Conduct at Tea Dances 1. At the last Tea Dance held for the Class of 1970, the manners, decorum, and conduct exhibited by too many in the Class were unsatisfactory.

2. You should already be aware, and if not, you are made aware by this memorandum, that gentlemanly conduct and Military conduct dictate that: a. A Midshipman paired or introduced to a young lady has the responsibility to entertain her and never to leave her unescorted until the affair is over. b. A Midshipman Fourth Class will comply with the requests of members of his Hop Committee and

upperclassmen responsible for the smooth operation of the Tea Dance. A Midshipman Fourth Class will not act in a juvenile and unmilitary manner; such as refusing to do as told, mumbling under his breath, or leaving or otherwise not participating in the Tea Dance.

3. A Midshipman Fourth Class at a Tea Dance is NOT permitted on the balcony of Dahlgren Hall.

4. Throughout your Naval career you will be required to attend, as a host or a guest, official functions. The U.S. Navy expects, and your pride for your own personal reputation dictates, that you accept your social responsibilities to act in a gentlemanly manner at all times, particularly in the presence of ladies.

Respectfully, //s// W. E, LINDSEY, Jr As Kent said, I had forgotten that we had firmly established our Class reputation as early as March 1967! Ring-a-Ding-Ding

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Pres: CAPT Perry Martini USN Sec'y: CDR Brian Horais USNR (Ret.) 11234 Cranbrook Lane, Oakton, VA 22124 e-mail:bhorais@ wjsa.com Hello Classmates! As I write this article, the flood of good memories from our 25th Reunion are still with me. It was great seeing many of you at Homecoming for what was a truly great event. I will have a full report next month, along with pictures from the event. We had record attendance, with over 450 Classmates and more than 900 attendees at our tent.

The Homecoming committee, co-chaired by Ron Spratt and Jim Hergenroeder deserve a tremendous amount of credit, along with their committee members and wives, for preparing and implementing an excellent weekend. The weather was great and Navy won against Duke. One image that will stay in my mind forever was the crowd of '7lers chanting " ' 7 1 . . . ' 7 1 . . . ' 7 1 " in the stadium when Navy had scored 64 points and needed only one more touchdown and extra point to achieve the "right" score.

They did not make it, but I'm sure the Class of '64 was honored. A limited edition print of a watercolor commemorating our 25th Reunion was provided to all registered Alumni, (as shown in the photograph below). There are still a few copies left, so if you would like to obtain one, send a check to me for $ 12.00 made out to "USNA Class of 1971." The price includes shipping and handling. The print is mounted on an 8 inch by 10 inch dark blue matte. All proceeds from the sale of the prints go to the Class fund.

Only 100 of the 600 signed prints remain, so get your orders in soon, and I will fill as many as I can before the holidays.

USNA Class of 1971 It was great to see the number of Classmates in attendance that had not graduated with us but made the effort to join with us for the 25th Reunion. Mark Krivonak expressed the sentiments of these nongrads best in a letter to me which 1 included below: I am taking the liberty of writing this letter on behalf of all the non-grad Classmates who attended our 25th Reunion. It was a special Homecoming at

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long last. Whatever our reasons (some not so crystal clear to ourselves) or circumstances for not finishing the journey with our fellow graduating Classmates, it mattered not for you welcomed us home enthusiastically. Without bias, and with heartfelt emotions. Your faces said so. Even though I and some other non-grads have retumed for a short visit or two over the years, most of us had not been back to a reunion. Regardless of having come back before, or not, most of us came to the reunion with mixed emotions. 1 know because 1 spoke to many non-grad Classmates who were unusually moved by the outpouring of so much warmth to see their old buddies again. We now have made peace with ourselves. For those of us who left to climb other mountains, we always kept special memories tucked away in our minds right next to that little area of unrest. So thanks to all of you, our fellow Classmates who missed us on that eventful day when you tossed your hats high. Thanks for making us feel a part of the whole again. And thank you Perry Martini, for saying so in front of us all at our Class party on Saturday night. If you know of any non-grads who could not make it, or were hesitant to come, please share this message with them. Tell them to make a Class reunion and to consider getting involved in their local Alumni Association. 1 have participated in our local association the past few years, and it's been great fun.

That's it for now. Be sure to send in your photographs and stories from the reunion and from any other of your activities. If you noticed on the header to this article, I have included my e-mail address to make it easier for you to send in articles. Give it a try!

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Thanks for the note, John!

THE GREAT (BICYCLE) RACE DEPT. Update: Jeff Beard survived. See the following: 1 sent you a brief note earlier this year indicating that Steve Plovanich and I were going to do RAGBRAI (De5 Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Race Across Iowa) this year. Well, this letter is to report that we made it! All 433 miles of it.

Steve flew in from San Jose on Friday, 19 July (he lives in Pacific Grove and works for Teledyne), and 1 brought my family to Iowa from Austria on the same day. We got ourselves up to Sioux Center on Saturday the 20th, in order to be ready for an early start on Sunday 21 July. The ride ended seven days later in Guttenburg. Along the way we ran into Dan Hawthorne (7th Company) who was also doing the bike ride. (Dan now works for Rockwell International in nearby Marion, lA, after departing the Navy after his mandatory five years. His wife, Gail, is there, but his two children are busy doing the university scene. Older son, Greg, is a senior at the University of Northem Iowa, and daughter, Kathy, is a junior at St. Louis University.) The only mishap on the ride was with my son, Andrew, who crashed 25 miles from the end and had to be briefly hospitalized with a head injury, (The front wheel to his bike came off whileriding.)He also received nine stitches to his upper lip. In spite of this, a good time was had by all, with Steve promising a return engagement at a future RAGBRAI. Dan, Steve and I are gearing up for the big 25th Reunion in 1997. I'm finishing up some vacation here in the USA before retuming home to Vienna, Austria, Any Classmates traveling through Europe, give a holler.

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Pres: LCOL Bob Lee, USMC Sec'y: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 12695 Catawba Dr., Woodbridge, VA 22192 (Fax) 703-685-9849; E-mail: robison_rich@prc.com http://www.charm.net/~bfant/usna72/72toc.htm Been to lots of Navy football games in my time but have never seen us kick butt quite like the Duke game at Homecoming back in early October It was nice to be on the other side of a lopsided score!

FLAG OFFICER DEPT. Gents, we have the honor of having our first flag selectee. Congratulations to John Byrd who provides the following: It's been years since I wrote, but I have news to pass along. 1 am in Washington serving on the Joint Staff. A few of my 33rd Company buddies have checked in as they pass through DC. John Townes just completed a successful major command assignment in Japan and is being shopped around for positions of high responsibility. Greg Meyers is completing his tour on the Joint Staff as arms control negotiator in Geneva. He will be seeking civilian employment soon but says it is difficult to job-hunt from Europe. Al Olson is continuing to work Intelligence as the director of attache operations in DIA. He has been single for a number of years and tells me the single life in Washington is great!!

Mark Pistochini is getting set to retire from the staff at CINCPACFLT. His wife will remain active duty to support the lifestyle to which he has become accustomed. Mike Doyle seems to be doing very well in the civilian world as an executive with Coming. He retired from the reserve as a Captain.

Steve Sisa has retired from Intelligence, My wife is active in Washington as the current President of the Naval Officers Wives Club of Washington. My son, Jefferson is a senior in high school and my daughter, Jenny is a freshman. They are both great kids. Judy and I are trying to prepare ourselves for the empty nest syndrome, which isn't that far away. Having been selected for Rear Admiral myself in Febraary, I'm looking forward to orders in March 1997. If any fellow Classmates are in this area. Judy and I would love to see you, just give us a call, our number is 703-425-3257,

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Beard, Hawthome and Plovanich "Biking It" Thanks for the note, Jeff! (By the way, can you sit down yet?)

BITS AND PIECES DEPT. Well, we talked about Steve Soroka in the June column but didn't have a picture of the old boy. Discrepancy corrected—see accompanying photo.

out on the front lines, under difficult and tt-ying conditions, who are promoting the cause of freedom at the expense of being with your families at this time of year. Come home safe. More to come... next year.

D.O.

"Tried and True with '72."

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Pres: Tom Storch Sed'y: Dirk P.D. Mosis III 1266 W. Paces Ferty Road #594, Atianta, GA 30327 (H) 404-231-4785; (W) 770-644-2214 I have just remmed from Homecoming, and it was great fun! And, Navy has a football team. No matter how we finish up this season, I believe we have a very good coach in Weatherbie. Go Navy! While we did not have that much football to get excited about 20-1- years ago, I do remember how a win got the Brigade fired up; the same is true now.

Who all was there? Including but not limited to: Paul Ryan at Hubbard for an Alumni row, then seen ranning back from his son's cross-country meet into the stadium tailgater to catch up with his better half, to be joined by same youngster son. Dan McHale— looking good. Scott Haney—away from White House duties. John Yackus and family, to include two beautiful young ones and Barb. Marty Deafenbaugh and family—daughter a freshman at college, son contemplating USNA, and Mrs. joining '73 at dinner in the Mess Hall on Friday evening. ('73 was, including and limited to Deafenbaugh and Mosis. I guess we did not get the word...) Tom Storch and Mary—Tom to Denmark that night on business, and they are headed to Dublin for NavyNotre Dame. Sat next to Connie Rader of Mike Rader fame. Darlene and Gary Chetelat, very happy to be settied in the area. I really enjoyed Gary's Dad. of Baltimore, sitting behind me. J.J. Dicks came a bit late. He is busy at work. And, Duke only scored while J.J. was in the stadium, so we assigned him to the tailgater...no complaints.

Speaking of tailgaters, nattily attired, as always, this time in his Navy b-robe, was Kevin Callahan.

The Chuck McKeone's. Mike Peal and Linda. Tom White. David Mericle gliding by, followed by Steve Oswald—just two spottings. Doug Rice—just off a golf course? I 'hear' Doug has invested in a land play, including a driving range. Peter Flynn. Karen and Leif Hendrickson. Leif's working (too) long hours, but it is very exciting—briefing the White House, et al. Karen has an international marketing job—pretty neat. I had not caught up to tiiem in years; great to go back. And the Mid Store still has great deals, while the gift store has the Academy crest and name on virtually anything a tourist or your Mom would want. Tastefully doing what American business does best—Market!!

Also heard: Neil Beck is flying 767s out of DC. Jimmy Gordon same out of Miami. I heard such from John Yackus...so. United...? Steve Ogden's son is #99 for Navy. Tom Burns' son is on the jv.

Len Nebons' nephew is at Navy, Jeff Welsh's daughter is in the Yard as well.

Marc Goldberg parted with a 32-cent stamp, since I am not yet on the e-mail train—yet. Marc is a year into his command tour on ALASKA, one of the Trident submarines in Bangor Maine. Conrad Donahue is finishing up his tour as CO of HENRY M . JACKSON,

with Dave Mericle relieving him at year-end. Don Randall is now CO of GEORGIA, and Jim Campbell Rosenzweig and Soroka That's about it for this month. Hope you all have a safe and happy Holiday season. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with those of you who are

is CO of NEVADA.

Thanks Marc!

If you have any Homecoming info, or anything, please send on. '73!

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Pres: S t e v e M i d d l e t o n S e c ' y : C D R Bill H a l l , S C , U S N (Ret.) 1833 M e a d o w g r o v e Ln, Frederick, M D 2 1 7 0 2 - 3 0 1 5 ( H ) 301-694-5883; E-mail: Bhall74@aol.com T h i s m o n t h ' s c o l u m n is truly d e d i c a t e d to the n e w age of c y b e r s p a c e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s . W i t h the e x c e p tion of a letter from B r e n t J a m e s o n C o m m a n d i n g Officer, DETROIT ( A O E - 4 ) stationary, all o t h e r corr e s p o n d e n c e c o m e s to u s via e-mail.

A s already m e n t i o n e d . Brent J a m e s w r i t e s t o u s from his position as C O , DETROIT: Thought I'd drop you a note and and fill you in on induction day for the Class of '99. My father, RADM J a c k M . J a m e s ' 4 2 . USN (Ret.) and I administered the oath to my son. Midshipman 4/C Michael F. James '99. in Memorial Hall.

By way of catching you up, 1 had command of V F - 1 4 3 at Oceana from '90-'92, was assigned to JCS from '92-'95. and took command of DETRorr ( A O E - 4 ) on 20 July '95. We are just finishing up a four month availability in Chester. PA, and will be underway 8 October My wife Catherine and three of our seven kids now reside in Virginia Beach. The four oldest are already out the door and on their own.

I've seen or spoken with several Classmates lately. M a r k Checchio is retired in VA Beach and is with the company that is building my new home down there, although he works in the Defense Programs part of it. He and wife Bobbie and their children live in VA Beach. Spoke with Andy Borchardt a couple of months ago. He, wife Debbie, and kids are in Japan where Andy is CoS for COMSUBGRU Seven. Andy has become the quintessential diplomat and is personally handling most of America's thornier problems with Japan. Jeff Cull is still living in South Florida where last word he was attending school to become a psychologist. He sold his constraction companies, and I think he got bored counting his millions, so he took on the new challenge of school. Bob Whitmire, who was a "classmate" of mine at Harvard last year, has just taken command of NAS Jacksonville. J i m Deppe is ranning the PCO course up at SWOS in Newport and gave the finest lecture on "Virtue and the Warrior" I have ever heard. J J . Waikwicz was in my PCO pipehne class and is now XO of NASSAU. Spoke with Joe Avedutti on the phone the other day. He just retumed from XO of INDEPENDENCE in Japan enroute to command of KALAMAZOO which will happen in October. Also spoke with Paul Banks in the Bureau. He helped me greatly with some orders for one of my super JOs. He also reported he is enroute to command of a DESRON in Norfolk. Don Loren is also a DESRON commander, also out of Norfolk I believe. He was also up at Harvard the same time 1 was, and he then went to the Roles and Missions Commission where we worked together regularly trying to "damage limit" the potential downsides of well-intentioned but often unwise consolidation proposals among the 4 services. Don did a great service for the Navy in that assignment.

A n d you did a great j o b b r i n g i n g us u p on the recent successes of a n u m b e r of C l a s s m a t e s . T h a n k s Jim, any desire to take o v e r the Secretary position again?

From C y b e r s p a c e w e ' 11 hear from D a v e A n t a n i t u s first. D a v e c o m e s to us via e-mail at a n t a n i t c @ s m t p gw.spawar.navy.mil.

I have been at SPAWAR since I left command of HAMPTON ( S S N - 7 6 7 ) in March of '94. Since that time I have been Deputy Director and Major Program Manager for Fixed Undersea Surveillance Systems (formeriy SOSUS). I still work in the Undersea Surveillance Directorate as the Director for Intemational Programs.

I decided to go into the acquisitions business after command. With a 45% chance at 0-6 and a 15% chance of major sea command, it seemed like the right thing to do i.e. leam a skill that would someday transition to a civilian job. Well. I did pick up

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0-6, and I also screened for major sea command.

Commanding a squadron/tender/trident would have been fun, but I know in my heart that joining the AP community was the right long term decision.

There are currently 6 submariners from '74 in the AP community. Besides me, here is a randown: CAPT Vic Fiebig—ASN RD&A office-EA to DASN; CAPT John Higbee—Deputy Director for Torpedo Defense Program; C A P T G a r y Graupman—Deputy Director(R) Heavyweight Torpedo Program; CAPT Tom Dion—ditto above as outgoing—will go to school (DSMC) this Fall; CAPT(sel) Jim Lyons—staff COMOPTEVFOR— Jim picked up 0-6 on the second look—the only submariner to do so! Also CAPT Ben Wachendorf is our OPNAV sponsor as N874—he should slate for major sea command this Fall (Ben is not an AP).

As far as other info goes: CAPT Dave Antanitus, 7123 Freshaire Drive, Springfield, VA 22153. (H) 703-913-1149, (O) 703-602-3661. Wife—Betsy and children—Emily (7 Jan '83), Alison (12 Sep '84), and Rachel (3 Mar '90).

Next up is M i k e C a r n e s c o m i n g to us via e-mail from C A R N E S M . T R A N S C O M @ t r a n s c o m . s a f b .af.mil. M i k e reports he can also be contacted at h o m e via e-mail at m i k e c 4 9 6 5 9 @ a o l . c o m .

1 won't bore you with what 1 did for my 20 years in the Navy, but I spent 16 of my first 17 years stationed in Pensacola, San Diego, and Hawaii. One year was spent at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, going to school with the Army and the last three years were with the U.S. Transportation Command at Scott AFB, IL. I retired last Summer and was hired by CEXEC, Inc., a beltway bandit (combelt division).

The project I'm working on is at USTC, hence my e-mail account here. 1 was fortunate in my job hunt.

A friend forwarded my resume to his former boss.

This person, who is now my boss, called me. we talked for 10-15 minutes; and a few days later 1 got an offer This was over a month before I went on terminal leave and certainly made my leaving the Navy a less traumatic experience. I've been with CEXEC for just over a year now as a senior functional analyst and site manager of CEXEC's St. Louis operations. (Coincidentally, our headquarters is in Vienna, VA, next door to AOL's offices).

CEXEC is a small disadvantaged business in automated systems engineering (software development and installation to training and maintenance). Our clients are exclusively federal organization and include the FAA, Energy Department, Justice Department, Defense Department, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, among others. Like any other contractor, we're always looking for more business and are looking to pick up some contracts with state and local governments as well as private industry.

If there is a dark side, my boss is a WooP, Class of '61 and captain of the 1960 football team. He acknowledges getting beat up by Bellino and company during his tenure and offers no sympathy when I bemoan our recent lack of success on the gridiron.

Bonnie and 1 have been married for 21 years now with three kids. Maggie, our oldest, is 19 and just moved back on campus at St. Louis University to begin her sophomore year. Mikaela is 15 and beginning her sophomore year in high school. Brian is 12 and entering the sixth grade. In my spare time, I coach youth baseball and basketball, am involved with Boy Scouts, and have been a Blue & Gold Officer for the past year.

1 spent the last week of July at the Academy for B&G training. It was a great week and fun being back there to see the changes that have occurred in the yard. Two other '74ers attended the same training session; Joe Nutall is a Captain in the reserve and has a real job working for Loral Space & Range Systems in Sunnyvale. CA; Charles Wayne is in Galesburg. IL, ranning his family's grain elevator Robert Miller's father was also in our training seminar. Robert is in Annapolis, working for Chesapeake Engineering & Design. Inc. We were housed in Mother B and, contrary to ramors you may have heard, it is not. nor is it intended to be air conditioned. Fortunately for me. a former co-worker (CAPT Jenny Martinez) was the Sixth battalion officer Due to Mother B's renovation, she shares her office with the 5th Batt officer which was only

a couple doors down from my assigned room on 60. She loaned me her office key and I dragged my mattress to her a/c office every evening. Shades of our First Class Summer when working on the detail.

I hadn't been to USNA for three years and was amazed to see the changes that have taken place in that short time. The new Visitors Center is impressive. If you haven't seen the new video shown at the visitor's center To Lead and Serve, 1 highly recommend getting a copy. It really gets the blood pumping and brings out the goose bumps. I managed to sneak into 7th wing to see the newly renovated rooms. Wow. The rooms were completely gutted and redone from floor to ceiling. The only thing that remained is the shower They've made much better use of space, and the rooms seem gigantic compared to what we had. Each Mid has a loft rack with a desk undemeath it. Each desk has bookshelves built in above and below it with a phone jack and cable connection. At the ends of each desk are storage lockers/closets. The middle of the rooms are wide open. You have to see them to get a full appreciation of them. 7th wing is the first to be renovated and will be moved into this year; 8th wing is now being rehabbed. The whole project is to take 10 years.

After the EE scandal and its outfall, I was amazed to see the results of ADM Larson's efforts to turn things around. The attitude and atmosphere throughout the yard is much more positive and upbeat than it was a year ago, and a pride that had been missing is back. Among other things, the Supe has reunified the Brigade, cracked down on discipline, and is emphasizing accountability. Except for the usual grambling among the Mids, his efforts have been favorably received and appear to be paying off. As the Supe told us, when people say they attend or went to the Naval Academy, he wants people to respond with "Wow!" He gave a good speech out in San Francisco in mid-July that does a good job of countering those that feel the Service Academies are not cost effective and should be eliminated. I've got a copy if anyone is interested.

You could probably also get a copy through the Academy's PAO. [Ed. Note: Supe's speech was published in the September issue o/Shipmate. PLEASE start to read the front of the magazine. Pictures of the new rooms were also shown...Nancy] I don't see a lot of our Classmates out here in the Midwest, but do keep in touch with G r e g Pearsall. He's now the XO at Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO) in Mechanicsburg, PA. I also ran into Dick Costello on a recent trip to Norfolk.

He's the CO at the Navy Material Transportation Office (NAVMTO).

Well, I've rambled for more than 1 intended but figure this isn't too bad for once every 21 years. If you're lucky, I'll be around and send you a note in 2016. Meanwhile, if you or any Classmates are in the area, give a holler. Bonnie and 1 are only 20 miles across the river from St. Louis in O'Fallon, IL, and are always willing to swap sea stories over a cold one (or two or more).

M i k e r e p o r t e d he can b e r e a c h e d via snail mail at h o m e : 9 2 6 T h o r n b u r y P l a c e , O ' F a l l o n , IL 6 2 2 6 9 , 6 1 8 - 6 2 8 - 1 4 1 7 or Work: 331 S a l e m P l a c e , Suite 160, Fairview H e i g h t s , I L 6 2 2 0 8 , 6 1 8 - 6 2 8 - 2 8 0 0 .

The next Intemet surfer to check in is T o m Glover, w h o c o m e s to us from e-mail 7 4 2 1 4 . 1 2 2 1 @ c o m p u serve.com.

Barbara and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary in four days. We got married between "FAM I" and "FAM 2" while training in T-2s in Texas.

The squadron was very understanding and gave me an extra day off (it was a long weekend)!

No kids—other than an 8 yr old thoroughbred horse which Barbara is starting to campaign in hunter/jumper. They do well together, and we hope to be moving up to the regional level for next year.

No, I do NOT ride: 1 just hold the horse. We can only afford one of those habits.

The natural thing for me to do after retiring last year was to go into the real estate business with Barbara since she's been doing it ever since we moved to VA Beach in ' 8 1 . It was a bit of an adjustment, but things are working out beautifully.

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RE/MAX is a great company with which to be associated, and Bob Blount '70 in particular is an unbeatable broker/owner Our company is growing like gang busters, and 1 wouldn't be surprised if we are dominant in the local resale market within two or three years. USNA Alumni have been very supportive; we have had as clients friends going back as far as '44 and as recent as '93. It's a great business!

1 had the recent honor of attending Class and company-mate Ken Pisel's retirement. It was a grand affair over at Armed Forces Staff College.

We particularly enjoyed the reception at Ken and Andrea's house afterwards. It's spooky seeing their grown-up son for the first time in several years; he looks more like Ken than Ken did Plebe Year! Jim Boyer, also at AFSC, was present also. Just got back from a hunting trip to Hampton, South Carolina, with Dave Antanitus, who was commissioning CO of HAMPTON. Go figure!!! Of course he got the only deer, but 1 think the locals arrange to have a big buck released right in front of his stand every time we go down there anyway. (Dave, now you have to send Bill an e-mail in rebuttal!!) I speak periodically with my old roommate Dave Treppendahl, who is a commercial real estate broker in Baton Rouge. He, wife CoCo, and theh tribe are doing well down there.

Don Patterson is a real estate broker here in VA Beach, managing an office for GSH. There were some good pictures of our old gang from the 20th reunion, but SOMEBODY spilled a drink all over them...or was it an effort to destroy the evidence?

That's about all for now. Bill. Now that I have your e-mail address I'll bong off a note whenever 1 have any tidbits of import. Take care!

Company Classmate Jim Wilbur is the next to report in. His e-mail address is 76364.2737 @compuserve.com.

Here is a snapshot of my last 21 years, FWIW, '74-'79 flew P-3s at Moffett Field, CA. Married Sharon in May '79. '79-'80 instracted at Whiting Field, FL. Left active duty in Oct '80. •81-'85 Reserve flying at Pt Mugu, CA, then Moffett. Several humble jobs ending with a year as intern Math teacher at Independence HS, San Jose. '85-present pilot for Continental Airlines. Currently based at HoustonflyingMD-80s. Allison was bom June '86, and Stephanie was bom Jan '90.

I still am crazy about cars. Currently I have a 400 horsepower '95 Camaro Z-28 to play with. I play some golf, lay out by the pool a lot and I'm getting back into radio control airplane flying.

The last e-mail I got this month came from the Secretary of the Chicago Chapter of the Alumni Association. He wanted to let me know that Dave Lipinski was on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Chapter I'll have to cut it off here for this month. 1 really appreciate the opportunity to get some use out of my America On-Line account by sending and receiving e-mail from so many Classmates. I know that more of you have computers out there with modems and access to the Intemet so there's No Excuse for not dropping me a note. (Be sure to include your address, phone number, and other family information so I can update my Class records as well.)

Ciao for now and Beat Army!!

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Pres: Steve Hubbard Sec'y: CAPT Larry Warrenfeltz, USN 21 Colony Trail Drive, Mandeville, LA 70448 (H) 504-626-4964; E-mail: n4@cmnoc.navy.mil Dear 'mates: Happy Holidays, '75! And thanks for the early presents to your Class Scribe (a couple of good letters and e-mails that will give everyone something interesting to read this month).

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Let's start with a note from Down Under How many of us have daydreamed about moving to Australia? Mike Kirk really did it!

After doing operations and regulatory affairs work in the commercial nuclear industry for several years, I'm now a quality assurance manager for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in Sydney. Since our arrival in Australia in mid-1994, I've been initiating the Aussies into the mysteries of ISO 9000 quality assurance while Susan has established a successful massage therapy practice. We live about 40 minutes from downtown Sydney (Opera House, Harbour Bridge, etc.) and about an equal distance from Homebush Bay, the principal site of the 2000 Olympics.

Unlike the Crocodile Dundee image perpetuated

by Hollywood, Australia is a very urbanized country with most of its population living near large cities. Only a few people live in the outback, and what most Aussies know of it comes from movies or television. While Australia has increased its relations with Asia in recent years, its predominant culture is rooted in its European heritage. The United States exerts a tremendous influence on Australian society through sports, TV, movies, publications, and fashion. While an Aussie kid may not recognize Bill Clinton, he'll certainly know Bart Simpson.

In the two years we've been here, we've managed to get in a fair bit of traveling. Aside from Sydney, we've hit Canberra, Melboume, Brisbane, the Great Barrier Reef, and Vanuatu. Australia has tremendous diversity in its landscapes—beaches, mountains, rain forests, deserts—that you would expect from a country the size of the continental U.S. A standing invitation exists for any '75ers that find themselves Down Under.

Mike and Susan's address is 146 Attunga Road, Yowie Bay, New South Wales 2228 Australia, and the phone number is 011-61-2-9525-6380. Or you can drop an e-mail to smk@ozemail.com.au.

Professor Mark Harper has a new phone number at USNA. You can now get the Physics gouge at 410-293-6453. Randy Avers, also stationed back home at USNA, in the heart of "Mother B," forwarded this note: It was nice to read in Shipmate that you have a Luclcy Bag index for 1975. Hopefully, this letter will suffice as payment to get me a copy.

I recently transferred to the Naval Academy from my residency at Bethesda and am the staff comprehensive dentist in the old 6th wing Dental Quarters. It's interesting to return to the womb. I've run into several Classmates including Jon (where did you go?) Greenert, Bob Eichelberger, Mark Harper and Doug Ayars stationed here. Also Classmates kids, such as Cozy Bailey Jr. and Erwin Wunderlicb Jr. It's a great duty station and fun going to the football games. Navy looks good this year, and there are high expectations around the yard. I got to see several other Classmates at the games: Rex Estilow and Jay Donnelly at SMU, then several more at the Homecoming tailgate. 18th company had the biggest turnout (4 of 19) with Ann and Larry Kloth. Diana and Don Jensen and Dan Elins and Ruth (along with myself and Janet). Also in attendance were Doug. Carl Klee. Les Ryan, Bernard Bailey, Joe Russell. John Moran. Charlie Floyd, Larry Weckbaugh, Mike Mathews, Rich Thomas, Gary Miller and the ubiquitous Steve Hubbard, most along with their respective spouses.

I hope I didn't forget anyone.

Thanks for the time...now send the list!

I sent Randy the list today (10/11). He noted George Croner and William Becker are missing, since their pictures in the Lucky Bag are hidden on page 242. John Nawrocki is absent, too. Anyone else camera-shy back in 1975? That gives me an idea.

Since we don't have the standard photographic evidence of your younger selves, guys; why don't you send me a curtent picture?

You can find Randy in dental or at 4C Perry Circle, Annapolis, 21402. You can also call 410-626-1138

Get the News while it is "hot."

Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue! or e-mail avers@nadn.navy.mil or 102017.2765@ compuserve.com Randy's new job reminds me of the first time I ever directly disobeyed a Naval Officer I got a DQ chit Youngster Year; proceeded to Dental at the scheduled time; and opened wide for a routine exam.

At least it was routine until he got to the part about chiseling out the wisdom teeth! As you remember, wisdom teeth were like gold to the Dental Corps at Annapolis—they would find them wherever they were and dig them out at any cost! Anyway, my dentist told me to schedule oral surgery. Not wanting to join the chipmunk-cheeked squad, I respectfully told the good commander that my wisdom teeth were just fine, and that I used them to chew, and he couldn't have them. My knees were still shaking when I got back to my room on 2-4. I expected a Form 2 to arrive any day, but it never did. (By the way, I still have my wisdom teeth, and I still chew with them!)

Speaking of Steve Hubbard, I'm going to be in DC shortly after I send this to the editor and plan to meet with our "ubiquitous" president for coffee and a doughnut. I'll report next month. Maybe I can talk him into writing a guest column for old time's sake.

[Ed. note: Picture was of Greg Martin, Bob Clark, and Bob Brody practicing their poker faces—1975, but the picture was too dark to produce, sorry.. .Dale] Greg Martin answered my call for old pictures of Bob Clark so we could keep alive Shipmate's Clark photo gallery. Greg didn't want to risk the original, so he burned a copy of a First Class year shot of him. Bob, and Bob Brody. I'm sending it along with this submission.

For info, guys. Shipmate eventually retums the photos to me, and I'll get them back to you! It will take a few months, but they will be returned.

Ed Zapolski celebrated his Change of Command as Commanding Officer, Navy Recruiting District, Portland on 4 November I've misplaced the card listing Ed's next duty station, but I seem to remember that it was an afloat staff in San Diego.

CRUDESGRU? CARGRU? Please refresh us, Ed. A couple of "seasoned" (i.e., old) Fleet Hometown News Releases: In July, Rick Rush participated in MATADOR '96 as a Sixth Fleet staffer aboard LA SALLE. It was the first joint, combined afloat exercise in the Meditertanean. In August, Shaw Cohe decommissioned AMERICA in Portsmouth. (Scribe's observation: When your Youngster Cruise ship, both First Class cruise ships, and three of four ships from your commissioned career are no longer in the fleet...maybe its time to attend one of those retirement transition seminars!)

Andy Howard forwarded a new e-mail address— achoward@wt.net. And no, Andy, CNMOC doesn't stand for the Chief Navy Mate of the Cortidor! But my boss, RADM Paul Gaffney '68, did say he'd rather be a CNMOC than a CMOOW! (It's the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, for those who have a need to know.)

As I write this in October Navy football is off to a super start. The 64 points against Duke at Homecoming were the most scored by a Navy team since 1 was a toddler (Now that's a long time!) Air Force went down this past weekend. Army will follow about the time you read this! The Commander-inChief's trophy will finally come home! Enjoy the Holidays. And send me a copy of your Christmas family newsletter, OK? Go Navy!—Larry

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Pres: Chuck Gorum 146 Prince George Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 (H) 410-263-3337; E-mail: cgoram@annap.infi.net Sec'y: Chuck Dirienzo 2833 Horseman's Ridge Drive, Clayton, NC 27520 Home (919) 550-2627; Work (919) 460-0071 E-Mail: chuckles@ipass.net Hello '76! Well, it sure was great to see so many of you back here for the celebration of our 20"' Reunion! For those of you who couldn't make it, we had over 300 Classmates, many with their families, back here for the weekend's festivities. From my perspective, it was a great weekend! Friday night over 200 showed up in the Hart Room for cocktails and a visit by the cheerleaders. The sheet posters and wonderful decorations added to the evening tremendously. Our sincere thanks to Pat and John Meyers for their enthusiasm and imagination in setting up this fine kick-off evening!

Saturday moming. Admiral Chuck Larson '58 addressed the Class and brought us up to speed on the State of the Academy. I think all were impressed with the programs implemented in the past couple of years by this administration. Most aren't known outside the Yard and I saw a lot of heads nodding in approval. Fortunately, the Admiral had a few moments for questions, and as usual, we had a bunch!

We sincerely appreciate his taking the time to speak to the approximately 130 in attendance. Afterwards a large group headed up to 7-0 to tour the newly renovated wing.

Over at the tailgater we had over 700 in attendance as Navy's football team kicked some Blue Hen tail feathers! Heavy rain Friday night had raised concerns about Saturday, but our luck held and we had a beautiful football weather day. Good food, good friends, a few spirits and a generally great day added up to a fine event. Our thanks to Tom O'Leary and his team for their wonderful catering of the event.

Saturday night found us at the Holiday Inn for a reminder of our Tea Fight days of old. About 400 showed up to imbibe and shake a leg. Music provided by Midnight Hour and a large dance floor eventually lured an enthusiastic dance troupe out for a few kicks. The Conga line got a little out of hand but nobody got hurt! Barbara and Kevin Stone were our host and hostess for the evening's affair and our hat is off to them for a first rate event!

After shutting down the Inn, a number of the remaining crew met on Sunday moming for church services and brunch at Alumni House. F r Steve Clark made us all proud as he concelebrated Mass in the Chapel and then joined us for breakfast. What a nice way to end a busy weekend and have one more chance to see each other off.

I shouldn't fail to mention the contributions of Nancy and Fred Home to the weekend. These two "filled in the cracks" in our planning, fixing things everywhere we needed them. Thanks! 1 should also mention the contributions of Tim Farrell in the early planning stages of the weekend. Tim had to relocate about six months before the event but his efforts were certainly a key part of our planning. There aren't enough thanks for my own special partner, Nancy.

Her continued support and great ideas have made up for my often uninspired planning. The Class and I appreciate your great help! (Don't edit this out, Nancy!!)

During the weekend we raffled off an Academy chair from the Alumni Association. Our proud winner was John Brownell! John and Kay will be sitting pretty in Oakton. Virginia real soon! Congratulations!

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In accordance with tradition, we held Class elections during the weekend's events. Before I continue, let me thank our past officers for their fine contributions! Vice President, Joe Buranosky; Treasurer, Steve Kelly; and the combined efforts of Dennis Dilucente, Tim Traaen and Chuck Dirienzo kept Shipmate popping! We sincerely appreciate their efforts.

Our new slate will include me privileged to continue as your president, Tim Farrell as Vice President, Dick Feckler will be our Treasurer and Chuck Dirienzo will continue as our Secretary. With this group, how can we go wrong?! We'll do our best to represent the Class well!

The attendees of the reunion were given a nice navy blue sweatshirt embroidered with the Class Crest on the left breast as part of their check-in package. These heavyweight sweatshirts were a big hit! I do have a FEW left over (maybe a dozen or so). There are only Mediums and X-Larges left and they will be available to the first folks to get $25 each to me.

We also had made up some VERY nice, quality golf shirts with the same crest on the left breast. Navy blue with a complementing collar, these are also available for $40. I over ordered these and have a goodly number left. For all of those spouses out there, one of these would make a great Christmas or Valentine's Day gift! Again, first come, first served.

Get your money to me and I'll retum a shirt or the check if we ran out.

Send choice of shirt/sweatshirt, check, size, address, and phone to: Class of '76 PO Box 2109 Annapolis, MD 21403 During the reunion weekend, Mark O'Hare highlighted the upcoming commissioning of RONALD REAGAN ( C V N - 7 6 ) . Over the next few years, there are a number of opportunities for the Class to become involved in the outfitting and dedication of this special vessel. Stay tuned for more!

We have collected a large number of e-mail addresses for Classmates over the last few months. I want to push sign-up for the Class' e-mail mailing list (also known as a listserve). Once signed up, any messages sent to the Class' address automatically get re-sent to every member on the list. This is a great way for us to get "the word out" and discuss issues!

Of the over two hundred addresses I've gathered, only about fifty are subscribed to the listserve. Here is how to sign up! Send a message that looks just like the one below: TO: majordomo@ithink.com CC: Subj: Body of the Message: subscribe usna76 Don't add anything else! The system will automatically respond with a basic welcome message.

Once enrolled any message sent to the Class e-mail address at USNA76@ithink.com will go to everyone enrolled! A regular partyline! Sign up, everyone!

A couple of other administrative notes while I've got your ear... You can update your address with the Alumni Association by sending an e-mail message to Amy Chambers, achamber@pensacola.nadn .navy.mil. Amy can also help you renew your membership if you need.

In addition to the Class e-mail list above, the Alumni Association has started a similar service.

There is one major difference, though. The only source of messages directed to the mailing list will be the Alumni Association. This is an attempt to improve and speed getting items of interest about the school out to our Alumni. As a result of the limited access, your mailbox won't be saturated with a huge volume of messages between members of the

list. To subscribe to this new service send another message just like the one above but this time it should look like this: TO: majordomo@ithink.com CC: Subj: Body of the Message: subscribe alumusna That will do it! Sign up and get the "word" quickly.

Well, that is all for this month. Chuck D. will have the new skinny next time. Contact Chuck via regular mail or his e-mail address at the top of the column. Take care folks and Keep the Spirit! Chuck

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Pres: CDR Owen G. Thorp HI, USNR Sec'y: CDR Bill Millward, USN 1026 Magnolia Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23508 E-mail: bmillwar@ix.netcom.com Shipmates, Jane and I would like to wish all of you all Happy Holidays, and best wishes for a fabulous New Year. Don't forget to include us on your card list!

From Rich Gooner, goonert@cphI.mindspring .com Bill, just finished reading the most recent issue of Shipmate and noticed that you're online. Thought I'd give a quick update and hello. In keeping with a "career" of unpredictability and/or insanity, I quit what 1 think you coined "the greatest job in the world" effective in July. I was running marketing and sales for Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel's, Southem Comfort, etc.) for Europe and Japan. The work was interesting, but I've traveled over 70% of the time for the past seven or eight years; and the last two jobs in the corporate "chain of command" would have required at least as much or more travel.

While we didn't get rich, we were financially able to step back and do what Barb and I have been thinking about doing for six years or so.

Last September I re-took the GMAT exam and started looking for Ph.D. programs that met three requirements: were not in "high stress"/major metro areas, located where it snows infrequently, and would admit a 40+ year old with a twelve-year old MBA! Voila! 1 am now scrambling to keep my head above water in North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Marketing-Ph.D. program. With luck, I'll graduate in '00 and teach, write and take sabbaticals at some university outside of the Arctic Circle.

John Thorpe was already good enough to visit on his way to his reserve command in Greensboro one weekend (can anyone confirm that he rans his 1.5 mile PRT test in <10 minutes!?) We continue to have plenty of room, and we're close to interesting stuff in the area should any Classmates be passing though.

1 can be reached at 316 Woodhaven Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; 919-929-5138; or goonerr@mind spring.com.

From Dirk J. Debbink, 74653,735@compuserve

Happy Holidays Have a Happy Nc>v Ycar!!!ÂŤ

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1 thought you and our Classmates might like to know that 1 was relieved as Commanding Officer of NR CINCUSNAVEUR DET 0513 at Great Lakes, IL, on Sunday, 22 Sep, after a two year tour.

I'll miss the great trips to London and Europe! My new assignment effective 01 Oct '96 is on the staff of Readiness Command Region THIRTEEN as the Readiness Analyst, Best wishes to all. Dirk From Bob Powell, 11th Co, powellr@nxus.com Just wanted to pass on the news that 1 am now a 'Grandfather'...On 12 September 1996 my oldest (adopted) daughter Shonte gave birth to a 7 lb 3 oz baby girl. Her name is Emma Layne Graves. Her father is an ET3 aboard RICKOVER out of Norfolk.

Still looking for some help in writing this column while I'm deployed. Please give me a call if you are interested. Happy Trails, Bill.

Get into the know, check out info on the new listserve in All Hands

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Pres: John Rudder Sec'y: Vince Balderrama 45 Little Fawn Drive, Shelton, CT 06484 Sometimes it gets a little confusing at times doesn't it? Okay, let's see, it's really October; and I'm trying to figure out how much of that Brachs Candy I want to still have hanging around the house by the time you read this column in December Those little teeth-rotting, possibly carcinogenic, sugared, orangedye number ninety-two niblets have the half-life of Plutonium and never ever go bad. By now I should be finishing the last of the candy com tricksters treats (Wanna a piece?) and starting to gnaw on those candy canes Elizabeth is trying to hang on the Christmas tree. I keep telling her people shouldn't hang those things on trees, especially near the lights, 'cuz after a while the heat from the bulbs just contorts them into big old striped commas and apostiophes. "Interesting punctuational motif you have there, Vince" friends will comment. By now I'll also either have lost or won a bet on the Army-Navy Game (The way we're playing right now—Oct.—I just might have another Army B-robe!). With December's arrival, the "Boys of Summer" will also be long gone. Another World Series has passed into the history books. More importantiy kids will have no reason to skip school and not hang around outfields, half-draped over fences and interfering with obviously about-to-becaught fly balls; only to have some goof ball microphone carrying side line reporting ask them STUPID questions, treating them like they were heroes when they shoulda' been grilling them for the interfering little thief they are!!! Oops, sorty I got a littie carried away (GO Orioles!). We'll also be finally through the campaign that wouldn't quit. The pundits and politicians can give it a rest and catch they're collective breathes until the next campaign begins— like sometime next week. It'll all be over except the swearing-in. We now know whether to use the left hand or a dam good degreasing agent when we shake hands at a State dinner Ah yes, December also means the resumption of normal TV. (If you call multiple

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viewing of Frosty the Snowman and that stop action Classic Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer, NORMAL. Don't even get me started on the 24-hour "It's a Wonderful Life Channel"!). December also means another column. A quickie, but a goody. Let's see...

One of those journalistic gems of the PAO, a Fleet Hometown News Release (FHTNR) reported that, before taking command of another fast attack submarine, Ricardo Martinez is at school in DC. Prior to the school. Rick had been the CO of GATO where he did a coast-to-coast transit of the sub from New London to Bremerton and directed her decommissioning. For all his hard work. Rick got a Meritorious Service Medal. Speaking of Go's, we've had quit a few changes of command lately. Tim Hanifen assumed command of HMM-266 at MC AS New River, in die of^er Jacksonville (North Carolina) on 20 September. He and his bride Anne are residing in J-ville.

Anne (an attorney) is working for a law firm while Tim is doing the CO schtick and playing with his "Frogs on Sticks," demonstrating Tactical-Tim maneuvers. John Page is CO of a CH-53E squadron in Tustin, CA, HMH-462. In fact, his squadron was named Heavy Lift Helicopter Squadron of the Year at this year's Marine Corps Aviation Association Convention. Andy Karakos assumed command of GERMANTOWN, an LSD (number 42) out of Sasebo, Japan, on 11 October On 8 November, Dan Keuhlen took over his second command—this time Cartier Airbome Early Waming Squadron 120, in Norfolk, VA. Elizabeth and I ran into Barbara and John Storvik at a Mexican restaurant in Milford, CT, a few months ago. They were on their way to a night in "Nueve York" after having attended Scott Langdon's change of command in Groton. Scott took over one of the subs. As for John, he's working for the Naval Undersea Warfare Command at Groton, pending NUWCs move to Newport, RI. Sean Coffey took over a Reserve P-3 unit (VP92) at Branswick, ME, on 19 October. I would've loved to have made it Sean, but I was playing Marine that weekend down in Willow Grove. Now, if the new CO of that P-3 squadron in Maine would've flown a bubba flight to get me, that would've been a BIG help.

Early this year, Mark James and his family moved from Atianta to the Richmond, Virginia, area. As their treasurer, Mark played a BIG role in the Atlanta USNA Alumni Chapter His move is a big loss to them, but it's Richmond's gain. I look forward to seeing his name on some Virginia USNA Alumni Chapter bannerhead. Big kudos go out to those who helped set home the Homecoming Tailgater. Quite a few '78ers stopped by for some cold beer, hot crab soup, sliders and dawgs. Among those I recall: Tom Abernathy is at the Pentagon working in OPNAV N-8. That's one of those war-fighting assessment pigeonholes. Tom was looking fit, as if he could still wield a pretty good lax stick. Brent Obenour and his family are living in Severna Park. Brent used to be with USPA IRA and is now with another insurance group (Of course when I was talking with him I was having some LITE induced fuzzy memory, so this might not be wholly accurate.) I think I got him hooked up with Mark Hubal for some Reunion Committee work. Successful small company owner, Ray Kwong was passing on his wisdom on how to be a business mogul—"Find a niche and milk it." Of course he coulda told how to find the money too!

John Rudder started up an executive search service site in Annapolis for the company he's now with.

System One. Bruce Carter and Archie Griffin are assigned to Naval Intelligence in DC. Larry Galvin is a department head (Physic?) at Navy. Rodger Welch was ranning around with his new daughter hoisted on his shoulders—ever the proud papa. Two of my fellow Willow Grove Marines were also in attendance, Steve Maloney and Alex Dimitrew.

John Sturges and the No. 1 Navy Fan—Bob Schmermund were also visible. Schmerm was obviously the more visible in his signature Navy gym wear and fuzzy Navy football helmet. M r GQ he ain't, but you gotta love the Schmerm!

As for the Three B's—The Baldertama Clan—I'm still hanging in there at Sikorsky Aircraft. As the Program Manager for tiie CH-53Es, it's been a rough last half-year. By now I hope to have all the aircraft back up in the air They were grounded after the fatal accident we had here at tiie plant back in May. ft's been a long sU-uggle back, but by now we're through it. I finally finished up the MBA at UCONN which was why I missed a couple of columns. I'm hanging out with Jock, Alex and few other Alums at Willow Grove doing the Reserve thing. I've long since hit my Peter Principle with Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC). Right now I'm just hoping they let me retire, so I can have my beer money in my 60s. Elizabeth is working in the Admin Office of a retirement home just walking distance away from the house. (But she's doing the Califomia thing and driving to work.) She does nurses and nurses aide scheduling and ananging for temps in those "emergency situations," like on New Years Day (you can figure out why). Besides trying to keep me in check (a losing battle) and being the great mom (any brownie points for smacking?), she's pretty active with our church, Sunday School and the PTA, not to mention her craftwork. Her only vice is the addiction to Longaberger Basket. A catalog and the smell of wicker just is doing much for her As for the only one we claim on a tax form, our son Michael is now ten. He's a typical fifth grader, who far exceeds his dad's maturity; but there's hope yet. He's a great kid who loves music, reading and like all kids-Gameboy and Nintendo. We also had another addition to the family over the Summer—this one has long ears and a tail—no it's not my off-spring. This one's fuzzy and likes cartots. We got a starter pet that's a littie above the food chain from the 10 cent goldfish—a dwarf rabbit. He's a pretty cute fellow, and we're all getting the hang of the pet responsibility thing. As I said he's a starter kind of pet. If we do well, and my allergist says I can, we may fleet up to something larger, like a dog. Of course, Elizabeth says they could still trade me in and get the dog anyway. Either way, dad just gets moved down the pecking order Well that's it for now. I hope the New Year is better than this last one. But isn't that the typical lament? I won't bother with resolutions, they're just more lanes on the path to Hell of good intentions which is now an eight lane freeway. Suffice to say that there remains hope and a firm belief in our own ability, our family, friends. Classmates and shipmates to make things right, to make them better After four years at Mother B and now almost twenty years of testing ourselves in the big bad world, we've proved it outright. From the Three Bs, best wishes to you and your families, for good health and happiness in the coming year. I'm looking forward to reading all the Christmas cards and getting them on the Shipmate scope. See you in '97, Launchin' Spot Four (and on to my Christmas Eve mad shopping spree!!!!).

Remember to update your address—Call 410-263-4448x112 or E-mail mlaabs @ pensacola. nadn. navy, mil

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Pres: Mike Finley Sec'y: Ken Russell 210 South Main Street RO. Box 380, Ariington, SD 57212 (H) 605-983-4777 E-mail: gone2pot@juno.com Well by this time three years from now, we'll all be reminiscing over the great time the ENTIRE brigade and Alums had at the Un-Homecoming Gala here in Arlington. And let me tell ya, the whole country's gonna be asking the Niner wives where they got the sporty Buffalo Nickel keychains. People will say, "Thank goodness nobody grabbed the ball and planned a Twentieth at the Academy. Those cots we got to sleep on at the pottery were worth every fun filled minute. Getting clay dust on everything was so cool and 'earthy.' Navy darned near beat Mount Marty College and that Kenny, what a Giver" Do you realize how big this is gonna be? Kids, the Mid store is bringing a kiosk filled with jock straps and cans of Brasso and setting it up in the convenience store area of Bunker Auto. By then I'll be wondering if I should give up making pots and become a full time Hootnanny consultant (naw Kenny, we don't think you'll need to quit your day job, you doofus).

Kids, if you've been tryin' to get ahold of me at my old CompuServe e-mail address, it doesn't work anymore, being as how I canceled my membership with them a few months ago. My new intemet provider includes 100 hours of free access for a lower price per month, AND it has a local access number For the five of you who regularly read the whole article and don't just stop at the names in bold, you already know this. My new e-mail address (which is hopefully now printed in the article header) is: gone2pot@juno.com without the quotes a'course.

This being the holiday season issue and all, your Give King is gonna give you a break from the usual pathetic stabs at comedy from the now mobile Word Processor of Love; not just because you're all sick of it, but mainly because I have absolutely zip info from anybody.

Vicky and 1 hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Karen, we hope the surprise party for Boo was a success. We're still having a scream making pots and shipping them all over the country.

Bryan and Chris are growing like weeds, and business is exceeding our wildest expectations. Please don't forget to send us holiday photos when you send your updates. Until January, I'll be enjoying the view of the beautiful rolling plains as far as the eye can see, right out the front room window. Ken.

'79, Omnes Viri.

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Pres: Tim Kobosko Sec'y: CDR Joseph A. Grace, Jr., USNR 15 Allard Blvd, New Orieans, LA 70119 (H) 504-486-9040; (W) 504-539-9255 Fax (504)539-9257 E-mail: notc@gnofn.org http://sammy.kingtech.comAJSNA/ Happy NetDay! This last Saturday was a day to remember My organization has been heading up a grassroots movement here in Louisiana, following the Califomia example, to wire 5 classrooms and the library of every school in the state using volunteer technicians, corporate sponsors, and volunteer labor.

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Get the News while it is "hot."

Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue! the kickoff day has come and gone and over 400 schools were wired in one day. The remaining schools will be wired over the next year! It works!

Get involved and wire a school in your area. Enough of the commercial. It was and will be a great success.

Speaking of the Intemet and e-mail and the electronic highway, I have received a few notes from Classmates this month, not as many as I would like, but enough for this article. I have enjoyed the chance to catch up with lots of old friends who have finally checked in after several years on the lamb. One of those was Scott Bethmann who wrote in with this report: First things first, your doing a great job with the '80 column. After 16 years of reading and never finding time to write I figured 1 spend most of the day on the PC anyway 1 might as well compose something...After 16 years 1 guess I could write a book but I'll save you and the rest of the class that hardship!! My 4 year Company Log sweetheart (Nancy) and 1 were married in August of '81 and now have 3 boys, Thomas (10), Jack (6), and Wil (4).(Jake Bolich still going) All of which are fast as lightning and very involved in athletics, especially baseball! As you may remember 1 had a knee reconstraction just after Christmas senior year and couldn't fly so chose the Supply Corps upon graduation...best move I ever made...I've had the opportunity to acquire a significant contracting background as well as a master's in financial management and have had some outstanding inventory management positions as well.( a few resume bullets)...! am currently at the Naval Inventory Control Point in Philadelphia previously known as ASO, where I am the AVDLR project manager, responsible for re-engineering the business rales for financial management of the $7 Billion inventory of Depot Level Repairables for the Navy. Phase 1 implementation (Navy and Marine Corps Air Stations in CONUS) is complete and we are awaiting the program changes to the afioat ADP systems before we implement our changes on the carriers. 1 will be detaching here in October '96 and will become the Academic Director for the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA. You got it!! close to Augusta, the MASTERS and home!!! Staying busy coaching the boys baseball and basketball teams, officiating high school basketball, participating in over 30 basketball and modified fast pitch Softball.

As all of you know that have kids Nancy and 1 stay on all aheadflank(that's for you surface types) most of the time. Looking forward to the move to Athens where the weather will be conducive to getting the golf game back in order...31"... in one snowfall here last year...who needs it!! Only good deal is the proximity to the Vet for the Army-Navy Game! Don't know what my Intemet address will be once I move to Athens but my office # will be DSN 588-7396, or 706-354-7396. Keep up the great job on the column, e-mail sure makes it a lot easier to stay in touch AHHWRIGHT!!

It's always a treat to check into e-mail and see a note from someone who you haven't hear from in ages, but even better to have someone drop in to New Orleans. Chuck Knapp, now a dentist with the Navy, came through for a convention. He stayed at the house for a day or so and then went out on the town.

He is enjoying the teeth business, but is moving more toward the gums. He and Cindy have two children and are presently living in San Antonio. I asked if he had David Robinson '87 over for dinner much, but to no avail. Chuck was stationed at the Academy prior to this tour of schooling and thoroughly enjoyed his stay in the Yard. He and Cindy have been married since right after graduation. They met while he was a Midâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you don't hear of many that survived those years. Great to see him.

I did receive a note from Tim K o b o s k o <kobosko@oasys.dt.navy.mil> our fearless leader Carolyn is back to work teaching first grade in a new school. She is enjoying an environment where the kids come to school ready to learn, a nice change from her previous job. Speaking of Kobo, we are still re-doing the constitution. It should be done in a few months. Nels (frostens@nadn.navy.mil) is working on it with a few other Classmates who volunteered last Homecoming. Anyone who wants to help can send me a note and I'll be happy to hook you up.

I did get a great note from Jon Kubo about what he is doing. It's a real success story and one that the Class can promote. Here it is: Perhaps I've been out of the Navy to long and don't know the procedure. 1 was hoping the history I submitted would get included in the Shipmate. Maybe I missed it? Perhaps I can bribe you with some free software, lavish words, boring web addresses? Anyway I thought I would try again.

Same text different time.

I have been meaning to write this letter for years.

Time does fly, even if you're not always having fun. After USNA, I opted for nuclear power school and the nuclear submarine route. After a tour on GuARDHSH (SSN-612), I left the Navy. It was a great experience but time to move on. Mark Marshfield was my relief as Weapons Officer. 1 went into defense electronics with Rockwell Intemational and then Loral-Librascope. During that time I completed my master's degree in electrical engineering and then an MBA. Over the years I have worked with a few of our Classmates, Cam Bosnic, Mark Russell, and Tom Beike all working on various defense projects. In 1991,1 served as the technical director for the display and fire control systems on the SEAWOLF class submarine. After two more years back at Rockwell, 1 left the defense industry to start my own software company (Creative Imaging Technologies) developing imaging and CAD applications. As many of you know, ranning your own business is quite an experience.

It's like being in a permanent port and starboard watch rotation. After three years, my company was finally getting noticed by other people besides those in the accounts receivable department. 1996 has been a big year My wife Cathy and I have just had our first child (Allison Irene) in March. The hard work has also paid off in a multi-million dollar acquisition of my company by the fourth largest PC software company in the world, Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk is best known for their Autocad and 3D Studio products. 1 now mn the new wholly owned subsidiary for Autodesk. 1 can be reached at jon.kubo@autodesk.com.

We have a few Classmates that are here in the local area. One that extends all the way to Mississippi.

Pam and Mike Ales and their two sons Tommy (7) and Joey (6), are living in Pascagoula, where he is a senior naval architect for Ingalls Shipbuilding. He came down last year just in time to help set up for our blow out block party. I'm hoping that I can get him to do the same this year! Hear that Mike?, Mike can be reached at: alesmr@ingalls.com.

I speak on a regular basis with Kathy and Ed Dempsey, (102671.736@CompuServe.COM) who are now on their way out to San Diego. They were going to stop by on their way out but it seems that they were able to sell the house and Kathy and Maggie are on their way out to see Dad. She said that she was able to send out to him a "Captain's Eyes Only" message. 20 words meaning that "You're no longer that much in debt, you better not spend an extra week in Hawaii, and I still have some change in my pocket after the closing." He will be assuming command in early December

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Maureen Foley Nunez, 28th Company, checked in. She is living on Cape Cod with her husband Bill and two children, Alex (age 3) and Sara (age 20 months). She loves living there and spends lots of time doing beach stuff. She is working as the Confroller of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, so she is actually combining the best of both her USNA oceanography degree and subsequent MBA. Griffin and John Fry reported in from Atlanta, obviously they survived the Olympics and lived to tell about it. They are still keeping up with Bill Buchanan, who came through town. Griffin, Griffin, and Juliette are doing well and they report all is well on the home front. John's mailbox is: jfry@ alston.com I also received a note from Chris Tindal <chtindal@efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil> I just got my recent Shipmate, and it occurred to me that 1 needed to give you an update with my current situation... Since I talked with you last, the possible job offer up in Norfolk was not as appealing as I originally thought. (Remember, I was thinking of buying your house up there. 1 did drive by it while I was up there.) Anyway, in October I became the Commanding Officer of Naval Reserve Mine Countermeasures Squadron TWO. We drill out of the Naval Reserve Readiness Center in Charleston. The reserve unit is a support staff for the active duty staff down in Ingleside, TX, It's a great unit, and I can't believe that I'm wearing 'scrambled eggs'. 1 used to think that the officers that wore them were old. 1 guess that they're making CDR's a lot younger now. (Ha-Ha) I'm still working for Southem Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) as a Supervisory Industrial Engineer in the Facilities Management area. Our latest project involves going to different activities in the CNET and COMNAVRESFOR claimancies and implementing ways to save money. Next we'll hit on PACFLT and LANTFLT bases. We've been doing a lot of work, but so far I've saved enough money to pay for my salary until about 2080, our 100th reunion.

(Drinks will be on me at the 100th!!)

Keep up the work. 1 know your job is not easy.

And probably not a lot of people thank you for doing what you're doing, so "THANK YOU, JOE!!"

Jill Hawkins Votaw wrote in with a short update <jill_votaw@CNB-EMH.san,mnns.navy.mil> that described a missive from BLUE RIDGE where there were six members of '80 on board during Ulchi Focus Lense, including Jill. She has promised me photos and an update later. She also noted that Cathy (Shanebrook) Garcia is VADM Clemins' Flag Sec. She and her husband have come through New Orleans a few times and I always look forward to their visits.

Alan Wellesley sent me a correction that I want to be sure and enter into the column. My "Mo and Dave Wilding" should have been Mo and Dave (AKA Hooter) Quessenberry. Wilding is Mo's maiden name. He sends his apology.

Daniel Herrscher decided to check in since the Class of 2000 is entering Canoe U. I guess that guilt hits us all at some time or another. Here is his letter: Since I heard that the Class of 2000 has entered, I figured that it was about time 1 dropped you a line and let you know where I've gotten to.

After graduation, and a short seven months at a recraiting station in Phoenix. 1 ended up in San Diego, and have been there ever since. Served on three ships that are all out of commission (BARBEY, OKINAWA and Fox), shore duty and then decided that the civilian world looked more appealing (fewer deployments). My wife Carolyn and I have two daughters. Alisa. 11, and Laura Katy, 6, and since getting out 1 have been working across the border in Tijuana and Tecate, Mexico. 1 ran the factory for Napa Valley Box company for six years, until being hired away by the competition, Astec Woods products. Any of you who have small wooden boxes for holding casseUe tapes or CD's in your house probably have something that passed through my factory. 1 did the Naval Reserve thing until last year when 1 was offered early retirement. 1 thought for

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about 2 seconds before accepting. 1 may be one of the earliest retirees in the Class.

Over the years I've run into a few Classmates.

The last one was Susan Keller Keaney, who we managed to have over with her family before they went to Japan. We routinely get Christmas cards from my roommate. Dave Clement, the Navy lawyer, Paul Thrasher, and Lyie Burnham, Anyway, that's probably enough for now. I'll write again in Ten or Fifteen years. (NOTE THE ENDING»>USNR RETIRED!), This letter came in from Guad, alias Mark Guadagnini. He is a pretty diligent writer and I always appreciate the notes that he sends in. Even if he isn't a cyberspace kind of guy with his communication, he is "at Altitude" in his FA-18's. Here is his update: Happy New Year, Happy Easter, Happy, Happy, Happy. We just came in from comet watching and I felt inspired to ink a few lines. First, please pass on my displeasure with my Thirsty Third companymates. I sent out a company newsletter and "finder" over Christmas and have yet to receive a single response via mail, fax, or phone. Here's what I know about 3rd Company: Tim Dunlevy is still a Navy doc finishing up his ear, nose, and. throat residency at Portsmouth NAVHOSP. He and Kathy are still happily married with one beautiful daughter. Scott Sanders, who is in JAX for the CVWR-20 change of command, recently screened for command of VAW-78 "Fighting Escargots." He takes over as "Slug Two" in June. Scott and Jane still live in Califomia, MD where Scott works for VEDA and Jane works for St. Mary's county. They have two lovely children, including Matt who is the biggest 8 year old in the U.S. Rueben Padilla is still married, and married to the Corps. He is working at HQMC as a monitor and is kicking tail, as we thought he would. Gary Siems lives up in the New York area. He and Carmella have two girls and one boy. Pam and Charlie Kanewske live in the Annapolis area. He works for a civilian engineering firm. Jessica and Curt Coughim live in Rockville, MD. Curt works at DOE and Jess works tons of overtime with their four children. Chrystal (Lewis) Campbell lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and two children She flies for Delta, so look for her in the cockpit next time you travel. Doris and Tom Stein are back in California where Tom is flying helos for the USMC. They also have four children.

Dan Law is still with IBM and almost moves around as much as if he were still in the Navy. He, Cathy, and their two children live in Durham, NC. Bob Selby is as fiery as ever, especially if you buy him a beer or two. He also is still married and has a passel o'kids. He lives in Fletcher, NC where he'll be running for political office in the near(?) future.

Debbie and Mark Whittle are our neighbors here in Orange Park. Their kids play on the same soccer, basketball and baseball teams as ours Mark is OPS 0 at CVWR-20 and moves to Fallon, NV for his XO/CO tour this winter.

Contrary to your last missive in Shipmate, I fly FA-18's, not F-14's. I just finished the RAG and am finally back in the Fleet at VFA-15. We are headed to Ireland this Summer aboard JFK, unless of course someone in the world nuts up and we have to send the "Big Stick" of American foreign policy to quiet things down.

On to some non-3rd Company Classmates seen recently: Jeff Briggs is finishing up the FA-18 FRS, He and 1 were the handicaps for our intramural basketball team. Fortunately, as our verticals have diminished, our backsides have expanded so we can still grab a rebound or two. Bud "Cheeks" Heidhausen just finished the FA-18 RAG and is on his way to Beaufort, SC. Cheeks is the master of gouge, and trivial knowledge that will come in handy someday, which is why he never forgets it.

He and I were both humbled by the JOs during CQ. These young kids are good, but they also don't know enough to be scared of the dark yet. Bill Sizemore and his wife live up in DC where Size is straining his milk at the National War College. He starts VFA-106 in June/July.

That's all for now, Joe. Fortunately, Montel's show comes on in the afternoon every day so I have something to watch while I work out on the Versaclimber. Otherwise my mind might contemplate more trivial things than "girls with one eye that date two-headed men" or "children that hate their stepfather's ex-wife's live-in boyfriend."

Have fun in the Big easy. At Altitude, Guad.

I also received a second note from Guad. The first one was held for a rainy day. Now I have to use it because he shamed me with another letter: Just a quick note which I know will never be published because I am not a computer age, hacking, on line, cyberspace, virtual presence kind of guy.

In response to last month's query in Shipmate, I believe that Ray Farmer was the first of our Classmates to command an aviation squadron. The second is Mark Crook who took command of the reserve EA-6B squadron based at NAF Andrews. I was at Andrews on a cross counfry and crashed the ceremony in my sweaty flight suit. It was a wonderful day for Schnook and Terry. Jeff Briggs is home from cruise with a little sickness that he is now recovering from. He is going to spend some time at the Strike Fighter Weapons School before jumping back into a Fleet XO slot.

The Class of '80 is poised to take over CVW-8!

Ken Neubauer is the XO of VF-41 and doing well, as usual. "Hawkeye" Pierce is the XO of VS-24 and, despite five regular feeding frenzies each day, has actually lost weight since USNA days. His change of command is in October. Nubs and I had the chance to play the historic Portmarnic Golf Links in Dublin, freland in July. Nubs shot twice his age, while I shot my body weight. Fortunately, I can fly airplanes, otherwise I'd be the starvingest golfer on the PGA tour Personally, I think golf is scored incortectly: there should be style points, as well as points for clubhead velocity, and severity of slice or hook.

Win Everett should be taking command of VFA136 soon. Mark Whittle just left his job as operations Officer at CVWRH 20 and headed west to Fallon, where he is the new XO of the aggressor squadron Currently Marble, Debbie, and their four children are all huddled together in one BOQ room while they try to find a place to live. Oh, Mike "Astro-LA" Lopez-Alegria got martied to Dana in Gstad, Switzerland last weekend. After a romantic honeymoon they will be off to Russia for 6-12 months as head of Astronaut operations for the US. Congratulations!!!!

As promised, short and sweet so that it will be easy to use one of those wiz-bang scanners to read this into your magnum-Mac for orbit around the sun... then into the pages of Shipmate.

That's about all of the news that I have to report. I hope that everyone has a great holiday season. I think that by the time you get this Christmas will have come and gone. Please don't forget to put me on your mailing list for Christmas cards, especially if you include one of those family letters. It's an easy way to stay in touch and I promise that I won't embartass you with the details you don't want published.

TRUST ME....

My best wishes to all of the Class for a fantastic 1997. As always—BEAT ARMY—Joe.

Happy Holidays \ and Happy New Year!!

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Pres: Robert D. Ravener, Jr. 9867 S. Isabel Ct. Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 E-mail: THERAV5@AOL.COM Sec'y: Dave Ciccarelli 608 Patrice Dr SE Leesburg, VA 20175 (H) 703-779-7459; (W) 703-299-1681 E-mail: dciccarelli@dtihq.com And finally, after 15 years, my final.

Greetings ' 8 1 . Well, as you have probably surmised by my opening, you have elected a new Class Secretary. 1 am glad to pass on the reins to the very capable hands of my Fun One buddy, Dave Ciccarelli. I'm sure "Chic" will do a superb job of keeping you informed as well as bringing the column into the 20th century. As I told Dave, most of my notes were kept on bar coasters and matchbooks.

I want to thank so many people for their support during my 15 years as the Class Secretary; but mostly, 1 want to thank my wife, Carol, who supported my efforts and, at various times, typed, kept notes, and, during Desert Storm, wrote the column herself for several months. It has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience serving the Class and getting to stay in touch with so many of you. I also want to thank two very special people who put up with my unique editorial style, Ms. Cordelia Richards, who was always a pleasure to speak to on the phone at Alumni House, even when I was asking for a third extension on my deadline, and her very dedicated and capable relief, Nancy Gorum. Thanks for all your help in keeping the Class of '81 informed. Finally, thanks to all of you, my Classmates, who continue to prove through such events as our Class Memorial Service, held during Homecoming Weekend, what a special group of people you are.

Well, Carol and I and the boys are off to San Diego this Spring. If you're ever passing through, be sure to look me up at HC 11, home of the world famous Gunbearers and, of course, the San Diego Chargers. One last note from Skiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;how great was it to BEAT AIR FORCE?!!! I'll close without my usual 'Til next month and just say 'Til next time and forever...'81 is Great!...Ski. And so it ends, the Age of Ski, that is...not unlike the Iron resmelting to the Bronze or Dark fading to Middle. Somewhere, a salt and pepper-headed CDR thinks about packing his and his family's bags for a trip West; and he pauses and muses, almost aloud, "Hey, I have no deadline this month." Then he rises and glides to the frige, as if on air, there to pop a cold one and reflect. No answering the mail. No "Why didn't you print my letter?" No "Why didn't you print our column?"

Bob Ravener gives Carol and Ski a pen. Thanks, Sciabarras.

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Before I get to my mail, a littie math. Ski wrote this column for 15 years. At 10 issues per year, that's 150 columns plus the second half of this year makes about 155 total. Now, if you figure eight words per line and 75 or so lines per column of text and an average Class column of two columns of text; and you figure that he missed no more than an average of two columns per year, which is probably high.

Ski wrote about 150,000 words which is roughly the size of most novels you'd find on a Best Seller's list. Alright, Pete, stop making fists and asking Carol "You think it might be arthritis, honey?" It's middle age, pal. Stand by to geez. I'd wish you fair winds and following seas. Ski, but you're going to San Diego so what's the point?

Now, let me introduce myself My name is Dave Ciccarelli and; even when I talk, it sounds like my name's in bold type. But, then again, so is it with all of us '8lers. 1 spent five years as one of the proud few before coming back to suburban DC to seek my fortune as a Government contractor I'm still looking. I'm martied to the former (people associated with the military always have to use the phrase "married to the former") Deborah Sue Queen. We live in Leesburg, VA, (vuh-Gin-yuh) at the above listed address with our four munchkins and a dog. I'll list the contact particulars at column's end. Over the years, I've come to realize that I should have been a bull major instead of a physical scientist, and it is largely as a direct consequence of that epiphany that 1 now write this. I would like to thank all for electing me to this hallowed office. I hope that what you read during the next several years interests, enlightens, amuses, charms, motivates, and informs you and not necessarily in that order Et now. Homecoming. "Has it been 15?" he asks, rhetorically. "Look in the mirror. Dad," replies the child peering over the typist's shoulder "Go play in the street, kid, I'm busy." It has been 15, and a half, as you read this. If you were ranning a semesterly mile in Halsey, you'd have six laps done and two to go. You're lungs would be searing, and you'd be envying those commissioned types who get to practically walk one and a half between beers and still be declared fit. Fifteen out of 20 is different, though.

You wave at the crowd for the last five, or so I'm told. We already have a retiree, Charlie Church tacked some enlisted time on and is sucking up pension bucks as we speak. There is no justice.

Homecoming was a great success. Mighty huzzahs from the masses for all involved in planning and prep, especially Jim Ahlgrimm for the tailgater and your favorite Class officers and mine. Bob Ravener, Chuck French, K.C. O'Connor, Tim Disher, Noreen (McQuade) Leahy, and Dan Quattrini for all that other behind-the-scenes. Class officerish stuff that they, you know, do 'n stuff.

Chuck and Bob thank Jim Ahlgrimm for a 'gater well done.

Before I to the weekend's particulars and do the grand tour of who was there, etc., let me add that, along with yours traly, Mike Mahre had electoral good fortune smile on him and he now replaces K.C.

as ' S i ' s Keeper of the Books. I'm sure he'll treasure the job for years.

On Friday, about 20 of us got together for the annual Class meeting where officers, new and old, said hello and good-bye. Class projects were discussed, and Bob Hofford '61, the Alumni Association's coordinator for Class Giving, briefed us. Bob said that, compared to other Classes at the 15-year mark, we were doing better than most as far as bucks and projects were concerned, and that all of our accounts looked healthy. As for Class projects, we agreed on nothing definite, save the memorabilia thing Bob talks about later, so the floor is open to suggestions.

We did form a sort of 20-year reunion working group which includes, but is not limited to. Bill McGuinness, Bill Higgins, Chuck French, Jim Wetzel, Mike Mahre, Rick Martin, and Tim Disher. We're also considering some sort of gathering to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 1-Day next 6 July, a idea which traly tests the limits of exactly what nostalgia should embrace. Still, any reason to get together is a good one. Brian Coval is point man for the effort.

On Sunday, many of us gathered one last time at Alumni House for a Memorial Service and branch.

Tim Disher did a fine job of coordinating what was a moving tribute to our fallen Classmates, and attendees included spouses, parents, and siblings of those who have gone before us. The roll call included Ed Carmany, Bill Davidson, Dan DeWispelaere, Tom Doyle, Bill Evans, Cary Jones, Jamie Love, Bob Matheny, Dave Naim, Jeff Pearlman, Dean Perty, Paula Plott, Mike Sperling, Paul Station, Cathleen Thomas, Scott Thomas, Jacques Vargas, Mike Wilson, Mike Yandell, and Glenn Ziegler. Noreen Leahy's and Greg Denkler's poignant words evoked memories of all whose Full Dress Blue pictures faced us, frozen in time as young men and women, as we sat and listened. Denk's speech is reprinted here: Good moming members of the Class of 1981 and your friends and family. I'd like to begin this moming with a story.

It was about 2 AM on the 24th of May 1986. I was the Officer of the Deck on the 688-Class attack submarine PHOENIX, and 1 was enjoying one of those rare and delightful surfaced transits in tropical waters. Alone with the lookout on the flying bridge, I was straggling to maintain dutiful vigilance under a tranquil, almost narcotic, cloudless and star-studded sky. The passive hum of machinery down below and the gentle wave splash against the hull were suddenly shattered by the MC blasting out "Captain to the bridge." Within seconds, the bridge grate came up and the skipper's face appeared at my feet. He said to me in a half-awake voice, "We've just received a message that you're to be HUMAVAC'd off the submarine by small boat within the hour You're relief has been awakened.

Is somebody in your family ill?" My stunned reply was a simple "No." After being relieved swiftly on the bridge, I immediately tracked the Captain to the radio room.

When I entered the radio room his back was to me, and he was squeezing the red, satellite secure voice telephone between his ear and his shoulder as he wrote quickly on a pad of paper I waited until he finished writing and glanced quickly over his shoulder On the sheet of paper was written "Michael F. Wilson. ..A-6 Accident." 1 understood immediately what had happened. The Captain turned to acknowledge me; but, before he had a chance to ask me anything, I said to him, "He's my best friend."

I am amazed, sometimes, at the clarity of memory that remains with me about the brief period that evening. I can recall the officer who relieved me, the other individuals on watch in the control room, and I can almost recount the steps 1 took to the radio room to find the Captain. However, the next 10 days that went by before I retumed to PHOENIX have since faded into a blur of images. Some of these images include kneeling in prayer beside a flagdraped coffin, trying to remain emotionally com-

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Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue! posed as a pall-bearer, consoling and being consoled, searching for answers, 1 read a quote the other day from a father who had lost a young child in an accident. He said, "Tragedy doesn't change who you are...it shows you who you are." I think this statement defines the essence of our experiences with our lost Classmates and the objective of our commemoration today. I am not here today to eulogize my best friend.

That has already been done in ways much grander and more fitting than I can hope to accomplish.

Instead, 1 want to relate what I have leamed about myself since that early moming 10 years ago.

No more than a month after the accident, I had a vivid dream in which 1 was sitting alone on my couch at home on a typical weekend afternoon watching television. I looked to my right and, suddenly, there was Mike sitting there watching TV with me. I was incredulous because his demeanor in that dream was as if nothing had ever happened.

You can imagine the first words I might have spoken to him in that dream. I'm afraid they're not repeatable here. But in that dream I related to him my doubts, my fears, my anguish, my concern for the future. In straightforward replies, Mike made it clear to me that everything was as it was supposed to be. He explained plainly that he was in an even better place, and that it was only a matter of time before we'd be hanging out together again, playing golf, having a beer or two.

After those brief words, he got up, shook my hand firmly, slapped me on the back, said "See ya soon, Denk," and disappeared. I awoke from that dream completely purged of the pain of the tragedy and filled instead with hope of reunion and in possession of priceless memories of the experiences we had shared together. I never had another dream like that ever again.

Although the accident and its aftermath had thrown my spirit and hope into chaos, a force from somewhere inside was able to show me who I really was. Something had reinvigorated me with a clarity of purpose and source of energy that I feel to this day. Mike certainly would have wanted it that way, and I am confident that his memory is the source of that strength. I don't feel sorry for Mike or for myself. 1 am saddened instead for those that never knew him...his loyalty...his strength.

It didn't take long after reporting aboard PHOENIX as an Ensign to realize the full depth of responsibility to which I was swom. 1 crossed the barrier, as did many of you and certainly those we honor, of reconciliation with the prospect of giving my life for my country. Although at times the realization of this pledge seemed ominous, there was also a sense of liberation in that our lives were woven into the fabric of a cause greater than any of our individual needs and priorities. We all want to be leading lives of significance, and the concept of facing death seems completely counter to this ambition...unless we can recognize that we are what we are and accomplish what we accomplish as a result of experiences with special people in our lives. The duration of these unique relationships will blur in our lifetime, but their impacts will always be felt in each breath we draw, each decision we make and every quiet moment we have to ourselves.

It has been shown by the examples of those we remember today that the length of our stay is not the important measure. It is the way we spend whatever time we are allotted that matters. I used to often wish that I could have had one last opportunity to speak with Mike, but now I realize there is too much finality in this desire. I am lucky to have known Mike and spent as much time with him as I have so far. I anxiously await our reunion as I know each of you awaits yours with your close friends.

The only thing between us all now is time and that will pass. Thank you.

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wish to credit Noreen and Denk for moving fributes to our Classmates.

Now, for want of a better M.O., I'll do this in USNA Company order If you see a name you know, if it's one you'd like to call, I've got home phones, I've got work phones, even e-mail for you all. BTW (by the way), if a spouse's name was on the card, I listed said person as being at Homecoming, even though some weren't. If you were there and aren't listed, my apologies, but call or write and you will be.

FROM FUN ONE, the worid's tallest submariner, Mary and John Butala, late of the Pentagon and codes beginning with "N," Wendy and Bob Filler, (IBM, Jacksonville, FL), Carol and Pete Sciabarra (BUPERS, Alexandria, VA), Kathy and Kevin McCarthy (vp 94, Belle Chasse, LA), Michelle and Bob Schulze (Mertill Lynch, San Diego, CA), and one of my old Plebe Summer roomies, Joyce and George Davis, (USN, Portsmouth, RI). FYI, I'm listing employer and city and state of residence.

SECOND COMPANY was represented by Patti and Henry Holt (Northwest Airlines, Virginia Beach, VA), Laura and Stan Bashaw (Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA), Glenn and Debbie (Bauersfield) Kenney (NSWC, Baltimore, MD), Barb and Ted Studwell (Sprint, Springfield, VA), Frank Marco (Couldn't make out the company, Newark, DE)(Frank, someone said you're in MN vice DE. Please call to verify). Bob JoUiff, and Heidi and Jeff Trumbore (OPNAV N411, Bristow, VA).

THIRD COMPANY reps included Libby and Len Coulter (Delta Airlines, Chesapeake, VA), Cammi and Mike Mara (USN, Springfield, VA), Lauri and Randy Cohn (VS 22 Cecil Field, Orange Park, IT.), Michael and Rene (Pietruszka) Reedy (COMNAVSURFLANT, Virginia Beach, VA), Ray Toves (Texas Instraments, Piano, TX), Bev and Willy Hilarides (JCS J-8 Pentagon, Lorton, VA), and Stacey and Jaime Navarro (USN HQ, Alexandria, VA).

FOURTH COMPANY showed up with Meg and Paul Ims (PEO [SUB], Fairfax, VA), Mary Notsch and Frank Moreman (Thomas Industries, San Francisco, CA), Susan and Phil Nolan (Stanley Associates, Arlington, VA), Leslie and Joe Craver (SAIC, Reston, VA), and Joy and Steve Metz (FTSCPAC, San Diego, CA).

FIFTH COMPANY brought Anne and Gary Scott (Computer Sciences Corp., Gaithersburg, MD), Lisa and Fred Berry (York Intemational, Camp Hill, PA), Sheryl and Dave Phillips (T&E Pentagon, Germantown, MD), Tilghman Payne (USN, Alexandria, VA), Mara and Mike Matthes (OLA, Alexandria, VA), Andy Bonwit (FDA Children's Hospital, Washington, DC), Brian Barton (Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN), Leigh Anne and Mark Ashley (BUPERS, Annapolis, MD), and Jan and Terry Huxel (SW RSD, Lawrenceburg, IN).

ROUNDING OUT 1ST BATT WAS 6TH COMPANY with Ruth and Phil Skopek (SAIC, Bowie, MD), Cheri and Tim Gavin (Delta Airlines, Woodstock, GA), Lil (Ramirez) and Randy Lovdahl (16th CO.)(XO NAVCOMDET Cheltenham, Falls Church, VA), and Lori and Dave Robertson (SWOS, Portsmouth, RI). If you feel like you watching march-on to a P-Rade, welcome to the crowd. Only about 200 more names to go.

STANDING IN FOR 7TH COMPANY were Diane and Dave Warren (NAPA, Knoxville, TN), Kari and Tim Fleischer (Radian, Vienna, VA), Nancy and Ron Trenti (JJMA, Bethesda, MD), Kirk

Lippold (Pentagon, Alexandria, VA), Ralph and Bernie (Boska) Sepdlveda (DIA, Clifton, VA), Debra and John Welch (DIA, Arlington, VA).

ON TO 8TH. Bill Higgins (Perfortiiance Centered Engineering, Manchester, CT), Robin and Dave Schoene (JJMA, Ashburn, VA), Becky and Giff Beaton (Delta Airiines, Marietta, GA), Donna and Mark Bradley (Delta Airlines, Roswell, GA), Cindy and Jamie Foggo (OSD Naval Warfare, Woodbridge, VA), Deidre and Jeff Bishop (Northwest Airiines, Chanhassen, MN), ReneJ and Jose Atangan (CNO N096, Annapolis, MD), John Snevely (USN/DIA, Alexandria, VA), Neal Kusumoto (BUPERS, DC Area), Karen and Michael Davis (Delta Airlines, Peachtree City, GA), and Katiiy and Mike "My name is not pronounced like it's spelled" Geoghegan (Insignia Financial, Rye, NY)(I love you, too, Mike).

Geez alert! Mike's card says he's retiring from VP 66 USNR this year.

NUMBER NINE... NUMBER NINE... NUMBER NINE. Eola and Russ Scott (JSF Program Office, Annapolis, MD), Audrey and Chris Snyder (Alexandria, VA), Dave ('80) and Jenifer (Joyce) Clement (Springfield, VA), Angle and Rob Winsor (JCS J-5, Arhngton, VA), Rowland Huss (USN Supe Salvage, Fairfax, VA), and Marylee and John Puttre (Raytheon, Tiverton, RI).

AND THEN THERE WAS TEN. Mike Kennedy (Carnival Airlines, Pembroke Pines, FL), Joe Adan (OPNAV, Edgewater, MD), Melinda and Craig Baker (USMC, Quantico, VA) (Melinda, Deb tiioroughly enjoyed her hours-long chat with you), Anne Marie and Ken "Wads" Waidelich (Delta Airlines, N. Brunswick, NJ) (Get me your e-mail address.

Wads, pilots write like doctors), Robin (Butler) and Al Thomas (I2th CO.), and Chris and Phil Austen (LI Lighting Co., Mt. Sinai, NY).

ELEVETH COMPANY, up! Bob Thweatt (Entergy, New Orleans, LA), Susan and Ben Montoya (Enova, Chula Vista, CA), Ellen and Pat Loughlin (Air Products and Chemicals, Evans, GA), Billy Moran (BUPERS, somewhere near DC, VA), and Christine and Jack Nicholson (Vienna, VA).

LAST OF 2ND BATT, 12TH COMPANY. Annie and Mike Christopher (Delta Airlines, Atianta, GA), Robin (Butler) (10th CO.) and Al Thomas (USN, Fairfax, VA) (Didn't I just mention you people a few paragraphs ago?), Terti and Eric Armour (Marakon Associates, Westport, CT), Ellen and Ron Hawkins (Tele-TV Systems, Sterling, VA), and Sharon and Tim Disher (USN, Yorktown, VA).

THE BAKER'S DOZEN, 13TH COMPANY. Laura and Michael Johnson (NUS Information Services. Largo, FL), Carrie and Bob Begley (COMPATWINGSLANT, Yorktown, VA), Lisa and Lex Lauletta (Delta Airlines, Orlando, FL), Beth and Rob Shafer (AEGIS Program Office, Fairfax, VA), and Katiiy and Chris Cooke (Staefa Conti-ol System, San Diego, CA).

FOURTEENTH COMPANY. Lori and Chris Boblit (Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN), Cathy and Jon Haugen (Delta Airlines, Union, KY), Kate and John GifTm (Air War College-Montgomery, AL, Femandina Beach, FL), John Barron (HC 8, Norfolk, VA), Krystal and Dan Harrington (USMC, Quantico, VA), Barry Kenny (No card, Barty, where are 'ya, whatcha doin?), and Teresa and John "I don't own a pair of long pants" Geshay (Mobil Oil, Aurora, IL).

FROM FIFTEEN. Christy and Steve Fitzgerald (American Airiines, Green Cove Springs, FL), Jim and Noreen (McQuade) Leahy (Lynbrook, NY), Erin Dawley (RBS Consultants-Thousand Oaks!

CA, Phoeniz, AZ), Karen and Art Farrell (Northwest Airiines, Jacksonville, FL), Maryjean and Paul Mucciarone (USMMA, Garden City, NY), and Lori

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and Glen Gulliver (United Airlines, Highlands Ranch, CO).

SWEET SIXTEEN. Valerie and Ross Parker (Delta Airiines, Douglasville, GA), Lois and Dick Peterson (BMC West, Salt Lake City, UT), Cristina and Radl Vera (Biospherics, Silver Spring, MD), Carol Ann and John Keenan (NSWC Dahlgren, Montclair, VA), Jim Speirs (Delta Airlines, Riverside, CT), Melanie and Max Blandon (Morgan Stanley & Co.. New York, NY), Kim and Scott Sutherland (FBI, Woodbridge, VA), John Wall (Johnston, Lemon & Co., Alexandria, VA), Lil (Ramirez) (6th CO.) and Randy Lovdahl (Pentagon/Brookings Institute, Falls Church, VA), and Melissa and Pete Canalichio (Coca-Cola, Alpharetta, GA).

REPRESENTING SEVENTEEN. Lisa and Bob Ravener (Pepsi-Cola, Highlands Ranch, CO) (Isn't it weird how the cola things happened one after the other? I didn't plan it that way, honest, the cards were next to each other Maybe Bob or Pete spilled some xanthum gum on one of them...Twilight Zone music), Debbie and Dave Carlson (WMX Technologies, Idaho Falls, ID) (Let me guess, former bubble head?), Marilyn and Matt Gross (VP 66, Perkasie, PA), Beth and Tom Jacob (EG&G, Bowie, MD), Mary and John Riedel (GTE, Southlake, TX), and Bambi and Brian Coval (JCS J-38, Alexandria, VA).

FIRST REGT TAIL END CHARLIES, 18TH COMPANY. Anne and Tom Gurney (VX 1, Califomia, MD), Dave Ruehlin (FISC Norfolk, Norfolk, VA), Jane and Herb Elkin (USNA Division of Info Tech Svcs, Annapolis, MD), Cecil Davis (Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA), Susan and Walter Silveira (Mobil Oil, Centreville, VA), Fran Heil (American Airlines, Southlake, TX), Katie and Vince Stammetti (AEGIS Program Office, Woodbridge, VA), Vinny Calvente (Delta Airlines, Jacksonville, FL), Nancy and Tom Carney (BUPERS, Alexandria, VA).

BACK TO T-COURT AND 19TH COMPANY. Donna and Vic McCree (NRC, Mitchellville, MD), Marianne and J.D. Messinger (Ernst & Young, The Woodlands, TX), Rachelle and Jeff Benner (Salisbury, MD), Mary and Mike Carrick (VA Med Cen, San Francisco, CA), Kathryn Hill and Dave Sett (USDOT, Alexandria, VA), and Lynnette and Bill Cloughley (USNA Info Tech Div, Severna Park, MD).

TWENTIETH COMPANY reps included Nancy and Bob Burr (Trident Tmg Fac, Bainbridge Island, WA), Louise and Dave Pashkevich (USN, Temple Hills, MD), and Kathi and Dave Thomas (COMNAVSURFLANT, Norfolk, VA).

FROM 21ST COMPANY. Ted Wirginis (JOHN STENNIS, Virginia Beach, VA), Vicky and Tom Moore (SUPSHIP, Virginia Beach, VA), Doug Kurtz (Latrobe Steel Co., Ligonier, PA), Chris Forbes (I was told your wife was with you, Chris, but I didn't get her name, call/write, etc.), and Cara and Chuck French (META Group, Inc., Oakton, VA).

ON TO TWENTY-TWO. Sandy and Rick Doran (JCS J-3, Alexandria, VA), Sue and Charlie Rourke (Estabrook & Chamberlain, Duxbury, MA) (We never did get to chat, did we Rourkey?), Patti and Eddy Schneider (Frank Parsons Paper, Bowie, MD), Julie and Dave Wooldridge (Delta Airlines, Annapolis, MD), Laurie and Dan Duquette (USN, Virginia Beach, VA), Ali and Tom O'Brien (LA County DA, Hermosa Beach, CA), and Cetti and Rich Perry (OPNAV, Annandale, VA).

REPORTING FOR 23RD COMPANY. Katrina and J. Brandon Guida (Chichester, NH), Dianne and John Rogers (Powell Electric Mfg., Houston, TX), Lili and Bob Kennington (BDM, Fairfax, VA), Pam and Scott Ring (Meridia South Point Hospital, South Euclid, OH), Mary and Tom Giedlin (EDS, Miller Place, NY), Malia and Mike Bolen

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(Zippertubing, San Marcos, CA) (My personal favorite employer), Nancy and Pete Riester (NAVAIR, Washington, DC), Reverand Stuart Swetland (Catholic Diocese of Peoria, IL, Washington, DC), and past Prez Dennis Sawyer (TRW, Springfield, VA) (You know, Dennis, you lose the Secret Service detail at 20).

FOUR AND TWENTY. Marcianne and Nelson Moe (NAVSEA, Alexandria, VA), Bill Marr (USNA EngAVpns Div, Arnold, MD), Nancy and Brad Rex (Walt Disney, Windermere, FL), and Janine and Steve Steckler (COMOPTEVFOR, Virginia Beach, VA).

MOVING ON TO TWENTY-FIVE we find Debbie and Dave Woods (Naval War College, Newport, RI), Bonnie and Jim Nault (Naval War College, Mystic, CT), Sandy and Willie Taylor (American Airlines, Millersville, MD), Nancy and Fuzz Harrison (The Jackson Lab, Southwest Harbor, ME) (So Fuzz, exactly what does an industrial hygienist do again?), Debbie and Ron Elliott (USN, Laurel, MD), Judy and Mark Rodgers (Naval Space Com, King George, VA), Dave Jason (USA Fort Monroe, Newport News, VA), Paula and Gerry Imai (U.S. Robotics, Eden, UT), Gail and John Hafey (USN, Springfield, VA), and Melissa and Greg Denkler (Stanley Associates, Arlington, VA).

TWENTY-SIXTH COMPANY present included Karen and Dean Fish (USMC, Woodbridge, VA), Dorothy and Orlin Nieman (USW Program Office, Orlando, FL), Glenn Weigle (Orbital Sciences Corp., New Market, MD), Christy Tomlins and Leo Goff (SECNAV, Alexandria, VA), Steve Colon (Pulte Homes, Houston, TX), John Burke (ISA, Chicago, IL), and Catherine and Charlie Church (America Online, Vienna, VA).

PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR FROM 27TH COMPANY were Jeanne and Ray Van Gunten lU ((Findlay, OH), Vicki and John Barnhill (JCS J-8, Burke, VA), and Joan SkellengerZitterkopf (HC 4, Alexandria, VA).

NOW COMES 28TH. Judy and Bob Perry (DMA, Springfield, VA), Sabrina and Chuck Coughlin (USN Harvard MBA Program, Bedford, MA), Mike and Kathy (Holt) Moeller (NNMC/ COMFORT, Bethesda, MD), Kathi and Joe Terlizzese (COMOPTEVFOR, Virginia Beach, VA), Theresa and Steve Komlo (Cedar Grove, NJ), Linda and Dave Kruse (Elsag Bailey, Novelty, OH), Barbara and Bill McGuinness (Northrop Grumman, Linthicum, MD), Pam and Joe Cronauer (W.L. Gore, Elkton, MD), Pat and Bill Hlopak (Clifton Park, NY), Lisa and Rick Miller (Secure Co., Pine Grove, CA), and Jim Driscoll (USMC C&S School [USN], Woodbridge, VA).

NEXT IS 29TH. Mary and Kevin Cotherman (Baltimore, MD), Peggy and Mark Stolzenberg (Severna Park, MD), Luisa and Mark Schanuel (CTC Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA), Pamela and Neil Hogg (OPNAV, Woodbridge, VA), Cheryl and Jim Murray (USCENTCOM, Valrico, FL), Neia and Joe Lawrence (Galaxy Latin America, Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Kathleen and Jeff Asher (Elo Touch Systems, Inc., Oakland, CA), DeAnn and Brad Gawboy (Northem States Power, Maple Grove, MN), Matt Gallegos (Nalco Chemical, Walnut Creek, CA), Lauren and Mike Rascona (Allstate, Holtsville, NY), Sue and Bob Grabarek (Howrey & Simon, Bowie, MD), Greg Dougherty (Conrail, Chicago, IL), and Cindy and Jack Gallagher (MaxTech, Inc., Woodbridge, VA).

ONLY ONE MORE BATT TO GO AFTER THESE PEOPLE, 30TH COMPANY. Jerti and Vince Vlasho (Anderson Consulting, Alexandria, VA), Holly and Paul Hankins (NAVSEA, Washington, DC), Lisa and John Dickmann (USN, Springfield, VA), Debera and John Theiss (Delta Airiines, Roswell, GA), Carol and Bubba l\irman (OPNAV,

Crofton, MD) (Ifinallyleamed Bubba's given name, but I forgot again.), and Cheryl and Pete Morgan (OPNAV, Springfield, VA).

THIRTY DOWN, SIX TO GO, 31ST COMPANY. Marsha and Dennis Soukup (SAIC, Vienna, VA), Nancy and Steve Kobiela (CINCLANTFLT, Virginia Beach, VA), Doug Heimbach (IBM, Orlando, FL) (Doug wins the award for coolest shades and, if anyone's seen that Admiral's "hat," Doug's looking for it.), Peggy (Deluca) and Frank ('79) Klein (USN/GWU Masters Program, Arlington, VA) (Mein Gott, she married one of Fun One's evil 2nd Classers.), and Melanie and Hank Zajic (Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia Beach, VA).

Dan and Mary Quattrini being convivial. Doug Heimbach looking aerodynamic.

GUESS WHO? THIRTY-TWO. Belinda and Ed Brownlee (USM&M, Riyadh) (Say "Hey" to Saddam, Ed.), Alma and Russ Grocki (COMSUBRON 3, Pearl City, HI) (Russ may be up against Ed for the "Came The Farthest For A Beer" award.), Mike Carucci (USN/Fort Meade, Washington, DC), and Eva and Ed T^cholski (DALLAS, York Harbor, ME) (World's 2nd tallest submariner).

DOUBLE THREE. Mary and Brad Ward (SAIC, Centreville, VA), Joanne and Tom Boyce (NRC, Germantown, MD), Sue and Ted Carter (JTF-6, FT Bliss, El Paso, TX), Mark Comtois (Rogers & Killeen, Arlington, VA), Debbie and Matt McLaughlin (Northwest Airlines, Bedford, NH), Marea and Ted Dumbauld (Trident Partners, New Canaan, CT), Ted Morse (United Airlines, Virginia Beach, VA), Alison and Shawn Bodkin (Trane Company, Memphis, TN), and Joni and Mark Newcomb (The JAG's School, Chariottesville, VA).

THIRTY-FOUR AND THEN TWO MORE. Tim Burke (American Airlines, Bedford, TX), Connie and Mark Cantrell (VAW 125, Chesapeake, VA), Deborah and Tim Dwyer (DNFSB, Elkridge, MD), Alma '82 and Cory Green (FAA, Fairfax, VA), Marijo and Jim Ahlgrimm (DOE, Falls Church, VA), and Jessica and Scott Billington (Delta Airlines, San Diego, CA).

THIRTY-FIFTH COMPANY. Mindy and Eric Randall (SHAPE NATO, Somewhere in Belgium), Diana and Bob Garlinghouse (Prince Corp., Holland, MI), Ann and Brian Jackson (CSXT, Jacksonville, FL), Maura and Bill Laughlin (Orion Consulting, Cary, NC), Linda and Jim Rodrock (Analysis & Technology, Herndon, VA), Cathy and Steve Eastburg (NAVAIR, Burke, VA), Betty and Lewis Grigg (OPNAV, Fairfax, VA), and Tammy and Doug Johnson (Trath Hardware, Blooming Prairie, MN).

LAST AT EACH MARCH-ON, BUT SOMEWHAT MORE THAN LAST IN OUR HEARTS, 36TH COMPANY. Al Scott and his finance, Martine, to be wed soon after you read this, send pix, Al. (VX 1, Califomia, MD), Martha and Jim Bianchi (Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Saline, MI), Cindy and Pat Pepper (Lockheed Martin, Delran, NJ), Karen and Steve Kim (Grapevine, TX), Joan and Milt Stretton (Sonalysis. Inc., Spotsylvania, VA), Fran and Gary Bell (DCS Corporation, Lexington Park, MD), Aim and Corky Vazquez (USN, Sevema

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Class of '81 Tailgater (distant cannonfire). Actually, for those who missed it, the cannon fired many times that afternoon as Navy put a 64-21 hurt on Duke. Each time it did, many of our revelers briefly considered traversing the parking lot and actually watching the game. Nah! One other note of interest. Just before kickoff, four F-14s blasted from downtown toward Parole at what seemed like just over Press Box level and just under Mach. As they did, the boys in our crowd (the ones under 40, that is) paused in mid-converse, dropped their jaws as afterburners vibrated their glasses ever so slightly, and silently (some not so silently) mouthed the words "Cool" or "Awesome," depending on their age. Don't say you didn't, Ravener, I saw you.

Speaking of the Prez. Here's a letter for all: Well, another 5-year milestone has come and gone. The 15th was a huge success not just because of the accommodating weather and Navy romp, but also for all the activities that took place. First let me thank our outgoing Class officers, Pete Sciabarra and K.C. O'Connor for their 15 years of service to the Class. Join me in congratulating our two new Class officers, Dave Ciccarelli, Secretary, and Mike Mahre, Treasurer. Between Dave's enthusiasm as he actively campaigned for the job and Mike's expertise in banking, we have two excellent choices to succeed in their respective offices.

The reunion would not have come off as well as it did without the tireless efforts of many in the Class, so let me take this opportunity to recognize those who were responsible for making it all happen: Jim Ahlgrimm, Tim Disher, Chuck French, Noreen Leahy, K.C. O'Connor, and Dan Quattrini. Many say it was their spouses that actually did most of the work so let's recognize their efforts as well. There were also numerous volunteers helping out during the weekend and, at the risk of missing a name or two, let me just say thanks to you all, A couple of notes in retrospect and looking ahead. We did get some good feedback on how to improve the next reunion and we're already looking ahead to the 20th and 25th, as well. Some discussion has centered on moving the reunions to an "off' weekend, but the majority seem to feel that all the activities during Homecoming make that a better time to hold it. One project I'd like to begin that will take some time to accomplish is to begin collecting Class of' 81 memorabilia. With so many interesting and important activities already ongoing among Class members and many more to take place over the next years, I'd like people to donate objects, letters, items from commands, etc. to put to future use. Few of the Classes that I know of have left a legacy of accomplishment for future generations. 1 know that, with all the talent in our Class, we can come up with many items whose significance will far outlast us all. You can begin sending your artifacts to me at: 9867 South Isabel Court Highlands Ranch, CO 80126.

Well, that's all for now. Oh yeah, I finally reached into the 'gOs and got on line: THERAV5@ A0L.COM. Hope to hear from many of you. Bob. NON-HOMECOMING NEWS. Ski passed me a letter from Linda and Bruce Angell. They were married on 1 October 1995 in Pennington, NJ. In attendance were Kevin Schaff, Mike Madden '80, Greg Adams '85, Steve McAllister '85, Wade Burchell '85, and Don Bouchard '86. After honeymooning in Wales (no suntans there), they returned to the NW Jersey area where Bruce got his M.S. in Chemical Engineering and works for BOC Gases in Murtay Hill, NJ, as a project manager Bruce left ACDU in 1992 and flys H-2s out of Willow Grove.

Linda works for a medical publishing company.

Bruce and Linda are at 5451 Andrea Circle Bethlehem, PA 18017, phone 610-317-9661 and they invite anyone who is or will be in their area to get in touch.

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passed Mom and Dad, Mark would lead us in the "Hubal Cheer," a cacophony of unintelligibly screamed syllables and half-words suggesting madman ranting or an animal being tortured. Each time Mark bellowed. Fun One would echo in kind, and the effect was at once hilarious and a bit disconcerting to uninitiated onlookers. Fun One Firsties continued the tradition long after Mark was gone, even in the absence of Hubal parental units. The cheer remains one of my fondest memories of those long walks and certainly helped mitigate the accompanying blisters wrought by ill-fitting plastic footwear.

FINAL NOTES. Classmates living or working in or just passing through the DC area are invited to our regional Class luncheons. The next two are at the Fort Myer (No " s " on Myer.. .a West Pointer corrected my position of attention on that one) O'Club at 1130 on 30 January 1997 and 15April 1997. We're also planning Class of' 81 golf and bowling outings.

For info, call Jim Ahlgrimm at 301-903-4492 (Jim.Ahlgrimm@em.doe.gov).

I'll shut up now. I'm over 6K words, and Nancy will probably hack me down several hundred out of spite. [Ed. Note: not this time, but you were the longest column...Nancy :-)] My contact particulars: (H) 7 0 3 - 7 7 9 - 7 4 5 9 , (W) 7 0 3 - 2 9 9 - 1 6 8 1 , (e-mail) dciccarelli@dtihq.com. For the geographically challenged, I'm in the Eastern Time Zone.

May the holidays bring happiness to you and yours. May your children track no slush upon your fine wood floors. May the parties you attend be not filled with boors. May you PCS to Pearl or Jax, even Norfolk, anywhere but the Azores.

And to '81 a good night.

82 Angell wedding arch of swords.

Ski also had a picture of three tuxedoed gentlemen with hairlines that had receded to the point where all appeared dignified. One of them was our own Scott Hubal, and he was flanked by his brother, Mark '78, and his dad, Gus '53.

Hubal wedding.

The picture was taken on 1 July 1995 in the University of San Diego's Founders Chapel wherein Scott had just become hitched to the former Marci Fleishman. I spoke with Marci in mid-October and found the Hubals moving to 685 Guadalupe Avenue Coronado, CA 92118, phone 619-429-1953. Scott is XO of the Coronado Association of Realtors, and Marci teaches severely disabled elementary school children. They, too, welcome contacts from area and non-area Classmates. Let me add that I got their number from Scott's brother, Mark who was one of my Firsties in Fun One. During our Plebe Year, just after we would cross Rowe Boulevard enroute to home football games, Mark would break ranks and position himself in front of the Company. Up ahead, before we made the right into the stadium, would be his parents, CAPT and the lovely Mrs. Hubal. As we

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Pres: CDR Thomas P. Garrison, III USN Sec'y: LCDR Gus Anderson, USN 5446 Broadmoor Street, Alexandria, VA 22310 2266 Pocosin Ct., Jacksonville, FL 32246 IS-YEAR CLASS REUNION NOTE: To reiterate last month's note, the 1982 15-year Class Reunion will be on Homecoming weekend, 1719 October 1997. Based on the great turnout at this year's '82 tailgaters, it should be a weekend to remember. There are rooms reserved at the Holiday Inn (800-HOLIDAY), but there are other options as well. One of these is to call RoomFinders realty at 800-715-1000. They will help you find alternate accommodations such as bed and breakfasts in the area.

Also, there are a number of grads in the area who may have extra rooms, couches, etc, for you to use for the weekend. We are looking for a rep from each company who is e-mail capable to pass communication concerning the reunion and other events. If interested, e-mail Tommy at garrison.psd@ NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL. Look for additional info on the reunion in future Shipmates. For all Homecoming Reunion questions, please contact Greg Eisman at his e-mail address or by phone 410-293-6555. For info on company reps or to volunteer as a company rep, contact Tom Garrison at garrison.psd@ NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL. Also we have a homepage established, for more info e-mail Dori (Zink) Freer at djfreer@aol.com.

Get the News while it is "hot."

Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue!

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Pres: LCDR James H. Flatley, TV, USN 5202 Ocean Dr, Emerald Isle,NC 28594 Sec'y: LCDR John Hughes, USNR 182 Sherman Hillroad, Woodbury, CT 06798-3616 (H) 203-263-2980; (F) 203-263-2983 E-mail: hughesnavy@aol.com

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Pres: LCDR Steven G. Young, USNR c/o Legg Mason, 600 Washington Avenue Towson, MD 21204; 800-368-2558 Sec'y: LCDR Toni Kasprzak, SC, USN 4205 Dandridge Tertace. Alexandria, VA 22309 (H) 703-799-0832; (W) 703-602-4756 xl67 DSN 332-4756x167 E-mail: kasprzak_toni_lcdr@hq.navsea.navy.mil CompuServe: 73121,2252 Dear Classmates: For a spectacular holiday treat I asked "The Staff' to prepare this month's column.

We are still waiting for more pictures from the "Class of '84 Park" dedication ceremony. We will have a "wrap-up" edition next issue.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis, I mean Toni, has left the building...Hi! it's only me, the Staff. I'm baaaaaaack. Bet you missed me! Like Nixon, I'm back. Tan, rested and ready. It's been a quiet few months on vacation while Toni has written the column. I've taken up golf and managed to leam a few new words. Outside of that it's been a time of quiet reflection and inner peace, a Zen kind of thing. You know, "Be the Ball, NANANANANANA." The "Class That Never Sleeps", (by the way this is trademarked so don't you guys from other Classes use it), has been busy as usual and have racked up some pretty impressive statistics. I have prepared some obviously intricate and complicated slides to illustrate these accomplishments. For those misguided children out there, you know who you are, don't worry about keeping up; I'll follow up with some hand puppets later on.

Well forget about the slide show, somebody forgot to bring the projector. Better go with the pictures and script instead. Sorry about the hand puppets, guys, but they were packed with the projector FAMILY OF THE MONTH. This month's en try loves kittens, puppies, gerbils and other small, squishy carbon-based life forms. Yes, it's been quite a busy year for the (Fill in last name here) family.

What with (blank) Jr. learning to (Fill in) and Mommy trying not to (Fill in), we have been running around like a (Fill in) with its (Fill in) cut off!

I've just completed another year with (Fill in Company name), and boy am I (Select one: rich as hell, really sorry 1 made a pass at my secretary, going to ran to Costa Rica where I have a secret hideaway bungalow, just plain burnt out, stuffed with all those free cheeseburgers and fries). I'm looking forward to our 15 year reunion, where (Fill in a random Classmate's name) and I can reminisce about the time we loaded up a car with (Insert a random number) coeds from (Name an area college), drove to (Any Florida city should do) and go so drank that we (Select one: ran for Congress, passed out, spent a night in jail or passed out when I was ranning only to wind up spending a night in jail with my Congressman.)

Hey. if you guys in (any number from 1 to 30)th company are up my way, drop by and say hey.

Hey. how about the new Class of 1984 Memorial Park that was dedicated on the 21 st of September A beautiful day on the edge of the harbor A sunny day.

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Len Hamilton, wife Peggy and daughter Amy; Robin Franke and daughters Natalie ..ii ; Laiuliac, Chris and Tina Flood with baby Flooder; and finally Adam Levitt with wife Felecia and son Benjamin. temperate winds and loads of free food. For those of you who missed it, the event was also attended by David Letterman and the CBS Orchestra. Everybody in attendance was given a free Fertari with matching Gucci luggage. Yessiree, it was quite a party!

That will teach you guys to never miss a Class event!

Presided over by our Class president, the dedication was an inspiring sometimes even emotional event.

I'm still misty eyed. Admiral Larson accepted the park and warmly commented on the accomplishments of the Class. Also in attendance was ADM "Bud" Edney, USN (Ret.). Remember to stop by and spend some time in the park next time you are in town. It's located next to the Visitor's Center Robin Franke sent in a great photo documenting that the 35th Company was well represented.

Linda Schumacher Eriksen (who has perfected the "parade rest stance") sent some photos also.

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2nd Company representatives: Dave Slender and Linda Schumacher Eriksen Well, on to the monthly collection of letters, and pictures that we call, "The Monthly Collection Of Letters And Pictures." Sounds more impressive when I capitalize and set the name in Quotation marks, doesn't it?

Now listen up! Our first letter comes from our field cortespondent Tom Owens in faraway Albany, NY. I was in 36th company. 1 am living in Albany, NY. married to Theresa, have three children, and am in my last year of law school. That's the Shipmate version of my life! Chip Lindsay and Bucky D'Andrea told me they visited you during the last year and had a wonderful time. (At least they didn't have to move her new bookcases like the staff had to! Toni says "Thanks Mike!")

How about some e-mail now! Cary Cusumano zaps the following message for all to see...

All is well, 1 have been very remiss in sharing news with Shipmate, but I definitely have to write about last weekend. Saturday. 21 September, Dave Ruedi got married to Joan Thomson in Alexandria, VA. Dave is the PXO of PINTADO and will join the target (Sorry, I mean Boat) in Pearl Harbor for about three months before bringing her back for decommissioning. Also in attendance were Gerard Vandenberg (PXO student). Eric Barber (working in an environmental management firm in CT), Dan Sileo (production manager for Proctor and Gamble. NJ). Kent Koehler (defense contracting agency, VA). and me (Chief of Staff in MClS engi-

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neering division, VA), all of us were in 12th company. Other '84 attendees were Bill Wright and Chuck Welcher. Brian Eidson was also there, but 1 can't remember if he was '84 or not. On other fronts...Gary Watson and Barbara and their children (Beth, Becky and Gary the Third) are living in Gales Ferry, CT, just outside Groton. (That's where they make those fish sticks. Have you met Mrs. Paul yet?) Gary commutes to the Naval War College in RI. Gary has orders to an unspecified sub out of Norfolk, VA, as XO. I'll keep my eyes open for more.

Pretty busy guy, no? How about some of those thrilling home town news releases? O.K. I'll do those next week. Under the heading of "news of my death have been greatly exaggerated" I bring you news from Bob Broadston.

RE: Cancellation Of NORDO Procedures. Attention World-Attention World-Attention World.

The ramors of my death/disappearance/assignment to a secret mission were all premature. In reality, I was schlepping across the good ol' USA in my Chevrolet (OK so it's a Jeep, but you get my point.).

At long last, after much beautiful scenery, and not a few annoying mechanical problems, I am at least settled in my humble shack in the Pacific Northwest. For those of you who may show up in the area (yes Al, 1 know you're already there. I promise I'll call), here's the address and phone. Don't call between 19 Sept. and 4 Oct. as I'll be in San Diego protecting the free world from the invading grunion hordes, or after November as I'll be on deployment and reachable at the second address.

Bob Broadston, 1493 W. Pioneer Way C-2, Oak Harbor, WA 98377, 360-679-3295. The work address is: LCDR R. D. Broadston, PATRON 46, FPO, AP 96601-5919, 360-257-8341, DSN 8208341 For those of you who ain't aviators, NORDO is radio silence, or lost communications. Very Navylike of me don't you think Thanks, Bob. Now for something completely different...The competition for the best tide of the year goes to.. .Pete MuUenhard with his entry. Lord Ozone. Pretty cool huh? Bet you all wish that was your title? That even beats my wife's She Who Must Be Obeyed. Pete writes: Yes, I am considered THE MAN for Ozone. Actually, my main Navy customer refers to me as Dr Ozone and occasionally Lord Ozone. 1 am now considered to be the foremost authority on Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) regulations and altematives. In addition to providing consultation to the Navy on all matters relating to ODSs, I have also provided help to McDonnell Douglas, LockheedMartin, 3M, the Walt Disney Company and others.

(I guess those mouse ears are Ozone depleting substances). My company received a 1995 EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award as a direct result of my work. This year I have been nominated by the Navy for an individual award.

In addition to writing and editing the majority of the articles for the Navy's quarterly newsletter, U.5. Navy CFC/Halon News, 1 also put out a daily e-mail called ODS NEWS to over 250 people/organizations around the world. (For those of you who are bored with your subscription to Golf, I'm enclosing Pete's e-mail address so you can subscribe to this e-mail). In my spare time, I have also helped develop presentations on ozone depletion for school children and have made several of these presentations at area schools. Also, a set of questions and answers on motor vehicle air-conditioning that I developed for ODS NEWS is being integrated into the EPA Stratospheric Protection Division's public outreach material for consumers. (Hey, where can I get a few cans of Freon?) If anyone is an "Ozone Geek" like me and would like to receive the ODS NEWS, they can just send me an e-mail at "navyozone@gnn.com." If anyone would like to receive the "CFC/Halon news letter" they can email or fax 703-769-1885 or drop me a letter in the mail with their address.

(If anyone would like a subscription to Golf Digest write Golf Digest, Box 3102, Harian lA 515932036 or http://www.golf.com Really!). Thanks Lord

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OZONE! By the way, you can reach Lord Ozone at his fortress of solitude or write him at: Lord Ozone c/o Pete MuUenhard, Senior Engineer, GEO-CENTERS, Inc., U.S. Navy CFC & Halon Clearinghouse, 1755 Jefferson Davis Hwy, suite 910, Arlington, VA. 22202, 703-769-1889, navyozone@aol.com, mullenhard@aol.com I'm pretty proud of myself for enclosing the letter and not making one single Airhead joke. But seriously folks. There's a lot of serious work going on out there, and I'm glad that somebody else is doing it!

Speaking of golf Fred Adams reports from the First Annual Dirty Thirty Golf Tourney.

It only took us 12 years to start, but we probably didn't know what golf was 12 years ago. The event was held at the Longview Golf Course in Timonium, Maryland, on 17 August. Conducted by eight non-active duty types (still a few reserves) the participants were: Fred Adams, Tom Gallagher, Blaise Scioli, Rusty White, Rich Inman, Otis Birdsong, Mike Burgess and Tom Beck. Beautiful sunny day, good time had by all; and to show how serious the play was, not a drop of alcohol was consumed during the 18 holes. Tom Gallagher was the low score man while the majority of us "Hackers" spent our time searching for our golf balls. The fairways were in great conditions for such a cool Summer because we never even laid a foot upon them. Can you say, "Rough?"

Highly endorse the use of e-mail. We have 11 of us from 30th Co "Online" and 8 were playing golf.

Don't think it could have been organized if contact was by telephone. Besides it takes too much effort to put pen to paper and lick a stamp. (Have you tried a crayon and those new self-stick stamps?). A few keystrokes, a click of the mouse and you are still in touch with good friends, companymates, and Classmates.

(By the way Fred's click and stroke address is: adamsf @ itsi.disa.mil) That's about it for now, I have to get to my new Nintendo 64. For those parents out there, this is your enemy. Your children will repeat this name until it becomes a mantra. Get used to it, or just send the kids away to a fine military school somewhere far from home. I'll sign off for now. Keep those cards, letters, e-mail and letters coming in, or I'll be forced to start including installments from my new novel.

Adios, The Staff.

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Pres: Joel Hanson Sec'y: Mike Casey 10201 Lee Highway, Suite 300 Fairfax, VA 22030 (H) 703-354-7087 [Ed. Note: The staff at Shipmate wants to thank Nancy for all her contributions. Her interest, enthusiasm and unparalleled dedication were truly inspiring. We wish her much luck in all her future endeavors. We look forward to as good a relationship with Mike...Nancy] And for my last Shipmate article, here's the news.

My first letter is from Zoe Dunning. The first time she wrote she was stationed at Naval Security Station in Washington, DC, as the base Supply Officer and Comptroller back in 1990. Then in 1991, she left active duty with a Navy Commendation medal and entered the Reserve, putting on LCDR last year Since last October, she's been the Supply Officer for MIUW 103 out of Treasure Island. MIUW (Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare) 103 is a deployable, organic unit that provides surface and subsurface surveillance of coastal harbors and strategic waterways.

Zoe said it is interesting and fun—they wear cammies and do many field training exercises. This past Janu-

ary they spent two weeks in Bahrain and the U.A.E. as part of Operation Iron Siren. For reserve duty, it's a big commitment—she has the same OPTAR, food service, and equipment accountability as any fulltime Suppo, but crammed into one weekend a month.

She says at least she's never bored! On the civilian side, when she left active duty she entered Stanford's Graduate School of Business and graduated from there in 1993. One of her classmates was Evan Oliver. Since then, Zoe's been working for the San Francisco office of Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, doing primarily operations improvement and reengineering projects. She was promoted to Manager last year and is starting to specialize in the telecommunications industry (primarily wireless). She does a lot of traveling and living out of hotel rooms in whatever city her client is in. Presently she's commuting to Seattle Monday through Friday. Luckily, her Golden Retriever, Auggie, is very forgiving.

My next letter is from David J. Randle. He decided that after 11 years it was finally time to write.

Right now he is at NPS, along with fellow '85ers Andy Butterfield and Bob Dill. David is in the Logistics curriculum and will graduate this month. From there, he will get three weeks of Foreign Military Sales school, a week of Middle Eastern cultural indoc, and a week of Anti-Tertorist Driving School (yes, he's serious) before heading off to Kuwait as the maintenance advisor for their 40 new F/A-18s.

You will note that his training does not include language school—he GETS to leam Arabic on his own, and yes, he volunteered for this job. David made O4 last year, and may well be the last in our Class to get paid for it (last October). He says he's not a FOS, it's just that Aerospace Maintenance has high retention and thus slow promotion. David also says he's still single.

This was passed to me by Elaine (Buschore) Fisher. For those of you on the information highway there is an USNA Alumni newsgroup (postings are sent e-mail), I gather the '60s classes are well represented, but the "younger" Classes have been missed. Subscribing is easy: send a message to: "majordomo@snoopy.cns.iit.edu". The body of the message should read: "subscribe usna-alumni".

That's all there is to it! To post to the mailing list, send your message to: "usna-alumni@snoopy .cns.iit.edu". Topics allowed are basically "everything under the sun that might interest Alumni." If there's no interest, nobody will pick up on the thread.

The listowner is Ray Trygstad '77. Ray also rans a USNA Alumni homepage, called Homeport. There are a lot of neat features and links there. The address is http://www.mcs.net/~trygstad/USNA_Alumni .html FROM THE ODDS AND ENDS FILE. I was reading the Navy Times article comparing our eamings with our civilian counterparts. Robert Vaughan was pictured as the Astronautical Engineer and listed in Colorado Springs, CO.

Julia Spinelli From the Fleet Home Town News Center; LCDR Julia Spinelli is stationed aboard ESSEX and recently participated in the month long exercise, RIMPAC '96. She was the meteorological and oceanographic

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officer ESSEX is homeported in San Diego. LCDR Michael Murphy retumed from a six month deployment aboard NIMITZ. He is assigned to HS-8. LCDR William Johnson departed for a six month craise aboard SHILOH, a CG. He is the Combat Systems Officer and also recently received the Achievement Medal. LCDR Vincent Bowhers completed the six months course at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, earning a Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. LT Vinton Garbesi has departed for a six month deployment aboard HEWITT as part of the Middle East Force. LCDR Ralph Portnoy retumed to Oak Harbor, WA, after completing a six month deployment to the Westem Pacific aboard NIMITZ. He is assigned to VAQ-138. MAJ Stan Benvenutti reported for duty with 2nd Batt, lOth Marines, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, NC. LCDR Tom Schwarz recently participated in the largest maritime exercise in the Baltic Sea, BALTOPS '96 HUE CITY.

From the Navy Public Affairs Center; LCDR David Baker is a Navy reservist whose unit drills aboard LEWIS B . PULLER an FFG. He is the Admin

Officer As I was cleaning files, I noticed this articles was eaten by 'ttons on its way in. So as to not forget anyone, from the Summer: My first note was from Curt Lindsay. He is now in Nashville, TN, working for Ford and says they pay as much as the Navy; and he never has to go to sea or stand duty! Curt says the fact they retired his airplane and the downsizing were what iced the cake.

He also writes (or now types) that he got a wedding invitationfromEvan Evans. Evan and Rosario were married on the 7th of April in Spain. From their address, they are curtentiy living in Switzerland.

My second note is from Don Hume. Don got out in '91 after Desert Storm. Both of his WESTPACs occurted when his two children were between 3 and 9 months, and he wanted to be around to watch them grow up. Erin is now 7, and Don says destined to be a Navy Officer—she already bosses everyone around. Kiley is 5, and a cartoon addict. They are now living in Phoenix since he got out, and Don is a Senior Design Engineer with BE Goodrich Aerospace. He thinks he works longer hours now (including craises) but still thinks life is pretty good. After you adjust to the 115 degree heat, nearly free golf all Summer is quite enjoyable.

I got a quick note from Mario Maddox. He's like me, a short e-mail to tell you he is alive. Though after VA, GA, HI, CA, NJ, CT, MA, RI, TN and NC in two months, I'm not sure. He does have a new job doing something that I hope is paying for all this travel.

Tammy (King) Glaser dropped me an e-mail to say her husband, Steve, has accepted a position with Sony; and they will be moving to Pittsburgh, PA at the end of the Summer!! And she thought the Navy moved them around a lot.

From Dan and Lynn (Casity) Flint. They are doing well in Knoxville, TN. Lynn is justfinishingher first year of teaching Physics and Physical Science to high schoolers at a local high school. As the head varsity swimming coach, she shocked the team into a completely new level of intensity in their workouts and competitions—and they thanked her for it!

If all goes as planned, Dan should finish his Ph.D. in business at the University of Tennessee by next Summer Then they'll be off to other locations in search of a faculty position. Their Summer appeared to be off to a ranning start as they are planned on climbing Mt. Katahdin in Maine in July. From the 32nd company grape vine: Bruce Wain received his MBA from Pepperdine and is working for Reynolds. Mike Wray is a financial planner in Irvine, CA. John Denardo moved to Carpentersville, IL, from Kentucky, is martied and has two kids. Ray Alfaro is

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Combat Systems Officer on ESSEX (LHD-2). He is also married with two children in San Diego. Simms Duncan transferted to the AEDO community and is a manager at SPAWAR in Crystal City. Dan heard he had been accepted to some prestigious business schools. Are we surprised? No! Matt Shihadeh is martied with a son. Last heard, he was rotating out of a Miramar F/A 18 slot. Chris Burke is among the self employed; Steve Panico was getting ready to go out to sea and Chris Ryan has moved to Texas in a new TAR billet. NEWS ITEM! Dan and Lynn found Curt Pfeiffer. He is married with 2 boys and was at 29 Palms, CA. His wife Marilyn is a physical therapist. Andfinally,Mike Skelly was due to move from the Pacific Northwest down to Califomia.

From the wandering set. Eric Rutherford was due to step back to the U.S. in May. He traveled for over a year.

As an update from ESSEX courtesy of LT Berthelotte, '92. Ray Alfaro and Julia Spinelli have been joined by Doug Grossman. Ray, who is the EDO officer, has finally adapted to shipboard life after a substantial shore period. He is also the Combat Systems Officer Julia is the METOC and PAO. She is standing bridge watches underway and well on her way towards her SWO pin. Doug is now the Intel Officer after being a SWO on the Texas. He decided that his back had other uses than as a dagger target. And after four months has decided life has definitely taken a tum for the better From Julie and Joe Beel. Joe is at HSL-43 at NAS North Island in San Diego and a new father. Jacob Daniel was bom on Thanksgiving Day last year. Joe did six weeks in Monterey at Aviation Safety School and ran into Brenda and Dave Whalen. Patti and Rich Hale are with the Beels in San Diego and Jodie and Shawn Callahan just departed there for San Diego. . ^ ^ S H ^ 9 | H H H | ^ H |ff^

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Nick weighed in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and measured 21 1/4 inches. For background, Vince went directiy into the Cryptologic community as a 1610 upon graduation and spent a year at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey leaming Russian, then PCSed to the National Security Agency (NSA) for three years of neat intelligence work. He then transferted to SPRUANCE (Mayport, FL) as the Intelligence, Cryptologic, and Electronic Warfare Officer. His final active duty tour was as Assistant Operations Officer and Intelligence Officer at Commander Destroyer Squadron Eight (COMDESRON 8—also in Mayport). He did stay active in the intelligence reserve program until 1995 and was selected to LCDR. In 1991, he was happy to leave active duty and begin work for General ElecUic Aerospace in northem Virginia as a system engineer, working with overhead intelligence collection and processing systems.

He martied Lisa Grieder in August 1992; they had met while they lived at the beaches in Jacksonville, Florida. Lisa is a high school math teacher and graduated from Jacksonville University. Vince then left

GE and went to work for Booz-Allen & Hamilton as a senior consultant, specializing in imagery intelligence systems, modeling and simulation, and system engineering. He curtentiy supports the Central Imagery Office and other government intelligence clients from Lakeridge, VA. Recentiy he was promoted to Associate and completed his MS/MEM in engineering management/information systems at George Washington University in December 1995.

Just in time to prepare for the arrival of Nicholas. Of other 12th company-mates: Evan Evans completed his MBA from Wharton and has worked for GM in Switzerland for about two years now. In April 1996, he married Rosario Pena, who also works for GM in Switzerland. They will likely be in Switzerland for a couple more years before heading to another overseas destination. Vince had the opportunity to see one of his good friends, Mike Gannon, while he was in Virginia attending a software design review.

Mike, a SWO LCDR, is an NOLO with the Marines in Okinawa. He and his wife, Julie, enjoy overseas life and are busy with four children.

My last note is from Barry Davis. He dropped me a couple of names to add to the list of Classmates' e-mail addresses. All of them are in their first year of business school. Pete Schnorr is at MIT and out of the Navy. Joe Rist is at the University of Michigan and still in the Navy. He hopes toflyF/A18s after school. Mark Little is at Northwestern with Barty and they are both out of the Navy. Of others; Pete Matthews is getting ready to do his F-14 department head tour with VF-103 along with an upcoming Med craise. He left last month. John Ireland just finished a P-3 CAG staff tour in Whidbey and is getting ready to go back to the Fleet to do his dept head tour also. Mark Flagg just got hired as an UPS pilot and is living in Louisville with his wife and two children. Charlie Giles also was just hired

by UPS as a pilot. Steve Ploof is in Alexandria, VA, working as a consultant for KPMG Peat Marwick and was just promoted to manager Kevin Mosher is in Southern California working for Johnson & Johnson medical supplies. He and his wife have a five-year old daughter Pat Douglas is out of the Navy and is in Japan. Barty also says if anyone is contemplating going back to school, the major schools are very interested in recraiting ex-military.

At Kellogg, for example, there are 40 vets—mostly Navy and Army and only one Zoomie. That must say something. From Charlotte (Monk) Smith.

Charlotte was married in '91 to Gary, and they have a four-year old son, Charles David. She recently transferted from EMORY S. LAND to the University of Kansas, where she is getting her masters in petroleum management. (The Navy sends approx four Supply Officers each year to UK.) Charlotte said the Assistant job on the tender was great, but they are enjoying going to school more. Plus Kansas is spoiling them. Also at UK is Jeff Baquer and his wife.

Dale. They reported to Kansas from Norfolk. Charlotte also said all the Navy families there are very close and are enjoying going to the UK football games.

I would like to thank all the people who submitted inputs to my articles for the last eleven years. I have very much enjoyed keeping up on the doings of all our Classmates and getting the word out. But now it's Mike Casey's turn. Here's wishing you a Merty Christmas and an Happy New Year.

Nancy—Captions: Can't remember the second one—maybe the Beels. Is there a name on the back?

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Pres: LT Paul S. Gibson, USN Sec'y: Jeff Hornberger 348 E. Arabian Drive, Gilbert, AZ 85296 (W) 602-441-1371 E-mail: p26825@email.mot.com http://www.csra.net/moses/86.htm Are you out there, '86!!!

OK, my worst fears have materialized. I have received virtually nothing since I wrote the last column, and I am left here to my own devices, hoping to be creative. Of course, those of you who lurk on "Snoopy" realize that I am rarely at a lack for something to say, so here goes!!

First off. Kudos and a big BZ to everyone for making the reunion such a resounding success. Special tiianks, yet again, to the following for all their help and support: Jackie and Harry Hughes for getting all the essential logistics put together. Peggy and Nick Peterson for riding herd on everyone, ensuring that the administrative items went off without a hitch.

Todd (Daddy Wags) Wagner for setting up the golf toumament and establishing Riordan's as THE place to be all weekend! Tom Metzger, for ranning static on setting up and getting the election stuff rolling.

And thanks to Bev Minter for doing the keg ran when we were down to the last mug!!

I know there were many others out there who helped to ensure the weekend was a blast, and I apologize for not getting your names out. One final thank you goes to the whole Class and our guests, for showing up and enjoying the festivities.

I'll write a little bit more about Homecoming later, but I have to tell y'all that I was simply astounded by the tumout. After 10 years, virtually no one has changed, except that we have seemingly grown a littie bit older, wiser and more mature (then again, our spouses may not believe we are all that more mamre!!). I haven't received the final tally on the logistics, but I'll try to get all the data out for your perasal in the next column, including the actions on Class Officer selection. Let's hit the news next (sparse as it is), then I'll ramble on a bit. First off, from the man who hob-nobs with the ether gods, Tim Moses: WE ARE THE CUTTING EDGE OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGY! That's right, the Class of '86 is now the CLASS Alumni organization of the U.S. Naval Academy.

We now have our own Domain name: USNA86.org.

Our webpage, therefore, has moved to : http:// www.usna86.org/ It will be official once the InterNIC completes processing our request, but that is merely a technicality.

MUCH THANKS go to James Danda, (e-mail: jdanda@ibsi.com) for hosting the Website on his company's server (Intemet Business Solutions, Inc. located in Lawrence, KS (URL: http:// www.ibsi.com). Perhaps more importantly, James covered the cost of registration of our new Domain name with the InterNIC ($100.00).

ALSO, please check out the site in weeks to come as it is undergoing substantial revision in both graphic and textual content.

I have updated the Class webpage to include a new JOB LISTING. Those jobs include hypertext links to the company's home page, as well as email to Scott Harrison, the provider of the information. Scott is going to send me additional info on the job description which I will post on our Class page.

Thanks again, Tim, Jim and Scott! There it is folks, now not only do you get a chance to catch up on the latest news, you can find new opportunities to boot!

Speaking of new opportunities, I received this from Joe Wallis:

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Hello everyone: This is Joe Wallis of "Good Times 10th Company". It was a great tailgater and awesome seeing everyone after so long. It was interesting to hear all die old stories and to hear some you were involved in and don't remember It seemed like we just graduated yesterday.

Well, since there are job opportunities being . posted through our '86 page and through Jeff, I will give my pitch, 1 work for Bradley-Morris recraiting. We focus on manufacturing (engineering and production), telecom and info technology, distribution, logistics. Geographically, we focus East of the Rockies. The job market is very good nowadays. Anyone looking for work, please give me a call; and hopefully I can help you out.

My number is 800-330-4950. Voice mail ext. 4957.

Take care and I'll see you in 5 or 10 years (maybe before).

Thanks Joe! It was good seeing you at the Gater as well. Let me help plug B-M as well. When I was getting out, Joe and B-M really helped me by focusing on my experience and education, which we tend to forget as our assignments come and go. If you are looking to make the jump, give him a yell, since he has the experience you need to tap. (No, I don't get paid for this stuff, really!)

Last news item, from the Wood-man, Woody Dunstan: First, it was great to see so many Classmates at the 10th, particularly my rowing buddies and 8th company. Nice bilge Ed Webster and Dan Eves for not showing up though.. .what are you guys up to?

Second, and far more importantly, my wife Gussie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on 12 October. Millicent Grace Dunstan ("Millie") weighed nine pounds and was 22 inches. The birth was routine, and Mom and baby are doing really well.

It was a great month indeed!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Woody Dunstan Congratulations Woody!!

Well, that does it for the news. I told you it was a sloooow month, and I am wortied about the next column, as well. Do me a favor Take out that business card I gave to you and send me an e-mail. I promise you, you won't feel a thing!! For those of you who were snapping pictures that weekend, send me a couple copies so we can show everyone what was happening under the big top!

For those who were unable to make it, I'll rehash the whole sordid gala from the beginning. Friday was punctuated by three major events, the golf tourney, the dress parade and the eventual junta in Riordan's.

The golfing was extraordinary, dominated by Daddy "did you see my ball?" Wags' attempt at the course record of most divots per round. I don't believe any group won the tourney, simply because no one brought their HP to tally the scores! Anyhow, the parade was wonderful, mostly because we weren't marching in it. I especially enjoyed sitting with Harry in the reviewing stand, listening to him trade barbs with the AF COL next to us. The finest moment occurred when Harty asked the COL how they contacted him when they were ready to move the bus, by pager or hand signals! The COL was gracious to a fault, and acceded the pager was preferred. After the parade, I performed a quick uniform shift in Alumni Hall and headed out to Riordan's.

For those of you who have not been there since 1986, Riordan's is unchanged, except the Keno screen which sits in the front left corner I arrived at 1740 and headed upstairs. On my way, I saw Frank Bijak, who has slimmed down to a svelte 220 from his offensive tackle days when he was a solid 275 (no mean feat, that weight loss!!). Frank is married (Brenda) and has a child, though a recent picture was not handy. Onward and upward, I traversed the narrow and pooriy lit ladder (kind of a cross between a cheap detective novel and a salty sea story, no?!) and saw the man. Hert Wagner, holding court as it were, with none other than Tom Metzger, Kara and Phil McLaughlin, and the aforementioned Harry

Hughes. Phil and Kara were down from CT. where Phil is going strong as the Engineer on ARCHERHSH. As we detailed our trials and tribulations, both during and after USNA, the upstairs rapidly began to fill up with '86 grads. Matt Hellman breezed in, fresh from his new assignment in New Orieans, looking 'esh', as did Dan Baczkowski, with his wife Amy and son Gabriel. Soon tiiereafter we were joined by Caryn and Don Ball and Cindy and Dave Landwehr.

The next time I looked, it was 2015, standing room only. Pat Hoffman, Tony Labow, Frank Dodds, Lyn Peterson, Wally Balch, Kyler Whitaker, Louie Jonske, Fran Sullivan, Danny Ballister, Steve Nims, I could go on and on, but you get the picture!

I had to leave early (discretion being the better part of valor), but I understand that the place was packed, both upstairs and downstairs, with '86ers until last call.

Saturday saw the dawn of a new day, and I headed out to help get things rolling for the Gater. I arrived at 0930, and the first of many kegs were already tapped. Nick Peterson and his wife Peggy were getting the check-in table arranged, so Dan White and I commenced witii die decorations. By the time tilings started to settle down, and all preps were made, it was time to head over to the game. If I had not been able to see anything else, the fly-by was worth the price of admission. Those babies were LOW!! Little Gabriel Baczkowski was simply in awe, as were the rest of us. At half-time, the score was tied, and you could feel the tension starting to creep in. Nothing better for that anxious feeling than to go fill up on some terrific food and a nice cold one (or four, as it were). Back under the big top, and I ran into so many people it would be impossible to list them in a year's worth of columns, but a few that spring to mind; James Reed, Doug Edwards, Ed Dempsey, Ed Brown, Tim M o s e s , Greg M a z e n k o , Brian Skimmons, Ellen Roberts, Ted Cowan, Agnes Mayeux, Miguel Cintron, Drew Tanner, J.T. Sommer, Dave Pimpo, Joe Wallis, Kenny Kasprzak, Rich Price, Rodney Urbano, Roger Andreas, Joe English, Todd Solomon, and the beat goes on!! After my second helping of oysters from the raw bar, the emcee announced that the score was 57-21, Navy, and the first thing that went through my head was "great, somebody from the Class of 57 just got a good one on us" but lo and behold, we had the score confirmed a few minutes later Not wanting to miss out on the finale. Matt Hellman and I trudged off to catch the final moments, and we weren't disappointed. Final, 64-28 NAVY!! The best part of the whole afternoon, perhaps, was hearing/singing Navy Blue and Gold again. Having wrapped up the stadium saga, we did what any other proud Alumni would do, back to the tent for some more serious war stories!! The party was going on even stronger (if that's possible) than before, and everyone was simply having a tertific time. The crowd started to wane a little after about 1845, but the juice was flowing, ergo, the party was still on. I must admit, I was not the last one there, but I was one of the Final Four! I believe Drew was the last man standing!!!

I can't vouch for Sunday, since I was on a plane at 0700, but the reports were all good. I did get a chance to hear that Riordan's was again hopping on Saturday night, and that we had no significant events to put a damper on the weekend. All in all, I believe it was a resounding success, and am looking forward to the 15-year reunion!!

That, my friends, is what I recall while sitting here in the Valley of the Sun. Craig, George, Matt, Collin, Kenny, Salty, Lusch, Sharon, Sandra, Ricardo, Justin, Nate, Scott, Morgs, Bead, and Tod B, we really missed you guys.

Well, that's a wrap on Homecoming from my perspective. I hope some other folks come to my rescue for the next column, or else you will have to hear

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about our new puppy. Scout. I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was filled with family, friends and fond remembrances, and I wish the same for you in the coming holiday season. Bundle up, give the littie one's a kiss and a hug, and smile! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my family to all of you!!

Zack, Jeff, Kathleen and Chloe Hornberger All my best, Jeff.

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Sec'y: LT Tim Wolf, USNR PO. Box 87, Annapolis, MD 21404 (H) 703-271-0907 E-Mail: shipmate87@aol.com Washington, DC Happy Holidays to all. Sitting down to write this month's column (in October), I can't help but be amazed by the prowess shown by our Navy football team, along with that of Army and Air Force. Hopefully it will continue. Also, thanks once again to all for your continued words and gestures on behalf of Owen Duke and his family.

Lots of Classmates mingled at our ad hoc Homecoming tailgater on 6 October Navy crashed Duke 63-24; and unfortunately, most people missed the blowout while conversing with friends and Classmates in the parking lot. The Class of '86 had their tailgater next to ours and gave us some hints for next year. Are you ready to rumble?

John Fuller is on the latter half of his tour with PEB for LantReet. Vince McBeth is the Commanding Officer of TEMPEST. One of the Navy's newest ships, Vince is the first Navy CO in our Class to my knowledge. Congrats. Scott Herbener is soon to be the prospective Combat Systems Officer on Ross, after finishing his tour in Norfolk. The new BurkeClass DDG is being built in Mississippi. Mike Gaffney is keeping busy here in DC working at McKinsey & Company. Marc Ruggiano finished his MBA program and is bound for Atlanta. Pat Hurley is working in New Jersey for Associated Aviation Underwriters. Jim Merna is still down in Georgia working for Clorox, but is also going to law school at night at the Georgia State School of Law. Jim's dad, Mr James Merna of Lanham, MD, was able to attend the tailgater and visit with many '87 Classmates.

NEWS FROM THE CLASSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tom MacRae recently graduated from the Yale University MBA program under the Navy's Advanced Education Program. Tom transitioned to the Reet Support Squadron (1700 community) and is enroute to his assignment in Guam to begin his financial management career He is interested in communicating with Classmates who are stationed in Guam or have lived there.

Tom can be reached at his e-mail a d d r e s s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; macrael700@aol.com.

Danielle and Cliff Blumenberg are doing well with their two children, Sarah and Clint. Cliff was

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recommissioned as an Ensign in the Medical Corps this past August. He is a full-time student at the Uniformed Services University of Health Services in Bethesda. The Blumenbergs still live in Annapolis.

They keep in touch with Jennifer and Pat Quinn.

The Quinns have two children as well, Shane and Keller They live in Pennsylvania, where Pat commutes to his job as a FBI agent in New Jersey.

Mary Kelly is assigned to the Nl shop at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. She and husband Joe pass along an Aloha to everyone.

One of the finest Navy pilots, Tony Ferrari is on the move. Finishing a three-year stint at Pax River, Tony is assigned to CAG-17 in Virginia Beach as Strike Operations Officer He and wife Libby keep busy with their three children, Hope, Meredith and Nicholas. Tony is qualified in the A-6, EA-6B, and three versions of the F-14. He will likely move to VF-IOl after this curtent tour I received an update from Dave Major. He and Mary have three children. Matt, Amy and Harty.

Dave finished a tour in Keflavik and also eamed his Master's of engineering degree at the University of Florida, specializing in civil engineering: public works engineering/management. After a brief stint at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Dave moved to his curtent position as an Instructor at the Civil Engineer Corps Officers School in Port Hueneme, CA, in August 1995. Dave's e-mail address is: dmajor@ccmsmtp.cbcph.navy.mil.

Dave added that Patti Corsello is stationed in Great Lakes and is expecting her second baby. E.U. Miller is attending Harvard Business School. John Kyle is in graduate school at San Diego State University. Joe Lara was recentiy mamied and is at SubBase Bangor, WA. Matt Sampson's new address is: 10288 South Fairway Loop, Yuma, AZ 85367. Matt has taken the lead in keeping in touch with many Classmates, and I appreciate his efforts on behalf of the Class.

Howard Merritt dropped a note on e-mail of his latest at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He left active duty in July 1995 after a tour as Supply Department Head at the Naval Antarctic Support Unit in Christchurch, New Zealand. Howard says it was unbeatable duty for work and play, especially play. He spent the past Summer working as a financial analyst intem for Polaroid Corporation's New Business Unit in Cambridge, MA. You can reach Howard on e-mail at: MertittH@darden.gbus.virginia.edu.

From half-way around the globe, Dave Sasek sent in an update that he is ready to move back to the United States after a tour in Diego Garcia. Dave is bound for duty at the Public Works Center at Naval Station, (32nd Street), San Diego. Dave is another looking forward to putting on 0-4 latter in 1997.

Geoff deBeauclair is serving as Navigator on ANNAPOLIS. Fittingly, his submarine was the "ship in the yard" over Homecoming weekend. Marshall Brown added to this month's news by informing us of Joey and Chuck Casson's new baby, Zachary Thomas, bom in April. Chuck is Weapons Officer on BOSTON in Groton. Marshall is ending his tour as Combat Systems Officer on COWPENS. From the 14th Company Tomcat Newsletter, compiled by J. C. Milliman, J.D. Cook is a dad. Daughter Anna Jean was bom 9 May 1996. The Cooks are now in Colorado. Also, Walt Sechriest is engaged to Tania Gembala. She is the Director of Development for the American Heart Association. Walt is a senior consultant for KPMG Peat Marwick and has been with the Enabling Technologies Practice for a year.

Recent photos in the October Shipmate pictured Jeff Thompson with HSL-40; also Ed Schofield and Leslie (Hirko) Harris were on PELELIU with 15th MEU and COMPHIBRON One.

Ronnie Harris, a 1996 U.S. Olympic qualifier in the 5000-meter mn, placed second in the Army 10miler here in Washington on 13 October This info may be dated, but for everyone's interest please note the following from Mike Keller and Matt Sampson. Your name, SSN, birth date, current address, previous addresses, mother's maiden name, and other personal information are available to anyone with a credit card through a Lexis database called P-Trax. This info could be used to commit credit card fraud or otherwise allow someone else to use your identity. Individuals can have their name and information removed from this P-Trax database by sending a fax to 1-800-470-4365 or writing to their Intemet address at p-trax@prod.lexisnexis.com or by U.S. mail to P.O. Box 933, Dayton, OH 45401. There is a toll free number one can call at 1-888-965-3947 to speak with a representative, but expect a considerable wait as they are being deluged with phone calls. Andrew Bleh is supposedly the manager responsible for this product and is the person to whom complaints about the service should be directed. He can be reached at the above (800) number Ask for extension 3385. According to Lexis, the manager responsible is Bill Fister at extension 1364. Basically, it may pay to investigate your credit security.

Reunion West '97 is set for 4-7 September 1997 in San Diego. These four days of fun and sun are being hosted by the San Diego/Coronado Alumni Chapter Navy plays San Diego State in football that weekend. Contact Bob Stevenson 619-475-1926 or Mike Midgley 619-792-9196 for more information.

Keep in touch, especially keeping me and the Alumni Association of your most recent address, phone number, and personal information as our TenYear Reunion approaches this coming Fall. Who's hosting the 1999 New Year's Eve Party?

Beat Anny!!! TTFN. TJW.

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Pres: and Cortes. Sec'y, Brian S. Sears Goldman Sachs and Co. 333 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90071 (H) 310-545-1424 (W) 1-800-421-8747 (Fax) 213-617-5812 Cortes. Sec'y: J.T. O'Farrell 1910 Sword Lane Alexandria, VA 22308 703-619-9335; E-mail: ofartell@juno.com I would like to start this months article by thanking everyone for their response in nominating and volunteering someone to take over as Cortesponding Secretary for the Class of 1989. After much deliberation and coordination with the Alumni Association, J.T. O'Farrell will be acting as the East Coast Cortesponding Secretary for our Class and will also be the Quarterback in coordinating cortespondence from the West Coast.

J.T. and I have exchanged some ideas on how we are going to take the Class of 1989 on line, and we are curtentiy developing a Home Page for our Class.

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J.T. has put a lot of thought and effort in formulating not only a plan for Shipmate but also on how to bring our Class closer together The by-laws for the Class of 1989 are finished and in the process of being submitted to the Alumni Association. Thanks for all of your help; and if you have any questions or concerns, give me a call at 1800-421-8747. Brian From J.T. O'Farrell: Hello '89!!! My name is J.T. O'Farrell; and as Brian mentioned in the intro, I've taken the helm as the East Coast Cortesponding Secretary. I left the Navy in June of '94 and work in technology consulting for Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc. My wife Christy and I bought a home in April '96 in Alexandria, VA. As a result, I spent most of last Summer getting to know my lawnmower.

More Classmate news in a second, but first I want to tell you about the e-mail list we've set up to increase communication with fellow Classmates and ensure a monthly submission to Shipmate for the enjoyment of e-mailers and non-e-mailers, alike.

Basically, we've set up an e-mail list, and anyone with access to e-mail can subscribe (no charge) to the list by sending an e-mail to the following address: majordomo@usnaa.org VERY IMPORTANT! The text of the message you send should read: subscribe usna89 By sending an e-mail to "majordomo @usnaa.org" with "subscribe usna89" as your message, you are added to the list. However, (IMPORTANT) to use the e-mail list, you send your e-mail message to the following address: usna89@usnaa.org When you post a message to "usna89@usnaa.org" you are sending your e-mail to every other member of the list. Likewise, when the Class President, Corresponding Secretary, etc. need to pass information, it's easily done. It's kind of the e-mail version of the IMC. One final point is that Brian and I would encourage everyone (even those on existing '89 mail lists) to subscribe to this list. Hey, you can never be on too many lists, that way you always have a full mailbox!

One area that the e-mail list won't cover is photographs for Shipmate. Please mail your photos to either Brian Sears or myself at the addresses listed above.

For those who don't have access to e-mail, PLEASE keep those cards and letters coming via the old fashioned way. I have a decent-sized mailbox, please fill it up!

Now back to the good stuff—Classmate News!!!

I spoke to my old roommate John Kainer who's the Ops Officer of a Seal Team in Norfolk. He says he loves his job and is looking forward to his next assignment with a highly selective team. He tells me that he recently ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC, in an awe-inspiring 3 hours, 15 minutes! I got a letter from Keith Kirol recently.

He's a Marine NFO curtentiy assigned to the Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR) in Norfolk, VA. He and his wife Jen are enjoying the shore duty, and Keith gets to make frequent trips to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Crystal City, VA. I ran into Craig Washington and his wife Jan (What does this Black "N" mean on the Varsity sweater he gave me?) at the Homecoming game.

They have three kids and are living in Waldorf, MD. Craig's an AMO working at NAVAIR in the P-3 program office. I spoke to Ingar Grev who tells me that he and his wife Jean have bought a home in Oakton, MD, and he's working as an Intemal Consultant at Bell Atiantic.

Now, a word from Jim Clautice, a man who has led me down the path to the ' 87 Tailgaters looking for free beers provided by his sister Susanne Clautice Oppenshaw '87. Take it away, Jim. John Tregoning is lost somewhere in Oklahoma where he is flying T-37s and trying to teach the Air Force how to fly the Navy way. Ray Art is holding 116

down the P-3 RAG in Jax with his wife Sam and my 1 1/2-year old Godson Loren. You should see the way he can kick that soccer ball. Gary Deal is flying with the NATO AWACS command in Germany accompanied by his wife Leslie and 2-year old son Ryan. Gary has a few new beers in his collection since moving to Germany. Keith Wichman is heading down to Pensacola to try to make some of the new NFOs get sick. Mark Springer was in town on his way to be a shooter on a carrier in San Diego. He said Mike Scary and Drew Kinney were in his shooter class as well. Chris Thomas is finishing up his tour at the Academy in the SeaNav Department, and he will be heading back to a ship in a Navy port. More details when the Navy tells him. Damon Woo is hanging out at McP's on Thursday nights in Coronado, CA, with his seal team; and he was waiting to find out if he was being asked nicely to go to Guam or being ordered to go for his next tour Steve Grass is busy competing with Paul Montanas in Coronado while working with the Marines small boat division. Steve is also busy fighting for respect at home, being outnumbered by the women with his wife Terry and two daughters. Kevin Kim and his wife Taylor are in Corpus Christi, TX, as Kevin is racking up those hours instracting in the T-44. That is the quick rap up from my end. 1 am finishing up my shore tour at SPAWAR, which is near NAVAIR and NAVSEA in VA. I live just outside old town Alexandria, VA, so give me a call 703-671-1412 if you're in town.

Well, that's all for this month. Keep those cards, letters, and FEDEX packages coming and remember: SUBSCRIBE to our '89 e-mail list! [Ed. Note: See "All Hands" in this issue for the Alumni Association's Listserve information!...Nancy]

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Pres: ILT Robert B. Sofge, USMC Sec'y: Joseph G. Herlihy 305 Commercial St. #308 Portland, ME 04101; Phone: 207-775-4154 E-mail: joe-herlihy@idexx.com http://vis/ab-www.navy.mil/~fejohnst/usna90.htm Hello Classmates. Merty Christmas and Happy New Year! 1997 folks! Hopefully this New Year will find everyone healthy, happy, and safe.

As I write this, Portland, ME, is shut down due to the big Noreaster rain storm that we got yesterday (21 October). It rained non-stop for two days and broke records dating back to the 1800s. Pretty impressive storm that would have been a lot worse had it been snow. Big news from this end is that I'll be heading back south with my company, IDEXX, to Memphis, TN. That's a big move from the cold in Portland, ME. Am excited by the opportunity and the chance to be in yet another new part of the country. Why is it that I'm seeing more of this country out of the Navy then I did when I was in it? Anyhow, that is the short story. On to the interesting stories with a bunch of great letters. First letter is from Spark Simon: Hello everyone from Hampton Roads! Having been out of the gray ghost for over a year now, just a quick word on what it's like out here: GREAT!!!

Would anyone who is out ever go back?

Life for me is pretty good. I started a brokerage firm to do retirement planning for the teachers around here, and it's the best job I've ever had.

Laurie and 1 have two boys now, Eric and Matt, and we've got a third on his way to criticality now.

My plan is to have three boys ranning around the courts of MacDonouagh Hall at the same time.

What a bloody court that would be.

SOME NEWS FROM THE AREA AND BEYOND. The bleeding has officially stopped from JOHN C. STENNIS, and the patient is dead. Every '90 grad in Reactor Department has left the building!

John Drews is living and working in Minnesota

with Pauline and Jonathan. He's got a house on about 7 acres with a couple of ponds and a bam to put all his woodworking tools in. Of course in Drews tradition he has about 90 (yarch) things goin' at once. We even worked together to do some final editing of AU Hands when we were on STENNIS, and 1 have the copies! (I'll even show them to you since I'm out now.) That was some of our best work the whole time we were on that ship.

Mike Kostiok came down about a month ago.

He dialed 934-USNA and wouldn't you know it got my house. He and Rogene have Three Daughters now (He is BizzaroSpark!), and they are trying to figure out where the submarine community is going to ... him, ahh, send him next. (P.S. For those of you who didn't go SWO, you still aren't working!) We hope they come down here so my boys have a head start on dates to the Ring Dance.

Ladies and Gentiemen 1 have had a Yeager sighting! We took the kids to the Air Show at Oceanna; and as we left on that Sunday, I actually saw Tracey driving Steve's jeep (Made in God's Country, Toledo, OH). Steve was down in Puerto Rico flying adversary for some battie group down there, and I'm sure getting blown out of the sky 90+ (arch) times by some qualified SWO and then getting his mandatory 36 hours of sleep before flying again.

Tracey has some easy shore job now and is loving life as a near civilian (typical aviator job).

My old roomie Ray Berzins and his beautiful bride Nicole are in LA, and Ray is working at Applied Materials. I don't know if he likes it yet. The slow down in the chip industry is making it tougher for his company; but I tell ya, with a P/E of about 8, I rate it as a buy. They are trying to make little Berzins (is their such a thing) right now. I figure since two of my boys will have about a 3-4 year head start, they will be inflicting some damage on his kids on the court soon. A little revenge for all the mean things he did to me while I was schooling him not to long ago.

1 even got a call from Littie Aaron Johnson a while back that said he was moving here near the end of the month. Thank God we're finally gonna have a baby sitter! He loves the kids, and he obviously has no life because he is still single and in the Nav! I'm sure once he sees Laurie and I on the outside he'll get out of his brace and get out.

For those of you who aren't SWO, what is keeping you in? 1 can well understand the allure of having 8000 tons of SPRUANCE strapped on your back as you maneuver smartly like a destroyer sailor does and not ever wanting to let go of that. Maybe the pilots who get paid to sleep and fly aircraft at Mach 2 with their tray tables down and their seats fully reclined. But really, there is nothing in the world better than looking in on your (quiet for once) children as they sleep at night and waking up EVERYDAY looking at your beautiful wife. Life is very good.

I'll be changing My e-mail address as I try out some of the different services, or I'd give you one now. If anyone is in town, and especially if you have a game goin' some where, call me at 757-934USNA. We have a spare bed and a liquor store near by. And if you' re a teacher around here, you should have called me yesterday! See y'all!—Spark Thanks for the great letter. Spark. I'm sorry to hear that you miss the Navy so much. Maybe they would consider taking you back—if you asked very nicely.

Next letter comes from Jack Jackson at jackson@ saclant.nato.int Just wanted to bring everyone up to speed with the life and times of Jack. Have accepted a position with General Electric Company in the Plastics Division located in Mt. Vemon, Indiana (Southwest near Evansville). I'll be working in manufacturing as a Materials Blackbelt (process improvement) alongside Paul Fallace '91. If anyone is passing through the area, please look me up.

For those looking to get out of the Navy, I found the position working through Lucas Associates and would definitely recommend them over any other headhunter 1 encountered. We're lucky to have Mike Christ '90 working for them to take care of us '90 guys. He can be reached at 800-878-2930.

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Lately I have ran into a couple of Classmates in the Norfolk/VA Bch area. Went to a Tides ballgame with Lou Schager and Steve Silva recently. Also have been in touch with Brain Garrison who is on deployment flying off GEORGE WASHINGTON. Joe

Keifer is in Williamsburg working on an Air Farce law degree. Andy Leung is in Naples, Italy, and has been through the area on occasion working on his evasive driving techniques. Also ran into Paul Barranco at a hot dog stand during a 80,000 person track n' field event at the Oympics in Atlanta.

Jim Bleakly has also been seen by a few in Europe working on a summer intem program. That's it for now—Jack Thanks for writing. Jack, and congratulations on the new career Next letter comes from John Knight <Knighmeier@aol.com>: Sorry for the delay, but 1 am alive and surviving in the beautiful city of Erfurt. Here is the short summary of my life—July-August—survived two months of intensive language training in Koln. September—had four weeks of seminars in German and drank alot of beer with good friends in Bonn. October—I now live in a small town (200K) called Erfurt. It is a great place that everyone should see before they die. I am working in an Economic Development Agency (we find American Investors to do joint ventures or invest in the German State of Thuringen (formerly East Germany). Great people and a great life. That is the quick and dirty. Here is my address: John Knight, c/o Urtel, IGA-Blick 66, 99092 Erfurt Germany, Mobil: Oil 49 172 945 7176, Home: Oil 49 361 225 7831. Office: Oil 49 361 5603 447, Fax: 011 49 361 5603 327. Best way to reach me is at the office, e-mail, or mobil. All the best to all. JK For those of you just tuning in, John graduated from Wharton's Business School in May and is looking to find a full time position in Germany. He's there now on an internship with, I believe, the German government. A great opportunity. Next, a great letter from Kurt Schoen.

Hello from the number one city in the USA! Here is a brief update on what I've been up to since they forced us out of Mother B: I went SWO. spent about a year and a half on FRANCIS HAMMOND (FF- 1067), decommed in '92, and was forced to spend another 6 months or so in sunny San Diego for EOOW school. 1 spent about two years homeported in Yokosuka on MCCLUSKY (FFG-41). first as AUXO and then as 1st LT. I did the typical Gulf/Thailand/ Hong Kong/typhoon/ Mallacca/Thailand/Japan thing for most of the time I was there, even managed to bum a trip to Australia on THACH (FFG43). 1 briefly shared a stateroom with Dave Bucher and A J . Reiss. They both left for Hawaii sometime in late '93 or early '94. AJ also left the SWO community for Oceanography. 1 eventually felt guilty about all the fun I was having at taxpayer expense and left Mighty MAC in September of '94, sold 30 days of leave back, and took another 55 or so in terminal leave. I worked for Motorola for a year and a half and recently took a leave from there to go back to school. I'm currently a full time civilian college student at the University of Wisconsin, working on my MS in Water Resources Engineering (Hydrology). The city is great, (named best place to live by Money magazine this Summer) the student union was the first in the country to serve alcohol back in 1933, and the football team has an offensive line that averages 315 lbs. Life is good.

If anyone is passing through here for some reason (Wisconsin isn't really a hub of Navular traffic...), they are more than welcome to grab the futon. My e-mail is schoen@students.wisc.edu.

Take care! Kurt Next letter hails from C h r i s t i a n Defries (Christian's—I was confused at first!)

I will make two entries into the "Stories that never were" file for Chris, (who is, by the way, one of those "Marines who never write.") That is the first entry. The second, "why my child is cuter than me..." Sarah is 2 and an absolute doll! It goes without saying that she is cuter (much) than Chris.

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BELtiEU WOOD for the most part. He hasn't run into any '90 Classmates but has seen a few of his Plebes and Youngsters. We'd love to hear of any '90 folks stationed in the Okinawa area. Also, where is Nick Cardela and Doug Rhodes? Write to us!!!

We live out in town and really love our house.

We came with 2 cats and a dog, but now have 5 cats and 2 dogs. Sarah and 1 ran the zoo, and it keeps me busier than corporate America ever did.

Chris is looking forward to a career in teaching after we finish here in '98. We should land in Virginia (Charlotesville to be exact) and look forward to catching a few Navy games!

Please, please call us at the following number— 81 (098) 956-8735. We would love to hear from friends, and also any '90 or any USNA folks in the area. Take care! Christiann and Sarah Thanks for the update. Christian. On other topics, received a great family photo from Steve Rutherford including the latest addition to his wonderful family, Aja Clara, bom 14 July. Congratulations to both L'eAnne, Skyler, and Steven.

make major career changes. I have had several conversations with different folks about why we are leaving, and I suppose the answers might seem obvious to those who have found themselves making that decision. Everything from time at sea, lack of passion, lack of pay, and difficult family life all add up to not much fun. These tremendous sacrifices and hardships do not seem worth it when compared to stories about being with your kids every day, etc.

However, for all of '90 who have remained with the service, congratulations and thank you. Having once been a participant in that Navy life, I cannot help but look back with some pride at having served and envy for those with enough love, passion, and courage to remain. To the families who support us day in and day out, thank you, too. Still being the bachelor, it amazes me that someone can love another so much as to be willing to put up with the challenges offered by the Navy lifestyle. Thanks to everyone who remains for keeping the rest of us safe.

To everyone, continue to write and e-mail when time. I should have two e-mails listed at the top of this column, so write!!! Until later, God Bless and be safe out there. Joe

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Pres: LT Richard Brophy, USN Sec'y: LT John DeVine 350 Grow Ave., Unit A l l Bainbridge Island, WA 98310 (H) 206-780-6840; (E-mail) jcdevine99@aoI.com Steven, L'eAnne, Skyler and Aja Ciara Rutherford Also received word and a photo from the Paulist Fathers seminary that Christopher Culver made his first Profession of Promises at Saint Paul the Apostle Church in New York City. Chris is continuing his studies at the Paulist major seminary. Saint Paul's College, in Washington, DC. Congratulations and continued good luck, Chris.

Christopher Culver On a very sad note, I received word recently that Edwardo Wilson passed away this Summer in Chicago. At this time, I do not know the details of what happened except that it was sudden and unexpected.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Ed's family and friends.

That is all the news for this Shipmate. Just a reminder to everyone out there that there is an UNOFFICIAL Alumni Homepage on the web entitled "Homeport" at the following web address: http:// www.mcs.net/~trygstad/USNA_Alumni.html—It has a great list of recently updated Classmate addresses and other information. Be sure to sign on and check it out.

Final commentary (since I am the secretary!!!) about everyone leaving the Navy. It has been interesting, from the perspective of editing this column, to hear how so many of us are leaving the Navy to

Happy Holidays, Ninety One! Settle into your lounge chair, kick up your feet, and enjoy the warmth of the fireplace (or the nearest vent heater, as your case may be), as I pass on some seasonal Classmate tidings.

Let's begin with Adam Brodobar. Adam writes from Israel where he is currently studying Hebrew in the small city of Arad, located in the desert about two hours south of Jerusalem. Adam began his studies after separating from the Navy via ABRAHAM LINCOLN. He will continue his studies until January, and will likely remain in Israel until Summer '97. He asks to hear from any Classmates that may find themselves in Haifa, or anywhere in the area (address: WUJS Institute, 24 Yehuda St, Arad, Israel, 89027; phone: 07-955370 or 07-955009).

Ron Bishop sends some nifty stationary from ENTERPRISE in the Meditertanean (Ron, you must have too much free time on your hands!). Speaking of Israel, Ron and the Big E have been off the coast of Israel and in the Adriatic since July, with quite a '91 contingent. Ron writes: Tony Bruce is working in the ASuW module keeping the ship safe from...well, himself. Rob Schimelpfening is down in CDC with him as a TAO. Jerry Gordon is way down in the Reactor Room and gets a nose bleed every time he has to come all the way up to the 03 level. Pat Grover just showed up and is a General Medical Officer down in the Medical department. I'm sure there's many more ship's company from '91 out there...I just haven't ran into them!

Now for the airwing. Mark Colombo flies with VA-75 on the last deployment of the A-6, and will be transitioning to EA-6B's after this craise. He just got married two weeks before we left! J.J. Debellis is also a B/N with Mark in that squadron.

Will Burney is a RIO for VF-103, and they just acquired the Jolly Roger logo and are enjoying the new found cash flow from it. Kieth Henry and Lee Grubbs fly for VFA-83 and J.T. Anderson flies for VFA-81. Mike Stevens flies the ES-3 for VQ6. Bridget Gies, Quincy (Fleming) Hazlett and Mike Neuser are all pilots with VAW-125. and Ron Bishop (that's me!) is an NFO. At the last airwing follies, the Class of '91 was well represented with

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I was recently accepted to Navy Test Pilot School and will be reporting to Pax River in January. Well, that's about all the news from the Med...we will miss Homecoming, but hope to see everyone at the ten year reunion!

Thanks for the news, Ron. Paul Quimby also writes from the Meditertanean.

Paul is flying Hueys with the 24th MEU, and is currently embarked on SAIPAN, finishing off a six month deployment. Congratulations are in order, as Paul was martied to his wife Rebecca in a beautiful wedding at the Naval Academy in April 1995. Rick Neitzey filled the role as best man, and Pete Ryan and Was Schlauder, 34th Company roommates of Paul's, served as groomsmen. Paul and Rebecca were able to take the honeymoon they always wanted in Corfu, Greece, taking advantage of a mid-deployment port call. Rebecca is curtentiy a first year law student attending Rutgers Law School and can be emailed at rquimby@CLAM.rutgers.edu (in case Rick, Mike Hannan, Dan Wagner, Steve Murphy, Dave Stohs, or anybody else would like to get a hold of the Quimby's).

Paul and Rebecca Quimby Paul reports that Rick Neitzey and wife Dawn moved with their two daughters to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, in the middle of June last year Rick is flying CH-53D's for HMH-362 and doing the Honolulu Times crossword in under one hour Pete Ryan is curtentiy in Monterey attending graduate school, studying for his Mechanical Engineering Masters Degree, though studies are interfering with his golf game. Pete is recently engaged to a wonderful woman, Kandy, and an Academy wedding is in the works. Also, Wes Schlauder was martied to his wife Kristen in a picturesque Connecticut wedding last July. Congratulations Wes and Kristin! Wes and Kristin are living in San Diego, where Wes is working as a Liaison Officer on the civilian side of the submarine program. He enjoys his work and shore time, but is looking forward to driving subs again.

From Camp Lejeune, Mike Rentz and his wife Jennifer had a littie boy earlier this year...Paul and Rebecca were together with Mike and Jennifer in September, last year, to see Navy crush Duke. While there, Paul also ran into Larry Legree and his wife Michelle. Larry was finishing his sea tour and anticipating shore duty in the Raleigh-Durham area as an Officer Recraiter, while Michelle continues her studies in Pathology at Duke University.

Congratulations are also in order, says Paul, for Hal Pylant and his wife Emlee, who became the proud parents of a little boy this Spring. Hal is stationed at Miramar with an F/A-18D squadron, and returned not long ago from a West Pac. Mike Hannan and his bride Lori also had a little boy recently.. .they are rumored to be in the Virginia/DC

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area, but the details are sketchy. Mike and Lori, get in touch!

Paul echoes previous reports of the strong '91 presence in MCAS Beaufort with VMFA-224, with Dan Robinson, Brian Smith, Dave Stohs, Greg Price, and a host of others returning in March from their six month deployment to Aviano. Paul sends news from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Dan Wagner. I've abbreviated some of Paul's report, as some of this news has been passed in previous articles. Paul also sends news of Joe Pasquito, who was at MCAS Yuma, when last heard from, with a serious girlfriend in the Atlanta area and transitioning to CivLant. Jason Lopez and his wife Jackie have a daughter, with Jason flying M H - 5 3 E ' s out of Norfolk. J i m Gancayco and his family are in Puerto Rico, where Jim is flying helicopters for VIPs and having a great time...a good Navy deal!

Todd Troha is deployed with Paul now aboard SAIPAN as a CH-46D pilot and OpsO with HC-8 SAR Det. Todd is engaged, and is planning a Fall '97 wedding in Virginia Beach. While on this curtent deployment, Paul was in Sigonella and was able to visit Chuck Stuart, who is flying MH-53E's with HC-4. Jerrod McCambridge, who flies CH-46D's with HC-6 out of Norfolk, was also in Sigonella for a short time. Jertod is transitioning to the EA-6B, and will be departing Norfolk for Meridian via Pensacola and refresher T-34 time.

Thanks for the update, Paul!

I also got a great letter from Gil Niedenthal this past month. Gil sends the enclosed picture, and news that he was martied about two and a half years ago to Sally Brooks, whom he met while at USNA. Gil and Sally have a littie boy, Christian, who was born on December 28th, 1995 (just in time for the tax break!). Gil is out of the Navy, now, working as the Environmental, Health and Safety Engineer for a company in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, that makes blimps and aerostats which are marketed for over-the-horizon (OTH) surveillance and communications. (It's amazing how that Plebe Pro Knowledge comes in handy sometimes!) I'll pass on Gil's address for anyone that might want to get in touch with Gil or has any questions about his transition to the corporate world: 2405 Dan and Mary St., Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 24909-9085.

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Gil, Sally, and Christian Niedenthal Larry Suter sends e-mail from Oklahoma, with an update on VQ-3 and VQ-4 at Tinker AFB. Larry, Tyler T\irvold, and Stan Krasovic all have recently become E-6A Instractor Pilots after having finished all of their qualifications in the past three years.

Brent Walker will soon join the three of them. These guys' sea duty is tough...seventeen day deployments, including the landing of their 707's on short fields (only 11,000 feet). It takes a special breed. Larry expects that the four of them will likely head back to Pensacola next year to fly in the Training Com-

mand. Larry also reports that Dave Rinker is at VQ4 and loves the East Coast flying. Larry hopes everyone is well.

Seeing her name in the July/August Shipmate article, Penelope Hardy was prompted to pass on news of other Classmates with her in the Adriatic, supporting Bosnia operations. With Penelope on LASALLE, was Heidi Berg, a "cryppie" with the Sixth Fleet Staff, and also Greg Hlatky (who Pen thinks does mine warfare stuff). Penelope also ran into Alec Mackenzie last Winter, and heard that Rachel Darr was embarked with the staff on WASP as an Inteltype, and apparently singing duets with a member of the SEAL team outside "Darth Vader's" cabin!?

Penelope left LASALLE and returned to CONUS in March, and has since found herself in department head school in Newport, Rhode Island. When finished there, she'll be continue her training pipeline to become Operations Officer on MCFAUL ( D D G - 7 4 ) .

Penelope mentions that Doug LeMarca is teaching at department head school in Newport (the token sub driver on the staff). Doug and his wife are expecting a baby in October Also receiving mention in Pen's report from Norfolk were A n a (Vaughan) Kreienseick, Jeri (Smalley) Lee, and Adam O'Neill. Lastly, Jason Gagnon, who is now Penelope's brother-in-law, has recently left SAIPAN and is on shore duty as an instractor in Littie Creek, Virginia, while working on a master's degree at ODU. That's all I have for your stockings! Please continue to pass on your updates. Happy New Year JD.

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Pres: LT Doug Barber, USN 9290 Mason Creek Road, Side B, Norfolk, VA 23503 804-583-3641 Greg Detwiler writes with a picture from his wedding to the former Ms Teri Briggs. They were married on the beach in Bradenton, Florida. [CONGRATULATIONS]. Chris Middleton, Bob Flynn, and Clint Cresap were all in attendance. Chris is finishing up a 6 month craise with a Prowler squadron out of Whidbey Island. Bob is at sea with VS30, and Clint is stationed on Guam flying his CH-46 in between scuba diving and trips to Micronesia.

Greg recentiy finished at VAF-106, the F/A-18 FRS, in Jacksonville. He is scheduled to got to sea in April with Tom Frosch (VAF-87). Other Classmates recently passing through VAF-106 include: Brian WilUam's, Craig Reiner, Steve Carrington, Carcel LeBlanc, Jerry Deren, Clen Crabbe, and Kurt McClung. On a recent trip to San Diego Greg ran into Mark Veltri and Bo Hornbuckle who are finishing up the S-3 FRS. Todd Severence and Carl Ranch were completing CQ in the F/A-18 aboard CONSTELLATION. Greg also saw the former wild and crazy—now responsible—soon to be Dad—Matt "Torso" Tomlin, and his wife Lonnie. Mat is finishing up his first SEAL tour Marcine Wheatfall is with Special Boat Unit one and doing well. Last but not least. Bob Witxleb finally landed Dr Mary Pearl.

They were married in a beautiful ceremony at USNA [CONGRATULATIONS!] They will be stationed in Virginia Beach. Witz is flying Tomcats, [thanks Greg] Peter Martenson writes with news that he has moved from San Diego (VALLEY FORGE ( C G - 5 0 ) ) to

Maryland. He says it was quite a shock from warm and sunny to cold and snowy. He is now working for the National Security Agency and living just outside Baltimore. He got engaged last Christmas to a San Diego native, the date and location are still to be determined. News from other Classmates that he

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to start flight school. [Thanks Don] Periodically 1 receive info and pictures from the Navy Public Affairs Center I received some info about David Mundy, who is a E-2C NFO, with a picture of him in front of his Hawkeye. It was taken while he was deployed aboard CARL VINSON with VAW-113, the BLACK EAGLES. It quotes David as saying .. ."I want to obtain the mission commander qualification, develop mentally and physically and be the best officer possible. I also want to study the history of past leaders and wars, work on my pilots license and work on a master's degree in aeronautical engineering."

Don and Amy Donegan's Wedding knows in the area; Bill Militello and Sean Heritage are also working at NSA. Bill reported about the same time and is doing budget stuff. He just finished his MBA from John Hopkins and still loves the Marine Corps. Mike Trainer is working at the Pentagon as an Action Officer He is engaged and will be getting married in Puerto Rico. Gavin O'Hare is out of the Navy as of May '96. He is working for a European chemical company as the Mid-Atlantic Rep and is living just west of Newark, New Jersey. Russ DeVries reported to VS-21 to fly S-3s in March. It is based out of Atsugi, Japan. He is enjoying underway time on INDEPENDENCE. Willie Graves spend sixteen months on his first ship and then spend two years sailing with Team Dennis Connor out of San Diego under the guise of the Navy. After a unsuccessful bid for an '96 Olympic berth in the Star sailboat the Navy placed him at C a m p P e n d e l t o n . Reid McLaughlin is working in San Francisco as a Naval Architect. He is working for a commercial company that uses his skills to predict the stress on ocean going vessels as they encounter weather systems.

Tim Kelly is working out of Corpus Christi. Texas.

He is still down there with the mine sweeping squadron. [Thanks Peter] Don Donegan writes that on May 11, 1996 he and Amy Semeraro (also 31st company '92) were married at the Academy Chapel (see picture). Amy's fa-

ther Angelo '49 walked her down the aisle. The wedding was definitely a Class of '92, 31st company affair: Chris Graham was the best man, David Newcomb was a groomsman, and Niki (Sturdevant) Stewart served as a lector Chris Stewart and Ed McDonald also drove up from Mayport and Mark Baehr came from Norfolk. The sword bearers were a mix of several USNA Classes. Of particular note, at the end of the sword arch Amy was "Welcomed" into the Atlantic Fleet, and Don was "Welcomed" into the Intel community. Amy reported to ENTERPRISE in May as one of the ship's company Intel officers and deployed at the end of June for the Med. Don has been the CIC Officer onboard STOMP since Oct. '94 and left for the Arabian Gulf on 23 Aug. They managed to break up the separation by meeting in Cannes, France, when ENTERPRISE made a port visit. Chris Graham continues to move around; he is now in Corpus Christi, Texas as a supply Officer onboard INCHON, but he should be rotating this Fall.

David Newcomb finished Nuke school and is in the Reactor Department onboard THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Chris and Niki Stewart are living in Jacksonville, while Niki does a shore tour at RSG Mayport. Ed McDonald and his wife Marcella also live in the JAX area, although Ed's P-3 squadron is deployed to Sigonella. Mark Baehr will finish his tour as navigator on STOMP and will head to Pensacola this FALL

David Mundy in front of his Hawkeye Thanks again to everyone who has written.. .Doug

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Pres: LTJG Matt Arny, USN Sec'y: LTJG Vinny Smith, USN 208 Post Canyon Rd #204 VA Beach, VA 23451 Hello again '93. I'm preparing this month's issue on 14 October Everything here is blessed. Things have been quiet in the squadron since returning from cruise. I will be TAD to Portsmouth, VA for a week the end of this month and the first three weeks in December as a Ground Watch Officer for Exercise Unified Endeavor Aaron Benway writes from CALIFORNIA (CGN36).

CALIFORNIA was deployed with CARL VINSON

Battle Group in the Arabian Gulf Also aboard CALIFORNIA are Curt Mueller, Andy Schmidt, Mark Vannoy, and Jeff Davis. They were involved in the missile strikes (Operation Desert Strike) in September. They have had port calls to Yokasuka, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Thanks Aaron.

Efran Mojica writes from SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG-13) in Mayport, FL. Efran is the CIC Officer John Groh is also on MORISON as the Auxiliary Officer. Earlier in the year they went on a 45 day Counter-Drug Operation in the Caribbean and then a 3 month Baltic Operation Cruise. Larry Young is also in Mayport. In September Efran celebrated his one year anniversary with his wife Sonia in Flenburg, Germany. Thanks Efran.

Karen and David Cattler write from San Diego.

David was the CIC Officer on ANTIETAM (CG-54) until March and then he got hooked up with a two and a half month TAD to SWOS for gas turbine school. He is now the MPA on CHANCELLORSVILLE

(CG-62). The ship will be spending the holidays in the Gulf of Mexico on CRACK-PAC. On 13 September 1996 Dave and Karen had a son, Owen Williams, nearly 9 pounds and 21 and a half inches.

CHANCELLORSVILLE went to Seattle for SeaFair in August where he saw J o n Reagan, and Rex Mbuthia. Thanks Karen and David.

Greg and Teri Detwiler's wedding

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(fi-ont row It to rt); Jeff Davis, Mark Vannoy, Aaron Benway. (back row It to rt); Andy Schmidt, Brad Olds '85, Bob Perry '72, Curt Mueller Jill are expecting their first child in Febraary. Thanks Drew and Jill.

Lortaine and Kurt Zahnen writes from Spring Valley, CA. Kurt and Lortaine Kurt had their first child on 20 February 1996â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kelly Lauren. Kurt is at VS-41, North Island, and expects to be at his fleet squadron (ES-3s), VQ-5 (North Island) or VQ-6 (Jax), sometime this month. Others at VS-41 are: T.C. Fuller, Doug Phelan, Dave Johnson, Ryan Christopherson, Wil Oliver, Jeff Bernhard, Bob Rosales, Tex Kelly, and Kurt Muller Mike Kozub is at VS-33. Tim Ulmer, Fernando Garcia, and Scott Boedecker are at VS-38. HoUee, Kaytee, and Karl Garcia in Japan at VS-21. Kurt was on a CQ detachment to CONSTELLATION and ran into Matt Arny, Rick Peterson, and Jim McCall. Others in the area are: Dave Morgan and Marc Drobny in LeMoore for F-18s, and Brian O'Leary is fly Hornets in El Toro. Albon Head and Tim Gallagher are at Whidbey for P-3s. Cory Culver is in HSL-45, Karen, Owen, and David Cattler recently engaged Jon Chadwick is with HSL-49, Tom Wypisky writes from CARL VINSON in the and Monty Hasenbank HSL-41. Mark Imblum is Arabian Gulf. Tom is stationed in Hawaii working in San Diego at the CH-46 Fleet Replacement Squadfor CVW-14 staff as an Intel Officer Also on board ron (FRS). Jean and Steve Himelspach are in Jax, VINSON are Brad Maas, Reb Cobb, Britt Bohn, and NC with CH-53S. Quwan Smith finished his SWO Jim Moonier. Brad spent his first six months aboard life and is now in P-Cola for API. Chip DeWalt is as the MWR officer brashing up on his craise diin Hawaii at VP-4. Thanks Kurt. recting skills and then switched to the Ol Division Officer job. After the first half of a split tour on CALIFORNIA, Reb transferted to VINSON as the Deck Division Officer Britt is an Aviation Maintenance Officer for VFA-25. Jim is with VAW-113 Black Eagles out of San Diego. Thanks Tom.

(It to rt): Reb Cobb, Tom Wypiski, Jim Moonier, Brad Maas Jim Sprungle writes form Mayport, Jim is on UNDERWOOD (FFG-36), as the Navigator and Admin Officer He will transfer this month to the Naval Station in Annapolis for general duty. Thanks Jim. Jill and Drew LaMorie write from Norfolk. Drew is the Strike Officer on MONTERY ( C G - 6 1). Drew and

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Kelly and Kurt Zahnen Jennifer and Matt Testerman write from Rota, Spain. Matt is with VQ-2. Also in Rota are Mike Farren, Ken Ferguson, Art Wallace, Shannon and Mark Holzrichter, Rob Atha, and Fran and Todd Dudley. Rob and Todd are working on pilot PQS, while the rest are Nav/Comms on the EP-3E. They are all working hard to keep tabs on the Med. Matt and Jen came back to the states earlier this year and visited with Lortaine and Kurt Zahnen. While in Norfolk, awaiting a space A flight, they ran into Dan Haller. Dan was on his way out sea to fly SH-60s.

Mike Fivas is on MCKINERNEY. Thanks Matt and Jen.

Jen and Matt Testerman in Morocco

(It to rt): Jack VanNatta, Mike Kozub (Best Man), Todd Heyne, Kevin Talbot, Alyssa and Colin Bowser, John Land, Garret Artz.

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Alyssa and Colin Bowser write from Corpus Christi, TX. Colin and Alyssa were mamied on 21 October 1995 at Christ Church Cathedral and had die reception at the Columns Hotel. Colin was a SWO on REID ( F F G - 3 0 ) before making a lateral transfer to Navy pilot. In September Colin ran into Todd Heyne in Phoenix, AZ. Todd is with an E-2 squadron out of Miramar, CA. A couple of weeks prior to that Colin saw Kevin Talbot in Houston. Kevin was visiting his brother before heading to Pearl Harbor on LAKE ERIE as the Navigator In August, Alyssa and Colin had dinner at Jeff and Vee Krause's house in Corpus. Another ex-SWO that joined Colin in flight school was Joel Moss. Thanks Colin and Alyssa.

Colin Smith writes from Bangkok, Thailand.

Colin is the Operations Officer for ' C Company, Marine Security Battalion. His job is to fly to all the detachments in South East Asia and inspect the Marines. So far Colin has been to Jakarta, Indonesia and Kuala, Lumpaur, Malaysia. Before Colin left the Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Pendleton in the July, he ran into Todd Rampey. Todd is at the FRS with the Huey squadron. Also at Camp Pendleton were: Aaron Holland now with the 1 st Maintenance BN as the Engineer Maintenance Company Commander; John Osborne who moved to Miramar to be the Facilities Officer; and Dave Vavasseur as the Communications Officer. George Korol, Kevin Tehan, and J o n Hetland are with the 12th Marines in Okinawa. Scott Conway is with the 1st Landing Support Battalion in Pendleton. Marge Legget is now married and is the Adjutant for 1 st Supply Battalion, and Brian Dwyer is an engineer and company commander in 29 Palms with CSSG 1. Thanks Colin.

That's all for this month. Catch you in JanuaryFebraary. Have a blessed and safe holiday. Vin.

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Drake Henderson, Amy, Cassie, Jim Carroll, Dennis Duckworth.

Traly never thought I'd be doing this, but just got the urge (and Mike Rosenbaum won't retum my phone calls, so I'm telling on him). Besides, I've only got three weeks left aboard San Diego's LAKE CHAMPLAIN (ramor has it we are the wackiest

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Pres: 2Lt. Scott Hornbuckle, USMC Sec'y: Ens. Jim Keck, M C , USNR 11305 Woodson Ave., Kensington, MD 20895 301- 933-7358 Hello, '94! Happy Holidays!! Well, it is that time of year when everybody is busy, and I ara no exception. General Surgery is winding down, and I'm looking forward to a relaxing Christmas break. But for now, I have this overflowing mail bag to sift through, along with a roster of Homecoming sightings to run down. So, sit back, relax, and look for your name in bold!

First up is from Betty Winslow. She reports that Enochia Herring has been reassigned to cryptology and will start CDOC soon in Pensacola. Desa Burton and Lynne Corso were in Sardinia together Jason Gordon was involved in Operation Purple Ribbon. Other news in Jason's life: he asked 2nd Lt. Wendy Taylor to marty him shortly after OPR and then one week later, they got martied! Where are you now, Jason? Congratulations and long life and happiness together.

Elissa Smith with Matt and Amanda Winslow in Bowling Green. OH

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Elissa Smith and Mike Winslow (Semper Fi!) Barbie Delaney is in law school in Pittsburgh.

Elissa Smith is still in Japan stationed aboard BLUE RIDGE. Karyn Sandell is still in Puerto Rico. Brian Clark is in Mayport, FL. Dave Clebnik and Chris Harrell are on GUAM. Mrs. Winslow puts out an APB on the following people: Greg Zettler, Rob Morris, Rob Doherty, Jose Dominguez, and Joe Buck.

Dennis Duckworth makes his first appearance in this article with this letter:

wardroom on the waterfront), have already been relieved, and have to find something to fill the day.

Chris Kelson has spent the past 18 months with me, filling the DCA and 1st LT positions. He just pulled Navigator orders to VANDERGRIFT. Brian Deneve recently reported aboard following a two year vacation in the aviation community and is "simply tickled pink" to be a show. Tom Yamamoto has handed COPELAND over to the Egyptians, and though he has yet to produce orders, has unyielding faith that his detailer will place him in Washington State. If you're going to dream, dream big.

Todd Lyman just showed up in the area. I believe he just decommed the "Mighty" KISKA and is down here for his second DIVO tour. Kendra

"Herbert" Chappell is also in town, bubbling through the days as COMNAVAlRPACs PAO. I just finished playing a round of golf with Mike Hearther and TJ Staffieri. They're both NFO's out here in an S-3 RAG for another six months (at which time they will pretend to work in another squadron elsewhere). Speaking of aviators, Christine Westrich was able to drop by for a little while in between cross-country training flights. She tells me Rob Yarosz is still "suffering" medical limbo in Pensacola ("Please, Bro' Fox, don't throw me in that briar patch") and that she has a good chance at getting Hornets.

The most interesting event was Sean Fahey's wedding to his wonderfully empathic and loving wife, Jen, on the Fourth of July in Annapolis. Drake "Henderpucky" Henderson was able to pull himself away from the community-jumping scam he's been performing for the past two years in order to attend. Tragically, we get the feeling Jim Carroll will be the next to prostrate himself in front of the matrimonial altar with his now-girlfriend, Cassie; but that's pure conjecture. Drake also shows with his primary. Amy, but he's a tad more level-headed (no offense, Jim).

Todd Stinson was the surprise guest-driving from King's Bay. GA, where he is stationed on some random boomer (aren't they all the same?) and not getting along too poorly. If I leave anyone out, please forgive me. I haven't developed my pictures yet and, as with most weddings, the memories aren't as clear as they could be. Also in attendance were Jeff Carpenter (Hooyah), Matt O'Brien (marrying Rose this September), Chris Prouix (with wife, Jen, and (!?)SON(!?),..gads). Brian Laird, Billy Darrenkamp, and Troy Cable (Hooyah cubed) also took time out of their weightlifting schedule to flex on the DC mall.

Why do these letter always read like an essay? I don't talk like this; why write like this? Soon. I am off to join the "Fighting Nukes" of Orlando. I'll be joining Sean Fahey. Pat Donahue, Van Chappell, Nancy Lo, Beth Testa, Eric Riddle, and various others who have temporarily escaped (at a questionable price) the madness of Surface Warfare. On the way, 1 hope to be able to stop into the Jacksonville/Mayport area to visit with Jim Carrol and Bill James. Bill should be retuming from his sixmonth "outing" in September (1 hardly call any underway in which you can pull into Norfolk and take leave to be with your girlfriend a "deployment."

I wish you all well and will see you at the reunion. Did 1 mention Mike Rosenbaum doesn't retum my calls?

Sincerely, (in unrecognizable scribble) Dennis.

Thanks for the long letter Dennis. (And now, thanks to your exhaustiveness, I know have a work

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ing knowledge of typewriter's cramp!) On a private/ personal note, I thought I'd let you know, Dennis, that a friend of yours and Sean Fahey, Michelle Reed, is getting martied this Christmas to a NROTC dude from VA Tech.

I received yet another letter from our hard-working Class Treasurer, Kirk Clermont. He proudly announces that he and his wife Angela are expecting a baby. At the time he put ink to paper to write, his wife is two months along. Kirk lists a number of port calls he's made during his time at sea: Haifa (Israel), Souda Bay (Island of Crete, Greece), Rota (Spain), Toulon (France), La Maddalena (Italy), and Bahrain.

He boasts of being a war hero now that he has three rows of ribbons. Kirk is still in Virginia, and his address is: 3991 -117 Marina Lake Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23452. Kirk, Jessica is doing well and she sends her greetings. Thanks for writing, and stop by when you re-emerge from the deep seas.

Morgan Paul decided to make just a short appearance in this month's issue. She sent along some pictures from Stephanie and Jason Maurer's wedding on 14 September 1996 in Buffalo, NY. Morgan's new address is: USS PORT ROYAL ( C G - 7 3 ) FPO

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Last week I ran into Dave Bartell at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. Dave just got Winged in A-4's out of Meridian and is headed to fly the Prowler out of Whidbey Island. He got married sometime after graduation to the altogether lovely Lisa Bounds, his Firstie girlfriend. They are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jacob Riley, who made his first appearance on 25 April 1996. Dad reports he is "growing like a weed." Private message: "Zoos, call me at VAQ-129."

Well, I managed to make it to this year's Homecoming game and watched Navy put a whoopin' on Duke in a tremendous second half performance which ended with Navy scoring over 60 points. I ran into number of '94 grads, and here's the ran down of those I can remember: Mike Belotti, Karyn Sandell, Clint Moxey, Eric Mitchel, Todd Huber, Tara Caroselli, Rich Weeden (oops, was I not supposed to mention you?). Shannon Guthrie, Adam Kinnear, Dave Gwinn, Morgan Paul, Kelly Shekitka (that's twice now, Kelly!), Dan Sameit, Megan Merrimann, Alan Gregynolds, Leah Nelson, Gary Devinger, Greg Wise, Neil Rappaway, and some dude in a "White Trash" ball cap who wants to remain anonymous. Oh, and Brent Gaut and I had the opportunity to reminiscence about

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our days as 3/C Squad Leaders during Summer Seminar, and the time I tied him into a pretzel in front of all those high schoolers. Good to see you again.

Brent.

I got an e-mail message from Mark Perrault the other week. He's got a place down in Texas with his lovely bride. I also got an e-mail message from Eric Lednicky, but all this will follow in the next article.

Feel free to take a ride on the information highway and e-mail me with your news. My e-mail address is listed at the top of the article.

Well, thanks for making this article number one again, '94. If you keep writing, I wtil keep publishing 'em. By the way, are there any '94's out there who was motivated enough (or just plain crazy enough!) to run the Marine Corps Marathon in October of 1996? Write me and let me know. If you have any pictures, please send 'em my way.

Groomsmen: Chris Kuzniewski, Bill Mann, Jim Keck, Brian Mecklenberg Have a great holiday season, and blessings to you and yours for a safe and prosperous New Year, I look forward to hearing from you all during 1997. Take care and God bless. C-ya...Jim.

Get the News while it is "hot."

Find out how in "All Hands" in this issue!

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Pres: John Fleet Sec'y: ENS Don Jamiola, USN 5525 Dogwood Drive, Milton, FL 32570 (H) 904-626-4281 The Navy Public Affairs Center has sent some articles on some SWO Classmates. Countering the threat of mine warfare for '95 are Don George, supply officer on HERON, Dave Richardson, the combat information center officer on CHIEF, and Tony Gonzalez, the first lieutenant on DEFENDER. RIMPAC 96, one of the world's largest Naval exercises, was held off the coast of Hawaii for three months, and included Canada, Australia, Japan, Chile, and Republic of Korea. Taking part were Blanca Shaeffer, a division officer on ESSEX, Dennis Farrell, the communications officer on ANTIETAM, and Brian Beaudoin, the auxiliaries officer on RAINIER. Recent grads of the Communications Officer Course at Naval C o m m u n i c a t i o n s School include Harold Blackmon, Peter Blake, and Christy Goode. Chris Hart had completed the Combat Engineer Officer Course at Marine Corps Engineer School. Luis Zamaripa, Kelly Hanrahan, and Jon Haynes have finished the Marine Corps' Adjutant Course. Dave Maruna, Keith Burney, and Quinn Fionda recentiy completed the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training in San Diego.

Layne McDowell gave a call from Meridian.

Since his last letter, Layne wants to let everyone know Scott Hochwald and Steve Lewis are doing the T-2 deal and are in Layne's squadron, VT-23.

Also, an interesting letter from Chris Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he and Bill Sena are aboard MCCLUSKY. They are shifting homeports to San Diego, and saying good-bye to Japan. Chris says Jason Williscroft martied a fine Canadian lady named Wanda on 1 September Chris was the only Classmate on RODNEY M . DAVIS that day, Don Savage having to bow out that day. Chris says he and his pipe have been all over the place, from the Bridge over the River Kwei to the summit of Mt. Fuji. Bill Miskelly is doing well on THACH, and is keeping tabs on Ed Galloway and Baldo Garcia. Chris also just missed seeing Steve Shedd, as O'BRIEN just left for the Gulf. Chris closes with a jealous "...all you Aviator creeps need to enjoy the shore time while you have it." Ouch! There has been an influx of SWO letters this month, and one even wams against the '95 column slowly becoming Aviators' Monthly. I just hope none of those letters get lost in the mail.

Jon Bingham writes from classes in Hershey, PA. He's in his second year of Med School at Penn State.

During his TAD at Naval Aerospace Medicine Research Labs in P-cola, Jon lived with Mike O'Hara and Jim Bates, who are now with VT-86, and Paul Hockran and Kevin Gordon, both in San Antonio.

Jim got F-14's. Jon enjoyed living with fellow rowers, and Mike's dog Jake. Working with Jon were Bob Goodwin, and former CDR turned Ensign Bob Layrs '79. Mike Spooner joined all in many rounds of golf. While in P-cola, Jon enjoyed seeing many 17th Co. mates, such as Ray Santacruz (NFO), Jon Jagielski (NFO), Garrett Campbell (NFO in Virginia for E-2's), Matt Piorkowski (NFO in San Antonio), Brian Fitting (pilot at Whiting), and Basil Blastos (pilot at Whiting). Jon also ran into Arvis Owens. After this TAD, Jon headed to Atlanta for some Olympic games. Jon, Bob, Mike Spooner, Mike O'Hara, Bill Conner, and Erik Kristensen all saw the rowing events at Lake Lanier, and could say they knew the course as they spent Spring Break of Firstie year there training. Jon attended the wed-

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L to R: Matt Drag, Amy and Brian Nowak, and Mau Gille

Mini 17th Company reunion. Class of 1995 ding of Kedric Webster to Tina Menefee. Kedric is a med student at Bethesda. The wedding was at Tuskegee, Alabama, and included Hugh Danier, Errol Campbell, Lamont Gourdine (best man), Alvin Payne, Stephanie Mitchell-Smith, Doug and Sonja Lemott, and Art Brown. Thanks Jon and good luck to all.

That's all for now. Give a couple cheers for beating Air Force. Later, Don.

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L to R: Matt Gille, Amy's brother Brian. Brian Nowak, Matt Drag, Mark Ehmann and Chris Georgi

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Pres: ENS Bart Phillips 1847 Lindamoor Drive Annapolis, MD 21401 phillipb@arctic.nadn.navy.mil Sec'y: 2LT Tonya Barz, USMC 516-11-9838 Co. D, The Basic School, MCCDC Quantico, VA 22134 Happy Holidays, 96! Let me share some of the latest and greatest stories of our mighty Class.

First, more wedding congratulations goes out to Antoinette (Maginnis) and Wes McCann who were married on 25 May in Crownsville, MD. Another new couple is Amy and Brian Nowak. They were martied on 27 July in Richland, MIâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the hometown of Brian's bride. Matt Drag, who was the matchmaker of the couple at the Valentine's Ball 2/C year, served as Brian's best man. Matt Drag, Matt Gille, Mark Ehmann, Chris Georgi, and Amy's brother were Brian's groomsmen. Bill Marks and Russ Herrell helped complete the sword arch. The Nowaks have reported to Orlando, where Brian attends Nuclear Power School. Still another sharing of vows took place uniting Gina (Foltz) and Les Payton in Ravenswood, WV on 12 October In the outdoor ceremony, dedicated to the memory of Robin Sue Pegram, Naomi Jackson was the maid of honor and Kirk Nelson, the best man. Bridesmaids were Melissa Lawrence and Jennifer Tica. and Groomsmen were Russ Herrell, Matt Gille, and Jason Winn. A unique touch to the wedding was the "Call for Rings" in which the rings were brought forth

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under the guard of Mameluke-bearing 2LT's Anthony Baggs, Jen Goddard, Stacey Haynes, and David Mueller. Many more grads were in attendance including Alicia Chiaramonte, Bill Marks, and Chris Georgiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who served in the sword arch. Best wishes to all of the newly weds and thank you to Chris Georgi for supplying all the info!

L to R: Andrew Armbrister, Chris Georgi, Bill Marks, Jason Winn, Kirk Nelson, Les Payton, Russ Herrell, Matt Gille, Dave Mueller

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Pensacola: '96er's gather to watch Boston College game More updates from Chris, who is currently in Georgetown working on his Masters and heading to TBS upon completion, included word on the 11th Company "wartiors." Mike Hough is down at Nuke School and doing fine, Mike O'Donnell is almost done with API, and Nick Brandt, Russ Herrell, and Ramon Vasquez are still waiting to start down in Pensacola. Kevin Watkins (working TAD in the Aero Dept) and Bill Marks (TAD at the Pentagon) head down in November Joel Metzger is busy in medical school and working on his house in Brookville, MD. He and his wife Elisa, married in June in NC, are expecting their first child. Congratulations!

News arrived from 2LT Mike Sabol, USA, who eamed his jump wings at Fort Benning and is headed to Infantry Mortarman Leaders Course (IMLC), Infantry Officer Basic Course (lOBC), and Ranger School. He will also attend Bradley's Leader Course before heading overseas to Germany, where he will most likely be headed for a Mechanized Infantry unit.

Dan Park went to Air Assault School at Fort Campbell with his father, who is a First Sergeant with the 101st Airbome. Dan's been working with the S-3 over at OCS and will be attending IMLC and lOBC with Mike. The final army Classmate is Larry Edell who is stationed at Fort Gordon, GA attending Signal Corps Officer Basic Course (SCOBC). Though Mike claims that Larry's "party lifestyle and non-combat arm branch" seem to be taking a toll on his life (hmmm...), he will head to Germany upon completion of his school. Thanks for the update, Mike.

Josh Jacobson, one of our Aviators-to-be, jotted me a line to catch us up on the happenings down in Pensacola. Jamie Chitko, Ryan Dunn, and Rob Gomez were the proud hosts of a party to support our team during the Boston College game and are headed to Atlanta for the Georgia Tech game as well.

Furthermore, at the time of Josh's writing, about twenty '96er's had finished API and were headed for ground school. Though a few were assigned jobs to occupy their time between schools, the remainder were obligated to spend the 8-10 days at the beach and mastering Sony Playstation. Overall, Josh claims all is well down there, and they look forward to the arrival of the rest of the Aviation selectees.

News from SWOS comes from Christie Patterson, currently up in Newport. The first set of grads completed Core Phase I, and everyone passed all the testsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to include the "mando commandos" (those on mandatory study). Curtentiy, this group attends Core Phase II, the basic engineering phase.

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graduates on 15 Nov. and then heads to follow-on schools to go through Dec. or Jan. The first of our Class will hit the Fleet on 13 Dec. The next set began Phase I in late Sept. Those graduating from USNA in Aug will begin SWOS in November There has also been ramor that some of our Classmates have lost their selected ship assignments due to a miscount. Let's hope not! In the casual arena, every Friday hosts a party and even our own, Jason Nunez, won a party at a local club through a radio station.

Further info from Christie regards the group from 23rd. Andrew Hurst, Rich Whitlock, Brian

Giracca, and Chris Roberto are reported to have been studying hard down at Nuke School and celebrated the 4th of July by taking a ten minute study break to watch thefireworks(earning that $$$, huh?).

Good luck, guys!

Word from the mighty TBS comes as D Co. has become senior company on deck and has completed the 5-day "D Week" (week in the defense) of day platoon reinforced attacks, night ambushes and attacks, and, of course, night defense of a dug in perimeter Mother Nature even cooperated for this field evolution in not blessing us with the tropical storms that she has in the past! We did not know what to do with ourselves! E Co. has completed their 20 mile hike, and F Co. is done with the range. D Co. celebrated its Mess Night in October, and all Companies were proud and excited to partake in the Marine Corps Ball in DC on 1 Nov.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;to celebrate die birthday of our beloved Corps and those that have served so honorably before us.

Homecoming in Annapolis was greeted not only by a great victory over Duke but also by a good tumout of Classmates to share in the festivities. Mike York, Bart Phillips, Lucas Dabney and Mike Meydenbauer coordinated the tailgater under the '96 banner Faces arrived from all places to include Quantico, Annapolis, DC, Newport. The next big festivities, of course, will be Army/Navy. Hope everyone who can will be in the stands in Philadelphia in December! After we win, be sure to have one for those of us that will be doing some "Urban Pattolling" evolutions in Quantico and won't be able to share in the celebration. We'll be thinking of you!

Happy holidays to all of '96, and here's to the new year and new opportunities to serve and succeed in our disciplines. It was a great year, '96...Tonya

L to R: Mike York, Bart Phillips, Lucas Dabney, and Mike Meydenbauer Shipmate, December 1996

Chapter News ALABAMA Alabama Chapter T. Morris Hackney '53 40 Countiy Club Road Birmingham, AL 35213-3625 H: 205-871-7940; W: 205-870-5563

Huntsville Chapter LCDR Joel M. Anderson, USNRR '81 201 Water Hill Road D-13 Madison, AL 35758 H: 205-461-0461 Eleven members attended the October luncheon meeting on the second Thursday at the Fogcutter restaurant. One new member joined at this meeting.

Hugh Hyde '61, is Vice President, Operations of SSI, out of Carlsbad, Califomia, now working at NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center Other attendees were: Bob Brown '49, Jerry Branum '69, TomColman '56, TomHartline '81, Ed Jackson '58, Al Morris '50, Mike Stroop '54, Frank Tatom '56, Tony Torraella '51, and Richard Taylor '68.

Major discussion items included the annual Chapter picnic at the Redstone Arsenal and Tom Hartline telling about the plans for the Georgia Tech and Army/Navy football games. The picnic included catered barbecue and spotlighted the Hartline triplets.

Those attending were: Betsy and Tom Colman '56, Mary and Tom Hartline '81, Annabel and Al Morris '50, Pat and John Snyder '47, Anne and Mike Stroop '54, Frank Tatom '56 and his guest for the day, Sara and Tony Torruella '51, and Hector Negroni '61, USAFA. There will be no regular December meeting, but lunch with the area Midshipmen will be held the day after Christmas. A winter dinner will be held in the Feb/March time frame with spouses, widows and guests. The lunch chatter ranged from Alumni House activities, and various military assignments to sailing on Lake Guntersville.

Ed Jackson AHAAPREZ@aol.com Ed Jackson '58

ARIZONA Arizona Chapter CAPT Dennis M. McComb, USNRR (Ret.) '65 1146 E Village Circle Drive N Phoenix, AZ 85022 H: 602-863-6313; W: 602-840-4300; F: 602-863-7655

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the links and at the following dinner This year saw one of our largest teams ever, playing for Navy were: Brace Dolph '56, Mel Klien '56, Bob Thomas '41, Wiley Conover '41, Kim Bassett '53, Pat Flynn '53, John Almeida '77, Ted Mundorf '76, Norm Campbell '44, Dick Gardiner '47, Dick Wisenbaker '59, Chuck Larson '51, Art Vamum '40, Dick Radecki '59, Tom Osseck '77, Jim Thorton '63, John Mavar '72 and Jim Pearly '67.

151st Birthday Ball Celebration for Chapter The LA Chapter celebrated the USNA's 151st birthday in style at the classy Nieuport 17 in Tustin.

The official birthday cake was cut by our oldest attending Alumnus, Mort Richardson '50 and our youngest attending Alumnus Mike Wray '85. The cutting was accomplished with the Navy sword of Steve Andres '67 and the Marine sword of Dave Wilshin '64. Other Chapter members attending with their spouse or favorite partner were: Danny Musselman '60, Jim Cavanaugh '61, Hank Salerno '64, Lee Cohen '82, Joe Keeley '59, and Bob Shaidnagle '53.

November Business Luncheon BGEN Charlie Bolden '68 was the key speaker at the November Business luncheon at the MCAS Officers Club. The luncheon served as the Chapters early celebration of the 221st birthday of the US Marine Corps. The traditional cutting of the birthday cake and the Commandant's message was highlighted by General Bolden's speech.

Membership Drive In another few weeks you will be receiving your invoice for the 1997 Membership year. Make sure you update any pertinent information on the backside of the form. More importantly, if you know someone in our Chapter area who is not a member pass along the membership info to them or tell them to contact Hank Salerno '64 to receive a membership packet. Hank can be reached at 714-953-8681 during the day and at 714-637-1567 in the evenings.

Upcoming Events Check the Chapter Newsletter and Gouge for specific dates on these upcoming events. We'll get the dates and locations out to you as soon as possible and through as many sources as we can.

December 20 Dec Navy Blue and Gold Ball January 14 Jan Business Luncheon MCAS El Toro 15 Jan Chapter Board Meeting

San Fransisco Chapter CAPT Thomas G. Lozier, SC, USNR '74 2614 Derby Drive San Ramon, CA 94583-4311 H: 510-866-8299; W: 510-887-7333

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Monterey Bay Chapter

Daniel Musselman, Jr. '60 1701 East Hilltop Drive Orange, CA 92665 H: 714-637-8223; W: 714-283-3534; F: 714-283-5642 Army/Navy Fall Golf Tournament Results On October 10 Navy met Army at the Los Alimitos golf course for the annual Fall Golf Tournament.

Unfortunately, Army won with a score of 43 to 35.

None the less everyone enjoyed themselves out on

CDR John J. Branson, Jr., USN (ReL) '50 1281 Sylvan Road Monterey, CA 93940-4942 H: 408-375-8603

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Sacramento Chapter CAPT John B. Haynes, USNR (Ret) '55 132 Oak Canyon Way Folsom,CA 95630-1850 H: 916-989-2947; W: 916-988-2547 Sacramento Chapter Twenty-nine members and guests met on Thursday, 3 October for the first "store-boughten" meal in three months. Extremely enjoyable and successful pot-luck picnics had been hosted in August and September by Connie and Dave McKie '66 and Pat and Jack Everett '64, with excellent, enthusiastic attendance. In attendance for the October meeting at the Palomino Room were Larry ("If-you-want-me-to shut-up-put-me-in-the-ground") Pierce '38, Jeanne and Don ("Refuse-to-age") Bruce '40, Cay and Joe ("I'll-always-lend-a-hand") Drachnik '43, Bill Goode '43, T\irner Joy '47, Betty and Bill Spencer '47, Tom ("Senior-Ensign") Hartigan '43 and his guest Pat Guyer (the perennial gracious Navy-Army game hostess), Barry Whittlesy '49, Joyce and John Haynes '55, Tom Langley '56, John Lally '56, Robert W. Johnston '57, Bruce ("Gimme-a-bikeand-I'll-conquer-the-world") Friederich '57, Bob Grubb '61, Corky Guenter '61, Jack ("WoridWide-Wrestling-Official") Everett '64, Steve Berg '66, Terry ("How-do-you-feel-about-that") Brown '67, John Adams '69, Lou ("I-climb-that-rock'cause-it's-there") Fifer '72, Larry Smith (USMA), speaker Al Shook and Rita and RADM Jim McHugh (Penn), Ret. A slightly slimmer and much better conditioned Bruce Friederich reported in from a 9-1/2 week Washington-to-Pennsylvania bikeride,during which he put no less than 3,600 miles on his muscle-powered twowheeler We marveled not only at his stamina (incidentally, this was the second time he's participated in this brand of madness), but also his fortitude and planning that enabled him to put life on hold while he pedaled after his dream.

Larry Smith, in his 8th year as president of the Sacramento West Point Society, invited (challenged?) our membership to join the Woops for the annual televised broadcast of the game at a local sports bar.

After a vote at the next meeting, he will be advised of our intentions.

Our Chapter will host a candidate night at the USCG hangar, McClellan AFB, 26 November We expect 200 attendees from a 100-mile radius.

CAPT John Burrill '38, SC, USN (Ret.) was remembered after a memorial service attended by and participated in by Chapter members in August. John was a founding member of our Chapter, a regular contributor to history and humor, and a willing and tireless worker. He was a good friend to many, admired by all, and will be sorely missed.

Bob Grubb provided us with a nostalgic, moving nartative of the 35th Reunion for his Class of '61.

The weather was perfect, the city beautiful, leaves slightly tumed; young people were jogging and the Mids were friendly, intelligent, refreshing. Marching wasn't quite up to '60's-era standards.

Larry Pierce '38 attended his World War II squadron reunion in the south and the group decided to meet annually henceforth. He also indicated that his Class sponsored a leadership foram attended also by West Point and Coast Guard representatives. He ended by reminding us of our obligation to speak out for what's right and illuminate the rest of the people.

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Al Shook, our speaker, enchanted us for 30 minutes with tales of his govemment service wearing many hats. He served with the Army in Veit Nam and complimented us on the great meal, adding "We were used to eating out of cans..." He told of his misadventures in a mission delivery submarine where, at 6'3" and 250 pounds, he suffered a number of forehead lacerations. In describing his career(s), he pointed out that—after serving 20 years in the Army—he went into the loan business, followed by a personnel placement agency. "I was kicked out of Grant High here in Sacramento, went from war monger to loan shark to head-hunter: perfect training for the Post Office Department." I have known Al personally for the past 8-10 years as the philatelic expert at the main post office branch here in town, where he always stood out among his peers.

(It has been said that post office personnel attend the same "charm school" as prison guards...). He pointed out that stamp collectors help keep the USPS out of debt "some of the time." At the end of his presentation—which included a humorous accounting of the history of Sacramento postal history—Al received a well-deserved boisterous ovation.

Jan '97 Lunch The Chapter luncheon in January will be held at the convention center during the AFCEA/ USNI conference (Wed. Jan 22, 1997). We are scheduled to hear ADM Prueher, CINC Pacific Cmd. If you sign up for the lunch, you automatically sign-up for the conference. The cost is $35. If you would like a ticket contact Jeff Clough at 619-279-USNA. Looking Back In October over 80 Alumni were able to meet and hear from RADM Ron Marryott, the new CEO and President of the Alumni Association. Ron gave us a very good update on the status of Alumni House and also an update on the happenings at the yard. We appreciated the visit Ron, and look forward to working with you in the future.

At the September lunch we welcomed as our speaker. Vice Admiral Brent Bennitt '64, COMNAVAIRPAC, who gave us a very detailed, informative, and interesting brief about the various elements of his command in the Pacific. Thanks Admiral!

San Diego/Coronado Chapter

CDR William J. Stewart, USNR (Ret.) '63 1617 Las Canoas Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 H: 805-962-0703; W: 805-963-9151

LCDR Michael S. Midgley, USNR '85 13295 Kibbings Road San Diego, CA 92130 H: 619-792-9196; W: 619-463-USNA E-Mail: MSMidgley@aol.com Message Phone: 6I9-279-USNA Intemet Homepage: http://www.sandiegoonIine.com/aIumni/ Chapter Homepage http://www.sandiego-online.com/aIumni/ We encourage everyone to check it out. Through the homepage, you can sign up and renew your membership, make reservations for lunches and other special events, read the newsletter and much more.

Army-Navy Game Party- 0830, 07 Dec 1996 Don't miss the biggest event of the year! We will hold our annual Army-Navy Game party at Trophys Sports Bar in La Jolla (Costa Verde Center-across UTC on Genesee) on Saturday moming, the 7th of December 1996. Cost is $16 and includes a breakfast buffet of scrambled eggs, French toast, bacon and sausage, fresh frait and danish. Coffee, tea, and soft drinks are also included. There will be a no-host bar featuring all popular draft, bottled, and imported beers, wine, and well drinks. In addition to a large wide screen TV, there will be 20 televisions throughout the restaurant for your viewing pleasure. Last year's event at Elarios was a huge success with over 230 people in attendance including over 40 West Point alums. This year's event will also be with our fellow West Point alumni. We almost reached full capacity last year and expect the same this year, so get your reservation and payment in as soon as you can. Send reservations and money to: Jeff Clough at 5380 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Ste 203, San Diego, CA92117. Reservations must be received by 27 Nov 96. Questions, contact Chris Rubin at 619-695-1622 or e-mail Chrisrabin@aol.com.

New and Improved Business Networking Forum Our business networking forams are held on the second Friday of every month at the Marie Callender's Restaurant on Miramar Road (Miramar Road and 1-15). We now join forces with the San Diego West Point alumni who are eager to shares ideas with us. There is no need to make reservations, but do check the 279-USNA number for any possible changes. There is a charge of $5.50, which covers juice, coffee, muffins and frait. Please bring exact change (cash-no checks).

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Santa Barbara Chapter

COLORADO Colorado Chapter David M. Govan '53 1607 Lakeshore Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525-2420 H: 970-223-6104; W: 970-226-1262

CONNECTICUT Connecticut Chapter CDR Greg R. GuUette, USN '77 86 Pond View Circle Guilford, CT 06437-1245 H: 203-457-0220; W: 203-386-5710

COSTA RICA Costa Rica Chapter Claudio Pacheco '64 PO Box 4307-1000 San Jose, Costa Rica W: 011-506-224-43-25; F: 011-506-224-20-17 E-mail: ctvsa@sol.racsa.co.cr

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Palm Beach Chapter Lt Col Kenneth J. Duckworth, USAFR '62 5201 SW 163rd Ave Davie, FL 33331 H: 305-434-6634; W: 305-558-5300

Southeast Florida Chapter Lt Col Kenneth J. Duckworth, USAFR '62 5201 SW 163rd Ave Davie, FL 33331 H: 305-434-6634; W: 305-558-5300

Pensacola Chapter LCDR James R. Knight, USNR (Ret.) '76 4465 Madura Road GulfBreeze,FL 32561 H: 904-932-1147; W: 904-479-1183 The Pensacola Chapter met on 25 September to hear Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Jack Sheehan '52. He gave a frank and straight forward brief on what was happening with the Association and the Academy. All indications are that morale is at an all time high and everybody is absolutely tickled pink. Most junior present was Angela Brady '83, most senior. Jack Monroe '27. I promised I would not mention the largest Class in attendance but, since Jack is from '52, they made a fine showing in his honor. Of note, another member of '52, Bill Campbell was elected to the Santa Rosa County Commission beating a 12 year incumbent.

On 9 October, we had a joint meeting with the Goshawk Squadron of ANA to hear Bartett Tillman.

The setting was the Atrium of the National Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola. The evening event was well attended. Many are members of both groups. Mr Tillman spoke on "Where are All the Leaders?" He said the first duty of an officer is to take care of his people. We said "Amen." Once upon a time there was a farmer that planted this seed. He didn't know what kind of seed it was but, thought he was doing the right thing. I wonder what is going to grow out of that seed?

We hope to have Congressman Joe Scarborough for lunch on 7 November He was one of 37 trae patriots to vote no on the disgraceful Omnibus Spending Bill.

The Army-Navy Party will be at Angus Steak House on Scenic Highway. The start time in the Central time zone is 1100.

The weather in Northwest Florida during October has been more than beautiful. No rain, no humidity, highs in the 70's and low's in the 50's or 60's.

I learned this as an axiom in math: if Navy beats Air Force and Air Force beats Notre DametiienNavy beats Notre Dame and Army and wins the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.

Beat Army, JR

Jacksonville Chapter RADM Robert W. Graham, USNR (Ret.) '34 10113 Whippoorwill Lane #1504 Jacksonville, FL 32256-7174 H: 904-642-1255

Space Coast Chapter CDR James H. Carrington, Jr., USN (Ret.) 'S3 262 Sand Pine Road Indialantic, FL 32903-2116 H: 407-777-3318

Orlando Chapter CDR Donald E. Smith, USN (Ret.) '68 438 River Drive Debany,FL 32713 H: 407-668-2030

Suncoast Chapter (Zips 33571-73; 339; 342) LCDR Susan R. Welch, USN '80 5310 Fox wood Drive Sarasota, FL 34232-5612 H: 813-923-2771; W: 813-923-2771

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Tampa Bay Chapter Col Walter Havenstein, USMCR '71 10520 Vonn Road Largo, FL 34644 H; 813-593-3227 The Chapter celebrated Octoberfest on 16 October at the MacDill AFB Officers Club. In addition to a splendid German buffet the meeting featured an address by BGen Tom Draude '62, USMC (Ret.) now the Senior Vice President and General Manager of USAA Insurance for the Southeastem Region.

General Draude's topic was "Women in Combat"â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a subject to which he brings being unsurpassed authority based his tiiree tours as an infantry officer in Vietnam, his experience as the Assistant Division Commander of the 1 st Marine Division during Desert Shield/Storm, his membership on the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces, and not least of all on his martiage to his wife Sandi a former Marine officer! In concluding his talk he switched hats and provided the Chapter with an update on USAA which contained quite a bit of new information for people like your cortespondent who seldom read anything but the bills from that fine organization. Many thanks to BGen Draude.

We also had a short pitch from Carl Gaines '68, the local Blue and Gold Officer, who could use some help in getting the (right) word out about Navy. If you have the time or can make it, please give Carl a call at 813-963-3291. As usual we owe our appreciation to Mac Clark '71 for both the Octoberfest idea and the hard work that made it happen.

Attending Octoberfest were: Sherman Alexander '56; Andy Andrews '74;MikeBordy '65; Jay Brown '62; John Butler ' 6 1 ; Mac Clark ' 7 1 ; Don Coughlin '62; Tom Dabney '36; R. T. Davis ' 6 1 ; Don Dvomik '59; J. D. Everett '55; Mac Fossett '58; Kathi Frost '84; Mark Frost '82; Carl Gaines '68; Jack Gantiey '69; Eric Gardner '76; Chuck Greenwood '50; Walt Havenstein ' 7 1 ; Bob Hayes '45; Kerry Kersey '75; Mark Krivonak '71; Pete Leniart '66; Mel; Long ' 6 1 ; Kent McKnight '54; Jerty O'Donnell '69; Hugh Palmer '58; Dave Pine '82; Gary Polansky '69; John Sarao '76; Hugo Schmidt '42; Terry Silva '73; Mike Smith '66; Fred Spence '72; Jeff Tomeo '80; Evan Traax '53; and Dan Wehrle '75.

Plan on attending the "Febraary Fiesta" on 5 Febraary at the MacDill AFB Officers Club. Our featured speaker will the RADM Ronald F. Marryott, USN (Ret.) the President of the Alumni Association.

See you there.

Buck Collins '71

GEORGIA Atlanta Chapter CAPT Paul D. Hurst, USN (Ret.) '62 1505 Dansford Court Marietta, GA 30062 H: 770-509-7300 Time continues to fly here in the South as we enjoy a magnificent "Indian Summer" The football team is curtentiy 5-1 and by the time this reaches you in print we will be celebrating the long awaited victory over the Woops.

In the meantime, we continue to enjoy many local events, including our usual monthly luncheons. On 19 October we had our standard, third Friday of the month get together with the following in attendance: Cary Hall '40, Paul Smith '42, George Gerdes '42, Charles Hill ' 4 2 , Jack Cumberland ' 4 4 , Paul Cratchfield '44, Dick Clary '45, Jim Ravenel '45, Jim Hatch '47, Duff Young '49, John Stark ' 5 1 . Stan Anderson ' 5 1 , Gil McCuUen '53, Walt Coakley '54, Wayne Wills '56. Alan Miller ' 6 1 , Carl McCallum '60, Dick Fitzgerald '62, Paul Hurst '62, Mike

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Donohoo '65, "Cm" Wood '65, Bob Bush '65, Will Wood '66, Jim Slemenda '66, Peter Dabbieri '67, Jeff Johnson '67, Marc Fartis '70, Robert Schultz ' 7 1 , Steve Frederick '72, Jim Murphy ' 7 3 , Dirk Mosis '73, Larry Tumer '74, Gehrig Wiles '74, Pies Brace '77, Jeff Jones '77, Tom Hamilton '78, Alan Kowadla '78, Shaun Bradley '78, Paul Wright '79, Woody Wilson '84, Manny Garcia '84, Mark Edson '84, Chuck Bagwell '84, Jim Coe '86, Joe Wallis '86, David Fennell '87, Mary Mcelroy '87, Mark Dixon '90, David Alexander (Associate Member), Dee Fitzgerald (wife of Dick '62), Shea Mackenzie ("CM" Wood's fiance), and Bob McGinnis (guest).

Wayne Wills, Woody Wilson, Dick Fitzgerald and his wife, Paul Crutchfield, Jim Coe, David Fennell, Joe Wallis, Mary McElroy, Jeff Johnson, and George Gerdes were in attendance for the first time and it was great to have them.

Bob McGinnis was a guest who came to invite us to hear RADM James R. Stark '65 speak locally on the Defense Strategy in the 21st Century on 15 November.

That speaking engagement will occur on the same day as our monthly luncheon in November and will precede the NAVY/Ga Tech tailgate party and game by a week. Artangements are curtentiy being made for our Christmas time Alumni Chapter get together and soon we will be hearing about the local Service Academy Christmas Dinner Dance, a formal event sponsored by the local Service Academy Parent's Clubs for cadets. Midshipmen and Alums.

As usual, the activity level is high. Unfortunately, this foram and the requisite long lead times associated with the article submissions make it difficult to get the word out in any timely fashion. But suffice it to say, there always seems to be something going on here in Atlanta. With that in mind, if you are going to be in the area at any time in the future, give us a call and see what is going to be happening during your visit. You can count on the monthly luncheon occurring on the third Friday of the month at Paisano's, 1/4 mile north of 1-285 on Roswell Road in the K-Mart shopping center (on the east side of Roswell). We would like to have you as a guest at one of those luncheons or at any other local event.

See you there.

Steve Frederick '72

GUAM Guam Chapter LCDR Noel M. Enriquez, USNR '84 Box 26849, GMF Bartigada, Guam 96921-6849 H: 011 -671 -477-4382; W: 011 -671 -647-9629 F: 011-671-649-8770

HAWAII Hawaii Chapter CAPT Harvey Gray, Jr., USN (Ret.) '52 1117 Akumu Street Kailua, HI 96734-4012 H: 808-261-9722; W: 808-423-1341

From our family to your family,

Happy Holidays au\d a Happy Ncw^ Ycao*!!

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ILLINOIS Chicago Chapter CAPT C.S. Bradley, USN (ReL) '48 403 E Westminster Road Lake Forest, IL 60045-2267 H: 708-295-5269; W: 708-405-7356 If you get this issue in time, drop everything right now and come on down to the Chicago Navy-Army game. Saturday, 7 December Possibly the largest gathering anywhere of Navy-Army folks outside of the game itself. Call Tim Bradley '48 or John Howland '64 for last minute details.

No monthly breakfast in December We'll take a break due to the holidays. The next fourth Thursday will be 23 January 1997. Start the new year right and join your fellow Chicago Chapter members and other Alumni on that date at the Midland Hotel for just 5 minutes or the full hour and a half from 0700 to 0830.

Navy football picks up another big fan. John Callaway, one of the very best known and widely admired television personalities (PBS) in Chicago for many, many years, titled his column in the October issue of Eleven magazine, "Go, Navy!" A few excerpts follow.

I'm a Navy fan. "A what?" you may ask incredulously. "A Navy fan?" ...My biggest thrill in recent years has been Navy's superbfirst-halfperformances against Notre Dame. The fact that the Middies can't hang in to beat the Irish doesn't diminish my affection for Navy. After all, I was there in 1963 when AllAmerican quarterback Roger Staubach led Navy to a 35-14 win over Notre Dame [Secretary's Noteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Class of '64 being the last Class to beat ND, a dubious distinction which we would be pleased to pass on]...

My love affair with the Naval Academy and Navy football started in 1944, when, as an 8-year-old lad in New Martinsville, West Virginia, I listened on the radio to my first Army-Navy game... .. .cheering for Navy on November 2 when they play Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland, and when they take on Army 7 December at Philadelphia... If Northwestern can go from the basement to near the top, maybe there's still hope for my beloved Middies. Go, Navy!

More big dates coming up!

The first event of the new year will be over lunch on 16 January (Thursday) with a get-acquainted visit to our Chapter by the new president and CEO of the Alumni Association, RADM Ronald F. Marryott '57. Watch the Chapter newsletter for location, time and other details.

The second major Chapter event for 1997 will be on 7 Febraary (Friday). The Chapter will get a special tour of the U-505 (includes dinner). Chicago's internationally known Museum of Science and Industry will be restoring and significantiy enhancing their U-505 exhibit in the next couple of years. This German submarine captured in 1945 was the first warship captured at sea by the Navy since the War of 1812.

The evening with Bob Timberg '64, author of The Nightingale's Song, on Saturday, 12 October, was one of the all-time great Chicago Chapter events.

Full details plus photos in the next issue of Shipmate.

At our regular monthly breakfast on 26 September, the Chapter put on a special program. Our speaker was J. Patrick Donovan, a Chicago attomey specializing in defending aviation-related law suits.

His background for his career included being a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam. And, indeed, that was his topic. The attendees at the breakfast relived, through Pat's eyes, many amazing episodes and incidents during a period of time that tumed out to be the peak of Vietnam. As a result. Mr Donovan be-

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came one of the most highly decorated Marines of the entire conflict.

This fascinating program may be repeated in the second quarter of 1997 at a Chapter luncheon so that more of our members will have a chance to hear and meet this remarkable Marine. On hand for the breakfast were John Sivright '50; Art Baker '60; Walt Land '60; Daryl Rabert '63; John Howland '64; Roland Marqins '64; Mike Moran '72 and his guest Dr John Gocke; Larry Olson '74; Fred Weber '75; Brian Corcoran '83; Paul Jenkins '85; Tom Smith '85 with two of his brothers, Charlie and Justin; Rob Gilmer '86 and Mitch Mariotti '86. Tom Smith made the artangements for this memorable occasion and we were joined by Pat's wife, Beba.

John G.B. Howland '64 MoneyMinds@aol.com W&F: 847-998-6688

Upcoming speakers for the Chapter's monthly luncheons will be Men's Head Basketball Coach Don Devoe (13 November), and die new President and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association, RADM Ronald F. Marryott '57 (8 January 1997). Additionally, the Chapter will hold its Annual Christmas Party at the Alumni House on Wednesday, 11 December from 1800-2000. Hope to see you at all tiie Chapter's events!

GO NAVY!!! BEAT ARMY!! I

MICHIGAN Baltimore Chapter LCDR Steve G. Young, USNR '84 c/o Legg Mason 600 Washington Avenue #200 Towson, MD 21204 W: 410-821-7700

INDIANA Indianapolis Chapter LT Thomas M. Ryan, USNR (ReL) '80 617 Ramblin Wood Greenwood, IN 46142 H: 317-889-1103;W: 317-230-2787

KENTUCKY (SEE ALSO OHIO) Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Richard E. Gordon '74 1222 Park Hills Drive Louisville, KY 402207 H: 502-893-7945

INDIANA Indiana Chapter CDR John T. Haizlip, USN '72 15246 Longford Drive Granger, IN 46530 H: 219-273-2939

LOUISIANA New Orleans Chapter LCDR Anthony Capasso, USNR '84 4430 Lennox Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70131-8348 H: 504-392-5872; W: 504-392-5735

MARYLAND Annapolis Chapter LtCol William R. Roll, USMC (Ret) '62 18 College Avenue Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-268-9287 The Chapter was especially honored to have the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, ADM Charles R. Larson, as its featured guest speaker at the 9 October monthly luncheon. The Admiral reviewed in detail progress made to date during his second tour at the helm to redirect the Academy and the Brigade in fulfilling the mission of the Academy.

He also reviewed his plans for the future, building upon the progress made to date. It was a superb opportunity to hear the word directly from the "Supe" himself, and gratifying to know that the Academy is on the right course for the 21st century.

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the conference room of the law firm of Nutter, McLennen and Fish, on the 16tii deck. One Intemational Place, Boston. Usually, we have a featured speaker The next meeting will be held on 29 January 1997. Anyone interested in attending these luncheons should contact Sam Sichko '79 or his secretary, Catiiy Carchidi, at 617-367-2202, ext. 224 at least a day before the luncheons.

Peter K. Seibert '65

MASSACHUSETTS Boston Chapter Peter W. Grieve'77 51 Asbury Street Topsfield, MA 01983 H: 508-887-2823; W: 800-252-1852 The Boston Chapter has a new Secretary/Treasurer He is Michael L. Mowins '79, currently the President of Phillips Screw Company in Wakefield, MA. Speaking on behalf of the Board of Trastees, Mike is looking for new members for the Boston Chapter and can be reached at 508-281-5707. Mike is replacing long time Secretary/Treasurer Bill Oldmixon '54 who has recentiy retired/retired to New Hampshire. We would like to thank Bill for his diligent and long suffering service and assistance to the Chapter Smooth sailing in retirement. Bill. Yours traly has also been appointed Cortespondent Secretary to Shipmate for the Chapter On 25 September, the Boston Chapter hosted our monthly Service Academy networking luncheon. Our speaker was Marshall N. Carter, USMA '62, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of State Street Boston Corporation. Marshall spoke about the impending crisis looming over our Nation's social security system, a subject about which he has recently written an informative book. He succinctiy addressed the demographics of the system pointing out that, around the year 2014, the system will be paying out more in benefits than it will be receiving in tax revenues. The questions that followed demonsttated that the many attendees fully understood the social security system and its problems.

Those in attendance included Carl Buzzell '51, Dan O'Connell '57, Al Jordan '60, Stu Freeland '61, Jim Massela '62, George Kent and myself '65, Mike Field '66, Peter Grieve '77, Sam Sichko and Mike Mowins '79, D.R. Dugan '84, Peter Bishop '85, Dan O'Connor '88 and Daryl Woodworth '89 as well as many USMA, USAFA and USCGA graduates.

Although open to all Service Academy graduates, this luncheon club was started by USNA graduates Sam Sichko, et al in January 1994 with an initial attendance often people. Today there are 85-100 on the mailing list. These luncheons serve as a meeting place for social, networking, educational and job finding functions. They have become enormously successful and popular. The writer has obtained three clients and referted three to other members of the group, for example. Several other members of the group have obtained jobs through contacts gained at the luncheons. In fact, the club has an informal job clearing/searching function.

These Service Academy networking luncheons are held on the last Wednesday of each month at 1200 in

Detroit Chapter Arthur W.Bryant'66 1811 Hollywood Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H: 313-885-2174; W: 313-322-6452

MINNESOTA Upper Midwest Chapter Darrel Gonyea '61 605 West Travelers Trail Bumsville, MN 55337 H:612-882-III2

MISSOURI Kansas City Chapter LCDR Lynn A. Thomas, USNR '83 1404 Stonecreek Drive SW Blue Springs, MO 64015-8838 H: 816-228-6766

St. Louis Chapter CDR Rodney D. Vaught, USNR '77 132 Forest Grove Drive Glen Carbon, IL 62034 H: 618-288-0987

NEBRASKA Omaha Chapter CAPT Richard E. Westcott, USN '70 911 Michael Drive Papillion, NE 68046 H: 402-593-1477; W: 402-294-2146

NEVADA Las Vegas Chapter Edwin Carlton HI '71 8909 Montego Bay Drive Las Vegas, NV 89117 H: 702-363-9162 The Las Vegas Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association held it second meeting of the '96-'97 season on Tuesday, 15 October 1996 at the Holiday Inn, Flamingo Road. "Typical Las Vegas fall weather prevailed permitting a patio, poolside luncheon. If you are traveling, business or professional, through Las Vegas, be sure to give us a call to confirm meeting time and place and please attend.

Our President, Bill Lewis '45 took care of business as we enjoyed our outdoor luncheon. Key items covered were our plans for an evening dinner party meeting with spouses in November, and approval of the meeting site for the Army-Navy game in December. Things are looking good for both. The game should be a sellout especially in light of die perfor-

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mances of the three Service Academies this Fall.

Navy has a good shot at winning the Commanderin-Chief's Trophy.

We were pleased to have as our guest, Mrs. Suzanne Vaughan, whose son Jeremy, will be graduating next Spring. Not present because of working hours conflict, but acclaimed by a plaque and citation from The Commandant, was Rufus Taylor '66, for his efforts as a Naval Academy Information Officer. A formal presentation will be made at the November dinner party. Congratulations Rufus, for your very well deserved recognition! We all know how hard you have worked and how successfully.

In attendance were: Ross Hirshfeld '36, Bob Border '39, Jaime Trauger '39, Larty Giuliani '43, Ken Ruiz '43, Bill Lewis '45, Pat Dowling '46, Jack Raftery '47, Bob Titus '49, Hal Lewis '52, Glenn Ball '56, Bucky Buchanan '58, Ed Carlton '71, John Sullivan '73, Gerry Hew '77, Craig Mueller '83, Napoleon McCallum '85, Tessa Carlson '91, and Brad Carlson '91.

Locals and visitors alike are encouraged to attend our meetings and special events: a sure way to see your name in print in Shipmate. If you have any questions for the Chapter Secretary please contact Pat (H)702-876-5594, (Fax)702-876-2960 or e-mail olpatdo w @ accessnv.com BEAT ARMY!!!

Old Pat Dowling '46

NEW JERSEY Monmouth County Chapter LtCol Robert L. Vogt, USMC (Ret.) '59 50 Polly Way Middletown, NJ 07748-3189 H: 908-671-9330; W: 908-842-8647

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Chapter CDR James A. Dickey, USN (Ret) '56 8523 Rio Grande Blvd NW Albuquerque, NM 87114-1226 H: 505-897-9200; W: 505-843-6331 F: 505-843-8189

NEW YORK Buffalo Chapter Tom Bowman '71 Stonegate #36 270 Buffalo Road East Aurora, NY 14052 W: 716-687-4640 E: bba0979@dcrb.dla.mil I attended the Class of '71 homecoming. After 25 years my friends and I are older and wiser OK, maybe only the former applies to myself! Navy beat Duke and my Class certainly had a good time.

USNA Men's Glee Club under the direction of Barry Talley performed in multiple locations in Buffalo. On 12 October, they were part of the tribute to World War II submariners at the Naval Park and that evening they had a show at the University at Buffalo (UB). The next day. the Glee Club performed in the Field House at Rich Stadium. The shows were before and after the Miami Dolphins beat the Buffalo Bills in football. On Monday they had a concert at Lockport High School. 1 thoroughly enjoyed the show at UB. OK, I admit it. I had never been to a complete Glee Club Show. They were great. Jeannine or Joe Yonnone deserve much thanks from Shipmate, December 1996

Buffalonians. In spite of some problems from Tim (you know who you are) all went well. The Yonnones' have two sons at the Academies. Pat is a sophomore "yuke" at Army, Class of '99; and Tony is a Second Class at Navy, Class of '98.1 met them both at the UB concert. It is hard to imagine being that young and active.

There was a Navy - Notre Dame gathering for Western New Yorkers at Hoak's on 2 November 1996. The gathering included one Notre Dame couple, parents of Midshipmen, the mother of a West Pointer, as well as Craig Thrasher '63, Tim Callahan '90, Mary and Wayne Bacon '71, Nancy and Bill Chiquehn '71, and Tom Bowman '71.

The Second Buffalo Navy-Army Game Gathering (NAGG 2) is at Hoak's Restaurant on 7 December 1996. Hoak's Restaurant is at S-4100 Lake Shore Road, Athol Springs near Hamburg, NYKick-off is at noon. See you there. Let Tom Bowman know if you plan to attend at 716-687-4640. BEAT ARMY! A Western New York Service Academy Ball is on 27 December 1996. The Ball is in the Buffalo Maniott at 1340 Millersport in Amherst. The price is $30/person that includes reception, sit-down dinner, open "soda/pop" bar, and dancing. Cash bar and photographer are available. Rooms are available as low as $50. The low rates are thanks to Max Bowman from the USMA Parents Club. The Ball is open to all cadets and Midshipmen, Alumni, and parents as well as guests and dates. For reservations contact Jeannine or Joe Yonnone at Yonnone@aol.com or 716-433-0980.

The area coordinator for Blue & Gold Officers in Western New York is Dave Swanson at 716-9245316.

Tom Bowman '71

Central New York Chapter Edward A. Alberts '85 RR 3 Box 406A Oswego, NY 13126 H: 315-342-1930; W: 315-448-3373

Metro New York Chapter Robert A. Black '63 NAANY POBox 1812 New York City, NY 10185-1812 Chapter Hotiine: 1-800-234-USNA W: 212-551-1437; F: 212-697-8486; E: rblack@ctc.com

game barbecue, and then watched Navy soundly defeat the Demon Deacons. In attendance were Wayne Henry, his daughter Kristen, his daughter Lori Ellen and her fiancee Chris, Barbara and Paul Gallentine and the children Charles and Lauren, Peggy and George Watt, and Bryan Dolan.

The Demon Deacons didn't stand a chance as Navy's option offense rolled through Wake without much trouble. Here's to a good game against the Irish!

Next up for the Charlotte Chapter is the Navy football game at Georgia Tech. Those interested in attending can contact Bryan to get information on the pregame tailgate.

Following our victory over the Techies, we will be gathering at the Gallentines for the tiouncing of the Black Knights. More information to come on this event.

Bryan Dolan has officially relieved CAPT Wayne Henryfromduty as Chapter President. Bryan is looking for volunteers to help organize the event schedule or for other Chapter needs. If interested, please give him a call at home (704-364-6451).

We need to verify the local mailing list. If you wish to participate in the Charlotte Chapter events, please call Ken Johnson at 704-365-9926 (evenings), 704-382-0871 (daytime), or email kdjohnso@newmail.dukepowercom

Triangle Chapter George F. Mitchell '64 4647 Edwards Mill Road Raleigh, NC 27612-4401 H: 919-571-8930

Piedmont Triad Chapter John Anthony '60 709 Longbow Road Winston-Salem, NC 27104 H: 910-765-3804

OHIO Akron Chapter George B. Garton '59 1616 Pauli Street Canal Fulton, OH 44614-9333 H: 216-854-3501; W: 216-794-9770

Cincinnati/Northern KY Chapter CAPT D.R. Freese, USNRR '63 3092 Arbor Lane Edgewood.KY 41017-2355 H: 606-331-0449

Cleveland Chapter CAPT A.O. Rule III, USNR (Ret) 'SO 68 Water Su-eet Chagrin Falls. OH 44022-3148 H: 216-247-4379

NORTH CAROLINA

Columbus/Central Ohio Chapter

Charlotte Chapter

CAPT Roy O. Girod, SC, USN (Ret) '53 1505 Ramblewood Avenue Columbus, OH 43235-7326 H: 614-451-3696

Bryan J. Dolan '76 5629 Laurium Road Charlotte, NC 28226 H: 704-364-6451 The Charlotte Chapter has officially started the 96-97 year with attendance at the Navy-Wake Forest football game. A small contingent joined the Winston-Salem and other regional Chapters for a pre-

On Thursday, 8 August 1996, the Chapter had its annual USNA Night at the Races at die Scioto Downs Harness Race Track, located just south of Columbus. The Chapter met in the Administration building for a social hour and cocktails, courtesy of Scioto Downs. We were greeted and hosted by Mrs. Laveme 129

Hill, widow of Charlie Hill, the founder of Scioto Downs, and Bob Steele, President. After cocktails and the social, we then moved to the clubhouse for dinner, betting, and the matching of wits with the horses. Racing started at 1930, and the track recognized the presence of the Columbus Chapter, USNA Alumni Association several times on the electronic scoreboard. Everyone had a great time. One conclusion determined after the races were over: the horses are smarter Attendees were: Pat and Roy Girod '53, Lena and Tom Pettit '53, Anne and Dick Robbins '53, Laura and Dick Elsworth '63 and Lenore and Al Elsworth, Dick's brother and wife, Dana and Jim Cowardin '66, Denise and Doug Ogden '67, Wayne Hallenbeck '71 with guest Lisa Holmes, and Deborah and Mike Milo '88.

On the 22nd of August Chapter officers had a business lunch at the Macaroni Grill located at the Mill Run Shopping Center on the West side of town.

Matters addressed pertained to the hosting and location of the Army-Navy Game joint meeting witii West Point Alumni, the Navy Day Celebration, and preparation of the 13th Chapter Trastee Application. Attending were President Jim Cowardin '66, Past President Roy Girod '53, and Secretary Ed Tipshus '54. To date, the Chapter has 92 paid members.

On the 20th of September the Chapter had a social and dinner meeting at the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC), 3990 E. Broad Street. The social hour ran from 1730 to 1830, followed by dinner Afterwards, Jim Cowardin '66 provided a demonsfration on accessing Navy information on the intemet using his Personal Computer The demonstiation was well received, and proved most interesting. Those who attended were Jo Anne and Deke Lang '49, Pat and Roy Girod '53, Jerry O'Donnell '61, Jim Cowardin '66, Wayne Hallenbeck '71 and guest Lisa Holmes, Doug and Marge Dixon—Parents of Stephanie '92, Richard and Sally Uhde— Parents of Jeff '91 and Kim '94, and Jay and Pam Bombach—Parents of Brent '99.

Ed Tipshus '54 ectipshu@freenet.columbus.oh.us

Kitty Hawk Chapter (inactive POC only) James M. Gallagher '57 294 Cherty Drive CentteviUe, OH 45459 H: 513-433-1977

Toledo Chapter Thomas R. Case '61 3918 Woodhurst Avenue Toledo, OH 43614-3309 H: 419-382-0820

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Chapter CAPT Charies C. Coley, USN (Ret) '34 411NWI4thStieet Oklahoma City, OK 73103-3510 H: 405-235-0234

Help us spread the Good News about USNA. Are you involved in your community? Let them know you are a USNA Alum and proud of it!

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OREGON Greater Portland Chapter

PA on the first Wednesday of every month with the West Point alumni. Guest speakers are planned every month. West Point would like USNA Alums to network job opportunities with their group. They Jack E. Kohl, Jr. '65 have had great success to date: 71 job placements in 471 SW Riverbend Drive three years. The cost is $22 paid at the door for a West Linn, OR 97068-9416 complete lunch with salad, entree and desert. You H: 503-655-4205 must call Julian Toneatto to reserve a seat, 609-573With everyone back from summer holidays, we 9797 or Paul James at 610-828-0545. managed to fill up our room at the Olive Garden for Southeastern PA Parent's Association October's luncheon. As is the nature of this particuPlan to attend the All Academies Ball on 27 Delar beast, general camaraderie and eating took cen- cember 1996 (Location TBD). This is a festive ter stage early in the proceedings. Among those in Christmas Dinner-Dance for parents. Midshipman attendance for the first time was Rich Wilmes '66. and Alumni with door prizes to be awarded (singles Because he has children in Portland, Rich thought encouraged to attend). Parents interested with helpthis would be a good spot to start his transition from ing plan the event can contact Peggy Thomas ('91 Marine to civilian. He likes it so much, he just might and '96) at 215-836-7493 or Helen Callas Reiner at stay. We hope so.

215-657-2133. Parents of Alumni are welcomed to With little or no Chapter business to conduct, it contact the '96-'97 Parent's Assn. Presidents, Bob looked like we'd be able to continue chowing down and Flo Williams at 215-884-0703 or Newsletter unabated. Doug Bomarito '68, however, introduced Editor, Joe Bartish ('93) at 609-722-4182. our guest and our attention was quickly diverted.

Blue and Gold Officers Dick Couch '67 has published four books—Rising Anyone interested in becoming a Blue and Gold Wind, Pressure Point, Silent Descent and Seal Team Officer can contact Don McRae in PA at 610-449One. Dick gave us some insights, not only into the 9674 or Al Burt in NJ at 609-387-9202. background of the books, but also into the process Philadelphia Chapter news input for Shipmate by which they were created. Dick thinks he writes in should be mailed to Paul H. James '81, 206 E. 4di the style of Tom Clancy, he just doesn't get paid in Avenue, Suite #4, Conshohocken, PA I9428-I983. that style. Although he still keeps his day job as a stock broker in Seattle, his publications have obviously been well received. Part of the proceeds from Pittsburgh Chapter his latest book. Rising Wind, have been dedicated to WiUiam E. Otto '71 support the preservation of BLUEBACK (SS-581) at 4105 Tartan Court the Oregon Museura of Science and Industry.

Munysville, PA 15668-1045 Just a reminder to anyone visiting the Portland area around the second Wednesday of each month. You H: 412-325-4281; W: 412-434-8682 have standing orders to join us.

Gavin Arnold '66 PHILIPPINES

PENNSYLVANIA

Philippines Chapter

Philadelphia Chapter

COMO Carios Agustin PN '60 22 Muelle de San Francisco Suite 100, South Harbor Manila 1018, Philippines N/A H: 632-801-9320; W: 632-530-0875 F: 632-530-1199

Rob Bender '73 45 Grove Avenue Hourtown, PA 19030 H: 215-836-7652 All Academies Ball The All Academies Ball is Sponsored by the parent associations of the Service Academies, this event is a festive Christmas Dinner-Dance for parents.

Alumni and Midshipman with door prizes to be awarded (singles encouraged to attend) held on 27 December 1996 (Location TBD). USNAAA of Philadelphia members are not on the parents club mailing list, however, all Alumni are invited and should make reservations by contacting Peggy Thomas ('91 and '96) at 215-836-7493 or Helen Callas Reiner at 215657-2133.

Upcoming events planned for the Philadelphia Chapter 27 Dec'96 1800 All Academies Ball Mar'97 1800 Business Card Exchange 11 Apr'97 1800 Annual Election Dinner Jun '97 1800 38th Annual Parent's Night 14 Jun '97 1200 3rd Annual Pool Party and Air Show The above events and others are in the planning stages and will be proceeded by a notice if you are ontiiecurtent USNAAA of Philadelphia mailing list.

Any member wishing to chair an event or help run an event can contact Rob Bender '73 at 215-8367652. Annual dues are $20 and are due by 1 January 1997 to remain on the mailing list. Mail your check for $20 payable to "USNAAA of Philadelphia" addressed to Mike DeLorey '70, 505 S. Lenola Road, Suite 211, Moorestown, NJ 08057-9896.

Philadelphia Chapter Luncheons and Job Networking: 1130-1300, Chart House, Penns Landing,

RHODE ISLAND Newport Chapter CAPT James M. Conway, USN (Ret.) '55 50 Ayrault Street Newport, RI 02840-2728 H: 401-847-5039 Trina and VADM Tom Weschler drew a full house of some 70 members and guests to hear of their '95'96 extended expedition in Europe. The trip was over 6 months in planning and ten months in duration— with one return trip to the US over Christmas/New Year's holidays. Their presentation was a joint effort (Huntiey-Brinckley type) using a blown-up annotated chart of Europe as backdrop and concentrating ontiieimportant logistic aspects, along with their cultural and socio-impressions—no slides! Both had done fairiy extensive travel during Tom's Naval career so they avoided those countries and areas they had already experienced (like Scandinavia) and concentiated on places they hadn't been. Trina indicated that the planning effort didn't justify a trip of much less than a year.

During the first half of flieir trip, they rented an apartment in Garmisch, which they used as a base camp—retuming approximately once a montii to rest, refurbish, refine—and head out on the next leg. During the '96 second half of the trip, they were mobile all the while, with one bag each, with ati-avelplan Shipmate, December 1996

more southerly—keeping away from swings in the temperature. They bought travel tickets in the USA, thereby avoiding value added (VAT) taxes, rented apartments and cars in advance, and avoided disappointments through thorough planning and advance preps with reputable firms (Tom figures tiiey saved about $200 a day over good quality tour fees). Trina admits to dealing with a million reasons not to go on with it (what ifs...); but once she was convinced, she pressed on enthusiastically. There was a goodsized support group of their family and friends to tend to things back home while they were gone— and they rented their home to the Dutch Naval Officer and family attending die Naval War College.

Cunency transactions were almost entirely with ATM's, which are all over Europe. Michelin maps and guides were used extensively.

The remainder of their presentation was on those areas which they remember most fondly—Provence, Avignon, Orange, Chateau Neuf De Pape, Aries, Aixen-provence, Switzerland (and yodeling—Tom won a prize) Italian Lakes, Villa Cipriani, Padua, Ravenna, Seville, the Alhambra, Canary Isles, Majorca, Escorial, Nice (and a train strike), Budapest (and hunting down the Opera House), Prague, Vienna...

Those enjoying the presentation were Helene and Sid Merrill '34, Floride and Leroy Taylor '35, Trina and Tom Weschler (Presenters) '39, Cathy and Tim Moore '45, Benny and Ken Lyons '46, Dorothy and Fred Stevenson '46, Gay and Brad Becken '47, Wirt Thayer '47, Loma and Chantee Lewis '48, Ginny and Jim Mellencamp '48, Maggie and Frank Snyder '48, Jane and Dave Whelan '48, Muriel and Roger Buck '50, Pud and Bob Connelly '52, Anita and Jim Conway '55, Jane and Howard Burdick '56, Anne and Jim Hogg '56, Bobbi and Jim Wright '58, Anne and Chris Nichols '61, JoAnn and Dick Stengel '61, Nancy and Randy Totten '61; West pointers Jack Bumey '46, Chuck and Jackie Canham '50; Mary Staley (Pete '33), Ray Wadleigh (Jack '37), Bushy Henry (Gene '39), Fran Meroney, Jane Potter, Fred Lantz, Herb and Mary Rommell, Dorothy Council, Betty Mills, Mary Rae (Bill '47) Neil and Madeline Porter, Dolly Bailey; guests of Weschlers—Dr Jack and Mary Ann Hand, and daughter Kit Donahue; of Tottens—Brian and Mary Chaterine Bardorf, Charlie and Joan Edenbach, Tim and Dot O'Reilly; of Beckens—Dick and Cynthia Palmer.

[Ed. note: the following is October input] On 29 October, one week prior to election day, we were privileged to have an overview of an agenda for the President to be elected (or reelected), by Dr Bob Wood, Dean of the Center of Naval Warfare Studies at the Naval War College. Bob is a graduate of Stanford (History), with MA and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard (where he also taught on the faculty).

His center comprises War Gaming, institutional and individual research. Oceans Law, and the new Decision Center Bob is a genuine statesman, who has been a mainstay at the college for years. He is most articulate in conveying complex intertelations, and ranged over a number of issues and trends with which tiie President and the Congress will be confronted (and he knew he was preaching to the choir).

—A major issue is economic globalization, going beyond interdependence to a single integrated economy. In 1960, 3% of global wealth was intemational - now 40%. In 1960,30% of tax revenues were from corporations - now 9%. Economic flexibility in shifting monetary assets has grown fast (led by the drag trade in cash u-ansfers). We don't have to raise or lower taxes so much as just get better at collecting.

—Transformation of the labor force, economic disparities, an annoyed electorate, and lying with statistics (individual income is actually down, or at best static). Single parent families are in trouble economiShipmate, December 1996

cally, and there is a great increase in the numbers of both parents working just to stay even. Only 3% of industry is creating most of the jobs in high tech, service (including computers), or intemational trade.

Booms punctuated by busts, and tax laws punishing savings (have to save in different ways).

—Social tribalization. The cultural relativism of belonging to a group (particularly a deprived group).

Bob gave a good example in French Canada and discriminatory laws.

—Trivialization of freedom. Radical individualism, or individual communalism—degradation or disappearance of communal standards, being supplanted by individual expression. Our Founding Fathers envisioned freedom as a robust value, allowing and enhancing thought and debate (not wearing Levi's with holes in the knees). Rising distrast of Presidents and institutions such as CIA and the Supreme Court. We no longer assume good will in discussions.

—Security concerns. Not Russians, but drags, domestic crimes, etc. Bob quoted from Abraham Lincoln's 1830 speech ..."From whence cometh threat.. .not from abroad, but intemally. We will not be murdered, but will commit suicide."

Bob reviewed the intemational issues—mainly with Russia, China and Japan—and that this is not a time for complacency. If he were ranning, he would focus on inadequate education, responsibilities of inclusive citizenship and the rale of law (vice litigation)—with the fundamental premise of fostering a liberal democratic economy. The US cannot withdraw from the world any more today than it could following World War I. Those hanging on every word included Helene and Sid Merrill '34, Trina and Tom Weschler '39, Benny and Ken Lyons '46, Dorothy and Fred Stevenson '46, Wirt Thayer '47, Earle Trickey '47, Jane and Sumner Moore '48, Maggie and Frank Snyder '48, Pud and Bob Connelly '52, Tom Lyons '52, Jim Conway '55, Jane and Howard Burdick '56, Bob Loewenthal '57; West Pointers Tommy Rachael Thompson '36, Jack Bumey '46; USCGA Jane and Adrian Lonsdale '50; Associate George Smith; Mary Staley (Pete '33), Ray Wadleigh (Jack '37), Dorothy Council, Fred and Carol-Ann Lantz and guests Mark and Sheila Singleton, Neil and Madeline Porter (Robin '69), Herb and Mary Rommel; Chapter guests Bob Dixie Wood.

Howard Burdick '56

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Chapter CAPT Richard A. Dall Mura, USN (Ret) '51 839 Bridgepoint Road Mount Pleasant, SC 229464-2849 H: 803-884-3896 Eureka! The Class of '53 has been officially unseated as the Class with the largest number of members present at our luncheons. Who should be the Class that moves to the front of the bus—none other than ' 85! Well done, young lads! I wonder what happened to '53? There was only one member present.)

Our speaker at the October luncheon was Captain Tim Stark, Commanding Officer Naval Weapons Station, Charleston. We received a very enlightening look at what goes on at the weapons station with an insight into the expansion and future use of that facility. Even with the closing of the Charleston Naval Base, the Navy remains a sttong presence in the Charleston area.

As of this writing ourannualA/N golf toumament is a go at the Naval Weapons Station on 6 December Get practicing, you Navy golfers and let's keep the trophy for the Navy on board YORKTOWN. December 7th—Army vs Navy—Pearl Harbor— Army/Navy party at the Dalla Mura's. This is the

big one and should be an exciting game. We're expecting a big tum-out to cheer on our "brave old Navy team."

Our next meeting will be at die Holiday Inn in Mt. Pleasant. Charleston is hosting the first stop for the tiaveling Viet Nam Wall Memorial. We will be attending the dedication ceremonies at Patriot's Point and are looking to being a part of this historic occasion.

Beat Army!!!

Ron Baker '57

Columbia Chapter Mr. George S. Hirsch '54 105 Shadow Pine Road Columbia, SC 29212 H:803-781-5325

Palmetto Chapter LCDR Thomas E. Courtney, Jr. JAGC USN'81 306 Pelham Falls Drive Greer, SC 29654-7204 W: 864-240-5651

South Carolina/Low Country Chapter CDR Henry A. Morgan, Jr., USN (Ret) '59 36 Wexford Club Drive Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 H: 803-686-2917

TENNESSEE Chattanooga Chapter VADM Ronald M. Eytchison, USN (Ret) '58 11 Prentice Lane Signal Mountain, TN 37377 H: 615-886-2823

Knoxville Chapter CAPT William O. Rentz, USN (Ret) '55 270 Cedar Brook Lane Kingston, TN 37763-9317 H: 615-376-1468; W: 615-574-9864 F: 615-574-5086

Memphis Chapter CAPT Walter C. Nix, USN (Ret) '54 3758 South Lakewood Drive Memphis, TN 38128-4311 H: 901-386-8258

Nashville Chapter CDR John F. OhUnger, USN (Ret) '69 880 Lakemont Drive Nashville, TN 37720 H: 615-370-1441; W: 615-371-8596

TEXAS North Texas Chapter LT Douglas A. Jones, USN '88 5534 Monticello Avenue Dallas, TX 75206-6602 H: 214-823-5953

South Texas Chapter Roger E. Hopkins '62 POBox 311007 New Braunfels, TX 78131-1473 H: 512-620-7748; W: 512-344-5581

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Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Rich Bulger '69 6011 Ancient Oaks Drive Humble, TX 77346 H: 713-852-5222; W: 713-230-6527 Texas Gulf Coast Chapter October's luncheon The following shipmates attended our October 4th luncheon: Zeb Alford '48, Kent Drummond '55, Charlie Chavarria '56, Jeff Hogan '64, Erik Woods '64, Rob Brown '65, Bart Jealous '65, Lynn Wegner '65, Peter Van Deriofske '68, Bill White '68 and his guest, Pat Moran, Rich Bulger '69, Bruce Potter '69, Bill Chambers '70, Hugh Mauldin '70, Ed Klein '72, Olin Filyaw '87, and Mike Wimer '94.

October's Program Fred Piatt briefed us on Special Operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War in '67-'68.

Fred was initially trained as a B-52 pilot and then transferted into the Raven program. There were several USNA grads present who had served overseas in that time frame. The discussions were both enlightening and entertaining.

'96 Navy-Army Football Game This year's game will take place on December 7th at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. As in past years, the game will also be celebrated in Houston—cash bar (pay only for what you eat or drink). Please call us for details!!

Service Academies Ball (Houston, 27 December) The Houston Service Academies Ball is an annual event—drawing over 800 Midshipman, cadets, parents, friends, etc. This year's ball will be held on Friday, 27 December at the Houston Hyatt. It is the USNA Parents' Club's turn to host the event. The planning (andfinancialcommitment) has started. The Parents' Club wants to invite the appropriate Congressman and Senators to see their Midshipmen and cadets. However, they are requesting financial underwriting (help) now—as well as selling Ball tickets. For more information, please call 713-789-2486 or 713-556-1335.

Chapter News Anthony Spinier '91 (relocated to Houston, as a civilian, in July) reported that after a lot of hard work, he received several job offers. He accepted a position with Lockheed-Martin, working in their robotics section toward ISO 9000 certification, as well as doing some programming and design work. As importantly, Anthony's wife, Dana, will start work at MHMR Southside Clinic, as a social worker. We wish them the best of luck. ...Olin Filyaw '87 is back from a summer intem position in New York with Goldman Sachs. He's nowfinishinghis last year at Rice University, eaming his MBA, and then he'll start full time with Goldman Sachs as an investment banker in New York. ...Andy Howard '73 has briefed us on the various sources of USNA information, e.g. HOMEPORT—the unofficial homepage (http://www.mcs.net/~trygstad/USNA_Alumni .html) established by Ray Trygstad '77, plus the Over the Wall BBS sponsored by our Alumni Association. Incredible information, scuttlebutt, and conversations are available. [Ed. Note see information in All Hands about new ListServe available from Alumni Association...Dale] Business Breakfasts Several of our USNA shipmates are members of The Academy Association (a Houston-based business network group consisting of graduates from Annapolis, West Point, and the Air Force Academy).

Anthony Spinier '91 joined the Academy Association when he moved to Houston last July. He was able to network with several of the members—receiving a lot of job-seeking advice. As it turned out, he was able to do some management consulting work

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for one of our USAFA members until he found a permanent position. We certainly invite all of our shipmates to come visit with us as they transition to civilian life. Our breakfast meetings are every Tuesday morning (7:15 a.m.) at the Metropolitan Racquet Club. Visitors are always welcome!! If you're interested, please call Ed Klein '72 (713-750-8868) or Bart Jealous '65 (713-655-1440).

Chapter Meetings Chapter meetings are held on the first Friday of every month (6 Dec 1996, and 3 January 1997, 7 February 1997, etc.) at Brennan's Restaurant (11:30 a.m. refreshments and noon to 1:00 p.m. lunch). We anticipate presenting the Michael J. Smith '67 Memorial Sword to a Gulf Coast Area First Class Midshipman at the 3 January meeting. As you know, Mike Smith died in the Challenger Spacecraft accident. He is well-remembered in the NASA community. Brennan's (3300 Smith St.) offers a premiere luncheon (only $15) at a downtown location that is easily accessible to most Houstonians. Please join us!! Call Rich Bulger '69 (713-852-5222) or Peter Van Deriofske '68 (713-690-9898) for more information or to get on our mailing list.

Ed Klein '72

UTAH/IDAHO/MONTANA Beehive Intermountain NA Alumni Chapter H. Keith Haines II '68 1700 North Hickory Lane Provo, UT 84604 H: 801-373-5856 OR James R. Clark '66 5860 HoUiday Boulevard Salt Lake City, UT 84121-1512 H: 801-340-7183

VIRGINIA Hampton Roads Chapter Col Edward (Ted) Y. Holt USMC (Ret) '48 100 E. Ocean View Avenue, Ste 1103 Norfolk, VA 23503-1635 H: 804-531-0366 The most significant Chapter event to occur since the last newsletter was the Chapter's election of officers and board of directors. This year, the Annual Election Dinner was combined with the Chapter's annual Formal Dinner Dance. This gala evening, a black tie affair, was held on 19 October 1996 at the NAS Oceana O' Club. Seventy-seven Chapter members and their spouses were in attendance, who ranged from the Classes of '41 to '92. Our outgoing president, Dave Paddock '77, presided over the evening's events. RADM Ron Marryott '57, the newly appointed President and CEO of the Alumni Association, was our guest speaker The members of the Chapter welcomed the opportunity to chat with him and enjoyed his formal remarks. He provided some keen insight into the present state of affairs at the Academy, all very upbeat, as well as described some new initiatives which he is undertaking to make the national organization more responsive to the needs of local Chapters. As these programs unfold, they will be the subject of future newsletters. The Chapter thanks RADM Martyott for taking time from his busy schedule to join us for our election dinner As an aside, and although the whole evening was most enjoyable, the band was particularly well received. 'They provided an unbroken stream of superb music which appealed to all in attendance and drew all of us to the dance floor We have Jim DiNardo

'50, to thank for artanging for this wonderful band to play for us. (The band leader had his start as a professional musician in the Marine Corps. Jim saw him in action years ago...once a Marine, always a Marine.)

The newly elected slate of Chapter Officers and Directors follows: President Col Ted Holt, USMC, '48 1st VP CAPT Dan Laar, USNR, '68 2nd VP/Secretary CDR Jerty Rudd, USN, '74 Treasurer Capt Herb Crane, USN, '54 National Trustee Col Tom Parsons, USMC, '49 Directors: CAPT Ray Barber, USN, '50 Maj Ken Berger, USMCR, '73 LCDR Bob Byles, USN, '69 CAPT Jim Ganoon, USN, '56 Maj Jim DiNardo, USMC, '50 LCDR John Kasicki, USN, '79 Dave Paddock, '78 LT Andrea Phelps, USNR, '85 CDR Mark Rupprecht, USN, '75 CAPT Don Traeblood, USN, '49 Ron Voelkel '65 Ex Officio: CAPT Neil Kinnear, USNR, '71 CAPT Doug Sameit, USNR, '71 An ad hoc meeting of the recently appointed Program Committee, which will now be chaired by the 2nd VP, was convened on 25 July 1996 at Bucky's Restaurant in Virginia Beach. Tom Parsons, Dave Paddock, Ted Holt, Herb Crane, Bob Byles and Jerry Rudd comprised the committee. The agenda was to set a general SOE, for 1997.

In that regard, the 1997 Chapter SOE, for initial planning purposes, has been established as follows: Febraary Chapter Luncheon; Admiral Larson (TBD) March/April Spring Dinner Dance (Black Tie/ Mess Dress) May Golf Day May/June Plebe Recognition Dinner September Golf Day October Annual Chapter Dinner/Election of Officers December Army/Navy Game Party Each of these events will be the subject of individual flyers once the plans fall into place. Moreover, this newsletter will report the assigned dates as they are determined.

At the 5 Septeraber 1996 meeting of the Board, it agreed to pursue the scheduling of quarterly luncheons as a routine Chapter event. Our intent is to provide the Chapter members and their wives the opportunity to gather, midday, in a social environment, during which they can swap a few sea stories, enjoy lunch together and listen to guest speakers, all of whom will be directly associated with the Academy, the Alumni Association or the Navy. Breezy Point is the likely venue for these events. Each of these luncheons will be the subject of a separate flyer posted to all members in good standing. Furthermore, as the dates of these luncheons are scheduled, they will be included in this newsletter's SOE. The Board is confident that these luncheon meetings will appeal to our Chapter members.

Schedule of Events 5 Dec '96 Board of Directors Meetings; Breezy Point 7 Dec '96 Army/Navy Game Party; Breezy Point; 1200 11 Dec '96 Business Breakfast; Topic TBD Business Breakfast September's edition of the Newsletter incortectiy surmised about the impending workload at Newport News Shipbuilding Company. The anticipated major CVN work is forthcoming, but the reported time period is premature. I apologize for putting out bum

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gouge and will cease my prognostications about such developments.

The Business Breakfast is your opportunity to meet the people who are familiar with the local job market, have made the transition from active service to the civilian world and might connect you with the company which needs your talents and experience.

Besides having the opportunity to establish a network, the chow is decent and the socializing topnotch. We meet at 0700, the third Wednesday of each month, at the Holiday Inn Executive Center on Greenwich Road in Virginia Beach. Bob Byles, Dan Lear, Dave Paddock and Jerry Rudd are the pointsof-contact. We are all in the telephone book. Give us a call and join us.

The Chapter commends Dave Paddock for his tenure at the helm. During his watch, the Chapter increased its numbers, improved the Chapter event notification system (flyers), enjoyed more younger Alums participating in Chapter events, witnessed new initiatives started to keep the Chapter healthy into the 21st century and, perhaps the most significant accomplishment, the Chapter actively made its collective opinions known to all about the curtent issues confronting the Academy and the Navy. We all thank Dave for his dedicated, energetic and innovative execution of his duties as President. BZ! Jerry A. Rudd '74

Richmond Chapter Chuck Stevens '73 6113 Treyburn Way Glen Allen, VA 23060 H: 804-360-1804

WilUamsburg Chapter CAPT Perry Stone '56 1937 Miln House Road Williamsburg, VA 23185 H: 804-258-5415

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WASHINGTON Puget Sound Chapter C. Lee Harshfield '53 2301 Fairview Ave E #316 Seattle, WA 98102-3361 H: 206-329-2423

WASHINGTON, DC AREA Greater Washington Chapter LtCol Donald L. Evans, USMC (Ret) '61 5612 Marble Arch Way Alexandria, VA 22310-4036 H: 703-922-6369

WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Chapter James Daniel McQueen '67 Geary Plaza 700 East Washington Stieet Charieston, WV 25301 The West Virginia Chapter first formed together on 1 November 1996 as USNA Alumni from Princeton, Logan, Huntington, Scott Depot, South Charleston, and Charleston, West Virginia met at Cagney's Restaurant in Charleston for a luncheon, first election of officers, and an organizational meeting.

The results of the election of the first officers for our Chapter are: President: James Daniel McQueen '67; Vice President: Patrick James McKay '74; and Secretary: James Daniel McCague '66. Tenure of officers will be from 1 November 1996 to 31 December 1997.

In attendance at the November 1st luncheon in Class order were: Bill Hoff '49; Joe Dailey '51; Frank Simpson '60; Dan McCague '66; Jim McQueen '67; Mike Ferrell '68; and Pat McKay

'74. Many of the Alumni wore their favorite USNA or Class tie to the luncheon. The Class of 1949 had the most unique tie with a dark blue background and a brilliant Navy Goat with the hint of "49" underneath.

The Naval Academy Alumni Association has sent information concerning the West Virginia Chapter to 427 Alumni who either were appointed from West Virginia or who reside in West Virginia. 150 of the 427 have residences in West Virginia. Thank you Alumni House!

It was decided that the West Virginia Chapter will stay as an informal organization until our membership reaches about twenty (20). That means no dues and no incorporation papers for a nonprofit corporation for awhile. The Alumni Association says that an Alumnus/Alumna has to attend one function per year and pay dues (if the Chapter has dues) in order to qualify for membership in a Chapter.

Voted to receive "Honorary Membership" in the West Virginia Chapter are the following Alumni: Tom McKay '65 and Rich Macinnes '80 for their efforts at getting USNA Alumni together in the past in West Virginia. Both have accepted promotions and moved to another state.

Our next luncheon is the first Friday in May which will be 2 May 1997 at Cagney's Restaurant in Charleston. Please call Cagney's directiy for reservations: 304-345-3463 or toll free at 800-755-3463.

For long range plans, the November luncheon will be at Cagney's Restaurant in Charleston on 7 November 1997-the first Friday in November Dan McCague '66

WISCONSIN Wisconsin Chapter Winston C. Williams '46 13350 West Bluemound Rd #2 Elm Grove, WI 53122-2538 H: 414-782-6645; W: 414-782-9410

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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the moming, we will remember them."

Lawrence Binyon, 1914

Alexander, Charles Smith Jr. '48 CAPT, USN (Ret.), 8 October 1996 Arbo, Paul Edward '44 CAPT, USN (Ret.), 7 October 1996 Barlow, John Francis '46 CAPT, USN (Ret.), 30 September 1996 Caldwell, Warren Lee Sr. '44 LCDR, USN (Ret.), 25 October 1996 Davis, Carl Elayer '59, 22 September 1996 Edmands, Ernest John '42 LCDR, USN (Ret.), 9 October 1996 Fjelsta, John Ellis '47 LCDR, USN (Ret.), 16 August 1996 Franz, Leonard Allen '43 CAPT, USN (Ret.), 18 September 1996

WILLIAM HENRY ASHFORD, JR. '27 Rear Admiral William N. Ashford, Ir., USN (Ret.), died in Raleigh, NC, on 25 February 1994. His ashes lie in the National Cemetery, Raleigh.

Bom and reared in Athens, GA; he received his early education there and attended the University of Georgia for two years prior to his appointment to the Naval Academy to graduate with the Class of 1927. His brother, George, followed him in the Class of '29.

On graduation, he served in WEST VIRGINIA for two

years. During this period, he was awarded the Silver Life Saving Medal by the Treasury Department for rescuing a fellow officer from drowning in Hawaiian waters. He was selected for flight training at Pensacola, where he won his Wings as a Naval Aviator. Subsequent assignments were connected with Naval aviation.

He served successively in: TEXAS, NORTHHAMPTON;

Fleet Air base. Coco Solo, CZ; in patrol Squadron Three; RANGER and LEXINGTON in dive bombing squadrons; in a patrol squadron based in LANGLEY, where he began his long association with then Captain William F. Halsey, I r , and remained in his staff while Admiral Halsey commanded CarDiv One in SARATOGA; CarDiv Two in YORKTOWN; ComCartiers

Pacific in ENTERPRISE and as ComSoPac. He fleeted up in Halsey's staff in important assignments which included: tactical and air operations officer for ComSoPac. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal: "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity...during a series of highly successful offensive missions...including attacks on the Marshalls, Gilberts, Wake and Marcus; the Battle of Midway... he contributed to the marked success..."

He was awarded a Commendation Medal with combat "V": "for Meritorious Service as senior as-

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Gaddis, Walter Donald '41 VADM, USN (Ret.), 12 October 1996 Gantt, John Drayton '47 LCDR, USNR (ReL), 24 July 1996 Hannah, Glyde Brewer '46 CDR, USN (Ret.), 2 October 1996 Johnson, Perry Wendell Jr. '42 CDR, USN (Ret.), 15 September 1996 Lloyd, Weldon Harrison '35 CDR, USN (Ret.), 16 September 1996 Maier, Paul Leslie '51, 15 October 1996 Norton, Hassell Lee '45 CDR, USN (Ret.), 8 October 1996

Peterson, Carl Arthur '29 CAPT, USN ( R e t ) , 26 October 1996 Preble, Terence Gordon '83 LCDR, USN, 29 August 1996 Reeves, Gerald McGuffin '41 CAPT, USN ( R e t ) , 12 October 1996 Stubbs, James Edwin III '51 ENS, USN, 25 June 1952 Upshaw, William Warner '44 CAPT, USN (Ret.), 12 October 1996 Williams, John Douglas III '60, 28 August 1996 Yanski, Ronald Michael '62, 18 April 1996

Olsen, Mary Kaye '81 LT, USNR, 29 October 1996

sistant Plans and Operations Officer...while on the staff of ComSoPac..."

He received the Presidential Unit Citation as an officer in ENTERPRISE: "for consistent outstanding performance as..."

In addition to the personal decorations indicated above Rear Admiral Ashford was entitled to the following area and campaign medals: American Defense Service with Fleet Clasp; Asiatic-Pacific with 5 Stars; American Campaign; World War II Victory Navy Occupation with Europe clasp and the National Defense service.

Post World War II assignments included: CO SABLE; CO COPAHEE; CO Logistics Air Wing; CO

MIDWAY; student and staff at the Naval War College and CO Fleet Logistic Support Wing Atlantic, Patuxtent River.

On completion of 29 years commissioned service, he retired in the grade of rear admiral, accepted a position with Electric Storage Battery Co. of Philadelphia and established a home in Radnor, PA. This lasted for 3 years at which time ESB expanded into the missile field with a plant in Raleigh, NC, to which he moved. After ten years on the job, he retired and devoted himself to a third career, managing his wife's, Bette's, artistry businessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;artanging exhibitions and the like.

Rear Admiral Ashford was active in community affairsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Carolina Country Club and St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

His survivors include: his widow, Bette Beggs; a daughter. Moselle Converse: a son, William H. Ashford, III of Clayton, SC; a daughter, Pamela Ashford of Springdale, AR, and three grandchildren.

JOHN THOMAS KENT '28 John T. Kent, at the age of 93, who worked for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company from 1928 until retiring in 1965 as a general staff supervisor, died of cardiorespiratory arrest on 21 September at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He lived in Bethesda. lohn's career with C&P included tours as telephone company liaison with the White House and

the Pentagon. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.

John, who was bom in Philadelphia, was a 1922 graduate of Washington's Westem High School. He settled in Washington and joined the phone company after his 1928 graduation from the Naval Academy.

He was a founding member of Little Flower Catholic Church in Bethesda, where he did fund-raising work. He also was a member of Rotary Intemational, the University Club and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

John was a beloved husband of 65 years to Roberta Howard Kent of Bethesda; father to son, J. Thomas Jr, of Potomac, and daughter, Roberta Federici of Westfield, NJ; brother of William Kent of Philadelphia; and grandfather to ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

BRUCE LEWIS CARR '31 Rear Admiral Bmce Cart, USN (Ret.), died 26 August 1996 at his home in Melbourne, FL, of heart failure.

His ashes were to be scattered at sea after cremation. Bmce was born in July 1907 in Dayton, OH; was appointed to the Naval Academy from Ohio, after coming to USNA from the Roosevelt High School in Dayton, OH. After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, Bruce reported to RALEIGH ( C L - 7 ) and served there for 2 1\2 years and then entered submarine school.

He served in S-38 on the Asiatic Station, and R-4 in New London. He married Marjorie Folz on January 1941. He was Executive Officer and tiien Commanding Officer of GRENADIER until December 1942; he then had staff duty in Perth, Australia until February 1944. Next he was ordered to the Sub Chaser Training Center Miami, the Sonar School Key West; and then the ASW Section 10th Fleet in Washington.

Postwar assignments included Exec of QUINCY, CO

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of HiGBEE (DDR-806), Exec of Amphibious Base Little Creek. CO WINSTON ( A K A - 9 6 ) , CO Naval Station, Guam. Following Navy retirement in 1959 Bmce taught junior high school math in Aurora, IL, and in 1972 he finally retired to Melboume, IT,.

Bmce's awards include a Silver Star, two Commendation Ribbons and various area medals. He is survived by widow Marge after 55 years of marriage, brother Robert Cart of Dayton, and by daughters Susan David, Ellen Lederman, Nanci Garling and seven grandchildren.

A.B. Metsger '31 What the New Year will bring us depends a great deal on what we bring to the New Year.

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ALEXANDER BACON COXE, JR '32 Captain Alexander Bacon Coxe, J r , USN (Ret.), died on 2 September 1996 in Chapel Hill, NC, where he had lived since his retirement from active duty in 1962. Memorial services were held 5 September at the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill. His ashes were buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.

Alex was an Army junior and most of his life prior to entering the Naval Academy was spent at Army posts. After graduation from the Academy, he served for two years in TENNESSEE. Following his two years in the battleship Navy, he was ordered to duty with the Aleutian Islands Survey Expedition. That duty was followed by a tour in the Asiatic Fleet aboard PARROTT. He then served in the commissioning crew of ENTERPRISE.

A short tour of duty as an instmctor at the Naval Academy was intermpted by orders to put FOOTE back in commission prior to turning the ship over to the British just prior to World War II. He then joined BREEZE on which ship he was serving as Executive Officer at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Shortly after that attack, he fleeted up to commanding officer to which assignment was added additional duty as Commander Mine Division Two. He participated in six mining operations in the Solomons before he was ordered to place the new destroyer. VAN VALKENBURGS in commission as her Commanding Officer After the War, he served as Executive Officer of the ROTC Unit at Duke University for three years.

In 1948, he received his third command, CHARLES S. SPERRY. Duty in Washington was followed by an assignment as a student at the Naval War College in Newport. A fourth command ensued when he was ordered to NEOSHO which he put in commission.

Shore duty followed on the staff of the Naval War College in 1957. Soon thereafter he was assigned as Commander Destroyer Squadron 8. After touring the Meditertanean with the SIXTH Fleet, Alex was transferted to Guantanamo as Commander of the Fleet Training Group. In 1961, he was ordered back to Newport as Chief of Staff to the Commander of the Naval Base, from which duty he retired in 1962 and moved to his home in Chapel Hill, NC. He worked for quite a few years as Secretary-Treasurer of the Homeland Investment in nearby Durham.

NC. He managed, however, to find time when not working to play golf, hunt and fish.

In the course of his Naval career, Alex's contributions were recognized by the award of a Silver Star and Bronze Star medals, two Commendation medals and a Navy Unit Commendation.

Alex's first wife, Frances, died in 1972. He subsequently remarried and is survived by his second wife. Marge, and a daughter from his first marriage.

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STANLEY MAITLAND BARNES '33 Captain Stanley M. Barnes, USN (Ret.), died on 2 April 1996, at his home in Elm Place at the age of 83.

Although he was a career officer in the Navy, he was known in New Canaan during his 32 years here for diverse interests and activities in other fields, including civic service and gardening.

Captain Bames was bom on 8 September 1912, in Concord, NH, and was graduated from high school there and later, in the Class of 1933, from the Naval Academy. After several sea assignments and a short tour aboard submarines. Captain Bames took command of Patrol Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 in the Meditertanean during World War II. Eventually, he commanded all PT boats in the EIGHTH Fleet in the Mediterranean, totaling three squadrons and 43 boats operating in Sicily, Italy, Corsica and southern France.

He was awarded the Navy Cross, the Legion of Merit and the British Distinguished Service Cross for his wartime service. After the War, Captain Bames held various destroyer commands and positions in the Naval War College, the Army War College and the Pentagon. He retired in 1964 and moved to New Canaan, where he began a new career as a consultant and business manager of the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.

After retiring from Yale in 1985, Captain Barnes founded and operated Woodlands Nursery in New Canaan, specializing in rare wildflowers and native ferns. Captain Barnes also served on New Canaan's Town Planning and Zoning Commission.

He was a member of the North American Rock Garden Society, the New Canaan Men's Garden Club, the Senior Men's Club and the Audubon Society. He also was active in PT boat veterans' groups.

Additionally, he was a regular volunteer at the New Canaan Nature Center, Pegasus, Stamford Hospice and the Norwalk Mentor Program.

Surviving are his wife, Helen Bachman Bames of New Canaan; two daughters, Theodora Barnes Dierks of Boulder, C O , and Barbara Barnes Richardson of Newtown; a son, William Bachman Bames of Fairfield, and two grandsons. Contributions in lieu of flowers in memory of Captain Bames may be made to the New Canaan Nature Center or Stamford Hospice.

BENJAMIN BALLARD CHEATHAM '33 Captain B. Ballard Cheatham. USN (Ret.), died on 3 October, at the age of 85 of a heart attack in Kaiser Hospital. Redwood City, CA. He was born in Atianta. GA. and grew up in Franklinton. NC. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933. In 1940 he married Betty Miller in Hawaii.

A destroyer man participating in operations in the Pacific Area in World War Tl. Captain Cheatham later saw action at Inchon during the Korean hostilities as Assistant Operations Officer on the staff of Commander SEVENTH Reet. For his outstanding service and conspicuous gallantry during these periods he was awarded the Silver Star medal, the Bronze Star and a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Bronze Star Born in Atlanta. GA. he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933. He subsequently had duty afloat in ARIZONA. SAN FRA.NCISCO. CONCORD. PERRY.

ZANE. DALE and BUSHNELL. which was then assigned

to Hydrographic Survey duty. In June 1941 he was

assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and was serving there when the United States entered World War II. Between January and May 1943 he was Executive Officer of SCHROEDER, after which he commanded COGHLAN. In the Summer of 1945 he assumed command of MCCAFFERY and in March 1947 was detached to retum to duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

In July 1950 he joined the staff of Commander SEVENTH Fleet as Assistant Operations Officer and in March 1951 transferted, in a similar capacity, to the staff of commander FIRST Fleet. For a year (July 1951-July 1952) he was in command of Destroyer Division TWELVE and after instmction at the Naval War College, again had duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He commanded VERMILION from March 1956 until April 1957 and in June became Commander Destroyer Squadron SIXTEEN. Since October 1958 he has been assigned to the Joint Staff (Logistics). Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC. He retired in 1961, completed graduate studies at Stanford University and taught mathematics in the School of Business at the University of Santa Clara from 1964-1976.

He was an active member of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church where he served as librarian among other things. Services include his wife of fifty-six years, Betty; two sons, Ballard of San Diego and Chuck of Santa Cruz, CA; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and a sister in North Carolina.

WILLIAM EDWARD SEIPT '33 William Edward Seipt, at the age of 86, a retired Navy captain and former state securities examiner, died on 22 May 1996 at the Meadowood at Worcester retirement community.

Captain Seipt graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933 and served aboard YORKTOWN in the Pacific from its commissioning until it was sunk by the Japanese during the Battle of Midway in 1942. Later, he served aboard cmisers and commanded BENNER and WHTTESIDE.

During his career, he also taught seamanship at the Naval Academy. He retired in the late 1960s.

Among his many decorations was a Silver Star.

Captain Seipt was a member of Central Schwenkfelder Church in Worcester, and of the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles. The group was founded in 1920 to preserve the teachings of religious fugitive Casper Schwenkfelder von Ossig, who lived in the 1700s.

After his Navy career. Captain Seipt was a securities broker and served as an examiner for the Pennsylvania Securities Commission. He belonged to the Worcester Historical Society.

His wife of 51 years, M. Evelyn Upp Seipt, died in 1985. He is survived by a son, David P.; a daughter, Ellen E. Silverman; and a sister Burial was in Worcester Schwenkfelder Cemetery, Township Line and Trooper Roads, Worcester.

WILLIAM NEIL McGILL '35 William Neil McGill. age 85, of Oak Harbor, WA, died suddenly on 23 Febmary 1996, at his home at Summer Hill Retirement Center Memorial services were 27 Febmary at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Scot Wright officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at sea under the auspices of the Navy.

Colonel McGill was born on 9 December 1910 in Ely, NV. to Neil A. and Ozella Mae (Eagleston) McGill. He received an appointment to the Naval Academy and upon graduation in 1935 was commissioned in the Marine Corps. One of his first assign-

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ments was to the Marine detachment at the American Legation in Peking, China.

Colonel McGill met Allaire Foster Fleming, a teacher from New Mexico, while stationed in China.

They were married on 13 July 1937, in Peking, China. He then attended the Signal School at Fort Monmouth, NJ, where he became an expert in communications. A survivor of the raid on Pearl Harbor, he served in the Pacific during World War II. Colonel McGill retired from the Marine Corps on 6 June I960 as a colonel and moved to Fallbrook, CA. He taught mathematics, and his wife worked as an elementary reading specialist. On a vacation trip to the Northwest, they passed through Whidbey Island and decided to take up life in Coupeville. They retired here in 1969.

Colonel McGill was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Oak Harbor, WA, through which he sponsored a Vietnamese family. He was also a member of the Retired Officers Association.

He is survived by three children, Neil F. McGill of Alexandria, VA, Geral " G e r r i " Brown of Camarillo, CA, and William McGill of Manhattan Beach, CA; one brother, Allan McGill of Folsom, CA; and one sister, Kathleen Rasmussen of San Bmno, CA. He was preceded in death by his wife Allaire in 1975.

WILLIAM TRENT ROSSELL '35 Captain William T. (Bill) Rossell, SC, USN (Ret.), died on 15 August 1996 in Altamonte Springs, IT..

His ashes were deposited on 30 September at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Bill was bom on 6 June 1912 in Cincinnati, OH. He attended Sevem School in Sevema Park, MD, before entering the Naval Academy in July 1931. He graduated with the Class of 1935 but didn't take a commission in the Navy until August 1940. He attended a diesel engineering school at Lehigh University from January to June 1941 and Submarine School at New London from September to December I94I. He then served in submarines including six war patrols in POGY (SS-266) followed by three war patrols in LAMPREY (SS-322). His World War II awards included: two Silver Stars (Gold Star for 2nd award) for service in combat as XO in POGY; Navy Commendation with Combat "V" for service in combat in POGY.

In January 1947, Bill entered Supply Corps School as a student and his designator was changed to Supply Corps Officer (3100). From June 1947 to June 1949, he served as Catalog Officer in the Submarine Supply Office and then was assigned to SPERRY ( A S 12) as the Supply Officer until September 1950. In October, he reported to the Sandia Special weapons Depot and served as OinC until August 1954 when he began a six months student tour at the Armed Forces Staff College.

In Febmary 1955, he reported to the Headquarters, US European Command as Staff Officer for Intemational Affairs and so served until July 1957.

He then was ordered to JTF Seven as Logistics Officer for two years. From August 1959 to June 1960, he was a student at the Naval War College and then reported to the Submarine Base, New London, as Supply and Fiscal Officer until May 1961 when he reported to ComSubLant as Force Supply Officer, so serving until July 1965. He then reported as CO of the Naval Supply Depot, Guantanamo, Cuba, for three years. His final active duty tour was from August 1968 as District Supply Officer and Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics for the 10th Naval District. Awards received after World War II included Navy C o m m e n d a t i o n medals for service on ComSubLant staff and as CO of Naval Supply Depot, Guantanamo. He also received a Meritorious Service Medal for service on the staff of ComTen.

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He retired on 1 August 1971 and with family moved to Orlando, FL. In retirement. Bill attended Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, eaming a Master of Business Administiation degree. He was a member of the University Club in Winter Park and the Economics Club of Orlando.

He was also a member of the USNA Alumni Association.

He is survived by his wife, Martha, at 656 Park Lane, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701; four sons: William, Charles. Kenneth and David; one daughter Stephanie; and several grandchildren. His first wife, Rutii, died on 13 March 1984.

W.H. Packard '35

JAMES THOMAS REED '36 Captain James Thomas Reed, USN (Ret.), of Ginger Cove in Annapolis, MD, age 84, died 26 September 1996, of comphcations following surgery. He was a native of Gibson County, TN, and a graduate of Dyer High School, Dyer, TN, and of the Naval Academy, Class of 1936. On graduation, he resigned from the Navy due to unsatisfactory vision. He worked three years for the DuPont Company before joining the govemment as a Civil Service employee. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was a Jr Naval Architect at David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, MD. On 13 April 1942, he was commissioned as a LT(JG) USNR and ordered to the Minesweeping Section of the Bureau of Ships.

In 1947, he transferted to the Regular Navy as an Engineering Duty Officer He retired from the Navy on 1 Febmary 1971. His tours of duty included Chief Engineer, MANCHESTER; Bureau of Ships representative at the Office of Naval Attache, London; two as Assistant Chief of Staff for Maintenance: Commander Mine Force Atlantic Fleet and Commander Service Force Atlantic Fleet; three in Naval Shipyards: one at Long Beach and two at Philadelphia, where later he was the Production Officer; and two in Bureau of Ships: first as Technical Officer in Charge of Moored Minesweeping during World War II and later as Director of the Management Control Division for Field Activities.

He was a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and was Coramanding Officer of the Naval Ship Repair Facility, Guam, during Vietnam.

His last duty was as Assistant Inspector General, Naval Ship Systems Command. His medals include Meritorious Service and Navy Commendation.

After retirement from the Navy, he resided in Memphis, TN, for 17 years where he was the president and principal broker of the Reed Real Estate Corporation; he was a member of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church and the Chickasaw Country Club in Memphis.

In September 1988, he with his wife moved into Ginger Cove, a retirement community near Annapolis. While living at Ginger Cove, he was active on various committees and was an active golf and croquet player He attended the Naval Academy Chapel, was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Retired Officers Association, a member in perpetuity of the Military Order of the World Wars, and a member of the Navy League.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years. Nancy Musterman Reed, a native Annapolitan; two daugh-

ters: Nancy Reed Robinson DeCou of Sterling. VA, and Elizabeth Leah Reed of Annapolis, MD; one son: James Thomas Reed, Jr., of Seal Beach, CA; one brother: Charles Reed of Memphis, TN; and seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Naval Academy in St. Andrews Chapel on 30 September.

Inurnment was at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Naval Academy Alumni Association, 247 King George Street, Annapolis, Maryland 214021306 or to the Ginger Cove Endowment Fund, 4000 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

IRA FREDERICK HADDOCK, SR '38 Rear Admiral Ira F. Haddock, SC, USN (Ret.), at die age of 81, died on 26 March 1996 in C o l o r a d o Springs, CO. Rear Admiral Haddock was bom on 23 April 1914, in Blairsville, PA, and attended East High School in Akron, OH. Enlisting in the Navy in 1932, he entered the Naval Academy in 1934 after attending the Naval Academy Preparatory Class at the Naval Training Center, Norfolk, VA. Upon graduation from the Academy, he was assigned to RICHMOND where he served as Signal Officer in the Gunnery Division for two years. His transfer to the Supply Corps was followed by brief instruction in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington, DC, and at the Supply Corps School, Bayonne, NJ. His first supply assignment was in 1941 as Supply and Disbursing Officer in the NIAGARA, a motor torpedo boat tender which served the first MTB squadrons operating in the Pacific after the outbreak of World War II. He then retumed to Norfolk, VA, to serve as Assistant Supply Officer of the Naval Air Station until June 1944.

Admiral Haddock's next duty was Officer in Charge of D-1 Unit #9. staging in Pearl Harbor until December 1944, after which he served as Executive Officer of the Naval Aviation Supply Depot at Sama, Philippine Islands. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service at the Aviation Supply Depot.

From January 1947 until August 1949 he served as Planning Officer Assistant Supply Officer and Executive Assistant at the Aviation Supply office, Philadelphia after which he served as Special Assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

Admiral Haddock received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School in July 1951 after two years of study.

He then joined VALLEY FORGE, serving as Supply Officer while the aircraft cartier participated in operations in Korean waters under the United Nations Command in 1951-1952.

Reporting to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts for duty as Special Projects Division Director in December 1952. he subsequentiy served from September 1954 until June 1956 as Director, Inventory Contt-ol Division within the Bureau.

In August 1956 he joined the Staff of Commander Service Force. US Pacific Fleet, and served until July 1958 as Assistant Fleet and Force Supply Officer Remming again to Norfolk, Admiral Haddock served until July 1960 as Supply Officer at the Naval Air

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Station, when he assigned duties as Executive Officer of the Aviation Supply Officer, Philadelphia, PA. During the next two-and-a-half years, he commanded the Naval Ships Parts Control Center, Mechanicsburg. PA. and also served as Commanding Officer of the Fleet Material Support Office in Mechanicsburg for six months.

Following a two-year tour as Assistant Chief for Supply Management at the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Admiral Haddock commanded the Defense Constmction Supply Center, Columbus, OH and eamed the Joint Service Commendation Medal for "exceptionally outstanding service."

Before his retirement in June 1970, Rear Admiral Haddock assumed command of the Norfolk Naval Supply Center on 15 May 1969 as the twenty-second Commanding Officer Prior to taking command of the Center, Admiral Haddock served as Assistant Director of Plans, Programs and Systems at the Defense Supply Agency, Alexandria, VA, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service."

In addition to his personal decorations. Admiral Haddock wears the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal; and the Philippine Liberation Medal.

Married to the former Janet F. Vosper of Akron, OH. The Haddocks have three children, Ira Frederick, Jr., Dustin Lee, both of Denver, CO; and Kathleen H. Sheeley of Valdosta. GA; and six grandchildren.

Four brothers Dutch. Bob, Tom, and Bill survive and one brother Richard, and a sister, Helen, preceded him in death.

R O B E R T K E M B L E W O R T H I N G T O N '38 Captain Robert Kemble Rittenhouse Worthington, USN (Ret.), died 6 March 1996 of complications after a stroke. Captain Worthington of University City, CA was 80 years old. He was bom in Philadelphia, and graduated second in his Class from the Naval Academy in 1938.

Captain Worthington served aboard SILVERSIDES and BALAO during World War II, and eamed, among other decorations, the Navy Cross. In 1949, as commander of TUSK, he led a daring rescue of the crew of another submarine off the coast of Norway. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships said the rescue was made "under the worst possible conditions." It said seven men were lost in the rescue effort: six were from TUSK. On the 50th anniversary of VJ Day last year. Captain Worthington recalled with vivid details his memories of World War II. He kept in touch with 100 of his shipmates ever since the War. "A submarine is a team," he was quoted as saying, "you live, fight and you die as a team. If a submarine goes down, everyone goes down. You seldom die alone.

It's one of the things that make submariners so close."

He moved to San Diego in 1954 as Executive Officer of SPERRY. He retumed to San Diego in 1967 to work on the design and constmction of a Lockheed submersible. DEEP QUEST. He retired from Lockheed in the mid-1970s.

Captain Worthington had been president of the Deep Submersible Pilots Association, a civilian group of submariners, and was a member of the Marine Technological Society, the American Ordnance Association, the Submarine Veterans of Worid War II, the Institute of Navigation, the US Naval Institute, the Far West Ski Association, and the San Diego Zoological Society.

He is survived by his wife Peri; a son. Robert S. of Annacortes, WA; a daughter. Dr Robin W. Woo

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of Los Angeles and Alexandria, VA; a sister, Marjorie Caldwell, and a niece, Carol Cadwell, both of Philadelphia; a granddaughter and a great-granddaughter.

A memorial service was held on 7 March at the Naval Training Center Chapel. His cremains went to sea aboard JEFFERSON CITY when it deployed on 15 April.

ARCHIBALD THOMAS NICHOLSON, JR. '40 Captain A. Thomas ><rv ^^^1 "Nick" Nicholson, Jr,

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Bom on 2 July 1917 in Tarboro, NC, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state, worked as associate editor of the Class Lucky Bag, and graduated with the Class of 1940.

First duty assignment was to CALIFORNIA through the 7 December 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor (As OOD of CALIFORNL\! !). The red-headed Nick then transferted to COLUMBIA and participated in a number of actions in the South Pacific with her; then later, as Gunnery Officer of SPRINGFIELD continued with the War in the Pacific through the Okinawa Campaign and the end of World War II in Tokyo Bay with Japan's surtender The next 18 years included duty at the Naval Academy as instmctor in Ordnance and Gunnery; XO of HANK for 9 months of Korean operations; command of STRONG, with a return engagement in Korean waters; XO of Fleet Training Center in Norfolk; CincPacFlt's Staff; XO of COLUMBUS; attendance at the Military Assistance Institute in Washington; and then to Panama, where Nick was Chief of the Military Assistance Section of the Logistics Division, CincCarib.

In 1963, Nick took command of NEOSHO, followed by duty as Chief of Staff to CincLantFlt; then to Sasebo, Japan under ComServGm3 in a new billet as the on-scene operational commander of logistics forces off Vietnam; later as Chief of Staff. Retirement after 30 years of active duty followed a final three years in OPNAV as the Deputy Director of the Current Operations Section until June 1970. His decorations included two Bronze Stars, two Meritorious Service medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Navy Commendation medals and the Naval Unit Commendation ribbon.

After retirement from active duty. Nick stayed in uniform another 10 years by establishing and heading the Naval Science Unit at Norfolk's Norview High School. In 1980. he retired a second time.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Gilberta of Punta Gorda. FL; a son, Douglas of Virginia Beach, VA; a daughter, Nancy Van Evera of Calumet, Ml; a brother, Henry G. of Raleigh. NC: and five grandchildren.

Gilberta Nicholson

E D W I N G A R D N E R W E E D '40 Ned Weed died peacefully at his Corinthian Island home in Belvedere. CA. on Thursday. 8 August 1996. He had been ill for 20 years as the result of a stroke. A memorial service was held in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Belvedere on 28 August; where he had been a lay reader and served on the vestry for 50 years.

Bom on 19 April 1918 in Jacksonville, FL, Ned was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1940.

First duty assignment was to SAN FRANCISCO through the 7 December 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor He then volunteered for submarine duty and, after training, served on submarine duty in the South Pacific. At the end of World War II, he was with airsea rescue operations based in San Diego. As a lieutenant commander, he resigned from active duty in 1946. With a degree in engineering, he became West Coast sales manager for Aerofin Corporation.

His consuming interest in providing diversity in Public housing resulted from representing St. Stephen's in the Belvedere-Tiburon Ecumenical Housing Association formed in the 1960s to convert dilapidated war-time housing in Tiburon into a modem, safe complex for families with limited income.

Because of his ingenuity and determination in securing private funding to supplement limited govemment allocations. The Hilarita with 101 units became a reality. In recognition of his leadership, the main thoroughfare was named Ned's Way. Later, he participated in the planning and financing of the Belvedere housing Project, Farley Place.

Community service included a term on the Belvedere City Council and charter member of the Belvedere-Tiburon Rotary Club and Landmarks Society.

In 1994, Ned received Belvedere's Citizen Emeritus Award.

An avid sailor, he was a member of the San Francisco Yacht Club, competing in the Honolulu Race on BARUNA and racing Class A sailboats on the Bay. He also sailed in British Columbia and crossed the Atlantic. Ned belonged to an informal club of salmon fishermen. Ashore, he was a serious chess and bridge player He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Frances in Belvedere; two daughters, Margaret Weed of Tiburon and Cynthia Calvin of Aubum, Califomia; a sister, Julia Baldwin, and a brother, Joseph Weed, both of Jacksonville, FL. Frances Weed

May you have the greatest two gifts of all on these holidays: Someone to love and someone who loves you.

-John Sinor

ERNEST J O H N EDMANDS '41 Emest J. Edmands, age of 79, a retired Navy lieutenant commander who later taught engineering and mathematics at Northem Virginia Community College, died of cancer and emphysema on 9 October at home in Newport News, VA. Commander Edmands was bom in Andover, MA. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1941 and served during World War II in the Pacific. Postwar assignments included study at the Naval War College and service on the faculty at the Naval Academy and with NATO in Paris. He was Commanding Officer of the Navy unit at Bahrain in the Persian Gulf In 1962, Commander Edmands retired from the Navy. He taught at Northem Virginia Community College for 10 years before moving to Newport News.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Phyllis Edmands of Newport News; five daughters. Karla Conner of Arlington. Margot Grier of Silver Spring, Tina Harris of Newport News. Wendy Pearson of Williamsburg and Adrienne Vance of Washington; one sister; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

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WALTER DONALD GADDIS '41 Walter Donald Gaddis, age 79, a retired Navy vice admiral and former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations who had lived in retirement in Bertyville, VA, since 1978, died of congestive heart failure 12 October at Winchester Medical Center Admiral Gaddis was a Wyoming native and a 1941 graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor aboard PENNSYLVANIA when it was attacked in dry dock by Japanese planes on 7 December 1941. Later in the War, he served as gunnery officer aboard WASP. After the War, his assignments included the command of destroyer divisions and squadrons, as well as staff posts, including that of Budget and Reports Director in the office of the Navy controller and assistant and then Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics.

He received a master's degree in metallurgical engineering from what is now Carnegie Mellon University. His military decorations included four awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with combat "V" and the Navy Commendation medal with gold star and combat "V".

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, the former Dorothy Giesler, of Berryville; three sons, Walter J r , of Fremont, NH, Thomas A., of Laramie, WY, and John Q., of Arvada, CO; three daughters, Rita E. Grim of Colorado Springs, Mary E. McDonald of Bertyville and Jane Clark of Clearbrook, VA; two brothers, Carl, of Olympia, WA, and Gerald, of Bremerton, WA; and 12 grandchildren.

GERALD MCGUFFIN REEVES '41 Captain Gerald M. Reeves, USN (Ret.), was born in Bisbee, AZ, on 23 November 1917. He entered the Naval Academy Class of 1941 from El Paso, TX, after a year's duty as a sailor aboard SARATOGA under the

command of then Captain William F. Halsey.

When Gerty had difficulty getting his request for the Naval Academy off the ship. Captain Halsey personally intervened and forwarded the request. On graduation Gerry was assigned to SALT LAKE CITY. In SALT

LAKE CITY he participated in a number of major actions in World War II. These included overseeing HORNET to Tokyo with the Doolittle Raiders, and rescuing part of the crew of WASP when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Solomons Campaign. SALT LAKE CITY was severely damaged in the savage point-blank mele with Japanese cruisers in the Battie of Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal. Her most famous battle was off the Komandorski Islands where she bore the bmnt of the action. In that action she was damaged, stopped dead in the water, and narrowly escaped destruction by the superior Japanese force.

Captain Reeves next volunteered for submarine duty and commissioned PIPER. Captain Edward L. Beach, Commanding Officer of PIPER, served two tours with Gerry, was Godfather of Gerty's daughter Rachel, and his longtime personal friend. He contributed the following comments: "Gerry twice served as my exec, once in PIPER ( S S 409) at the end of the war and later in AMBERJACK

(SS-522), based in Key West. We developed a strong personal friendship based on our shared experiences and it is with deep regret that I write these final words about him. He was a strong and vital human being, as he was a strong and vital executive officer to one

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who felt the need. During war service PIPER was fitted for penetration through the mined Straits of Tsushima into the Sea of Japan, and was indeed the last boat in there before Japan's surtender made it mandatory to stay there until positive information for safe passage out could be obtained. For approximately three weeks we cruised aimlessly, until the word was finally received. He and I and the entire crew of PIPER share the distinction of having been bombed by a Japanese aviator who didn't agree with his emperor, a day or so after the end of the War As a consequence of these joint tours, I came to have a strong appreciation of Gerry's integrity and inner strength. It's a cliche to say that he loved the Navy, but it's also true. However, he was never a man to accept status quo simply because superiors had ordained it. He demanded proof of the rightness of procedures and things, in or out of the Navy, and all his life exemplified a quick intolerance for selfserving, inefficiency, or stupidity. Many a sailor, and officer too, have felt the lash of his indignation; at the same time, he never forgot his own origin as a whitehat. In his later years as a squadron commander, I saw him put his arm around a scared and stuttering sailor who was probably serving his first watch as OOD's messenger, and say to him kindly, "Relax, son, what are you supposed to tell me?"

Now he's gone, leaving behind only his daughter Rachel, whom I knew as a little girl. She is the one with the most memories of her father and of the man that he was. These memories, supplemented by those of his friends, are of a magnificent father who devoted his life to his family, his Navy, and his country. He died full of honor in the bosom of all three."

Gerry's service in submarines, in addition to his two tours as Executive Officer, included duties as Navigator of PROTEUS, Captain of CUBERA, Executive Officer of ORION, Commander of Submarine Division 6 1 , Commander of Submarine Squadron Seven, Commander of Submarine Flotilla Five and finally as the Submarine Member of the Ships Characteristics Board.

With these extensive submarine assignments Gerty's major contribution to the submarine service is obvious. In addition to his submarine assignments other significant duties included command of CACAPON, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations on the staff of Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier.

In this later capacity he coordinated the picking up in the mid-Pacific of MERCURY astronauts Walter Shirra and Gordon Cooper after their early 1960s space flights.

After retirement Gerry moved to Tucson, AZ where he was predeceased by his wife Rueth. He died on 12 October 1966 and was interred at the East Lawn Palms Cemetery in Tucson. He is survived by his daughter Rachel and one granddaughter Yvonne.

PERRY WENDELL JOHNSON JR. '42 Perty W. Johnson, an eight year resident of Indian River Colony Club (IRCC), and retired commander in the Navy, made his last voyage on 15 September 1996 after a long cancer related illness. A New York state native, Perty was born in Painted Post, NY, in March 1919. A distinguished high school graduate and star tennis player. Perry was immensely popular at his Corning Northside High School and was class president. After a year at Georgia Tech, Perty went on to graduate from the Naval Academy in the Class of '42 and was commissioned ensign in December 1941. His war experience included service aboard battleships, aircraft cartiers and cmisers in the American and Asiatic-Pacific theaters.

His first assignment was not on the "bridge" for fate had stepped in upon commissioning when his eyesight faltered for line duty. After six months of training new recruits in San Diego. Perry succeeded

in gaining duty on MISSISSIPPI. Eye standards had been relaxed but his wise executive officer challenged Perry that he could go further in engineering duty.

Perty went on to be the Division Officer for each of the four engineering divisions before leaving the ship in the South Pacific.

Perry stayed with engineering and went on to commission SHANORI-LA as damage control engineer He later became chief engineer in VICKSBURG until the end of World War II. He was awarded six battle stars for Pacific campaigns.

In his post War Naval career, he specialized in the engineering fields of ships maintenance, alteration and new construction. His assignments were in the Naval Bureau of Ships and the Office of Naval Material in Washington; the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; the US Naval Base, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands; and the US Naval Boiler and Turbine Laboratory, Naval Base, Philadelphia, PA. The most rewarding Naval experience was a tour as Production Officer of the Ship Repair Facility at Subic Bay. By then, Perty had married Terry Gamble from Alpine, TX. Along with son Dion (8) and daughter Judy (5), they fully enjoyed all the benefits of tropical family living, sightseeing and shopping in the Far East, developing a love for things Polynesian.

When Perry retired from the Navy in 1962, he was the Production Engineering Officer at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Diversifying his career skills, he then became a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and safety engineer employed at Shell Chemical Company in Woodbury, NJ. While in his second career at Shell, he rose to Manager of Health, Safety and Environment. In the safety engineering field he was a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He was past Chairman of both the South Jersey Industrial Safety Council and the Tri-State Industrial Fire and Safety Group, and was past General Chairman of the New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee.

A beloved family man, he declined loftier career moves to remain in New Jersey. He was a dedicated scout executive, a chairman of community hospital fund raising activities, PTA president, active in local theater productions and an avid golfer Underlying it all, Perty Johnson was the mainstay behind wife Terry's Polynesian Dance Studio for over 35 years. Perry, Terty, their whole family, and a countless number of dancing friends have performed hundreds of professional concerts, spreading authentic Hawaiian, Polynesian, and Asian dance lore up and down the Atlantic seaboard.

In February of 1989 the Johnsons left their Woodbury, NJ, home of 33 years and migrated south to a winter roost in the Indian River Colony Club, a golf course community for retired military officers, about ten minutes from the spacecoast of Patrick AFB. However, from May to October, Perry and Terty have cooled off during the long Summers while boating and golfing at their cottage on Lake Keuka in the Finger Lakes region of New York state.

Perty is survived by his wife Terry, son Dion, and daughter Judy. Terry will remain at IRCC and will continue her golfing and dance instruction activities.

Son Dion W. Johnson, a retired Lt. Colonel, USAF, is a director of Continental Micronesia Airiines in Guam where he lives with his wife Suzie and their children. Daughter Judy J, Hall, a high school English teacher, lives in Melbourne with her husband Rick.

Please send all donations in the name of Perry Johnson to the American Cancer Society at 6983 N. Wickham Road, Melboume, FL 32940-7549.

Judith J. Hall.

The soul would have no rainbow had no tears.

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PAUL E. A R B O ' 4 4 Paul E. Arbo, age 74, a retired Navy captain and engineering analyst who specialized in guided missiles and anti-submarine warfare, died of cardiac arrest 7 October at his home in Arlington. He had lived in the Washington area off and on since 1961.

Captain Arbo retired in 1972 as a surface warfare officer at the Office of Naval Warfare Analysis. After retiring, he was an engineering analyst with companies that included Tettatech Corp.

Captain Arbo was a native of New Orleans and attended Tulane University. He was a graduate of the Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School, California Institute of Technology, Armed Forces Staff College and National War College.

He served on destroyers in the Pacific during World War II and commanded a destroyer escort, desttoyer and guided missile destroyer squadron after the War. He served three tours with the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He was co-author of a plan to create the Office of Naval Warfare Analysis.

His honors included the Legion of Merit with a combat "V" and gold star and the Navy Commendation Medal with a combat "V".

He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, MADDOX Destroyer Association and Army/Navy Country Club.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Mary Ann Loving Arbo of Arlington; two children, Melinda Anne Arbo of Winchester, MA, and Paul Keith "Kit" Arbo of Great Falls; a sister, Gloria Arbo of Biloxi, MS; and a brother, Phillip Arbo of New Orleans.

JOSEPH JOHN MCGUIRE '45 First Lieutenant Joseph J. McGuire, USMC (Ret.), at the age of 74, died from a stroke 13 March 1996 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, NJ. Joe was bom 2 September 1921 in West Pittston, PA, and entered the Academy from that state as a member of the Class of 1945. He was in the 14th Company First Class year. Graduating in June 1944, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

Following a period of aviation indoctrination at Jacksonville, FL, and leave, he reported to Quantico where, with the other Marine members of his Class, he was assigned to the 55th Officer Candidate Class and then to the 58th Reserve Officer Class. After graduating on New Year's Day, 1945, Joe reported to Camp Lejeune where he performed duty in the Second Training Battalion, Infantry Training Regiment, Marine Training Command commanded by Colonel L.B. "Chesty" Puller In April, he was sent overseas in the 54th Replacement Draft which went to Okinawa. He was assigned duty as the machine gun platoon commander in Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 6th Marine Division. He participated in the amphibious assault on the Oroku Peninsular launched from an already secured area of Okinawa. On 6 June 1945, Joe was severely wounded by a mortar round during that battle and was evacuated to Guam and then to the States. After several months of hospitalization for treatment of his wounds, he was retired on 1 October 1946 because of his disabilities.

For several years before his death, Joe battled circulatory system problems, caused by his war wounds and complicated by diabetes, which resulted in amputation of a lower leg.

As a civilian, Joe worked for several companies.

His last position was an engineering consultant at Fort Monmouth, NJ, where he worked for 11 years before retiring in 1992. Prior to that he worked for Rheem Manufacturing Co., Baltimore, MD; Mack Tmck Co.. Plainfield, NJ; Singer Co.. New York City; Stop Fire and P & F Industries, both in North Bmnswick, NJ. He was a communicant of the Church

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of the Nativity, Fair Haven, NJ, and lived in Little Silver, NJ, before moving to Eatontown, NJ, in 1989, where he resided at the time of his death.

His son Tertance J., died last year. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Geraldine E. Bort McGuire; four sons; Edward of Worcester, MA, Kevin of Downingtown, PA, Daniel of Red Bank, and Joseph T. of New York City; two daughters, Mary Ziegler, Ithaca, NY, and Ann Murdock, Red Bank; a brother, Andrew McGuire, Palm City, FL, and four grandchildren.

Joe was buried in Arlington National Cemetery 15 April 1996.

S.A. Vale '45

and later in TOWHEE. He received flight training in Pensacola and Corpus and later served as a squadron pilot in VP5 at Roosevelt Roads from '48-'50.

After a two year tour with the ATU in Corpus, he underwent LTA training in Lakehurst in 1953 and later served in ZP3 until 1956. A three year tour with the NROTC at the University of Oklahoma from '56 to '59 found him achieving a MS in general engineering. From '59 to '61 he served in FAETULANT in Norfolk followed by three years in VRl at PaxRiv. He retired on 1 July 1964 and began a long career in the teaching field at the University of Maryland, the Episcopal High School in Alexandria and at the Holton-Arms School where he taught physics and calculus until his retirement in 1990.

HASSELL LEE NORTON '45 Commander Hassell "Tweet" Lee Norton, USN (Ret.), died on 8 October 1996 at a Norfolk Hospital after a long battle with Parkinson's. A Mass of Christian Burial was observed on 10 October at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Norfolk. Inurnment of his ashes with military honors was held at Arlington National Cemetery Columbarium on 29 October 1996. Many Classmates attended the services and a reception which followed at Ft. Myer Officer's Club.

The Class provided a floral arrangement in his memory.

Tweet was bom on 2 January 1921 at Ft. Riley, KS, and was a resident of Roswell, NM. He received an At Large appointment to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945 and a member of the Fourth Company. At the Naval Academy he was involved in wrestling and the Glee Club.

After graduation, he was ordered to HENLEY in the Pacific at the end of World War II. From '47 to '49

Survivors are his Shipmate of 52 years, Mary Jane, of 12104 Drews Court, Potomac, MD 20854; four children, Mary Lucile Moyer of Poolesville, MD, June Vanderhook of Shepardstown, WV, Paul Brooks Puckett, Jr. of Burke, VA and Nancy Puckett-Dunn of NY; a brother, the Rev. Charles D.W. Puckett of Broken Artow, OK; and eight grandchildren. Memorials in his name may be made to the Holton-Arms Scholarship Fund.

Dutch Schulz '45

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man; but soon or late, the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

-C.W. Longenecker

he served in WILEY, LUKE and POWELL before attend-

ing PG school in Annapolis from '49 to '52 where he earned a BS in electronics. He served two years, '52-'54, on NORFOLK before reporting to MINS in the Production Department from '54-'57. Shore duty in the Electronics Supply Office and in the Sonar Branch of BuShips from '57 to '62 was followed by a tour at SacLant in Norfolk where he retired on 1 July 1970. From 1970 to 1976 he was an elementary school teacher at the Blessed Sacrament Elementary School in Norfolk.

A Life Member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and other local organizations, he is survived by his Shipmate of 51 years, Helen, of 131 Ridgely Point, Norfolk, VA 23505, three daughters: Catherine Rothman and Mary Lee Norton of Norfolk, Rae Ann Gastoukian of Newport News, and a son, Allan Hassell, of Pittsburgh, a sister and nine grandchildren. Memorials in his name may be made to the American Parkinson's Disease Association of Staten Island, NY. Dutch Schulz '45

PAUL BROOKS PUCKETT '45 Lieutenant Commander Paul Brooks Puckett, USN (Ret.), died on 9 September 1996 of heart disease and kidney failure at Bethesda Naval Medical Center Memorial services were held on 14 September 1996 at the Potomac United Methodist Church.

Inurnment services with military honors were held on 18 September at Arlington Cemetery. The Class of 1945 provided a floral artangement in his memory.

Paul was bom in Hartshorn, OK, on 11 April 1920 and received a Senatorial appointment to the Naval Academy from Oklahoma. He graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945 and a member of the Seventh Company. At the Academy, he was active in the Glee Club, Choir and the Reception Committee.

His first duty assignment was in the Pacific during the final days of World War II on board IDAHO,

C H A R L E S SMITH ALEXANDER, JR. '48 Captain Charles S. Alexander, Jr., USN (Ret.), passed away after a short illness on 8 October 1996 at Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery on 18 October 1996 with appropriate military honors.

Born in Norfolk, VA on 11 August 1926, the son of Captain Charles S. Alexander ' 2 1 , a Naval Aviator "Aleck" as he was called by his Classmates, grew up in various parts of the country where his father was stationed. He attended high school in Coral Gables, FL, and the Sullivan Preparatory School in Washington, DC. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1944 and was graduated in 1947 with the Class of 1948.

Captain Alexander served at sea in SPOKANE and ENGLISH, and after receiving a master's degree in electronics engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California he became an engineering duty officer His later tours included head of an electronics unit in Japan, ship superintendent at the Boston Naval Shipyard where he supervised the conversion of ALBANY to a guided missile cruiser Later duty in Washington included a tour as Assistant Commander for Communications Systems Planning at Naval Communications Command Headquarters for which he received the Meritorious Service Medal, and duty in the Naval Electronic Systems Command.

Captain Alexander's awards in addition to the above medal included the Legion of Merit, Ameri-

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can Campaign Medal WWII, Worid War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Europe), National Defense Medal, Korean Service Medal with four Stars, United Nations Service Medal, and Korean Presidential Unit Citation.

Captain Alexander was retired on 30 June 1978, and became interested in local Olde Town Alexandria affairs where he lived until his last illness. These activities included service with the local civic association and meals-on-wheels. He was also active in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and participated in Alexandria's Scottish festivities where he delighted in appearing in full kilted regalia.

Captain Alexander is survived by his two brothers, Robert D. Alexander of Exton, PA, and John P. Alexander '52 of Seattle, WA. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

-Chinese Proverb

JOSEPH FRANKLIN ANDERSON '54 Captain Joseph Franklin Anderson died on I October 1996 at his home in Alexandia, VA, after a courageous two year battle with lung cancer.

Graveside services attended by Classmates and friends were held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Joe was born 17 December 1930 in Knoxville, TN, and spent his early years there attending local schools, including the University of Tennessee for one yean As a Naval Reserve seaman on a '48 Midshipman cmise to the Meditertanean, Joe decided to try for Annapolis. After successfully competing for a Naval Reserve appointment he entered the Academy in June 1950. He was in the Twelfth Company, participated in Battalion boxing each year and was a photographer for the LOG. His first assignment after graduation was to FRANK E. EVANS (DD-754) in which he made three West Pac deployments. After attending submarine school in

CARL HERMAN TAYLOR, JR. '55 Carl "Buddy" Taylor, J r died at home on 11 November 1995 after a courageous bout with cancer Classmates will remember Carl as a fun-loving shipmate who valued family and friends above all else.

After graduation, he served in surface vessels prior to leaving active duty and earning a master's degree in electrical engineering. He eventually retired as an engineer and manager after 25 years of service with Florida Power Corporation.

Active in civic and comraunity affairs in Crystal River, FL, Carl was known for devotion to faraily, for his work ethic and for his desire to help the less fortunate in society. Community leaders described him as straightforward, honest, and concerned about his relationships with others.

His minister said, "Carl faced death with faith, hope, love, courage and dignity. His sharing and giving nature were evident to the end."

Survivors include his wife, Jackie Litton Taylor, two sons, Carl H. Taylor III of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Bradford C. Taylor of Orlando, FL; two daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Carla Ann) Wilder of Crystal River and Mrs. J.B. (Michele) Caldwell of Orange City, FL; nine grandchildren and an aunt, Mrs. Carl (Kathleen) Humes of Carl's hometown, Bluefield, WV. Donations of sympathy may be raade to the Shands Hospital, University of Florida, Box 100386, 1600 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32610-0386, c/o Kay Mitchell and designate Oncology Research or Ronald House.

My daddy gave me some advice when I was seven years old. He said, "When your feet hit the floor every moming, say out loud, 'Today I'm going to do the best job I can do.'" Today is a promise you make to yourself.

-Pearce

1957 he served in CONGER ( S S - 7 7 ) , CAVALLA (SS-244)

and was on the commissioning crew of ETHAN ALLEN

(SSBN-608). He was Executive Officer aboard RUNNER (SS-476) and Coramanding Officer of GRAMPUS (SS-523). After a tour in Washington, DC in the MK 48 Torpedo Project Office, he served as Executive Officer in HUNLEY ( A S - 3 1 ) followed by tours in the Naval Sea Systems Command, OPNAV, and the Naval Material Command. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

Following retirement from active duty on 30 September 1978, Joe worked as an engineer at ROH, Inc, and at American Power Jet Co. in Arlington, VA. In 1983 he joined American Systems Corporation, Chantilly, VA, as a senior engineer providing support to the TRIDENT Command and Control Division in the Naval Sea Systems Command until early 1996 until his health failed.

As a resident of Alexandia, VA, for over twenty seven years, Joe participated in several comraunity activities and held many positions to promote youth sports. Some of these include: President of Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association, President of Fort Hunt Boosters Club, Fort Hunt Youth Basketball Commissioner, coach of numerous sports teams, youth basketball referee and baseball umpire. In his spare time, he found great joy in woodworking and restoring antique fumiture.

He is survived by his wife Jeannine Anderson; sons Joseph F. Anderson J r and Daniel E. Anderson; daughters Catherine A. Carlisle and Jeannine Michelle Anderson; grandson Camden Anderson; and brother E. Riley Anderson.

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CARL ELAYER DAVIS '59 Carl Elayer Davis died Sunday at his home in Silver City, NM, after an extended cancer illness. He was born 8 April 1937, in the old Silver City Hospital and attended public schools in Silver City. After graduating from Western High School in 1955, Carl attended the Naval Academy, graduating on 3 June 1959. On the same day, he martied Gail Robidoux at the old Presbyterian Church in Annapolis.

After serving as a lieutenant in the Navy, he left the service and was employed at Kennecott Copper, Chino Mines, in a supervisory capacity. Mr. Davis had a wide variety of interests. He enjoyed working in his local gold mine and in gold mines in Mexico which were previously worked by his late grandfather. Cooper Davis. He owned and operated an assay office. He loved restoring Model "T" Fords and at the time of his death was restoring his second car.

Survivors include his wife, Gail; his daughters, Bonnie Goats and her husband. Jay, and Tammie Baker and her husband, Brian; a son. Bill; his grandchildren, David and Michael Hurt and Alaina Baker, his parents, John C. "Jack" and Mary Davis; and his sisters, Christine Drangmeister and her husband, Dick, Punkie Gartetson, and Winifred Taylor and her husband, Bmce. Also surviving are his mother-inlaw, Enid Robidoux; his aunts, Betty Richmond, and Gene Hunter and her husband Paul; and numerous nieces and nephews.

JOHN EDWARD BRAENDLE '61 Commander John E. (Jack) Braendle, USN (Ret.), of Virginia Beach, VA died Saturday, 12 October 1996 in his residence.

Jack was born in Freeport, MI on 20 July 1938.

He grew up in Havana, IL, the son of the late Ken W. Braendle. His mother, Elizabeth Braendle, currently resides in Springfield, IL. Jack, who was in the 1st Company graduated from the Naval Academy in 1961. He later attended Webb Institute, receiving a master's degree in Naval Architecture, and also received an MBA from Southem Illinois University.

Jack and his wife, Linda, lived in Virginia Beach since 1982, having come from San Diego, CA when he retired from the Navy. He was employed by EG&G in Virginia Beach.

Jack is survived by his beloved wife of 35 years, Linda L. Koke Braendle; a son. Brad Braendle of Virginia Beach; two daughters, Tamara Braendle Hennegan of Honolulu, HI, Lynn E. Braendle of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Neil Braendle of Hastings, MI, Jim Braendle of Cambridge, IL; two sisters, Helena Rickse of Grand Rapids, MI, Phyllis Hoffman of Joliet, IL; and two grandchildren, ColHn and Jaclyn Hennegan.

A memorial service was held on 14 October at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek Chapel, and he was buried at a ceremony with full military honors at Eastern Shore Cemetery. The family asks that memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

Anthony Trent of Beltsville, MD, at the age of 6 1 , a former University of Idaho faculty member, died of cancer in Beltsville on 6 April 1996.

Anthony was born 1 July 1934 in Los Angeles County, CA, and he graduated from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, CA. He graduated from the Naval Academy with a concentration in electrical engineering in 1956.

From 1956 to 1976, he served in the Marine Corps.

He received a master's degree in soil physics in 1980 and a doctorate in crop physiology in 1984, both from Mississippi State University. / am not called upon or expected to change He became a faculty member of the Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences Department at the Uniany world except the one at the end of my versity of Idaho in 1988 and worked and lived in fingertips.

Moscow, Idaho, until June 1995.

-Richard F. Schubert He was working for the Department of Agriculture at its remote sensing and modeling laboratory in Beltsville, MD, at the time of his death.

Survivors include his wife, Kay, and son, Paul, both of Starkville, MS; and son, Adam.

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FRANK DATTILO, III '61 Commnader Frank Dattilo, III, USN (Ret), of Bonita, CA died on 25 September 1996 after a long and valiant battle with cancer On Thursday, 3 October, following a Mass of the Christian Burial at the Naval Training Center, San Diego Chapel, his ashes were inurned at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery with full military honors. One of the officiants at the service was RADM Henry J. (Father Cy) Rotridge, CHC, USN (Ret), who had been the Catholic Chaplain at the Naval Academy when Frank was a Midshipman.

Frank was bom 4 November 1938 in Winchester, MA and graduated from Winchester High School where he had been a star athlete and president of his class. After spending a year at Columbian Preparatory School, Washington, DC, he entered the Naval Academy in 1957, graduating in 1961. At the Naval Academy he was again a star athlete, lettering in football and lacrosse. He was a two-way starter on the nationally ranked I960 football team that played in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day in 1961.

During his twenty year Navy career, Frank served in various Naval combatants and auxiliary ships as well as performing significant assignments ashore.

His sea duties included: MCKEAN, ADVANCE, BAINBRIDGE and LONG BEACH, and the weapons test

platform NORTON SOUND. Shore duty assignments included US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (oceanography). Naval Weapons Station, Guam, M.I., and Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC. Following his retirement from the Navy in 1981, Frank worked in the weapons and aerospace industry, the last fifteen years for Vitro Systems, Inc., where he was a senior systems engineer in charge of Aegis combat systems support until the onset of his illness. While working in the Washington, DC area, Frank was very active in Class and Alumni activities. He served as 196rs Class president from 1984 to 1987. During the fight for his own life, Frank contributed significantly to the fight against cancer He participated in three series of chemotherapy treatments, the final two of which were largely experimental.

Surviving are his wife, Sharron L. (Stevens) Dattilo; two daughters, Michelle R. Fomey (and sonin-law, James) of San Marcos, CA, and Noelle D. of Bonita, CA; his mother of Winchester, MA; two sisters, Kay Dipanfilo of Woburn, MA and Angle Tuttie

of Winchester, MA; and his brother, Larry Dattilo of Woburn, MA. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, San Diego Chapter, 12405 Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92128.

Don Grinnell '61 KIP O'CONNOR'62 Commander Kip O'Connor, USN (Ret.), at the age of 56, died of cancer 24 September at his home in Annapolis.

Commander O'Connor was bom in Coronado, CA, where his father, a Naval Officer, was on active duty.

As a "Navy junior," he lived in numerous places after World War II. He graduated in 1958 from Severn School and from the Naval Academy in 1962. Later that year, he attended Submarine School and was designated a submarine officer During the Vietnam War, he served aboard ROCK in the Gulf of Tonkin.

In May 1967, he was assigned to the Anti-Submarine Warfare Group at Keflavik, Iceland, where he worked in the classification and analysis center Subsequently, he attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, where he received a master's degree in mechanical engineering and was selected an engineering duty officer After a four-year tour of overhauling submarines at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, he moved to Annapolis in 1976 and worked in logistics management and with the Board of Inspection and Survey.

In 1982, he served his final tour of duty at the former David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center as Fleet Support Officer and then as Officer in Charge. He retired from the Navy in 1988 and for several years worked for NKF Engineering Co. in Columbia.

Among his awards were the Meritorious Service, the Navy Commendation and the Nation Defense and Vietnam Service medals and the Navy and Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbons.

An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, backpacking and skiing. It was his love of the outdoors that led him to work for REI, an outdoor sporting equipment store.

Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Sarah Whitener O'Connor; three children. Kip O'Connor II '89,

Katie and James Michael O'Connor; and his mother, Jane O'Connor, all of Annapolis; his brother, Mike O'Connor of Moorestown, NJ; and his sister Lucille O'Connor Hood of Woodbridge, VA. Inurnment was in the Naval Academy Columbarium. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Anne Arundel Medical Center, 25 Shaw St., Annapolis, MD 2I40I. ROBERT FRANCIS PRICE '63 Commander Robert Francis Price, SC, USN (Ret.), of Greeneville, TN, died after a long battle with cancer on 16 Aug 1996 at the home of his son, Paul in Stoughton, MA. A service and inurnment were conducted at the Naval Academy.

Skip as he was known, was bom in Phoenix, AZ, and grew up in a military family. He attended BuUis Preparatory School in 1958 and entered the Naval Academy the following year as a member of the Class of 1963. While at the Naval Academy, Skip was active in intramural sports. As a member of the Public Relations Committee, he spent many Saturdays in the press box covering Navy sports.

Upon graduation. Skip was commissioned in the Supply Corps and was ordered to WALLER (DD-466) for duty after completion of training in Athens, GA. After a tour in the Philippines, he spent 14 months with MACV(SOG) in Vietnam. In 1970, he received his MBA from Harvard and went onto OPNAV in Washington, DC. From 1973 to 1975, he spent the most enjoyable years of his Naval career aboard SAN DIEGO (AFS-6). Following two tours of shore duty, he retired from the Navy in 1983. After several years with a consulting firm in Orlando, FL, he accepted a position with Martin Marietta Corporation and was subsequently transferted to Albuquerque, NM. In 1995, Skip and his wife. Babe, "retired" to Greeneville, TN, where they were in the process of renovating an old farmhouse.

Skip is survived by his wife of 33 years. Babe, sister Kathi Jenkins, son Paul of Stoughton, MA, and daughter Kelly Zimmermann of Woodbridge, VA.

Battle of Midway June 4-6, 1942 World War II

U.S. Navy fighter planes during the Battle of Midway.

"It is true that I must run great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger."

-Admiral John Paul Jones

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