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Shipmate October 1999

Volume 62, No. 8

Ire^uiires Superintendent's Call Curiculum 21 Update

by Wice Admiral John Ryan '67, USN

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ISSN 0488-6720 (USPS 494-440) Officers and Trustees

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A Few Inches From the Yard Summer Cruise

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Lucky Bag of Books McCain: An American Odyssey

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An Ocean Away 30 Duty, Honor, Country-Three Decades Later

Well Done The Alumni Association—Exceptional Employee Service

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The Annapolis Air Force A Proud Tradition of Service to the Nation

by Colonel Michael Nassr '54, USAF (Ret.)

6 The Great Train Ride

by Captain Bill Hayler '45, USN (Ret.)

10 Power CEOs USNA Grads Lead America's Public Utility Companies

12 Heart of the Matter

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Index of Advertisers

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All Hands

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Class News

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'84 Grad Pioneers Artificial Heart Research

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he recently conclucied Naval Academy Strategic Planning process, discussed extensively in previous editions oi Shipmate, has built upon several initiatives begim under earlier Naval Academy leadership. One important example of these initiatives was the thorough assessment, completed in 1997, of the balance and focus of the curriculum to prepare officers for the Navy and Marine Corps. That assessment, called Curriculum 21, is continuing to have profound impact on the Academy's operations. This article provides background information and an update on this important review.

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Jjeai'nninas In June 1997, a Special Committee of the Naval Academy's Board of Visitors issued a report summarizing its extensive review and analysis of the Academy, its mission and the programs supporting execution of that mission. The Committee, co-chaired by Admiral Stansfield Turner and Dr. Judy Mohraz, President of Goucher College, produced a report entitled The Higher Standard. The title suggests the expectation that USNA is and ought to be held to a higher performance standard than are its peers in higher education. The report concluded that "the institution is fundamentally sound," echoing an earlier accreditation review by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, describing USNA as "a national resource of distinctive character and remarkable excellence."

Nevertheless, the Board of Visitors Special Committee offered a number of "strategies for making a great instimtion even better."

Among these were recommendations that the Academy "estabUsh a mechanism to evaluate the balance between professional training and academic achievement."

In response, then-Superintendent Admiral Charles Larson, with full support from then Secretary of the Navy John Dalton and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jay Johnson, estabUshed a study group to address questions of curricular balance at the Academy. The group's effort was called Curriculum 21. Its charter, specifically, was to "Review demands on midshipmen to optimize the balance between academic and professional development as well as between Humanities/ Social Sciences, and the Math, Science and Engineering curricula."

The Curriculum 21 committee was comprised of 29 members, including senior leadership from throughout the Navy and Marine Corps, augmented by faculty and staff from the Naval Academy. The committee was chaired by retired Vice Admiral Doug Katz and included Vice Admiral Rich Mies, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet representing the Conmiander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Vice Admiral Al Krekich, serving as Commander Surface Force Pacific Fleet Shipmate, October 1999

and representing the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Vice Admirals Jim Ellis and Art Cebrowski representing the Chief of Naval operations; and Colonel Robert Lee, then-Conunander of the Marine Corps Basic School in Quantico, representing the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The wilUngness of these senior naval leaders to serve on the Curriculum 21 study group clearly indicated the broad interest in the quality of our graduates, and in the Academy's curriculum.

The Naval Academy has the advantage of knowing who "hires" its graduates. Therefore, one key to Curriculum 21's review was an opinion survey co-sponsored by the Atlantic and Pacific fleet commanders. It asked every commanding officer and command master chief or chief of the boat in the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to assess Naval Academy graduates' performance in the sea-duty environment.

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Jvesulis When completed in April 1998, the five-month Curriculum 21 review had vahdated the current balance between technical and nontechnical courses and between the professional and academic aspects of USNA's curriculum. But Curriculum 21 also did much more. It provided Academy leadership with valuable insights into the performance of its graduates. It also pointed out specific areas that needed strengthening. One survey area asked, "which academic disciplines are necessary for junior officer success in the warfare areas?" The three disciplines mentioned mostfi-equently,by a large margin, were Mathematics, Engineering and Enghsh Composition. When the survey focused on specific non-academic sldlls graduates should have developed, the most prevalent responses were leadership, seamanship and shiphandling, and communications skills. Nearly 75% of respondents agreed that our graduates were adequately prepared for division officer leadership and warfare qualification upon reporting.

About four out of five believed USNA graduates possess adequate oral communication skills. Only a little over half said graduates exhibited adequate written communication skills.

Curriculum 21 concluded that academic curriculum and professional programs are strong and balanced, but indicated they can be strengthened. Recommended areas of attention included establishment of comprehensive Information Technology instmction, improved written communication skills and better integration of leadership training across the four-year program. Those who hire our graduates—the operating forces—also told Academy leadership to de-emphasize certain areas, particularly celestial navigation and steam engineering instruction.

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Action to strengthen the preparation of our graduates has progressed across a broad front in the year since Curriculum 21 concluded. We streamUned the celestial navigation instruction to reflect fleet practices (see Shipmate, July/August 1999). We discontinued use of the steam plant laboratory in Rickover Hall this past May and transitioned to "table top" Steam Generation Units to provide the practical basis for study of thermodynamics. These new units produce steam, run a small turbine, and then condense the steam back to feed water. They also provide the significant advantage of supporting collection of laboratory-quality data for student computation and analysis. During the upcoming Rickover Hall renovation in 2004, we will use the space reclaimed from the older steam lab to make major changes to the Academy's propulsion laboratory equipment. We plan to equip our labs with more internal combustion engines, a larger gas turbine lab with co-located engine test cells that share operating consoles, and an electric drive lab to demonstrate the fundamentals of this fijture propulsion system.

Through its review. Curriculum 21 verified that the essential components of leadership development were aheady in place at the Academy, but the study group did reconmiend some enhancements which are being implemented. Curriculum 2 r s recoimnendation for an increase in human behavior instmction has led to a restmcturing of the plebe leadership course for the Class of 2003. Some introductory material from the former plebe leadership cotu-se was moved into Plebe Summer training with the remainder of the class sessions reworked to include current /-7^ f concepts in htmian behavior theory.

Curriculum 21 also recommended adding more material in group dynamics. This resulted in additional upgrades to the second class leadership course curriculum, including preparation of a new textbook for the Class of 2000. All of these leadership courses have a strong emphasis on the practical application of leadership theory for division officers and platoon commanders.

The focus on writing skills "across the curriculum" and on the development of sophisticated computer and Information Technology skills received increased attention. Two all-faculty evening coUoquia convened specifically to address options to strengthen both areas.

The abiUty to write well is not a skill midshipmen develop only in EngUsh composition class. Writing well is a process learned through continual concentration and practice across all Naval Academy courses. Consequently, strengthening midshipmen writing skills must be addressed on a broad front. For several years, those students most in need of assistance have been registered in a practical writing course during plebe year before they proceed with the English Literature and Rhetoric required for graduation. This year, in response to Curriculum 21 insights, we have hired additional EngUsh faculty whose contributions, beginning in the fall of '99, will permit us to register those more accompUshed midshipmen, whose writing skills stiU require additional development, in a newly developed track through the EngUsh course sequence. An additional 120 plebes each year, beyond those in the practical writing course will take plebe English in class sections of only 15 students, rather than the previous class size of 20. While taking the same subject matter as their more accompUshed classmates, the midshipmen in these smaller classes wiU experience more focused opportunities to leam the process of writing well.

To provide further support for midshipmen learning the process of writing, we are currently in negotiation with the University of Mary-

land to hire on a part-time basis a few of their doctoral students who specialize in the teaching of writing. They will assist in the Academy's Writing Center, established to help midshipmen sharpen their written products, either on a walk-in or appointment basis. We also have reinforced the practice of using the two-course youngster History sequence as an opportunity for screening midshipman writing skills.

Those identified in this manner as needing more focused assistance are registered for another semester-long course during their last two years at the Academy. And finally, the EngUsh department conducted two faculty workshops during the sunmier of 1999 to assist USNA faculty in emphasizing effective writing in their courses. We are now developing assessment mechanisms to measure the impact of these initiatives over the next academic year.

Information Technology is another topic on which there was strong consensus among Curriculum 21 participants. "Whatever they are getting today, give them more IT tomorrow," probably best sums-up the fleet input in this regard. The naval service's push toward netcentric warfare, smart ships and cooperative engagement are but a few examples. There is growing demand for better-prepared graduates who can operate effectively in a technically sophisticated, information-rich environment. We now routinely assess plebes' computer experience. Based on that evaluation, we wiU this year place approximately 500 plebes in a non-credit Information Technology course to improve their computer skills and prepare them for four years of computer-based college work. r r r f r

'''^Unere is qrowinq oemano for oeiier-preparedaraou" a/es wno can operate ejjeciwela in a iecnnicautJ sopnisiicaiea.^ information-^ricn environmeni. ^^ In navigation and tactics, planning is underway to acquire technology to assist in teaching the fundamental concepts of net-centric warfare in a practical way. Midshipmen will leam how multiple units, ashore and afloat; on, over and under the sea—can be networked together to provide a combined warfare capabiUty greater than the sum of the parts. Summer craise professional development experiences wiU then underscore what these midshipmen are learning in the classrooms.

At the same time, faculty use of the Internet is expanding. For example, this summer two USNA calculus professors loaded basic course work on the Web. Midshipmen now can access the web during the academic year to complete the course work, correspond with their professors and even take quizzes. This fall, we're also inaugurating faculty workshops in state-of-the-art "courseware" called WebCT, which faciUtates faculty incorporating more of their course support on the Web. We anticipate that our use of this and other information technologies will steadUy increase.

Curriculum 21 proved to be a most productive and valuable contributor to ensuring that we maintain an appropriate curricular balance while meeting the needs of the Navy and Marine Corps. It served as a catalyst, prompting us to revisit and adjust our curriculum to better meet the needs of a modem, sophisticated naval force. Undoubtedly, it resulted in a more complete Strategic Planning process and the fuU implementation of Curriculum 21 recommendations will directly support the successful execution of many of our Strategic Plan initiatives.

Most importantly, Curriculum 21 will ensure our graduates possess the richer set of skills required to serve as junior officers in the Naval service during the 21st century.

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The Ultimate tribute to the Ultimate Game The Army/Navy football game—An American tradition This year marks the 100"' playing of that great military tradition, the A r m y / N a v y football game. Played since 1890 (with some off years) this game symbolizes the great rivalry between t w o great military services. This year in Philadelphia they will meet for the 100"" time, and w e have created the perfect way t o c o m m e m o r a t e this great event.

Available exclusively t h r o u g h the USNA A l u m n i Association and U S M A Association of Graduates, this piece is available as a limited edition for a limited time only.

A beautiful h a r d w o o d frame and special mattings surround the first day cover w i t h special game day cancellation, a block of stamps from each school and gold embossed crests for both Academies. C a m e statistics detail the game's history, and each piece is n u m b e r e d as part of a limited edition.

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By Colonel Michael A. Nassr '54, USAF (Ret.

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ifty years ago, the Naval Academy received one of the biggest shocks in its history. The newly established Department of Defense informed the Navy that 25% of Annapolis graduates could choose to take commissions in the U.S. Air Force. In the succeeding fifteen years, more than 2,100 Midshipmen chose to join the fledgling new ah service.

Navy officials saluted and complied with orders, but never were able to fully accept this invasion of their domain. Half a century later, an air of awkwardness still remains between the Academy and those who chose the Air Force.

Rear Admiral Ron Marryott '57, President and CEO of the Alumni Association is taking steps to ameliorate the situation. Last year, he asked me to supply a Ust of Air Force specialties that Air Force officers can use for biographical entries in the Register of Alumni.

He plans to send the list to all Air Force graduates for updating their biographies. He also asked for this Shipmate article. Admiral Marryott is well aware of the Air Force's building years. Two hundred six members of his Class of 1957 took commissions in the Air Force. Of his eight classmates who were killed in action in Vietnam, six were Air Force officers.

Although 1949 was the year the spigot opened for Annapolis grads entering the Air

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Force, 30 earlier graduates transferred to the air service and ultimately retired from USAF. Among them were Maj Gen Hugh J. Knerr 1908 and Lt Gen Lewis H. Brereton '11.

From 1949 until 1963, 2,121 Annapolis graduates became Air Force officers—1,820 during the 1950s. Since 1963 an additional 183 graduates have received Air Force commissions, bringing today's total of Naval Academy produced Air Force officers to 2,334.

Sixty one of those graduates attained general officer rank, including four who rose to four stars: the generals are Robert T. Herres '54, Lawrence A. Skantze '52; Monroe W. Hatch '55, and James B. Davis '58. The lieutenant generals (picmred on following pages) are Lewis H. Brereton '11, James R. Brickel '52, Bruce K. Brown '52, Richard K. Saxer '52, Thomas R Stafford '52, George D. Miller '53, Aloysius G. Casey '54, John S. Pustay '54, William E. Thurman '54, Spence M. Armstrong '56 and Donald M. Cromer '59.

The twenty-four former Midshipmen who became USAF major generals are Hugh J. Knerr 1908, Philip J. Conley '50, Howard M. Estes '50, Lovic P. Hodnette '50, Leighton R. Palmerton '50, Daryle E. Tripp '50, Wilham B. Maxson '52, Richard B. Collins '53, Stuart H. Sherman '53, Richard T. Boverie '54, John A. Brashear '54, Kenneth D. Bums '54, William W. Hoover '54, Joe P

John S. Pustay '54

Morgan '54, William A. Anders '55, Peter W Odgers '55, Emil N. Block '56, Thomas C. Brandt '56, Ralph H. Jacobson '56, Melvin G. Alkire '57, Robert A. Rosenberg '57, Julio L. Torres '57, Samuel H. Swart '58 and Donald G. Hard '62.

The reasons so many Midshipmen chose the Air Force are many and varied. The new and growing service, with an ever larger part of the Defense budget and without an academy of its own, offered promising enticements. One enticement was being able to enter flight training immediately. Also alluring were opportunities for immediate training and assignments in fields such as electronics, guided missiles, management analysis, and finance. Slightiy over half of those who entered the Air Force became flying officers— 800 as pilots and 267 as navigators.

Those who became fliers took assignments in fighters, bombers and transports of the Ah Force's Air Defense Conunand, Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command, and Military Air Transport Service. They faced the high hazards of flying military aircraft in the early 1950s and the Korean War raised the stakes even higher. Four members of the Class of 1950 were killed in action (KIA) in Korea and ten others in aircraft accidents. The Class of 1951 fared no better with two KIAs in Korea and thirteen killed in ahcraft accidents.

When the Korean War ended in 1953, Ah Force crewmembers had a twelve-year respite from outright wartime operations, but flight operations continued to take a heavy toll. A total of 76 Naval Academy grads in classes up through 1961 were killed in Ak Force aircraft accidents (see table).

The Vietnam War brought back the additional hazards of combat operations. From classes of the 1950s, 23 USNA Air Force officers were killed in action out of a total of 41 (see table by class). As a group they were 22% of graduates in the 1950s, but suffered 56% of the combat losses.

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No. in Class 790 691 725 783 925 855 741 681 848 900 796 797 786 789 876 11.983

No. Career/% 33 / 58.9 105 / 61.0 112 / 62.9 126 / 65.3 145 / 63.9 158 / 7L5 104 / 55.9 95 / 55.9 136 / 66.0 126 / 68.5 52 / 62.7 31 / 51.7 27 / 57.4 44 / 53.7 26 / 46.4

No. USAF/% 56 / 7.0 172 / 24.8 178 / 24.6 193 / 24.6 227 / 24.6 221 / 25.9 186 / 25.1 170 / 24.8 206 / 24.3 184 / 20.6 83 / 10.4 60 / 7.5 47 / 6.0 82 / 10.4 56 / 6.4

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began flying photo-reconnaissance missions in RF-lOls in its early stages. While leading a flight to obtain battle damage assessments in September of 1965 he was shot down over North Vietnam, and ended up spending more than seven years in brutal captivity as a POW. He was awarded two Silver Stars upon his return in 1973. While commander of the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Udorn Air Base in Thailand, Jim Brickel earned the Air Force Cross for acquiring 100% photographic coverage after taking a direct hit on his RF-101 aircraft and returning it safely to home station. Wayne Frye '54 commanded the 555th (Triple Nickle) "MiG-Killer" Squadron at Ubon AB, Thailand, which accounted for shooting down over 50 MiGs. He bagged a MiG-19 of his own and Steve Ritchie, second leading Air Force Ace of the war, shot down four MiGs while under his command. Wayne received two Silver Stars flying F-4Cs on two tours in Southeast Asia.

Bill Hoover was the last American wing commander at Da Nang, flying 97 combat missions.

At least twelve other grads in the Air Force received Silver Stars in Southeast Asia. They are Jack Hart '53, Chuck Deppish '54, Albert K. Millay '55, C.S. (Bud) Summers '55, John B. Collins '56, Norman L.H. Frith '56, Robert M. Greene '56, Lawrence E. Bustle '57, Donald J. Couture '57, Donald L. Carty '58, John D. Haney '58, and Barry J. Howard '58.

A large number of USNA/USAF officers are graduates of the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School—the breeding ground for astronauts. Among these are Jay Hanks '50, Bob Macintosh '51, Frank Liethan '53, Bob Herres, Wayne Frye, George Knutkowski '54, Greg Newbeck '55, Jerauld Gentry '57, George Thompson '57, and Cecil Powell '59.

The home of the school, the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, CA, was commanded by three different Annapolis graduates: Thomas P. Stafford, Philip J. Conley, and Peter W. Odgers.

Seven astronauts were USAF officers from Annapolis. They are James B. Irwin '51, Doim F. Eisele '52, Edward G. Givens Jr. '52, Thomas P. Stafford, Theodore C. Freeman '53, William A. Anders, and Charles M. Duke '57. Irwin and Duke are two of only twelve men to walk on the moon. The current director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston is George Abbey '54, who started his NASA career as an Air Force officer.

Naval Academy grads held many high positions in Strategic Air Command (SAC).

George Miller and Monroe Hatch served as Vice Commanders in Chief of SAC and John Brashear was its Chief of Staff. Bob Herres conmianded SACs 8th Air Force (B-52s, FB-

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I l l s , KC-135s, and Minuteman and Titan intercontinental missiles) and Joe Morgan commanded the 308th TITAN II Strategic Missile Wing.

A particularly dominant role was played in the scientific, R & D and acquisition areas. Larry Skantze was Commander of Air Force Systems Command, responsible for development and acquisition of all new AF systems. Bill Thurman managed the F-16 and B-1 aircraft programs and became Commander of Aeronautical Systems Division. Al Casey managed the MX Peacekeeper ICBM program and was Commander of Space and Missile Systems Office. He was succeeded

by Donald Cromer. At the Department of Defense level, Dick Saxer was Dhector of the Defense Nuclear Agency.

Many other important development centers and scientific laboratories were commanded

by Annapolis grads. Included were Bill Maxson: Armament and Development Test Center; Mike Bonner '49: Air Force Avionics Laboratory; Bemie Morgan '51: AF Geophysics Lab; Tip Mott-Smith '51: AF Propulsion Lab; Dick Saxer: AF Materials Lab; Bob Tallman '52: Arnold Engineering Development Center; and Bob Kalisch '51 and Jim Baker '54: AF Office of Scientific Research.

In 1979, the Air Force Research and Development Office at Headquarters USAF was predominantly staffed by general officers who were ex-Midshipmen. Headed by Tom Stafford, it included the following general officers: Jim Brickel, Bill Maxson, Monroe Hatch, Emil Block, Tom Brandt, and Spence "Sam" Armstrong.

Naval Academy graduates made significant contributions in the development and operation of Air Force missile and space systems.

A dozen members of the Class of 1954, along with some from other classes, tested and op-

erated the Air Force's first operational nuclear missile, the Matador. Many grads helped develop and deploy the next generations of Air Force missiles, such as Titan and Minuteman, and rose to senior positions in developing and controlling those strategic nuclear missiles.

To illustrate, Dick Spencer '54 commanded a Minuteman squadron and at time of retirement was Deputy Commander for Operations in Titan Missiles.

In space activities, Aimapohs men were key in developing and operating critically important systems. Their roles mostly went unheralded due to stringent security measures surrounding these "spy in the sky" programs. In the 1960s, a walk through Space Systems Division in Los Angeles was like walking through Bancroft Hall 10-12 years earUer. Some just from the Class of '53 who were in Los Angeles and at Vandenburg AFB on these programs were Bob Foster, Stan Gavcus, Bill Gourlay, Dave Grover, Dave Jones, Bill Ritchie, Walt Russell, Stu Sherman and John Sturges. A few from other classes were Jack Ramey and Rob Roy '51, and Creight Bricker and Harvey Taffet '54. Bob Herres was appointed the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. Space Command in 1985.

General Herres is the most senior Annapolis Air Force officer by virtue of his being selected by President Reagan in 1986 as the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). As Vice to Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. '47 he routinely participated in National Security Council deliberations. Also serving at high national levels were Monroe Hatch, who became Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Ah Force in 1987; John Pustay, who was Assistant to the Chairman JCS and Dick Boverie, who served on the National Security Council staffs of three different Presidents, Nixon (1974), Ford (1974-76) and

Reagan (1982-83). Pustay spent most of two years in the White House Situation Room dealing with counterparts Warren Christopher, then Deputy Secretary of State, and Frank Carlucci, then Deputy CIA Dhector.

Dick Toner '57 was executive assistant to General Al Haig, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe, and Ted Warner '62 is currently the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction.

Training and education are an important part of any organization and Naval Academy grads did their share and more for the Air Force with major roles at the Ah Force Academy, Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force ROTC, and many major Technical Training Centers.

Nowhere did they make more extensive or longer lasting contributions than at the Air Force Academy. They were there at its start and had a growing influence over the years.

More than 150 were members of the Academy faculty and staff, teaching and administering in virtually every department. Kim Bassett, Dick Day and Charhe Cole of '53 were assigned as Air Training Officers for the very first cadets reporting at the Academy.

Kim put together USAFA's equivalent of Reef Points and named it Contrails.

Their most visible impact in the early days of the Academy was on the football field.

Coach Ben Martin '46 led tiie first USAFA graduating class to the Cotton Bowl and an undefeated season. On his staff were Air Force officers from USNA, including Tom Bakke '52 and John Gurski '53, both captains of Navy football teams as Midshipmen. In later years, John Clune '54, an All-American basketball player at Navy, was the AFA Director of Athletics from 1975 to 1991. His football teams routinely went to bowl games after wins over Army, Navy, and Notre Dame enroute. The Air Force Academy basketball arena is named the Clune Arena.

Among tenured professors at AFA were Ed Oppermann '53 in economics and manage-

William E.Thurman '54

Bruce K. Brown '52

ment, Oakah Jones '53 in history, Leo Stockham '56 in AE, Carter Glass '57 in EE and Jay Sherman '62 in math. The Aeronautical Engineering Department was chaired by Orlando Manci '50 and Tom Forster '54 was deputy chief. Fred Hopewell '56 was Chief of Military Training and Wesley "Bo" Newsome '54 was head of Navigation Training. Other members of the faculty for extended periods were Steve Schoderbeck '53, Tom Julian '52, Dick Yantis '54, John Balogh '54, Dennis Conrady '54, Charles Cooke '53, and Dick Denfeld '52. Dave Mullaney '51 instmcted in military studies and Nick Liontas '52 and Jim Leach '54 coached football in the 1960s.

Higher education was achieved by nearly every Naval Academy grad who made the Air Force a career and many obtained doctorates, either at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, or at a civihan contract college. Members of the resident AFIT faculty included Harry Baumgarten '49, Frank Beal '50, Bernie Morgan '51, Charles Bridgman '52, Roi Pmeher '52, and Frank Brown '53. Other assignees at AFIT were Daryle Tripp '50 and Ed Eassa '55.

A number served in Air Force ROTC detachments at civihan instimtions. In the Class of 1954, Jack Anderson was at RPI and John A. Miller at Rutgers. Jo Brendel headed AFROTC at University of Louisville, Fred Knops at Duke, and Jerry Mackey at Georgia Tech.

At least three major Ah Force training installations were commanded by former Midshipmen. Bill Henderson '52 conunanded the Pilot Training Wing at Williams AFB in Ari-

zona. John Pustay was Commander of the Technical Training Center at Keesler AFB, MS and Bill Hoover commanded the Training Center in Denver, CO. Pustay was later President of the National Defense University.

In the past fifty years the "Annapolis Air Force" played an important role in winning the Cold War and in making our Air Force the premier force it is today. Their place in history is secure. It is time for the U.S. Naval Academy to take just pride in their contributions to their sister service, the U.S. Air Force.

Many names were chosen at random as examples; coundess others could have served equally well. The author is continuing research on USNA Alumni who served in USAF and can be reached at MANassr@aol.com. He thanks Col. Harvey Taffet '54, USAF (Ret.), for his invaluable assistance.

Mike Nassr was a navigator, pilot, and systems development officer in the Air Force. He has authored/edited a 44 Year History of the Class of 1954.

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"YTTThen the class of '45 graduated in \ X / ^""^ 1944, we all got orders to Y V Jacksonville for a month of aviation indoctrination before joining the fleet to do our part in the war effort. This would be the capstone of our Naval Academy training. But since a load of some 800 newly minted ensigns was too much of a mouthful for Jacksonville to swallow all at once, we were split into two groups. The first batch went into Jax right after graduation and then took their leave, the second went on leave first and then arrived at Jax. This saga is about the second group.

The majority of us were headed for the Pacific, and in an era of scarce airplane seats and crowded trains, this posed a logistical challenge of the first magnitude, compounded by an insatiable urge on the part of the Jax command to get rid of us as soon as possible. The problem, then, was how to transport some 250-300 ensigns, plus a sprinkUng of a few brides, to San Francisco.

The more adventuresome went to the airlines where they were told that the best they could hope for was a priority 3, the lowest priority. Acmally, President Roosevelt's dog Fala rated a priority 2. As it turned out, the airlines were the best bet. Those who flew were smarter. They may not have gotten to the West Coast sooner than the rest, but they did so in greater comfort.

Most of us took the carrot offered by the air station's travel section...a special train guaranteed to get us to San Francisco safely and on time. What could be better? The tracks would be cleared and we would be given priority treatment all the way. We were, after all, the hope of the Navy. When the train pulled out of Jacksonville, it was made up of about six cars crowded with eager ensigns ready to go out and win the war.

The only similarity our train had with a modern Amtrak was that it ran on wheels. Its appearance was more like the ones we are accustomed to seeing in John Wayne western movies.

UnUke many passengers of the time, we all had a berth and a place to sit, however we were not being pampered. Air conditioning was little known, but the windows could he opened and were equipped with screens to help keep out the bugs. That did not keep out the smoke and cinders from our locomotive which was as tired as the train it was pulling.

The bachelors were assigned upper berths, and the young marrieds, lowers. No one begmdged this arrangement, and it helped break down barriers and add to the community spirit. After a night or two, Ed McCartan '45 and I appropriated an empty compartment, so we

were able to spread out a bit. However, in the years since whenever I have met a classmate's wife who was a veteran of the special, I have always introduced myself by saying: "Oh yes, I remember you. I was the guy in your upper berth!"

One of the fables swallowed when we signed up for transportation was that our train would receive priority and be routed right through without delays. That proved to be false when we woke up the first morning in a switching yard next to a watermelon patch somewhere near Atianta. While several cattie cars were being hooked up there was an opportunity to get out and stretch. Soon, a football game was in progress. In the absence of a football, watermelons were pressed into service. They turned to have a short service Ufe, but it was a big watermelon patch.

This was the first of many delays. Unfortunately, I did not keep a log, but whatever the length of the trip, it seemed longer. Dates are lacking because my orders and their endorsements were lost when the ship's office was destroyed in battle some months later. My guess is that we spent someplace between seven and nine days winding our way west. In any case, it was a bit less than twice the time taken by a regular train.

Laundry and washing were a problem. Of course, there were no showers, so sponge baths in the men's

smoking room served to keep us reasonably sanitary; or at least less fragrant than our bovine traveling companions, whose aroma wafted through the open window from their quarters several cars ahead. I foresaw this contingency and had saved all my worn-out skivvies that had escaped notice by Naval Academy D.O.'s. So, after each bath I jettisoned them out the open window. When we arrived in Oakland, I at least was clean in that department!

Trains during World War II were dry as concerned alcohol, at least as far as uniformed personnel were concerned. There was a military policeman assigned to each train to keep order and discipline. The MPs who rode trains typically were cops in civil life who had either volunteered or been drafted. Their contribution to the war effort was simply to ride trains and, we felt, to annoy the passengers. No passenger misbehaved on our train. The only mde individual was the MP. If he saw a number of us sitting in the men's lounge and bathroom he would go through our hand luggage, and pour the contents of any botfles he discovered down the drain. This was before the days of civil rights, and we were too green to find a way around it.

In Salt Lake City, we were parked alongside a Marine Corps troop train. The train conunander told us that several nights before he had had to quell a near riot when his train ran alongside a passenger train.

In the lower berth of the opposite train was a honeymoon couple who had neglected to draw the shade. His Marines reacted like Marines would under such trying chcumstances, and the train commander, was still in shock.

Finally, we arrived Oakland. Waiting at the station was the wife of our Commandant of Midshipman, whose daughter, Emily, had mar-

ried one of our classmates. Mrs. Overesch gave her daughter and new son-in-law a big smooch. Emily was a lovely girl and looked almost regal in her fur coat. But I couldn't help but notice that she, too, had fallen victim to the soot and smoke. Below her coat the backs of her legs were just plain black. Sadly, she became a widow within a year when Max was lost at Okinawa.

This saga very fittingly ends at the Top of the Mark. My mother had come up from Carmel to see her youngest son off, and gathered up several of us for cocktails and to enjoy the view our first night in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the maitre d' would not let our pal Bucky Walters in, even for a coke. Bucky wasn't quite 21, too young for a drink, but old enough to board a transport for the Western Pacific a week later!

That was all a long time ago. Our 55th reunion is this year. ' ill Hayler '45 graduated in 1944. Hi.s first ship wa.s FRANKLIN (CV-13) which was heavily damaged off Japan. Subsequently he had live commands at sea. Ashore he taught at the Naval Academy and served on the Naval War College staff. After leaving active duty he sat for his master mariner's license and joined the faculty of the California Maritime Academy from which he retired again in 1987.

A longtime contributor to Proceeding.^ and other journals of naval and maritime interest, he is editor of the Amenccm Merchant Seaman's Manual (1981) and the Merchant Marine Officer's Handbook (\9S9).

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â‚Źadership and technical expertise long have been the stock and trade of the U.S. Navy. This is especially true in the rea of power generation, where visionaries from Isherwood to Rickover '22 pioneered new techniques for propulsion, and eventually, commercial electrical power generation. Many leaders from the Naval Academy have served our nation with distinction and gone on to he captains of industry public utilities. Here is a collection of profiles on some of our Power CEOs.

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Tacorria Public Utilities Mark Crisson is the Chief Executive Officer of Tacoma Public Utilities, the largest department of the City of Tacoma, Washington. The department includes electric, water, and rail utility divisions and serves over 200,000 customers. The electric operation (Tacoma Power) recently launched a telecommunications business line, Click!Network, offering cable television and a variety of other services over a state-of-the-art fiber optic system.

Prior to his appointment to CEO in 1993, Mark worked for the region's aluminum industry as executive director of DSI, Inc., in Portland, Oregon from 1983-87, then returned to Tacoma to head the electric utility division from 1987-1993. From 1970-75 Mark trained as a nuclear engineering officer and served as the Electrical Officer on NATHAN HALE (SSBN-623). Following naval service, he joined the City of Tacoma as an engineer, then rose through the ranks to middle management before leaving for the private sector in 1983.

Mark currently serves on the Boards of Directors for the TacomaPierce County Chamber of Commerce, the Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board, the American Public Power Association, and is the immediate past chair of the Large Public Power Council and the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee.

Mark graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with honors in 1970 and from Pacific Lutheran University with honors and an MBA in 1981. He and his wife, Val, have two children, Kevin and Livy. Kevin graduated from USNA in May with the Class of 1999 and is currently on temporary duty at USNA serving as an assistant to the Water Polo

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coach, Mike Schofield (Kevin was team captain last year). He will report to Pensacola in November for naval flight training. Livy is a junior at the University of Redlands in California and a member of the women s swim team.

Wi'/f/am & 7)auis '64 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation William E. Davis is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, an investor-owned utility headquartered in Syracuse, New York which provides electric service to over one and a half million customers and natural gas service to over a half million customers in upstate New York. With assets over $9 billion and operating revenues of almost $4 billion per year, Niagara Mohawk is among the thirty largest investor-owned utilities in the United States.

Mr. Davis joined Niagara Mohawk three years prior to becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. During that three-year period, Mr. Davis served as Vice President, Corporate Planning from February 1, 1990 to April 1, 1992; Senior Vice President from April 1, 1992 to November 19, 1992 and Vice Chairman from November 19, 1992 to May 1, 1993.

Prior to joining Niagara Mohawk, Mr. Davis was employed by the New York State Energy Office for over thirteen years (1977-1990), including over five years as Executive Deputy Commissioner.

Mr. Davis' service with the Energy Office was preceded by service with the New York State Department of Commerce (1974-1977) and with the General Public Utilities Service Corporation in Parsippany, New Jersey (1973-1974).

Mr. Davis received a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1964. After graduation Bill went into the nuclear submarine community. From 1964 to 1973, Mr. Davis served in a variety of assignments, including tours as navigator, operations officer and engineering division officer on board nuclear-powered Polaris submarines

Medical Center (I^st Chairman), 1996 Chairman of St. Alphonsus Foundation Festival of Trees, on the Board of Trustees of the Albertson College of Idaho (Past Chairman), 1996/97 Chairman of the United Way Board of Directors, on the Executive Board of the Ore-Ida Boy Scout Council as well as other civic and community organizations.

Marshall and his wife, Patty, have two grown sons.

Marshall has recently retired after a decade of service as Idaho Power's chief executive officer.

SAM RAYBURN and THOMAS JEFFERSON. He also served as an instructor

at the Naval Academy. He earned a master of science degree from George Washington University, Washington D.C, in 1971.

Mr. Davis is active on a number of Boards and Committees including Canadian Niagara Power Company Limited, Center for Clean Air Policy, Crouse Hospital, Empire State Business Alliance, Energy Association of New York, Graduate Management Institute of Union College, Metropolitan Development Association, Museum of Science and Technology Foundation, Nuclear Energy Institute, New York Power Pool, Opinac Energy, President's Council of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse University, and Utilities Mutual Insurance.

BiU and his wife. Donna, live in Skaneateles, New York.

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I Ida/io Power Joseph W. Marshall graduated from [the United States Naval Academy in i 1961 with a BS in Engineering, and (served eight years as a comjnissioned I officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. His [military experience includes several i tours in Southeast Asia, including one [as company commander of a combat [ engineer company. In addition, he re[ceived a year of formal postgraduate 'work in civil engineering with the Corps of Army Engineers.

Mr. Marshall joined Idaho Power Company in 1969 as a Distribution Engineer in the Southern Division, Twin Falls, where he advanced to Division Operating Supervisor and later Assistant Electrical Superintendent. He became licensed as a professional engineer in the State of Idaho in 1976.

In 1977, Mr. Marshall became Division Electrical Superintendent at the Eastern Division of Idaho Power Company, Pocatello. In 1979, he moved to Boise as the company's Superintendent of Construction and in 1983 became Superintendent of Engineering. In 1985, he became Assistant to the President/CEO and in 1986 was elected Vice President—Planning, Resources and Rates. In July 1988, Mr. Marshall was elected Executive Vice President and in September 1989 was elected to his current position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

Marshall is a member of the national and state societies of professional engineers, the Western Electric Power Institute, the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee (Past Chairman), on the Board of Directors of Edison Electric Instimte, a member of the Boise State University College of Business Advisory Board, on the Board of Trustees of St Alphonsus Regional

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PECO Energy Company.

Mr. McNeil completed a twenty-year career with the U.S. Navy in 1981 after serving as Commanding Officer of TAUTOG (SSN-639) and Commanding Officer of the Naval Nuclear Power School. Mr. McNeil joined the New York Power Authority as Resident Manager of the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant in 1981 and subsequently was named Senior Vice President, Nuclear Generation. He joined Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) as Vice President, Nuclear in March 1985 and was named Senior Vice President, Nuclear in April 1987.

In March 1988, Mr. McNeil joined PECO Energy as Executive Vice President, Nuclear. In April 1990, Mr. McNeil was elected President and Chief Operating Officer and a Director of the Company. In April 1995, he was elected to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. On 1 July 1997, he was elected to his current position of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. McNeil received his bachelor of science degree in

1962 from the U.S. Naval Academy and has completed graduate courses in business at the University of California (Berkeley) and Syracuse University. He is a 1992 graduate of Stanford University's Executive Management Program.

Mr. McNeil serves on the Board of Directors at Drexel University, the Edison Electric Institute, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Electric Power Research Institute, Team Pennsylvania, Greater Philadelphia First, and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the Board of Central Sprinkler, Inc. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Philadelphia Regional Introduction for Minorities to Engineering.

Mr. McNeil is also a member of the Union League of Philadelphia.

He is a former trustee of the Valley Forge Military Academy, former director of the American Gas Association, and former Chairman of Leadership, Inc. of Philadelphia. Mr. McNeil is Vice Chairman, Eastern Region, of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Mr. McNeil and his wife, Dorice, are the parents of five children and reside in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Ijjenjamin LJ^ MLon/oya 'JS Public Service Company of New Mexico Benjamin F. Montoya is President and CEO of Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM). In August 1993, Ben came "home" to New Mexico (his father was born in Las Cruces) to lead the company. Ben previously worked for Pacific Gas and Electric Company and left there as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Gas Supply Business Unit.

Prior to working for PG&E, Ben served 31 distinguished years with the U.S. Navy where he retired at the rank of rear admiral. Ben's naval decorations included: Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Merit; Bronze Star—Vietnam; Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal.

Other honors include: 1989 U.S. Hispanic Engineer of the Year; 1995 Presidential Appointee—Base Realignment & Closure Commission, Commissioner; 1995-1996 Presidential Appointee-U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors; 1996-1997 Chairman, U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors.

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Ben serves on the board of Furrs Corp., Norwest Corp., The Environmental Company and Brown and Caldwell. Ben graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. His education also includes a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a MS in Sanitary Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown Law School.

Ben and his wife, Ginney, have seven children.

GArrs//an Ji. Thinaexler '60 Baltimore Gas & Electric Born in Evansville, Indiana on September 20, 1938, Poindexter graduated with distinction from the Naval Academy in 1960 with a degree in engineering. He rose to the rank of lieutenant, designated naval aviator—nuclear powerqualified.

Mr. Poindexter left the Navy for the private sector in 1967, entering the employ of Baltimore Gas and Electric in 1967. He rose through the ranks to an executive standing in roughly 15 years.

Starting as a Project Engineer at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, he was gradually promoted to Chief Nuclear Engineer, General Supervisor of Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Finance and later to Vice President—Engineering and Construction. In 1985 Poindexter became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Holdings, Inc.*, a subsidiary of BGE, a position he held until 1989 when he became the Vice Chairman of the Board, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. From 1993-1995 he was the Chairman of Constellation Holdings, Inc.*. He has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Baltimore Gas and Electric since 1993 and the Director of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and its subsidiaries, since 1988. In March 1988, he was named President of BGE, and in May 1999, he became Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. In 1975 Poindexter received a master's degree of business administration in finance from Loyola College and in 1977 he graduated from the Executive Management Program at the Edison Electric Institute.

Poindexter is currently a director of Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Co., and The Baltimore Life Companies. He is Chairman of the Board and Director of BGE Foundation, Inc., and a director of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, Edison Electric Institute, Electric Power Research Institute, Instimte of Nuclear Power Operations, Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, Nuclear Energy Institute and the Southeastern Electric Exchange.

Poindexter also is active in many civic organizations. He is a trustee of Johns Hopkins University and Chairman of Johns Hopkins University's Advisory Council for the School of Continuing Smdies.

He is Chairman of the Maryland State Council on Cancer Control, and a director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Greater Baltimore Alliance, the Greater Baltimore Committee, Historic Annapolis Foundation and Johns Hopkins Medicine Board. He is a member of the President's Advisory Board of the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the Boy Scouts of America Baltimore Area Council Executive Board. He is a director of Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs and Caves Valley Golf Club, Inc., and an honorary board member of the Severn River Land and Trust. *Denotes a subsidiary of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

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Jack's most recent participation in community activities includes serving as President of the Indian Waters Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Board Member of the Educational Resources Foundation, Chairman of the Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance, President-elect of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and member of the U.S. Naval Alumni Association.

Jack and his wife, Marilyn, have three children.

Soutb. Carolina Electric & Gas Company Jack Skolds, a native of Joliet, Illinois, joined South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&.G), a subsidiary of SCAN A Corporation, in January, 1986 as General Manager of Station Operations at V. C. Summer Nuclear Station.

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!Heart of tfie Matter '84 Grad Pioneers Artificial Heart Research

by Marjorie Rawhouser '84

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he sound, which fills the lab, comes from six black boxes, each about the size of a small television set, hned up on shelves along the walls. It's the sound of twenty-four mechanical heart valves opening and closing about 80 times per minute.

Most people have heard of Barney Clark. In 1982, he received a Jarvik-7 artificial heart in what was the first implant, in a human, of a device to permanently replace the heart. He lived for over 100 days with his pneumatically powered artificial heart. Public attention faded in a few years, but artificial heart research continued. In addition to the program in Utah, where the Jarvik-7 was developed, there are many other places where researchers are working on mechanical circulatory assistance and replacement.

When I left active duty, I started graduate school at Penn State, where scientists have been working on mechanical chculatory devices since the early 1970s. Researchers there designed, built, and tested pneumatic ventricular assist devices and artificial hearts. They even pioneered the use of smooth, seam-free polymers for use as blood contacting surfaces. Penn State's pneumatic devices were used clinically in the bridge to transplant scenario, meaning they support patients who are in end-stage heart failure until they receive transplants, and a medical device products company commercialized a pneumatic ventricular assist device based on Penn State's design. Present Penn State research and development work is focused on new, totally implantable, electric devices.

Working in this stimulating envhonment has been an adventure, beginning with my adjustment to a "real" college. Fresh from a tour at USNA, and wanting to make a good impression, I showed up at the Bioengineering office around 7:45 on the first morning. The secretary looked at me curiously and said most of the professors don't arrive until 9:00. She showed me my office, an old wooden desk in a comer of the "bullpen," a large, noisy room shared by 12 students. I went to my first class. Advanced Partial Differential Equations, where I found myself a little over-dressed, wearing creased khakis, a button-down shirt, and penny loafers. The professor, dressed in jeans

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and a T-shirt, filled the black-board with Greek letters, and told us our first homework assignment would be to derive the equation describing the vibrations of a snare drum head. This was a little intimidating, since the most demanding math problems I'd done in the previous six years were things like figuring out how far the ship would go in fifteen minutes at 20 knots.

Next, I met my thesis advisor. I was assigned to a lab, informally known as the controls group, where students worked on projects related to mathematical modeling and simulation of blood pumps and the circulatory system. The head of the group, an assistant professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was to be my advisor. I called his office and left a detailed message explaining who I was and why I was calhng, throwing in the word "sh" a few dozen times. That aftemoon, I was in the bullpen when another student came in and introduced herself. Accompanying her was a man about my age, wearing sneakers, a submarine sweater, and a floppy brown hat.

He had a beard and shoulder length hair, and I presumed he was a fellow student. My presumption changed when he stuck out his hand and said, "Hi, I'm..." followed by the name of my thesis advisor. I shook his hand and said something like "it's nice to meet you," but what I was thinking was more along the lines of, "It looks like we're not at the Naval Academy anymore, Toto!"

The click-clacking artificial hearts in the lab are part of a two-year reliability demonstration, a major step on the way to clinical trials in human patients. Each box, made of black acrylic, contains a pumping artificial heart...

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Despite the trauma of that first day, I survived the transition from Navy lieutenant to civilian graduate student. My bearded thesis advisor and I became friends; I started wearing shorts and sandals to class, and I got used to attending football games without marching to the stadium or carrying raingear. I finished my master's degree, and I'm still a Penn Stater, working at Penn State's Medical School in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where the adventure continues, accompanied by the pleasant aroma of chocolate that permeates the air in town.

Several years ago, a patient received a Penn State pneumatic artificial heart. I went into the operating room with some other engineers to observe the procedure. When we arrived, the patient's damaged heart had already been removed in preparation for artificial heart implantation. The sight of a person's heart sitting in a stainless steel bowl was exciting and disquieting at the same time.

Today's devices, with portable consoles, allow patients to be discharged while waiting for transplants, but the patients with Penn State's early devices remained in the hospital. Five engineers, in a rotating on-call schedule, performed routine checks, responded to problems, and pushed the drive unit around whenever a patient had to leave his or her room. During the summer, patients were allowed to go outside to a park behind the hospital. I'm sure visitors were curious about the procession of nurses and patients, each followed by an engineer pushing a bulky, refrigerator-sized, blue box.

One night when I was on call, the transplant coordinator called at about 9:30 p.m. She said that a heart had become available for one of our patients, who would receive a transplant that night. It would be several hours, so she urged me to just "get some sleep" and said she'd call back aroimd midnight. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much in the intervening three hours. The transplant was successful, and I got my initiation to the operating room. I stood back, out of the way, until the ventricular assist device was removed from the patient, and it was time to take it away. With what seemed like a dozen people warning me not to touch anything, I reached up under the sterile drape and someone handed me the device. As I backed away from the table, with the device still hidden by the drape, the weight of the connectors caused the top of the device to tip over. I held onto it, but neglected to consider that the artificial ventricle would be full of blood. The chamber only holds 70cc, but it was enough to cover the shoes and pants legs of everyone standing on one side of the operating table.

Back to the noisy heart valves. The devices in the boxes represent the next generation of artificial hearts, designed to overcome problems associated with ah hoses, blood-carrying tubes, or whes that breach the skin. The Penn State electric artificial heart contains two back-to-back blood pumps, acmated by a small DC motor that alternately ejects blood from the right or left "ventricle." A cable connects the motor to the brains of the device, a rectangular titanium controller that measures about 4 inches by 4 inches by 1 inch. Another cable connects the controller to a whe coil, part of a system that transmits energy through intact skin by inductive coupling. The patient will wear a battery pack, connected to another coil on the outside of the body. The click-clacking artificial hearts in the lab are part of a two-year rehability demonstration, a major step on the way to clinical trials in human patients. Each box, made of black acrylic, contains a pumping artificial heart, submerged in body temperature salt-water and connected to a maze of plumbing that represents the chculation. Monitors display pressures, flow, power usage, battery levels, and the number of days and hours into the 2-year test period.

It's an exciting time at Penn State, as a quarter of a century of research nears fmition. I admit that sometimes I miss the thrill of seeing the ship come to life as the sun rises during the 0400-0800 watch. I recently attended a conference in San Diego, where, between sessions, I sat on my hotel room balcony watching ships pass under the Coronado Bridge. I even called my Penn State colleagues on the phone a few times, excitedly urging them to look out the window.

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Marjorie at work in a Penn State medical lab

Despite the lack of underway time, my new chosen profession has its share of thrills, too. I work with bright, hard-working people on a technologically challenging project whose end result will be a lifesaving medical therapy. I guess that's not a bad way to "...assume the highest responsibilities of...citizenship."

Marjorie Rawhouser graduated from the Naval Academy in 1984 and qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer in USS ACADIA (AD-42).

She began working with mechanical circulator/ assist devices as a graduate student in 1990, and is presently a research assistant and quality engineer in the Department of Surgery at the Penn State College of Medicine.

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There was a great relationship between the enlisted and the officers on the DECATUR. One aftemoon, we had a httle Softball toumament.

Chiefs versus officers. It presented a situation of torn loyalties for the Mids aboard. Because we were wearing dungarees, the chiefs said we belonged to them. The officers said that didn't matter, we were future khakis, therefore theirs.

I should have played with the chiefs, they won 28-6. I was learning hfe lessons of the Navy early that day—chiefs are your best friends.

The commanding officer of the DECATUR was incredible. Commander Gumataotao loves the Navy, and his positive attitude and smile preceded him. He took the time to talk to us and give his thoughts on the surface Navy, and what it meant to lead on a premiere destroyer. He sold a solid package for the surface fleet, but he was working with three Midshipmen who desire to fly. He encouraged us to participate in everything. Commander Gumataotao gave us the opportunity to drive the ship during the nighttime underway replenishment, and during a man overboard driU. We followed him though department inspections, where we learned that Academy alpha inspections still hold trae in the fleet. At one point, he asked me if I had picked up any nicknames over the years. Given the nature of my last name, of course I had. I told him that my platoon commander during Plebe Summer had called me M-9. He told me that they used to call him G-9.1 didn't think much about it at that time, but about a day later I realized there were ten letters in his name.

So I had to ask him about it. It turned out that during his Plebe Summer, he had a gunnery sergeant call him G-9, and as a foreign national, he wasn't going to argue, and the name had stuck.

Perhaps my most rewarding experience of the cruise was assisting an FC2 in his studies for a math class that he was taking in working towards college credits. As a math major, it was a chance to see how much I had actually learned over the year. True knowledge is the ability to teach others. It was an opportunity for me to give back to a crew that had given so much to me.

San Diego is home to one of the best surface combatant ships in the Navy, DECATUR. It has one of the most able crews, headed by an outstanding commanding officer. I just want to thank them for the opportunities they gave me, the experiences they shared, and for theh friendship. I wish them fair winds and following seas.

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During craise, two other Midshipmen and I had the opportunity to wimess a wide variety of training exercises. DECATUR got underway twice during the four-week training block I was onboard in preparation for deployment to the Persian Gulf. Within our first two days onboard, we witnessed a change of command done at sea. Commander Peter Gumataotao '81 assumed conunand and went full speed ahead.

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By Captain Mark Fox '78, U.S. Navy

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n January 1991, I was a lieutenant commander serving as ops officer in Strike Fighter Squadron 81, a newly transitioned Hornet squadron in Air Wing 17 onboard SARATOGA, (CV-60), in the Red Sea. The CVW-17/Saratoga team deployed five days after the 2 August 1990 haqi invasion of Kuwait and had been involved in each phase of Operation Desert Shield.

The new year found us putting finishing touches on four opening strikes and making 'what i f contingency pleins. As the United Nation's 15 January 1991 deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait drew steadily closer without diplomatic progress, it became increasingly obvious that conflict was unavoidable. My journal entry summed up my feelings: 10 January 1991...I am at peace, mentally and spiritually. My prayers continue to ask for a peaceful solution, but if war does occur, to be strong, courageous and filled with extraordinary awareness and judgement in combat.

Although scheduled as a spare on SARATOGA'S second attack launched from the Red Sea, my primary mission was as the highspeed anthadiation missile (HARM) element lead for the third strike, a nighttime A-6 Intmder assault.

We received the execute order late on the 15th; the first strike, a nighttime attack against the Iraqi air defenses west of Baghdad, launching late the next night with a time on target of 0300(L), 17 January 1991.

As I watched the launch late the evening of the 16th, I silently prayed as each ahcraft catapulted into the blackness. A fellow Sunliner department head. Lieutenant Commander Scott Speicher, was the last member of my squadron airborne.

After a short, restless night, I woke early to find out how the first strike had gone: 17 January 1991: SARATOGA'S ^rjf strike is complete, and Scott Speicher in 403 is the only guy who did not return. No mayday call, no comm—/ can only pray that he diverted, or in worst case, ejected, and is now hopefully to be picked up.

A distant sense of dread of losing a friend—small things hit me as being suddenly presumptuous—putting out my laundry this morning, for example, presumes I'll return to get it back.

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I am now ever so aware—now more than ever—of my total dependence on God's grace. I am choosing to be strong and courageous.

Aviators from the opening strike were in the wardroom when I ate breakfast. Pale with fatigue, but animated and talkative, they recounted the spectacular, chaotic and confusing events of only a few hours ago. As I listened, I silently envied them. "They've been bloodied and met the test. How will I handle myself in this?"

SARATOGA'S first dayhght strike was a complex 36-plane attack against H-3 airfield in western haq that requhed almost all the ahcraft on the fhght deck. The element for which I was the spare, a division of Hornets carrying 2000-lb Mark 84 general purpose bombs, was the only part of the strike that would fly right over the target. AU the other ahcraft provided support for us or employed stand-ofl" weapons.

The sober mood in the strike brief was colored by Scott Speicher's loss last night. H-3 presented an extensive and sophisticated network of layered defenses consisting of fourth generation fighters, radarguided and heat-seeking surface-to-ah missiles (SAMs) and lots of antiarcraft artillery (AAA). For those of us who would actually overfly the airfield, the six SA-6 antiaircraft missile batteries caused the most concem. Although this strike had been planned and practiced for months, a flood of last-minute information created uncertainty about what we'd actually be facing.

As the spare, the only way for me to mentally prepare was to literally hope and pray that I would actually get to fly in the strike. Although scheduled for a combat sortie that evening, I wanted with all my being to fly in this stiike as well. Banishing the sUghtest thought of "I hope nobody has a problem with their jet" from my mind, I was prepared—mentally, emotionally, professionally and spiritually—to plunge into combat.

Much of who I am comes from a deep-seated faith in God. Fortunately, my personal faith existed well prior to Desert Storm, and I had already answered life's tough questions about being a Christian in combat before the shooting ever started.

When my fellow Sunliner department head. Lieutenant Commander Steve 'Anuno' Minnis, (also my roommate and Naval Academy classmate) aborted because of a failed mission computer, I launched to fill his place in the strike. My Hornet, Sunliner 401, was loaded with four ah-to-air missiles and four 2,000-lb general purpose bombs.

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About two hours after launch, having refueled from U.S. Air Force KC-135S over Saudi Arabia, we crossed the border into Western Iraq just below the contrail level at 30,000 ft. Flying in an 'offset batUebox' formation, we were going as fast as possible without using afterburner—0.9 Mach (about 600 knots groundspeed). Oux division of strike-fighters consisted of (from left to right) Lieutenant Nick 'Mongo' Mongillo and Commander Bill 'Maggot' McKee '75 in the lead section; myself and Lieutenant Conunander Chuck 'Bouncer' Osborne in the rear section, all spaced about a mile apart.

Urgent "Bandit" calls from the E-2 made it clear Iraqi fighters were airborne, but my faltering mental picture placed them west of our flight path. The quantity and intensity of transmissions over the strike frequency increased as we approached H-3's SA-6 envelopes. A series of streaking contrails to our left grabbed my attention until I reaUzed they were HARMs inbound to H-3. After a brief jolt, it was comforting to see visible evidence oiu- strike was unfolding as plaimed.

Then the E-2 call that finally registered: "400, that Bandit's on your nose at 15. " Immediately selecting a Sidewinder missile, I promptly got a radar lock on a head-on, supersonic Iraqi MiG-21 Fishbed about nine miles away. As I peered through the heads-up display (HUD), trying to see the fast approaching Fishbed, I kept caging the Sidewinder seeker to get a good tone. A few tense seconds later I got a missile tone and shoot light at the same time I spotted the pinprick speck of the Iraqifighter.When I squeezed the trigger, the missile fired with a characteristic WHOOSH.... then simply disappeared.

Things were happening fast; our relative closure was over 1,200 knots, and the MiG was getting bigger. Shocked that the Sidewinder didn't appear to be tracking, I selected a Sparrow missDe and fired it. This time I clearly watched the missile streak toward him. As the Sparrow accelerated, the MiG briefly disappeared in the bright flash of an explosion and cloud of black smoke, then emerged, still nose on, but traihng flame and smoke. The Sparrow hit the doomed fighter with yet another explosion, but incredibly, there was stUl a very recognizable MiG-21, albeit clearly btmiing, decelerating and descending.

As he disappeared under my nose, I rocked up on my left wing to watch him pass about 1,000 feet below. The front half of the Iraqi fighter was intact, with the canopy still on, whUe the rear half was enveloped in flames.

Mongo's excited "Splash one!" call shifted my attention to the left where his kill was marked by a huge smear of flame and smoke.

Bouncer's much calmer "splash two" made me think the first explosion on my MiG was caused by one of his missiles. "Oh well...I'm still aUve and didn't jettison my bombs. Maybe I'll get an honorable mention for shooting a burning MiG." There was no time to savor the kills. Entering the heart of H-3's SAM defenses, we got radar locks on another group of airplanes west of the target that were initially nose-on, but then began to slowly turn to the east. The peculiar ±ing about these bogeys was they were very slow, about 0.4 Mach (or about 200 knots) at 23,000 feet! Whatever they were doing, I didn't like the situation at all. This tune, there were no bandit calls from the E-2 and we had no other indications of who they were.

They must be some kind of bait, trying to lure us mto a ti-ap, I thought, and started doing deep-six checks to make sure no one was sneaking up on us from behind. Satisfied our six was clear, I refocused my attention to the bogey ahead. Still beyond visual range, I Shipmate, October 1999

had a flashing shoot-cue and a no-escape Sparrow shot, and I was closing fast.

But at my right two o'clock low was H-3! To chase the bogey down for visual identification would mean I'd have to fly past the target in a predictable stem conversion intercept, and I was lugging 8,000 pounds of bombs around... not exactiy what you normally carry in a visual identification scenario!

Resisting the urge to chase the bogey, I reluctantly broke lock, switched to the air-to-ground mode and made the sweetest dive bombing run of my life on a big hangar with a white roof.

Detennined to see where my bombs hit, I built into my off target jinking plan a series of peeks back at the hangar as we came off target. Glancing back the first time, I saw my four 2,000 pound bombs falUng together in a tight group. Dodging AAA puffs, I saw dust and smoke kicking up from batteries all over the airfield and watched dozens of corkscrew smoketiails of shoulder-fired heat seeking SAMs streaking into the sky. Spectating too long, I resumed jinking with a renewed zeed, madly pumping out chaff and flares.

My next peek paid dividends—the hangar disappeared under blossoming explosions of my bombs. I smiled for the first time that day.

We hustled out of there as fast as we could. Heading south (abeam the area where we'd run into the MiGs), there was a final reminder of our encounter—two colmrms of black smoke rising from the desert in the same relative formation they'd been when we shot them down.

Convinced Bouncer must have put that first missile into my MiG, my hopes rose when we checked each other for battie damage and I saw only Mongo was missing a missile.

More certain that it must have been my Sidewinder that caused the first explosion after all, I put it out of my above; Iraqi hanger with bomb damage, courtesy of mind for fear of boltering on return CAPT Fox to the ship.

I had a low fuel light when I left.' CAPT Fox is greeted by his children after Desert plugged the KC-135 south of the borStorm der. The boom operator pointed to my right wingtip's empty missile rail and gave me big congratulatory smiles and thumbs up. What an overwhelming feeling to have successfully completed the mission without loss!

Our remm to the ship was uneventful, and I managed to get aboard my first pass, concluding the most eventful and demanding fhght of my life. The post-strike atmosphere in the carrier's intelligence center (CVIC) was a mixture of boisterous relief, disciphned professional debriefs and hght-hearted banter. SARATOGA'S skipper. Captain Joe Mobley '66, gave me some good-natiued ribbing about firing a Sparrow into a burning airplane as he watched the HUD tape of my kiU. I shragged and smiled, " I just wanted to be sure. Skipper."

I was still in my flight gear, debriefing in the CVIC, when preparations began for the next brief. Plunging into the mental activity of yet another strike was a tonic. Tonight's strike again targeted H-3, but this time the A-6s planned a low altitude attack supported by HARM shooters (for which I was element lead) and EA-6B jamming to suppress the radar-guided SAMs. The brief, man-up and launch flowed smoothly, but when we got to the tanker tracks, a wide band of broken stratus clouds made the tanking evolution very difficult. Flying in the darkness, in and out of turbulent clouds, on the KC-135's wing created a very vertigo-inducing envhonment. Getting plugged into the basket at the end of a swinging, unsteady boom took every bit of flying ability and concentration I could muster.

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Happy to have safely refueled, we HARM shooters headed to our respective launch points in western haq arrayed hke spokes on a wheel around H-3. Although we briefed avoiding night vision loss during HARM launch by closing our eyes, I couldn't resist watching the spectacular and dazzling view of my HARMs as they raced toward their targets.

Our A-6's low-level attack did not fare well against H-3's withering low altitude defenses. One Intruder, Raygun 510, flown by Lieutenants Bob Wetzel and Jeff Zaun' 84, both captured and held as POWs until the end of the war, was shot down in the target area. Another A6 was badly shot up by AAA, but managed to limp into a Saudi divert field.

The overcast prevented me from seeing the target area fireworks from my vantage point as a HARM shooter, but I still had vivid recollections of the scene from earlier in the day.

Knowing we lost an airplane and crew made the flight back to SARATOGA especially long. After trapping aboard, I wearily reflected on the previous 24 hours. Going to war last night...Spike's loss...launching as a spare...the MiG kill and attack on H-3...the tough hop tonight.. .over ten hours in the cockpit today.. .what a day!

Desert Storm left an indelible impression on me and provided some of the most vivid and stark experiences of my life. It was a bittersweet experience; I loved meeting the challenge of combat, leading airwing strikes, watching my bombs explode on target and being totally focused on accomplishing the mission. Facing uncertainties and dangers deepened my faith and heightened my appreciation for life in general.

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On the other hand, I was fully aware that war is an evil that takes the lives of young men on both sides, and the sooner you can end it on your terms, the better.

Combat brings out facets of people that would never otherwise surface. I certainly learned a lot about myself. All my life, I'd wondered if I really had what it took to perform in combat, to really be a warrior. What I discovered during Desert Storm surprised me in its simplicity. The first point is you never rise to new levels of performance in combat—you fall to whatever level to which you've trained.

The second point—more important than the first—is that even though you may be scared, mental strength and courage under duress is a choice, an act of the will—not a feeling. Regardless of whether you feel mentally strong or brave, the job still has to be done.

Scott Speicher displayed that kind of strength and courage when he launched on that first strike. VFA-Sl's most prestigious award is named in his honor, and I hope to keep his memory bright.

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Screened for Carrier Air Wing command. Captain Fox has logged over 3,800 hours and 1,050 arrested landings on 13 different ahcraft carriers. His personal awards include the Silver Star Medal and four Air Medals with Combat' V .

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R E V I E W E D B Y C O L JOHN RIPLEY ' 6 2 , U S M C (RET.) aval Academy graduates are familiar with Timberg '64 because of his superb book, The Nightingale's Song (Touchstone, 1995).

However, those few grads who cannot identify Bob, and many other Americans as well, soon will have reason to list him among the country's leading joumahsts and authors. With the publication of Timberg's latest book, John McCain: An American Odyssey, there will be a chance for the rest of the country to see what John McCain's friends, foes, shipmates, and associates have always known—that this is one hell of a man, a phenomenal survivor; quite simply, a great American.

Using much of the material from The Nightingale's Song, which is re- 'i focused and enhanced with more material from additional research, the author peels away the McCain persona.

He takes us to the roots of his childhood, then through it in the looming shadow of two Four Star antecedents— his father and grandfather. Both were greatly accomplished, at times controversial, and set standards in a profession young John freely admits not being passionately drawn toward. \ apC\ His performance, behavior and own personal testimony—then and now— of his Academy years bear witness to this. As late as 26 May 1993, McCain informed the Naval Academy graduating class "My four years here were not notable for individual academic achievement, but, rather, for the impressive catalogue of demerits which I managed to accumulate."

In tmth, McCain's Academy years measured him and prepared him for what would become his singular trademark; a maverick. If anything defines John McCain, it is the studied nonconformist, hell bent to chart a course on his own; a course that may or may not have been followed by his distinguished Navy bloodhne, or his congressional brethren, but his course. It is an enviable characteristic those of lessor stuff could never pull off; but they are not John McCain.

Bob Timberg calls this biography "An American Odyssey;" however, the reading suggests, "A Tour de Force." Rarely has a figure in American history risen from the ashes in such grandiloquent, heroic fashion. Timberg leaves nothing unstated, uncovered or unrevealed. He gives us McCain in the raw; the temper, the fury, the disrespect for prison camp guards, POW finks, weak 28

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As stated earlier Timberg lets us see McCain completely; warts, scars, fair, and foul. The reader won't hke everything. The best example is McCain's unapologetic support of Bill Chnton in normalizing relations with Vietnam, even before they had agreed to full accounting of POW/MIAs. He is also excessively forgiving of a President whose lack of character stands in stark contrast with his own, or so feel a majority of Vietnam Veterans and especially, understandably his own POW brethren. When McCain volunteered to appear with President Clinton at the Vietoam Memorial, "The Wall" (not having been asked to do so), thereby giving legitimacy to the living antithesis of an honored war veteran, he wounded the great majority of living veterans (to say nothing of those whose names were on The Wall).

"He betrayed us," many said "... and for God sakes... John McCain!"

Vietnam Veteran's admonitions notwithstanding, John McCain has lived—and just barely lived in some cases—a life most Americans cannot contemplate. They have no frame of reference. From his renegade days of youth through a tumultuous Academy period, leaving there fifth from the bottom of his class, to the bestiality of prison camp life that is virtually incomprehensible to the western mind, McCain has performed, persevered, and prevailed. Most important, he's done it his way—the McCain way—and America is the better for it.

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Standing pronunently in the southwest comer of the land housing the Escambia County Courthouse in Brewton, AL, the County Seat, the shape was clearly a memorial of some sort, perhaps a war memorial.

But what caused me to slow my car to a crawl as I traveled south on Belleville Avenue, Brewton's main street, were the words inscribed on the northern face of the monument "Duty—Honor—Country."

How often had we heard those words during four years in Bancroft Hall? During our Plebe Summer they preceded every 'sound-off' as we presented ourselves at an Upper-Classman's room. I get a strong sense that while succeeding classes may not have made them as much of a mantra, those three words were embedded in our collective Academy experience, and that of our sister Academies, for at least a generation.

How did these words migrate the significant distance from the Naval Academy to a war memorial in a small southem city? The column space available in this article does not permit describing this war memorial in great detail. It is one that honored Brewton citizens who had fallen in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. But the statement directly under the words "Duty—Honor—Country," "Erected by the citizens of Escambia County to honor those who have given their lives in the defense of their country," summed it up.

WAR MEMORIALS AND DUTY—HONOR—COUNTRY Why do citizens erect war memorials? The words "Duty—Honor— Country" help us understand why. To the citizens of this city and county, these were their most important citizens, their heroes, the individuals who had done their duty, who had served with honor, and who had provided their country with the ultimate sacrifice. That is why this elegant memorial is situated on the grounds of the most important building on the city's main street.

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After stopping my car and getting out, I looked at the monument for quite a while. Then I wandered further afield, and noted that no other buildings on Belleville Avenue, not the courthouse, not the post office, not any others were named after any famous personage. Only there, just a few feet from the County Courthouse, were the names of the area's heroes inscribed.

It is unlikely that many of these heroes were career soldiers, sailors or airmen. Most were either draftees or those who joined when they were caught up in the patriotic fervor that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor or other events. They sought neither glory nor formne.

They merely did theh duty and defended theh country with honor.

LESSONS FOR TODAY Junior officers lead our troops today while more senior officers direct them and very senior and retired officers offer their reasoned counsel. Somewhere in this melange of advice and focus on the profession, the words "Duty—Honor—Country" should enjoy a prominent place in focusing on what is important in leading the troops who we are charged to care for and who may be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice that those who have gone before them have made.

As in any organization, there are competing demands for time and energy on our officers and on our troops. Various metrics have been invented to measure a command's success vis a vis sister commands.

It is too easy to lose focus on what the ultimate goal is—remaining ready for combat. This must be done on the deckplates by junior officers, must be supported by mid-grade officers, and must be championed by our most senior officers—those in the field and those in the halls of the Pentagon.

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All Hands Clark Scholarship The John Ben Snow Foundation has acted to establish a full scholarship to honor Admiral J. J. "Jocko" Clark' 18, a World War II naval hero of Cherokee descent. Western Carolina University received $22,000 from tmst funds of the foundation to provide full, four-year funding of tuition, fees, room and board for a North Carolina student of Cherokee descent (preferably) who plans to major in business at Western. The scholarship will be awarded for the fall 2000 semester.

Adnural Clark graduated from the Naval Academy in with the class of 1918 and was the first captain of the ahcraft carrier YORKTOWN, which saw considerable action in World War II in the Pacific. Today, YORKTOWN is anchored at Patriots Point in Charleston, SC. In addition. Mount Clark, in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Teimesee, is named for Jocko Clark.

Leyte Gulf Symposium The Leyte Gulf Symposium will be held at 2:00 p.m., 22 October 1999, at the Navy Museum located within the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Historians, authors, and veterans of the Battle of Leyte Gulf will review and comment on the historic events that occurred 55 years ago.

Speakers who have tentatively accepted invitations include former Chief of Naval Operations and Surigao Strait battle veteran. Admiral James L. Holloway, III '43; noted World War II historian Jeffrey Barlow; Stanley Falk, author of Decision at Leyte; Thomas Cutler, author of The Battle of Leyte Gulf, Captain Ernest Schwab, Executive Officer of the submarine DARTER; and Quartermaster Mike Bak who observed the actions off Samar aboard destroyer FRANKS. The symposium will be followed by a reception in the main gallery of the Navy Museum, which will allow attendees an opportunity to mingle with the panelists to exchange views on this pivotal battle.

The program presents a unique opportunity for those enthusiastic about naval history to hear first-hand accounts of the Leyte Gulf veterans.

For more information contact Dr. David F. Winkler at the Naval Historical Foundation at (202) 678-4333.

USNA Musical Activities for 1999-2000 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, USNA Distinguished Artists Series—Thursday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall (Tickets required). Halloween Organ Recital, Monte Maxwell, Organist—Friday, October 29 at 8:30 p.m., USNA Chapel (Tickets required). The Don Cossacks of Rostov, USNA Distinguished Artists Series—Tuesday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall (Tickets required).

American Guild of Organists Choral Festival—Sunday, November 14 in the USNA Main Chapel, 7:00 p.m.. USNA Women's Glee Club Christmas Concert—Wednesday, December 1 at 5:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall (in Bancroft Hall). The Messiah at USNA : USNA Glee Club, Hood College Choh, Members of Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, USNA Chapel (Tickets requhed)—Samrday, December 11 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, December 12 2:30 p.m. The Bordeaux Ballet, USNA Distin34

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The London City Opera Company (Magic Flute), USNA Distinguished Artists—Tuesday, February 29 at 7:30 p.m. In Alumni Hall (Tickets required). USNA Men's Glee Club Concert, Spring Tour program—Friday, March 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall (Tickets required). Bach's Birthday Organ Concert, Monte Maxwell, Organist—Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 p.m. in Main Chapel. USNA Glee Club/Annapohs Symphony Orchestra (Distinguished Artists Series)— Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. Alumni Hall (Tickets requhed). USNA Commissioning Week Concerts: Men's Glee Club Concert—Sunday, May 21 at 8:00 PM in Main Chapel (Tickets requhed). Chapel Organ Concert, Monte MaxweU, Organist—Monday, May 22 at 4:00 p.m.

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alcohol and drug use, hours of study each day and popularity of the Greek system ranked the Naval Academy as the 5* most sober school in the country.

Red Romo Tribute There will be a Special Tribute for the late Leon (Red) Romo on Saturday, October 23, at 0845 at the Naval Academy Chapel preceded by a coffee at Buchanan House at 0800. All former Naval Academy athletes and friends who knew Mr. Romo are invited to attend— those expecting to attend the coffee prior to the service should RSVP to the Naval Academy Protocol Office at 410 293-1512 or 1513 by Wednesday, October 20th.

The Naval Academy Athletic Association has established a Scholarship Fund in memory of Mr. Romo to be used to underwrite the cost of hiring an intern each year for the Athletic Training area at the Academy. Donations to the Red Romo Scholarship Fund can be made to the Naval Academy Athletic Association, Rickets Hall, 566 Brownson Road, Annapolis, MD 21402.

The U.S. Naval Academy was ranked as the 10th best tailgating school in the country according to Athlon's Preseason College Football Magazine. Joe Cahn, who is the self proclaimed Commissioner of Tailgating and has a Web site about tailgating (www.tailgating.com), said this about Navy tailgates: "They set-up the "Class o f tailgating areas around the stachum before the game at Navy. Gathered in the parking lot are parents, friends, active duty and rethed Navy personnel. The parties are great and the fans attend the game as at most schools. What sets them apart, what makes Navy special is that after the game, the fans, the Midshipmen, even the players come out and celebrate with friends, family and alumni. I love Navy tailgating."

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Membership Benefits to all members: •

Shipmate Magazine—still the primary way to keep in contact with the Association, your Class or Chapter and find out what is happening in your area and in Annapolis. Timely feature articles detail current events at the Academy and the Alumni Association.

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Other publications—the SABRD and Register of Alumni. Both are annual publications now available for sale in both book and CD-ROM versions.

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USNA.COM—visit our Web site from anywhere in the world. You can update your address, buy merchandise, and read the latest news online. You can also contact any staff member by email.

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Career Transition program—the Service Academy Career Conference and related services.

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Use of Alumni House for special events. The perfect place to meet for small class functions or family events.

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USNA Alumni Association of Philadelphia & the Philadelphia Sports Congress Cordially Invite You to Attend Two Special Army/Navy Weekend Events

Army/Navy Gala Friday, December 3, 1999 7 to 10:30 p.m.

Open Bar, Silent Auction, Dinner Buffet & Dancing $60 per person The Grand Ballroom, Pennsylvania Convention Center 12* & Arch Streets, Philadelphia

Army/Navy Tailgate Saturday, December 4, 1999 9 a.m. to Noon Open Bar, Breakfast/Lunch Buffet $35 per person First Union Center (South of Veterans Stadium & First Union Spectrum) Make checks payable and mail to: USNAAA of Philadelphia, 505 S. Lenola Rd., Suite 211, Moorestown, NJ 08057-1549 Please include name(s) and class. For questions, call: 856-778-3526

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"In" or "On"?

Perhaps General Trainor is officially right about serving "in" a ship, but my practical experience tells me that the Navy's practice in this matter is otherwise (See p. 40, Jul/Aug 1999 Shipmate.) As an ensign, I reported "aboard or on board" but not "in board," and I cannot remember ever having said, or ever having heard it said, that an officer served "in" a particular ship. Rather, I spent a year "on" PREBLE, two years "on" BRONSTEIN, and a year "on" JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG. In my experience, brother officers used exactly the same phrasing.

Phillip Parotti '63

Army/Navy 2000 Game Tickets I am disappointed that I cannot obtain tickets to this year's ArmyNavy game because I was not aware of policies, deadlines, etc. What must we graduates do—and by when—to ensure we can get seats for the game in Baltimore in 2000?

Andy Sosnicky '66 The NAAA experienced an increase in the ticket demand for the 100th playing of the Army-Navy rivalry this summer that was heightened by the announcement that the 2000 game would be played in Baltimore. However, all season ticket holders, NAAA members and USNA graduates, who identified themselves, and ordered by the July 15 priority deadline date, have been offered a maximum of four tickets to the game.

Eric Ruden Director, Sports Information U.S.N.A. Athletic Association

The "Navy Athletics" article however must be raising some questions. Was it written for Sports Illustrated or Football Digest! Are Midshipmen now sophomores, juniors and seniors? Having rethed from active duty in 1964 and Headquarters Marine Corps as a civil servant in 1981,1 realize that many things have changed. What happened to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classmen?

Regardless, keep up the good work.

David E. Ward '45

Thanks to SACC I disagree with Col T. H. Galbraith '48's comments on the Service Academy Career Conference (SACC) (See p. 41, July/August 1999 Shipmate). Thanks to the April 1998 SACC (Service Academy Career Conference) in Crystal City, I found my dream job after rethement!

During my last five years I had worked as an analyst in the Pentagon; the first two years on the Navy Staff and the last three years on the Secretary of Defense's Staff. I had also become active in a DoDsponsored professional society of present and former military ana-

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Don't forget to include in the canon of writings of CAPT E. L. Beach, the elder, the four-volume series. An Annapolis Plebe, An Annapolis Youngster, etc., published in the 1920s and depicting the experience of a Midshipman just after the turn of the century. It captured my attention in the forties and influenced my decision to go Navy.

Bob Sherer '61

Hired Killers The recent correspondence regarding "hired killers" is quite revealing. The prime purpose of the Naval Academy is to train officers to fight a war. Hopefully, a fully trained, well-armed naval establishment will discourage those who would think about going to war against us. Failing that, the main objective of a war is to destroy the enemy's resources (personnel and material) with the minimum loss of our own resources. Does this mean killing the enemy? Definitely.

My own experiences as Commander, River Assault Squadron 9 in the Mekong Delta in 1967 proved to me that war is not for the squeamish nor indecisive. Close combat is a gut-wrenching experience.

The Naval Academy's mission is to train warriors. No amount of political correctness can change that. There is no place at the Academy for those who are squeamish, indecisive or whiners. They will fail in combat. Those who cannot live up to a warrior's credo should look for another institute in which to matriculate.

CAPT Charles L. Horowitz '54 USN (Ret.)

Navy Athletics I have just finished reading the July-August issue, which was most interesting. I was pleased to see LtGen Trainer's conunent on the "In" vs "On" issue.

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On a whim, since I was a year away from ending my naval career, I attended the SACC in the spring of 1998 to see what else was out there. After hearing a former Air Force Academy graduate's comments during the Thursday evening panel discussion, I was intrigued with the work/family balance, work environment, and type of work required that he described about his company. As a result, I got in the "cattle call" line at his booth during the next day's job fair where I had about 2-3 minutes to sell myself. To make a long story short, I accepted a job offer with that company the following January and have been working there for two months since I retired on June 1".

Everything the Air Force Academy graduate described is accurate and the job is the perfect fit for me! I am very thankful that the Alumni Association supports SACC, because I probably would not have attended the conference if I hadn't read about it in Shipmate, and hence, I may not have found the great job I'm currently in.

While attending the SACC, I ran into several people I had worked with during my previous four years at the Pentagon. Some were future retirees like me, while others were getting out after their obligated service. During our discussions throughout the two days, I found out that each one of them had aheady made their own decision to retire/resign before attending the conference, not because of the SACC. AU of the ofiicers who were resigning stated that since the post-Reagan years of military downsizing, it was harder and harder to get promoted and eventually obtain command. I can tell you for a fact that from my observations in the Pentagon, the Navy is very active in trying to encourage young officers to serve full careers until theh rethement, and from what I read in Shipmate, the Alumni Association is no different.

In my short time outside the military arena, I've leamed that the USNA AA is also no different than other colleges and universities when it concerns assisting their alumni in their job search. They just do it a few years later instead of after graduation (i.e., 5 to 20 years later). My company works closely with several colleges and universities to find quality candidates. Why can't they work with the Service Academies, too? After all, not 100% of our graduates are going to stay in until retirement or beyond.

From what I've observed in my 20 years of service (15 years of sea duty and school, culminating in being selected for command at sea, and five years at the Pentagon, working for very senior mihtary and civilian personnel), the Department of the Navy and our Alumni Association do a good job trying to encourage our young officers to stay in. With that said, there are some of us grads who don't want to maJie the military a career, some of us who aren't allowed to make the military a career, and some of us who want to do something different after retirement. For those of us in these groups, I am thankful that our Alumni Association supports the SACC to provide us an opportunity to start a new life. Because the Service Academy Career Conference I attended provided me that opportunity, I have volunteered to get involved with my company's military recraitment efforts and will start attending S ACCs from the "other side" next spring.

I am very grateful that our Alumni Association supports the Service Academy Career Conference and hopes they will continue to do so for our future grads who are also looking to start that new life.

CDR Kirk A. Michealson '79 USN (Ret.)

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Anchors Away Alumni Travel The Millennium Trips 2000

Make your first trip of the new millennium the best one ever Join us on our wonderful new itineraries to exotic locations both near and far, and let us show you why Alumni travel with us is an experience not to be missed.

Some of our trips are similar to those we have offered in the past—our river trips in Europe are always popular and this year we offer some very special new options.

We have also chosen some wonderful new places—Antarctica on the very popular MV IVIARCO POLO, the Amazon on the exotic AMATISTA, a n d a very exciting trip to coastal Vietnam on the new CUPPER ODYSSEY, complete with a VIP lecturer who served there during

the Vietnam War. Listed below are trips currently planned for next year. Please be advised that dates and prices may change slightly. For current updates and to read our monthly newsletter—please visit our website at http;// www.usna.com/programs.

Antarctic Expedition—January 17-30, 2000 A fascinating journey to the seventin continent, Antarctica, featuring an 8-day voyage of expiorotion aboard the iVI.V. MARCO POLO and three nights in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, the "Paris of South America". 13 days/from $4495(+ air add-on). (.Gohiagan & Co.) Hidden Islands of ttte Grenadines & the Windwards and Leewards—January 29-February 5, 2000 Escape the wintry weather for a wonderful week in the sun aboard the YORKTOWN CUPPER as she visits the islands of Grenada, Union island, Bequia, St. Lucia, Dominica, Nevis and St, Kitfs. Her small size (138-passengers) allows exploration up close and a wonderful yacht-like atmosphere.

8 days/from $1960(plus air). (.Clipper Cruises) Kenya Discovery—February 29-March 11, 2000 A 12-day wildlife safari to Nairobi Samburu National Reserve and the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Superior accommodations at well appointed lodges and small group viewing trips to see wildlife. See the spectacular natural beauty and amazing wildlife that is the African continent.

Not your typical safari—comfort and convenience abound! 12 days/$4295 (includes air). Hosted by CAPT H.A. Seymour, Jr. '65, Director, Alumni Affairs/ USNA Alumni Association. (.Parl< East Tours) The Natural Treasures of Costa Rica & The Darien Jungle (& Panama Canal)—March 18-26,2000 A repeat of our 1999 sell-out, the YORKTOWN CUPPER visits beautiful Costa Rica and Panama then transits the canal. Combines small ship comfort and the ability to see up close the natural beauty of this unspoiled area.

9 days/from $2340+air. (.dipper Cruises) Amazon Exploration—May 6-13, 2000 Travel aboard the deluxe U AMAHSTA, with only 30 passengers, to enjoy the most talked about new voyage. Explore the rainforest ecosystem of the Upper Amazon, while traveling in complete luxury. Optional extension to Machu Picchu. 8days/from $2995 +air. (Goliagan & Co.) Asl< to borrow our video and see ali this wonderfui voyage hias to offer Alumni College in Provence—May 9-17, 2000 Nine days at the Grand Hotel Des Thermes in the one of the most beautiful areas of France. Provence has much to offer; its stunning mountains, countryside and festivals, plus its history as a haven for popular painters such as Van Gogh, Matisse, Chagall and Picasso. You will enjoy it ail—^the food, the scenery and the people that make this area so fascinating.

9 days/$2295 (includes air). (Alumni Holiday^ Cruise the Heart of Europe—May 13-27, 2000 A 'first ever' cruise of the inland canals and rivers of Northern Europe from Holland through the Netherlands and Germany, ending in Berlin.

Travel aboard the M/S EUROPA, the newest of Europe's luxurious "floating hotels". 15 days/$4995 (includes air). Hosted by I2ADM Ron Marryott '57, President/CEO, USNA Alumni Association. (Alumni Holidays) Continental Passage—June 30-July 16,2000 From Amsterdam to Budapest, along the stunning Rhine, Main a n d Danube rivers, this is the perfect cruise along three of Europe's most picturesque rivers. The M/S EURASMUS is always popular and we bring her back again by popular demand. 16 days/$4595 (includes air). (Alumni Holidays) Oberammergau—June 15-27,2000 The Passion Play is only performed once every d e c a d e , and we wouldn't dream of missing it. This wonderful itinerary combines Prague, Vienna and Munich and a trip to see the play, Four days in Prague, four days in Vienna, then on to Germany to see the play in Oberammergau and visit Munich.

Three of Europe's most amazing cities combine to make this an unforgettable journey. 12 days/$4795 (includes air). Hosted by CDR L. Heyworth, III '70, Director, Strategic Programs/ USNA Alumni Association. (Alumni Holidays)

St. Moritz Escapade—July 11-20, 2000 We have offered Switzerland in the winter, now see it in the splendor of summer Stay in the stunning five-star Kuim Hotel in St. Moritz then explore the surrounding areas of Lugano, Innsbruck, and Pontresina. Ride the amazing "Bernina Express" one of Switzerland's picture perfect rail a d ventures. 9 days/$2495 (includes air). Hosted by Katherine Hite, Director, Fiscal Services, USNA Alumni Association. (Alumni Holidays) Alumni College in Sorrento—July 24-August 2,2000 The newest Alumni College in Italy—and quickly becoming the most popular Stay in scenic Sorrento, with day trips to see the Bay of Naples, the Amalfi Coast and the Isle of Capri, while learning the history of this wonderful area. Travel back in time as you visit ruins at Pompeii. 9 days/$2295 (includes air). Hosted by Mike Collins '84, Director, Alumni Publications/ USNA Alumni Association. (Alumni Holidays) Voyage of the Sea Goddess—August 2-15, 2000 (Formerly Magnificent Passage) Our most popular new itinerary—four days in Paris, then board the SEA GODDESS for a cruise to Aries, Monte Carlo, Portof ino, Viareggio and Rome.

Our best itinerary combined with what many feel is one of the worid's best ships. A true luxury cruise. 15 dciys/$5695 (includes air). (Alumni Holidays) Alumni College in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswolds—August 1523, 2000 With its famous native son, plus the breathtaking scenery and fascinating towns surrounding it, Stratford-Upon-Avon is the ideal spot for our newest Alumni Campus. Visit Oxford and its' university, Warwick and its' famous castle, plus spend time In London and the surrounding areas. 9 days/ $2295(includes air) Alumni Holidays Alumni College in Spain—August 21-30, 2000 Visit Ubeda and Its surrounding areas—Cordoba, Cazoria, Baeza and Granada. See the beautiful and exotic architecture left by the Moors during their time here, plus Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches from the Christian influence. The wonders of Spain's history and people come alive. 9 days/$2300 (includes air). (Alumni Holidays) Maritime Canada, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Thousand Islands—August 26, 2000 From Rochester, NY, through the lovely Thousand islands and Prescott, up the St. Lawrence Seaway, you will visit Montreal and Quebec City. Spend a morning whale watching near the confluence of the Saguenay Fjord and the St. Lawrence River then discover the seafaring traditions of the Gaspe Peninsula and Prince Edward island. End with a visit to the stunning Nova Scotia. The perfect late summer voyage. 15 days/$3800 + air (Clipper Cruises) Alaska's Inside Passage—Hidden Fjords and Gtoc/ers—August 2-9, 2000 A repeat of a 1999 sell-out, the YORKTOWN CUPPER brings small ship elegance to an area you've always wanted to see up-close. With two options: the cruise portion to explore by sea, or add the Denaii pre-cruise extension to see Alaska by both sea and land. 8 days/$2200 + air. Denaii pre-cruise 5 days/$ 1220, (Clipper Cruises) Treasures of the Seine—September 5-16, 2000 Four days in London, then travel through the Chunnel to France and board the M.S. NoRMANDiE, a deluxe river cruiser Visit Normandy and Omaha Beach with ail its history, then travel along the Seine River through Coudebec, Rouen, Les Andelys and Vernon. End this wonderful trip with three days in Paris. 12 days/$3795 (includes air). Hosted by CDR Dove Church '67, Director, Alumni Sen/ices/ USNA Alumni Association. (Alumni Holidays).

Islands & Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest—September 12-19,2000 The wonderful M.V SEABIRD explores the fabulous areas from Vancouver to Seattle. Visit the picturesque San Juan islands, Victoria, British Columbia, the Gulf Islands and Alert Bay. Marvel at the beautiful fjords of Princess Louisa Inlet and Chatterbox Fails. See amazing wildlife including pods of Killer whales. The naturalist staff on board will enrich your knowledge of this wonderful area. 7 days/from $1990 +air (Special Expeditions)

Vietnam Revisited—fhe Journey of a Lifetime—Ju\y 11,2000 Return to an area filled with recent history and memories for many of our alumni. This trip combines the wonderful luxury of the new CUPPER ODYSSEY, with the chance to see an area of the world only recently available for Navy/Notre Dome—Orlando in October 2000 tourism. Start in Hong Kong then visit Haiphong/Hanoi, Haiong Bay, Da Nang, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City. Lectures from General Meet us in Oriando In October 2000 for the always-popular Navy/Notre Hansford T Johnson,'59 (USAFA) a pilot with over 423 combat missions in Dame football game. The travel package will include many options to Vietnam. His tours of duty included Strategic Air Command, Deputy Comthe surrounding area attractions including Disney Worid, Universal Studios mander in Chief of the Central Command and Director of the Joint Staff, and many others. Stay tuned for further details.

Joint Chiefs of Staff, plus many others. 18 days/from $6750 + air (Clipper Cruises)

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All prices tentative. Final brochure prices may vary. For more information or to be on the mailing list for one or all trips, call Bobbi Collins at 410-263-4448 ext. 139.

Navy Athletics

Men's Basketball Outlook 1999-2000 Outlook With its first 20-win regular season in 13 years (20-6), Navy enjoyed a fine 1998-99 campaign. In addhion to leading the nation in rebounding margin (10.0) and ranking sixth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.379), the Midshipmen also posted the best nonleague ledger (11-3) in Patriot League history.

Despite this success, however, coach Don DeVoe's club still tastes the disappointment of a 53-45 loss to Lehigh in the Patriot League Toumament quarterfinals Feb. 27 at West Point. Navy had entered the toumament as the second seed, while the Mountain Hawks were the seventh seed.

It's a lesson that DeVoe knows will serve his team well in 1999-2000. "We reaUze that a lot of our success is determined by how we do at the league toumament," DeVoe said. "We accomphshed a lot last year in terms of guys stepping up and playing some fine basketball.

But that (Lehigh) loss has made our players realize 'We really dropped the ball and we'll need to work to make sure that will not happen again.'"

Seventy-three percent of the team's scoring and 74 percent of the team's rebounding returns from a year ago, so DeVoe has a solid nucleus from which to build his eighth team in Annapolis. Nonetheless, some questions remain, and the veteran coach hopes to get some answers Aug. 7-17 in a seven-game tour of France and Italy.

"Who's going to be our leader, our defensive stopper?" DeVoe asked. "Mike Green (1994-97) was our stopper, he could play anyone, any size. Skip Victor (1996-99) also filled that role. That's the real benefit of our foreign trip. When we get back, we'll know more about who can fill these roles." Let's take a position-by-position look at the Navy Midshipmen.

Guard Reggie Skipworth is back for his second season as the starting floor general. The Chattanooga, TN, native dished out at least five assists on five separate occasions last year, including a career-high 10 in the season-opener against Rice. DeVoe is looking for continued progress from the 6' 1" junior. "He's one player who really needs to step up," DeVoe said. "So much of the game is dictated by the play of the point guard, his ability to deliver the ball and play good defense. I was real pleased with how he came in last year after not having seen a lot of varsity action as a freshman."

Junior Chris Worthing and sophomore Demond Shepard will also vie for playing time at point guard. Worthing, who can play either guard spot, appeared in 25 games last year, including career-high 10 point efforts at Arizona State and Lafayette. He also dished out a career-high six assists in a 72-54 win over Holy Cross. "Chris is a versatile performer who played a lot at the point," DeVoe said. "He's a gifted shooter who still needs to learn all facets of the game. He's athletic and strong enough that he could also be our defensive stopper."

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Shepard, on the other hand, saw action in eight games as a Plebe, spending a majority of the year with the junior varsity program.

"Demond's freshman season was a lot like Reggie's," DeVoe said.

"He travelled with the varsity, but didn't play a lot. He's quite athletic and just needs game experience."

Shepard and 6'3" classmate Jehiel Lewis are two of the up-andcoming players in the Midshipmen program. The left-handed shooting Lewis showed glimpses of stardom in his first season. When Chris Williams suffered a sprained ankle at Lafayette Feb. 3, Lewis came off the bench to score a career-high 23 points (4-of-7 from threepoint range). He also talhed 11 points in an 81-46 victory over Army four days later.

"Jehiel is rising solidly in our program," DeVoe said. "He had some inspiring efforts last year that really got us feehng good about his future. He's our only lefthander, but he needs to gain some strength."

Junior Shawn Murray and sophomores Tim Sweeney, Noah KramerDover, Mike Windlan and Jon Coon could also see time in the backcourt this winter.

Forward Juniors Chris Williams and John Williams played both shooting guard or small forward in 1998-99. Chris Williams is one of two returning fust-team aU-league honorees.

The 6'4" junior averaged a team-high 13.7 points to go along with his 4.7 rebounds of a year ago. He shot .407 (134of-278) from three-point range, tallying double figures in his last 14 games of the winter. The Savannah, GA, native fared even better against league competition, posting 17 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest.

Chris Williams

"Chris is one of the more diverse players in our program," DeVoe said. "He could go inside and rebound, as well as shoot from the outside. I love the way he plays. He's very intense, with all the skills to be a superb performer for us."

All-out hustie describes John Williams' on-court personality. The 6-6 Annapolis native started the season with a career-high 23 points against Rice and continued to provide a spark off die Navy bench throughout the season.

"John will also play a lot for us this year," DeVoe said. "He's an integral part of our program. He's an excellent ball-handler, but I feel more comfortable trying to develop him as a two-guard."

The continued development of Robert Reeder and Josh Hill is also critical to the Midshipmen's success. The 6'7", 240-pound Reeder appeared in all 27 games a year ago, earning 14 starting assignments.

He proved to be one of Navy's more durable performers: Two days after suffering a broken nose and dislocated finger against Auburn, Reeder returned with eight points and two rebounds against Dartmouth. He came off the bench to score a career-high 14 points against Army on Feb. 7, and he averaged 9.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in his last five contests.

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"Heading into their junior years, both Josh and Robert appear to be the type of players who fit into our system," DeVoe said. "They can both handle the basketball, are solid defenders and have adequate athleticism." Senior Jeremy Toton and sophomore Jamie Nero should provide valuable depth.

Center Senior Sitapha Savane was arguably the top all-around low post player in the Patriot League last winter. He scored in double figures in 18 of the 24 games in which he appeared and tallied 10 doublefigure rebound outings. His seven double-doubles were best in the league. Throw in the fact he was third in the league with 1.74 blocked shots per game, and it's no surprise that he was a first-team all-league honoree.

As pleased as he was with Savane's play last season, DeVoe points out there is always room for improvement.

"Sitapha's our lead inside player. He's strong and a gifted jumper," DeVoe said. "I'd hke to see him knock down more perimeter shots, because it would help make his inside game that much more effective. Sitapha should really benefit from the addition of Coach (Mark) Alarie (a former Duke All-America and NBA veteran who is in his first season on the Navy coaching staff)."

Mike Cuimingham, a 6'10" junior, also showed marked improvement throughout the season. He saw time in 20 games as a sophomore, grabbing a career-high six rebounds and blocking a careerhigh four shots against Auburn. "With his size, Mike is our true big man," DeVoe said. "He needs to get more comfortable handhng the baU, but that just comes with experience." Sophomores Tiwaun Holmes and Ben Beck Coon could also factor into Navy's front-court picture this season.

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Men's Soccer Preview With the loss of five starters, including two of his top three scorers, to graduation. Navy soccer coach Greg Myers' primary objective last spring was to get quahty game experience for some of his younger players. The Midshipmen fulfilled this goal, competing well against some of the region's top teams, including George Mason, Towson, Georgetown, James Madison, West Vhginia and Penn State.

Now, the question is whether the Mids can carry this momenmm into the fall regular season. "We open up at Radford (Sept. 1), followed by St. Bonaventure and Virginia Commonwealth (at Richmond's Nike/AUtel Classic Sept. 3-4), so there's no time to build ourselves up," he said. "It either happens or it doesn't. Conditioning is the key."

Stamina will certainly be essential, as Navy complements its balanced offense with a steady blend of zone and man-to-man defense.

"We're solid defensively, good in goal and we move the ball weU," Myers said. "This has the potential to be one of the best passing teams in Navy history. Of course, the intensity isn't quite the same in the spring as it is in the fall, which is why we need to get our confidence early."

Myers is charging this year's five seniors—defenders Mike Bagrosky and Frank Grecco, midfielders Matt Neely and Chfton Smith

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and forward Brian Lubitzâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with setting the tone on the field. "They've got to hold everything together," Myers said. "They have to make everyone understand that the team comes first."

Goalkeeper Sophomore Brian Steckroth enters fall practice as the No. 1 goalkeeper. The Little Silver, N.J. native allowed just four goals in 194 minutes last season to finish with a 1.86 goals against average. He posted a 1-0 shutout of Monmouth in his collegiate debut last season, recording eight saves.

"Brian's a good leader who gained a lot of confidence in the spring," Myers said. "He's a big kid with excellent reflexes."

Sophomore Robert Balloon, who started three of the five games in which he played as a Plebe, suffered a torn anterior cruciate hgament last spring. His return would be that much more of a boost to the Midshipmen defense. In addition to posting a 1-0 shutout of Mt. St. Mary's last year, he posted a 1.79 GAA (eight goals in 403 minutes). "Balloon is very aggressive, with cat-like reflexes," Myers said. "His retum would make us that much better."

Sophomore Joe Shusko also hopes to work his way into the lineup.

"Technically, he may be the best of the three," Myers said. "He's a solid keeper."

Defense Loren Morgan, a second-team all-league pick last season, will dhect a physical Navy defense. In addition to soccer, Morgan also competes at 184 pounds for the Navy wrestling team, so he can wear down an opposing player. "Loren's a converted forward who is still learning his defensive role," Myers said. "But he's a hardnosed kid who plays with a 'take no prisoners' attitude."

In other words, Morgan's on-field demeanor is similar to that of sophomore Justin Fishbum. A starter in all 16 games in which he played as afreshman,Fishburn emerged as one of the players to watch in the Patriot League. "We need 'Fish' to step up and be a leader," Myers said. "He can't be afraid to take over. As a freshman, he usually had to mark the other team's best offensive player, and he was up for the challenge most of the time."

A starter in 11 games last season, Bagrosky scored one goal and added one assist. Myers is looking for the Columbia, MD, native to set the veteran example in the back.

"Mike's a good attacking defender," Myers said. "He just needs to play within himself."

Grecco, who has seen action everywhere but goalkeeper during his college career, knows a thing or two about adapting to a new role.

With two goals and three assists in 1998, he was the team's fifthleading scorer. "Frank is the type of kid every team has to have," Myers said. "He always seems to be at the right place at the right time. He has a decent speed, and he's a grinderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;very, very competitive."

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Finally, Huber, who played in 15 games in 1998, starting eight, will also see considerable playing time. "Nick wiU play a lot at the outside left back," Myers said. "He's a hard-working kid who is very good in the ah."

Midfield Navy boasts two of the most explosive players in the Patiiot League in midfielders junior Michael Paisant and senior Matt Neely. The 6'5" Paisant led the Midshipmen with 13 points (six goals and one assist), while Neely was named first-team all-league for his three goals and two assists a year ago.

"Neely is a gifted one-on-one player with an excellent shot," Myers said. "But he has to be willing to accept his role, which is to stay wide. If he does that, with his one-on-one ability, we'll be successful. Above all, he wants to win more than anything." Although they're both talented, Neely and Paisant could make an even greater contribution with their seasoned guidance. "Michael can do it aU. He's great in the air, has outstanding speed and a vicious shot," Myers said. "He's enjoyable to watch. If he continues the great leadership he showed this spring, it could have a ttemendous impact."

Sophomore Nathan Scott is another player who saw significant action in his first year in Annapolis, starting 13 of the 17 games in which he played. According to Myers, his rookie performance is a sign of things to come. "Nathan is a tenacious player with good skills," he said. "He's very quick, a good tackier and a solid one-onone player."

Senior Clifton Smith and junior Jake Roberts have been two of the Mids' most reliable performers over the past few seasons. "Roberts is a lot hke Grecco in that he can play anywhere," Myers said. "He is very versatile. Although his fitness has hurt him over the last year, Chfton Smith is one of the best athletes on the team," Myers said. "He has a rocket shot." Michael O'Sullivan is a promising sophomore who could also see significant action.

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Forward After playing defense his first three years at Navy, senior captain Brian Lubitz moves up to forward in his final season. He played in all 18 games in 1998, starting nine. He tallied one goal and one assist.

"Brian's an unselfish player, which makes him effective with his back to the goal," Myers said. "Paisant and Neely should play off him nicely." Sophomore Brye Gerhardt also started nine of the 18 games in which he played last season, posting one goal and two assists. While Gerhardt certainly made his presence felt as a freshman, Myers believes the best may be yet to come. "Brye has excellent skill and is a good reader of the game," Myers said. "With that combination, he'll play a key role for us. I can't say enough about him, and he's only a sophomore."

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Jackson Named to U.S. Bobsled Team Naval Academy graduate Harry Jackson '99, a native of Lancaster, PA, has been named to the U.S. Bobsled team. Jackson, a general engineering major who has been selected to go to flight school in Pensacola, FL, began trying out for the U.S. Bobsled team on May 23 at a preliminary tryout at Maryland University. After making the preliminary cut, Jackson was invited to attend the training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY, from July 16-24 and was named to the team after that camp.

Jackson competed in powerlifting and Olympic weighdifting while at the Academy and won the 1998 World Bench Press Championships. Jackson has also been selected to the 1999 U.S. Bench Press team that is scheduled to compete in September in Antwerp, Belgium. Jackson, who is the American record holder for the 1981bs weight class in the 20-23 year old age group for the squat, deadlift and combined total, was also the 1998 Collegiate National Champion in Olympic weighthfting for the 94kg weight class.

Women's Soccer-Men's Tennis Share AD's Cup The women's soccer team and the men's tennis team shared the fourth annual Naval Academy Athletic Director's Cup. The cup was started by Naval Academy Dhector of Athletics Jack Lengyel to reward the overall performance of an athletic team in the categories of athletics, academics and leadership.

The women's soccer team, under the dhection of head coach Carin Gabarra, posted a remarkable 17-3-1 record while winiung the Patriot League regular-season championship. The 17 wins was a schoolrecord, as one the teams 14 shutouts. Senior Nicole Aunapu was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and was named GTE/ CoSIDA

First-Team Academic All-America The men's tennis team went 18-8 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Mitch Koch, who was the Patriot League Player of the Year, led the Patriot League regular season and toumament champions. Head coach John Officer was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year.

"Both of these squads had outstanding seasons on the athletic field, in the classroom and in Bancroft HaU," said Lengyel. "Both teams represent the Naval Academy in a fhst class manner.

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Navy Rowers Do Well at Military World Games Naval Academy senior Laurie Coffey teamed up with Sabrina Clayton tofinishfirstin the women's doubles competition at the World Military Games in Zagreb, Croatia. Coffey, who is not only a star on the crew team at the Naval Academy but is also an All-Patriot League basketball player, finished fourth in the women's singles event.

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Staubach Named to All-Decade Team Roger Staubach was named to the 1960s All-Decade team by Preview Sports.

Staubach won the Heisman Trophy in 1963 when he lead Navy to a 9-1 regular season record and a number two ranking in the counfry. Navy lost in the Cotton Bowl to numberone ranked Texas, 28-6. Staubach completed 107 of his 161 pass attempts in 1963 for 1,474 yards and seven touchdowns as he led Navy to victories over West Virginia, Michigan, Notte Dame and Maryland.

Lengyel Named to Hall of Fame Honors Review Committee Naval Academy Dhector of Athletics Jack Lengyel has been named to the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Honors Review Committee. The Honors Review Committee is designed to play an important role in the election of Hall of Earners. The Committee is to consider individuals (unique or special cases), who do not curtently meet the stated criteria but have made a significant impact on the game or whose innovative contri-

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Travis Williams Selected to All-Star Game Navy wide receiver Travis Williams (Lexington, NC) has been selected to the 2000 Hula Bowl AU-Star game.Wilhams is the 20th Midshipmen to be selected for the game and the fourth in as many years (Clint Bruce in 1996, David Viger in 1997, Blaine Kindler in 1998). Williams had 12 catches last year for 127 yards and one touchdown.

Foster Competes for the U.S. Junior National Team Navy junior Sean Foster (Davis, CA) competed for the United States Junior National team (under 21) in Sydney, Australia from June 19-July 1. The team competed with the Australian Junior National team and the Australian World University games team in a seven game series at the Sydney International Aquatic Center, the venue for water polo at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Foster, who has been a two-year starter for the Midshipmen, scored five goals during the series, including two in an 8-8 tie with the University Games team and three in a 6-5 loss to the Australian junior team. Overall, the United Stated found the competition quite tough as the Australian teams swam to six wins and one tie.

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Arthur Beverly ElUott III wrote to the Class to inform them of the death of his mother, Claire deRussy Elliott, widow of Arthur Beverly Elliott. Mrs. EUiott died on 7 July 1999 in Beaufort, SC and was buried with her husband in the Habersham-Elliott plot in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, GA. Condolences are extended to the fcunily.

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

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Pres: RADM EUiott Strauss 2945 Garfield Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20008 h: 202-332-5042 Send news directly to Shipmate.

Shipmate has received news from Col John E. Greenwood '50 that Mrs. Elizabeth H. "Betsy" Rhoads, widow of LtCol Robert H. Rhoads '23, died on 16 July 1999. She was 99 years old and is survived by their three children, Barbara Talbot of Bowie, MD; Robert H. Rhoads of Pinehurst, NC; and John W. Rhoads of Bowie, MD; Helen and Lottie, her daughters-in-law; six grandchildren; her brother, William and his wife, Helen; and a legion of friends. "She molded our lives and will be missed by all."

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Pres. and Sec'y: CAPT Gordon Campbell, USN (Ret.) 3848 Somerset Drive, Durham, NC 27707-5017 h: 919-489-2520 Vice Pres: RADM Ben Scott Custer, USN (Ret.) The Alumni Association notified Ben Custer in July that a '26 Class pin with his initials was being auctioned on the internet.

Ben contacted the recipient who informed him that the pin had been stolen years ago.

Ambrose Crowley's daughter, Suzanne Dowling, has a Class pin of her husband's Class and wanted one from her fathers' Class as well. She bid on the pin using the internet and went up to $110 but was unsuccessful.

Who was the seller? Who was the buyer?

What was the buyer's interest? Perhaps someone can get this info off the internet?

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Mary Baldauf, daughter of Eleanor and Laurence Baldauf, wrote to Shipmate to tell the sad news of her mother's death. The following obituary appeared in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 28 May 1998: Eleanor Byrne Baldauf, age 92, died on 22 May 1998, in Glendora, CA. She was bom in Vallejo, CA, on 11 June 1905. She graduated from the University of California-Berkeley in 1926 and taught elementary school until 1931, when she married ENS Laurence Charles Baldauf '29.

They and their three children were in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Eleanor wrote a journal about surviving the bombing and living in Honolulu during the following weeks until evacuation to the States.

She later said that she "thought that it would be important to record what the women and children went through." Excerpts from her journal appeared in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 7 December 1997.

Eleanor was an enthusiastic golfer and played regularly at the Glendora Country Club until age 88.

She is survived by her four children, Laurence Baldauf of Ramona, CA; Mary Baldauf of South Pasadena, CA; Janice Sneed of Annandale, VA; and Barbara Jamborsky of Reston, VA; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was buried next to her late husband of 54 years, ADM Laurence Charles Baldauf, USN (Ret.), in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Pres: RADM WiUiam O. Snead, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT John A. Moreno, USN (Ret.) 1214 Fifth Sti-eet, Coronado, CA 92118 h: 619-435-3732 It was a fahly quiet month, brightened by a visit by lovely Myma Hulme, Jack Hulme's widow. We attended a very nice luncheon in her honor on 9 July, given by her son CDR John Hulme '58, USN (Ret.), and daughterin-law Donna Hulme. Young John looks strikingly like his father. Among those present were May and Mike Chappie '58, Tina and Bob Hellig '31, Pat Eghart, Jack Moreno and Roscoe Newman. Myma was on a rather fast trip; her permanent address: 7711 Las Palmas Way, Jacksonville, FL 32256.

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Pres: VADM John B. Colwell, USN (Ret.) 5910 Wilson Blvd. Apt 211, Arlington, VA 22205 h: 703-533-4084 Sec'y: RADM A. B. Metsger, USN (Ret.) 3520 N. Roberts Lane. Arlington, VA 22207 h: 703-524-4599; e: ABEM31@compuserve.com '31 and '33 of Washington celebrated summer with a coed luncheon at the Chevy Chase Club. To prove we were there, we attached a pictiu-e of charming girls and distinguished men seen below. Since Carrie and Tom Moorer arrived just after this picture was snapped, we need to add a supplement. '31ers in the group picture left to right: Dorothy McFarlane, Virginia Webster. Johnny Webster, Dick Steere, Ruth Day. Lynn Metsger, JB Colwell, Audrey Dempsey, Abe Metsger.

Now if you look sharply you'll find these '33ers in the luncheon group: BUI Pratt, Joe Enright, Charlie BUck, Rene and Earnle Campbell, Gary and Lee Coleman, Ginny and John Oren, Tuddie and Jim Elliott. We must apologize to '33 for attempting to improve oin '31 picture by adding these lovely and handsome '33ers.

Our rehable Bob Heilig of tiie '31 San Diego group reports a Class luncheon on 20 July, with ten attending: Betty Adair, Ed Burns, Ginny H a w k Church, Fran and Ernie Ellsworth, Tena and Bob Heilig, Rivets Rivero, Kay Roeder Stroop. Ed Moring had an eye appointment; he and Ruth seldom miss a class luncheon. Joe Tenney expects to be at our next San Diego luncheon.

We looked at a list of living '31 graduates under the glass on our desk; wonder how many embarrassing errors we may find there.

Here is our listâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we shall appreciate corrections: Barker, Bums, Burt, Butterfield, Byng, Callaway, Child, Colwell, Cone, C. Cook, L. Cook, De Young, Ellsworth, Firth, W. Fitzgerald, Francisco, Freeberg, Games, Gardiner, Garten, Gilbert, Gillette, Gimber, Gould, N. Hall, Hamm, Hay, Heilig, Holcomb, Holtz, Hudson, J. Kirkpatrick, Lay, Lewellen, Lucas, Lyon, Mathews, McKee, Metsger, Moring, Morrow, Mothersill, Mullins, F. Peters, Reese, Rivero, Roessler, Romberg, Roscoe, Shaffer, Shuey, A. Smith, Steere, Steffanides, Stromback, Stuart, Tenney, Trenholme, Webster, H. Williams, E. Wright, and Wulff.

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Pres: CAPT WiU I. BuU, USN (Ret) 1725 Oak Lane, McLean, VA 22101 h: 703-538-5981 Sec'y: Bob Gamble 8311 River Crescent Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 h: 410-266-8775

Charley Blick and Tom Moorer '33, JB Colwell '31, 13 July It is oiu- good fortune that the Chevy Chase Club is a most suitable meeting placeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;exceUent food and service in a spacious room; adequate parking and a convenient location for most of us.

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Talk about surprises, last June I had a phone call from Minter Dial! Then, after various explanations, I leamed that I was talking to Minter's grandson. He is writing the story of Minter's life and wanted any input I could supply.

After Pearl Harbor, LT Minter Dial was captain of a big tugboat, NAPA, doing its job in Manila Bay after the Japanese had moved in. After the war. Captain Hoeffel wrote Mrs. Dial (Lisa) a letter telling about Minter's activities. A short quote: Without further delay, Minter had a solution. He knew he would soon lose NAPA

if he lingered very long among the "overs" and "shorts" of Japanese fire, so he put some picked men on board the merchant ship to slip the anchor and rig a tow line.

He then took the ship in tow and brought her to Corregidor where she was unloaded and the valuable cargo saved. It was for this and for the rigorous and effective anti-aircraft defense of his ship under attack that 1 was happy to recommend him for the Navy Cross.

Then another quote from an Army private: LT Dial and I were captured together. We were taken in the early morning on 22 May in a group of 100 men from Corregidor to Manila by boat and dumped into the water to swim ashore some several hundred yards off. We made the march through Manila and were interned at Bilibid. After several days we were shoved into a boxcar and driven up to Cabanatuan (standing room only) for eight hours. Then we marched in the heat the remaining 13 miles to Prison Camp #3.

Back in die USA, on 26 Febraary 1943, Lisa Dial finally received news that her missing husband was alive and a POW. To leam more see Sept issue page 34. We will make another installment of Minter's story come November.

Former SecNav James Webb has raised some interesting questions about war crimes in WWII. General Yamashita, the victor of Singapore, was charged, but Mac Arthur refused to allow any charge against the Emperor. He implies the p r o s e c u t i o n of Yamashita was shameful. In the today show, what would he say about Clinton's prosecution of Milosevic?

The July issue of Proceedings also carried some articles with items of interest. One related to anti-submarine warfare and stated that "the primary non-submarine threat to enemy subs is that of helicopter mounted dipping sonars." The article also said the cost of launching platforms on CGs, DDGs and SSNs varied from $900 million to $2 billion, h makes one wonder why they cancelled ARSENEL ship which was a $50 million platform for 500 missiles?

Some months ago we mentioned SCORPION (sunk in 1968) and how it had been called SCRAP IRON by some of its crew. Recently the Proceedings published an article by Captain McDonald that throws more light on the subject. He said that in May 1968, the Engineering Center in Keystone, WA had advised "that a torpedo battery had exploded in flames because a tiny diaphragm had failed." The alert recommended the withdrawal from service, "at the earliest opportunity," of all similar batteries. The big danger was that the heat generated might cause "warhead cookoff' and "loss of submarine." Possibly the time interval was too short for this information to reach the fleet and cause removal of the faulty battery. But there's no denying that scrap hon is all that is left of SCORPION. Barry Atkins sent some more information about PTs in action. Because winning Guadalcanal was so vital, he says many people fail to appreciate the hard battles we fought for New Guinea. When the Japanese first went after Port Moresby, we turned them back in the Coral Sea battle. Then, later they 55

landed on the north coast at Buna and Gona.

Mac Arthur asked Halsey for some PTs; the Navy sent him six in December 1942. They sank a number of barges and got one submarine. Barry, at this time was in New York, conunissioning Squadron Eight; he arrived at Tufi, New Guinea and took charge; his mission: "Support ground forces and interdict troops and supplies." Japanese troops held Sulamua, Lae and Finschafen.

In March, the enemy sent a convoy of eight merchant ships, protected by eight DDs, from Rabaul down to Lae. Our Air Force discovered them and bombed them for two days, sinking seven transports and four DDs. On that night, Barry's squadron went out to find any ships left. It was a nasty night, but they found one merchant ship and sank it with two torpedoes.

The Japanese then gave up on surface ships and relied on barges and subs. Barry said they had trouble closing with subs; our PT props made noise easily detected, so the subs would submerge before the PTs could close in.

Because of the long distances involved, Barry found a new base 125 miles north of Tuft at Morobe. It was unique with mangrove swamps on each side for the boats and dry land for the base. Now they could make longer patrols and concentrate on the traffic between Japanese bases.

The Army wanted to move up the coast to Lae but, to attack Lae, they had to first join Australian troops and capture Sulamua. So Barry had to make his PTs into troop transports, each carrying 70 soldiers. The PTs guided the LCTs and other craft, some salvaged from Japanese because we didn't have enough.

The night was the roughest Barry experienced. "Waves about six to eight feet high, the visibihty absolutely zero." They finally arrived at Sulamua and landed in successive waves. The first wave came back, "we were able to embark the 70 soldiers, all seasick, but at least the ones below were dry." Overall, the landing was successful; our troops joined the Aussies and attacked Sulamua. This was the first step of MacArthur's march up the coast of New Guinea on his way "back to the Phihppines."

(In November we will finish Barry's report of the New Guinea actions.)

Otto Scherini sent me details conceming the National Senior Games at Orlando this month. He is already signed up for shot put, javelin and discus. Should any of you choose to attend, you can go to the Walt Disney Resort, either as a spectator or as an athlete. No one I know up here is ready to compete, but the games would be fun to watch. Over 10,000 athletes went to Tucson in 1997, and they expect even more people at Orlando this year. Otto wanted to make sure his circulation works ok this time, so after angioplasty he had a "stent" put into the coronary artery which was constricted. Now it's wide open and ready for action.

When our carrier, AMERICA, was in the Mediterranean, the Russian carrier ADMIRAL KuzNETSov also came into the sea. An ex56

change of visits was arranged: ADM Pilling and other officers first visited the Russian ship. Then his counterpart VADM and his group visited our ship. Pilling said they were like kids in a candy shop, especially on the bridge; the Russian ADM was intrigued with the phone. "Can you call this number?" he asked. Our adnural said sure, so he called his home in Moscow. His mother answered and he said "Hello, Mom. I am calling from AMERICA." She came right back and said, "Did you defect?" They both did it on purpose, having the same sense of humor. Pilling had studied Russian at the Academy so he was able to appreciate and report the joke.

Pilling is now VCNO and gave his thoughts to Surface Warfare "Our mission is to influence events ashore. We must have a Navy built around a strategy of counter-area denial.

We aren't going to let somebody with asymmetric weapons inhibit our capability. Theatre ballistic missile defense and undersea warfare are both becoming stronger so we can influence events any where, any time!"

My recent letter asking for news items for our Shipmate column has brought in several answers. Since it was mailed to widows as well as Classmates, we heard that CAPT Charles I. Odend'hal passed away 9 June 1982 (Nancy Odend'hal); Charles I. Palmer deceased 26 July 1992, as reported in Shipmate at that time (Lib Palmer); Larry Brown died 4 September 1978 (Eve Brown); and Edwin C. Wardware has been deceased since 6 June 1981...that's news!

But from Pauline Innes, we didn't hear about the passing of Walter Innes; rather, she sent an advertisement about I've Smashed The Devil's Window, her 17th book. It's her first mystery. Let's all buy a copy and help P.B.; in our Class, she is our only writer!

We did strike gold from Sam Labouisse; by way of setting an example for some of you who don't know what to say, here is what Sam said: 1. Interesting things The last interesting thing that has happened on the Beachfront of the Gulf, was Hurricane Camille in '69 and Georges in '98!

Camille wiped us out completely, the eye passing three miles west of us at Bay St. Louis, 200 miles/hour; storm surge 20 feet; huge oak trees in what was our living room.

Now Georges in '98 passed through 1012 miles east, so the winds of surge were mostly from the north, and we got away with only minor tree up-rooting. (Three months work.)

2. Health Nell has Dysphagia, an inability to ingest food and liquids through her mouth; probably as a result of a sttoke of some sort.

So it all goes in through a stomach tube and with a metered pump. Likewise, oxygen is fed to her continually through a tube from an oxygen generator; likewise a catheter serves a purpose, so, she's hooked up well.

I can't go running around with the boys.

Me, I'm A-OK, fortunately.

3. Recreation In my spare time, when I'm not taking garbage out; I'm training an Aussie dog for

competitive obedience trials in Mobile, Pensacola, New Orleans. Cest la vie!

Some of you will r e m e m b e r H a r r y Caperton who became sick (TB) at the end of Second Class Year. His wife, Margaret, brings us up to date: Harry died last December in La Jolla, CA.; they had an enjoyable 15 years there, (married 55 years).

Harry left Annapolis for a hospital in Denver; became an electrical engineer at the university; when the Navy refused him, the Bureau of Reclamation employed him as a power manager.

He loved Class Luncheons and Reunions; but his health went downhill a few years ago and he could no longer attend. The only Classmate he talked to then was Al Cope. Margaret fears she won't get Shipmate now. Not tme, she only needs to subscribe. She lives at 1681 Calle Dehcada, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Finally, that great athlete. Otto Scherini, wrote a five-page letter about his ship, MAYRANT (DD-0402). It's so good that we'll save it for November and December. Anyway, your Secretary gives heartfelt thanks for all these contributions.

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Pres: ADM Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: RADM Charles A. Blick, SC, USN (Ret.) 8100 Connecticut Ave. #1721 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 h: 301-951-2044 San Diego Correspondent: Mrs. R.S. RiddeU 4037 Alameda Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 h: 619-295-9091 The Washington Group and theh ladies met for lunch on 13 July at the Chevy Chase Club.

Carrie and Tom Moorer, Renee and Eamie Campbell, Lee and Gary Coleman, Tuddie and Jim Elliott, Ginny and John Oren, Charlie Blick, Joe Enright and Bill Pratt attended. After a very fine lunch, Tom Moorer addressed the group, recounting his recent trip to Midway Island to commemorate the Battle of Midway and all those who served in it.

Tom, although low-key, stated that the Battie of Midway was the turning point of WWII in the Pacific and spoke with great passion in pointing out that the four Japanese aircraft carriers sunk at Midway had participated in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. In describing the hfestyle of Midway's "goonie bhds," Tom was at his humorous best. We are grateful to Tom for his support of the Class. As the years roll by, we realize that we are extremely fortunate to have Tom as our "mentor."

We, the Washington Group, were saddened to leam that Hal Bowen's wife, Connie, had died of a heart attack on 10 July, only three days prior to our luncheon. Connie was a strong supporter of the Class through the years and we will miss her. In addition to Hal, Connie is survived by their four daughters, Constance Bowen-Camp of Mountain View, CA; Edith Easley of Cincinnati, OH; Kathryn Shipmate, October 1999

Wilder Bowen of Angels Camp, CA; and Charlotte Phelps of Denver, CO; and five grandchildren.

"Howie" Kuehl represented the Class at the funeral service of "Vic" "Rimer at the St. Mary Magdalen Chapel in Camarillo, CA, on 2 July 1999. Interment at Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westiake Village followed the service.

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Pres: CAPT Hugh Q. Murray, USN (Ret.) 6310 Fort Hunt Road. Alexandria. VA 22307 Secy: CAPT Roy C. Smith III, USNR (Ret.) 1310 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, MD 21491 h: 410-268-5668 West Coast Correspondent: CAPT Robert W. Leeman, USN (Ret) 1611 Chatsworth Blvd. San Diego, CA 92107 Ann and I have moved into the retirement community Ginger Cove, just outside of Annapohs with a large population of Classmates and old firiends. The time had come to accept the advantages of that type of hfe, and it is exceUent in aU respects, over the risks of staying on in our beautiful home of 28 years on the South River. Old memories can always go with you, and ours most assm-edly will.

The new address: 1310 River Crescent Drive, Annapohs, MD 21491; 410-224-4060.

The recent Alumni President's Chcle 1998 Donor Report included a listing of the top Classes for giving to USNA/USNAAA programs in terms of total donations, number of donors, and percentage of donors in each Class. Although for many years '34 was always in the top three across the board, there aren't enough of us left to compete in either of the first two categories. However, we stiU rate fourth with 65% donors. The first two, with 100% donors, are the oldest Classes with very few members left, where 100% is much easier to accomphsh. Well done '34! Let's keep it up through the end of this year.

A note from Fid M u r r a y relayed sad news that Kay Dixon, Duncan's widow, was involved in a hfe-threatening auto accident last May and is now, after a long siege in hospital, in the Health Center, Westminster at Lake Ridge, 12185 Chpper Drive, Room 2026, Lake Ridge VA 22192. Her phone number is 703-490-1084 and she would be happy to hear from old friends. The good news is that her daughter, Maggie says she wiU bring Kay to the WB&A lunches this faU. A note from Marge Christensen after the 65th Reunion provided the dicho for this month: Gracias a Dies por amigos y tiempos buenos (Thank God for good friends and good times). mt

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Pres: CAPT Jefferson D. Parker, USN (Ret.) Secy: CAPT Jesse B. Gay, Jr., USN (Ret) Con^. Sec'y; RADM Ed Keats, USN (Ret.) 3704 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 h; 410-235-3803; f: 410-243-1960 e; edkeats@aol.com Many members of the Class responded favorably to the summary of the demographics of '35ers contained in the footnote to the invitation to the 65th reunion. Further statistics on the Class may, therefore, be welcome.

A search revealed detailed information about our Midshipman days in a document called "Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy," September 27, 1935. (The Government Printing Office employed normal American dating in the titie even though the Navy's British style was followed throughout the text.) The Superintendent of Documents sold the "Annual Register" for fifteen cents, but most of us probably did not know of its existence.

During June, July, and August of 1931, according to the "Aimual Register," 544 men appointed by members of Congress and the Ftesident took an oath to become Midshipmen. Others joined toward the end of the summer. They consisted of 34 turned back from the Class of 1934,25 categorized only as "exMidshipmen," and seven "subsequently," according to the language of the "Annual Register," turned back into the Class. Thus 610 names appear on the rolls of '35, but because of resignations during Plebe Summer, it is unlikely that all 610 of us marched around the Yard at one time.

During the years 1931-35, death took three of us, 21 were tumed back into the Class of '36, and 144 left the Academy for various reasons. The "Annual Register's" total of those who left the Academy differs from the Alumni Association's Register of Alumni which states there were 131 non-graduates, beyond those tinned back and those who died.

The "Annual Register" provides the rationale behind the departures of the 144. Thhty voluntarily resigned. Involuntary resignations amounted to 109; of those, 69 were attributed to academic deficiencies, physical disqualification claimed 34, and six were for "conduct." In addition, the Academy administration dropped one because he was deficient in his studies but refused to tender his resignation, and two were "dismissed." Moreover, during June Week 1935, after all classes and examinations were over and only several days before graduation, the Superintendent dismissed two more of the Class for "conduct."

The 442 of us who graduated were the survivors of our original 610. During June Week, however, one of the Class became involved in a kind of misconduct that led the Superintendent to permit him to graduate provided he would resign irmnediately thereafter.

At that time none of us could be certain whether the category "Members of the USNA

Class of 1935" should include all 610 who were once on the rolls, just the 442 graduates, or some number in between. Much later, after the war, the Class formed an Association. Article 3 of the constitution and by-laws of the Association then defined "classmate" as anyone who had at any time been on the rolls, except for those who were dismissed or whose resignations were accepted "for the good of the Service." The 610 were reduced to 599, according to the numbers in the "Annual Register." Our "20 Year Rendezvous," on the other hand, lists by name 593 "Members of the USNA Class of 1935."

A law passed by Congress in 1933 empowered the Superintendents of the Naval and Military Academies to grant the degree of bachelor of science to graduates. Acting under it, the Superintendent awarded that degree to us in addition to our diplomas.

Many, but not all, '35 graduates were sworn in as officers at the conclusion of the graduation ceremony. Thirty-four of the Class tinned in voluntary resignations to become effective immediately after graduation. One, as noted above, was requhed to resign. And one was not eUgible to be commissioned in the U.S. naval service because he was a foreigner. That left 406 apparently eligible for commissions.

During a surprise eye examination in the spring of 1935, however, a large number of the Class had been found to have eyes below the standards for a commission. Those having eye deficiencies graduated, received diplomas and a degree, but were requhed, in the rank of passed-Midshipman, to retum to the Academy two weeks after graduation to undergo a re-examination. All but ten demonstrated that their eyes had come up to standards. The aheady signed, but not dated, resignations of the ten who failed than became eff'ective. Those who qualified received theh commissions, after approval by the Senate, in July 1935.

Three hundred ninety-six new officers from the United States Naval Academy Class of 1935 thus augmented the officer corps of the naval service, 370 ensigns in the Navy and 26 second heutenants in the Marine Corps.

A final note on our days in Annapolis. As we recall, in the hours after graduation, we did not see the time honored Naval Academy ceremoiues of weddings of many newly commissioned graduates and their brides. A 1933 law forbade officers from marriage for two years after receiving their first commission, the penalty being dismissal from the service.

(This account of '35 will continue in a subsequent issue of Shipmate.)

Class Secretary's Notes Jesse Gay says the June '99 hsting of Class addresses should include another line for Clag Claggett's address and read: Bethesda, MD 20845.

Get-togethers A Class luncheon of the San Diego group was held on 16 June in the Sky Room of the North Island NAS. Present were W a r r e n Armstrong, Nona Atkins, George Baker, Lou Bauer, Katie and Ralph Baum, NeUie

and Al Bowker, Margot Doukas, Ellie Dornin, John Flachsenhar, Beryle Folta (friend of the late BUI Guest), Marion and Mason Freeman, Mary Jo and BiU Hazzard, Harvey Headland, Jerry McCormick, Norrie and Dave Nash, Cathy Peppard, Margaret Robinson, Teeny and Lew Schock, Vesta Schmidt (friend of the Hazzards), Helen and Skip SeUars, and Fred Stiesberg.

Bill Hazzard, a perceptive reporter, not only provides the list of attendees but also gives us the flavor of the table talk at the luncheon.

Jerry McCormick said that while having a telephone installed in her house the repairman inquired about a photo on the wall. She told him that it was of her late husband. Captain John McCormick, and that she had lost a son by that name in Vietnam. He said he noticed a resemblance to a man he had treated when he was a medic operating from a helicopter in Vietnam. The man had been badly wounded by sniper fire. The name on the man's dog tag was John McCormick. He had tried unsuccessfully, he said, to provide lifesaving aid.

Frank Wheeler related his version of a story most of us recall having been exposed to during a lecture Plebe Summer by a senior officer who said it happened to him. Frank claimed to have been washed overboard from a destroyer in the South Atlantic and then deposited back on board by the next wave.

Lou Bauer, a former test pilot at Patuxent River, told of firing an ahcraft machine gun whose rounds for experimental purposes had been filled with reduced charges. The airplane he flew was so fast it caught up with the bullets. Bill, as a tme observer, does not reveal what, if any, of this he believes.

The northem California group held their July luncheon at Bill Samuels' Los Altos Country Club with Virginia and Bill Germershausen, Ralph Metcalf, Pat and Bill Samuels, and Frank Wheeler attending.

Bill Germershausen relates that Pat Samuels gave a report on the twelve-day trip to France she and Bill made with two of their grandchildren. Also revealed at the luncheon, according to Bill, is that Bud Gruner has moved back to Walnut Creek from Mexico.

Sad News hene Jones Wilson, the wife of J.C. Wilson, died on 9 June 1999 in San Diego. According to The Coronado Eagle and Journal, while growing up in Missoula, MT, she "fell in love" with J.C. at the age of 17 in 1929, but waited until 1937 for them to be married.

They had five children, twelve grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren by the time of her death.

The Sun, a Bremerton, WA newspaper, carried the obituary of Richard Wright, our Classmate during 1931-33, who died 21 May 1999. His lifelong affection for the Navy is evident in some of the information he left behind for The Sun. "Mr. Wright served in the Navy until 1931, being discharged as a seaman second class." His career was spent at the Puget Sound Shipyard where he worked for 30 years as an ammunition storage expert.

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Travel Reports Ida Mary Detweiler visited Normandy and Paris from 9-18 June, as one of fourteen members of the French Library and Cultural Center of Washington. They toured Giverny, Rouen, Mount St. Michael, and Chartres to visit the landscapes painted by Impressionists. A glimpse into French history was given them through private receptions hosted by owners of local chateaux. According to Ida Mary, when they visited the American Cemetery and Arromanches Museum, they felt they were reliving the events of the D-day landings on Omaha and Utah beaches.

Norm Meyer reports that he and Barbara were in Greece and Turkey earlier this year.

They "saw a lot" of ancient history and made an observation about modem life in the MidEast they are willing to share with us. In Turkey, "a Big Mac is exactly the same as at the McDonald's down the street."

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Pres; CAPT William N. Price, USN (Ret) Sec'y-Treas: CAPT O. M. Butler, USN (Ret) 1101 S. Arlington Ridge Road Arlington, VA 22043 Con-. Sec'y; CAPT WiUiam A. Ellis, USN (Ret) Goodwin House West #832 3440 S. Jefferson Stieet, Falls Church, VA 22041-3127; h; 703-578-7546 Normally no news means good news, but not so for July 1999. All we have to offer is sorrowful news regarding the loss of two more Classmates, thereby bringing our surviving Classmates of the original graduates down to 76.

It is with deep regret that Bill Parham called and advised us that Harry Stark died on 16 July at the Hospice in Coronado. Earlier in the week, Dave Richardson also had informed us of Hcury's being back in the hospital and that he was failing fast. We have no further details as of this writing, but understand inurnment at the Naval Academy Columbarium will take place in August after preliminary memorial services in Coronado.

Predeceased by his wife, Ginny, in 1993, Harry is survived by his daughter, Carol Kathleen, of Coronado to whom we express our deepest sympathy. Harry was our roommate in MARYLAND, best man at our wedding, and neighbor in Alexandria. We will miss him, his laughter, and his cherished friendship very much.

Just as I was closing the column, a phone call from Mac Butler advised that Gordon Fowler had died very suddenly of a heart attack at his home on 21 July 1999. We have no details and will have to await his obituary or until after the funeral at Arlington National Cemetery on 28 July. His widow, Elaine; two sons and a daughter; and six grandchildren survive him. We express our deepest sympathy to all survivors of Gordon.

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Pres; CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret) Sec'y-Treas; RADM D.G. Baer, USN (Ret) Con^. Secy; CAPT Frank N. Shamer, USN (Ret) 7112 Lewison Drive, San Diego, CA 92120-1248 e; FShamer@aol.com Bebo Carroll's new address is 2205 Plaza de Flores, La Costa, CA, 92009. His phone number is stiU 760-431-9727.

Gloria Currie has moved to 717 San Remo Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23454.1 will write Gloria for their new phone number. John Currie is across the street in the clinic. He needs oxygen support and has memory difficulties. Gloria hopes to bring him home soon.

Ray Wadleigh, John Wadleigh's widow, has moved to 74 Bay View Drive, Jamestown, RI02835-1508; 401-423-1898. This is the old Wadleigh family home.

Jack H. Watkins died on 25 June 1999.

Wayne Brown is working to get details. Shipmate has informed me that his remains, unaccompanied, were placed in the U.S. Naval Acadmeny Columbarium on 15 July. Wayne has this one in hand and will funush the system an obituary. Wayne is the model Class area coordinator.

On 17 June, we lost Barney Baminger, another of our Classmate battery commanders defending Wake Island. We lost Woodrow M. Kessler on 21 January.

Ralph H. Benson, Jr. passed away on 12 July, a victim of prostate cancer. Private committal services were held on 15 July. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to the American Red Cross, San Diego-Imperial Counties Chapter, 3650 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103.

Mary Barry has joined the email community. Her address is: barrymary@hotmail. com. She sent me a report on a NorVa gathering, quoted in part herein as: Had a mini-luncheon with some of the group.. .mostiy the gals: Cynthia Pridmore, Eleanor Wheeler, Gloria Currie...she just moved into Atiantic Shores...John is still over in assisted living, doing okay. Also with us were Betty Kelly and our always standby, Zeke Soucek, and me! All seem to be in fair shape and we had a fun day, so I'll read about you in Shipmate\ Bravo Zulu, Mary. I am as timid as you are in the computer world. My children pushed me, kicking and screaming. My fingers are not yet happy with the keyboard.

Jack Slaughter gives us an activity report: Bess and Jack Slaughter attended their grandson's middle school graduation from one of the few military schools still operating in the US. From there, they drove to Atianta to attend a reunion of the former Asiatic Fleet destioyers, the desttoyer tender, and POWs from the POPE and PERCH.

The numbers are dwindling, but it still brought together 140 old salts and their mates and included our good friend, Jim Gustin, who was brought by his son, John and his wife. The stories swapped get farther removed from facts as they do in time.

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1 to r: i /s Margie and Walt Phaler. Ellie and Vic Wildt, and Ginny and Claude Bailey '34 at the Maui timeshare The POWs made Ught of their time, but the whole was brought into perspective when their final comment was they each weighed about 100 pounds when freed.

From Atianta, we drove to Andersonville, a place we knew about, but were not prepared for. This was the Confederate camp for the Yankee POWs and has been converted into a National POW Memorial. It is very well done, with depictions of American POWs fi-om tiie War of 1812 tiurough Vietnam. With the stories of those from the POPE and PERCH fresh in our minds, this visit was even more poignant. With those everlingering thoughts I had when we went into batties in the Netherlands East Indies, "what if we're sunk, wUl 1 permit being rescued by the Japanese" and "if I fall into the hands of the Japanese, how will I conduct myself?" I am thankful I was never tested.

Currentiy, Bess and I are in Newport for a short respite. We have broken bread with Ray Wadleigh and Tory Harper. So wonderful to see these girls again.

If one of us has an extra '37 Lucky Bag that he can donate to the LCDR Edward O'Hare Exhibit being revised at the O'Hare Airport, George Searles, 5643 South Harbor Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 offers his services to assure delivery to the people responsible for the exhibit. Mr. Searles had a cousin in the 3rd Company in 1937. The cousin, Ralph Karl John, was lost in 1944 in a PBM crash.

Mr. Searles hopes that the Fhst Classman that had Mr. John for a Plebe would please contact him at the above address. Mr. Searles' phone numbers are w: 773-702-2572 and h: 773-947-0859.

BiU Brinkloe just gave me a call to impart that with our recent losses tabulated, we now have 107 living and 214 dead. , Our annual Maui timeshare group is back, and we have a photo to see that they really were there. From left to right are Margie and Walt Phaler, Ellie and Vic WUdt, and Ginny and Claude BaUey '34 at the Bay Club, Maui, on Walt's eighty-sixth birthday.

BUI Mack has agreed to be my replacement in waiting. I have sent him the guidance package from the new director of publications, Mike Collins '84. If I go in a hurry, I hope that my guidance to my daughters will assure my next column accumulations will get to BiU on time.

Keep Revvin' with ' 3 7 !

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Pres; RADM M. H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) e; mrindskopf@earthlink.net Chairman, Washington Area; CAPT J.M.McDowell, USN (Ret) h; 703-751-6144 Sec'y; CAPT D.K. Ela, USN (Ret) 3260 N. 12th St., #3329, Grand Junction, CO 81506 h; 970-256-7174; f; 970-256-9120 e; dkela@gj.net President's Comer The summer doldrams are upon us with no Washington area luncheons so this is a "LiteFare" Comer, even though it will appear in the October issue.

Travels: Swimming in Mobile, AL, Lake Michigan, and Lake Mendota, WI was great, but it is the getting there that troubles us.

Whoever said "Getting there was half the Fun" clearly never went anywhere. Airports are all the same be they Atlanta, BaltimoreWashington, or Chicago Midway. You always come in at the fcU" end of the wing, and if a transfer is in order the outbound flight is always at the far end of another wing. But all my complaining will not change a thing; and yes, we're going to Portiand for the 62-i- cmise 29 April 2000.

Bragging Rights: Granddaughter Amy is headed toward a mihennium wedding in Febmary 2000 and has requested that I walk her down the isle in uniform tails. We even knew where they were stowed, and found that we could get into the waistcoat and jacket, but the trousers require both widening and shortening. We also need a major revision of the gold on the sleeves. Any in our gallant Class who can match this should report in full to our Secretary, Deke Ela, who will formally convey "bragging rights" to each.

Class Corner Always we have some good news and some sad news, the latter fhst. Bob Schelling reports the death of his Academy roommate.

Bud Anderson, on 11 June. He separated after graduation, was a professional engineer working for PanAm in the war years, and subsequently, GE. Maria, a professional

teaching nurse, survives him and six children.

We have no further details at this time.

To pass to better news, Swede Olsen notes no lack of new stories at theh July lunch including the inveterate and inexhaustible perpetrators Foster, RatUff, Ogle, Zimanski, Henry, Foley, Klipple, and Finn. Meanwhile Joe McDowell advises that his lunch clientele vanish over the horizon come summer not to reassemble until September with all apparently in reasonably good health. He's touting the merits of the Homecoming event, promises good weather, tailgate cheer and a good game. Likewise, Hugh Robinson promotes the area mini-reunion at Capon Springs that will have happened by this reading, report to follow. This thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing outing is open to allâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;why not next year?

We have 15 in our listing of email addresses which form the basis for our "Scuttle-butt express" and other off-the-top-of-the-head exchange of weather and other commentary.

The listing is not published here to avoid its potential unsolicited use for commercial or political ends. Let us have your address at our above site to get an ear on this irresponsible and politically incorrect element of '38.

As Mike deals with our possible inputs to the Academy's effort to plan a course to year 2010, our anteimae caught the following info.

The July U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings article "The Academy Could Leam a Thing or Two From the Ivies" mns to eight pages that wrenches our memories. Far from our being out of date, out of touch, and obsolete the article could have been written relative to our experience at Mother Bancroft. We won't try to summarize all of this provocative article in a few sentences, nor note the dramatic improvement in curriculum since our day, but hope you may find time to peruse it if possible. The Ivies are no more critical, perhaps less, in theh admission standards where USNA is one of the most rigorous in the nation. Steve Cohen, author makes the point that the Academy current dropout rate of one of four (as it has been way back to our day) compared with the Ivy's one in fifty is therefore an intolerable waste of talent. The culture he observes (and experienced before a non-felonious boot in his 2/c year) is to do only what's necessary to get by, never bilge a buddy, and sacrifice sleep to maintain the pace (no change since '38). The Ivies he asserts do better in acadenuc initiatives and self disciplined life style (as in tmsted like adults), cf. instead of bite-sized academic spooning and a regulated life style of conditioned reflexes (as for general quarters). He also concludes that significant advantages could accrue with a five-year curriculum as was adopted in many engineering schools twentyfive years ago. It could be effectively four for a B.S. degree plus one for interleaving some deeper exploration of the human condition, i.e. political, business and social sciences (?). Thus today's silent or politically correct Admirals could better deal with civilian Secretaries and a Congressional mix of

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Machiavelli's and Neanderthals. Or, as in our experience, defense contracting and labor relations, the so called military-industrial complex. Phew! Sorry guys, we couldn't lighten that with a little levity in there.

RSRH (Reefed SaU Retirement Home) Notes We have always had a more than casual interest in stmctures which may have been one of the unfathomable undercurrents that shape our professional careers, naval architecture in oui case, and which in this impossibly long sentence leads to a comment on the bridges of Aimapolis and Washington. A recent article in American Scientist notes that the beautiful doubly arched stracture into Annapolis and the Academy was the first in this country to be the result of a design competition intemational in breadth. The criteria were to provide an integration of economy, aesthetics and technology to the compromise of none. The result was so successful that the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac, a many fold larger scaled project to be done by 2006, was similarly planned and maimed. The artistic blend of geometry and tradition of the winning design including the awful problem of four I-interchanges is reported to be the biggest public works project of the Eastem Seaboard.

We add a sobering observation. The major peaks of the Dow Jones average in this closing century have always been ended concurrent with the building of the highest towers on record or the greatest pubhc works. Witness the just completed Hong Kong bridges and world's largest airport, Petronas Towers in Malaysia and a spate of even higher towers now on the drawing boards here and in Asia. Towers for tulips? Hoist the hemlines?

We, of the Columbine State, and the Columbine School episode, recall by courtesy of Scientific American, April 1999 a scientific note from 150 years ago: From the Mount Hope Instimte on the Insane, Dr. W. H. Stokes says in respect to moral insanity; "Another fertile source of this species of derangement appears to be an undue indulgence in the perusal of the numerous works of fiction, with which the press is so prolific of late years. Which are widely sown over the land, with the effect of vitiating the taste and corrupting the morals of the young. Parents cannot too cautiously guard their young daughters against this pernicious practice."

Deja vu and toodle-oo.

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Pres; CAPT Paul Loustaunau, USN (Ret.) Sec'y; CAPT WiUiam J. Ruhe, USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Avenue, McLean, VA 22102 e; docabbot@aol.com Herb Kriloff writes from Yarra, Australia: I'm interested in the tennis toumament at tiie Sixtieth Reunion. Has Don Furlong responded? Tell Danny Weitzenfeld he'll be my partner in doubles. We're both from Chicago! There must be a prize (?) As for 60

books and authors by '39ers, my manuscript was accepted by Pacifica Press and should be pubhshed next March. The title is Port Darwin for Orders, but that might be changedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;must wait for the fat lady to sing.

Incidentally, Ned Beach wrote a foreword, and so did a former Governor General of Austialia. For Ned, that took a lot of time, a gift that is hard to reciprocate. Years ago, when I was in Washington, I wrote to Ned and asked him to do me a particular favor He did what I asked and wrote me in the return mail. He was then Eisenhower's Naval Aide. So, if you need something pronto, always ask a busy man.

Herb also joined '39's Web site online, as confirmed by Doc Abbot's welcome to Herb in an email message. Doc calls himself the Den Mother for "Thirty-Nine Online," (now 33 in number, with the addition of Tom Weschler) and berates me for not joining his Web site. "I've ttied as hard as I can," Doc notes, "to persuade Bill Ruhe to join the '39ers Online, but so far, he's dug in his heels.

Perhaps someday he'll allow his grandchildren to drag him online."

A note from Stan Kerkering enclosed a snapshot of Anne and Stan taken on a "night out." He says, "Anne and I are still kicking, and really look forward to seeing you and other '39ers during our 60th."

Anne and Stan Kerkering Fred Clarke writes from San Diego: At our May luncheon were Barker, Bemis, Brent, Clarke, Dawson, Fischer, Mathews, Norton, Paine, Ramage, Sharpe, and Wallingford.

Conunenting on Joe Vasey's wiiming of the Doleman Award, Freddy says: Joe has been an important part of the Hawaii cultural environment since retirement.

Norm Bennett enclosed a short letter from a youth he helped get an appointment to the Naval Academy. Norm noted that...

The sincere, patriotic expressions of this new entry to USNA, brought tears to my eyes when I read it. The young man is an outstanding football and baseball athlete. I attended his farewell party yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that included his large family.

The Midshipman wrote the following to Norm: I am thrilled to have been accepted into such a highly respected school. Your con-

fidence in me, which you conveyed in your recommendation and your guidance, was vital to this process and I am deeply grateful. I hope to honor you by rising to the moral, mental and physical challenges of protecting our country. I will never forget your faith in me.

Max Bems' death on 26 May 1999, of cancer, was indeed a great loss to the Class. A talented musician, he was a great guy to pal with. In our days together in Europe on TRENTON, just after graduation from the Naval Academy, the two of us dubbed ourselves "The Contemptible Cads." It's not hard to figure out why.

Max Bems Mendy MendenhaU wrote from Benbrook, TX, about his granddaughter, Susan's graduation from her Gales Ferry, CT, high school.

She's going for an engineering degree at Worcester Polytechnic. He adds: I usually see Line Marcy at Gales Ferry.

He has been for several years in a nursing home in Norwich, but I missed him this time. He plans to move to California to be with his daughter. I talked with Judy and Hank Reaves. They have moved to 1515 Oxford Sti-eet #3B, Berkeley, CA 94709.

I'm planning to attend the Sub Vets of WWII reunion in Fort Worth in early September, and also the SCULPIN/SQUALUS/SAILRSH re-

union, family activities, which make for too many irons in the fire.

AS Rhythm Moore and I were entering the Fort Myer Officer's Club to attend '39's monthly Washington luncheon, we saw (rounding the comer towards us) eight black horses drawing a black caisson carrying a chestnut-colored casket. What a grim reminder it was for us octogenarians. "Time is short." Rhythm muttered, grimly.

At the luncheon, Jim Coleman mentioned that it was his 84th bhthday. At this, Danny Weitzenfeld prefaced his MC remarks with "We're here today..." at which, Pete Steen in a loud aside, said "And gone tomorrow."

Amen!

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There were nineteen in attendance—not a surprising figure for a midsmnmer event. But, when Paul A d a m s ' ailing hip and Bob Green's ailing feet were considered, we should be thankful that at least that many '39ers were able to show up.

Stan Claypoole joyfully (?) received a check for the total expenses for '39's Sixtieth Reunion (about $400) from Bob Deibel, who said that he hated to miss the events, but for medical reasons would be unable to attend. And, he hoped that his donation would defray some of the administration costs. Stan then gleefully noted that, "Every little bit helps a lot."

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Ernie Schwab regretted that he could only attend one day of the Sixtieth events, and hence, was unable to take enough photos to make a decent picture album of the affah. This made me reaUze that I'd need a $5 throwaway camera to take the pictures needed for my Shipmate column.

Norm Short (the chess expert of the Class) revealed that he was giving chess lessons to the chentele (a better word than iiunates?) of Vinson HaU, so he can have a good game with one of "the old folks." (That's even worse than inmates.)

A mangled letter appeared in my "in" basket, dated 1948. It was mmpled and bleached brown. It was addressed to LCDR E.L. Beach, and was from the Chief of Naval Personnel, T.L. Sprague '18. The letter accepted "with pleasure, the resolution of the Class of 1939 to establish an annual cash grant of $100. To be awarded to that enlisted man of the US Navy or Marine Corps who stands highest in the competition for entrance to the Naval Academy under the Secretary of the Navy's quota, and who is accepted under that quota." A member of '39 was to present this $100 check as a "fitting memorial to those officers from the Class of 1939 who died in the service of their country." One year, I had the honor to present this award to a fine young enlisted man.

Steve Cohen '73 has an article in July's Naval Institute Proceedings that compares the Naval Academy's educational system with that of the Ivy League's. He sees today's Academy method of leaming as less than satisfactory and that of the Ivy League colleges as offering only a slight improvement.

Moreover, Cohen doesn't even guess what the aim of educating a Midshipman should be.

But, fora '39er, the problem is simple...do what we did. Re-institute the thirties' system of education: study a reading assignment, "draw slips and man the classroom blackboards" the next day, then answer the questions on the slips; thus demonstrate a good understanding of what was read the night before.

This forced-draft method of educating oneself was well suited to the careers of naval officers who had continuously stay abreast of the impact of new technologies, new tactics, new strategies, new kinds of administration, etc.

In effect, in order to be a competent professional naval officer, an up-to-the-minute re-educating of oneself is indicated. As ADM Nimitz wisely counseled me at a luncheon I had with him, "No good naval officer is ever without a course of study." That could include correspondence courses, schooling at war colleges, and command reading assignments.

Cohen thus might conclude that those in charge of educating Midshipmen should reinstitute the system of learning that has served '39ers so well throughout their careers— whether naval or civilian.

At the news of Billy Bryant's death on 13 July 1999,1 called Freddy Taeusch in Ponta Vedra Beach, FL, for Billy's obituary. Freddy sent it along with a note: I used to play a lot of tennis with Billy Bryant. His daughter is married to our Classmate, Tommy Hart's son.

Billy had two daughters, Ann Hart and Susan Snead, and two sons, Billy Jr. and Alex.

Some of Billy's fondest memories were the years spent in Califomia riding his horses in Rolling Hills, and in Colorado on the slopes at the top of the mountain at Beaver Creek.

He was in business in Jacksonville until his retirement.

The present Secretary of the Navy, Richard Danzig, is alarming the old Academy grads. He is, according to Wesley Pruden in The Washington Times: .. .the man Bill Clinton appointed to preside over the dismantling of the Navy as we've known it for 223 years. He wants to assign women to assuage the loneliness of the long-distance (nuclear) submariner. The nuclear submarine service, he says, 'must be neutered.' Danzig, at 55, is the right age to have heard his country call him to arms in Vietnam, according to Pruden, but who, like the Commander In Chief and Defense Secretary, actually never got aroimd to hearing that call.

An article on the West Point Class of 1939 in the U.S. News and World Report insphed Bing Gillette to write a two-minute and tenseconds summary (accurately timed by Danny Weitzenfeld) of the Naval Academy Class of 1939's heroics—theh number killed in World War II, their combat awards, etc.

Bing proposed that his summary be read by the announcer at halftime of the Akron football game at our Sixtieth Reunion celebration on 23 October, and that all '39ers stand up in place to be recognized by the crowd at the football game.

In addition to BiUy Bryant's death, it was leamed that John C. Pennell, who was with the Class for almost the full four years, had died on 29 January. Also picked up were the deaths of Frankie Fuller's widow, Theresa, and Bob Dexter's wife, Louise.

In the July/August 1999 issue of Shipmate included a collection of Naval Academy Alumni who are writers of books. It was entitled "Why do they write?" and leads off with Ned Beach's thoughts: Much needs to be said and written about the Navy. It is an extraordinary, adventurous, busy, interesting life; contemplative, too. The public should know more about the Navy, and we who have experienced it have the duty to describe it to them. The country must be kept informed of the good things our Navy and the people in it have done. It is one of the finest organizations of men and women the world has ever seen, and that includes the distaff side.

Also included are my remarks: The influence of the Naval Academy was on its doctrinal method of teaching. Derive your answers by reading the books—not getting them spoon-fed by opinionated teachers. For aspiring writers, 1 would counsel the keep of a comprehensive daily journal. This will provide a wealth of detail for later days when the memories are suspect, and makes writing itself a habit.

Fred Clarke reports from San Diego on the '39 summer lunch held at Reuben's, Harbor Island: Attending were Peg and Tom Walker, Art Fischer, John Wallingford, Fred Clarke, Kathy and Skeet Bemis, Jig Dog Ramage, John Dolan, Dal and Doc Norton, Phyllis Keim, Gay and Val Holzapfel, Bob Brent, Millie Mattson and her son, Dwight Ness with his daughter.

Dale, and grandson, Christian Eggers '99.

These superb snapshots were taken by Kathy Bemis!

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Sunday the 4th was a full day. For many it started with church services, then the 4th of July festivities that included a children's parade followed with a blue ribbon award for each child. Like previous years, the chmax was rides on the Castine fire engines with sirens warning all to keep clear.

At noon the adults adjourned to Alamoosock Lodge for the 4 July meeting of the Navy League members in the area. The speaker for this annual event was our own Bill Carpenter who told us about the political stmggles going on in the Far East. BiU dealt mostly with the problems that exist with the PRC wanting to gain political and economic control over Taiwan and the Chinese Skeet and Kathy Bemis people on that island determined to be a separate nation. He also talked about the hijacking or phacy going on in the Far East with phates in high speed boats coming up behind Regular Membership: 49% merchant vessels at night, then boarding over Life Membership: 38% the stem. They are well armed, so they can easily overpower the very small, unarmed Pres; CAPT WiUiam M. Carpenter, USN (Ret.) crews.

1119 Aquia Drive, Stafford, VA 22554 Sometimes they make off with the entire Sec'y; CAPT Jacob V. Heimark, USN (Ret) ship after setting the crew adrift, or on other 410 Old Gulph Road, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Corr. Sec'y; CAPT Edward C. Sledge, USN (Ret) occasions, they offload highly valuable cargo 932 Shetiand Court, McLean, VA 22102 to their own support vessels.

Since Bill attends the annual conference in The big event to report this month is the Castine Caper. This year there were 50 at- the Far East as a key participant, he not only tendees, 16 of them Classmates. The others keeps current on these matters, but he also were wives, widows and second and third sees the changes and/or progress being made generation members of the '40 family. It is from year to year. This talk was one of the worth noting that more and more attendees best we have had in recent years with all of who are second and third generation come, us in '40 very proud of our distinguished with most of them repeats from earlier years. Classmate.

One sad note on the 4th. As Betty and Attending this year were Bill Bryan, Cissi and Cliff Bundy; their son Bill and his Patty Phogg Newcomb were driving the Vickerys with their three daughters, Victoria, Jessica to the Navy League luncheon, Hugh began and Elizabeth; and daughter Andrea and her having a heart attack soon after leaving daughter, Alexis, who graduated from collage Castine. They quickly returned to Castine for in June and is now working in New York. By medical help and then took Hugh by ambucoming this year, Alexis kept intact her record lance to the Bangor hospital where, as this is of attending Castine Capers each year since written, he is in stable, but serious condition. she was bom (22 years in a row). Also there Len Tyler, the President of the Maine Mariwere Mary and Bill Carpenter, Eloise and time Academy, and his wife hosted a recepJohn Chase, Marjorie and John Clagett, tion for '40, and then joined us for dinner in Ellen and Ellen D. Cochrane, Jeanne and Sam the MMA. At thattimethe annual carved duck Forter, Marg and Fritz Freund, Isabel and raffle was held, with good help from PhoeVirg Gex, Betty and Jake Heimark, son, nix Geimer who drew the winningticket.This Don and his wife, Mary Ann plus Emory and year Cissi Bundy won for thefirsttime.NeedSkyler; Charlotte and Gene Hemley, Yvonne less to say, Cissi was one happy lady. and Bob Kalen, George Kittredge, Betty and There was also time for several rounds of Bob Newcomb Marguerite and Ted Rodgers, golf. Among those who played were Bill CarMary and Ed Sledge, Penny and Hugh penter, Cliff and Bill Bundy, yours ttiily and Vickery, Dee Winters with daughter, Wendy, my grandson Emory. In the last game, even her husband. Tod, and their four children. though I played my best golf in a long time, Winters, Phoenix, Montana and Summerleigh. Emory beat me two up in nine holes. After Highlights included two island picnics, lob- that experience I am no longer going to give that 16-year-old any more good golf advice.

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For him, leaming that was the best part of trouncing his grandfather.

At Castine, each one tiiere does just what he or she wants to do. There is much good fellowship that includes stories that get better with each telling. This goes on in small groups at breakfast, lunch or dinner as well as when two or more are gathered in the happy hoiu- room.

Gene Hemley brought up several hours of old pictures and movies that he had copied onto videotapes. Watching those pictures, many that are more than 60 years old, brought back wonderful memories.

George Kittredge came up for the 4th. It seems his dream of having an "over 80s" Polo League drew no participants. So he now has a new plan. He passed his flight physical and got a pilot's license. His next step is to build a plane and fly for pleasure. On this project he claims that Bill South is going to be his technical advisor. While George made no mention of who will serve as his test pilot, with so many intrepid aviators in '40 still around, I suspect he sees no problem in finding someone tofiUthat role. Will this project fly? Look at his picture and then judge for yourself.

Like all the ones that preceded it, Castine #29 was a big success. The big reason why this is so is the carefiiUy done detailed preparations arranged by oin own Fritz Freund who makes each event appear to just happen without any effort. It looks that way because Fritz and his helpers this year, Virgil Gex, Bill Bundy and Tod Geimer, ran the 11 day affair so weU. Also, I would be remiss if I did not give much-deserved credit to Margaret Fraend who provides important behind the scenes support to her husband. The presence in Castine of these two wonderful people adds so much to the success of this annual event and the enjoyment that comes to all who are there that I must say to both Freunds a well deserved, "Thank you dear friends."

Some readers may not realize that each spring, for 15 years now, driving from his home, Fritz has made an 800 mile long round a trip to Castine to hne up the events he knows attendees will enjoy and to see that all necessary arrangements are made. That is a key reason why this annual gathering runs so smoothly.

For next year's Capers, the plan is to start it several days after our 60th ends, so those who drive can make a leisurely trip to "cool" country and those who fly can have time to enjoy friends or family who live in the East.

Now is the time for each of you to plan to include Castine in your June 2000 schedule.

On the way home from Castine, while we had lunch in Massachusetts, our car was broken into. Stolen was our backseat luggage, which included 50 pictures taken in Castine.

(For Mary Sledge - please, no hurrahs!)

Fortunately, Bill Carpenter made excellent use of his camera so we have many good shots to show you. All in this issue are from that event.

Fritz Freund, Bill Bundy, and Phoenix Geimer

Virg and Isabel Gex

This month we feature not just one person in '40 but a family. This is about three Utleys.

After spending most of World War II in battleships, Wally Utley was given graduate training in engineering electronics. He then became an EDO. For the rest of his Navy career, he served in various EDO billets until he decided to retire on 20.

For the next 25 years he taught his specialty at colleges in and around Philadelphia.

Theh son Wallace R. Utley '65, after completing his obligated service, shifted to the inactive Naval Reserve and then obtained a master's degree in nuclear engineering from Penn State. That in tum led to a career with Westinghouse in their Nuclear Power Generation Division.

The third member of this triumvirate is Helyn. She began her adult life as a registered nurse. After marriage she not only successfully raised a family of four children, but at the same time, for a few years, she ran a Southern New Jersey hotel business they

Ed Sledge and George Kittredge

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ing Pierre through the serious stroke that he suffered years ago. She reports that Pierre is holding his own and I know that all hands wish them both well. The Charbonnets and Delanos used to have some great times together when we lived in Virginia Beach and Pierre and I were executive officers; Pierre of FORRESTAL and

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were in the Med at the same time and that, too, was fun. If any of you run across memory-tickling pictures, I am always glad to get them.

Cissi Bundy (for son Bill), Tod and Phoenix Geimer, Ellen D. Cochrane and Cliff Bundy owned. Her next work experience involved acquiring land and planting and maintaining a tree farm.

FinaUy, when WaUy left teaching in 1985, they moved to Heet Landing near JacksonviUe. The Utley family was one of the seven that attended the Castine Capers in its first year.

They did much to get that program off to a good start. It was the Utleys, in theh new pickup, loaded with children, that led the 4th of July parade in 1971. Each year they came to Castine they brought fun and laughter to all.

Wally quickly demonstrated that he was probably the best teller of fuimy stories in our Class. Even stories that would fall flat for the rest of us, WaUy would tell them so well that his audience would always be laughing hard when he finished. Furthermore, he never seemed to ran out of good ones. To bring laughter to people is a wonderful talent that Wally has and is one he used so well.

They also are a most thoughtful family.

While I was hospitahzed in Manila after my heart attack, as soon as the Utleys heard about it, they contacted their son Wallace who happened to be in Manila on business. Then almost every day as long as he was there, Wally would come and see me. Did it help me recover? The answer is a resounding yes.

How many in '40 know that Helyn is also a highly talented violinist who has played with big orchestras? Her latest project has been to prepare for the residents at Fleet Landing an Easter program appropriate to that season. In 1998 she wrote, dhected and participated in one titled "The Last Supper." It was such an outstanding success that no one expected her to top that. To show she could, she spent the next year creating a presentation entitled "At the Foot of the Cross."

To get this religious drama exactiy right, Helyn spent six months doing research in Christian bookstores and libraries and interviewing bible students and theologians. Then she spent five more months in the Pittsburgh area doing the same plus writing the script.

When it was presented at Fleet Landing this past Easter, h too was an outstanding success.

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Only a person with such talent, dedication and a buming desire to get everything exactly right could have achieved what Helyn has done.

It is known that there are many other persons in the '40 family who have special talents too. So please come forward as Helyn has done and share yoin interests with the rest of us. After all, many Classmates did this to make the '40 Class Archives that feature active duty experiences a big success. Now is the very best time to document the post-Navy accomplishments of '40 that are also important history that only each one of you can supply.

Phone Change Everett E. Roberts Jr. area code now 856 from 609.

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Chmn & Sec'y; CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret) 5610 Wisconsin Avenue, Apt # 1409 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4439 h; 301-215-7532 e; Vdelano@aol.com One of our most active Classmates in the civil world is Vic Moiteret out in Silver City, NM. Last June, two of his Grant County neighbors, both 100 years old, were honored by the French govemment as Chevaliers of the National Order of the Legion of Honor for their service in World War I. During the ceremony, Vic sang the French national anthem. I think he sang it in French! I am sure he did a far better job than what I hear some civilian singers do to our national anthem in English at baseball and football games.

Memories are great things and here is a deUghtful one of Pierre Charbonnet awarding a Legion of Merit to Bill Jones in '71-'72.

Mary Charbonnet came across this picture recently and was kind enough to send it to me. Mary is doing a marvelous job of nurs-

Pierre Charbonnet and Bill Jones Last month, I told you about Seymour Einstein moving to Tucson where Sally is in a nursing home. Sally and he had lived in the same house in Skokie, IL, for 44 years. His letter brought back memories of our Fhst Class cmise to Boston where we had to put on a parade that was reviewed at the Boston Common by Senator Walsh and Mayor Tobin.

This was the first time a Midshipman craise had visited Boston. Seymour and his navigation partner, Torrey Eaton, were at the tail end of the parade and dropped off "to attend to other matters." Later that day, they retumed to TEXAS to take a nap. Unfortunately, they were found and made to go up on deck for some kind of party which they gramblingly did. Seymour failed to mention whether they were gmmbling after the party, too. The Boston Herald had a long front page article about om- visit including all the social arrangements.

Midshipman John Messer, then a Bostonian, according to the paper, was expected to provide "300 dates" for the Midshipmen during their visit. Jack also happened to be the Midshipman Officer of the Deck on the night of arrival. I cannot vouch for the 300, but on the next day 30 girls of the Academic Modeme, a Back Bay modeling school, arrived at the Texas for entertainment. The instructions given to the Midshipmen were brief: "Take along your swimming tmnks." I do not recaU any models coming aboard NEW YORK! Maybe that is because we were not the flagship. Other entertainment included Chamber of Commerce dances and teas, a trip to Nommbega Park, a moonlight sail on the SS STEEL PIER, sightseeing tours arranged by the

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Ensigns went to surface warfare, eleven into Boston Port Authority and, of course, tickets aviation, two into submarines, one into into Fenway Park to watch tiie Red Sox play the Cleveland Indians. telligence, one into special warfare and five into the Marine Corps.

The work at the Class repository at East I thought this was an interesting summary Carolina University continues. Many Classmates have sent in papers to be put in the of what sounded like a year of fine accommanuscript collection and nearly 100 have plishments by our Company and I know we done oral interviews. If you are ever on the hope that the coming year under the leaderEast Coast and have not done an interview, ship of the Class of 2000 will keep up the please get in touch with Don Lennon at ECU good work. One of these days, I hope to have some pictures of the 2nd Company Wardroom or our local liaison. Bob Hayler.

Now that the football season has started, to share with you, since we have been helpplease do not forget Betty and Joe Taussig's ing with the decorating. The service assigninvitation to park at their place and enjoy the ments interested me because I am still of the game indoors with them, especially when it old school that thinks two years in the fleet rains or snows. Also, this is a reminder that for all hands, other than Marines, before going into specialties is the better way of prothe more or less aimual AnnapolisAVest Point ducing rounded Navy officers.

Class of 1941 lunch wiU be on Thiu-sday, 14 Our 1941 home page is much closer to fmiOctober at the Army/Navy Country Club and will take the place of our usual Class lunch tion thanks to the wonderful job Jim Bartlett has been doing. A draft version went out in in October. the summer to all Classmates for whom I have As you know, we sponsor the 2nd Company Wardroom in Bancroft Hall. Because of email addresses. We got wonderful responses this association, I thought it would be inter- including several suggestions for the final esting to know how the 2nd Company pro- form. Please remember, however, that the home page wiU not replace Shipmate and will gressed last Academic year and here is a reonly be useful to people who are on the port from the 2nd Company Wardroom Intemet. It will include everyone's email adOfficer: dress, so if you have not sent me yours, please The 1998-1999 academic year was a sucdo so as soon as you can and, of course, sugcessfiil one for the 2nd Company. Led by gestions for home page are always welcome.

LT Shane Baldino ' 9 1 , MTCS Kyle A restaurant that I often visit in Naples, FL, Congleton and the Class of 1999, the year has a motto that all the waiters and waitresses was filled with exciting athletic competitions, traditional Academy events, improvewear on their shirts, "Eat well. Laugh often. ment on the drill field and, of course, endLive long" which is not such a bad idea. It is less hours of studying. a special wish for the October men, since One of the Company's strengths was the October is the month of hope. Here are those number of athletes and varsity team capfor whom there is hope: Bartlett, Don Carr, tains. Captained by 2nd Company's 1/C Pat Tip Clark, De Venter, Fleming, Gray, McLean, Klokow '99 and including 1/C Joe Krone McRory, Murphy, Schoenbaum, Vail, Vincent '99 and 4/C Brian Whitten '02, tiie Navy and Windsor.

Opal is the stone of October and baseball team made it to the NCAA tourthe old myth is that it is ill luck for anyone nament for the first time since 1995. The else to wear one, so you can feel safe if you Navy men's lacrosse team also quaUfied for want to send an opal tie pin or something the NCAA toumament and members of the team from the 2nd Company were; 1/C more magnificent with an opal!

Brent Cower '99, 3/C Nick Lockwood Only one change for your rosters this '01, 3/C Ryan Atwood '01, 4/C Eric month. H . Z . Miller's email address is: MoeUer '02 and Nat Thompson. Two other captmillie@aol.com.

2nd Company team captains were 1/C Pete Logan '99 in men's swimming and 1/C Foster Righter '99 in squash. In addition, the Company volleyball team, led by 1/C Mike McCabe '99, won the fall and spring volleyball championship and the winter Regular Membership: 38% wallyball championship.

Life Membership: 43% During the spring semester, the 2nd ComPres: CAPT James D. Small, USN (Ret) pany placed three Midshipmen on the BriSec'y; CDR R. S. Day, USN (Ret) gade staff; 1/C Andy Morrison '99, Bri2426 Chestnut St., Falls Church, VA 22043-3052 gade Executive Officer, 1/C Marvin Park '99, Brigade Training Officer and 2/C WUl This is the second submission for July so WUey '00 who will wear six stripes in the we are digging deeply into the mailbag. It also fall semester as the Brigade Commander finds us trying to save energy by cutting back Academically, 2nd Company sent three on the a/c a bit and staying indoors more than '99 graduates to graduate school; Chris usual. This by way of saying that July has Peyton '99 graduated with distinction and been hot, hot, hot and the drought around is attending business school at the University of Chicago, Kevin Simmons '99, a Washington is putting little moisture into the foreign national student and Trident record book. Hopefully, when you read this Scholar, is studying civil engineering at in October, things will have improved.

Stanford University and Melissa HUer '99 Trilby and Max Duncan continued to share is studying mechanical engineering at Johns their U.S. dollars with the European economy Hopkins University. by way of a 17-day grand tour of Germany.

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Frankfurt having visited all of the major cities of both East and West Germany. They found Hamburg to be a bustling, modem seaport; Berlin sports a major share of the building cranes in Europe in preparation for moving the caphal from Bonn to Berlin; Potsdam is a beautiful lakeside suburb of Berlin with a secure place in history; Leipzig, Dresden and Weimar are rebuilding after many years of neglect under the Communist regime; Numberg has a place in history not only as the site of the trial of the Nazis, but as the place chosen by Hitler for his annual Party rally and the first enactment of his antiSemitic laws; and all of Bavaria is beautiful country. A side trip from Dresden to Prague presented a view of a quaint city with little damage suffered during WWII. They were able to spend some quiet time in Oberammergau amid the painted houses and picturesque mountains.

Trilby and Max Duncan Lindau is a peaceful vacation spot on Lake Constance with a challenging golf course.

Stuttgart has been rebuilt and has a modem Mercedes Automobile Museum. The Neckar Valley with it's many castles, leads into Heidelberg, a university town with an imposing castle. A side trip from Frankfurt took them to Luxembourg and the American Cemetery there, a very green and peaceful resting place for 5,076 of our WWII comrades.

It was a busy and informative tour. They gained an appreciation of the many problems in reunifying Germany and were pleased to see a charming and diverse country poised on the brink of the 22nd century.

A short note from Dave Green bemoans their lost opportunity by foregoing the Mississippi cmise. In retrospect, it would appear that many had the same reaction once the reports on that fabulous trip trickled back. He included a brief story from the 50th Reunion to brighten your day. On Saturday moming we sat together in Mahan Hall on those hard seats which felt harder than they had when we sat through "Gone With the Wind" in 1939. As the meeting was closing, Charlie Payne was announcing the arrangements for lunch in the mess hall. One could walk, of course, or ride one of the buses lined up outside Mahan. "By the way," he said, "you may not have noticed that all the buildings on the grounds now have a name they go by instead of calling them by their function. You will

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Rita Hill, Hap Day, Iglu Folta, Arline Folta, Doris Pugh, Ed Gallagher and Mary Vamer not be eating in the mess hall today, but in King Hall." At this point, Dave was elbowed

by Dave Peto, who was sitting next to him and who commented "I wonder which King they were saluting."

Ed Gallagher has provided another reminder of that wonderful craise which had just come to hand in his Long Beach home. The informal group sitting in the Paddlewheel Lounge included Rita Hill, Hap Day, Iglu Folta, Arline Folta, Doris Pugh, Ed Gallagher and Mary Vamer (Ed's companion).

The Inter-Collegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) of North America, the goveming authority for saihng competition at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada has inducted Bill Hurst into the Association Hall of Fame for his outstanding service to ICYRA. His name has been added to the permanent ICYRA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Center at the Naval Academy.

Despite Bill's intensive sailing at the Academy during our years there together, he did not get back into sailing until 1962 while stationed at the Naval War College in Newport.

During those years he sailed the Shield's boats and even bought a fourteen footer and taught his children to sail. While in port in San Diego from 1965-1968, he was active in the San Diego Naval Sailing Association and became Commodore from 1967-1968. In the fall of 1968, he reported to Dartmouth College as CO of the NROTC unit. He found the Dartmouth sailing program was in very poor shape. The team was a non-funded varsity support, in debt, the facilities were a mess and they needed a coach. BiU volunteered his services to the Dartmouth Sailing Teamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a twenty-four year experience BiU never regretted nor will ever forget.

Bill set up a program to contact alumni and sailing friends for donations for operating expenses and endowments. As both were built up, the program was expanded from about 15 regattas a year to over 70 per year. This included a co-ed team, a women's team, and a freshman team. In the process, they developed one of the best college sailing facilities 66

in New England. As Dartmouth is in the hills of New Hampshire, a long way from the ocean, no one would expect it to have nationally ranked sailing teams. The program became an example for several other small college saihng teams. His last year as coach was 1992 and they won both the National Women's Dinghy Championship and the National Coed Dinghy Championship sailing in the waters of Charleston, SC. There is no doubt that his induction into the Hall of Fame was richly deserved and we are very proud of his accomplishments. Well done!

After a five year battle with cancer, Ike Kidd passed away at home surrounded by his family on 27 June. He was laid to rest at the Naval Academy on 6 July following a celebration of his life at the Academy Chapel with Rev. Joseph Laboon, Jake's brother, as one of the cocelebrants. All of Ike's children and grandchildren participated in the service and the eulogy was delivered by the CNO, ADM Jay Johnson, USN, and former CMC General AUfed Gray, USMC (Ret.). The Class was weU represented and the chapel was filled with friends of the Kidds. A reception was held at the Officers and Faculty Club where Angelique was able to meet with all of those attending. It was a very moving tribute to a beloved Classmate and a wonderful father, grandfather and husband and an outstanding naval officer. Rest in peace, old friend!

Marion and Bill Montgomery have sold theh Alexandria home and moved into a rental apartment at 3001 Park Center Drive, Apt. 1414, Alexandria, VA 22302; 703-931-5282.

They have applied for a unit at the Falcon's Landing Rethement Community and are engaged in down-sizing their personal effects in anticipation of that eventual move.

Lay ton Allen has a new email address: laytaUensr@hpiug.org. Shirley Hopley has a new area code (and I suspect others in that area may also have new ones) 858. The Alumni Association has advised that Paul LeVeaux's widow, Helen, passed away on 9 June 1999.

It Was BiU Gray's Idea All of us have heard of the phrase that goes..."if the baU is just bouncing around on the ground, pick it up and run with it!' That is just what our Classmate BUI Gray did for a very critical event popularly known as The Cuban Missile Crisis. Here is what happened, in Bill's own words: The scene is aboard CVA INDEPENDENCE, alongside the pier in Norfolk. As plans officer on the CarDiv Six Staff, I received a telephone call from the LantFIt plans officer asking if we had a contingency plan for Cuba. My question was: "what contingency?...what mission?...where was the intelligence on the potential contingency?" His answer was that he needed a contingency plan to fly to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Saturday moming with about 30 copies!

Being completely in the dark about the developments in Cuba, I asked my Chief of Staff and my Operations Officer "what contingency are we talking about?" They told me: "just draft a contingency plan."

My audience with the CarDiv Commander produced the same answer. Discussion with the Staff Intelligence Officer produced solace, but no solution. My interim solution was to put the ships in Position 'A' and the On-Scene Commander could determine mission and contingency. One carrier to the north of the island; one to the south of the island; a cmiser at each end of the island. While they only assigned eight destroyers, I set twelve in place, equally spaced.

Once we single-spaced a copy by Friday noon, we took our overnight effort to the ASW School for printing. Those good people worked all night to pump out the required copies and the LantFIt Plans Officer took delivery and jumped aboard the courier plane for presentation to 'the high command' even if the ink wasn't dry.

The 'Position A' plan caused an avalanche of plans from every echelon and every branch of services. More curious still, was the interpretation of 'Position A' as a blockade of Cuba, and that is the course of action taken in finality over every other suggestion by the various branches of service.

Jim Holloway Enters Wrestling HaU of Fame In the June '99 Class column you read die details of the selection of Classmate Jim Holloway to be honored by being elected to the Hall of Outstanding Americans of the National Wrestiing Hall of Fame.

The 23rd Honors Banquet at which Jim was inducted was held on 5 June 1999, in Stillwater, OK. Classmate John Harrell preShipmate, October 1999

sented Jim with his award. Also present that evening were Ed Perry, legendary USNA Wrestiing Coach, and Jack Lengyl, USNA Athletic Association Director, who presented Jim with his Wrestiing Hall of Fame Outstanding American ring.

of Tarawa from the Japanese. Ed refers the reader to the write-up of a critical part of the battle that came from Classmate B o b MacQuaid about this same attack on 20 November 1943, and which was contained in our Class column in the January/February '99 Shipmate. To set the stage, here are some key parts of Bob MacQuaid's story: ...I was in charge of the 40mm twin on the fantail of INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22)...we

were jumped by 12 Japanese bombers, armed with torpedoes...torpedo approaching on the starboard quarter..ship began a sharp tum to port...we didn't make it... the torpedo struck INDEPENDENCE...we were dead in the water..complete silence...then slowly we began to move...#4 screw was still operable..."

Wow! With that as a backdrop, let's switch now to Classmate Ed Hitchcock, who wrote in his version of the same event: When I read Bob MacQuaid's article on his experiences aboard INDEPENDENCE, it

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brought back vivid memories of my participation in the Battie of Tarawa. BiU LaUy, Earl TWiey, and I represented our Class aboard PENSACOLA (CA-24) operating with the Fast Carrier Task Force.

CruDivFive was detached for shore bombardment of the target island Tarawa. As we closed the range, steaming in column, we encountered minimal retum fire from the beach. From our vantage point, the carrier planes had really 'worked the island over' and it was difficult to imagine that the Marines would encounter too much resistance from the enemy when they landed.

(Shows how wrong you can be sometimes!)

We rejoined the Task Force and at dusk on 20 November we went to General Quarters to repel an air attack. Theflightof Japanese Betty bombers (twin engine birds that carried two torpedoes) came in very low and roared past PENSACOLA on their way to the carrier, their prime target. I was in charge of the two aft 5"25 caUber mounts on the port side of the ship. These were still 'follow the pointer' mounts, and as the Bettys flew across our stem, the trainer was really working hard.

The aircraft were so low that I could see the pilots in their cockpits. We amazingly had a lucky hit, and this hit exploded both of the aircraft's torpedoes! One second there was a huge menacing aircraft strafing the ship as it roared past—and the next second Wham\—nothing\ I can honestly say that I never saw one piece of the aircraft hit the water. Unfortunately some of the Japanese aircraft completed their runs

57th Anniversary Luncheon of Our Graduation On 19 June '99, on a bright and simny summer day, members of our Class gathered to mark the 57th anniversary of our graduation so many years ago. This special event was organized by Qassmates Ed Robie and Dick Lazenby, and was held at the Annapohs Yacht Club on the waterfront of downtown Annapohs.

Attending were: Hazel and Bob Greenwood, Pat and Fred Feamow, Peggy and Jim Calvert, LaNelle and D e t D e t w e i l e r , Mariella and Jim Oliver, Mary and Bemie Frese, Fran Hudson and B o b Hansen, Dabney and Jim Holloway, Olga Hoijess and Hal Kauffman, Squidge and Dave Holmes, Bimie Saunders and George Grkovic, Jane and Tom McCleUan, Betty and Bob Kackley, Bemie Moulton, Milly and John Shepherd, Peg HiU, Ed Hitchcock, Dick Lazenby, Sue and Jack Van Ness, Mary and Gus Brady, Ginny and BiU Busik, Bea and Frank Ault, Lou Thttle, Geo and Wes Burnett, Jan and John Dudley, Jan Spreen, Lib and Jack Loon INDEPENDENCE and one of the torpedoes hit the starboard side of the carrier. gan, Bill Doyel, Betty Traylor and Marlin The carrier was streaming a large oil Smith, Betty and Dick Madson, Peggy slick, and we were detached to accompany Keeler, Patty and Ed Robie, Betty and Art her to Funafuti. As she headed toward the Sibold, Shirley and Dan Hunt, Doris and Ellice Islands, we steamed back and forth Bud Carter, Archie Julian, Ruthanne and across the oil slick, trying to break it up.

Hank Bress, Jean and Pete Fisler.

Upon reaching Funafuti, we also stood by There was much conversation, friendship, as temporary repairs were made. When INand mutual agreement that "time has gone by DEPENDENCE headed for Pearl Harbor, we so very quickly." On to the 58th! headed west to rejoin the Task Force.

Ed, what a story! It really complements The Battle of Tarawa Revisited Classmate Ed Hitchcock sent in this story Bob's description of the same event. of those tough and dangerous days in 1943 Mike Strohl's Paris...And Europe in the Pacific during which American forces Classmate Mike Strohl lives what seems were determined to take the strategic island to me to be an enchanted life. Imagine living

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in Paris (France, that is; not Paris, TX) for over 33 years. He travels all over Europe, knows all the best "spots" in Paris and Europe, and meets the most fascinating people.

Some time ago, I received a copy of his annual Christmas letter, this one for 1998.

With the exception of what was no doubt a "downer" experience of having what Mike refers to as "The Grand Opening" at the Clinique Turin. Where "...Professor Pailler wielded the scalpel, and Dr. Raux wielded the needle." Mike again reported travels that included: Brassels; Milan; seeing the great cathedral in Cologne; going up the Rhine to Basel; through Switzerland to Zermatt; the Matterhom; to Samedan near St. Moritz; the Bernina, the Bernina Pass; Tirano; Lake Como, and back to Paris on the High Speed Train. Later: Strasbourg and Alsace, Switzerland again (Wengen and Kandersteg; the high Swiss valley of Gastemtal. And there is more, but you "get the picture." What a life!

But, there is more! Mike has written a tenpage, single-spaced "Briefing Sheet for Paris"—what to see and do, and what to skip, all based on his vast experience of hving in this fascinating city. If you are going to Paris, get your hands on a copy, and pay attention.

Here are some very brief excerpts...

—Paris in the Spring—It is still that way —The Most Romantic City in the World— Still is —Paris, The City of Light—Place de la Concorde is still wonderful.

—"The Last Time I Saw Paris...with flowers in her hair"—You just might go away feeling like that.

—Place Vendome—More beautiful than ever...

—Restaurants- -Better ask Mike, as there are so many.

—Bread—Superb —And more; and more; in considerable detail.

Best advice: If you are going to Paris, get a copy. Mike, thanks for sharing!

Look Out, Fish! (Continued) Almost three years ago, your Class column included a story of several Classmates who are just not fishermen, they are Fishermenl Like Orion Templeton and Larry Kurtz fishing off Fort Myers.

Like Wally Ponder fishing in the Caribbean and Florida.

Like Dick Madson and Frank Ault fishing in Canada, Belize, the Everglades, and Alaska.

Like Joby and Will Shor fishing in New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Yugoslavia, Austria, Canada, Alaska, the Falklands, Labrador, and Tierra del Fuego.

And Ken Ruiz fishing, mostly in Canada.

But Ken has recently sent in a report of his most recent fishing trip. Here it is, in his own words: A fishing buddy of mine and I left on 12 May, and retumed on 12 June, for an even month of ttavel. We put over 8,000 miles on my tmck, and over 40 hours on various ferries. I think we traveled every paved road in Alaska, and many of the other kinds.

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were still frozen over because of the late spring. We caught all the fish we wanted though, and I sent home 100 pounds of frozen fillets, half salmon and half halibut.

These were caught off the Kanai in the ocean. We did a float trip on one river and some bank fishing on several others. The salmon were just coming into the rivers and we mostiy caught, and released, arctic grayling. We did get in two days of excellent fly fishing on the north end of Babine Lake at "rainbow alley." It was all "catch and release," but is some of the best rainbow tiout fishing in the world.

An interesting part of the trip was by ferry from Haines to Prince Rupert on KENNICOTT, the newest and largest of the Alaska Ferry System ships. I got to know the captain well, and received some 'one-on-one' instmction on how he brings her alongside using the bow thmsters. Made me wish I had had when I was ship handling. Most of the mates aboard were from the California Maritime Academy and had studied under "WUd Bill" Hayler '45, an old fiiend of mine out of the Naval Academy Class of 1945. Needless to say, I spent most of the trip on the bridge.

I am off again for my Campbell River fishing cabin on 12 July, after an even month getting caught up at home. My neighbors there tell me the weather is great.

The last day before we retumed to the US on our trip we were caught in a severe snowstorm in Canada. It was almost blinding and a car just ahead of us slid off the road, injuring three people. The weather here (in Nevada) is quite different. The temperature hit 125 today just south of Las Vegas, and it was nearly that hot here. I am happy to be going north again.

Ken, fish all over North America will be glad w h e n you r e t u m to Nevada.

W i t h H o r s e s to the G r e a t Cities A strong contender in our Class as to which Classmate lives the most g l a m o r o u s life is J o h n Quirk. H e r e , in J o h n ' s own words, is the reason this statement is m a d e : As previously reported, I'm involved as the Founding Organizer in producing the World Cup Finals of show jumping, presented by Las Vegas Events, 19-23 April 2000, in the Thomas & Mack Arena at Las Vegas.

After two years of negotiations and presentations, the Federation Equestre Internationale officially awarded us the event at Geneva. The 45 best horses and riders in the world, as determined in 143 qualifying events in 13 leagues around the world, will meet in the final at the Thomas & Mack Arenaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the home of UNLV basketball, the big boxing events, hockey, tennis, concerts, rock stars, etc., etc...

As part of my background for this, I have been involved in 22 World Cup Finals in cities ranging from Paris to Berlin, Vienna, and other great cities around the world. In addition to covering the event for our equestrian publication, we have had our own horses in three of the finals. (They did not win, but did well enough.) I was the founding organizer of the 1992 final at Del Mar If all goes well in 2000, we have an option for 2003 and in the odd years thereafter 1 may consider a less active role in 2021, but in the meantime, I have every intention

of prevaricating about my age and doing my best not to arouse their suspicion that seniUty may be lurking somewhere behind my Alfred E. Newman smile. It would appear that my fifth career is the one that is here to stay.

In the meantime, I anticipate that all the Classmates will buy the Las Vegas special $20,000 VIP packages of six tickets, three suites in the hotel of your choice, 24-hour limo service, shows, Dom Perignon, Beluga caviar, and whatever else might occur to you.

John, what a life! (Can ' 4 3 get a discount on tiiose $20,000 V I P packages?)

Shack Moore and "Around The Hom" Chin Strap Shack, you look plenty salty!

F r o m Al R a s m u s s e n : C l a s s m a t e s h a v e b e e n following this story for several m o n t h s , and n o w it can be reported: O u r C l a s s m a t e , Al R a s m u s s e n , on 15 July 1999, claimed the important title of "The Oldest First-Time G r a n d p a of T h e Class of 1943." Garret M c C a u l e y , a lusty 8 lb., 6oz boy, w a s b o m to N e l l a n d R a s ' d a u g h t e r , Alison, and her h u s b a n d , Jim.

1 to r: John Quirk, Nevada Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt, Mr. Hunt "...From All the Ships at Sea..."

F r o m S h a c k Moore: Remember Plebe Year if your chin strap worked a bit loose and rose up over your cap device, some upperclassman would howl 'Mister, have you been around the Hom?' 'NNNNo, Sir' 'Only people who have been around the Hom rate wearing their chin strap that way. Fix it. Mister, NOW!' Well, it took Plebe Summer plus 60 years, but at last I made it around the Hom this spring in the good ship NOORDAM, (we called her the VIBRADAM), so I dug out the

old 'pot' and wore it to the semi-annual '43 Class luncheon in Portland, OR!

C o n d o l e n c e s to p r e v i o u s h o l d e r s of this coveted title go to C l a s s m a t e s J o e S c h m i d t and A r c h i e Julian.

R a s r e m i n d s all m e m b e r s of our Class that he is also the holder of the title of " T h e F h s t M e m b e r of our Class to w i n his Navy Wings of Gold." B o b G r e e n w o o d w a s only days behind.

To Garret, AUson, Jim, NeU, and Ras, F r o m our entire Class: "Congratulations to all, and with a special m e s s a g e to G a r r e t â&#x20AC;&#x201D; w e hope to see you as a m e m b e r of the U S N A Class of 2 0 2 0 . Start doing your p u s h - u p s ! " F r o m F e n t o n Smith: In late spring, P e g g y and F e n t o n hosted a w a r m a n d l i v e l y p a r t y for J a n e a n d L e s Heselton at the Smith h o m e in S o u t h e m Califomia. Attending, in addition to the Heseltons and Smiths were M a r g i e and G e o r g e M e y e r ,

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Ann and Swede Hanson, Mary Beth Klauer and escort, Sheryn and Lee Scherer, Peggy Emerson, and Joan Riley ('45).

Heart of Oak Our Classmate, Hank Bress, is now on dialysis, the latest of a long and difficult series of medical problems. Messages of support can be sent to: 6708 Pemberton St, Bethesda, MD 20817-6005; 301-320-3075; bress@radar. nrl.navy.mil.

President's Comments Our President, Ed Robie, has the following message for you: At our monthly luncheon meeting of Classmates in the Annapohs area in July we discussed the need to start planning our 60th Reunion. The immediate question is time and place, in order to secure hotel reservations. The consensus of a small group is to hold the reunion in Annapolis around the date of 19 June. Many classes are holding their reunions during the summer months since reservations are so difficult to obtain during the USNA Homecoming time period.

Comments arerequested—^pleasesend them to me. preferably to my email address.

Coming Up in Future Columns —The CharUe Robisons visit France —Milly Shepherd Climbs Fujiyama —Sea Trials 1999, Class of 2002 —The John Kelseys and the Dick Whites Visit Russia —The Class of 1943 in die fall of 1939 —Authors in our Class Oosing As I begin my fourth year as your Corresponding Secretary, I want to thank you for the privilege of serving you in this capacity.

And thanks to all of you who have sent in your wonderful stories and photos; please keep them coming.

For those of you from whom I have not heard, please relay your experiences, activities and plans to me and I wLU let the Class know. Don't delay. There are many interesting stories yet to be told.

And, I am sttU looking for a Guest Editor for the April '00 Column! Don't pass up this Great Opportunity.

That's '43 Family for Today!

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complete background information on the organ, which dates back to 1908. The two consoles of the organ control have more than 6,000 pipes, which are located throughout the chapel. The main console has four "manuals," or keyboards, and controls more than 110 stops in the organ, which release wind to enter the pipes and provide the organist the means to change sounds and "colors" as the music requhes. This stop control system was a pneumatic system comprising hundreds of leather pouches, which were controlled by wind from the blowers. The system was failing due to years of normal wear and the effects of atmospheric conditions. The outdated pneumatic system has been replaced with modem sohd state technology, which allows the organist to control both the front and back organs from either console. This sohd state combination action is much more rehable and can perform many functions that pneumatic systems were not capable of. All stops and "couplers" are now functioning reliably for the fhst time in many years, and the organ now has many new capabihties and is immensely more versatile.

Incidentally, the refurbished organ will not only improve musical renditions at all regular Chapel services, but it should push attendance at the annual All Hallows Eve (Halloween) organ concert to a record high; it has aheady been a chapel-filler for the past few years. '44 can be proud of its contribution!

Mail Bag Bob "Dutch" Schuiz says that his children gave him a scanner for Christmas and he can duphcate his old photos for anyone who wants a copy. He treasures the one he sent to us because of the memories it generates of the fine young men, the boathouse. Coach Buck Walsh, and his own only athletic achievement.

It is a great shot of the '44 Plebe Crew featuring Joe (Tom) Cutler, Dutch Schuiz, George Jubb, Budd Sal/ig, Frenchy(?), Doc R o b e r t s , Steve D e L a M a t e r (not Ted Dankworth), and Randy King as the "oars" and the fearless coxswain and leader, Joe Jennings, kneehng in front.

Regular Membership: 39% Life Membership: 39%

Pres: CAPT Henry S. Barbour, USN (Ret) Annapolis Rep: CAPT Jack E. Godfirey, USN (Ret) Sec'y; CAPT Wynn V. Whidden, USN (Ret) 6156 Loch Raven Drive, McLean, VA 22101-3132 USNA Chapel Organ Project Randy King, the chairman of our 55th, sent a welcome report, the gist of which follows.

Any one who has recently attended Chapel service wiU appreciate the superb cahber of both the organ and the organist. Our 55th Reunion Class project contribution of $135,000 (of which approximately $35,000 is still outstanding) was a major factor in enhancing the instrament. Monte Maxwell, the Naval Academy organist, has expressed his appreciation for our support and provided Shipmate, October 1999

The '44 Plebe Crew

Dutch now keeps in shape in a singles scull all summer up in Northern Wisconsin. In July, he and Barb left home at 6152 Uhrig Road, Athens, OH 45701, and headed for Wisconsin to celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary. As he says, "How time flies when you're having fun!

In Memory Warren K. Mullen died following a brief illness on 10 July 1999, in Pentwater, MI. Condolences are extended to his widow, Mary and the family. Please see "Last Call" for the obituary.

Thomas L. Carlin died of cancer at his home on 15 July 1999 in St. Paul, MN. Our sympathy goes to his widow, Verle, and the family. Please refer to "Last Call" for the obituary.

Secretary's Corner Once again, the input of news for this month has been minimal; however, we have another good bunch of photos from the 55th to provide some entertainment and stimulus to your powers of recognition. Keep those notes and letters coming. Maybe we'U see you at Homecoming. Tailgating will be at the same old place in the parking lot on 23 October prior to the contest on the gridhon against Akron. This year we anticipate once again having a winning season and joining in the chant, "BEAT ARMY!"...WVW.

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Pres; CDR Everett Parke, USN (Ret.) Secy: CDR Robert O. Sherman, USN (Ret) 1110 North Pegram Street Alexandria, VA 22304-1928 h; 703-370-5867; e; rosherm@aol.com Foundation Proceedings Jim Montgomery, President of our Class Foundation, received the following letter from ADM Ron Marryott '57, President of the U.S. Naval Academy Aliunni Association: Dear Jim: On behalf of my entire staff, I would like to thank you and the great Class of '45 for the gift of $650,000 which will go a long way in supporting the Robert Crown Sailing Center renovation and expansion. We are unfortunately unable to thank the Fannin family for this gift; but, we recognize that CDR Fannin made an outstanding decision when he put the money into the care of the Class of '45.

I know that you and your gift committees spent considerable time exploring the possible uses of the funds and we are thrilled that you selected one of the Superintendent's top priority programs for your support.

We will keep you posted in the progress of the project. Again, our sincere thanks for this very important contribution from the Class of '45.

The Way We Are Rudy Biordi presented the foUowing remarks describing his roommate. Earl Fannin, to our Class at our Fifty-Fifth Reunion: CDR Wdliam Earl Fannin, Jr., '45. When Earl died several years ago, he left his estate to the Class of '45 with no specific instmctions for its use—thus enabling more than a score of retired naval officers (commanders, captains, admirals) to ask the favorite question of Camp Swampy's Gen Halftrack; "Now what?" What kind of man was Earl? And, why did he do that? And, to that last question, some of you may want to add, "to us."

Earl was bom in a small town in Kentucky in an area we call Appalachia. In those days, Appalachia was a stagnant pool; nothing much ever happened there. Generation after generation of people were bom, Uved and died there, never leaving the area. If someone had sent you a picture postcard of Appalachia at night, the picture would be totally black; nothing on it.

My hometown in Westem Pennsylvania was very much like that. There was not much of a future there either The average boy's ambition was to get out of high school as soon as possible, get a job as soon as possible, buy a car with the first paycheck, get married when you got a little more money. The average girl's ambition was to leam how to keep house, get married and raise a family. Why? That's the way they were brought up. What else was there to do? For those with sUghtly loftier horizons, the only way out of town was by either brawn or brains.

Same with Earl. Generations of family had Uved tiiere. He was the first to leave.

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that Earl was a cut above the rest, intelligent and articulate. Through him. Earl went to college for a year and then to the Academy. Earl was not a big athletic type, nor was he a small Napoleonic sand blower. He was not the smartest of us, nor the dumbest—in the middle of the pack just hke most of us. He was, however, articulate and he leamed to really like sailing.

Earl also had a somewhat mischievous sense of humor Remember those Sunday night Happy Hour skits that we Plebes had to put on during the evening meal for the upper class to help them get ready for the forthcoming week's grind? If they liked the skit, we carried on; if they didn't like it, we "shoved out," sat without chairs. Earl and I were assigned the same table when he came up with this skit. It was a farce on finding Dr. Livingstone. That night at the dinner table, we Plebes kept asking "Dr. Livingstone, where are you?" As we did that. Earl quietly slipped under the table, at which time the upperclassmen warily moved their chairs away from the table.

They weren't going to fall for that old routine of having a Plebe tie their shoe laces in knots to the chairs, etc. Soon, Earl raises his butt above the table, and the rest say "Ah, Dr. Livingstone, there you are; we have found you." The upperclassmen laugh and relax, thinking it's all over. Not quite.

As Earl comes aboard, I light a match and hold it in front of a First Classman, Earl hollers "fire drill," and we Plebes then throw water at the guy behind the match.

The guys that didn't get wet gave us the "carry on."

As Earl grew older, maybe, just maybe, it was that same mischievous sense of humor that got him thinking about how much fun it would be to throw all this money at the Class. And then watch his now very dignified and very professional Classmates milling around, pawing the air, and splitting hairs, but not infinitives, while trying to determine the best course of action. I can him now, chortling with glee at the very thought of it. Well, Maybe.

And then again, all of you can remember what a cultural shock the Academy was.

You can imagine the impact on a person of Earl's background. Perhaps as he grew older, he recognized that only an idiot

doesn't understand that life is the most precious gift that there is, but, you have to give something back. Perhaps this is the way Earl decided to give something back— flirough his Classmates to the place where life really started for him; so we have the Naval Academy Foundation annual scholarship to help some youngster, hopefully from Appalachia, to enter the Academy; painted chairs in the Alumni Hall to commemorate his fallen Classmates; the annual Capstone essay prize to help First Classmen determine their particular arm of the Naval service, and a new sailing center wing for those who loved to sail as he did.

I know that if he could speak to us now, with his mischievous grin, he would say, "Well, you guys, you sure took long enough." And if I could, I would reply to him; "Yeah, Earl, but look at what you got."

BiU Traynor, President of the San Diego/ Coronado group of the Class reports on their activity: On Saturday, 10 July 1999, (our group) held a picnic with a Hawaiian Luau theme at the Southwestem Yacht Club in San Diego. In attendance were Anna and Tiny Atkinson, June Baldwin, Beverly and Don Edge, Louise and Al Giorgis, Ann and Sam GorsUne, Mary Ellen and Art Levy, Jeanne Lewis and her son, Marty, along with her guest, Patti Ramsey, Ann and Bob McCrary, Carol and Tex Ostrom, Elva Randall, Don Shelton, "CharUe" and Max Thompson, and Marion and Bill Traynor.

The room and tables were beautifully decorated by June Baldwin. Sam Gorsline provided the boom box and the Hawaiian music CDs were provided by the Traynors.

All the ladies received leis shipped from Hawaii.

Pat Hannifin briefed the group on the events of the 55th Reunion in Annapolis.

Ann Gorsline won the prize for being most suitably attired for the spirit of the occasion. Among the ladies there were four brand new knees, so it was decided that they had an unfair advantage over those with beaten-up old knees, and the hula contest was canceled.

Our next event is the Army/Navy get together to be held at the Coronado Yacht Club on Saturday, 4 December 1999.

Anna and Tiny Atkinson, Bobbie Haines, and Louise and Al Giorgis enjoy the Hawaiian Luau.

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Proud father, Joe Marzluff, writes: It's official now. As I mentioned at our 55th, my son, Peter Marzluff '73, will reUeve, Dan Bowler '70, son of Bud Bowler, our deceased Classmate. Joe also reports that we now have 143 members on our email net.

Johnny Price rashed right home from the golf course to announce: Had a great day at golf. I shot my age, plus had a hole in one on a par-three hole.

I've shot or beat my age on three occasions, but this is my first hole in one. Quite a thrill for an old duffer.

The Way We Were Mrs. Sheldon Pfeifer, widow of Richard Neuendorffer, sent the accompanying photo of '45 Classmates and their wives taken at a Class get-together in Groton, CT, about 1963.

"I thought the wives all looked so pretty in this and the men so handsome." She's right, you know. We were unable to identify all those pictured. So help us out. TeU us who they are.

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Pres; VADM Charles H. Griffiths, USN (Ret.) Vice Pres and AnnapoUs Factotum; CAPT Jim W. Foust, USN (Ret) 1914 Sleepy HoUow Lane, AnnapoUs, MD 21401 w; 800-334-5701 Treas; CAPT Wils F. Engel, USN (Ret.) 6807 Rosewood St., Annandale, VA 22003 h; 703-256-5832 Sec'y; Clete Kennelly 7911 Sleaford Place, Bethesda, MD 20814-4625 h; 301-654-7315 Corr. Sec'y and Chairman 55th Reunion; CAPT Ed Ellis, USN (Ret) RO. Box 921117, San Diego, CA 92192 h; 858-278-8665; f; 619-576-0979 e; edmhe@aol.com This month I'm starting out with good, although sketchy, news. Sam Bassett (4), Alexandria, VA, recently married a lovely lady named Ella. Her forte, besides Sam, is information technology. Their address is 1549 Dunterry Place, McLean, VA 22101; 703790-8920. Now, maybe we'll see Sam's name on a 55th attendee list. Coronado would be a great spot for a second honeymoon.

Clete Kennelly (10), reported that he had an interesting lunch with Al Glennon (4) who gave him a few words on his avocation, free lance writing. Al started collecting stamps when he was ten and now writes about it. He has written about twenty articles about stamp collecting for magazines since March 1998.

He said that magazines are hungry for material. They pay for the articles, but not enough to encourage you to quit your regular job.

However, Al, now has a hobby that is selfsupporting. Most of his recent articles have been about "covers," the envelope the mail comes in and about "cachets," an illustration that is printed or stamped on an envelope to commemorate an event. His latest article describes some "screw-ups." One example would be of a collector who obtained an envelope with a cachet announcing the last day

of the five cent airmail rate. He held on to h until the proper day and then mailed it with a six cent stamp. In another case, someone prepared a Fhst Day of Issue Cover for a 1932 stamp honoring Arbor Day. He did everything right except for using a Washington Bicentennial stamp for postage instead of the Arbor Day stamp. In another example, a cachet was printed honoring the Wright Brothers, Orville and William. There was, also, the cover that honored tiie first "lunar exploration of the moon."

The foregoing got me to wondering how many other Classmates have joined the writer's fold. I know that Wally Schirra (13), Rancho Santa Fe, CA, wrote about his experiences in the space program; John Viele (20), Summerland Key, FL, has had his material on the Florida Keys published; and Yogi Kaufman (2), Potomac, MD, has had two superb photo essays on submarines and carriers pubhshed. Has anyone else been pubhshed?

Chuck Griffiths (6), Fahfax, VA, but summering in Ocean Beach, MD, was elected as the first Chairman of the Council of Class Presidents, estabUshed to provide increased representation by Classes on the Alumni Association Board of Tmstees (BOT). He is assisted by Peter Gness '65, the Vice Chahman, and Perry Martini '71, Trustee at Large. It is expected that this change will significantly enhance the opportunity to place Class issues before the BOT. It will also place key individuals in raising contributions for the Alumni Association closer to the Association leadership.

The Council is composed of seven members, one from each decade, except for the '20s and '30s which are combined, and aU will gradually become members of the BOT over the next three years, with the Chairman of the Council becoming a member of the Executive Committee of the BOT. To promote continuity and to take advantage of BOT experience, decade representatives should try to serve a minimum of four years on the Board.

The Council is to meet semiannually in conjunction with the regular meetings of the BOT. Additionally, all Class Presidents wiU meet annually in April in Annapolis to generate position papers for the Council of Presidents and to receive updated information from the Alumni Association. (It's interesting to note that this is the first time that there has been an organization to coordinate activities of all Classes.) Sounds like Chuck has his hands full.

Joe Winslow (5), Williamsburg, VA, the Fifth Company Coordinator, sent me a copy of the Fifth Company Newsletter. It was very interesting and included an up-to-date address and phone list. Joe found three "lost" Classmates: Joe Cannon, a non-grad, who was happy to be contacted. He and Marian are strongly considering joining us in San Diego.

Their address and phone number are: 290 Pinecrest Rd., Atianta, GA 30342, 404-2555317; Stoddard Waldron, not seen or heard

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from since graduation is still working. His address is 920 Freshour Rd., Manchester, NY 14524, 716-289-9620; and Harry Walker, who has been attending meetings of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter, but somehow his name, address and phone number never got picked up. Here it is: 1644 Richwood Dr., Atianta, GA 30319; 770-458-0368. He told Joe that he's our oldest Classmate, but, a littie research put that statement to bed. According to the Alumni Register (I have the 1995 issue), Harry was bom in April 1922. Our oldest Classmate according to that same reference was King Memory (20), bom in April 1920.

Perhaps, Harry said, he felt like the oldest.

Joe's address hst accounted for 36 living 5th Company Classmates and the addresses of three widows. No addresses are available for the survivors of 14 deceased Companymates. I hope that the other Company Coordinators wiU be as thorough. We need as complete an up-date as possible for our planned 55th Address/Telephone Dhectory. We'U also use this hst to up-date the Alumni Association records.

The number of possible attendees for our 55th in Coronado. CA, 1-4 June 2000 continues to grow. The figure, as of 23 July 1999, stands at 484 and Joe Winslow reports that there's a very good possibihty that three more from his Company and theh wives wiU join us. He's trying to catch Wils Engel, our Fourth Company Coordinator. I wish him weU but I wonder if any Company Coordinator can catch Wils. The latest tally by companies is: 1st - 32; 2nd - 20; 3rd - 15; 4tii - 43; 5tii - 33; 6tii - 35; 7th - 27; 8tii - 24; 9tii - 2 1 ; lOtii - 20; 1 Itii - 22; 12tii - 25; 13tii - 24; 14tii -16; 17tii - 23; 18tii - 28; 19tii - 1 9 ; and, 20th - 17. (All figures, to date, are considered as possible and will not become reservations until we start receiving the actual Reunion reservations and related fees early next year.)

The pictures with this column were taken at the Greater San Diego Group Quarterly Luncheon at the Four Seasons Aviara Resort m Carlsbad, CA, on 23 June 1999.

It's a shame that Bob was almost missed in the picture but, we didn't miss his superb beverages, which graced our luncheon.

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 fV 1 to r: Stan Weissburg (10), from San Clemente; Bert Decker (18); and Luke Mayes (9) That's Flossie Mayes with her back to the camera. The speaker was flattered by the rapt attention.

1 to r: Shirley WilUamson, spouse of Bob Williamson (2), Arlene and Corliss Nugent (2) and Jim Hugus (15), from Lake San Marcos Corliss is repeating as our Reunion Treasurer. He did such a great job for the 45th he was asked to do it again.

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Visit us at www.usna.com to enter your change p a i l i n g and email addre; 1 to r: Harriett Ellis, spouse of Ed Ellis (7) and George Ferch (15) and his wife, Alice George and Alice join us routinely from Santa Ana, CA, and with our out of towners from Coronado San Clemente, Lake San Marcos, Poway, Del Mar and Carlsbad we feel entitled to call ourselves the Greater San Diego Group.

1 to r; Chris Hugus. wife of Jim Hugus (15); Lillann and Stan Zipser (4), our luncheon hosts; and, Fran and Bob Gautier (7) Shipmate, October 1999

Future Events The Greater Washington ^.-.-^ ji.jup Monthly Luncheons at the Army/Navy Country Club resuming in September. For information call Wils Engel (4). See the masthead for his phone number.

The Greater San Diego Group Quarterly Luncheon will be hosted by Jackie and John Kent (6), Carlsbad, CA. For info call them at 760-729-5254.

Plan now for Homecoming (Navy vs Akron) on 23 October 1999. The '46 Tailgate party tent will be located adjacent to the water tank and Gate #1. Barbecue type food and soft drinks will be served after the game between 1530 and 1800. Glasses and ice will be available for those who bring their own libations. Cost $20/person. Mail your checks as soon as possible to Wils Engel (4) at the address shown in the masthead to permit ordering the goodies. Bruce Althoff (1) at 410626-9653 will answer any questions.

Army/Navy Game parties: The Greater San Diego Group party will be at Barbara Anne and Harry Watson's, in Poway, inland from and adjacent to San Diego. A flyer will be forthcoming. For more info call them at 858748-6640. See the November column for info on other Class parties.

Our FIFTY-FIFTH in Coronado, CA, 1-4 June 2000. Want more info call Ed EUis (7), die Chahman, at 858-278-8665. (That's a new area code effective for a number of people in the San Diego area as of 11 December 1999.)

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Pres: VADM John G. (Jake) Finneran, USN (Ret) Sec'y; Chester H. (Chet) Shaddeau, Jr. 343 Prestonfield Lane Sevema Park, MD 21146-1512 h; 410-647-5868; f; 410-647-2453 e; stadir@erols.com Grandpa Stuff Enclosed is a graduation picture taken in the stadium at USNA of me and my grandson, Greg Garnett '99. It was great fun to sit through a second graduation, especially since so little has changed since our own.

It was a thrill, too, to see Greg's picture with his new wife on the front page of The Washington Post the next moming. Greg will enter flight tiaining at Pensacola this fall.

All is well with me and Roz. I'm playing as much tennis as my eyes wiU allow and have picked up golf to take up the slack. Roz has retired but still teaches remedial reading three mornings a week, and loves it.

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ENS Greg Garrett '99 and granddad Bob Stegman Final Honors We have been advised of the deaths of Classmates James William Pettit, Jr., Donald Curry Lutken, and Preston Cleve Wilmoth. Jim Pettit's obituary appeared in the July-August issue. Don Lutken's is contained in this issue, and we hope to include PC's next month. Our sympathy and heartfelt condolences go out to theh families and loved ones.

Joe McPartland, who died in 1996, is honored at the Naval Academy's Catholic services by the use there of a beautifully embroidered linen alb—the white robe wom under the surplice by a CathoUc priest when in full vestment for the Mass—which was accepted by the Senior Catholic Chaplain from Joe's widow, Mrs. Virginia McPartland, as a fitting memorial to Joe. The MaU Buoy BiU Metzger, in a letter whose publication here got badly delayed by my hospital stay, says in part: ... had a fine two-week trip including Phoenix, San Diego and Tucson, plus much blowing dust between Tucson and El Paso, on the way home. One of the highUghts of our San Diego visit was making telephone contact with Rupe Brooke and Dick Beaubien. The data printouts the Class provided were key to locating them, since neither Uves in San Diego proper, but even with them, I didn't succeed in reaching Ed Meyer, another 9th Company Classmate.

Both Rupe and Dick were promoting the 55th Reunion in San Diego and got me pretty well convinced it will be a great affair.

A similar "late publish" disclaimer applies to the following from Shirley and Dick Beane: After almost five years stationed at Pearl Harbor, our daughter and her husband Dan Sigg '77 are being transferred this summer to King's Bay, GA, exit 2 on 1-95, just over the border from us in Florida! A six-hour drive for us. And Rick, our Navy Flight Surgeon son, has orders in October from Whidbey Island to Jacksonville. With Roger and family in Raleigh, we finally have them all in the same time zone! We plan to be in the Annapolis area for the Air Force game—we'll see you...

Bob Roche, Dick Gardiner, Lew Taylor, and Stu Evans have all signed on to our online hst, C"VnBERSEVERN47. Lew says he is still consulting as a Civil Engineer in Oklahoma, with wife Jo as CCO (Chief Computer Operator). When he learns more about the computer he may do more on it than play

bridge! Bob inherited a working computer, which triggered his signup. He and Apolonia are comfortably ensconced in the Napa Valley of Califomia, and he says he can almost always scare up a golf game for Classmate visitors. Gardiner's cyberspace procrastination came to an end when he broke his leg on the golf course and couldn't play golf for a while. But now that he's healed up enough to play, he expects the computer to gather dust!

Anne and Frank Keith are standing by to celebrate the end of his term both as a member of the Board of Directors at Indian River Colony, FL, and as its Vice Chairman. He is ready to let others do the work. They visited his mother in Massachusetts and helped family celebrate her 101st birthday, while Frank pondered whether his genes are going to give him similar longevity! They planned to spend time in August in a beach house rental in Duck, NC. Nancy and Grant Apthorp (by email): We depart Madison, OH, late July for a permanent change of residence to Tucson, AZ. Email will go dead en route, reopening about 1 August when the 'zoo train' reaches new quarters. Neither of us is looking forward to trek in heat of summer, but must get to Tucson before our early August departure for Russia.

For those who have visited us here, the pole bam is now almost empty, but there were many interesting discoveries as we waded thru our valuable collections of "stuff." Anyone in the market for a castiating tool for sheep? Also located an old buU ringer and a device for putting clips in a pig's nose. Latter device looks like something in use by younger generation to put clips in ears and elsewhere. Visitors here now automatically say "No, I don't need one" as they walk in, in the face of our trying to give "valuables" away. The dog, Mr. Bear, is very confused, and tries to stay in constant physical contact with one or the other of us. Trying to shower with a dog pushing against leg reminds me of showering on Mid cmise, with ship rolling and very little water dribbling from shower head. Anybody need a singlefree or a buggy whip holder? Last chance.

Hope and Floyd Bowdey report they have retumed to Annandale, VA, for the summer.

Theh winter stay in Florida was much more fun than last year, since neither was hit by a 'bug'—only mosquitoes! In February, they took a ten-day craise which included going thra the fhst set of locks in the Panama Canal. The ship also stopped in Colombia, Chile, Mexico and the Caymans. Hope also won the grand prize in the last Bingo game on board!

Bought a new fifth wheel with slideouts, which gives us much more living space than we had in the RV It is tied down on our lot, and won't ever move, I hope. We joined the local USNA Alumni Chapter, and had a good time with them at the A/N game and other affairs. Stopped off on the way north and talked with Frank Keith and Ray Chamberlain—got caught up on a lot of '47 news. Unfortanately, much of it was sad. We hope to do some RV travel this summer, if we can find the time.

"Grey Eagle" Department This could properly be subtitied "Two out of Seven Ain't Bad." We received a photo taken at the recent seminar held by the National Museum of Naval History in Pensacola, which featured all those living Naval Aviators who, in addition to Navy wings, also wear the Medal of Honor. There are seven surviving: LTJG Nate Gordon, who in 1944 made four open-sea landings under enemy fire in a PBY Catalina in the Bismarck Sea, to rescue downed Army aircrewmen; and four Marines, all of whom were World War II fighter pilots, flying combat in the Solomons. At the time of theh citations, CAPT Jeff deBlanc, CAPT Joe Foss, Maj Bob Galer and 1st Lt Jim Swett had shot down a total of 65 Japanese planes—by no means their total score by the end of the war.

Which leaves only two others, and both of them, of course, are out of '47!

You are aheady familiar, I am sure, with the stories of Tom Hudner, who as a LTJG received the Medal for an intentional crash landing of his Corsair in Korea to attempt to save the life of a wounded squadron mate trapped in his downed aircraft. And of Jim Stockdale, who as a 45-year-old captain received his award after a bloody episode in the torture room at Hoa Lo, North Vietnam's headquarters prison, in late 1969—an episode which resulted in the firing of the prison system Commissar and an end to torture for all Americans held prisoner in that country.

"Trading stories at the seminar and at dinner that night," reports Jim, "was a memorable event." But I stick with my comment: Two out of seven ain't bad! See the photo.

1 to r: Jim Stockdale and Tom Hudner at Pensacola seminar "Grey Dolphin" Department We are indebted to Eddie Welch '48 for the following item: A group of aging (but still dynamic) submariners and their ladies gathered a few months back at Colonial WilUamsburg, VA, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the surfacing of a Soviet Zulu-Class missile submarine in the northern Atlantic in May, 1959 by GRENADIER (SS525), captained by our own tiien-LCDR Ted Davis. For this feat, recentiy highlighted in tiie bestseller Blind Man's Bluff, GRENADIER was presented with the ADM Jerauld Wright Award—a case of Jack Daniels Old Number 7—by ADM Wright, who was CincLantFlt at that time.

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were present to celebrate the anniversary and to honor Ted as "one of the best skippers any of us had ever known, and whom we still hold in the highest esteem and affection." As you can see in the photo, Jack Daniels also made it to the party in the form of a gift to the skipper Others in attendance were Eddie Welch '48, Rhodes Boykin '49. Paul Grozen '55.

Dave McClary, Bill Bohannan. Bill Wigley.

Tom Duvall. and our COB (later LCDR) Bob White, who had eleven war patrols and a WWII Silver Star to his credit. Chuck Gooding '55 is deceased and held in fond memory by his shipmates. Pug McCarty '53 came back from Cypms for the reunion, but was sidelined by illness and had to cancel out.

Down memory lane. 1 to r: John Corse and Dan Bailey about to be helo'd from TIGRONE (SSR-419) to carrier in 1951 The vanity plate business improved this week. Lew Taylor says he had no competition for Oklahoma tags (we think he's the only '47 resident there) and got USNA-47. And John Van Velzer now sports Arizona plates B TARMY as shown in the photo, taken exactly six weeks after his triple bypass!

Ted Davis renews his acquaintance with an old friend

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herefore, in accordance with a pledge heretofore made by me, I do hereby deliver one case of Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Brand of Quality Ternesse« Sour Mash Corn Whiskey, to the Commanding Officer of USS GREN.^DIER. whose off. iters and crew did on 29 May 1959 succeed in fulfillinj all requirements for this award.

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Facsimile of the last paragraph of Jerry Wright's award to GRENADIER

Quick Takes Don't forget that Homecoming wiU be celebrated this year on the weekend of 23 October, and the great '47 Tailgate Party is on for that date—before, during, and after the Akron footbaU game on Saturday! If you can plan to attend, call me (see the masthead of this column for the Comm Annex to our OpPlan!) or John Urban at 703-536-6979 for details...You should have received a Class Mailing in late July, containing Hank Ruppel's progress report on our 55th Reunion, and, very importantly, calling for the payment of deposits! The mailing also included Class President Jake Finneran's State of the Class report. If you did not receive these important communications, call me for copies...John Corse says he recentiy attended the first meeting of the Central Virginia Alumni Chapter. Says he sat with Walt Johnson and had a nice chat with Jack Manherz '45 (a fellow swimmer with John at USNA) and George Welsh '56. He also provided the "Memory Lane" photo printed close by...

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Johnny Van Velzer and new Arizona vanity plates Marlene says she and Mike Leddick have enjoyed the Minnesota summer—so far, no basement flooding, which tends to improve matters. They received an invitation from Dutch and Chuck Carlisle to Dutch's ordination in August as an Episcopal priest. She will continue to minister in nursing homes.

Which brings us to the bottom of the bag.

Come back for Homecoming—and Air Force in D.C—and Beat 'em all! CHS

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Sec'y; CDR Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 11 Seastones Drive, Portsmouth, RI 02871 h; 401-846-2875; e; sk48raoore@aol.com Checking back through recent columns, I find that I have bemoaned the lack of incoming letters, emails, phone calls, etc., limiting the column most unnecessarily. Having so noted, it seems that by the time I finished those columns, enough material had materialized to fill the column pretty well. This month, writing in late July, Classmates, there ready is precious httle in the bin.

One of a handful of Class of '48 Rhode Island citizens is Frank Snyder, who lives in Portsmouth, not far from the Moores. He and Maggie came here when he rethed from the

Navy, seeking a cool waters (:fc •. where he could prop his feet uij ,. ;;;:.3. tate. He and Maggie had acquhed a spsccacijlar three-acre plot next to Tom Weschier '39, taking in a sweeping view of the Eastem Shore of Rhode Island and the Sakonnet Riven They built appropriately, and moved, and Frank rather quickly succumbed to enticements from the War College to join the staff, sacking ideas of relaxing. Making a long success story short, he remains firmly attached there now as a sort of professor emeritus, with desk and support, continuing to do good things on an as-needed basis. Frank is resident expert on command and control, as practiced today, and the authority on its history. But he is not limited to that field. He is in demand as a naval historian, and just about anything else on which one might need an opinion or some valid background. In June, the War College fielded a full day devoted to the Battle of Midway, with band music, food and lecmres. Frank presented the major show on the battle itself with graphics, slides and lots of gusto. The day was a huge success, not in a small way due to Frank's outstanding presentation. Further, as a man for aU seasons, Frank, in July entered, against a lot of serious competition, the big Newport Flower Show as a contestant in the "Challenge Class," limited to men, and took the red ribbon. His talent with flowers and props, exposed a side generally unknown to his many friends, though he tends a shipshape garden at his plantation. Maggie and Frank enjoy Aquidneck Island's year round activities and fun and keep the active and rethed Navy folks here on theh toes.

Now, with regard to the Bobcats Cassette.

As I explained in the last two columns, this tape is on deck, available, and costs only $10 postpaid. Ben Conroy is full of enthusiasm, and here is his mid-July letter: Jim Bjorge, Harlow Falevsky, Herb Green, and I report that orders for the Bobcats Cassette can now be filled. For more information on how to get the Bobcats cassette please contact: Ben Conroy, 4617 Ridge Oak Drive, Austin, TX 78731. At Jim's express wish, any funds received over actual expenses will be given to the Class of '48 Fund. The tunes were recorded in 1947 on 78 rpm acetate discs. The running time is about 36 plus minutes, with 20 tunes, including Singeree Sing (Theme), McNamara's Band, Shantytown, Do I Worry?, Oh Mamma!, and Sleepy Time Gal. Through Jim Bjorge's efforts, the old 78 rpm sound has been cleaned up, with the result sounding like the old days in Bancroft. This has been a joyous project!

The photo shows the Bobcats performing on First Class Cmise. We're off and running! Beat Army!

Are we up to date?...

Visit us at www.usna.com '' to enter your change of mailing and email addresses.

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Since I lack further inputs from the field, at this point I have to put in a plug for the Class Project. If you are still a non-participant, you should have received a recent letter reporting the Fund stams and urging your getting on board. Make your commitment now for this five-year project, and get aboard.

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Address: Ben Conroy, 4617 Ridge Oak Drive, Austin, TX 78731.

OK, there it is. This is a hugely worthwhile project. Absolutely everyone remembers the Bobcats and what warm memories they are.

Some sad news has just been received from Harlow Falevsky. Ross Miller, who was Harlow's roommate, died on 9 July in Madison, CT, of pancreatic cancer, which had been detected after he and Jane Ann retumed from a trip to France in the spring. I have no details now, but Harlow is seeing that further information will appear in the "Last Call" column, probably in the November issue. Jane Ann can be reached at home at 337 Race Hill Road, Madison, CT 06443. I know that all hands join me in expressing our most sincere condolences to Jane Ann.

Patti Kirkpatrick and Kin McKee

Above is a snapshot of Patti Kirkpatrick (widow of Don Kirkpatrick '47) and Kin McKee atop Mt. Pilatus near Luceme, Switzerland. The USNA Alumni Program's spring craise "Legendary Joumey" tumed out to be just tiiat for Patti and Kin. They met on the second day of the craise, became engaged the following month and were married on Barter's Island on the Boothbay Region of Maine on 24 September. They returned to Oxford, MD on the 28th. In October they plan to visit Royal Navy friends in Wiltshire, England, then on to Kinnaird Castle in Perth, Scotiand. They wiU retum to the U.S. in time for homecoming. Patti and Kin will Uve in Oxford, but they expect to be on the road (and in the ah) frequentiy to visit theh children in Vhginia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Califomia.

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Pres: John F. Barrow Sec'y; CAPT Pete Swanson, USN (Ret.) RO. Box 10262, McLean, VA 22102-8262 h; 703-573-3653; e; pswanson@capaccess.org This Is The Month! On 20 October, we old salts, brides, widows, widowers, and partners will assemble for the Grand 50th! Is it possible that we made it? WeU, yes. Some did, some didn't, but our and their memories can never be erased. So, welcome to our 50th.

Leading off is a letter from President Ace Boughton: Dear Classmates, when you read this, we will be about three weeks away from Alumni Weekend and our 50th Anniversary and graduation from the Great School. I'm looking forward to seeing each of you who will be returning to AnnapoUs. For those of you who can't be at the Reunion, you are in our thoughts and we wish you well. rU soon be turning the Presidency over to John Barrow. I wish John the best and know that you will cooperate with him as you have with me.

Many things have happened over the past five years. '49 House, a dream in 1994, is a reality today. There were many problems in our way when we started the project, but most of the Class, acting in concert, brought about the funding, constmction, rehabilitation and the endowment of '49 House. A job well done!

Particularly important was the dedicated work of Gene Shine and Bob Brown. As we remember. Bob passed away early in the project, but his devotion to the task was an inspiration to us all. John Dobson, our project manager, spent countless hours overseeing our interests. John did an outstanding job.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention CAPT Bob Hofford '61, of the Alumni Association staff. Bob's guidance and help steered us into the proper channels and kept us focused. Without Bob, '49 House would still be just a dream.

Our other major effort has been organizing for the 50th Anniversary, an event in which you are about to partake. Mickey McDonald stepped in as the '50th Tsar.'

Both he and his wife, Madelon, have devoted their time and efforts endlessly in our behalf. Credit for our 50th must go to the 'Team McDonalds.' We thank them very much. Mickey has a great group of Classmates helping him; Barkley Wood, Executive VP; Jack Venable, transportation; Keatinge Keays, lists and computer database; Fred Grabowsky and CMC Jones, for banquet and dinner; Bob Brady for golf outings; Cal Roberts for hospitality; Steve Krause finance; Duke Francis and Pete

Swanson mailings and correspondence; Chet Davis and Warren Vosseler, initial groundwork; and Gene Shine and Madelon McDonald for Class history and background. And more, the Academy staff, the USNA Alumni Association, Ron Marryott '57's staff, and in particular, Andrea Campbell and Emma Hofford, have also made significant contributions. We thank them all.

I would also Uke to thank again those who have helped us over these past five years: our two executive Vice Presidents; Gene Shine and Barkley Wood. Two treasurers; Bob Brown and Steve Krause. Duke Francis and Pete Swanson, Class Secretary and Assistant; and my Board members; Fred Grabowsky, Jack Venable, Mickey McDonald, Chet Davis, Warren Vosseler, and BUI Bennett. Also, three ladies have contributed much to the Class; Joan Shine, Madelon McDonald, and Mickey Boughton.

There are others who have been on boards, done odd jobs, made phone calls, and contributed in so many ways. The Class owes all of these people and we thank them aU. Finally, I'd Uke to thank the Class for its help and cooperation. It's been a good five years. It was both a pleasure and an honor to have served as your President...and in the words of Mel Brooks, "it was good to be the King...." Best Regards, Ace. Now, Class news. Barkley Wood reports that on 17 April 1999, his oldest son, Brian Wood '80, was married to Terrise Brown Giovanazzo in Monterey, CA, at the Naval Post Graduate School chapel. It was a splendid, formal mihtary wedding with ten swordsmen. Wood's daughter, Alison, sang at the ceremony accompanied by her cousin. The reception was held in the beautiful balhoom of the old Del Monte Hotel adjoining the chapel. Bark and Peg hosted the rehearsal dinner the night before at the La Playa Hotel in Carmel. All went well except that Barkley forgot his suspenders and spent the day, including during the ceremony, puUing up his trousers and cummerbund. Barkley stated that as well as acquiring a beautiful new daughter-in-law, he and Peg acquired two new grandsons to go with their two granddaughters from their youngest son, Eric. The bride and groom are living in Pacific Grove on the waterfront while he completes his tour as executive officer of the Naval Aviation Safety School.

Barkley Wood, bride and groom, Tarrise and Brian Wood, and Peg Wood

In our August '99 column, we wrote about the leading lady, "Joan," who was tiie "long-

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legged American girl, 16 year old, Leelee Sobieski." granddaughter of Bob Salomon.

She starred on TV as "Joan of Arc." Now, we hear from Classmate Charles DiBenedetto who writes tiiat three of his grandchildren, last name Kende, have become prominent: Alexis, age 16, a violinist; Crista, age 13, a violinist/pianist; and Daniela, a cellist have formed the Kende Trio. They started playing together at their church and last Easter, they had the honor of playing for the Pope in Rome. Clare and he accompanied their granddaughters and were thrilled to be so close to his Holiness while their grandchildren played for him. The Kende Trio has appeared on many television shows and been featured in the news and in various publications. Alexis made her solo debut at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with the Vivaldi AllGirl Orchestra and received a national award for her performance; Crista was one of the youngest members accepted into the Vivaldi Orchestra; Alexis, 12, was concertmaster for the nationally televised Disney Young Musicians Orchestra. CharUe adds that it has been a joy for Clare and him to watch these three dedicated young ladies progress in their careers while maintaining theh academic studies as honor students at theh school. He and Clare look forward to sharing the company of old friends at the upcoming 50th Reunion.

The Class shares his pride.

This next information came from "Chief Angelo Semeraro as a "status report."

If memory serves me well, and that is subject to question, this is my first missive of any kind to Shipmate. An item in Gene Shine's article in the May issue made me wonder ff the reference to a daughter in the Class of '92 was my daughter. Amy Donegan '92? She not only chose to go to the Academy (she originally wanted a smaU, out-of-state coUege that would be chaUenging) but she also ended up marrying one of her Classmates (Joseph Donegan '92) in the Academy Chapel four years after graduation. So, I enjoyed a four year high while she attended the Academy and got a Uttle extra frosting on the cake when I walked her down the aisle (in uniform, no less.) Naturally, I tiained for the event by doing push-ups until I achieved 49 before the ceremony. It took a few gasping-for-air months to get there, but I made it (even got to 52 once or twice.) However, my major physical efforts these days are a daily 30-minute routine on the exercycle.

Mac Adam, in a recent Shipmate, flatteringly referred to me as being relatively unchanged. But, aside from still having a Tecumseh-like profile, my physical capabiUties have diminished somewhat. As our Qass news creeps up towards the front of Shipmate and more familiar names in "Last Call," I become more aware of the years remaining. We've managed to get to Hawau aimually for body-surfing and snorkeling, but there are other trips I want to take that I've put off and the years have sped by. Aside from a trip to Rome with my wife after we were married almost 35 years ago and visiting children and grandchildren, we've put our travel agenda on hold. Now, we're making up for lost time and carry out

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A Jeep depicting Parsons and Lawrence unloading Canadian Club an ambitious ttavel agenda. We want to do the British Isles, see the beaches at Normandy, and check out my roots in Italy.

To avoid the tourist crowds we'll travel in the spring and fall, so I'm forgoing reunions for awhile. I had a great ride during the four years my daughter was a Midshipman. I may squeeze in the 100th Army/Navy game with my daughter and son-in-law. I have to get my European ttavel plans completed before my piU organizer becomes bigger than allowed carry-on. ...I'm always with the Academy in spirit, even if it's on the pedestal facing Mother Bancroft...All I ask is perhaps a copy of the memorial services comments (unless they are published in Shipmate) and an opportunity to purchase surplus mementosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if any.

Talk about 50th reunions! Your Secretary met with others commemorating a 50th anniversary of his Marine Corps Basic Class. Here is a picture of those attending which includes Paul Riegert, Duke Francis, and Bill Black.

With them is LtGen Hal Hatch, Duke's basic class' historian and keeper of the records.

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Gen Hal Hatch, Duke Francis, Paul Riegert and Bill Black And then, as nostalgia grows, Tom Parsons sent us a letter of his and Tex Lawrence's first days in the Marine Corps as they proceeded to Korea in the early '50s.

What a time. We're sorry we can't print all of the letter due to space hmitations, but here are some excerpts the Class will enjoy: Korea, getting close, a joumey that really began after graduation, June 1949...Along with about 150 other lieutenants, we arrived in Quantico, VA, for the entry training for all incoming Marine officers. We graduated in early June 1950 and were dispatched in various directions. Towards the end of the month, my roommate informed me that North Korea had invaded South Korea, an even that which generated

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an enormous amount of conjecture. In April 1951, after a very successful football season, Tex and I received orders to the 1st Marine division. Tex and I met at the Marine Memorial [hotel] in San Francisco and reported to the Department of the Pacific.

During our stay, Douglas MacArthur also came through San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;going East.

The good General had been fired by President Tmman. We watched his arrival by hanging out the windows of the hotel...After a couple of days of waiting, we encountered MGEN Gerald Thomas to whose coattails we firmly attached and only let go when we landed near Chunchon, Korea, a week later More stops ensued and at Itami, Japan, we encountered a basic school classmate. We asked him "What should we take the ttoops?" He immediately replied, "Take them some booze." Off we went to the Class VI store and bought a case of Canadian Club for $16.50.

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Tex Lawrence, Alyce Parson, Tom Jr., Sgt., USMC, Tom Parsons and Kenny Bott

(center) Tex Lawrence and Tom Parsons, 1st Marine Division The next day we landed near Pusan. We bunked with a tentful of aviators. Anyway, we were on our own to get to where we were assigned. We made it to the Division CP; then, scrounging rides, Tex and I made it to the 1st Marine's CP. The moming of 25 April, we joined up with a corpsman who was on his way to the 1st BattaUon. We loaded up and began to climb hill 909 (that's measured in meters.) We still had our gear, issued in Oakland, CA, plus the case of booze which, I'll swear weighed 75 lbs.

Hills in Korea are unlike any in the world.

They go straight up, no slope, or so it seemed. And, as I later discovered, the highest hill is next to one that is even higher.

And that highest hill always is the site of a Korean grave... Eventually, we made it to the top and reported in to BattaUon 3. The case of whiskey, once identified, disappeared as did our excess blankets and other paraphemalia. I soon leamed that replacements were a means by which the Marine Corps' sneaky supply system delivered needed equipment to the troops...On Hill 909, we hardly hadtimeto catch our breaths before the word was passed to "saddle up."

We retraced our path down the mountain but this in the company of United States Marines, seasoned veterans. Cocky? You bet. The dirty, unshaven foul mouthed Charlies, many of whom had not reached their 20th birthday, were very confident and had a record to back up that confidence...As dusk approached, I saw someone ahead staring at the faces of the column. It was Bob Needham. He spotted me and yelled out, "They finally got you, you so and so blankety jock strap." Unfortunately, the whiskey was gone or I'd have given him a bottle. I guess if there should be a lesson in these foregoing meanderings, perhaps it is

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that if 2nd lieutenants can't report in with polished brass, knife-like creases, shined shoes, and an overall outstanding appearance, then use the Lawrence-Parson's approach, 'Take 'em some booze.' Semper Fi, Tex and Tom. To sort of sum up things, Tom sent us a picture from his Basic Class' reunion which shows Tex, Alyce, his son, Tom Jr., Tom and Kenny Bott.

From Helen and Dick Wolford came this travel note. In the photo we see Dick, wearing his USNA '49 hat, on the deck of his cmise ship at the Hubbard Glacier. They embarked in June at Vancouver, BC, took the Inside Passage to Ketchican, Juneau, and Sitka then up to Valdez, through Prince William Sound, College Fjord and Glacier National Park to Seward. From there they motor-coached to Anchorage where they stayed ovemight for the Summer Solstice (with 19 1/2 hours of daylight.) Then they flew out over Mt. McKinley and Denaii, looking down on the majestic, snow-capped mountains.

They had beautiful sights the whole trip; saw lots of eagles, a moose or two, and some sea life. In all, it seemed to us, an unforgettable eight days.

Dick Wolford at the Hubbard Glacier

Here is an interesting item. This photograph is of two members of the Class of '99 with Mick McDonald. The "Link in the Chain" continued on 26 May 1999 as Mick celebrated with 2ndLt Minh-Tu Thi Nguyen '99, USMC, and her sister, ENS Josephine CamVan Nguyen '99, USN, following both sister's graduation from the Academy earlier that day. The gala was hosted by theh parents, Mr. and Mrs. Huan Van Nguyen. Mr. Nguyen was a 1971 graduate of the South Viet Nam Naval Academy. Many from the Vietnamese community in the Washington area, including a former South Viet Nam CNO, attended the festivities. Mickey was on the guest Ust by virtue of his son's relationship with the Nguyen's family. Mick's son. Brad McDonald '77, is currentiy a Battahon Officer.

Mick was right at home since his long ago duty on the MACV Staff in Viet Nam coupled with our Class' sponsoring, with USNA A A, the graduation reception of '99.

ENS Josephine Cam-Van Nguyen '99, USN, Mick McDonald, 2ndLt Minh-Tu Thi Nguyen '99, USMC Gene Reiher sent us the following photograph and information. Les Fenlon hosted relatives and friends to a weekend of activities in Norfolk to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on 4 June 1999. Pictured at the City Docks in Norfolk are Frances and Gene Reiher and Jane and Les Fenlon who share their 4 June 1949 wedding date. Activities included a dinner craise on SPIRIT OF NORFOLK, a Saturday night crab feast, and a dinner dance at the Norfolk Yacht Club which featured tunes of the forties. Gene went on to say that he's been busy coaching soccer.

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watching tiie Women's World Cup (as we write the WWC's championship match occurred with a stunning win) and playing in the Fairfax County Senior Softball League (along witii Paul Roman.) For those interested. Gene will take calls from any in the local area who care to play softball and match them up with a team. Gene says that he and Frances plan a trip to Los Angeles, in July, to visit their son and will attend the WWC final match in the Rose Bowl. And finally. Gene reports that friends of Sally and Ralph Ghormley have sponsored the planting of a cherry tree in Sally's memory at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. It is located just north of the inlet bridge.

USNA '49 Directory Changes Add Bob Congdon's email: rconl50669@ aol.com; add email for Tom P a r s o n s : tomnalyce@aol.com; new email for James Ferrero: ferrero49@worldnet.att.net.

As we said at the beginning, the time has come, the month is on us, and just a few days to go. Come to Annapolis ready for some fun and serious kibitzing at our magnificent 50th!

And keep writing. For example, we hope to hear and report about more of the 50th wedding anniversaries of the Class. Those are real milestones we'd like to feature. We also want to hear about your experiences and plans and who in the Class is in contact with whom.

So, just remember and never ever, ever forget this forever truth: Nothing Can Be Finer Than To Be A '49er!

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50 Gene and Frances Reiher and Jane and Les Fenlon This just in from John Tinkham: To celebrate Graduation Day, our Nancy and Darren gave us our second grandchild on the anniversary of our graduation; Emily, at 10:30 a.m., in New Jersey (too far away for her grandparents to see her!) 8 lb., 5oz, 19 3/4". How about that? Good timing, I would say!

We received a short note from Robert SeUe, who continues to champion reactivating the lowA-class battleships, which contained this picture of him with Medal of Honor winner Tom Hudner '47. We must say, in passing, battieship need is controversial; many wonder why reactivate ships whose purpose was for a different day and different reasons. Helicopters, the MV-22, and other aircraft are planned for future amphibious operations not requiring battleship coverage.

Be that as it may, Tom Hudner is Commissioner of Veterans Services of Massachusetts providing his sterling management and exemplary leadership. Both he and Robert are members of the board of Overseers, U.S. Constitution Museum. Tom sends his hearty good wishes and warm personal regards to his many friends in our Class.

1 to r; Robert Selle and Tom Hudner '47 It is with regret we leamed of the death of our Classmate Gerald Burk in February 1999. The Class sends its condolences to his remaining family.

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Pres: RADM Roy Snyder, USN (Ret.) Sec'y; CAPT Wayne L. Jensen, USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Court, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Larry Hawkins updates on D.C. The July '50 Washington gathering at LaPorta's restaurant in Alexandria saw; Willy Ayres, Bill Kiehl, Bill Simons, Daryle Tripp, BiU Diehl, Jim Lynn, CharUe Hirsch, John Cavanaugh, Dick Powell, Larry Hawkins, Marsh Treado, Frank Sterner, Bob Shultz, Milt Schultz, Bob Oliver, Gayle May, Law Kivlen, Tom Rogers, Ray Bowers, and Roy Snyder.

Marsh Treado reported that his back surgery to remove a cyst has healed and he feels great. He had been reduced to a walker for a time. Gayle May had just retumed from China where he attended a meeting of the Intemational Space Consortium of Pacific Basin Scientists with the Japanese and Chinese representatives. The Consortium meets every two years and Gayle will be the host for the next meeting, which will be held in Hawaii in 2001. Roy Snyder announced that the Alumni Association is offering a price break to our Class on Life Memberships. Normally this comes after 50 years from actual year of graduation, but it is being made available to us as of June 1999. This is because we are planning a major Reunion in Annapolis to celebrate our 50 years of individual service to our country. Life Membership is a good deal as it only costs $200 for those graduated 50

years or more. Send chcck lU USNAAA, Msiiibc:.-ship, P.O. Box 6491, BaUimore, MS} 2!.264-49S- >..

Meanwhile, Tom Ross reports the i'oiiowir-g large group attended the '50 lunch at USNA. on 9 July; John Cavanaugh, Jerry Coleman, Don Fraasa, Ed Greenberg, Rex Kilbourn, Byron Lee, Ed McLean, Dick Powell, Tom Rogers, Tom Ross, Phil Ryan, Wayne Smith Roy Snyder and George Van. Conversation centered on the April 2000 Reunion of the Class in Annapolis. The above are all involved in hosting the affair and making sure everyone has a memorable time. Mailing of the planned festivities was recently forwarded to all Classmates. Things are progressing smoothly.

Why anyone wants to go on vacation from the San Diego area is beyond the understanding of your C.S.; however, we had a lot of folks out-of-town for the NavSta Mariner Club, San Diego '50 July gathering. Remaining in-town and attending were Mark Fmdden, Wayne Jensen, Gene Wisenbaker, Dick Thurston, Don Elliott, and Charlie Clark. The wives did better in their room at the Club with; Judy Fmdden, Mary Ellen Prescott, Marcia Clark, Dorothy Jensen, Mary Lou Thurston (23 July marked the date of the first Thurston grandchild to be marriedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wright Thurston to Stephanie Maughan), Faye Elliott (son, Tom was home on a visit from Jakarta, Indonesia, where he is an architect), and Helen Wisenbaker. Mary Ellen Prescott and family wish to thank the Class of '50 for the flowers, cards and other expressions of sympathy they received at Dick's death.

We have noted that those in the Washington area, the Annapolis area and the San Diego area continue to use the expression, "Gee you just haven't changed over the years, and we are looking forward to seeing other Classmates from around the country who we haven't had the chance to see on a regular basis." Well we get that chance at our 50th Reunion come April of 2000 in Annapolis. The picture of the original 6th Company Class of 1950 Plebes is just a reminder of how we looked in 1946.

Will we still insist on saying, "Gee, you haven't changed..."?

Larry Hawkins calls with the news and it is with a saddened heart that we must report that John McNally's wife, Fran, died on 16 July of liver cancer. Services were held on 22 July at St. Mary's Church in Alexandria, VA. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery. Fran was much loved by all that knew her and our thoughts and prayers are with J.J. and family.

Charlie Sellar of Leesburg, FL, writes to inform of the passing of yet another Classmate; Robert John Keevers of East Berlin, CT, died 16 June 1999 of a massive heart attack. He was interred next to his wife, Joan, who had predeceased

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him. Upon graduation. Bob served two years in WORCESTER (CL-144) before entering the submarine service and serving two years in GRENADIER (SS-525). Resigning from active duty in 1955, he earned an MS in electrical engineering before joining Bell Labs as a system engineer in New York.

He made major contributions to the remarkable long-distance telephone service we have today. He moved to East Berlin, CT in 1997 to be near his only sister, Marilyn Bozzuto, who was widowed, she and her two sons. They are his only survivors.

At the time of his death Bob was making definite plans to attend '50's 50th next April. He will be missed. In terms of words to live by. Bob often quoted from a poem he recalled from an USNA Leadership text; "Shun not the stmggle. 'Tis God's gift." Charlie Sellar sent flowers from the Class to the funeral, which was a celebration of Bob's life and held on 19 June 1999.

It is not an easy tasking to report of the passing of Classmates that we knew, admired and, yes, loved so much. However, it is necessary to keep all informed. In the final page of his book. The Virtues ofAging, Jimmy Carter '47 points out that; The ultimate kind of love for which the Greek word is 'agape,' is love filled with unselfishness, grace and forgiveness, with the happiness and well-being of others preeminent. The simple thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;our own happiness, peace, joy, satisfaction, and the exploration of love in all its formsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; are the key to the virtues of Ufe, at any age.

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It's always nice to attend a surprise birthday party! In this case, it was Al Ralthel's big "sevenoh." Engineered by his wife, Nancy, it was held at their son, Larry's in Fairfax County on 10 July. In addition to many family members, the de Greets, HamUtons, Ismays and Shavers attended. Larry Raithel '76 and his wife, Tenley, put on a great show, and Al said he was really surprised. Sadly, Nancy died on 14 July of a stroke, witii family in attendance. Her funeral was held on 20 July in Mission Viejo, CA. Nancy and Al had two good years together, and she will be missed very much.

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Pres; Lee Doggett 1201 Black Walnut Lane, AnnapoUs, MD 21403 h; 410-263-5613; f; 410-263-3317 e; leedoggett@aol.com Vice Pres; John P. Sullivan 866 N. Kensington Drive, Arlington VA, 22205 Sec'y; Jack Grace 3812 N. 24th St, Arlington, VA 22207 Con^ Sec'y; CAPT H.T. (Beau) Dietrich 9508 Woody Ln, Great Falls, VA 22066 h; 703-759-5006; e; beau9pnt5@aol.com Class Web page; www.usna.com/classes/class51/ 51.html

Robert J. Keevers Bob Shultz of ArUngton, VA, and John Kirk of Austin, TX, send word of the passing of another of our Classmates, Lt.Col. Wells P. RolUns, USAF (Ret.). Rolo passed away on 25 June 1999 after an extended illness resulting from a sttoke. He received a master's in mathematics from the University of IlUnois and was one of the first officers to teach at the Air Force Academy when it opened in 1959. Rolo retired from the Air Force in 1972.

He is survived by his sons, Stephen, Bryon and Robert. Graveside services were held on 30 June 1999 at Cook-Walden/Capital Park in Austin, TX.

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Reunion Notes About 400 of you are aware that we sent out a further request for your bio questionnaire, with pic of you, or you and your missus, which we need fairly soon to complete the draft of our reunion book. So, give! Also, we have had a good number of letters retumed because of lack of address, or address changed but forwarding order expired.

Please, please advise not only Shipmate, but your secretary when you change your address. We can't always go mnning to Shipmate for our changes.

So, give our secretary a break, and keep us informed.

Here and There In the June issue, we had a pic of four baseball stalwarts, thanks to Jim "Lefty" Nehez. However, only Lefty was identified. Here they are, left to right; Joe Dailey, Lefty, Ted Rook and John Morissey '50. So, this was obviously our Second Class Year. Of help was Clark Rook '57, Ted's younger brother, who also provided Ted's obit for the June issue.

Al with his children, Larry '76 and Charlotte Well, the 16th Company challenged us old guys to a golf match this spring and while we actually paired them in foursomes, we did pretty weU. The organizer was Wake Stometta, seen here with two 16th Companyites and Company Officer. Part of our team was composed of stalwarts Jim Mehl, Bill Johnson, Sporty B a n n e r m a n and Jay Woodbury. Woodbury had a loaded team, with Mehl and a Mid who drove the ball "out of sight!"

Natch, they won. That Academy course is a tough cookie!

Wake Stometta with 16th Company Mids and Company Officer Shipmate, October 1999

grad in the photo). We c m f ur-.^.o. /he. dadgum tilings, you know! The Shaffers .veni ;dl around Britain in a coastal vessel. The Dietrich.? wr.it on a Baltic cruise, including St. Petersburg, and on to London. The Cinders went to Greece. And, the Hamiltons went to Spain and France, and later went on a river cruise to Russia. So, we' ve got pics, why don't you?

Jim Mehl, Bill Johnson, Sporty Baimerman. and Jay Woodbury A littie more of Claire and Ward de Groots' garden party in May, with some new faces. And, once again, the weather was glorious, almost as good as the wine, music and goodiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;light, but flavorful.

Carmen Seay, Bill and Dottie Johnson

Sam Ginder, Bill J. Thompson, Mike and Charlotte lacona Marilyn and Bob Miller are ever the ttavelers.

On their way to Alaska in their fifth wheel RV, and passing through Edmonton, Alberta, Bob sorted through some of his prior pics of Classmates over the years. Here are some of them, taken "heaven knows where!" Thanks for your contributions. Bob, and I'U pass the rest along for the next column.

Al Raithel, Claire de Groot, Jack Hamilton and azaleas Miller with Bob Reed and Don Moyer, May '97

Tom Boyce, corralled by Gilda Shaver and his wife, Barbara Another springtime affair was held by Pat and Lowell Stockdale by their backyard pool in Sevema Park, for Pat's (?) birthday. Complete with tents and snacks, followed by dinner, a host of Classmates were on hand, along with their friends and family. Again, the weather mostly smiled, with a pit-pat of rain towards the end.

Host and hostess Lowell and Pat Stockdale Shipmate, October 1999

Hamiltons at San Sebastian, Spain Please see the Class of 1948 column for a snapshot of Patti Kirkpatrick, widow of Don Kirkpatrick '48, and Kin McKee atop Mount Pilatus, near Lucerne Switzerland. The USNA Alumni Association's spring cmise, "Legendary Joumey" tumed out to be just that for Patti and Kin. They met on the second day of the cruise, became engaged the following month and were married on Barter's Island in the Boothbay region of Maine on 24 September. They retumed to Oxford, MD, on the 28th. In October, they plan to visit Royal Navy friends in Wiltshire, England, and then on to Kinnaird Castie in Perth, Scotland. They will return to the US in time for Homecoming. Patti and Kin will Uve in Oxford, but they expect to be on the road (and in the air) frequently to visit their children in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Califomia.

As a final note, shortly after you receive this, we're having a Homecoming party at the new Elks Club in AnnapoUs on 23 October (Akron University), probably with the Class of '50 (this is '49's 50th year). So, come join, and caU the Secretary or Bob SmaU if you want to attend. Ciaoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jack H.

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Miller with Mike Patten, October '97 Which reminds me, many of you ttavel to some wonderful and unusual places. So, take some pics and send us some for our columns {Ed Note: To be printed in Shipmate, please remember to have a

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Pres; CAPT Vincent J. Manara, USN (Ret.) Sec'y; CAPT Leigh Ebbert, USN (Ret.) 2514 Culpeper Road, Alexandria, VA 22308-2133 e; J-L.Ebbert@worldnet.att.com The millennium comes nearer; however, that fact doesn't seem to change the appearance of the fall season, football, homecoming and Halloween. Is it only the computers? I heard the futurist Peter Schwartz speak on preparing for the 21st Century, and he speculated about what was being said in the year 1899. Among the topics was the "belief that the fixed wing airplane probably wouldn't make it, and we would be developing dirigible technology. Our ttack record for predicting hasn't been too good, so how are we at preparing for change?

Each day a new adventure! I am including two more pictures from the manila envelope, one of John Beecher and Trafficante (non-grad) and the other of Carlo Santucci.

The Washington, D.C. July luncheon feamred remarks by Jim Brickel who shared with us some of his combat experiences in Vietnam. He recounted details of both his career and several of his combat missions that were complex, dangerous and successful. I found his story extremely interesting and hope that he has captured them on paper or tape. Thank you, Jim, for sharing. Attending; Jim Troutman, Gamett Bailey, Dick Denfeld, Vince Manara, George Lester, Howard McCoUum, Hork Dimon, Bob Caulk, Tom Thawley, C C .

McDonald, Jerry Rapkin, Vince Argiro, Jim Stone, John Lanford, Walt Locke, Toxey Califf, Jack O'Connell, Bill Laux, Leigh Ebbert, Bob Reed, Dick Pettigrew, Jim Brickel, and Larry Skantz.

Before lunch we were inttoduced to Gary Powers Jr. (the son of the U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union), who told us about the Cold War Museum. A project that is proposing to build a Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery to honor the men and women who were a part of Cold War events and activities. On the Board of Directors is Sergei Khrushchev, Premier Khmshchev's son; Mrs. Claudia Powers, Gary Junior's mother; and Mrs. Jeune Jaffee, wife of ABC News Correspondent Sam Jaffee, who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Vince reported that the Class fund drive in support of our 50th year reunion project had exceeded $300,000.

welcome as many former Color Girls who can make it to the parade and reception. Many of the Color Girl dresses are in a display at the Naval Academy Museum, so take a peek if you are there.

Thank you, Susan.

One of the places to be at the tam of the century is the island Kingdom of Tonga, the first land mass where each new day, and the new mrUennium starts.

I understand that Cherre and Harry House will be among distinguished millennium guests and may have a chance to be received by Tonga's king, Taufa'ahou Tupou IV. This stop is to be a part of a trip that includes New Zealand, Fiji and Tahiti.

Harry, we will look for a report on the experience.

A photo was included as part of this report.

Harry House As part of the 50th fund drive, Lannie Conn included in his response to Vince Manara a bit of history.

I have a 91-year-old ex-Navy lieutenant uncle, my late Mother and I who were all bom in the same house at the Academy. My late grandfather was responsible for the grounds there and planted many of the trees. Another late uncle worked as a GS there for over 44 years. I worked at the Academy as a lifeguard.

Thanks, Lannie, for that information.

A follow-on to the brief note about the Burgins in the September column. I received the following from Susan McCoy who responded to my question about the picture's context.

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Yes, Joe Burgin was the color company commander and Helene (now going by Pat) was the Color Girl. Every year we have a reunion of former Color Girls and a reception at the Alumni House in honor of this year's Color Honoree, her family, the spring and fall set Color Company commanders and their families, the Battalion Commander, etc. We have a pin that was designed

by Bailey, Banks and Biddle that we give to the Color Girl. It is a very nice reception and we

Jan and Bill Jerry Rapkin shares two pictures taken on board their boat during the May adventure down the inland waterway. The first is of Barbara and Pete Roane, and the second is Jan Rapkin and BiU Sayer. He also gave me a cUpping from the local newspaper, "All That Jazz, Born on the 4th of July!" It was about Richard David SoweU bom on the 4th of July who has been a local musician and bandleader since 1946. He and his band have entertained us at many homecomings at the Alumni House. Thanks, Jerry.

The Aimual '52 Crab Feast hosted by Sally and John Alexander was moved this year from June to July. I will have more on this event.

We received an email from Warren Anderson's son, LtCol Warren Anderson, Jr. USAF, who is "interested in hearing from Classmates of my father, Warren R. Anderson. He entered the Air Force after graduation and died in a RB-57 crash (France 1957) when I was three years old. Would love to hear stories from those who knew him; get an insight to what he was like, his interests, etc."

Warren's address is 5289 Long Shadows, AbUene, TX 79606; email: Inrw.anderson@cwix.com.

Sadly, we have received news of the death of Martin W. Kunze on 26 June 1999. In addition we learned that Fred Lewis Tracy (non-grad) has passed away.

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Pres: CAPT A.E. (Gus) Hubal, Jr. USN (Ret.) 6449 Johns Road; Falls Church, VA 22043 h; 703-533-3041; work fax; 703-534-8005 Sec'y; LCOL David B. Jones, USAF (Ret.) 6708 Pageland Lane; Gainesville, VA 20155-1513 p: 703-754-4492; e; djlocker@erols.com Webmaster; Paul Dudley e; pauld53@earthlink.net http;//home.earthlink.net/~pauld53/usna53 I thought we were going to get through a month without any bad news, but it was not to be. Yesterday Shipmate notified me that our Classmate, CDR Stephen G. Boyett, USN (Ret.), drowned on 16 July. Steve came from Albemarle. NC, and was in the 3rd Batt. The Lucky Bag says his goal was to become a Naval Aviator and he reached that goal getting his wings in 1954. Subsequent tours included Command of Patrol Squadron 11 at Brunswick NAS. ME; in 1970. Executive Officer of the Naval Air FaciUty at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; Administrative Officer at Bmnswick in 1974 and he retired as the Executive Officer at Brunswick in 1979. He earned a master's degree in business from New Hampshire CoUege in 1981, and was employed at Bath-Brunswick Mental Health and helped in the development of employee assistance programs in Maine. He became a lobsterman a few years ago, was a member of the Maine Lobsterman's Association. The Bmnswick Area Chamber of Commerce awarded him the Joshua Chamberlain Award, named for the Maine professor who was the hero of Littie Round Top at the Battie of Gettysburg, as well as being the central figure in the book. The Killer Angels. He certainly was one of the leading citizens of Maine and winning such an award reflects most favorably on Steve. Surviving are his widow, Dorothy, who Uves in East Harpswell, ME; a son, Michael, of Murrietta, CA; two daughters, Laura of Augusta, ME, and Lynn Haynes of SaUsbury, NC; and two grandchildren, Stephen P. and Tiffany Lee Boyett of Murrietta, CA. We send Dorothy and the children our most sincere condolences and wiU keep them in our thoughts and prayers.

I also got a message from Tyke Furey yesterday, and he had more sad news. Tyke was trying to set up an A-N game party with all the Classmates that Uve in the Seattie area and had sent letters out to all people with a northwest address. He got a reply back from Kate Tamble saying "Thank you for writing to include Michael C. Kaye, my late husband, in your party plans for 4 December. To my sorrow, Mike died of cancer back in 1987... Sincerely, Kate Tamble." While it is always sad to leam of a Classmate's death, it is especially sad to leam that the death occurred a while back and none of us knew about it. According to the Register and the Lucky Bag, Mike had very little ttouble with academics, graduating 104 in the Class. He got out in 1957 and retumed to his Oregon home. We send our thoughts and prayers to Mike's widow and his family and are tmly sorry that we couldn't send them to her when Mike died. Thanks for keeping us informed Tyke. Tyke did add that he didn't have a phone number for Mike's widow, but her address is 2166 Nortiiwest Flanders Street, Portland, OR 97210, in case anyone would like to write.

George HaU has advised me tiiat the Discovery Channel is airing "Vietnam POWsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Stories of Survival" again in July and hopefully later during the year. He also reports that he has been told by Frieda Mock, co-producer with husband, Terry Sanders, that their documentary, "Retum With Shipmate, October 1999

Honor" has been very favorably featured in the 19 July issue of Time (page 72). They are still working on scheduling openings, but there will be a public opening in D.C. later, probably in September or October. George says he thinks these shows are good and if anyone has an interest in what George and the other POWs went through try and see them. Thanks, George. (Editor's Note: See the September issue of Shipmate, page 26) Over the past several months Stub Chace has been forwarding email messages from his son, Chris Chace, reporting on the activities of his ship.

Chris is the skipper of PONCE and has just completed ttansporting Marines to and from Kosovo.

His messages have been most interesting and we have almost felt as if we were there with him and the Marines. His last message reported that he had a pleasant surprise that moming. The BLT, "L" Co. 3/8 invited him to their muster on PONCE'S flight deck. There the Marines presented the ship with a KLA and VJ flag that they had been given in Kosovo. The Marine Commander then thanked Chris and his crew for the ttemendous support they gave the Marines and for the fine reception they gave them on their return to Ponce. Chris said hearing them say "Best Amphib ever been aboard" was a great compliment to the ship and its crew. He then thanked the Marines for their service in Kosovo and Albania, and passed along his beUef that old timers, such as all of us, as well as the nation were proud of their service in that nasty area of the Balkans. He concluded with "You cannot buy ttaining like they just received, and now they can pass along to fellow Marines what it is really like being on the tip of the spear!" Thanks, Stub for forwarding Chris's messages. And please send a special thanks to Chris and his crew, as well as to the Marines. Email and the Intemet have really changed unofficial communication to and from ships at sea. I like it!

StiU with the Chaces, Joy and Stub are spending the summer visiting friends and relatives including several of their children. Thesettavelshave taken them to Savannah to see Dixie and Gus Viers. From there, they went to see son Chris's daughter graduate in Chesapeake in June. Then, it was on to daughter Cindy's in Northern Virginia for a week followed by about a month in Massachusetts in Swansea and on the Cape before heading to Delaware to see Mickey and Pat O'Connell. After that visit, it was back to Cindy's for several weeks followed by more time on the Cape and then a final stop with Cindy again before they retumed to their West Palm Beach home. It seems as if they put as many miles on their car during the summer as we do. This snowbird business is hard work!

We went to Rick CoUins' funeral at Arlington on 7 July. The full military honors were as impressive as ever and I told Catherine that I felt sure Rick would have approved. Later, Catherine and the rest of Rick's family hosted a luncheon at the Fort Myers Officer's Club, where there were several eulogies that I also felt sure would have made Rick proud. Charlie Cole was one of the honorary pallbearers and was in attendance at the lunch, as were Gus Hubal and Sally and I, representing the Class. Other Classmates were at the services, but could not stay for the luncheon. Catherine did a wonderful job organizing the service and acting as the main speaker and her performance also would have made Rick proud. It was as nice a way to say goodbye to a Classmate as I have seen. The picture shows CharUe and Gus at the luncheon.

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Charlie and Gus Jim Baldinger sent in a letter with a wonderful old picture. The picture shows 'benchwarmers' Ed Dixon and Jim during a Plebe Year football game.

Jim thinks the Classmate wearing number 40 is Ray Bright. Jim is still a resident of Las Vegas and has an open invitation out to any '53ers visiting 'Sin City' to give them a call. His three former NFL player sons are all doing well. Brian is a football analyst for Fox Sports and loves it. Rich does color for the Kansas City Chiefs, while son Gary seUs surgical instmments in New York. (Are any of those instmments used on football players?). The three boys played a combined total of 31 years, which ranks them in fifth place in most time played by brothers. The three Baldinger girls are all doing well also. One is a nutritionist, one a teacher and the third is a physical fitness expert in Beverly Hills. Jim's final words are "Beat Army" which is a thought we can all endorse. Thanks, and if you can find any more pictures like this one send them in.

Baldinger and Dixon, gridiron heroes Sam Houston sent in a copy of a poem that Sally had also heard and had once given to Father Jim Walker. It is a good prayer and is pretty appropriate for a lot of Naval Academy types. It goes; Dear God; So far today I've done allright.I haven't gossiped. I haven't lost my temper. I haven't lied or cheated. I haven't been greedy, grampy, nasty, selfish or overindulgent. I'm very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed; and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help. Amen.

Bill Deale wrote in with the news that he had recently visited the Air University School of Advanced Airpower Studies to attend the graduation of his son, Tom. He said it was great to see so many wholesome graduates and their distinguished mentors. Gen Chuck Homer (of the Gulf War and the book. Every Man a Tiger) gave an inspiring commencement address. Bill Writes; A highlight of the trip was visiting our Classmate, Dr Dave Mets, professor of technology and innovation. It should be noted that Dave is a world renowned authority on Airpower.

In addition to publishing many articles for professional joumals, Dave has written several books including, NATO: Alliance for Peace (1981), Land Based Airpower in Third World Crises (1986), Master of Airpower-Gen Carl A. Spaatz (1988),

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The Air Campaign-John Warden and the Classical Airpower Theorists (1998). Bill concludes "Not bad for an Airdale from Naps." Bill's first picture shows Bill, his son, Tom, and Dave Mets. The second picture shows Bill and Dave with Gen Homer.

merangs for all the kids. They finished their trip with ten days in Japan. A few days were in Fugi where Tony and several other Classmates were stationed in 1954-55. He recommends the New Sanno Hotel in Tokyo. It is another DOD/R&R hotel, is outstanding and is located right downtown. Tony says, "Japan is expensive, but the sight seeing is fantastic. Anyone wanting info on the Hale Koa or the New Sanno call me at 717-334-6418." Thanks Tony, that sounds like some kind of a trip.

Tony Dowd at the Enola Gay bomb loading pit Col Deale, Gen Homer and Col Mets As mentioned earlier, l^ke Furey is planning a party to celebrate the 100th meeting between the football teams of Army and Navy on 4 December He has sent out emails and letters to all Classmates from USNA residing in Washington, Northem Oregon and Idaho and is having the USMA Class of '53 Secretary do the same to initiate the First Annual Pacific Northwest Class of 1953 Army/Navy game get-together, l y k e and Curt Anderson, with the assistance of their wives, PauUne and Linda, have tentatively reserved the Port Orchard Yacht Club located on Sinclair Inlet leading out to the magnificent Puget Sound for a meeting site. It has all faciUties needed, and for non-football lovers, there are views of Bremerton, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, decommissioned ships and submarines of our active duty days as well as passing recreational sail and power boats. Initial cost estimates indicate that about $25 per couple may be needed to cover cost of the facility, and I think the cost of fixings and setups for a buffet and a BYOB bar.

I'm sure Tyke would welcome other Classmates that are not residents of the area as well, ff you want more information, write or call T^ke at 6780 SW McCormick Woods Drive, Port Orchard, WA 98367; 360-895-3197; tykef@telebyte.com.

Sounds Uke a great idea. Tyke!

Pat and Tony Dowd just retumed from an extended trip to the South Pacific. It started with a week on Oahu where they originally met in 1955.

They stayed at the Hale Koa, which the Zirps had recommended. Tony says, that on a scale of 1-10, it is an I I . Hale Koa means "House of the Warrior" and Tony says he is going to make a sign for his driveway that says "Dowd-Hale Koa." Their next stop was Guam, where they visited their son, Tim. Tim is a former Navy dentist who has stayed in Guam and practices both on Guam and on Saipan. Pat and Tony took a five-day trip to Saipan and Tinian. Their first picture shows Tony next to the bomb-loading pit where the Enola Gay was armed. The second picture was taken at the Suicide Cliffs on Saipan. Tony says that all the islands had suicide cliffs, as the Japanese thought suicide was preferable to capture by American Soldiers and Marines. Australia was next. They toured the rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef, and made lots of shopping forays. Tony looks great in his Crocodile Dundee hat, but is not popular with the rest of the adults in his family, as he bought killer boo-

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Pat and Tony Dowd at the Saipan suicide cliffs An all-bold type message from Nancy and Bob Gorman announced the birth of their first grandchildâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Taylor Robert Locke. Taylor is the son of their daughter, Kristine, and her husband, Rob. He was bom on 16 July and weighed in at 6 lbs. 4 oz and stands a tall 19 inches. "He will probably participate in his first competitive water polo match before he solos in an N-3-N. Kris swam for Santa Barbara with Rob as her coach. He really used to give her hell before they were marriedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;now she mies the roost!" Thanks Nancy and Bob, and congratulations to all. Grandkids are great, just don't get trapped into extended periods of babysitting.

That is really hard work and men of our generation were not exposed to it.

Other pictures this month include a great shot of Milt Tolman surrounded by Sally and his wife, Ilona; a Class luncheon picture showing Dean Smith and Earl Griggs; and five great portrait quality shots taken at our June Pavilion Party by Ed Chase. The first shot is of Carl Trost; the second is of Jack Morrison; the third is of Joe Smith; the next is of Steve Hostetler and the final one is Jack Hoch. Thanks again, Ed, these are wonderful and I still have more for future issues.

Milt Tolman surrounded by blondes

Dean Smith and Earl Griggs

Carl Trost

Jack Morrison

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Don't forget Class luncheons are on the first Tuesday of each month at the Fort McNair Officer's Club at 11:30 a.m. Be sure to periodically check Paul Dudley's Class of 1953 Web page at the address at the top of the column. An up-to-date list of all of us that have email addresses is there as well as notices of upcoming Class events and the latest sad news that we know about. Keep the news coming inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I'm about out. And don't forget our tailgates. Kickoff for all the home games this year is at 12:00 noon, so show up earlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;about 9:30 a.m. or so. Go Navy, Beat Army, Air Force and as many others as possible! Cheers, Dave.

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to Right; Paul Foley, daughter Mid Mary Beth Foley '02, grand-nephew Mid Sylvester R. Foley IV '02, and Paul's brother ADM Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., USN (Ret). This get together was during Parent's Weekend in August 1998 and the smiles on the faces of the two Mids are broader now that they are Youngsters. Paul opined that he didn't know which was tougher to go through, Plebe Year as a Plebe or as a parent of one.

Regular Membership: 43% Life Membership: 25%

Pres: COL Fitz W. Woodrow, USMC (Ret.) Sec'y; CAPT Oliver Shearer, Jr. USN (Ret.) 9615 Podium Dr., Vienna, VA 22182-3338 h; 703-938-5211; e; ovshearer@erols.com Webmaster; Will Croom e; willyaye@erols.com Class Website; http;//www.usna54.net Class News From the Class President's July message on the web page. Zeberlein has over 500 reservations (more than 300 Classmates registered) and he's expecting close to 350 Classmates. By now we'll know whether that many attended. Photos and some reports on the Reunion will be in the December issue. Dick Damico had surgery for a collapsed lung on 6 July and is fighting emphysema.

At the Northem Virginia Class luncheon on 14 July, Herb Hope reported that Dick was out of hospital, tubes were removed and his lung was inflated.

Dub Fullam's daughter Kathleen Pesce contacted Fitz and wanted to leam some things about her father. If any of you can add to what Fred Franco, Steve Eisenhauer, Dick Alger and Padberg sent her (which was a good bit), her email address is kafullam@aol.com. She called Fitz and expressed her appreciation and admiration for the Class's kindness to her.

Tom Banfleld (5) reported in on Bastille Day from Paris, on his way back to Chicago for the rest of the year. Tom's email described the military parade on the Champs Elysees which displayed 50 units of France's three armies, the women soldiers wearing culottes and boots with two inch heels, and the non-feminized French Foreign Legion which were, by far, the most popular of the all the ttoops (land, sea, air and police).

Deuel and Banfield in Paris Paul Foley (21) sent a photo of the latest addition to the Foley Naval Dynasty at the USNA. Left

The Foley Clan The following was heard at the NOVA July Class luncheon. Jean and Jim Couillard (17) from Natchez, MS crawdad countty have been spending much of their time at their cottage in Virginia on Lake Smith, which has a shore line of over 500 miles. Jim is emphatic that it's the best place on the East Coast to get away from the D.C. beltway and overly congested ttaffic area. Jim Bell recentiy had talked to Glen Burke (9) from Cumberland, MD, and leamed that Glen had another heart attack and received angioplasty treatment.

In Memory Mary Sisson, beloved wife of Tom Sisson passed away on 28 June, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services were held at All Saints Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. on 9 July, followed by burial in Arlington Cemetery.

Classmates attending were Peg and Bill Greenlaw, Harriett and Bud Hankins, Bea and John Hurt, and Ruth and Jim Hay. The Sissons spent about six months each year living in Paris, France and the other half in Rehobeth Beach, DE. We will miss visiting with Mary during the AnnapoUs tailgates before home games.

7 July brought two more messages of sad news.

Fred Kinley (11) passed away on 7 July at U.S. Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA, during surgery to repair an aorta. Mass of the Resurrection was held at the Church of the Holy Family in Virginia Beach on 11 July and interment and graveside services were at the Eastem Shore Chapel followed by a reception at the Kinley home. Five of the six pallbearers were Classmates; Rod Crawford, Jim Hay, Dick Hollenbach, Bill Hoover and Bill Hunter. Other Classmates present were; Joe Zable, Dave Glunt, Oscar Herzer, Herb Crane, Bob Briner, Buster Bilyeu, Jack Wildman, Pete Easton, Ham CaldweU and Herb Hope. His wife, PrisciUa; his daughter, Kara; and two sons, Paul and Guy survive Fred. The entire family had been together for a week of vacation in Sedona, AZ ten days before Fred died.

Barney Greisen forwarded the sad news that Zyg Kowalskey (19) passed away at home in Gulf Breeze, FL, on 7 July after a long battle with cirrhosis of the Uver. Funeral services with fuU miUtary honors were held at Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola NAS, on 12 July. Our sympathies go with the Sisson, Kinley and Kowalskey famiUes. In a phone call from Homer, AK, Stan Houghton (5) brought me up to date on his and Shirley's plans to drive their RV to Annapolis for our 45th Reunion. Stan has been quite the outdoorsman and literally "lives off the land" in 85

catching salmon, shooting moose, vegetable gardening during the short growing season and cutting timber for stove wood and home improvements. Natives in Homer call him "Chain-Saw Stan."

As part of our never-ending effort to find the whereabouts of "missing" Classmates, Harvey Taffet undertook a search of the Social Security Death Index in June. We're sorry to say that he tumed up the names of three Classmates who appear to be deceased. They, their companies, and their reported dates of death are; Terry Carpenter (13) 10/24/81; Robert Hatfield (17) 3/2/96; and Roy Langrind (22) August 1990. We would appreciate everyone's help to document their postgraduation lives. Please send any information you may have to Harvey Taffet, 502 Eleuthera Lane, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937-4415.

Mike Nassr sent in this report from Don Walsh conceming Larry Shumaker who has taken another job and moved from Hawaii to CONUS. Larry's new abode; 5550 Balboa Arms Drive, Apt #74 San Diego, CA 92117; 858-974-1623. He is now field operations manager for a manned submersible program, "Sustainable Seas" that is doing scientific dives in the 12 US marine sanctuary areas over the next five years. They are using two 2000-foot one-person DeepWorker submersibles.

Though his primary job is managing the operation, he does get to pilot the subs occasionally. Don quipped; "as you may know, he was my Assistant Officer in Charge of TRIESTE in '59-'62.1 had him by 16 numbers so I got to be boss."

A lot of us in the Virginia-Maryland area were pleased to hear that Dick HoUenbach was moving back to the AnnapoUs area. This retum foUowed an early summer move to Edenton, NC. Though he's not returning to the same house he will retrieve his former telephone number. Dick has been a real stalwart in the mechanics of '54 social activities in the Annapolis area. Welcome back Dick!

Your scribe asked Phil Livingstone to send proof of his last trip to Russia. Phil gladly compUed and provided a photo of himseff and Gail with a friendly Russian bear on Kizhi Island, Lake Onega, Russia. This was at one stop along the river cmise from St. Petersburg to Moscow in June.

Livingstones with a Red Bear George Henson left the fast lane in Philadelphia and headed down to Norfolk early this year to attend the inactivation of JAMES K . POLK, one of

the Navy's two SEAL Team delivery submarines.

George was GOLD CREW commissioning XO in

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'54 Tailgate on the Severn 1965 when she started off as an SSBN and was the last of the nine ships that he served aboard which still remained in service. In Febmary, he and Mary Jane escaped the mild rigors of the winter for two weeks of basking in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Marsha and Lu Yarger dropped by their Phoenixville, PA abode for an early June weekend of reminiscing and renewing. George and Bob McCaffrey, both 11th Company veterans, got together for a mid-July luncheon to compare notes.

Next big event was a two-week trip to Cape Cod for some summer fun in July/August. Among other retired pastimes, George tries to hone his modest computer skills by composing the quarterly newsletter of the Valley Forge Chapter, TROA. George and Mary Jane extend an invitation for all ttansiting Classmates to stop by and sociaUze. The September column reported on the "Spontaneous Tailgate" held at Hospital Point on the Sevem. In view of the necessary free cooking and creature comfort facilities available, this site will be a prime contender for our Class picnic next June.

The following Ed Tipshus story came from the wire services.

Sandy and I stayed at Lowes Annapolis, where our 45th will be held. I managed to go to the Yard on 4 July expecting to see the new Plebes running around being harassed by the new Second Class Plebe Summer Detail. They started to arrive on 1 July. It was strangely empty, like deserted. I thought for a minute war had been declared, and I didn't get the word. I went to the Midshipman Store, now called the gender neutral Academy Store to get a few things and it was closed for the long weekend. Great! I then ran into two Segundos, the only Mids I saw until late that night when I saw three in town in their white trou/short sleeves, and frame caps. The two had on Plebe Detail t-shirts, and had just finished some workout on what used to be Dewey Basin.

I asked them where the new Plebes were. They said they were in King Hall (mess hall) taking some tests, and then they would retire to their rooms in the 4th and 6th Wings. The Yard was the emptiest I had ever seen it, even when we were there Plebe Summer. In the discussion with the 2/C, I also was informed that nothing goes on with the Plebes until 6 July, when they say it is like Marine Boot Camp. I did not want to tell them that they could not even start to appreciate what Boot Camp was in '47, nor could it be as bad as Parris Island in the '90s, and we went on to other things. The Plebes were bussed from Alumni Hall to Bancroft on 1-2 July, as they signed in and got their stuff, because it was too hot to walk (in the high 90's). If the Navy is going to instill a little hardship, why not take advantage of the heat also? Close monitoring easily prevents heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Guess there's no time for sergeants or stress these days. In the discussion I complained about how

terrible it was for us not being able to date girls at USNA and Annapolis when we were Plebes.

The 2/C appeared startled and informed me that Plebes are allowed to date. You can imagine my surprise. It appeared they thought Plebes were always allowed to date. Of course, they were quick to add that they were not allowed to date other Midshipmen. Tough regulation! When I remarked about how distracting it must be to be in a Classroom with good looking girls, they remarked "well, that doesn't occur very often... implying that most of the female Mids are not good looking. I recounted an experience in Vietnam when several advisors were entertained by a USO trio with a female entertainer who was rather bedraggled and long in the tooth but looked enticing to us. So, maybe they got the message, or Mids nowadays are getting too much salt peter (KN03) in the sugar in the mess hall.

The first wing has scaffolding all over it, so it is under renovation. Maryland Avenue (gate 3) is now a quiet street, as all the action is near the entrance (old back gate 1). The Little Campus Inn is now an Irish Pub called Galway Bay. Gate 2 is closed, and I think it has been for about 30 years. Downtown, meaning around the waterfix)nt where oyster boats moored, is loaded with tourists, and is becoming somewhat of an esplanade and boy-girl visual exchange, intermixed with tourists of all ages. There were a few loud boom box cars and throbbing motorcyclists breaking the nice peace and quiet of Main and West Streets.

For dinner I had six jumbo blue crabs with all the trimmings and feared to look at the scales the next AM. The next moming after checking out, we went to Chick and Ruths Deli on Main street for Breakfast (Ruth died in '88, Chick in '95), and who do I run into at the door, but Diane and Bill Peery. We had breakfast together, and chatted. They live about a mile on the other side of Manressa across the river, and had just retumed from Mass at St. Anns, and do breakfast in Annapolis. BiU picked up the tab, would not give it up and even though Sandy and I ate larger meals than did the Peerys. We then got on the road to Atlantic City and Harrahs.

In the July-August column. Buz Henefin reported on the 1999 Super Bowl party at Chuck McLean's house in Ocean City, MD. The wives surrounding Jim Zimmerman who provided all the dips and dishes are (on the following page), L to R; Kirby Zimmerman, Pam Martin, Audrey Robey, Betsy Henefin and Sue McLean.

An earlier column this year mentioned Lee and Brad Bassett travels to Europe, Africa and the Far East. Brad sent a photo of himself and Lee posing in front of the snow-capped Pyrenees.

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Bassetts in the PyTenees A holdover photo from the 21st Company's miniReimion cruise on TWIUGHT in June with a stopover at Chestout Moimtain Resort on the Mississippi features, L to R; Tann Lightsey, Alice Lightsey, Agnes Ann and Raley Thomley.

ter and also looking for a retirement home in the Annapolis area. A neighbor. Bill Kennington (07) was absent since he was sailing in the Maryland Governor's Cup Race from Annapolis to St. Mary's City. Sabra Kennington arrived in his absence with enough of Bill's famous potato salad to satisfy everyone. Karen and Pat Taylor (16) were up from Virginia Beach and Pat promised a full report on CharUe Plumly's (16) adventures on the Appalachian Trail. Jan and Ray Ways (23) did not bring their boat, but have started planning a trip down to the Patuxent River to visit Joannie and Dick Morgen (03). Betsy and Bob Fountain (06) were up from Monttoss, VA. Bob declared it would be a tough year for his farm if the drought did not end soon. Altogether, it was a great aftemoon and a grand party, as attested to by the accompanying pictures.

John and Betsy Thune, Hartley Holte and Tom Mclssac Otto Zipf( 15) sends: Peggy and I just completed a great trip to Spain at the end of June. This trip of three weeks generated many good pictures, but this one represents probably the highlight of our trip. We were fortunate to receive a wonderful personal tour which took us behind the doors of the Lladro figurine factory on the outskirts of Valencia. For anyone who has an interest in Lladro porcelain figurines, this detailed tour will increase one's appreciation of these coveted figurines. After observing closely how these figurines and ornaments are made, one can traly rationalize that their cost in the U.S. is very reasonable. We felt as children in a shop full of toys and candy. But, no samples unfortunately. We traveled by rental car, spending a week in Marbella during the time of their annual Feria. Prior to our last four days in Madrid, we spent time at five different Paradores, including Segovia, which is worth a visit for its historical sights.

Lightseys and Thomleys at Chestnut Mountain

Regular Membership: 37% Life Membership: 26%

Fred Koester, Don Conner and Hartley Holte

Don Conner and Bob Fountain

Pres; LCDR Dennis SuUivan, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Thomas G. Kiefaber, USN (Ret.) 11814 Triple Crown Rd., Reston, VA 20191 h; 703-758-1077; e; KIEF55@aol.com http://members.aol.com/us55na/index.html The Annual Shrimp and Crab Shindig at Anne and Wes Saunders' (23) home beside the Sevem was held on 10 July. Wes controlled the weatiier masterfullyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the forecasters had predicted certain thunderstorms during the aftemoon. But after a cooling drizzle in the early aftemoon, the skies were cloudy, but dryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;no further rain. Some 30 of the faithful from Washington and Annapolis attended. Sally and Hartley Holte (13) came the farthest, from Indiana. They were visiting a daughRay Ways and Dick Morgan Shipmate, October 1999

The Zipf's in Spain

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Potpourri We're up to 256 members on our '55 Listserv.

'55 Golf in the Washington, D . C , area continues with the usual cast of characters doing the honors and leading the pack. About 15 "swingers" show up each time. Usually, Hank Mustin's (12) lovely lady, Lucy, Tony Bracken (20) and Ray Hine (20) are winners. At one of their last outings, Denny Sullivan (13) achieved a personal best of 103!

Part of the Golf crowd BiU Anders (22) has been quite busy doing air shows in the Heritage Flight program of the USAFâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;flying in formation and mild acrobatics with F15, F16, and/or AlO. He's racing Wampus Cat (F8F-2) at the Reno Air Show again, as well as doing the air show in Val-HaUa (P51). Also, he has quite a stable of airplanes (11) in the new Heritage Flight Museum.

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Regular Membership: 41% Life Membership: 24%

Class Executive Committee Co-Chairmen; CAPT Douglass E Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) COL George Mushaiko, USAF (Ret.) (15) Secy; Pete Randrup (3) e; hardhead@erols.com; h/f; (410) 243-0552 4407 Atwick Road, Baltimore MD 21210 Class Web Page; http;//home.att.net/~US56NA/ index.htm Tom Colman (4) has presented the Class with a centtal location of reference materials and a delightful 'News and Nostalgia' newsgroup on which any member of the '56 community is invited to post Shipmate type material.

Class Email Services The '56 Communications Directory is found on the Class Page. It provides the email address for over 260 members of the '56 community. Those who do not have access to the web but wish an email copy of this directory may have it sent upon request to the Secretary.

For easier broadcast mailing there are two Class Usts which distribute messages to over 260 subscribers from the '56 community.'56USNAHotList handles important announcement or inquiry m e s s a g e s . The companion list is '56USNA-Common; it distributes your discussion messages. The only subjects for these two lists are personal. Class and Academy topics. The ttaffic on these two Usts is very Ught. AU '56ers should arrange this coverage. Check with the Secretary if interested in subscribing but in need of confidentiality.

Here's the way to provide information on sickness, ills, and recovery as well as deaths as they

occur. Subscriptions to these Usts may be done by accessing these two sites; http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/ 56USNA-HotList http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/ 56USNA-Common.

Additional lists for '56ers are the general discussion service and its media/document service companion as provided by Vem Bush (4). To subscribe for the discussion service; h t t p ; / / www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/56Underground.

For the media service, subscribe at this site: http;/ /www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/56UgTopical.

A variety service is offered by Bill Simpson (12). Email contact at olspice@flash.net if interested in subscribing to his messages.

Mike Gluse (16) has his snappy look about him In Memory Roy Meredith PhilUps. It has been confirmed

by Perry Westmoreland (3) that indeed Roy had died in Simi Valley, CA on 4 May 1993, from colon cancer at the age of 60. Perry visited with Roy's stepson to confirm an earlier phone report by the USNAAA. He leamed that Roy had been for many years the marketing manager for RANTEC, a microwave and electronics firm and was dearly loved by his family.

Marsha Woods. On 2 July 1999, at home in Huntsville, AL, Marsha, wife of Herb Woods (6), passed away as a result of lung cancer. She had surgery last November and there were hopes that she would recover, but unfortunately, the cancer came back.

Georgia Jordan. We received the sad news that Georgia, wife of Hank Jordan (4), died on 29 July 1999, in Baltimore, MD. She had been fighting cancer for about a year.

Class Fraternity In the 40th Reunion Book (p. 51), the following was noted; Lawrence Lowden (14) was reported deceased in Shipmate, but the date and place of his death are unknown. Until his death can be substantiated, he is being counted among the missmg.

ff anyone m the Class knows sometiiing conceming Larry, please let the Secretary know about it.

Likewise, does anyone have information on the whereabouts of the following members of the '56 community? Bob Kemper's (16) wife, Carol, appears to have moved from Pensacola, FL. There is no record on hand for either Jim Wolverton's (21) widow, Barbara, or the widow of Al McPherson (16).

Bright eyed and bushy tailed: Rich Seeshohz, Jim Van Metre, and Dick Walsh at a tailgate I RecaU that hot day over in the pits at the North Sevem rifle range, the guy who broke the ice of your blues with a joke or an offered Chesterfield.

Having shared those events early in our Academy program is the real bond among the '56ers. Can you help us now locate the below Usted men from the '56 roster. No contact information (address, telephone number, email address) is available for the following people. Can you help develop a profile on what they have been doing through these many years? These fellows are part of the '56 family but contact has been lost. Please pass on to the Secretary any clues or information that you may have. Thank you.

Allfrey, William Dyral (22); AlUson, Howard Charles; Allman, Robert Behner (21); Andersen, Franklyn Dayle; Anderson, Donald Edward Jr. (21?); Anderson, Donald Gene (21?); Andrews, Allen Archie (8); Amold, James Joseph Jr. (11); Arrigan, Robert Francis (10); Babel, Henry Wolfgang; Baker, Robert Walter "Bob" (12?); Baker, Thomas Kenneth (12?); Ballance, Robert Green Jr. (7); Ballard, Thompson Howard (1); Bannerman, Clifford Adolph L. (21); Barlow, Edward Everett Jr.; Bauman, John Morton "John" (24); Beason, Martin Stanley (12); Beaver, Lawrence Eugene; Beilharz, James Virgil (18); Benjamin, Thomas Elden (10); Benninger, Lester David; Benson, Robert Oregon; Biays, Walter Tuckerman; Blizard, Robert Edward; Bobbin, Buddy Lane; Borden, Clifford A. " C l i f f (7); Bosso, Andrew Joseph; Boyle, Bmce Howard; Brantiey, Rabun Lee Jr (8); Brown, Stanley Reeves

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(22); Brush. Charies Keyes (19); Bull, John Carraway Jr. (23); Burks, Robert Edward; Bumette, Scott (20); Busey, William Morse (21); Byrom, James Thomas (9); Caldwell, Henry Howard Jr. (12); CarroH, John Douglas (14); Carter, Henry Earl Jr.; Carter. Richard Starr.

'56 Funding Memorial Chairs Consider sending three payments of $150 over a three-year span to George Heidrich (7), the Class Treasurer, to set the Class funding of these memorials on a sound basis. It is suggested that the monies be earmarked for general funding of memorial chairs. In essence, this will fund your chair, plus kick in 50% of one for another Classmate as that need may appear.

Chan Medwedeff. Bill Doemer. Ed Parker, and Judi Hayman at Bennetts A-N Game '56 Class Gift to the Academy At the Executive Committee meeting in early August (time at which this column was being written), there were excellent reports on the generous response from the Class during the current gift drive. WeU done!

'56 Upcoming November Birthdays 2—Fulk. John Snyder; 3 — G h e r i n g ; 4 — Granger. McMuUen, Carl Murray, O'Neil, Shelso; 5—Biles. Rosenhauer; 6—Barton Myers; 8—Bill Green; 9—Widner; 10—Bair, Hale, O'Connell; 11—Ted Andrews, Boensch, John Caldwell, Frank Smith; 12—Marr; 13—GoUehon; 16—Janetatos; 17—Weigold; 18—Piske, Schweiger; 19—Perry Stone; 20—Gauthreaux, Kirkpatrick, Krinner, Minton, Smiley, Sterling; 21—Coker, Frank Murray; 22—Fellowes, Lee McMillan; 2 3 — Detore, Furlong, Hogg, Nagel; 24—LaUy, Nichols; 25—^Baggs, Dickey, Westerhausen; 26—Hoemer; 27—Shultz, S p e l l m a n , Tatom; 2 8 — C h a r l i e Hansen, Stammer; and 30—Medwedeff, Schoep.

Class Gatherings Dayton, OH—Several '56ers had promised themselves a gathering 'one of these days' for several years. And with the local work of Doug Osgood (3), just that kind of two night affair came into fmition! The highlights included the lively arrival evening meal together at the Holiday Inn on Friday, a tour of the Air Force Museum and a tour-ride in a WWII (vintage 1944) duck around town and in the local river during the day on Saturday, and a super diner Samrday night at the Green Country Club (manager there dropped in for a

visit—would you believe she was a WooPoo '91 grad!) as arranged by Bob Montgomery (7). In addition to Ann and Doug Osgood and Dorothy and Bob Montgomery, others attending included Rosemary and Ed Covey (7), Sarita and Norm Frith (3), Doris and Frank Graham (17), and Elie and Pete Randrup (3). Several Classmates had to cancel out at the last moment. Bob Shumaker (3) had planned to fly his plane in, but Lorraine began her dialysis tteatments just then; and Dick Guest (5) sent on this word; I hope you all have a great time at the "Garden Spot of the World"! I want to include a thanks for the work Doug Osgood (3) has done. Also, it was great hearing some news about George Welsh (1). He looks the same today as in the 1950's—the scrawny legged 155 lb. quarterback I used to block for all the time so he could pass, pass and pass some more. I'll get in touch with him somehow soon.

At the USAF Museum: Doug, Pete. Norm, and Frank Vu-gtnia Beach—From the acting spokesman for Tidewater '56 group. Ken Costilow (7); As reported before, the '56ers here have decided to meet more frequently this year, giving vent to more good fellowship than ever! We hope to let our friends around the world hear from us and to Join us as events may bring others from the Class into the Norfolk-Vurginia Beach area.

The first meeting in August had twelve '56ers in attendance. Attempts at photo recon were made.

News from Classmates Choppy Cusachs (5) reports in with an update on the Binnacle Lists Louisiana section; Carol Lee is doing fine. She completed the radiation treatments, and the pathology report on the tissue removed cited "clear edges." We hope that this is the end of the recurrence, but that will not be really known for five years. She is slowly migrating her psychological counseling practice here from Baton Rouge.

Our cat. Miss Squeaks, had four kittens which are getting to the lively almost adolescent stage.

We call them the "gang of four" I suspect they will start sharing the outside world with our two Lab-mix puppies—don't know if the woods can actually take that combination! Its a fact that our garden certainly couldn't live through the pups just making their occasional outings. The garden rests in pieces.

Smiling at the Dayton Gathering in July: Coveys, Montgomerys, Osgoods, Randmps, Friths, and Grahams

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I am nursing a grape vine back to life; I found it in the driveway with all the dirt gone from its roots and all but one leaf gone. Repotted it and now a couple of leaf buds are open, so it may yet survive.

We understand that Herb Woods (6) is heading into the neighborhood. That's really fine!

Slidell is just down the I-12 road from our place here in Goodbee.

As mentioned in the above. Herb Woods (6) is in Huntsville, AL, and shall finish up some new consulting work before sliding over to Slidell, LA (that's NNE of New Orleans, just across Lake Pontcharttain) and adding to its 26,000 population.

He plans to develop a waterfront home, with boat dock, as an accommodation for all and any '56ers who might be heading toward Cajun Land or taking in the Mardi-Gras.

Ralph Schwartz (24) retumed to the old years recently and filed this report; Louisa and I went to my high school reunion (50th) in Amityville, NY and met up with Rock Dolson and his wife. He was the football and track coach at Amityville the last two years I was there. But worldly events being as they were then, he found himself called up for the Korean action. But uncle had other plans for this LCDR USNR. If you remember he was at NAPS with us as an history instmctor and the football coach.

His squad our year did very well, five to three record, and whipping Army Preps eleven 27-0.

He still has a short haircut, looks well, and lives in Connecticut. We relived a few stories about Capt. Frank E. Seaback, USMC, our Batt Officer and the events of those past times. For those who may be interested in contacting him, his address is Ralph Frank Dolson, 30 Quarry Path, Stonington, CT 06378.

Your scribe just took a look at his Cruise 1952 NAPS Yearbook, and here's the names of th e aforementioned football squad—those who came into '56 are in bold script; Ken Moore; Dave Martin; Bill Herig; Bill McMurty; Buzz Mann; J.H. Ingold; Bill Fuchs; Bill Rourke; Larry Hinman; Charlie Hoff; George Thomas '57; Doug Thom; Vem Bush; Frank Reich; Alex MacDonald; John Powers; Phi! Smith; John Popham; Rod Flannery; Pierce Ferriter; Gene Geib; Ed Bagwell; Tony DeCeilio; Jim Beilharz; Joe Taff; Jim Decker; Mike Dwyer; Don Huckins; Lee Waddle; Audie Audilet; James E. Boyd '57; Dick Swanenburg; Roger Root; M.A. David; Norman Henry; Robert Thomas; Hugh Hillenbrand; and John Annexstad.

Coaches: Head - LCDR FJ. Dolson; LTJG W.A. Abrmitis; LT Trebbe; and LT R.L. Guy. Breaking away from d o w n t o w n , urban Fayetteville, PA, Carolyn and Frank McMuUen (11) give us two reports on their latest adventures; On our way to Hong Kong and China, we spent a few days in San Diego visiting with our son and his family. I had advised Carl Nelson (10) of our visit, and the Left Coast did their special thing. He and Jim Thomas (9) graciously set up a '56 West lunch at the old Hamburguesa, now the Rancho El Lopal, in Old Towne. It was a most enjoyable time. Classmates and wives who attended were: Jim Thomas, Barb and Carl Nelson (10), Jody Nelson, Jim Murtland (10), Helen and Jim Edgerton (1), Heather and Mai Malloy (10), Perry Westmorland (3), Joe Talbert (2), and Elinore Foumier Cape Hatteras was delightful, but getting there was almost too hard. Everything was fine until we hit a little jerk-water place on Rt 168/158 called Grandy, NC. There's one traffic light, and it gives equal time to nonexistent cross-traffic! I swear the entire Outer Banks is going to sink under the sheer weight of all the development and vehicles. We stayed at the Hatteras Cabanas in Hatteras Village, and even there the development is creeping in.

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a fisherman, no pictures for Shipmate will be forthcoming of me catching the big one!

Ken Godstrey (11) cranks up his red Tin Lizzie with '56USNA tags, heads off to the BWI airport; Barb and I are going to travel into the Pacific Northwest. Neither of us have ever been in that region. Port of Entry is doing the Seattle thing, of course, and then we'll be taking in some of the sights in the area. We're looking forward to it for many reasons, but the key is that our group includes four other couples from our high school days (three married their high school sweethearts!) who are coming in from Califomia and Florida. Should be great fun!

Great news for the your scribe came in the form of a message from his Second Class Year roomie.

Gene Sullivan (3).

First the personal side of the ledger: After retiring from the Navy in 1976, Ann and I settled in Metairie, LA, really the northwest half of New Orleans. After fifteen years with the local electric utility company and a few years with some engineering design firms, I am now fully vested in the retired, retired, retired program! My only contact with the Navy has been Shipmate, and an occasional passing visit with a service shipmate (or their children). Always open for a shout...hope to hear from Classmates.

This is the third installment in the Jane and Howie Burdick (1) summer voyage; We've been most fortunate with the weather, there have only been a couple of days when visibility was less than two miles. Seals began showing up in the Sheepscot River area, increasing in numbers in the Penobscot Bay area. Also, we have been seeing a number of porpoises.

Setting an easterly course, we sailed over to Monhegan Island, thence up into the beautiful Penobscot Bay with ovemight stays in Hewett Island, Camden, Pulpit Harbor (North Haven Island),Castine, Wood Island (Isleboro archipelago), Frenchboro (the outermost Long Island), and settled in at Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island. This is about as far Down East as we will go, and we will start working our way back against the prevaihng Southwesterlies, as we need to be in Newport by 11 August.

We spent two nights in Northeast Harbor which is several miles south of Cadillac Mountain (1530 ft. high), doing errands ashore and visiting at the Acadia National Park Visitor Center and the sights of Bar Harbor. Made a dinghy mn and then walked to the lovely Asticou. After a little rain, we set off for Blue Hill Bay. There we were with the seals, as they were basking right beside us. Ashore, there was the walk, to and up Blue Hill Mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a bit more than five miles round trip overall, and just under a thousand feet up. Subsequent days found us starting back through Eggemogin Reach (between Deer Isle and the mainland), with an overnight stay in Center Harbor, thence to North Haven Harbor and on to the outermost inhabited Matinicus Island in the northem reaches of the Gulf of Maine.

The next moming it was off to Poorhouse Cove (just off the Johns River, North of Christmas Cove, where a Middletown neighbor and family have a cottage and a good mooring). It rained and thundered most of that night, beginning right after we picked up the mooring. Our mail had been forwarded ahead, so on Sunday morning we sat there praising the Lord and paying our bills. Except for the pea soup fog as we were sailing from Matinicus Island, the weather has held nicely for the cmise. But one surprise is that we did more motor sailing than I had envisioned, in order to get where we were heading in a reasonable time.

Sunday we took in the late service at St. Andrews in Newcastle with our Middletown neighbor, followed by an auto tour of the area and a nice dinner. Monday moming came up with fog. We set off for Christmas Cove via the Thread of Life, a narrow rock strewn waterway in the southwestern reaches of the St. John's Bay, en route to Cape Newagen. Fog lifted long enough for a detour look at Boothbay Harbor Remain-

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der of week had us in varying fog up in Casco Bay at The Goslings (northeast of Portland), Wood Island, Biddeford Pool, York Harbor (where they also have a Cliff Walk similar to that in Newport, RI), back out to the Isles of Shoals (we got ashore this time), and now in Gloucester.

From there, we expect to head off to Provincetown, then work our way back through the Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay and the Islands. Its a good life!

Not to be out done, Colorado Dan, Vem Dander (5) also speaks to doing the sea thing Down East; Back in the fold after a week in Maine. Our trip started out with a half day in Boston so that I could see my brick with Claire and our daughter, Katherine. For Christmas my daughter gave me a brick with my name engraved on it which is currently ensconced in the vicinity of the Constitution museum in Bean Town. I conveyed to them the implications of being bricked during our time at the Academy and got very nasty remarks about male chauvinism.

Took off for Maine on Saturday. Quartered in vicinity of East Boothbay on the Damarascotta River. Half of the lower Northeast was on the highways trying to escape the heat and humidity.

This condition held us back from making a trip on up to Lubec, ME to catch Peirce Ferriter ranning his road through a bog. AcWally it was only in the '70's on the river with an occasional pop to '80s in the Boothbay area. Some fog, lots of shellfish, and all sorts of people in tight shorts.

Can report that no spandex was sighted.

Even took a short cmise on a schooner displaying my deckhand skills. Missed the mizzen, spilled the spar, bent the bow. Just like the old days in the knockabouts. I've had my maritime fix for another twenty years!

Met an old stinkboater and tanker man so we talked highUning, refueling alongside, and that sort of thing. Actually held my own in the discussion! Also meandered through Bath a couple of times and watched them building three BimKE Class destroyers in various states of assembly.

In the process of picking up some culture (music) held in the shed at a local boat yard, I got close to some Coast Guard cutters which were in for bottom work. Talked with some crew members who said that they were primarily tuming back the boat immigrants bound for Florida.

Looking over the various Class books, lists and correspondence, I felt that my memory had slipped a bit. My old liberty pal had developed a politically correct first name. So, upon my request, I asked William Charles Auer, Jr. about it.

For the record, I can't remember for sure when Willy became Bill, but I think it was around when I went to work for Mattel in 1962. The people there called me Bill, so that's who I became.

However, I am still Willy to anyone who wants to call me that, which includes most of my old Academy and Marine Corps buddies. So, either Bill or Willy is fine with me.

Ken Costilow (7) passes on some summer outings that Vivain and he have had.

During our trip to the State of Maine, we joined Sandy and Pete Fitzwilliam (13) for lunch. They were about to slip west to do some of the summer in Colorado. Nice time exchanging stories.

Afterwards, we stopped off in Potomac, MD to visit with a shipmate from our Ensign days.

We had been on RANDOLPH (CVA-15) back then, and enjoying many a liberty hour ashore while the ship was deploved to the Med. It was a nice h:'h i>i ,,lhi II \cars!

Jim and Joan at the Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC. Cap advertises a great university! We anchored just off these grounds

What some people do to arrange for more sea time. This summer was especiaUy nice as Joan and Jim Kautz (19) and Shirley and Karl Peterson (7) did their "Get-away-Cmise." Jim's report; June '99 was a great time to take a craise on a powerboat up to and through the beautiful Canadian Gulf Islands. Of course, Karl refused to go unless he was captain, so we let him think that.

Joan and Shirley made sure that he remained humble throughout the entire time!

We leased a 42 ft. Grand Banks trawler, loaded it with food and liquid supplies, got on board, and left for Canada. The boat was a thing of beauty and performed flawlessly except for the Ughts which showed that the holding tank was full. It can be hazardous if one has a natural requirement and the light unexpectedly blinks an emergency red! Nevertheless, we all made it through that period of alarm.

It was that time of the year when weather could be chancy, but we hit the window of enjoyment precisely and had a full seven days of glorious sunshine. I would recommend the experience for everyone. Also, the Canadian dollar is a good deal right now. For us the trick was could we talk Karl into entering a harbor and making fast to a pier!

Those Swedes...

Karl, Shirley, and Joan. Karl almost has a smile. Guess it was "toddy" time!

Karl was a bit of a bad boy and had been sent into time out. We have finally allowed him to rejoin us.

'56 says...BEAT ARMY!

The Peterson and Kautz charter was posh all the way.

Joan, Shirley and Karl wave a hello

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Pres; CAPT Walter T. Meukow, USN (Ret.) Sec'y; CAPT W. H. Peerenboom, USN (Ret.) 1003 Rachael Lane, Vienna, VA 22180-6473 e; whpeerenboom@compuserve.com or 102424.577@compuserve.com or whp36@aol.com WeU, the good news is that everyone stayed alive and healthy for the month (or nearly a month). And, in fact, as you will read later on, we are actually pleased to report some real health improvements among the '57 family.

This is a short column, since the last deadline was actually less than a month ago, and I was able to get all the news I had in it on time (for a change).

The bad news is that there is not a great deal of news. Having said that, here is what we have.

The major event of the month was the annual Class picnic hosted by Martha Ann and Bill Romoser at Wilamaar Farm in the "hunt countty" of Fairfax County. That is an idyllic spot just out of earshot and sight of the east's own "silicon valley" otherwise known as the Dulles corridor, Martha Ann and BiU once again out did themselves in their gracious hospitality, and Martha Ann's brother-in-law even provided a few pictures, which hopefully grace these pages.

The attendance was exttaordinary, and included 23 couples, including (according to Bob Lutz's Form W): Rorrie and Bob Albertson, Shirley and Dave Balding. EUzabeth and Dick Black and two guests (aU of whom came some distance) Mimi and Dave Cooper, Janet and Mick Finn, Joy and Jim Foresman, Anne and Dick Gentz, June and Ken Harrison, Nancy and Keith Hastie and their guest, Anne and George Lanman, Judy and Bob Lutz, Sonja and Walt Meukow, Betty and Bill Peerenboom and their daughter, Alice, Muff and George PhiUpps, Linda and Don Regenhardt, and their guest, Clark Rook (Elaine was unable to attend) Max and Bob Rositzke, Monica and John Shewmaker, Marge and Tom Sims, Sandy and Sam UnderhiU and Nan and Dave Mabry. The weather was sunny, but rather on the hot side, so the Romoser pool got a healthy workout, as illusttated by George (Tarzan) Lanman in the accompanying photo. George PhiUpps was nearly aglow with the news that he is about to retire-retire. Muff has a gleam in her eye that says she has something on her mind for George to do.. .he says he is going to take up golf on a serious basis. We shall see.

Dick Regenhardt noted that in an attempt to refuel the Romoser "Deere" it took upwards of seven Classmates. We have been known to do unreps with fewer people. I must admit to having missed that spectacle. The food by "Red Hot and Blue" was as good as advertised, and everyone came away fully satisfied by the rich pulled pork and chicken barbecues, the salads and great banana pudding. The spouses were particularly deUghted at the prospect of being able to come and enjoy and not have to slave in a hot kitchen!

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Pres; Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) e; gmgerson@erols.com Sec'y; Col Warren S. Walters, USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Lane, Springfield, VA 22151-2430 h; 703-321-9586; e; wwalters@mail.erols.com http;// www.usnaclass.org/class/58 1 to r: Bob Lutz, Sonja Meukow, George Lanman

"Maybe if we jump start it..."

In other good news J o h n ' s wife, Monica Shewmaker is out of her cast(s) of the last many months. She asked me to pass along her thanks to the many Classmates and wives who have kept in touch, brought snacks and food, and otherwise really being helpful and supportive as she straggled with being "challenged." In typical fashion, she weathered the storm and is fully back in battery, to coin a phrase.

In the continuing odyssey of Bob Bowers, we have a card from SPIRIT OF TASMANIA (a very nice looking cmise ship). From which Bob writes (Posit 40S 146E), "and after making a pleasant night passage from Melbourne Victoria across the Bass Sttaits to Devonport Tasmania, once again we are in the land of the "Victoria Bitter" and into the land of "Cascade Draught." Nothing Uke a good geography lesson interspersed with a tour de force of Aussie beers.

This was received from Joe Koch back in June; Mary Jane and I recently retumed from the USNA Alumni Association trip up the Rhine and Moselle Rivers along with Carol and Ron Marryott and Joan and Pete Neumann. Anne and George Lanman were originally scheduled to be on the trip also, but Anne broke her foot shortly before we were due to leave. Since we did quite a bit of walking during all our ship stops, the Lanmans would not have had as much fun as the rest of us did.

There were a total of 50 in the Alumni group, the most senior being the Class of '43 and the most junior the Class of '67, a very congenial group. We started with three days in Amsterdam, then spent a week on the riverboat in Germany, and ended with three days in Luceme, Switzerland. We traversed the best part of the Rhine with all the historic castles, passing most of them in daylight with clear blue skies. The ship was supposed to go all the way to Strasbourg, France, but did not travel past Mannheim, Germany, as the river was closed to traffic past that point due to high water The Rhine had overflowed its banks in many places and we had to "walk a plank" to get ashore a couple of times. On the Moselle River, the Pilot House and deck covering were hydraulically lowered to get under one bridge and then there was only about a foot of clearance. Everyone on deck had to duck! We had quite warm weather for May in Europe with very little rain.

This was our third Alumni trip, the second one with the Marryotts, and we have enjoyed them all.

That is it for the month. The next deadline is just a few days after you receive this issue, so take computer and mouse in hand and get in touch!

Beat Army!

This October month is most welcome, particularly since the column is being written in late July when it's beastly hot outside, and the thoughts of brisk October nights are pleasant ones indeed. As you are reading this, the Navy football season is almost half over, and you have a good idea of how the season is going. Navy still plays a number of "NFL minor-league" teams, colleges that feed the pros, which makes for a tough schedule. The Class of '58 season-ticket block for USNA home games is still one of the largest sold, and the '58 tailgates set the pace for the fall/winter Class gatherings in the D.C. area. We have numerous Classmates from around the country dropping in for football weekends, and this year. Bill Grady (16th) is bringing a whole busload of friends from Binghamton, NY for a day of Navy football and '58 tailgating. The Blaze Gonzales '58 No-Charge Ticket Agency continues to coordinate available tickets in the Class area for those wanting to bring guests, or out-of-towners visiting for an unexpected weekend. You can use the phone number or email address at the top of the column to get in touch with Blaze. Now, on to the latest log entries on our voyage.

We lost COL David Kreider Shroyer, USMC (Ret.) (18th) to pancreatic cancer on 22 July. Dave, who had been in hospice care for a few months, passed away at home in Oakton, VA, surrounded by his family. His last months were filled with messages from friends and Classmates bidding him farewell and Godspeed, and when he could no longer respond to messages himself, the family took over and provided updates on his hospice care.

A memorial service was held for Dave in the Naval Academy Chapel on 29 July, and intemment with full miUtary honors was in his original hometown of Annville, PA, on 30 July. Dave joined the Class of '58 after two years at Penn State, took his commission in the Marine Corps, and served a full career as a communicator. After retirement, he worked in the technical support industry in the D.C. area for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and daughters Steph, Bee, and Mary Beth, as well as grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Hospice of Northem Virginia, Suite 100,3930 Walnut St., Fairfax, VA 22030 were suggested. We shall miss this fine Marine, Classmate, friend, and family man.

After an absence of many years, an address has been received for Ron Wright ( l l t h ) , who was last known to be in California in the mid-'80s. Ron had left the Marine Corps in 1970, and became an employee of Philco. Going to law school at night, he graduated from the University of Santa Clara in 1974, and continued a career in contracts, then finance, then into data processing, and finally full time into information technology. He and his wife, Connie, have surfaced at 575 Homestead Lane, Apt. 378, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.

Two more of our Classmates have recently been grooms, both down Florida way. The first was Mac Fossett (16th), who married a lady known by her initials, L. A., back on 18 May. The Fossetts have a new address, 2872 Glen Hollow D r i v e , Clearwater, FL 33761-3310. The second is Paul Brooks (22nd). Cathy and Paul were wed in June,

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and are Uving in Pensacola. Maybe there is something to the Fountain ofYouth story down in Florida!

Many of you have had the pleasure of meeting the Royal Navy officers assigned to the British Embassy, as the Navy house is next door to the home of Washington Chapter President, Bruce WUcox (12th). CDR John Bmce, RN, was a frequent guest at Class functions during his tour, and now his reUef, CDR Paul Jagger, RN, has reported for duty. He began his association by being the guest speaker at the June luncheon of the D.C. Chapter of the Class of '58. Paul is a submariner and addressed his work and association with the U.S. Navy. He also told of the advance warnings he had received about the '58ers, and presented tiiose in attendance with the foUowing poem; Whatever else in life you 've been lucky to gain Be it money, be it love, be it happiness or fame There is always a year that launched it, One that settled your fate.

For you it just has to be The Great '58!

For his efforts, Paul received a copy of the Tom Buell (12th) book on the Civil War generals, and a miniature Class flag. He wiU be cheering for Navy at games this fall!

Another entry in the ring-repair saga has been provided by Clyde Morris (6tli), who writes; About two years ago I called Jostens and asked them about replacing the stone in my ring. They gave me the warranty address and I sent it to them in Owatonna, MN. The price quote came from an individual I later found was a West Point '50 graduate in Colorado. (Sec'y Note: I believe this is the son of the original Vemon Gatley, who owns the dies for our Class rings). I can't remember the quote for replacing the stone, but for $182 (just a little more) he said they would send me a new ring.

I first said I would take the new ring, but deciding I didn't want to part with my original ring, I asked for a repair. I was told "no problem," that they would repair and retum it. The next I heard was several months later when a new ring arrived. To shorten a one-year saga, I received a total of four new tings, none of which was therightcolor gold, correct stone or correct size. Finally, realizing a year had passed and they hadn't gotten it right in four tries, I decided to keep the last one, which was correct except for the stone.

This is the second story of which the moral is "ff you need ring work, be sure you have time and patience!" Clyde also sent us a championship Grandpa picture, with him and the five grandchildren, aU of them wearing Navy gear. He also told of a nip that he and Fran took in the summer of '98, touring the alpine regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northem Italy, combined with

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a week on the Rhine River. Clyde is in the process of moving into full retirement so he can do more wrestUng with all those grandchildren!

The ttaveling Class flag photos this month are from the surprise birthday gift of Jane Gerson, who was presented a trip to Italy by husband, Gordon Gerson (11th). In the one photo, they are atop the Duomo in Florence, looking towards the Arno River. And the second is, once again, Gersons at a Naval Museum. Last year it was the one in Istanbul, this year, the one in Venice. Gordon's trivia question is what is the connection between tiie museum in Istanbul and the one in Venice. Having examined both pictures, it appears the answer is not evident in the photos. We await the answer.

The Naval Museum, Venice, Italy

Gersons atop the Duomo, Horence, Italy On the binnacle Ust, we have Mar) Bridgman (WaUy Bridgman 12th) recovering from her cancer surgery, and Jack Nicholas (9th) on the mend from a successful angioplasty of a coronary artery on 2 July.

Dorothy and Jack have a new address; 66 Heritage Drive, Gettysburg, PA 17325; 717-338-9166.

News has also been received that Pat Harrington (3rd) lost his wife, Sylvia, to cancer in July, just four months after the passing of his fatiier, CAPT Paul Harrington '32 USN (Ret).

'58 Trivia The raikoad ttack in the yard entered along tiie creek behind tiie Worden Field end-zone quarter, foUowed behind what were MelviUe and Isherwood Halls (now tiie Alumni Hall), passed in front of the old math and laundry buildings, went down Sands Road, and ended at tiie ice plant in tiie Third wing area. For next month, where were North Boundary Road and South Boundary Road in the Yard? They are still there! Hasta Luego! WSW

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Pres; VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) Chairman Exec. Committee; CAPT Norbert H. Bednarek, USNR (Ret.) Exec. VP; Joe Flynn Admin. VP; Gary Geist Exec. Sec'y; Bruce NordwaU Corp. Treasurer; Dave Osbum Sec'y; CAPT John A. Butterfield, USN (Ret.) 1130 Sugar Sands #190, Singer Island, FL 33404 w; 561-840-1104; h; 561-881-7512 f; 561-863-8984; e; jbsgma@aol.com w w w . r o a n o k e . k l 2. v a . u s / D a v e ' s W o r l d / u s n a 59.html HeUo '59ers! When you read this, hopefully a vast percentage of the Class of 1959 wiU have enjoyed a spectacular 40th Reunion. There may be a few who wUl be back for Homecoming Weekend, 22-24 October and can regale anyone who will Usten with stories and reminiscences of a joyous time.

I wiU be counting on some of our faithfid correspondents and commentators to pass some tidbits, pearls, "rest of the story" yams, and the best of your "bullets to butter." The mail buoy should be overflowing for a few months after our gala; whether it comes in emaU, fax or snaU mail, I shaU be eager to retrieve it.

I shaU share an email that provides the latest information on one of our faUen comrades who will be remembered (along with quite a few others) during our Reunion; Norm Bednarek and PhU Powers combined to provide the following answers. The only date I am nussing is the date of deatii of Col Winfleld Wade Sisson, USMC. The Marine casualty branch does not have it either. PhU, since he was in the 20th Company, can you help?

Phil did not have the date either, but he forwarded the request to his 20th Company Classmates to see if they could help. Then, Norm responded that he finally solved the riddle on Col Sisson. Made my fourth call to the USMC casualty desk for more info. This time, I asked if he was listed as MIA. I was ttansferred to the MIA desk and found him Usted as failed to return from a mission with a casualty date of 18 October 1965. He was posthumously promoted when he was due for promotions up to the rank of colonel. They made a presumptive fmding of KIA on 8 September 1983.1 wiU use the official rank of colonel and date of 8 September 1983 on the nameplate in Alumni HaU since we do not know die actual date of rank. Well done, guys!

A recent note from Phil to 20th Company (and others) on a different subject; Here is an offer for those who for some reason or another have already decided not to attend the 40th Reunion at the Naval Academy in September Navy plays the University of Hawaii in Honolulu on 20 November (20th for the 20th!).

There are nine of us '59ers living in Paradise and we are planning an "Island Style" west coast mini-reunion for those '59ers who would like to come to warmer weather for a football game! We aheady have planned a '59 sunset cocktail party

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on the fantail of MISSOURI, anchored in Pearl Harbor, plus an island-style tailgate party before the game. Other activities can be planned, depending on a 'guesstimate' of how many '59ers will be coming to Honolulu. My initial question is how many of you are interested enough to want to acquire tickets to the football game, so that a block of seats can be acquired for '59ers to sit in during the game? Mull that one over with your spouses/spouse equivalents/significant others/ what have you, and get back to me so we can get a handle on some numbers.

This is not meant to detract from our 40th Reunion at the Naval Academy in any way. It is just meant to provide another celebration or an alternative for those who are not making the September trip. If you are willing to make both reunions, hallelujah and welcome to Paradise in November as well. Warmest Aloha, and Rise and Shine.

Here was one response that came in from a 3rd Company guy and friend: Phil, nicely worded appeal to all! We fall into the category of attending both events and particularly look forward to seeing a number of Classmates we have not seen in some time. By the time we arrive in Honolulu on 17 November.

I may have Ms. Senior America with me. Joyce (AKA Ms. Senior Virginia) is really working at her ballet routine to "Chariots of Fire" and looking good to be a real competitor in Las Vegas, 19-24 September I think you, Phil, should consider springing for a day away from your ship's reunion in Reno, to cheer Joyce (and me!) onâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; key times are 1:00-5:00 p.m. both 22-23 Septemt)er. Of course you could also make it a comparative study and check out the gambling in Las Vegas, vis a vis Reno, NV. Also, I may need some help carrying Joyce's bags since I have a bad back...from bowing to the queen each time she walks by. Hope all is weU with you and Valli; give her a hug for us. All the best. Bill Clautice.

We aU wiU be pulling for "our" Joyce who is recognized Class-wide as one of Navy's best exofficio cheerleaders and spirit squad members. Too bad Navy cannot send its cheerleaders out to Reno to help Joyce celebrate!

There is a campaign underway to raise funds for the Glenn Warner Memorial Soccer FaciUty at cm- Naval Academy. Many of us who played some soccer at USNA knew and loved Coach Wamer.

Most '59ers had some contact with this great man during physical education classes. We aU had some soccer exposure Plebe Summer and Gleim was one of the instmctors we had for swimming classes also. '59's superstar soccer player, John Meehan, is one of the regional volunteers for this worthy cause. Contact John directiy at 847-724-4130 (Chicago area) or caU the Naval Academy, 410-2931936; steve.maconi@usna.com.

Bob D. Michael writes from 431"C" Costa Mesa Ten^ce, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4100; Dear John, In acknowledgment of all the members of the Class of '59 who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this year, I am submitting a photo showing what happened at Barb and Ron Rodriguez' party on 5 June 1999. Their three daughters organized a get together for their 50 closest friends and the outcome was sensational! A 30 ft. high "Tony the Tiger" jumping enclosure was rented to help entertain the grandkids. The photo shows John Tail '60, Bob Michael, Ron Rodriguez, and Guy Reynolds exhibiting their 'gymnastic skills.' It was Guy's idea for aU of us to get into the enclosure and show the kids what we could do at our age! As of this writing/submission date, all injuries have healed. We congramlate all of our Classmates who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary...Bravo Zulu!

Good on ya. Bob, for sharing that with the Class.

Well Done for sure!

As I knock out this epistle, I am reminded that our 'ttekkie' (the bicycle variety, that is) is underway somewhere in the great Northwest. I expect he wiU have some serious saddle sores before long.

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We certainly wish him well and keep him in thoughts and prayers that no harm or injury comes during this most demanding ttip. We want to see Noel up 'n at 'em at the Reunion!

I may add a line or two when I check my email later today, before 'shipping' this off. I hope you have been reading Shipmate on a regular basis and have been pleased with this column (as well as the entire magazine). We have some wonderful Classmates, and writers! Kathy and Ron Trossbach are a tmly gifted couple! 1 was so tickled with their "Labrador Retriever Visits Labrador" report. I hope canine bosun "Crystal" will have honored the Class with her presence at one of the Reunion gatherings. She is an endearing, loveable Lab! Rise 'n Shine, gang, and be thinking already about making a 45th and a 50th Reunion. Goals to keep us active, alert, and alive!

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Pres; Dr. Richard R. Pariseau Sec'y; BUI Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge PL, Midlotiiian, VA 23112-4337 h: 804-744-8808; f; 804-675-5372 e; bilewis@home.com I appreciate the input over the Intemet. It really helps speed up the ttansmission of information.

This past month I have not heard from any new Classmates, but hopefully things will pick up in tiiefaU. Not a lot of input this month. With summer vacations, ttavel, etc., the pickings in the mail and over the intemet have been pretty scarce. What I've tried to do is utiUze some of the ttaffic I have received which should be of interest to other Classmates.

Bill Lewis, BUI Lewis '36, Batchellor, and Ken Batchellor Not having any pictures for this month's column, 1 found an old one of Ken Batchellor and our dads taken back the winter of Plebe Year. Remember that. Ken? Anyway, my dad (BUI Lewis '36) has retired in Charleston, SC. Ken's dad passed away a number of years ago, but not before he had the opportunity to enjoy the fraits of retirement at Pinehurst!

I did get a short note forwarded to me by Rod Friedman conceming a show on submarines and under the ice operations. Unfortunately, a lot of good shows on the Navy, the Academy or specific friends of ours do not get out quickly enough. Anyway, a good reason for communicating via intemet.

I hope those interested were able to see the show.

The foUowing letter to BiU "Tank" Thomas was sent from Bob " O z " Osmon to fellow Classmates, primarily in the 17th Company and I hope Chuck Agustin will not mind my passing this great letter on to the Class. From Chuck Agustin to Tank Thomas, I7tii Co. and Class of '60 excerpted;

Tank, my boy, I have to thank Oz and John Leo (Rogers) for sharing your "retirement announcement" from UAL with us. You failed to cc us but you're forgiven, as I see in your mail that you seem to have some difficulty initiating your "new fangled toy," but you hit it by mailing it to Oz. I second their hopes and wishes but with caution for you to take care of yoiu- health, as I know you had an operation last year (although being your longest ranning roommate I know you're a tough one to knock out). This caution, however does not mean you have to hesitate on your plan to visit Benny and I this year or next. You had promised us visits since the 25th when you were still in the height of your UAL career.

John's letter brings out a lot of memories, particularly that second term Plebe Year when our old rooms were broken up (a game plan of old CAPT Hunt to break up two guys from the Philippines and reduce the shenanigans of the Chicago mob). In the first term John Leo, John Lance (Swanson), Benny (Lomotan), Jim K (Kinney), Charlie Bowers and myself were together (room 41367). Anodier reason is that we kept wiiming the football poster contest (that's when a 17th Company segundo named John S. McCain, Jr. '58, who lived across the hall, questioned why we were always carrying on during weekends).

After applying the "Hunt Plan," Tank, John Leo, myself, John Lance (Oz - what and where's Swanson's email address?), Frank Wagner and my bunkmate then, Charlie Bowers of Hickory, NC, became roommates in, I believe, room 4226, just below 4326 where I think Benny, Jim Kinney, Jack Whitely, Harry TVulIi, Frank Bessenger and Joe Wade (Guys, help out so we can straighten out the facts) stayed.

I know you remember the after-taps water and whatever fights we had with the guys above. I recall sleeping with slightly wet mattresses one time. On the sayings, John Leo got it wrong so you wouldn't know. Tank - it was in the first term room. It went this way: There are only four things we have to remember in life (and in room 4136) - "No guts no glory," "Where there's life, there's hope," "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" (a Bowers and Rogers contribution), and "Don't p... in the shower," the last obviously to maintain our dignity and save a few reports from the OOW. As segundos you and I were alone (6th wing) and that's when you starred as first string center in the successful Erdelatz nine (Navy then enjoyed being in the top 20) and screwed up my studies because Plebes kept serenading our room after dirmer.

I received your 1998 Christmas card with the family update. I was in D.C. last May and wanted to give you a call but was pressed for time.

See you sometime, my friend. Give my best to Yvonne.

From Bob Matulka; I am looking for volunteers to visit with Dan Clark once every other week for three months.

Dan is doing OK and has a great attitude. My Dad had a similar stroke and came back very well, so I am hopeful.

Ruth is handling it all very well, but it is hard on their own. It would be great if he could have some good outside stimulation from his Navy friends as often as possible. It would be excellent therapy for him and not too hard on us. I have been trying to get there once a week, but am not quite making it. Time is hard to get for us all, so this would share the time and not take too much from any.

Since he lives just outside the beltway at Rt. 1 in Alexandria, he is easy to get to. Address is: 6033 Grove Drive, Alexandria, VA 22307; 703329-1094. Please let me know if you can do it.

Pick a day if you want, or just call and go.

From Bob Steele via email; For those of you who occasionally include me in your group emails and for the Class activists who occasionally need Class money, I'll reveal how you can contact me. First, Darlene and I have moved to Lexington, KY, where she is working for Morgan-Stanley Dean-Witter (Lexington is

my ancestral home). I continue to work for the American Society of Naval Engineers in Alexandria, VA, commuting to Lexington Fridays to Mondays, except when Darlene reverses the direction for a Navy football game or other event.

I can be reached locally at 1202 S. Washington St. #205C, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703-566-3613 or at steeleky@gte.net in either state or at work below. See you at the Georgia Tech game!

Jim Knorr passed on a suggestion (which will be past by the time this prints, but gives pause to think of similar ideas here or elsewhere; Bill, a favor! Could you send an email to the Class members in the Annapolis-BaltimoreWashington area? The subject is the musical Grease at the Chesapeake Music Hall in Annapolis. I'm suggesting that we have a '60 gathering at the theater on 27 August 1999. I know that mainly an Annapolis crowd may be interested with beach traffic, etc. However, if we can get 20 or more interested, it is a nice Dinner Theater eve. Anyone interested, call Jim Knorr at 410757-4549. The price tag is $23 per person, which includes buffet, show and $2.00 gratuity!

Jim Knorr and others also passed on word conceming Bob DeMaio's passing. Jim McCusker will be providing me information from the family for the "Last CaU" in Shipmate and I really appreciate that. It is my hope and whoever handles deceased affairs if there is someone separate in the future, that we have some good input to properly eulogize our Classmates. A number have not had that honor accorded them and we need to correct that in the future.

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Pres; RADM Jerry Smith, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y; CAPT Roger Onorati, USN (Ret.) 1756 Point No Point Drive, AnnapoUs, MD 21401 h; 410-849-3812; w; 301-261-8862 fi 301-261-8669; e; rttogero@ea.net http;//www.jorge.com/USNA61 Fall is here, the hot, dry humid summer is behind us and, this, of course, can mean only one thing to those of us who entered the Naval Academy more than 42 years ago...but I can't remember what it is. I don't have any ttouble at all remembering the starting Uneup for the 1950 PhilUes Whiz Kids, or even the answers to such mundane questions like. "How's the Cow," but sometimes I'll get up from my desk and go into the kitchen and by the time I get there, I've forgotten why. In my never ending quest to discover the underlying cause of these "memory maladies" (as well as Tmth, Justice and the American Way) my exhaustive research has pointed to one, and only one, possible conclusion; It's all because oi El Nino.

I say this because my exhaustive research has also revealed that short term memory loss...surprise...is not unique amongst us. It's a symptom shared by most Classmates I've been in touch witii while digging up dirt for this column, and...and most reveaUngly...it's growing "frequency of occurrence" (remember Lenz's Law, and ELI the ICEman) is definitely a national, and not just a local phenomenon. This leaves only two possible culprits; BiU CUnton or El Nino. Since one of my all time heroes, Barry Goldwater, once said, "AU poUtics are local," it must be El Nino. Don't worry though. Before next month's column, I guarantee I'U find something else to blame on Clinton.. .ff I don't forget.

MaU Call Too late for last month's column, but on schedule here are a few more inputs from the 23rd Company gang. Complements to Chuck Davis on getting his mates energized for a great showing. Chuck 94

managed to bully more than two thirds of his Companymates to send something in to me including updated addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, that I will pass on to Ron Campbell and have him update our master database found in our home page on the Web. Here's the rest of the 23rd's input.

Justin Ryan; After Quantico, I trained as a Field Artillery Officer at Fort Sill, OK, and followed with tours in 29 Palms and Okinawa. Went to Vietnam as a battalion advisor to a Viemamese unit in '64-'65.

My final tour was in Quantico with OCS as a captain when I left the service at the end of 1966.

I martied Susan Meyer from Richmond, VA, whom I met as a Third Classman. We are still together with four children and three grandchildren. My oldest son was a Navy pilot (A-6's) on SARATOGA during the Gulf War. We have a son in Durham, NC; a son and daughter in Washington, D.C; and a son in Bemardsville, NJ. I went to work with the Dupont Company when I left the Marines and have had a number of different management positions in operations and human resources. Currently, I'm HR Director for the Americas for Dupont's Performance Coatings business. Susan teaches high school English and we live in the suburbs of Wilmington, DE, which is convenient for visiting children and grandchildren all over the east coast.

Paul Moses; Following retirement from the Navy in October 1995, Mary Charles and I remmed to Horida; Tallahassee to be exact. We have two sons and two grandchildren. Dan (Moses '86) and his family live in Frederick, MD. He is flying for Southwest. Dave is in Califomia working in computer software and will get married this Septemljer. I was fortunate to gain employment with the State as Deputy Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection. In July 1997, I began work as a special assistant to Governor Chiles for the Modernization and Globalization of Florida's deepwater seaports, a real fun and rewarding experience. With the January 1999 change of watch in Florida, I left state govemment and am now a full time yard boy, hoping to spend more time on the greens when the summer ends here in hot and humid Florida. I am rooting around in the consulting world, and involved with a partner with a small company in Tennessee. Most recently, I ran into Joe Sullivan (11th Company) He also lives in Tallahassee and puts folks to sleep (temporarily) in the hospital OR. Herb Mensch; Following graduation, I entered nuclear power and submarine training. From 1963 to 1983, I served on a total of seven submarines, including command of FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, Gold and Houston. I came to Washington in 1983 and spent eighteen months in OP 02 followed by three years as the program manager for Submarine EW Systems in NavELex, SpaWar, andfinallyNavSea (I guess they just didn't know where to put us). I retired from active duty in 1987 and spentfiveyears with American Systems Corporation and for the last seven years as a program manager and operations center manager for ELS, Inc. In 1965,1 married Linda Jones from Fort Mill, SC. We have two daughters, Maribeth Schmersal and Katie Mensch. Linda and I currently live in Fairfax Station, VA, and will become grandparents for the first time in September.

George Yarbrough (YarbroughA@aol.com); After graduation, I spent eleven years in the Marine Corps. My accomplishments during that period included marrying the former Ann Wilkinson and producing three beautiful bright daughters, Laura, Jennifer and Karen. I left the Marine Corps with an MSA (management engineering) from George Washington, joined Ingalls Shipbuilding for a short stint and, then went to ARAMCO. In ARAMCO, I served several years as chief industrial engineer, directing an internal consulting organization which was the most gratifying job that I have ever had. We introduced scientific downsizing and organizational

reengineering before they became trendy. The girls enjoyed growing up in Saudi Arabia tremendously, but Ann and I thought that it was time to leave in 1986. That mmed out to be a mistake, and we were invited to return in the fall of 1990.

ARAMCO was slow in processing our retum, so we missed the war, arriving back in Saudi on 6 March 1991. On this ARAMCO tour, we lived in Ras Tanura on the Arabian (Persian to some of you) Gulf. Ann and I had a great time there. Ann became an archeological enthusiast. That nearly got us thrown in jail, as we were caught digging for shards in a forbidden location at an ancient Christian church near the city of Jubail. My main outside interest during this period was community theater. I acted in several plays and helped produce others. In 1996,1 reached ARAMCO's mandatory retirement age. We returned to the States and have been dabbhng in various temporary jobs since then. Our proudest achievements remain the girls. Laura has master's degrees in social work and public health, is married to an anesthesiologist, Peter Lucore. Laura and Peter have two sons, 4 and 2 years old, are expecting a third child in July, and live ten minutes away from us in Bay St. Louis, MS. Jennifer and Karen both live in Chicago. Jen has a master's of education degree, and is director of a Children First Center. Karen is in a master's of social work program at the University of Chicago, and works as sociological research coordinator at Chicago City College. Now that we are in nearly finished remodeling our retirement home. Aim and I are both anxious to become gainfully employed again.

Dick Whitney; Chuck Davis threatened me with all sorts of unspeakable things if I didn't update my doings, so here it goes: After graduation, I spent two tours on destroyers and then transferred into the engineering duty specialty. I earned master's and engineer's degrees from MIT in 1969 and subsequently had tours in Quincy, MA, Yokosuka, Japan, Mayport, FL, and the D.C. area. I retired in 1981 and spent the next 15 years in the support services business in the D.C. area, principally with Advanced Technology, Inc. and ANADAC, Inc. I retired again in 1996 as vice president and group manager at ANADAC and relocated back to New England. I married my wife, Debby, in 1966, and we have three children ranging in age from 31 to 18. Debby and I settled in the town of Duxbury, MA, located on the water about an hour south of Boston and just north of Cape Cod. I'm currently involved with the town government, heavily active in church activities, and I do some consulting work which brings me to D.C. occasionally. From time to time, I also manage to take my boat out into Massachusetts Bay, but my fishing skills need a lot more work. I'd be delighted to hear from any Classmates passing by this way.

Tom Wlnant; A brief resume of my career; After graduation I served five and a half years on two WWII vintage destroyers, in the weapons department on one (two tours in WestPac), and as chief engineer on the other (Gitmo and the Med). I had the temerity to volunteer for duty in Vietnam.

BUPERS graciously accepted, and I spent the next year with Military Sealift Command in Qui Nhon and Nha Trang. Following that, I attended Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey majoring in operations research. I didn't even know this subject existed when I went there, but it mned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made.

While there, I made the amazing discovery that if I studied hard I could do well in class—I actually received an award for "Greatest Academic Achievement" (based on improvement since USNA)—imagine my surprise. After NPS, I joined a Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla staff as materiel officer, based exclusively on my negligence in failing to resign after my tour as chief engineer I had two craises in WestPac: off the coast of Vietnam or in the Gulf of Tonkin. Next was a tour as XO on an 1179 class LST where I truly leamed to enjoy the company of Marines—I'm not kidding. Next was the capstone of my unillustrious career—five years at the Center for

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Naval Analyses (CNA) in Washington. It was the best job I ever had, or probably ever will have. I really enjoyed that tour in Washington, a point on which my wife (to be introduced later) disagrees violently. I finished my Naval career at the Fleet Combat Direction System Support Activity, San Diego (what a mouthful). That tour did nothing but get me back to San Diego. And that, was the end of that career. You're thinking, "Strange guy—likes Marines and enjoyed a Washington tour." Yep, it's true.

My civilian career started with Operations Research (OR) consulting job at the SHAPE Technical Centre in The Hague, The Netherlands (too many "The's"). Following that I joined the OR department at General Dynamics Convair Division in San Diego and spent the next three years on the Tomahawk Craise Missile program and one year on Midgetman Small ICBM Hard Mobile Launcher vehicles. The latter was my introduction to ground vehicles. I left Convair in 1985 and took a job in the OR department at United Defense (formerly FMC): the builder of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), and self propelled howitzers for the Army (all Army tracked vehicles except M1 tanks); until recently the Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) for the Marines; and missile launchers, vertical launchers and naval guns for the Navy. I have been at United Defense for the past 14 years and am currentiy the chief engineer of a small R&D division, integrating high tech survivability equipment (zap!) into ground combat vehicles. The Army has discovered that armor isn't enough.

On the personal front, Ms. Diane Schwarz, formerly "Teacher or the Year" (or so she says) in the Monterey school district threw in her lot with me and became my wife. In one of my most romantic moments, I proposed during a telephone call from Subic Bay. We were married when I returned, and shortly thereafter I went back to WestPac—welcome to the Navy, Diane. We have two children. Nathan, our oldest, is working for a software company in Austin. TX, and making bigger bucks than I ever thought possible at an entry level job. Katherine is attending the University of Southem Califomia (remember O.J. Simpson?) and costing me bigger bucks than I ever thought possible. We have a recent addition in our home: Kristin, a nine year-old foster child and heir apparent to Tara Lupinski's crown, whom we hope to adopt, perhaps by the time of this publication. I have no plans for retirement, and with Katherine and Kristin to support, I can't afford to. Diane wouldn't be able to stand having me in the way and underfoot all day anyway.

(Diane knows about this letter She says, "You could have just said, 'I served twenty years, I have a job, I'm married with three children.' It's just as informative, and it would have saved everyone a lot of trouble." She's right. Maybe I'll try it that way next time.)

BUI Rothert; I went to Nuke school and submarine training after graduation, starting with Nuke School in Mare Island. My Navy career was spent entirely in subs and included two Nuclear sub command tours. Following a final assignment as ComSubPac Rep, Mare Island, I retired in 1985, where I had started out. After retirement, I worked in commercial nuclear power, three years with Iowa Electric Light & Power in Cedar Rapids, then at Boston Edison in Plymouth, MA. I retired again in 1995 and moved to the Pacific Northwest, where I have done an occasional bit of consulting work and mostly enjoying the wonderful life here. While at Sub School, I met Lynn Keough and we married in 1965. We divorced in 1982, but not until we had raised two beautiful daughters. I remarried at the end of that year.

Tragically, my second wife, Lynn Lynch, died in 1984 after a difficult struggle with cancer I was very fortunate to reconnect with my hometown sweetheart, Macy Galbreath. We married in 1996 and are now living happily in westem Washing-

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ton. Between us, we have eight kids and nine grandkids scattered widely over the country.

Bob Nemes: First, I've moved to Aubum, NY (315-2524865) Here's a condensation of 38 years. Nuclear power school after graduation; March '63, married to Pat. May '64, daughter, Tish, born in Charleston, SC; Febraary '66, son, Rob, bom in Vallejo, CA; March '69, left the Navy, joined Eastman Kodak, and moved to Rochester, NY; September '69, son, Keith, bom in Rochester; June '82, Pat enters work force; 1999-Pat and I both retire. Move to lakefront home on one of the Finger Lakes.

Con Nosal; Thirty-eight years! A lot of ground to cover in a few paragraphs, so I'll skip the clever joumalism and get with it. My family: Married Kathi in 1963, raised two sons and a daughter who are married and have each presented us with a grandchild, two boys and a girl. My career: Six years of submarines on the West Coast. Obtained my MBA. 26 years in various manufacturing, technical, and commercial management positions within the chemical part of B.F. Goodrich, and the past six years with the Geon Company, a spinout from Goodrich. The businesses I have been ranning were merged into another company in May 1999, providing an opening for my retirement later this year. My fuWre: Lots of golf, fishing, hunting, volunteer work, and travel with our Lord's help for continuing good health. Will spend nine months a year in Nebraska with lots of family from Kathi's and my side. We are hoping our Michigan, Ohio and Missouri children all relocate in the south where Kathi and I will be escaping for the winter. I look forward to seeing all of you at some reunion soon. Meanwhile, I know how often most of you get to Nebraska, so I'll look forward to a lot of hastily arranged golf when you visit us at 3920 Barrington Place, Columbus, NE 68601; 402-563-0325.

Cyberspace Nooze Dave Middleton reports from his retirement nest near Bangor that he continues to enjoy "real" retirement. Dave says he wonders why so many Classmates are still working towards a heart attack at our age, when he reads of the high powered jobs some still have. He and Phyliss spend each winter in their motor home in sunny Mazatian, Mexico for four months to escape the rain in the Pacific Northwest.

FinaUy, our 1st Company Rep, Allen Walker, checks in with a short update; My roommate, Neil Block, encountered George Simmons in Annapolis in early May. Both were in town on Alum business, although on different assignments—Neil, as Vice Chairman of the Alumni Association's Board of Trastees and George, as the new president of its Sacramento Chapter Neil and his wife, Gina, and George and his wife, Pat Gunning, joined Ann and me at our home in Leesburg for dinner and reminiscing. The best part was that their visit, completely unplanned, fell on my 60th birthday!

What a great birthday gift! I'm enclosing a picture. (I'm wearing my old USNA raingear—which had remained tightly rolled and folded for 38 years.

I opened and donned it while describing to the wives a uniform race in 25 sets of raingear.)

George Simmons, Allen Walker, and Neil Block

Allen Walker and Lew Bryan The following weekend we hosted Lew Bryan and friend Susan Cutler for Preakness weekend.

This was the fourth year Lew has joined us for this event. We have a good arrangement—we provide room and board and Lew buys the tickets. In the other enclosed photo. Lew and I are able to force smiles for the photographer despite our losses on the ponies the day before. Several weeks later Lew and Susan wrangled two slots on OLD IRONSIDES' annual tumaround craise in Boston Harbor What a thrill that must have been!

Lew has also become active in John McCain '58's presidential campaign, and emails regular campaign updates.

Speaking of emails, earlier this year I heard from our Saudi Arabian contingent, Frank Butsko and Mel (Tex) Painter. Both worked in Saudi for quite a while. Don't know how often their paths crossed. Frank's note was in Febraary, reporting that he planned to retire to San Clemente in April '99. Before retiring, he retumed to Vietnam with his wife, Suzanne, to visit Saigon, Danang and the countryside he knew as a combat engineer during two tours in-country.

He reports his retum was "somewhat strange and yet somewhat fulfilling," and that he may later organize an old Vets tour to the same area to "close a chapter of their life." Mel was to leave Saudi about the same time as Frank, retuming to Houston (where else?) to accept a good position with Phonoscope, a hi-tech company, and to be near his son and grandson.

Sorry that Ann and I had to back out of the Class Craise. Muriel and Ed Hux were the only First Company representatives, and Ed emailed he's ready for a repeat. Also receive regular email from my other roommate. Marc Bruno and his wife, Laura, in Virginia Beach, and an occasional email from Don Ward in Poquoson. I also heard from Frank Kirk who has been a lawyer in the Charleston area for some time. He was elected to the South Carolina state court bench last year, and is just completing hisfirstsix months as judge of the Berkeley County Probate Court. Congramlations. Your Honor!

Seen and Heard Around Town Not too much has been taking place in the D.C. area, of which I am aware. I missed the Class luncheon in July, but understand it was well attended.

I had a phone call from Jimmy McCune in early July. He was in town on business from his new location in Florida, but we couldn't fix our schedules to get together I did accept his forfeit in golf I heard from one of my other golf partners, Larry Lubbs, who proudly reported teaming up with a retired Air Force guy to win his Club Championship at Ford's Colony in Williamsburg. They took no prisoners.

Upcoming Class Events Washington area Class Luncheon on 9 November.

Also, plan on coming to one of Navy's remaining football games this year.

Parting Shots Countdown to our 40th Reunion. Start making your travel plans for the weekend of 6-9 September 2001 and join your rapidly balding Classmates in Crabtown for our gala 40th Reunion. Jay Bower, our erstwhile reunion coordinator will be providing periodic updates for this column to keep you apprised of the schedule, sign-up procedures, etc. " G e t It D o n e W i t h ' 6 1 " 95

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Pres: CAPT Richard J. Hayes, USN (Ret.) h; 703-461-3582; e; USNA62@erols.comSec'y; CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USN (Ret.) RO. Box 3380, AnnapoUs, MD 21403-3326 h; 410-974-1962; e; PINSK62@aol.com Greetings from Annapolis Homecoming #38 for our Class will take place on Saturday, 23 October 1999, at the Academy Officer's Club. If you need information or reservations, please contact any Class officer. Now for our Class news this October 1999...

Class News With much sadness, Mike Tansey informs us that Carolyn, his bride of 36 years, passed away, 3 July 1999. Mike said they had a beautiful funeral for her on 9 July, in Kailua and she was buried in the Pacific Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe, HI on 12 July. She was stricken will Amy otropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly know as Lou Gherig Disease, and fought it with courage and dignity through the last several years of her life.

This is the same disease that took Art Vansaun from us so many years ago. She did not want her condition disclosed to our Class or anyone outside the family, and we respected it. Should any Classmates desire, contributions can be made to the ALS Association of America, 27001 Agoura Road Suite 150, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104. The Class extends it's sympathy and best wishes to Mike and his family.

On a personal note, this month, 10 October, the same birthday as the Naval Academy, I tum 60 as many of our Classmates have or will in the next year. I become officially retired from the Naval Reserve, after serving five years on active duty and sixteen years in the ready Reserve. Along with the four years at USNA, those 21 years were great, the rewards many and I would not have ttaded them for anything in the world. Being associated for over 41 years with the best guys in the world; Classmates from USNA 1962 are the greatest. In the heading you will notice that I will proudly use my retired naval title. Thanks.

As you can see, not much news or photos arrived at my desk this month. Your input is critical, so please send in letters, photos and news.

UntU next time...

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Pres: Hon. Stephen M. Duncan Sec'y: Michael H. SheUey 25 Sweetwater Lane, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 h; 828-862-4245; e; nstar@citcom.net Web site; www.USNA63.org The conclusion of 1963's active duty service was observed with style, grace, and a blowout party featuring Cajun food and live Zydeco music. Retiring RADM Denny Vaughan did us all proud.

Speaking at his retirement ceremony on 3 June, Denny gave a wonderful speech that was both emotional and humorous. The next day, he and Lu Anne hosted a "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez" Louisiana Crawfish and Shrimp Boil party at their quarters for a large crowd of Classmates, friends, and associates. A large contingent of our Classmates and their ladies attended, including Terry Abell, Satch Baumgart, Dave Byrnes, Bill Carmichael, Jim Carter, Steve Coester, Mike 96

The large '63 crowd at the crawfish boil Cronin, Steve Duncan, Bill Earner, Joel Gardner, Ken McGuire, Kent Maxfield, Roger Mehle, Jim Metcalfe, Jeff Miles, CharUe Minter, Tom O'Brien, Pete Quinton, Tom Reemelin, Jim Ring, Phil Rooney, Al Sherman, Forrest Siburt, Paul Tobin, and Bmce Webb.

Pete Quinton, Roger Mehle, Bruce Webb, Jim Ring

Jim Ring and Jim Metcalfe Thanks to Steve Coester and Tom O'Brien for their reports from which I drew the above account.

Tom provided several snapshots from the party which are reproduced here. In the photo of the large group you can see a "BZ" flag hoist raised above Denny's head by Joel Gardner. As Tom noted, 'That provided a most appropriate capstone on the careers of all of our Classmates who served on active dutyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Well Done!"

For additional photos from the party, see "Last Classmate has left active duty" in the Class news section of our Web site. That will link you to Steve Coester's personal homepage where the photos reside.

The other major Class of 1963 event in June was a day cmise from San Diego aboard FITZGERALD on the 16th. The CO, CDR Jim Grant '80, and his crew went out of their way to ensure an enjoyable and memorable experience for our Classmates and their wives who came aboard for the day.

Commenting after the event, CDR Grant said; It was a pleasure for all of us in FTTZGERALD to

meet some of William Fitzgerald's Classmates and demonstrate what this magnificent warship can do at sea. CAPT (IMickey) Mays did a wonderful job driving the ship away from the pier and out of the slip, and Mr. Duncan's expert use of the boatswain's pipe to 'pipe chow' was most impressive.

Among the other highlights of the day was Don Jacobs' presentation to the ship of a Viet Cong flag that he had picked up on a "wild and successful" raid he ran on a VC camp in late 1967. On behalf of the Class of 1963, Steve Duncan presented the wardroom with a set of pewter Jefferson cups engraved with our Class crest. In a subsequent letter to CDR Grant, Steve said; ...thanks for making (our) day aboard FITZGERALD SO informative and enjoyable. I hope that you will express to all of the members of the ship's company our deepest gratitude for their warm hospitality, and our best wishes for fair winds and following seas.

Thanks to PhU Marsden and Donna Kaup for supplying several snapshots taken in FrrzoERALo's wardroom.

Steve Duncan presents the Class gift to CDR Jim Grant '80 Shipmate, October 1999

informed me of the death of WilUam Venable. Terry has lived in Jackson, WY, for 29 years. He was the County and Prosecuting Attomey for more than 14 years from 1975 to 1989, and remains active in the legal profession there.

While signing copies of her cookbook. Dining in Quarters A, at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Charleston, SC, on 26 June, Donna Kaup had a surprise visit by Jane and Joe Sharpe. Joe, Tom Rossa, and Donna's late husband, Karl, were USNA roommates. The Sharpes came from their home in Aiken, SC, to see Donna. Here's a photo of the Joe and the two ladies.

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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: fulkie@erols.com '64 Class Web page; http;//www.mindspring.com/ ~gunsmoke26o/USNA64 We promised a few months ago that we would periodically provide a list of Class officers and members of the Executive Committee, so will take this opportunity to provide you with that update.

We are including some new names this month with the addition of the reunion committee and a new at large member of the Executive Committee.

Class Officers and Executive Committee President; Jerry Anderson, 5173 Dungannon Road, Fairfax, VA 22030-5414; 703-278-8277; j_f_anderson@Classic.msn.com Executive VP: Bernie Maguire, 1721 Raleigh HiU Road, Vienna, VA 22182; 703-620-8811; vpacorp @ erols.com Administrative VP; Bob Gault, 5895 Parenham Way, Alexandria, VA 22310-5301; 703-719-0341; rlg2125@aol.com Secretary; Hugh Risseeuw, 1715 Chesterbrook Vale Court, McLean, VA 22101; 703-821-8135, risseeh@corpdc.utc.com Treasurer; Bill Sargent, 3312 Mill Springs Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031-3059; 703-591-8210; wsargent@erols.com Ex-Officio Past Pres; Bob Sutton, RADM USN (Ret.), 505 North Roosevelt Blvd., Apt B603 Oakwood, Falls Church, VA 22044; 703-533-6551; suttonbb@AOL.com Note: Bob also has a new address in Califomia, but we don't have that as we go to press.

Ex-Officio Past Pres; Tom Swartz, 272 Glenview Drive, San Francisco, CA 94131-1614; 415-648-3076; tswartz@sfusd.kl2.ca.us Corresponding Sec; Grant Fulkerson, 6000 Natick Court, Burke, VA 22015; 703-978-6885; fulkie@erols.com At Large Member; Gordy Clow, 410 Prince Stteet, Alexandria, VA 22314-3114; 703-684-3642; Ghclow @ aol.com At Large Member; Dave Tbma, 2758 South Ives Stteet, Arlington, VA 22202-2311; 703-549-8068; DFTuma@ aol.com At Large Member; Steve Claassen, 9114 Cascus Drive, Annandale, VA 22003-4019; 703-425-5006; claassens@msn.com At Large Member; Ed Conant, 6007 Grove Drive, Alexandria, VA 22307; 703-329-1550; econant @ gdats.com Reunion Committee; Sandy Coward, 231 Meadow Gate Drive, AnnapoUs, MD 21401; 410349-8919; acowardiv@aol.com Reunion Committee; Marty PhiUips, 204 Providence Road, AnnapoUs, MD 21401; 410-757-3098; martin.philUps@faa.gov The Class homepage listing of missing Classmates has helped us locate another Classmate who had been missing for quite some time. Dale Garrison (SR87P@AOL.com), 2nd Company, left the Academy after Plebe Year. He is currentiy Uving in Las Vegas, NV, and is an emergency physician. Prior to becoming an emergency physician.

Dale was a deputy sheriff in southem Califomia, then a special agent in the FBI. Received an email from Karen and Dick Murphy (rlmurphy@roanoke.infi.net) Today (7/5/99) we had a nice but all-too-short visit with Sandy Cassell Guenzel, widow of Classmate Robin Cassell. She is living in the

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Donna Kaup with Joe and Jane Sharpe in Charleston I had an enjoyable phone conversation with Joe Bustamante in late July. He's enjoying his work as head of foreign language interpretation and translation services for the Fairfax County, VA, pubUc schools—one of the nation's largest systems.

He and the very busy folks he manages provide services in ten languages ranging from Spanish to Farsi to Urdu. Wow!

Tom Selden and Donna Kaup (note '63 crest on bulkhead) It was good to receive a note from our Classmate A m e Roe, who is now business manager for Everett Site Operations of the Boeing Corporation.

I left the Academy in my Youngster Year, and remmed to the Fleet where I flew aircrew in an AEW squadron. I left active duty in 1962, affiliated with the Reserves, and continued to serve with pride until 1991.1 was selected for master chief (E9) in my 17th year of service and served as the command master chief for VR, VP and VAQ squadrons until retirement I continued with my education after the Academy, receiving two BS degrees, an MBA and a Ph.D. I was able to locate and communicate with all three of my Plebe and Youngster Year wives through Intemet directories. Rick Weidman is retired, living at Hilton Head, SC. Paul Revere is an executive with Exxon, living in Japan, and Gay Hopkins is with Seimens Corp in Los Angeles. This data is about a year old, but I think it should still be current.

Thanks for checking in with us, Ame! I have recently leamed of the deaths of two of our Classmates. WiUiam Henry C. Venable of Jackson, WY, died on 5 April 1999. WUUam Keith Enright, Jr., of DavidsonviUe, MD, died suddenly at his home on 10 July. It was Terry Rogers who

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Finally, as evidence that the Class of 1963 continues to move up in the world, consider this important news that Sonny Glassner received from Pete Carrothers; I'll be expecting a little more courtesy and proper preferential treatment due my newly appointed rank. Govemor George W. Bush has just appointed me an admiral in the Texas Navy. I'm looking for the appropriate uniform (1846-1856).

The occasion was my 60th birthday on 18 June.

Could you line up some sideboys for the next Class of 1963 Foundation meeting? I think Nancy cooked it up to go along with my new license plates that say "FLY NAVY"...on a navy blue convertible!

An important notice; Your submission of news for this column is seriously overdue. Please contact me immediately to correct this deficiency and to avoid additional guilt-inducing notices in the future. Thanks!

Be sure to visit the Class of 1963 Web site from time to time to catch up on the latest news flashes and to get an advance look at om Shipmate columns.

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Tampa FL area, and was passing through en route to a business meeting in Richmond, VA. She looks well, and it was really great to talk about old times and look over the '64 Lucky Bag. (We were able to get her to take our extra copy with her...another 15 lbs off our bookshelf!). Sandy's email address is: sandy.guenzel @nationsbank.com. She would enjoy hearing from friends from the 15th Company and Class of'64.

General Chuck Krulak retired as the Commandant of the Marine Corps on 30 June. There were numerous articles in the local newspapers as well as in some national pubUcations praising Chuck's accomplishments during his four years as Commandant. I was honored to hear Chuck speak on several occasions over the past few years and I know he will be a great loss to the Marine Corps as well as the entire Department of Defense. Best Wishes to Chuck and Zandra as they enter a new and exciting time in their lives.

Jerry Anderson asked that I include the following message; Classmates of '64: Recently, a "younger" fellow pilot of mine at American Airlines, who is also a USNA graduate came to me with an interesting request. He has become a good friend with Chris Holian, daughter of our deceased Classmate, Jim Holian. Chris mentioned that she and her twin sister, Kathy, have very little knowledge about Jim's years at USNA or his short time after graduation. They would very much appreciate any good stories, remembrances, or pictures that we might have to share. I will be happy to accept and forward them. You can email me at jfanderson@msn.com or mail things to me at: 5173 Dungannon Road Fairfax, VA 22030-5414.

Thanks in advance for making two young women very happy.

Received a note from the Alumni Association that LCDR (Former) Virgil King Cameron is scheduled for burial at Arlington National Cemetery on 23 August, at 11 ;00 a.m. King was killed in action in Vietnam. King's next-of-kin is Charles Cameron and his address is 9301 N. 10th Street, MCallen, TX 78501. We posted tiiis information on the homepage so, hopefully, some of you may have been able to attend.

The final Reunion letter was mailed out in midJuly with additional details about the 35th Reunion and all of its associated activities. Included in the letter was a ballot for the next Class President.

Bemie Maguire and Dennis Pignotti were selected by the nominating committee as the candidates for this year's election. If you have not already done so, please ensure you remm your ballot as soon as possible.

Please continue to remember Bill Chaney, BUI MacAulay, and Hal Anderson in your thoughts and prayers.

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Pres; Pete Gness 410-757-4796; e; pdg@nrc.gov Sec'y; CDR Dave Anderson, USN (Ret.) 5 Strawberry Lane, Carlisle, PA 17013 e; daveand@planetcable.net '65 Class Home Page; http;//www.users.planetcable.net/~daveand Well, most of the relocation hassle is behind us and Judy and I are getting settied in CarUsle, PA. Judy (an active duty Navy Intel weenie) is taking a break from the 5:00 a.m.-5;00 p.m. days for ten months at the Army War College. Judy's being part of the AWC Class of 2000 is fairly unique. Female, Navy, Intel Community, 0-5 among a large contingent of Male, Array, Line, 0-6 dudes. Should be an interesting time. The surfing sucks in Pennsylvania, so we stored the surfboards. Have found some great hiking and biking areas and still looking into the tennis; which does not appear to be that big of a sport in southeastern Pennsylvania.

I'm still working for SAIC and continuing to assist the USCinCPac Scientific and Technology office remotely from my home office. New email and Web site addresses are listed above. Only about two hours from D . C , so hope to get down to some of the monthly luncheons.

Spent one of the first weekends visiting Anne and Fred Hufnagle at their great home in Warrenton, VA. They just so happened to have all their kids come and visit while we were there.

Young Freddie also works for SAIC out of their lyson's Comer office. Donna and her husband, Steven, drove over from the Eastem Shore, where Steven owns/manages an inn/restaurant and Donna is a wine merchant. Sarah also came for Saturday dinner. She works for EDS in D . C , but by the time you read this, may be on a lengthy assignment in England. One of the highUghts of the weekend was caravanning, top down, through the beautiful rolling hills of Virginia in Fred's restored '65 Austin Healey and a '60 MGA. Fred and Anne go to several Healey car shows each year and Fred's clean machine has won quite a few awards. While there, we visited Carter Refo, hard at work on his new house (about a half nule from Huf's place). Carter is doing most all of the woodworking on his place and it should be spectacular when finished in the October-November time frame. Forgot my camera, so no shots of Fred or Carter, but will fix that next time. Fred and Anne are doing great in their business of conference and meeting coordination.

Jim Taylor, my old roomie, and two-star on Admiral d e n t i n s ' staff at CinCPacFlt will be retiring in late August in a ceremony at Pearl Harbor. Jim and Chris will retum to their old stomping grounds in Bremerton, WA, and Jim has taken a major honcho job with AMSEC, a subsidiary of my company, SAIC, and will be working from Washington, with ttavels to Norfolk, D . C , and San Diego. Way to go. Rub! Many members of the '65 egroup read about Joan Robinson and Doyle Borchers' engagement.

Doyle and Joan have set 13 November 1999 as their wedding date. Plans are for the reception to be at the new spread they are purchasing in the Upper Napa Valley in Northem California. One of the reasons for selecting this date is the availability of Doyle's daughter and son-in-law, now living in Germany, to attend.

Received a note and photo from Phil Ferrara, describing the trip he and his wife, Linda, along with Judy and Dave Neal took down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in June-July. It

was 280 miles of awesome scenery and wildlife.

Photo shows, left to right, Judy and Dave Neal and Linda and Phil Ferrara, taken just before the rafts went tiirough the Lava Falls Rapids, one of the 100 or so rapids encountered on their adventure. Phil and Linda's address is 902 Ravelston Terrace, Amold, MD 21012.

On the Colorado River raft trip through the Grand Canyon, 25 June-2 July 1999 Here are a few emails. HopefuUy will be more once everyone knows where the heck I am now.

From John Kohler, 28 July '99; Son, Karl Kohler '95 just completed carrier qualifications in the S-3 and will be assigned to VS-27 in San Diego. His wife, Stacey, was promoted and is now the administrative assistant to the Special Agent In Charge of the San Diego FBI office. Granddaughter, KaiUyn, is advanced for her age...at 16 months she has leamed the word "NO!" Grandpa thinks that's "advanced."

Her Mom and Dad liave a different opinion.

We had a family reunion in the Branson area [my mother grew up in Forsyth, MO]. I have a timeshare in Stonebridge just north of Branson and just south of Silver Dollar City. We are going to use it the last week of August playing golf with Nikki and Elden Ploof. I will retire from Boeing in a year or so, then build on a lot overlooking Tablerock Dam that I've owned for 26 years.

From Harry "Doc" Hoffman (doc@who.net) 4 August 1999; This is a copy of a message concerning our efforts with our local Sacramento Area USNA Alumni Association eGroup. For Classmates in the Sacramento area who are interested in subscribing to the local Sacramento Area USNA Alumni Association eGroup, just send Doc an email and he will get you joined upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;much like he has in getting all of us part of the '65 eGroup. ff you access this via the '65 Web site, you should be able to click on the "mail-to" hnk below and you' II get a message blank to request being signed up. Doc will get the request to join and approve it. To subscribe to USNAA-SAC eGroup: mail to: usnaa-sac-subscribe@egroups.com.

From John Musitano (john.musitano@west. boeing.com), 6 August 1999; I just watched a WW2 documentary on AMC (propaganda: their terminology, not mine) made

by John Ford. He apparentiy was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and was single handedly filming the action. He mentioned a number of the originally known deceased. One was named Steve SzabofromIowa! There was a picture shown of Mrs. Szabo holding a baby. Is this our Steve Szabo? Am I the only guy in our Class that didn't know that Szabo's dad died at Pearl? Or have I made my usual mistaken identification?

P.S. Steve's new job email address is; http;// www.jaguarsnfl.com/jag_web/nav.cfm?sect=team.

Bob Halsey (RHalsey@cnsl.spear.navy.mil) Bob passed along the following Navy football news, 5 August 1999; Staubach Named to All-Decade Team by Preview Sports Former Navy quarterback Roger Staubach was named to die 1960s All-Decade team by Pre-

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view Sports. Staubach won the Heisman Trophy in 1963 when he lead Navy to a 9-1 regular season record and a number two ranking in the country. Navy lost in ttie Cotton Bowl to number-one ranked Texas, 28-6. Staubach completed 107 of his 161 pass attempts in 1963 for 1,474 yards and seven touchdowns as he led Navy to victories over West Virginia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Maryland.

The article also included the following: The Naval Academy was ranked as the 10th best tailgating school in the country according to Athlon's Preseason College Football Magazine. Joe Cahn, who is the self proclaimed Commissioner of Tailgating and has a Web site about tailgating (www.tailgating.com), said this about Navy tailgates: "What sets them apart, what makes Navy special is that after the game, the fans, the Midshipmen, even the players come out and celebrate with friends, family and alumni. I love Navy tailgating."

From Pete Reiniger (preingr@goodnet.com), 30 July 1999 (to Jeff Lewis); Denny McComb, Pete Lumianski and I are in close contact in the "Valley of the Sun" and the USNA Alumni Association is fairly active with about 25 old codgers attending monthly meetings September through May. We never see Bob Gosnell. Larry Mack, Arnie Soderman or John Summa.

Jeff, let me know what 1 can do to help your valiant efforts. You are truly the MVP of the Class! All your work means a great deal to the unity of the Class, and it will really be apparent at the Y2K Reunion. See you there (if not sooner).

Go Navy! '65 All the Way!

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Pres: VADM John S. Redd, USN (Ret) Sec'y; CDR MUie Baird, USN (ReL) 63 FrankUn Stteet, AnnapoUs, MD 21401 e; baird@toad.net West Coast Sec'y; Robert G. Johnson, Jr., Esq. 30131 Town Center Drive Suite 147, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 Class web site; http;// www.usna66.org This is Homecoraing month, and I want to extend an invitation to anyone in the Annapolis area on 22 October to join the Class in our annual celebration. I expect we'll be in Area F (West side), next to Taylor Avenue. The cost will be $20 for adults and $10 for those under 18.1 hope some of you out-of-towners can make it. To pump you up a bit, here are some pictures from last year, provided by "RB" Adams.

Betty & Tom Eubanks with Joan Barchi O'Dell

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gram in West Virginia, having been with the unit since it was formed in 1989. Dan says that for those who haven't checked the calendar, the clock toward final retirement keeps getting closer. That has driven him to look into mutual funds instead of lazy old CDs. He wrote some information on Roth IRAs in the West Virginia Chapter column recentiy.

Thanks for the update Dan, and continued success to you and Betty Jo in your work and ministty.

Hank Nothhaft sent me an email to catch up on his happenings. He reports that he spent the weekend with Hugh Ronalds. Hugh was visiting Randie and Hank in Saratoga, CA. He was the best man at their wedding in 1977. Hugh had just undergone a successful double hip replacement operation, and is working for NASA at the Houston Space Flight Center on the Mars Program. Hank sent the email from London, England, where he was taking a week of R&R. As the CEO of Concentric Network Corporation, he is in the midst of the intemet revolution and employing intemet business usage. He says it's the most fun he's ever had. As a West Coast alum, he's already got his tickets to the NavyHawaii game. Thanks for checking in Hank, and continued success.

Dee Fawkes, Ned Samo, and Paul Cotter Mike Field sent me a copy of the Wall Street Journal article from 15 June 1999, on Dick Michaux and his two children. Rick and Alison.

The article, written by George Anders, focuses on their different approaches to business. Dick is chief executive officer (CEO) of Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. His company is building new residences in Herndon, VA. His company has three billion dollars of assets and a New York Stock Exchange Listing. Dick has stayed with the tried and true mIes of business that entail owning hard assets and making a profit. On the other side are the younger set who plan to lose money, and are venturing into the intemet economy, risking it all in startup companies. Son, Rick, and daughter, Alison, are chasing the SiUcon Valley dream. Rick quit a managerial job with Motorola, making $100,000 per year to become CEO of a seven-person company, Corrigo Inc., making minimum wage. Alison has spent two years selUng online advertising for At Home Corp. in Redwood City, CA, which has just merged with Excite Inc. I found the article very interesting, because it expresses Dick's frusttation with the new mIes and the willingness of the younger generation to risk it all to attain seemingly ovemight success through the intemet. He wishes them success, but he's also aware of the uncertainty of their choice. I think that's something we all are facing as we watch our young adults make their own way.

My thanks to Mike for sending the article. If anyone would like a copy, I'll be glad to forward it.

You may also be able to get to it via the, yeah, intemet, at the Wall Street Journal web page.

Dan McCague checked in from the state capitol in Charleston, W V He reports that the state govemment bureau he's worked for the past ten years has finally upgraded the intemet system they use to a complete Netscape速 Navigator That allowed him to check out our Class web site done by Mike O'Shea. Wife, Betty Jo, and Dan graduated from a four-year night school program, in May 1999. They received a diploma in pastoral ministry from the School of Christian Studies, West Virginia Baptist convention, American Baptist Churches, USA. Dan decided not to go into the ministry, but Betty Jo has had two preaching assignments in the last few months; a moming service at a ladies recognition Sunday for a local church, and an evening service. Dan is still involved in the State Dislocated Worker Unit pro-

Ron Chapman (rchapman@austin.rr.com) wrote to say that all goes well with his petroleum engineering consulting practice. Wife, Patricia, has two antique shops in Austin and does the fall and spring antique show circuits in the Lone Star State (guess who lugs and tugs). Sons, Bob and Skyler, live in Oklahoma City and Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, respectively. They've blessed Patricia and Ron with two grandchildren each, three boys and one girl. Thanks, Ron. Please keep in touch.

Cliff Wiese has made a change of careers. After several years with CACI, he started in June with Salomon Smith Bamey in their Washington, D.C. office. He will be going into their financial consultant program. Cliff also has a new home address and email address; 8716 Evangel Drive, Springfield, VA 22153; cliff_wiese@yahoo.com. In his words, he's very excited about combining his hobby and personal interest with his full time personal career. Thanks Cliff and much success.

Bob Johnson reports from the West Coast that he too plans to attend the Navy-Hawaii game. Bob forwarded some information on Hall WendeU and his company, Polaris. In 1999, Hall will complete 28 years with Polaris. In 1981, he led a manageraent buyout of the Polaris Division from Textton, Inc. Prior to that he was president, vice president of sales and marketing, and national sales manager for that division. Since 1981, under Hall's direction as CEO, Polaris has broadened its product line from snowmobiles to include all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, and more recently the Victory line of motorcycles. Sales have grown from $112 milUon in 1981 to $1.2 billion in 1998.

After a loss in 1981, Polaris has reported 17 consecutive years of earnings increases, including a record net income of $71 million in 1998. Retum on equity has averaged over 40%, and the number of employees has grown from fewer than 100 in 1981 to more than 3,500 in 1998. That's quite a success story, and I hope the good news continues for HaU. Thanks to Bob for the information.

Curt Johnson sent me a nice letter and a picture of him and Ed Loret de Mola in Pem. In Cart's words; I had a great visit with Ed Loret de Mola in Pera. If anyone seeks to tour Lima with the best historian, archeologist, gourmand, social commentator and bodyguard, Ed and his wife, Mariella, arise, as the first choice. They blew us away with their hospitality as well as their intimate knowledge of their beautiful city, which is steeped in culture and history. The enclosed picture of the two of us was taken on top of the

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Temple of the Sun at the Aztec city of Pachacamac on the Peravian coast. Ed works as a management consultant. I went to Pera, along with my wife, Sharon, to do some volunteer work in the city of Moyobamba, in the upper Amazon basin. I worked with a high school/college science teacher in helping set up a new laboratory. I do the same sort of work as a physics teacher in Washington State. The people on both sides of the Andes impressed us deeply, making us eager to retum.

Many thanks to Curt for the letter and picture.

Curt Johnson and Ed Loret de Mola in Pera The results of the elections for Class Executive Committee membership have been tabulated. The comraittee comprises Clay Spikes, Chairman; Chuck Grutzius, Treasurer; Mike Baird, Secretary; and members Pat Dennis, Tom Eubanks, Larry Fish, Jim Galvin, Jim Gillard, Robert Percival, and Ace Sarich. Congratulations to aU, and thanks for your commitment to serve the Class.

So that's it for October. My thanks to aU who provided their vignettes. Hope to see many of you at Homecoming. Start thinking number 35. It's getting close. UntU November - AU 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 h; 703-425-1380; f; 703-425-5073 (caU before faxing) e; SCRIBE67@AOL.COM I have a great idea! Let's start with promotions!

Secretary of Defense WilUam S. Cohen announced that the President has nominated RADM Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as deputy chief of Naval Operations for Manpower and Personnel, NI, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and chief of Naval Personnel, ArUngton, VA. He is now the chief of Navy Legislative Affairs in the Pentagon. Congratulations, Norb! This is a richly deserved honor.

And, on the civilian front, the Lockheed Martin Corporation has announced the appointment of D r BurUe A. Brunson as vice president, program development. BurUe will be responsible for identification and ttansference throughout the corporation of business development best practices and lessons leamed, as well as performance of market and competitor analyses. BurUe has been the vice president.

Deputy Washington Operations for the electronics sector since the creation of Lockheed Martin in 1995. I sat next to him at a concert at Wolf Trap

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last night, and he's aheady hot and heavy into it.

Another promotion well deserved!

I like those kinds of announcements! Other folks are doing well, too. Don Fraser checked in via email to Dave; All is fairly well. I go back to teaching high school in August, social studies vice NJROTC. Nancy still providing a feminine influence to a group of five doctors. Jenn is at Milton, flying with VT-6. Jess should graduate from University of Arkansas next year - then two years of physical therapy school, probably in St. Augustine, FL (and living at home). I'd Uke to make a foray up in the direction of USNA in the fall—I'll keep my eye on the home football schedule. More anon.

Now, Don, being a former Class Secretary and all, checks in from time to time and provide little tidbits. Others seem to take a lot longer to put pen to paper, or bits to disk, as the case may be, but when they come through, it's fun! Here's Dick Kirtley's attempt to get back in my good graces; Can't believe that it took me 32 years to write my first letter to Shipmate'. Like so many, my intentions were always good! First, I just want to say that both Jim Slaughter and I reneged on our promises to each other as we drove into the sunset that June day in 1967...I did not name my first son "James Taylor Kirtiey," nor did Jim name his first "Richard Wayne Slaughter"...weren't we young and foolish back then?!

A quick catch-up: I spent seven years as a line officer—FRAM 2 out of Yokosuka, an R&D job at Pax River (not bad for a surface puke!), a tour with the Naval Advisory Group in Vietnam (Senior Advisor to RID 40; ran into Leiser, Couch and others), BUPERS witii ADM James Watitins (who, along with Skip Dittman, talked me into Supply Corps), Supply Officer tours on TATTNALL (DDG) and PUGET SOUND in Gaeta, sandwiched

around PG School (acquisition/contract mgmt) and an incredible tour back at USNA (where Yankoupe, myself and others set up our tenth "Bricked Again After ten!"), and a couple of Contracting Officer/BFM jobs.

At some point after the tenth I sorta drifted awayfrommy Academyties...regrettedit in hindsight; even missed the big 25th. Vowed not to let that continue and rejoined the Alumni Association in time to fully enjoy the 30th! I walked around the grounds by myself early that Sunday moming, and even through all of the constraction, had a severe attack of nostalgia...remembered just how much the place meant to me. At the memorial ceremony on Hospital Point, I shed tears with everyone else, and especially thought back to my times with Johnny Lay...my conscience for those four years so long ago!

My 20 years active duty, plus my love of theater (remember those Musical Club shows and Masqueraders) took a toll on my social life. I saw two unsuccessful marriages before I met and married the wonderful Debbie Jackson of New Hampshire in 1983. Together we have hers, mine and ours—Kristy, 22, married. Air Force (egad\), and mother of two young sons; Travis, 21, student, ski instractor, downhill mountain biker; Ricky, 19, student; Tommy, 14 (in Debbie's words "a littie Dick, in more ways than one!"); and Stacey, 12, our littie athlete.

I retired in '87, and joined Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, in Nashua, NH, as a quality assurance manager, then a program manager.

After seven years of stressing, we bailed for a taste of entrepreneurial adventure (failure) in Jacksonville, FL....lost a lot of money, but got my priorities in order and rediscovered the values of family. Sanders brought us back in '95, and in '96 I became operations director for two of Sanders' operating divisions. Had a unique '67 experience in April of this year; we had a "Red Team" Review of a major proposal effort, and the two leaders of that review, drafted from sister Lockheed locations, were none other than Burlie Brunson and Chuck Beers! Don't it make you proud!

Keeping in mind the stresses in a large defense contractor (actually in a lot of businesses) I also developed a course called "Humor in the Workplace—Creating a Positive Environment," drawing on my natural sense of humor. That has blossomed into speaking/training engagements for numerous Lockheed Martin functions. I used that experience to jump-start an outside speaking service called "Laugh To Live" which is growing wonderfully! (An unpaid advertisement—if you ever need an entertaining, non-controversial keynote speaker/trainer, etc., give me a call!)

Finally, I've been working for years, a dribble at a time, on my book, Take My Advice, an amoral look at the futiUty of the advisory effort in Vietnam; it's sort of "M*A*S*H" without the medicine. It's had a first look and reader's comments from Naval Institute Press; I've just got to commit tofinishingit.

Well, that was probably way more than you needed to hear, but it has been 32 years! If you get up towards New Hampshire, please give me a call, h: 603-672-9037; w: 603-885-9040; richard.w.kirtley@lmco.com.

Late breaking news: I have arranged a visit to Sanders by my old roomie, RADM "Willie" Williamson, in August. I found out that he was "touring" establishments in the Northeast, and convinced him that a day with us would be beneficial. Then, I plan to take Debbie and the kids and raid his peaceful Maine vacation with his wife, Jo! Wdl advise of the raid's success...prisoners taken, etc.!

What a great letter, Richard! That one lets you off the hook, however, I want you to take a minute and consider that if you wait another 32 years until the next one, you'U be 80-something years old and my sense of humor wiU undoubtedly not be nearly what it is now in our youth! So, enough said.

The rest of you pay attention, too!

Last month. Ken Ptack provided us with a photo from the 1999 Intemational Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Symposium in Brighton, England, not long ago. By the way. Ken's the president of INCOSE, but never mind that; he types reaUy slow so his write-up missed my deadline, the picture went ahead without it. So.. .to recap, in addition to Ken the conference was attended by Mike Egnotovich, Software Productivity Consortium Corporate Advisory Board Member; Eric Honour '69, 1997 INCOSE Intemational President; Bob Bailey '70, Naval Air Warfare Center— Aircraft Division 4.1C, INCOSE SoMD Chapter Director; Don Barber '79, Honeywell Ine Corporate Advisory Board Member; Dick Macke '60, Computer Sciences Corporation Member of Washington MettopoUtan Area Chapter. There were 713 delegates from 21 countries and 196 exhibitors and press representatives participating to promote INCOSE and systems engineering principals. And Ken, of course, presided over this whole affair, presenting several prestigious awards at the awards banquet. Another local boy makes good!

Bud O'Hara fired a up flare from San Diego to confirm his continuing presence there. He said he and Jim Gilbert work together and play tennis in a group every Tuesday.

And, here's another short one, this from John Craighill, along with a photo. His son, John CraighiU Jr. '03, ttied to get into USNA after high school, but wasn't accepted. After two years at Gettysburg College he tried again and this time made it. He entered on 1 July 1999 as a member of the Class of '03...and John, Sr. had the honor of swearing him in in Memorial Hall after the formal ceremony on Tecumseh Court.

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The Johns Craighill, midshipman and captain And finally. I have to say I broke out in a cold sweat one day last week when I checked the mail and saw an oversized envelope with a large, bold label saying "X-RAY FILM DO NOT FOLD" and addressed to me from the Radiology Department of Iron County General Hospital, fron River, MI.

You know how your brain does a really quick scan of its neurons to Uy to figure out the connection? I was sure all my kids were accounted for.. .couldn't recall ever having done anything illegal, immoral, or unhealthy in Iron River, MI. So I opened the envelope with only a littie ttepidation (really!), and it was this note and a photo from Steve Fagan: Back on 17 April, a group of us found our way to Richmond, VA, to watch Jim Bost tie the knot.

Jim and his bride, Anita, put together an outstanding weekend for their guests. It was a great reunion, and by the way, afinewedding! The wedding photographer produced this picture of a few Classmates and Jim and Anita. Somehow, the Shipmate picture is the one without the wives and dates, which is too bad because the women were far more photogenic than we were, as it has always been. My standing among the 33rd Company Mets' wives has suffered considerably through the years after starting the infamous annual ski trips (which are, unfortunately, not open to women). As you can imagine, I am reluctant to take credit for a wedding picture that does not include our ladies. I am simply the messenger.

Therefore, left to right and smelling like brandy and cigars: First row: Steve Fagan, Dick Couch, Don LeMaster, Mike Quinlan; Second row: Jim Perley, Chris Daniels, Anita and Jim Bost, John Guibert, and Ted Hontz.

And so ends this edition! Thanks for the several fun pieces you provided me this time. Keep it up.

That's iti..Goodnight!...Jim

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Pres; RADM Kendell M. Pease, USN (Ret) Sec'y; Leo Kuehn 531Wilson Road, AnnapoUs, MD 21401-1061 e; lkuehn@arinc.com http;//www.usna68.com It has been a very hot summer in Annapolis. As I write this we are still sort of in the middle of a major hot spell and drought. However, as you read it we will already be in the middle of football season, certainly a much cooler time. Just a short note to let you know I am here waiting to hear from you. No mail since I wrote the last column. If it's not posted in the column header, you can email me at; lkuehn@arinc.com. That might help some of you.

Again, I hope this finds each of you well. Please write. Always interested in knowing what's happening to Classmates wherever this finds you. AU the best 'til next month...Leo

69 Qassmates tumed out recentiy in San Francisco to hear ADM John Ryan speak. Front 1 to r: Al Chesteiman, Rock Harmon, Pete Antoniak, Dave Church; Back 1 to r: Ray Fortney, Bill Applegate and die Supt., John Ryan.

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Pres; CAPT David O. Rose, USN (Ret.) EVP; CDR Pat Stroop, USN (Ret.) Sec'y; Walt Giraldi Tres; Steve Ward h; 703-864-1775; w; 703-620-2279 Corr. Sec'y; Dr. Steve Hudock 6006 Woodlake Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310 e; shudock@erols.com Class web site; www.USNA69.org Hey there, fellow fans! Navy Football is underway again in all its glory. Steve Ward and the 9th Company Staff are making the '69 tent a popular place to be before, during and after the games, so stop in and enjoy.

Speaking of enjoying, the Class conference was a spectacular success (measured in terms of hours of camaraderie and story swapping). Hats off to Steve Ward again and his outstanding Conference Committee who organized and orchestrated the event! BZ! Will be providing a more detailed commentary in the next issue.

Joe Chopek, the dad, provided this tidbit of news. BRISCOE (DD-977) was selected to conduct the burial at sea of JFK Jr. and the Bessette sisters.

The captain of BRISCOE selected LTJG Joseph P. Chopek '97 to act as master of ceremonies.

Speaking of proud dads. Bill Breckenridge VI wrote in to tell us that BUI Breckenridge VII '96 was "winged" at NAS Kingsville. Bill and Janet were on hand along with a number of friends to appropriately celebrate the event before Bill VI moved on to NAS Lemoore where he began F-18 training. Congratulations, BiD! Bill Laz finally hung up his spurs after a short 30 year mn which included a pending record 20 years, 11 months, 7 days of continuous sea duty!

Marcia presented him a shadow box which in-

Mets and marriage: Congramlations Jim and Anita!

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CAPT Paul Ross, USNA, '69, Reties onboard BARRY (DD-933) at Washington Navy Yard, 10 July 1999

70 Bill Breckenridge VI (third from right) celebrating his son's winging at NAS Kingsville eluded the '69 Class pin he gave her back in 1967.

Retiring as the last senior m e m b e r of the CinClantFlt Propulsion Examining Board, Laz and Marcia are staying in Virginia Beach for at least another year while their last daughter finishes high school. Laz is whiUng his time away at Newport News Shipbuildingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just can't get away from those gray huUs! Congratulations, Laz!

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CAPT Nelson Blish and RADM John Padgett at Sub Base, New London on 27 August 1998 Jim Mcllvaine, too proud to write to us personally, had his wife, Kathy, provide a very nice commentary on his recent activities; For over a year now, I have told Jim that he needed to write to the '69 column of Shipmate, but he has not. I guess that I will have to do the updating for him.

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On 25 May 1998, Jim began working in Ukraine. He is one of the project managers for the Chemobyl Shelter Improvement project that is being funded by the G-7. The project is quite complex and the politics are very difficult for him to deal with. There are many days when he is frastrated, but he does feel like this project will make a difference and that he is a part of history.

Getting used to the Ukrainian way of life has not been too difficult, but the language has been.

(He wishes that he had studied Russian, rather than Portuguese at the Academy.) Jim is living in a three bedroom cottage on a street with many of the other Americans who are working on this project. A Ukrainian woman comes in and cooks and cleans for him three days a week. He pays her about $100 a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;big money for the Ukrainians. He does not need a car, since his office is afive-minutewalkfromhis cottage. When he does need to go to Kiev, a three-hour drive, he can easily hire a driver.

For this year, I decided to stay here and let Jim make sure that it would be safe for me to come over and live. In October, I will go over with him.

We will stay for at least one year, maybe more.

One of the benefits of this job has been the chances that we have had to travel. In November, we met in London for ten days. We even watched the Army/Navy game at the Navy building in London! For Christmas, I went over to see Ukraine. Three months later, we had the oppormnity to stay on the Costa del Sol in Spain (Beautiful). So, it would not be such a long time between visits, I met Jim in Munich, Germany, for a long weekend in May. In June, he was just home, in Frederick, for the first time in 13 months. He was glad to be home!

Jim's next trip home will be in September for the 30th. He is very excited about seeing his Classmates and watching Navy football. He really missed the '69 Tent and all of the festivities last year.

We both look forward to September 16.

Thank you, Kathy. What a great wife you are.

We're sure Jim appreciates you!

A few statistics from a friend in the Yard; '69 offspring in '03; Gregory F. Cruser '03, Aaron C. Geary '03, Patrick J. Hudock '03 and Natalie A. Scharnus '03. Our Class has had 41 children enter the Academy so far, contributing members of classes ranging from '90 to '03. We have at least one more who is starting the Foundation program this fall and will most likely be a member of the Class of '04. Nice to see the contribution to the Country continue.

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Pres; Fred HaU Sec'y; CDR Royal ConneU, USN (Ret) 1978 Valley Rd, AnnapoUs, MD 21401 e; njrotc@arctic.nadn.navy.niil Greetings all, and welcome to the no news is no news department. I just submitted the Reunion letter three weeks ago and it hasn't been pubUshed yet, and summer (when I am actually writing this) is the time that we, ever since we were in the second grade, forgot how to write.

I am going to mn an apology to Ed McKenny though. (I think I may have already done this, but you know how it is to have the onset of "halfheimers") Way 'long time ago he sent me a picture in the email of he and Mike Charley. It was a great picture and I would have loved to run it, but Shipmate can not yet accept elccttonic photos. I was initiaUy curious about how, in this electtonic age, they could not. Actually, my thoughts ran something along the Unes of, "That would be the perfect way to get them, you could edit them right into the article, no problem!" I got a letter from Mike ColUns '84 though which pointed out the problems inherent with such a thing. Although they are trying to get the technology to do it, the situation right now is wrapped up in issues of system corapatibiUty, bandwidth (how long does it take you to download a photo(?), now multiply tiiat by the 200 or so photos they have every issue), image quality (they need at least 300 dpi, again slovring the ttansfer process), and finaUy getting aU tiie Class secretaries to get up to date with the times in computer technology and expertise ...no mean feat, that\ Anyway, Ed is still with CaterpiUar in Tokyo, Mike is tiie VP of L-3 Communications and C. J. Ihrig is reported to be with Newport News Shipbuilding.

In other rambUngs; Nick Visco gets my vote for most valuable player for the Class. For those of you who are still unaware of the benefits of electtonic communications, Nick is the keeper of the Class email directory. With the 30th coming up, if you have email, please send him a note so you can be added to the directory. It saves postage and is a lot quicker ttiat the USPS. For those of you who are naturally distmstful of things having to do with computers, I agree with you, you're probably right, they are tiie bane of today's society, but what's a poor Class sec'y gonna do? They actually want this submission typed and my old roommate Tom Howard can attest to my lack of skills on a typewriter. Do what 1 do, get a son in the computer business to show you how.

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Pres: CAPT Perry Martini, USN Sec'y; CDR Brian Horais, USNR (Ret.) 11234 Cranbrook Lane. Oakton, VA 22124 e: bhorais@schafercorp-baIlston.com http://www.erols.com/horais/USNA 1971 .htm Bill Lukens sent in a note from Shepherdstown, WV. Recentiy Bill went to a very large antique show in Brimfield, MA, to look for items for his new antique store, the Old Store, in Shepherdstown.

While there, he met with feUow classmate Mark Pekala. who lives a few rmles away in Monson, MA. Mark and his wife. Sue, were most gracious hosts and they had a wonderful time. The real news is that Mark is a new grandfather. His daughter, Missy, had Noah on 30 May. Bill pointed out some items of note about the Class of 1971; We are doing very well as a Class in our fund drive partici-

pationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;fourth ranked Class by the total number of participants, (number one is not far off...) David Poyer continues to do well as a great author Bill highly recommends that everyone in our Class should have a set starting with Philo T. McGiffin.

(I sttongly concur!). Bob Cabana's great achievement as an asttonaut, commanding the shuttle to build the space station.

Thanks for the enthusiasm and the input. Bill!

Andy Mazzara sent in a short note to bring us up to speed since his retirement this past December at Quantico. MajGen Pat Howard '67, presided at the retirement with Walt Havenstein, Ron Spratt, Mike Swords, and BrigGen Steve Cheney attending. Andy is now semi-settled in State College, PA, the site of some pretty ugly football games during our time at the Academy. Nevertheless, the area is beautiful, and Ellen, Andy, and the lower half of the Mazzara family (Joe, Greg, Matt and Mike) are adjusting quickly to Ufe as civilians.

Andy is the director and site executive at Raytheon Systems Company's faciUty in State College. They provide a lot of support to the intelligence com-

munity and the Defense Department in general.

Andy looks forward to re-connecting with Classraates at the 30th Reunion, which is not far off.

I had the good fortune to attend Steve Pelstring's retirement ceremony in late June at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. Steve and his wife, Lesley, were in attendance, along with their family and friends. Classmates at the retirement included Brian Horais, Larry McDonald, Skip Liddell, Bob Wagoner, Dan Whitford and Craig Welling. ENS Jeremy Pelstring '99 sang the National Anthem at the ceremony. For those of you who watched last year's Army/Navy game, you may remember that Jeremy also sang the National Anthem there. The Congressional Representative from Minnesota, Steve's home state, gave a very fitting speech at the ceremony. He humorously questioned the chain of events that pointed Steve to a career in the Navy when he (Steve) came from the only county in Minnesota that does not have any lakes (Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes).

John Hubbard sent in a great note on the recent 15th Company reunion in Florida. I pubUshed the note in last month's column but did not have room for the group photograph. Here's the picture of the 15th Company pontoon boaters in Fellsmere, FL, decked out in their reunion t-shirts; (shown left to right in the upper deck) Linda Travis, Don Williams, Sue Fuchs, Cindy Williams, Dave Polzein, Jay Polzien and Jim Creelman; (shown left to right on the lower deck) Rlc Travis, Geoff McMullin, Carter McMullin, Frank Fuchs, Susan Hubbard, and John Hubbard.

Mike Hayden sent in a note and photograph from this year's graduation at the Academy. Mike's son, Matthew Hayden '99, graduated this year from the academy. The photograph was taken after this year's Dedication Parade. Matt served as Brigade Chief of Staff last fall and started VGEP at Johns Hopkins University this spring. After completion of his master's in mechanical engineering later this year, he will head to nuclear power training. Congratulations, Mike and Matt!

Mike and Matthew Hayden Jim Yeakley foUowed up last month's input with a photographfromTom Hammon'sretirementin San Diego. Shown left to right in the photograph are; Kevin NlcoUn, Ed Kelley, Tom Hammons, Rick Tom Hammon's retirement Shipmate, October 1999

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Smith, Jim Yeakley, and Pat Doyle. Jim said I should feel free to airbmsh a smile onto Doyle's face.

That's all I have for now. Keep the inputs and photographs coming via email and regular mail.

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Pres; CDR Dave Hogen, USN (Ret) Sec'y; CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 12695 Catawba Dr., Woodbridge, VA 22192 f; 703-413-5376; e; robison_rich@prc.cora http;//www.charm.net/~bfant/usna72/72toc.htm

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Pres; Tom Storch Sec'y; CAPT Tom (TJ) WUson, III, USN 8310 Gushing Court, Springfield, VA 22153 e; tjwnson@erols.com; w; 703-697-8863 h; 703-913-0094; f; 703-614-1755 Classmates, As you read this I hope fall has arrived wherever you are because as I write in late July it is definitely summer.. .and summer in a way that only the nation's capital can have summer. It is 100 degrees with 95% humidity. But it could be worse; we could be going through Plebe Summer again. Hang in there '03! I still remember being awakened to watch Neil Armstrong take his small step and thinking this is really important tonight but won't matter to my squad leader tomorrow. For the record, I was correct. I've got a little information to pass on so let's get to it.

Chuck McKeone sent a nice email conceming some recent events. He writes; On 13 June at 2:30 a.m., my son, Greg, and I set sail from beautiful Montclair en route to Norfolk and a day of fun and frolic on ENTERPRISE. Marty Chanik had invited us to come down and enjoy a day at sea as his guest. We arrived at 5:30 a.m. in the Norfolk area and easily found our way to BIG E. Even a Marine can find an aircraft carrier, but I didn't remember it being that big when I was trying to land on it. We made our way to the officers ladder, signed in and were given the red carpet treatment. Taken to the captain's inport cal>in, we were served breakfast and introduced to our tour guide. Marty was able to make in for a quick hello, but while we were on a day

of leisure, it was hardly anything like that for him.

Greg was very impressed with the layout, so much so that due to our early departure, he decided to catch a few winks in the CO's bed. I must report he found it comfortable. Greg couldn't understand how my stories about shipboard life could be trae after seeing how Marty lived. We departed for sea and had a freeranof the ship. We went both high and low in search of adventure. It was old home week for me, having done a cruise on MIDWAY far too many years ago.

We were treated to an airpower demo that made you want to come out of retirement. I have to comment that the 500 foot altitude that the Marine Corps has been forced to raise did not appear to be an issue for the demo. It was a great display of airmanship. The day ended as we sat up on the bridge and watched the crew bring this huge warship into port. It is an event that I will long remember. It is great to have Classmates in positions that allow us old retired guys to show our offspring what we did for a living. Many thanks to Marty and the crew of BIG E. On another note, on 1 July, I drove from Eglin AFB to Pensacola to again tum back the clock. I went to the museum to see the "Cubi O'Club" now in it's new location. I have to tell you that it brought a tear to my eye. It is a magnificent monument to those of us who have been to WestPac and had a beer or two in the club. If you have a chance and you are in Pensacola, you have to stop in to see it. The only cost is the lunch you end up buying because you just don't want to leave. Put four stars next to this one.

Chuck, thanks for staying in touch.

I recently had the privilege of attending Jane and Pat Fogarty's retirement ceremony. Pat retired from command of Northem Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Philadelphia after 26 years, mostly as a CEC officer. Pat did a great job, taking us all back to our beginnings at USNA and through pivotal events Uke meeting his future wife and leading Constmction Battalion Seventy-Four in Desert Storm. Jim McGarrah and I were honor sideboys for the occasion and shared that 30 years ago as we were about a week into Plebe Summer, retirement ceremonies in full dress whites was not foremost on our minds! Jim is a reserve captain in the CEC and works in Atlanta with Bell South. Also attending were Pat and Jack Howard, Paula and Denny Vito, Susan and Pete Flynn and Ruth and Dave Leather. As you can see in the picture Pat and Jane were up for the day.

And, if you look closely enough at this photo and the ones of June Week 1973 Color Girl on page 255 of the Lucky Bag, you'll see a definite resemblance. Pat, you did yourself, the Academy, the Navy and the nation proud. We all wish you the best in the future.

Jane and Pat Fogarty and their son Kevin at Pat's retirement That's what I have to report. Maybe it's the summer vacation period but the amount of information coming in has dried up considerably. Please call, write or email. We all want to see how '73ers are doing. Hope to see some of you in AnnapoUs this football season. Beat Army!

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Pres; Steve Middleton 516 Green Forest Drive Sevema Park, MD 21146 Sec'y; CDR BiU HaU, SC, USN (Ret.) 1833 Meadowgrove Lane Frederick, MD 21702-3015 h; 301-694-5883; w; 703-394-7654 e; Bhall74@aol.com Stan Weliever sent me a short email note to advise me that Richard Brooks should have been on my flag list last month. Sorry about that Rich.

Dr. Bruce Brunson checked in my email with an update on his new career opportunity.

Passing the news on my new job. Starting 30 June I'll be the Dean of Work Force Development and Liberal Arts at Florida Community College Jacksonville, FL. (FCCJ). They made me an offer I could not refuse. Jeanne and Jenn are really excited about going to Jacksonville. I did two military tours there and Jenn was bom there.

My job will mainly be setting up, ranning educational programs for industry and the mihtary.

It is a new position and they are still building my office. The following address and phone number will find me. The AOL email will alsofindme.

I'll send my FCCJ email when I get it. I'll leave Blacksburg on 29 June. The family will move down at the end of July, first of August. I'll stay in touch - see you in November.

Bruce can be reached at Dr. Bruce Brunson, FCCJ, 101W. State Stteet, Room A l 196, Jacksonville, FL 32202; 904-633-8322; bhbrunson速 aol.com.

Morgan Ames drops in next with a short email update on some Classmates.

I was at USNA '99 graduation on 26 May. Our Classmate, CAPT Kevin O'Brien, currentiy ComNavAirLant's Maintenance Officer (he's an engineering duty officer) was on hand for the graduation and commissioning of his son as ensign, USNR. I believe he is ttie first USNA '74 offspring to have graduated from USNA, 25 years after us. Also, Chris Nigon's son just graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY. Chris Nigon lives at 27 Fox Meadow Lane, Orchard Park, NY 14127; 716662-1828, According to Morgan, Steve Firks is the Commanding Officer of CARL VINSON ( C V N - 7 0 ) ,

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Frank Sweigart sent tiie following email update on his recent change of homeport.

Good moming (Saturday, 10 July). Departed Japan on Saturday, 26 June, having been relieved as CO of NAF Atsugi on 24 June by CAPT Kevin McNamara. Hopefully, in the next week or so.

Shipmate will receive a picture with caption, showing four Academy graduates at the Change of Command RADM Don Weiss '68, ComNavForJapan (and my/our guest speaker) and MGEN CharUe Bolden '68 (Deputy, USForcesJapan) - both Class of 1968 - Kevin and me). Unfortunately, Air Wing 5 was deployed at thetime,or we would have had more graduates in the photo! Just wanted to pass on some quick address (mail and email) changes (presentiy on en route leave in southeastern Florida, visiting Annette's parents...expect to move into govemment quarters as soon as our furniture arrives and will check into my new assignment at CNET on 19 July): home: 2 North Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32508; AC 850-458-6485; email: sweigart@hotmail.com; work: Staff, Chief of Naval Education and Training, 250 Dallas Street, Pensacola, FL 325085220; AC 850-452-4810; DSN 922-4810; captfrank.sweigart@smtp.cnet.navy.inil.

To all, Annette and I should be settied in our home (God willing that the furniture arrives by then) by mid-August, at the latest! We have been placed on North Avenue, thus the 1875 year old home will have plenty of room for us (Annette, me and our girls, two golden retrievers), and you and your family to visit, anytime'. Just give us a quick heads-up so we can ensure that there is enough food in the cupboards) Until we meet again, God bless you all!

Frank also passed on the news that Larry Munns has retired. Thanks for the update, Frank.

Chris Maddix sent the following email update on his interesting and rewarding job.

Since retirement in '96 I have been teaching at Walbrook High School in Baltimore. Rick Cassara '74, is there also. He teaches naval science, I teach English. Walbrook is a public high school which last year became a "Uniform Services Academy." All the students are enrolled in an academy-our Maritime Academy, Criminal Justice, Firefighting or Business. They all wear uniforms. It's an interesting inner city experiment. Success is incremental at best; the administration is a much tougher obstacle than the kids.

We have nine retired Navy/Marine Corps teaching there, usually in khakis. Rick tells me he got his Navy football season tickets again this year.

Maybe I'll make it to Homecoming golf. I never would have beheved it, but I became a Blue and Gold Officer. Three of my apphcants are at USNA now.

Thanks for the update, Chris. Chris can be reached at; Mad3852@aol.com.

Jim WUbur checked in to let me know that he is a B737 captain for Continental airlines, based in Houston and Uving in Austin. He celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary in May and he has two girls, nine and thirteen. He mentioned he was in the process of buying a condo in Tahoe to use as a second home and eventual retirement home. I think that's great Jim, I've always wanted to spend some time in Tahoe, now I've got a reason to come, and a place to stay. Jim can be reached at jwilbur@ flash.net.

Paul Salemi dropped me a short Une to try and lay claim to having the youngest child in the Class.

Seems Paul is trying to make us beUeve that his wife is expecting a baby girl on or about 20 September, and as proof he sent me copies of the sonograms. Now Paul, I may work for an HMO, but I'm not qualified to look at these sonograms and make a determination as to the sex of the child so I'll have to take your word for it. However, you cannot lay claim to the distinction of having the youngest child in the Class until we see a picture of you holding the baby in your arms. (And then we're probably going to wonder whether it's your

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child or grandchild.) Anyway, good luck to you and the raora-to-be on your good fortune. (Let's see, tiiat wiU be Class of 2031?)

Finally, I received a short note frora Susan McCoy, USNA '66 Color Girl tiiat contained a picture of Marie and Anthony Giancatarino posing with the USNA '99 Color Giri, Kirsten Jensen.

Tony was our Color Company Commander and Marie was the Color Girl.

'99 Color Girl Marie Giancatarino, '74 Color Girl Kirsten Jensen and Toni Giancatarino Reunion weekend is 12-14 November. The game is against Tulane. Friday moming there will be a breakfast followed by a memorial service. A golf outing is planned for Friday, so bring your sticks.

The hospitality suite will be open Friday and after the game on Saturday. The tailgate will be at the stadium from noon to 6:00 p.m. We'll have a DJ and a band Saturday night. For those not staying overnight, there will be change rooms at the Loew's. There will be heavy hors d'ourves on Saturday night, so eat well at the tailgater The entire weekend is casual dress. If you can help with arr a n g e m e n t s , contact Steve M i d d l e t o n at SteveM@bigplanet.com. The Loew's room rates are as foUows; four nights, $139/night; three nights, $159/night; two nights, $183.50/night. Parking is $9.00/day. Valet parking is $12.00/day. Local tax is 12%. Call 410-263-7777 to make reservations, and be sure to mention you're with the Class of '74! You can visit the Loew's Annapolis hotel on the Web at; www.loewsannapolis.com. For those who may be interested in staying with friends in a furnished house for the weekend, contact Annapolis Accommodations, Inc. at 410-263-3262.

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teaching snowboarding in the Carson City ski program, Rose is substitute teaching across the border in California while working on her Nevada teaching license. She introduced the family to llamas and also volunteers with Harley's Cub Scout ttoop, where he is working on Bear rank. Jamie was inducted into the Junior National Honor Society in her new 7th grade class. She plays the cello and is saving her money to buy a used VW Beetle when she reaches driving age in a few years.

Kerwin Miller mentioned in an email that Rick Hammond is now the USNA Director of Admissions (the number two job, working for the Dean of Admissions). Congratulations, Rick!

CAPT J.J. "Skip" Lind is the Commanding Officer of Battle Group Staff Eight, the selected reserve staff that augments the EISENHOWER Battle Group. He assumed Command in October 1997.

Additionally, he conducts Culture Workshops for ComNavAirPac. Skip reports his Mother B rooramate. Kirk Wessel, is in the PhD program at the University of Utah.

And finally, as we rapidly move toward Array/ Navy '99, here's a multi-class photo to get you in the football mood.

"N...A...V...Y, Goooo NAVY! Fight! Paul Heim '83, Tom Bosse '76, Tom Donaldson '75, and Al Kelln '52 Remember the golden rule of computers, "garbage in = garbage out?" Well, the Shipmate corollary is "nothing in = garbage in our column." Fill my mailbox or face the consequences!

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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; highvolt_sid@hotmaO.com Dear 'mates. Gather around, guys and gals and observe as your scribe attempts to make the dangerous mental leap from a very hot, very lazy summer weekend to the brisk, vibrant October day when you pick up this issue. Ohhh nooo.. .he didn't make it. Flamed out before he even got as far as Labor Day. He's still stuck in the stagnant summer lethargy. Oh well, there's only one thing to do.. .get on with news from USNA's best class.

Rose and Gary Swift and family moved from the isolated Owens Valley town of Independence, CA, to the relative metropolis of Gardnerville, NV, where Gary is working for the engineering firm of Bendy Nevada. The new house is closer to Gary's family in Sparks, and it no longer requires a fivehour drive to get to the airport. Gary works in Bently's training department and also devotes hours to the Lions Club, the Civil Air Patrol, and

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Pres; Chuck Gorum 146 Prince George Stteet, Annapolis, MD 21401 h; 410-263-3337; e; cgomra@annap.infi.net Sec'y; Chuck Dirienzo 2833 Horsemans Ridge Drive, Clayton, NC 27520 h; 919-550-2627; e; chuckles@ipass.net Good day, '76! I have just retumed frora a number of different trips and I have found some interesting tidbits in the electronic mail bag. First, some info fiom DDG-76. Fnim LT Verhage, OPS Officer, HiGGiNS (DDG-76); Great to be in San Diego. Got your email a littie while ago-now back from leave and I'm wading through old action items. You guys from the Class o f 76 were great and the presentations Friday Night and to the ensigns and Senior Chief were perfect. Thanks for your involvement and generosity. The plaques are posted in HIGGINS "Hall of Honor" outside the XO's stateroom. I'm looking for those dang wood insets for the screw holes... ENS Jerry Pilewski '77 just qualified SWO/OOD and is also now a LTJG. Senior Chief (SW/DV) Jeff Fishel is training for the Ironman in Hawaii this fall and is applying for Chief Warrant Officer/Limited Duty Officer Programs.

We'll keep our fingers crossed regarxling both endeavors. Ship and crew are doing great. We are getting ready to sail to Hawaii on 12 July; a five week joumey to test our weapons systems.

We'll be spending time in Pearl and then taking a day cruise to Mauai (Anchor at LaHaina). If you or any of your Classmates are interested in joining us in San Diego for a tour of the ship or in Hawaii for a day cruise to Mauai let me know.

I'll also need an apartment sitter from 12 July23August. I will have a letter drafted up for the captain to send to the Class President. Perhaps it could be put in Shipmate along with a few photos of the presentation or commissioning. Just an idea. Hope all is well with you. It was good to see you again and meet a few new faces from the Class. Wish things hadn't been so rushed. All the best Eric (w) 619-556-3883; (h) 619-435-1809; 244 C Avenue, #2 Coronado CA 92118; HIGGINS (DDG-76) FPO AP 96667-1291.

Mike O'Connell (jraoconne@dukeengineering. com) reported that one of our Classraates got his 15 minutes of fame the other day. Elliot Bloxom was interviewed by the news program 20-20 representing the DOD in matters conceming a 20-20 expose on miUtary pay for the enUsted ranks being so low as to force them onto welfare and other food support programs. Elliot got to defend the system. Dave DeSilva (DDesilval @aol.com) just retired from the Reserves (1 July). His last tour was at Patuxent River in the Air Systems Program supporting NavAir. Dave is stiU Uving in Hemdon, VA, and working for TRW supporting the FAA in D.C. He has just finished up a season coaching his ten-year-old son in youth lacrosse. (He never thought Batt Lax would come in handy!) His oldest son is just starting high school this fall and is also playing lax and his daughter just tumed eight.

Dave mns into Tommy Gardner often, he moved in a few houses up the stteet. He hopes everyone from '76, especially 5th Company, is doing well out there. Luke Memminger (Lmemminger@ aol.cora) 10th Company, made captain at American Airlines. Congratulations! Mark Metcalf metcalf@rincon.com), (h) 520-760-0841; (w) 520519-4620 vmtes that Terry, the kids and he are aU ve and well in Tucson. In mid-August their family sets a new record for residence in one location; five years! Their son, Ben (18), graduated from high school in May and is off to George Washington University and daughter. Amy (15), will be a sophomore this fall at University High. Terry and

Shipmate, October 1999

Mark celebrated their 22nd anniversary in June.

Mark is still doing signal processing R&D as an engineering specialist at Rincon Research Corporation; a job that has provided their family with lots of frequent flier miles over the past few years.

To keep from getting too bored, however, he started work part-time on an MA in Chinese Studies at the University of Arizona last fall. As a far eastem studies (read "bull") major 20 plus years ago, the opportunity to study Chinese history and language again has been a real tteat. Who knows? After the kids are both in college, Mark thinks it might even be possible to find a position in Asia that makes use of both the MSEE and the MA. Mike Donnelly (MDDonnelly@aol.com) tells me that '76 is well represented in Japan. He recently took command of Public Works Center Yokosuka (on 25 June '99).

Kevin McNamara took command of NAF Atsugi the same week (on 24 June). Mike Drennan (mdrennan@mnsinc.com) has worked for InterNational Research Institute, Inc. (INRI) in Reston, VA, for the past three years since retiring from the Marine Corps in '96. INRI (www.inri.com) is a software development corapany specializing in military command and conttol systems. Mike is the program manager for Marine Corps projects and the Global Command and Control System (GCCS). With his June week bride, Kay, they live on a small farm in Culpeper County, VA. Kay is the business manager for a group of surgeons in Fairfax, VA. No kids, but four dogs (including two Bloodhounds) and two horses. Kay has become active in ttaining with the Virginia Bloodhound Search and Rescue Association and she still tries to go to horse shows whenever she can find the time. Mike took up drag racing about ten years ago and races his '72 Chevy Monte Carlo alraost every weekend. He does his own welding and builds his own engines (finally leamed sorae worthwhile trades!). He has several emails; mdrennan速 inri.com and mdrennan@monumental.com. Mike talks with Kent Bolin regularly. He retired in '96 at the same time. Kent and his family are living in Pensacola while he decides what he's going to do when he grows up. Craig Opel is still on active duty at Quantico. Mike thinks he'll be joining the IstCivDiv within the next year or so.

And from Chuck Gorum in Annapolis; Hi folks! It's been a long time since I've contributed to the Shipmate column so I hope you are all still in your chairs! Since I've last written, the Class has made a magnificent contribution to leadership in our Navy today: our donations to the leadership awards for HIGGINS (DDG76). A couple of exemplary young men received recognition with the first of our two annual awards. ENS Jerome Pilewski '97 and OSSC(SW) Jeffrey D. Fishel were our inaugural recipients. The Class' donations will allow us to fund two awards annually for the projected life of the ship. We should all be proud of this small gesture and the continuation of our influence on the future of our country's military traditions.

I can't thank Scott Jenkins enough for his help with this project. When he contacted me, Scott was unaware of discussions on our Class listserve conceming an award by the Class of '75 to DDG75 and whether we should do something similar for HIGGINS. I had just asked for a volunteer to head up a fund raising effort when Scott called and left me a voice mail. When I retumed the call, Scott raised his hand and volunteered (damn I thought he learned better!) and the "rest is history." Scott was amazing and threw himself into the project with a fervor. Thank you Scott, from all of us!

I should also mention that just after I had conned, I mean convinced, Scott to mn this campaign, Kevin Stone emailed me that he would head up the effort. I've got Kevin on deck for the next major campaign, but it is darn nice to have people willing to help!

I want to mention an old subject, but one that many may have forgotten or don't remember. The Class has its' own email listserve that provides a rapid and easy way for Class information to be distributed. A listserve is simply a mailing list that you add your email address to and then any messages sent to the collective email address is automatically forwarded to everyone on the list.

The address for the Class listserve is usna76@ithink.com. There are currentiy approximately 100 of our members subscribed but we want more! To add your current email address, all you have to do is send a message to usna76request@ithink.com and in the body of the message simply put: join usna76 youremail@ isp.com. In other words, I'd put: join usna76 cgorum@annap.infi.net in the message body.

You'll receive a confirming email if your request is successful. If you are changing your email address, you should remove your old address by placing the words: leave usna76 youremail速 isp.com in the message body. The one other command that you might want to use is: review usna76 which will print a list of all of the current addresses on the list. Come join us! It is a great way to stay in touch!

Speaking of email, I would like to find a volunteer to be the Class "Postmaster" for email addresses. We gathered a large number of addresses at the last reunion but many of them are stale by now. We need someone to be the keeper of die most current addresses that we can gather.

Many of you have addresses for company mates or other friends that we have never seen. If we could get these all together, it would be a powerftil tool as we approach our 25th Reunion. Any of you cyber enthusiasts takers on this one?

I hope everyone is doing well! As I am typing this, the Class of '03 is sweating through Plebe Summer in the Yard. To hear the detailers talk, the system sure has changed...but I am beginning to think that this perception is a function of age, not necessarily reality! Dam, they look young!

Take care everyone!

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Pres: CAPT Richard (Rick) White, USN 1404 Hunting Wood Road, AnnapoUs, MD 21403 w; 703-605-5605 ext 145; h: 410-295-0089 e: (w) WhiteRW@navsea.navy.mil; (h) betwhite@erols.com e; bmiUwar@ix.netcom.com Sec'y; CDR Mark Sobczak, MD 1522 S. Sea Breeze Trail, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 h; 757-486-8056 e; mlsobczak@pnhlO.med.navy.nul or usna77@.infi.net I write the Class column because I tmly enjoy the letters, emails and occasional telephone calls that keep rae in touch with Classmates in all parts of the world who are engaged in a wide variety of adventures. I usually have the best time actually distilling the notes into what I hope passes as a fluid compilation of comings and goings. Last month, however, the best part was the spell-check I did prior to forwarding the column to the Alumni Association. I know you're all thinking, "Mark, spell-check, get a life!" but hear me out on this one. Here is a quick review of the Classmates named in the last column, and the suggestions that the spell-check offered in parentheses; Phil Nacoste (Nicest), F r e d Kinkin (Kinky), Jim Bethman (Bathmat), Jim Gassaway (Gaseous), Tom Salacka (Slacker), Jeff Sapp (Spa), and my favorite, although not a Classmate, Booz-Allen (Bozo). It seems the spell-check has worked with consulting firms in the past.

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Last month I also promised an update from Paul Przyborski, one of my former Companymates and one of the few people in the Class with a less pronounceable name than mine. Paul writes; I marvel at your powers of coercion (Secy note: I had threatened to make-up a string of lies if he didn't answer my request for an update), I am tempted to let you generate an update for me; it would, no doubt, be more interesting than reahty.

Currently, I am developing a locksmith business in conjunction with a hardware store I work at in Bay Minette, AL. If you can't find it on the map, it is about nine miles west of the westernmost tip of the Florida Panhandle. Somehow the leading wildman of the Company (35th) came to enjoy small town life with a wife and five grandchildren. (Yes, that's five, checksum Roman Numeral V) I am the only Przyborski in the phone book (Sec'y: why does that not surprise me) so we aren't hard to find, once you get to town.

I also received an email from Larry Peruffo (Pemffo @ ibm.net); I am still with Applied Materials after 15 years and more business cycles than I care to remember. The last three years have been particularly difficult, but business is improving and the stock market loves us again. I am now the senior director of Business Process and System Solutions for our worldwide manufacturing operations. My wife, Sharon, and children, Lauren (II), Matthew (9), and Steven (5), are all doing well in school and the many activities which keep Sharon busy chauffeuring them all over Austin. I experienced a bit of a mid-life crisis this year, and I had to have a hot rod in my garage, like the '31 Ford coupe I had First Class Year, Not having the time to build one, and wanting something a littie more reliable than my last home-built, I bought a bright yellow Plymouth Prowler Sharon and I go out "craising" when the weather is nice.

Harry Meyers retired in October '98 and is now in private practice in the Dallas area. He stopped in for a visit when he came to town to get his Texas medical license. Ruth called and said that Harry has plenty of work. She and their four girls stayed in Maryland until school let out.

They bought a lot in Piano and are currentiy planning a home suitable for a surgeon.

Rick Marcantonio left the State Department in July and went to school at ICAF. He recently screened for command and will be assuming command of NAS Corpus Christi this summer I'll be looking for an invitation and will make the drive down to Corpus Christi for the occasion.

I see Tim Jenks occasionally during my trips to the Bay Area and had the pleasure of dining with Tim, Atsuko and CAPT and Mrs. Jenks a few months ago. Tim left Raychem last spring and is now the President and CEO of Nanogram, a start-up company developing sub-micron particulate materials. I thoroughly enjoy sitting down with Tim and discussing his plans to build a business out of this new technology.

John 'Tooch" Feiler has also checked in with a synopsis of the last decade or so; After meeting Stacy at the Naval Postgraduate School in '88, I graduated in '89 with a master's in computer systems management and married her. We were then cmelly shipped across country from Monterey CA, to Tampa, FL, for a joint tour at USSOCom. After two tours, we decided to go postal and signed up for NAS Adakâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; whoopee! Actually it was wonderful, although we had not even finished getting all our household goods when they decided to close the island, oh well, back stateside. We went to Bremerton, WA, where I had extensive knee reconstruction, very, very painful. We began to settie on the idea of living in the arty town of Port Townsend, but the Navy decided otherwise.

Off we went back to Tampa to the Recmiting office. I took the easy way out after 17 1/2 loyal years and retired. I entered a program called "Troops to Teachers" and was hired instantly (since the military helped pay part of the salary) been plugging away at it ever since. We feel so 108

blessed that you are all our friends and we always have an open house anytime your travels bring you down this way! Our address: 2106 Haydon Court, Brandon, FL 33511; feilerJ @ popmail.fira.edu; 813-651-4353.

My 'brother,' Mike Wertz must have been more than a little bored on a recent flight for FedEx (packages never complain about a hard landing), thus the following; Hi Mark, how you doin'? Hopping along here at 33K en route to the center of the universe (also know as Memphis to non-purple and orange guys). Had a nice layover today in Ontario, CA, and head back to San Diego in three hours then done for the month, but it only gets more hectic.

My oldest daughter is off to UCSB in tiie fall to play water polo, not study. Somewhere along the way, she'll get it. Part of the requisites of her scholarship requires mandatory tutorials though, so it shouldn't take too long. Talk to Tommy Bauer occasionally, he is doing well with Southwest, and mnning a side business selling Rexall products. I'm sure most of our Classmates have heard from him. I get the occasional bit of humor from George Herning and Cal Bagby via email, sounds like they are doing well. George is in training, using his daughter Kyra's team, to take over the head coach position of the US National Women's soccer team. I haven't heard of him being kicked off the field lately so he must be getting better (or they're between seasons).

Skip Chesnut is a captain flying the DC-10 for Northwest out of Hawaii. He, Kate and the kids still live in Oak Harbor I was tired of no news in the column so I felt compelled to take the time and drop this line to you. At least you'll have something this month!

As I have mentioned in prior columns, the 'word police' at Shipmate are trying to crack down on long Class columns. The following was received frora Dave Aland and although it doesn't chronicle the exploits of any Classmates, it is a dam good read. He calls it La Vita Mezzo Dolce, "The SemiSweet Life"; The Red Bugs are back. They are mite-sized insects colored a bright cherry red, who, when crashed, produce a remarkably large blood-like stain that resists all efforts to wash out. Every child in Italy has a backside full of these streaks, and every mother in Italy would hate May if only for the Red Bugs. But, May is a great month. The weather starts to tum, with the comfortable momings followed by warm afternoons and cool evenings, not unlike Newport in June and early July.

The days are almost at their longest, and that most civilized of all ItaUan customs starts to reemerge: La Passagiata.

La Passagiata, literally "The Long WaUc" is one of the tmly Meditertanean customs that we wish we could take home with us and plant. It is a long pre-dinner stroll through the heart of town, punctuated with meeting and greeting neighbors, friends and acquaintances along the way. Sometime during the walk, everyone eventually stops at a cafe, and sips something long and cool, or tries one of those heart-arrestingly-strong coffees.

Fancy sorbets, Campari, and little braschetti (like bread pizzas) disappear at a leisurely pace all over town. And everybody does it, from the Nonos and Nonas (grampa and grannies) to the middleaged parents, the young couples, and the teens.

Small children walk, mn and ride strollers and are universally admired. The evening air fairly crackles with the buzz of companionable conversations.

We take Ben downtown for a long walk as often as we can, which is to say, not as often as we would like. He gets to practice his Italian with all the people who greet him, and is often rewarded with a Zucca di Fmtta Pesca (fresh peach juice) at the cafe. The other night, we strolled into Gaeta Vecchia (old Gaeta) and discovered a new restaurant, so we stopped in for dinner The place looked like a somewhat sleek bar, but the bartender reassured us it was a ristorante and not just a pizzeria. Italians are funny about those definitionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a pizzeria may be a really fine

restaurant, but it is always a cut less than a real ristorante. Calling a "pizzeria" a "ristorante" is a serious misstatement to most Itahans. Although this new place looked scarcely like a slapdash pizzeria, the barman was quite emphatic over the ristorante stams. After we tried the food, we knew why. It may be hard to imagine a lot of variety in what most people perceive to be the basic Italian menu, but the Italians manage quite a bit of diversity in their food anyway, and it is not always subtle. The sauteed linguine with porcini mushrooms, clams, garhc, fresh basil and oil was so good, I had to restrain myself from licking the plate. Susan'srisotto(rice stew) with spinach and shrimp was similarly irresistible. The mixed seafood grill and veal that followed were also near legend.

A grappa and caffe (espresso) later, we strolled back through town while Ben dozed in his stroller (a survival tool when eating out with a three-year old). The night was quiet; the bay lit up by the lights on the mountains. It was like being in love for the first time, it was so sweet an evening. If only you could botUe days like this. I may be working seven days a week, but sometimes one good evening can make it all worthwhile."

Dave is so right, life is sweet and he paints his intimate picture of Italy Uke a grand master. I only wish I could write with such passion. Until next month...be well.

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Pres; Mike Finley Sec'y; Ken Russell 210 South Main Stteet RO. Box 380, Arlington, SD 57212 w: 605-983-3312; e; gone2pot@iw.net Class Web site; www.usna79.com Well...I had to fire my Spiritiial Advisor, Koko the Signing Gorilla, and hire a new one. Koko had been responsible for my meeting the article deadUne, making sure I get it in on time, but after the past few months, well, she had to go. See, Koko speaks, but only in sign language. I don't sign all that well so sometimes there's misunderstandings on which way to go in life. Even when I tiied teUing her in sign language, "Koko. You're fired," she gave me a big hug and signed, "Give King, you look fine, too." Anyway, I've got a new Spiritual Advisor. Her name is Panbanisha the Talking Chimp. Much better. She does have to use a computer voice machine to speak so there is a slight problem with the machine accent, but is she ever a talker. 3,000 words sttong and never once has said, "Like, you know." And, I think she can keep me out of hot water for missing any more deadlines. I love being a baby boomer. Nothing is ever ray fauU or ray responsibility and it's so easy nowadays to just blarae it on someone else, because, hey, we're stupid. Witness the media's furor over gravity having the unmitigated gall of applying itself to tiieir Chosen One (Panbanisha was heartbroken) and tiie fact that it gets real hot in the summertime (when in tiie world did that ever start happening?).

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First up is a Vince Bousa update. VB had a bad plane mishap last winter and has been recovering through many surgeries and physical therapy. I'll let VB fiU you in; My dearest Kenneth, After almost 20 years (since my graduation, not yours), you, my dearest friend, have taken the time to drop a line. It took everything I had not to shed a tear while reading your letter. Let's bring you up to speed on this awesome hunk of flesh, me, as I continue to defy all odds in the rapid recovery of the century. It was late this aftemoon that Ifinallyhad my remaining cast removed, it was great. The bone wasn't exactly healed, but enough was enough and the doc gave me a break by cutting the thing off. Only catch was that I still can't put any weight on the ankle for three more weeks.

Have been able to travel roughly twenty yards using a walker and despite repeated attempts. I am unable to use cmtches. For the time being, the wheelchair remains my best friend. I am guessing it will be roughly a month or two or three before I use a cmtch or walk on the feet. I am attending rehab daily which will hopefully cut a bit of the wait down. Have hooked up with the department head of the UNC, Chapel Hill MaxiUfacial dept. who has agreed tofixthe face and eye for me. He is suppose to be one of the best. Looks like I will go down to North Carolina somewhere around late September for the operation. Guess that will do it for now. Take care, have fun. stay safe. Talk to you again in the near future. Thanks for writing, it was great to hear fix>m you. Hope you don't wait another twenty years.

Twenty years for the first letter. Right. Look for another box of tissues in the mail to help with dabbing away those tears. The beer mugs are in the schedule and by the time you read this, you'U be impressing the heU out of your neighbor. Stay on track for getting back in the cockpit my friend.

Bill Jones is flying as Third Officer for Delta on 727s. BJ says she Ukes the time Bill gets to spend with the family. They live down in Pascagoula with their female kid units, Janyce who is in the 7th grade and Jamee in 5th. BJ, thanks for the note.

Kirk Michealson sent a post retirement update; I'm already pretty busy and loving it! I'm the Risk Specialty Services Analyst in the Risk Operations Department of Capital One. I found out that because of my analytical, organizational and administrative abilities, this position was specially created for me last spring. Risk Specialty Services covers such areas as hardships, bankmptcies, reaffirmations, offsets, settlements, escalated calls, legal suits, initial new business, and software testing. I'm responsible for doing analysis for nine different business groups. My initial priorities include as Risk Specialty Services grows to forecast projected fiiU time employees, analytically develop individual performance/quahty metrics for incentives, developing integrating strategies for hardships and bankruptcies, and analyzing data from an already in progress legal test. In addition to my analytical and leadership abilities, I found out I was hired to raise the average age of the company—my boss is 30 years old and his boss is 28! They sure give me a hard time about that. There's quite a bit of former military (primarily Navy and a few Army—I haven't met any AF yet), but not many retired mihtary. I think they are going to want to use me for their military recmiting, too. Anyway, I love it so far. We move into our new house we're building on 16 July: 2012 Rockstone Place, Richmond, VA 23233; 804-754-7197; w: 804-9676170 (no work email yet, should have it in a week or two; kirk.michealson@capitalone.com). If you're ever in the Richmond area, please give me a call.

Good on you. Kirk, and thanks for the update and great photo. Denny Fox sent a huge update.

Denny's got a bag 'o info, a fuU tank of gas, and he's wearin' sunglasses. Hit it;

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Ken, greetings from the Arabian Gulf! Since we have just passed the 20-year point, I tried to come up with a summary of the whereabouts and activities of 21 st Company for Shipmate. Here is what I have been able to put together: Pat and Lou Beyer (toubeyer@chesapeake. net): Lou is still at NCIS headquarters at the Navy Yard in Washington. He's changed jobs yet again—he went from the Director's Strategic Planning Group back to the Counterintelligence Directorate. He was on this years Reserve 0-6 list in the intelligence community. Patricia remains busy with Christopher (11) and the twins Matthew and Kimberly (7) and all the activities in southem Maryland. The last I heard, Steve Clark was still working for Boeing in the Seattle area.

Patricia and Stu Cummings (scummings@ snet.net): Stu is still flying DC-lOs for FedEx overseas, to various cities in the Orient and a number of 'round the world trips from their home in Connecticut. Many of his letters have been written from the cockpit and are filled with exiting news of world travels including Beijing and Tokyo. He and Patricia have visited her old stomping grounds of Paris with Steven (6). Last April, Patricia and Steven spent three weeks living in the south of France with friends. Stu has a new Gmmman canoe and super Weber grill to keep him busy; he is busy in the garden and forest—including building a marsh to filter nitrates and help the lake.

Sally and Mark Dancer: Mark is a principal at the consulting firm of Frank Lynn & Associates in the Chicago area. They have two sons; Steven (6) and Patrick (4).

I've heard Jim Gigliotti is working his way through the pipeline en route to be XO on NIMTTZ late this year.

Laura and Ted Houck (sail@oakharbor.net): Ted is still hard at work flying 737s for United and enjoying life on Whidbey Island. They had another child back in June of '97; Kyle has joined Corey (6) and Christina (3). Ted has gotten back into sailing: they now have two windsurfers and two boats. One boat (13') is a singlehanded racer for Ted and the other boat (14') for family day sailing.

Candy and Bill Marriott (Marriott.Bill@HQ. NAVY.MIL): Bill has moved back to a job at the Pentagon from Jacksonville. He is working at SecNav in the Office of Program Appraisal, which he says means "people who put out fires."

Bill, Candy, and the boys (Tyler, 13, and Casey, 10) should be in their new home in Fairfax and they are looking forward to seeing folks at Homecoming.

Danni and Mike Mowins (Mmowins@aol. com); Mike is president of Phillips Screw and is active as a church youth group advisor Danni went back to school to become a librarian, and wiU be getting two master's degrees (library science and education) in 2000. He's the treasurer for the Boston area Chapter of the Alumni Association and sees some '79ers including Sam Sichko, Jon Jacques, as well as John Thompson '80. He passes along that John is working in Boston at an investment firm after completing a Harvard MBA a few years ago. Mike and Danni's daughter, Megan, has started high school; she made varsity cross country as afreshmanand then took up the 1,000-meter challenge in indoor track.

Mike got Rob Needham's Christmas letter; Rob has gotten out of the Air Force and is now working for SY Technology in Colorado Springs. He passes along that Heidi and the kids are all doing great.

Jan and Kent Norgrove (GroveUSMC@ aol.com); Kent was promoted to Senior Operations Manager at KRU in New Jersey in 1996.

Their son, Darrin, just finished high school and was deciding on his college plans. Kristan, will be a high school senior next year, so Kent is planning on going through the college application process again next year.

Danette and Cliff Perkins (perkinsc@ray. ssmail.net): Cliff has left SpaceCom and assumed

gust 1998, while at sea; the ship is homeported in Everett, WA. Danette has stayed in Colorado Springs; Stephanie was a junior in high school and since Cliff deployed in April and won't be back until October, they decided it was better to stay in Colorado. Adam is in college in Tucson, AZ, and playing baseball between his studies.

Cliff was involved in the sinking of the stranded tanker. NEW CARISSA, off Coos Bay, OR, in March and is now in the Arabian Gulf working as part of Fifth Fleet's Maritime Interdiction Operations.

His ship's home page is: http://www.ray.navy.mil.

Kaye and Dave Walker (dwwalker@cub. kcnet.org): Kaye passes along that life has gotten so busy that it's hard to keep in touch...something about two boys making life difficult!

Stephen just finished 9th grade and Kyle finished 7th grade. Dave is working hard, and likes the job more then he admits. Along with the job he is on the board of directors at the YMCA, the landfill, and coaches the junior high football team (he's ranning the offense for the 7th and 8th grade team and works the backs on the 9th grade team).

He loves coaching, but twice a day practices kill him as bad as they do the kids. Kaye is adjusting to being the mother of two teenage sons. She got her real estate licenses and has been working in real estate for the past two years.

I haven't heard from Tom Arenz, Tito Garcia, Mike Long, Brent Norman, Renny Picchini, Chad Sain, Mac Williams, or Steve Mihacevich. However, I did see that Chad was on the 0-6 list this year.

While on INDY, I saw two of our Classmates in AirWing 5. Drew Brugal was die CO of •VF-154; he has transferred and gone on to the Bureau in Milhngton. Rob Steriing (22nd Company) was die CO of VS-21; he is now at NATO in Brassels; Rob was also on this year's 0-6 list.

Wanda and I had a wild ride as the Defense Attache in Albania, although not as wild as things have been this year. Our first year wasfilledwith visits by SecDef and other dignitaries and a number of bilateral and multinational exercises with the Albanian military. January of '97 saw the beginning of the collapse of the social stracture, which ended in the overthrow of the government.

The US, Great Britain, Italy, Turkey, and a few other countries executed NEOs and our Embassy went to minimal staffing levels. After all these years spent planning and preparing to do NEOs, it was amazing to actually execute one from inside a country. Wanda was one of the last family members to take a helo out; by that time all the helos were landing on the USN ships with bullet holes—talk about an exciting tour! Wanda was gone for a few days over five months; needless to say it was a busy time for me with all the shooting going on. Shortly after her retum, we started to plan our departure and left at the two year and one day mark and arrived in Tokyo for my job as the N2 at CTF-70/Carrier Group 5 on INDEPENDENCE, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. Three weeks after we arrived, we were called for an emergency deployment to the Gulf and stayed there for five months. After our retum, we went to Hawaii and cross-decked the staff and AirWing onto KITTY HAWK, the new FDNF carrier The year was finished after we did some exercises with Japanese and South Korean units. This year found us in a multinational exercise near Guam when we had our second no-notice deployment to the Arabian Gulf of this tour (where we are at this writing). I was accepted by the Federal Executive Fellowship program for a position at Boston University, but, when I came out on the captain's list, my detailer made me an even better offer. I will be leaving the Gulf in July and heading to US Strategic Command, where I will be the Deputy Commander, then fleet up to the Commander of the Joint Intelligence Center (StraLUC).

Since we are moving, we got a new Hotmail email address: dfox79@hotmail.com.

Wow, Denny. You da man! Thanks and only two no notice deployments? Thank you sir, may I have another? And, who said the pet name for the LPH Iwo JIMA, wasn't a good description of the big ad-

Command of DAVID R. RAY ( D D - 9 7 1 ) on 11 Au-

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venture? (Doc, VB, BiU, that would be I Want One Jammed In...never mind).

We got an update from Mike Susalla. Here it goes: Dear Mr. Finley: Here's an update on CDR Susalla; in 1980-1983, he served aboard NATHANIEL GREENE as engineer, from there he went to Bremerton, WA, to work at the Trident Submarine base as the Rad-Con Officer In 1986, he reported to Monterey, CA, to attend the Naval Postgraduate School earning a master's degree in nuclear physics. From there, he was attached to HENRY L. STIMSON . He then was attached to JOHN C . CALHOUN as Executive Officer-Gold

Crew. After JOHN C. CALHOUN was decommissioned, he was sent to Wright Patterson's Air Force Instimte of Technology (AFIT) where he is currently attached. He Uves in Lewisburg, OH, with his wife, Julie, and three daughters, Jennifer (16), Carohne (13) and Cindy (9). If any of his Classmates would like to contact him, his address is PO Box 691 Lewisburg, OH 45338; 937-962-4678. He sure would like to hear from tiiem!

Thanks, Mike. Last, but not least and Kenny, I really did get your email, just nusfUed it in the wrong folder (that's a big surprise, huh?), is a note from Ken Vanderhorst. Take it away. Ken: Ken, Just a short note from Southem CaUfornia. I'm still a Boeing employee, still on the C17 program, and still a resident of Anaheim. The big change is my email: kenneth.r.vanderhorst@ boeing.com. Things are well in Southem Cahfomia, but I can't give you much information on Classmates as I have none to give. Hopefully, I'll see you at the 20th, but that's looking less and less likely. I'm heavily involved in a future transport program we call the ATT (advanced tactical transport) which is intended to replace Lockheed's C-130 sometime in the middle of the next decade. The ATT is "outsize cargo" capable (meaning it can take very large and tall objects that will onlyfitinto a C-5 or C-17) and will put 50% more payload than a C-130 into an airstrip one fourth the length required by the C-130. Then it'll take 20% less space on the ground, while having a totally autonomous cargo off and on load capability. To do all this we've designed a fourengine tilt-wing aircraft with no tail. The fuselage looks for all the world like a legless frog, and so we've nicknamed it the super frog. So, if the C-17 program hangs in there and the ATT gets launched, I may be able to retire from Boeing on just these two programs. The big hitch for me is that we're scheduled for a major sub-scale flight test activity October thra November of this year at a company airfield near Edwards AFB. When I say sub-scale I mean really small. The contraption is supposed to require a pilot-type just smaller than 5'6" tofitin the driver's position. It turns out there aren't too many Boeing airplane drivers packaged that tightiy, but still being the sandblower I was back in my Midshipman days, yours traly got the nod to be the stick jockey for these tests. To give an idea of how tight thefitis, consider that I'm just barely over 5'2" and in a nearly horizontal position when at the controls, yet during preliminary pre-flight tests last week, with a helmet on my head, I tended torabup against the overhead plexiglass. So, this is one of the very few times that being vertically challenged has proven to be a real advantage. While this program should be great fun, it's also during the Class of '79's 20th Reunion, so there's a really good chance I'm going to end up missing the Reunion. On the other hand, these development programs tend to have really shifting schedules, so who knows. I love your column and it's my first read every time I get a new Shipmate.

And I actually do read the whole column, beginning to end, and don't just scan for boldface names I know. By the way, does any of your pottery make it to the L.A./Palmdale/San Diego area? I do enough traveling around that I'd make a side trip to check out and probably buy some of my old Classmate's handiwork. Omnes Viri.

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Thanks, Kenny, and the only place in Taxifomia where I seU my staff is in Fresno at Potter's Stodio.

Kids, that's it for now. As usual, it's late and I have to sleep now. Hopefully all went well at the Twentieth and a good time was had by aU. Ken. '79, Omnes Viri.

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Pres: Tim Kobosko Sec'y: CDR Joseph A. Grace, Jn, USNR 15 AUard Blvd, New Orieans, LA 70119 h; 504-486-9040; w: 504-539-9255 f: 504-539-9257; e: jgrace@notc.org http;// www.USNA1980.org Now these are the laws of the Navy. How's the Cow? How many days until we beat Army.. .that's what's going on or at least what used to go on during the month of August. Hard once again to beUeve that it has been over 20 years since we were in the midst of Plebe Summer. The last Plebe Summer, if I may be so bold to say.

Because I pushed the limit last month on delivery of the column to Shipmate, the column has come up again very quickly. In fact, it seems as though the keyboard is still warm from the last one as there were so many letters to put in.. .not\ Anyway, I have to make ray plea for mail. By the way, send me your updated email addresses, as the list that we have rejects quite a few since people have changed jobs, locations, ISP's or whatever the case may be. Send it to jgrace@notc.org which is my company email. The other, jgrace@USNA1980.org also works, but I can guarantee the first one.

I received a note from John Fischer, who reports that he finally finished his MBA and that he is in the process of putting his family life back in order. He also had some terrifying news (though I know that others have even older sons and daughters) that his son just tumed 17.

My neighbor and Classraate, the infamous Mike "Serfi" Seraphin has been borrowing my tools again to put his boat back in order. It's been out of the water for a few months and should be in class "A" condition for the fall. It has been fun to watch Mike shift from a footloose and fancy-free bachelor to a daddy with lots of honey do's. Mike is still working with ROV's and offshore oil engineering work. Seems as though the only tirae we have to visit is either while cleaning out drains, painting rooras or working on home projects. What ever happened to the "boys night out?"

I received a short note from Tina and Dan Archer reporting on the West Coast activity, as well as a note from Jill Hawkins Votaw, another of my West Coast sources. Dan writes; Just thought I would drop a Une, we are doing great in sunny, cool San Diego! Miramar is having an air show this weekend and Danny has organized about 20 Class of' 80 Classmates to meet at the O'club this Friday night, I will take pictures and hopefully someone from that night (Danny) will send you something for you next column. There are about 50 '80 USNA grads in the San Diego area that we know of!

Hope you, Sherri and the kids are doing great, Maureen is now 21 months and keeping me very busy. Take care.

Here's Jill's news: Just wanted to drop you a note from America's Finest City. We had a women of' 80 mini-reunion the other day at lunch. Myself; CDR Melissa Harrington, who is the BH officer for ComNavReg South West; CDR Barbette (Henry) Lowndes, Special Assistant to the Director for Contracts at SpaWar; and Susan

(Keller) Keaney, all got togedier for a Uttle Mexican food. I also saw MeUssa and her husband, CDR Bill Hoeft, CO, SALT LAKE CITY, at the

wetting down party for RADM Ronne Froman, Commander Navy Region Southwest. I'm hearing ramors tiiat CDR Earl Gay is leaving his amphib for a tour as the CO of HSL-41, the LAMPS Mk 3 FRS in San Diego, but those ramors haven't been confirmed yet. Take Care.

I had a surprise visit from Mike Reed, from 31 st Company (Gatoreed@aol.com). He is on his way to Stuttgart, Germany to HQ USEUCom J-35, which is a joint command. Mike tells rae that he is the only volunteer for overseas duty this year frora the active duty aviators. Didn't he remember that NAVY stands for Never Again Volunteer Yourself.

Mike just finished up a command tour with VS22, stationed at NAS JacksonviUe, where they participated in Desert Fox, Kosovo, and Operations Southem Watch on board ENTERPRISE. Prior to his Command tour, Mike was Chief of Staff officer for the S-3 Wing on the West Coast for 18 Months.

Prior to that he was the Royal Air Force Staff College in Bracknell, England (tough tours of duty).

He came by for beer and the problem is that he likes his beer warm now.. .the Brits rarely do the beer thing well. Onboard ENTERPRISE, he reported that Mark Batherick was skipper of VF-32. He was reUeved in December of 1998. He went to be the head test pilot at Point Magu. Also onboard, tiie XO of VMFA312 was Ray Damm. MUce is the Company Rep for 31st Company. He is assuring me that he wiU be able to handle the rep. position as weU as the whole joint command. The N-2 for ENTERPRISE was Sue Presto, from 3rd Company.

I know that she is married and has a few children, but I'U have to pass on the rest of the gouge about Susan next time if someone would fiU me in on an update (don't know the married name). He also reported that Matt Peters just gave up his VP squadron out in Hawaii on 16 July.

Mike is on to have a great time with the Joint Command, and I wish him all the best. He came in and had a few beers in New Orleans. I didn't know that Mike was originally from New Orleans. He is a Jesuit Grad, the whole nine yards. He knows where he can come back to when he gets out. Also, just for the record, he is a "hog" rider and sent his bike ahead of him with plans already in place for a few "Hog Gatherings."

Another weU appreciated note came infromTom Ryan ( T h o r a a s . M . R y a n @ a l l i s o n . c o m ) , 617 RarabUn Road, Greenwood IN 46142; (h) 317-8891103; (w) 317-230-6710; fax; 317-230-8465 via our President, Tim Kobosko.

Greetings Classmates and 36th Company Alumni; It's been a while since I last wrote so I thought I'd give you an update. Cathy, the kids, and I visited the new Medal of Honor memorial in downtown Indianapolis last weekend. If you get to Indy, please be sure to see it. It is adjacent to the canal in Military Park. It differs from most military monuments, as it is made from glass not stone. Every recipient's name, service, date and location of act is engraved in the memorial. At dusk, the monument goes dark and then one panel is backlit. A voice-over narrates a recipient's act of bravery. It differs each evening and many of the voice-overs were provided by the living recipients. Ninety-nine of the 157 living awardees came to Indianapolis for the dedication and were Grand Marshals intiieIndianapolis 500 Festival Parade. It was great and the crowd was wild. The CNO was the guest speaker at the dedication and VF-84 performed die flyover. The canal meanders its way through Downtown Indianapolis. It reminds you of San Antonio's River Walk witiiout the commercial development.

At the otiier end of the Canal is the INDIANAPOLIS Memorial, dedicated a few years ago. INDIANAPOLIS was tiie last ship ttiat sank in World War

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II and the survivors spent several days in the water before rescue. I attended tiieir dinner and met some of the survivors and the captain's son.

Many local Alumni (not me) were instramental in the fund raising for the INDIANAPOLIS Memorial. The two monuments make nice bookends for the canal.

We attended a minor league game last week so the kids could see the San Diego Chicken. The local AAA team is affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. We have a brand new ballpark and the seats and ticket prices are great. The food and beer are stiU high. We saw our Indians come from behind to defeat the Scranton Red Barons. I will attend a Toledo Mudhens game in August. (Cpl. Klinger?) You gotta love minor league names and logos. The Chicken, like the Globetrotters, has not changed its act in years.

I recentiy finished Sharon Hanley Disher's book First Class. A good read, but I disagree with her on at least one thing. No way did 33rd have better Eight Wing Players than 36th.

My nephew did not get his appointment to Navy. Although disappointed at first, he is set to major in computer science at Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL. He plans on transferring to the U of IL in a couple years. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way. I received an invitation to Jim Grunewald's Change of Command.

He is leaving VP-47 in Hawaii to be the P-3 Requirements Officer to the CNO. I was unable to attend but it always great to see a friend do weU. (Secretaries Note: There is no doubt, even though I ara somewhat biased as a member of the 33rd Herd, tiiat die 33rd Herd had tiie best 8tii Wmg Players performances of any group in History!

Sharon wrote it...we believe it...and we were there...)

I received a great letter from Alan K. Wellesley aUas dad, with a ton of info. It would be great to hear from the other Company reps! Here it is; This past couple of months has been a great time for me because I have been able to see many Classmates, some I haven't seen for 10-19 years.

Let me tell you about it.

In my last letter I mentioned that I had been corresponding with Dave Quessenberry, and that we were trying to arrange a rendezvous and family get together. WeU, we made it happen when I, wife, Robin and sons, Mike and Matt, took a trip to "Legoland" in Carlsbad, CA (SOCAL's newest theme park). Dave, wife. Mo, and sons, David, Paul, and Scott Uve in Carlsbad just a few miles from Legoland. We spent two wonderful nights with the "Q-Clan" while Dave and Mo "tagteamed" as hosts. With Dave as a pilot for Delta Airlines and Mo a flight attendant for American AirUnes we woke-up each moming to a new "household commander" on duty. That didn't phase us a bit as the entire Q-Clan were gracious hosts and ourfiveboys got along extremely weU. The only thing that could have been better is that we didn't have enough time for an old-fashioned "Hooter and Al Bull-Session" complete with adult beverages. We'll have to make time for that later.

In May I received an invitation to the retirement ceremony for Dave "Skip" Anderson and Pete Andreasen on 4 June '99, onboard MISSOURI at Pearl Harbor. Regrettably I could not attend, but that invitation sure made me take a stroll down memory lane to August 1975 and NAPS Platoon l-l. Could 24 years have flown by so quickly? Names like Skip, Pete, Berkebile, Biesel, B-Gamer, Episcopo, Joe Doyle, Mike Castagnero, Chan-dick, Crabbe, Dancy, Frosty, Earl Gay, Geving, Grunie, Smitty, and Jim Jamison, among others, came flooding back. I haven't heard about most of these guys in years; maybe this might stimulate some of them to get off their duffs and write to Shipmate. I know I'd like to hear how they are all doing.

In late May a business trip took me to Tokyo where I spent an enjoyable evening with Bruce Ross. Brace took Mike Edwards '84 and I to an "aU you can eat and drink in one hour" Korean BBQ place where we did major gastronomical

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damage. Then Brace and I had a couple of cool ones at the Nashville country and western bar.

The music was very good, the beer price was reasonable, but the cover charge was high. Afterwards I figured that we needed to drink about ten beers before the "total cost/beer" became reasonable. Luckily we didn't do that.

On 9 June, I flew to MCAS Beaufort to attend two change of command ceremonies. In the first ceremony Lt. Col. Bill "Whisky" Griffen took command of the VMFA-122 Crasaders. Whisky is not a Classmate, but he is a great friend of mine, as well as many other USNA '80 grads, and he is a darned good guy (even if he is a Harvard grad!).

At the second change of command ceremony Lt.Col. Lee "Luther" Futch took command of tiie VMFA-312 Checkerboards.

Luther pulled out all the stops when it came to entertaining guests. I know aU of us had a great time and enjoyed visiting with old friends and family that we had not seen in years. Every day we conducted bull sessions about our days on the Severn, which lasted well into the wee hours of the moming. After three nights in Beaufort I was exhausted and my vocal chords were sttained, evidence that I definitely had a good time! Oh yeah, of the seven Classmates present Lee Rucker won, hands-down, the "Least Follicly Challenged" award.

Classmates and family in attendance at Luther's Change of Command included: Lt. Col. Luther Futch. Luther, wife, Diane, and son, Henry (9 months), were standing tall at the ceremony.

Prior to taking command of VMFA-312 Luther completed a tour as XO of VMFA-115 and most recently was assigned to MAG-31 as Director of Safety and Standardization. Diane stays busy as the Comptroller at MCAS Beaufort (where she is privileged to work with Bud Heidhausen) and is just starting to get the taste of keeping-up with a child that is mobUe. Luther's parents, Mr. And Mrs. John Futch, and all of his brothers and sisters, Doug, Steve, Patsy, Jan, and Keelie, traveled to the big event from Louisiana and Texas.

Old high school buddies Mike Smith and Woody Coleman made the trip from Louisiana, and elk hunting buddy Harlon Baker made the trip from Idaho. Several of Diane's family members also made the trip from Califomia, Maine and North Carolina.

Lt.Col. Mike "Fergie" Ferguson. Ferg, wife KeeUe, and sons John (5), Thomas (3), and Benjamin (two months) all made the trip to South Carolina. Ferg still drills with tiie USMC Reserves, but is giving serious consideration to retirement. Ferg was recently promoted to Captain with American AirUnes, and Keelie has her hands full with those three boys.

Lee Rucker. Lee, wife, Jeanne, and sons Patrick, Kevin, and Luke still reside in the Atlanta area where Lee is a captain with Delta Airlines. The two older Rucker boys are getting to the age where sports and ECAs keep Lee and Jean on the go, while the youngest son still has them carrying a diaper bag.

Mark Lethbridge. Bridge, wife, Linda, and son's, Zack, Matt, and Jake also live in the Atlanta area. Bridge works for ARCADIS Geraghty and Miller as Director of Business Development.

Mark's main efforts are associated with municipal infrastructure projects (water, wastewater, environmental, etc.) in the southeastem U.S. Linda stays in shape chasing their three boys, and working part time.

Lt. Col. Bud Heidhausen. Bud, wife, Carol and two children recentiy completed a tour as XO of VMFA-122 and is currently assigned as the Logistics Officer for MCAS Beaufort, SC. One of Bud's collateral duties is to act as the base game warden; for some reason I believe Bud's and Luther's paths will cross more than just at the OClub.

Lt. Col. Kris Elliott. "K-ris," wife, Tracey, son. Matt (14), and daughter, Reghan (2) reside in the big easy while they await arrival of child number three. K-ris is back on active duty as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Requirements at Marine Reserve Headquarters, New

Orleans. K-ris is also an attorney on the side.

Some of you, like Ferg and I, might find that amusing given his behavior and antics during his days at NAPS and USNA. Al Wellesley. Al, wife, Robin, and sons, Mike (8) and Matt (5) reside in Oxnard, CA. Al and Robin botii work for NSWC Port Hueneme; Al as the VLA Missile ISEA Project Manager and Robin as a Technical Manual Editor for the MK41 Vertical Launching System.

Other Classmates from Beaufort that missed the big event include Lt.Col. Ray Damm and Russ Jones. Ray, who was on leave visiting inlaws in Pensacola, is curtentiy serving as the Administrative OfScer for Marine Aircraft Group 31. Russ is Commanding VMFA-332 and was involved in combat operations in Hungary until the cease-fire took effect.

One week later I traveled to San Diego for CDR Sean Sullivan's change of command on JEFFERSON Crrv (SSN759), where Sully completed a very successful tour. Classmates were in attendance.

A short ran down on each of these folks: Leo Hennoso is a high school math teacher in San Jose. Leo was Sully's roommate at USNA until he departed Youngster Year. Geoff Houck recently completed a six-month deployment to some of the hot spots in the world and is currentiy at Camp Pendleton awaiting orders. Geoff, wife, Mary Ellen, and two children reside in northem San Diego. Sean Sullivan, wife, Sharon, and four children are heading to New London, CT where Sully will fill a position on a Submarine Group staff. The kids are not too excited about the cross-country move, but Sully and Sharon are looking forward to being close to their families (for a change). Mike Zieser, wife, Shiela, and children, Nicholas, Alexandra, and â&#x20AC;˘Vmcent reside in San Diego. Mike is CO of HOUSTON (SSN-713). Jill Votaw is still in San Diego and is the PAO at the Naval Base Point Loma (formerly Submarine Base San Diego). Gerry Nies is CO of DOLPHIN, homeported at SpaWarSysCen San Diego.

The day after SuUy's change of command my family and I were able to take a wonderful tour of HOUSTON (SSN-713), commanded by Mike Zieser. My family had never been onboard a nuclear submarine before, so this was a special treat for them. My boys, ages eight andfive,loved the ice cream machine and wondered where the windows were. The tour was a special thrill for me, too, because it was so nice to see another Classmate doing so well. Keep it up Mike!

That's about it for now, so I will close. These past couple of months have been fun-filled and times that I won't soon forget. It was so good to see and visit with so many long time friends from the boat school, and it makes me really look forward to my next Homecoming trip!

That's all folks. No more news to print. If you have anything on a Classmate or news, send it along. Hope aU is well with each and everyone and I look forward to seeing you at either homecoming or during one of your trips to the Big Easy.

As always. Beat Army, Joe.

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Pres; Robert D. Ravener, Jr. 190 Bennetts Farm Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 h; 203-438-0867; w: 914-767-6127 e: THERAV5@A0L.COM Sec'y; Dave Ciccarelli 38484 Sorgum Court, PurcellviUe, VA 20132 h: 540-882-4225; w; 703-416-0153 e: chicsan@aol.com Are you sure we're allowed up here?

Sure, I go up here all the time. Grandma and Grandad don't care.

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It sure is creepy...and what's that smeU? It smells Uke your Grandad, oldie and moldy.

That's 'cause there's lotsa old stuff up here, but some of it's pretty neat. Besides, you get used to the smell.

I hope so. At least I don't have to hug it. Hey, what's that big thing in the comer over there?

Grandad says it's a C Chest, whatever that is.

Maybe in the last millennium they put letters on chests or something.

Wanna look inside?

I've tried, but the Ud's real heavy. Maybe we can both open it. (Grunt...Strain)...Uuhhh...

Whooooaaaa. ..(slam!)

Be quiet or Grandad's gonna come up here to check out the noise.

Aaaaahhhhh! Watch out!

What was tiiat?

It wasfiiUof moths...and look at the dust. Somebody shoulda vacuumed this thing before they stack it up here. Wait, it's clearing. Wow! Look at all the cool stuff in there. What's this? It says, "Lucky...Bag...1981." That's stupid. It's not a bag.

It's a book. What kinda idiot would call a book a bag? And what's so lucky about it? It'd be a lot harder to carry in your pocket than a rabbit's foot.

Wait, there's a bookmark. Open it.

Wow, the pages are aU stuck together. Man, look at the goofy short-hairs. Wait, is this a book about that place your Grandad went to school? What was it called? Wavy or gravy or Navy or something?

Navy, you jerk. It's Navy. He talks about it sometimes...says things like, "It's a great place to be from," whatever that means. Wait, is that him?

It is! It's Grandad.

Man, he looks so...like...yoimg! What happened?

Grandad says that when you're young, you're wet. He says it's mostly behind the ears, but I dry ray ears after I take a bath, so I'm not reaUy sure what he means by that. I guess, if you're wet when you're young, then maybe, when you get old, you dry out.

Yeah, and start looking like a raisin or pmne or something.

He doesn't look like a pmne and yours looks just as pruney, too.

Sorry. Hey, what's the card say?

It says, "Visitor's Pass—Official Guest Of Commanding Officer—USS Mount Hood (AE-29) Decommissioning Ceremony—10 August 1999."

Man, that's a longtimeago.

Who is Todd Malloy?

Looks Uke he was the Commanding Officer. I think that's the boss.

He was in charge of a mountain?

No, Einstein, it's a ship. Don't you know anything?

My Grandad went to Air Force, remember?

Oh, I forgot. Sorry.

You leam to Uve with it. Look, it says this Malloy guy got to be a boss, again, this time on DAVID R. RAY. Wow, that must be cool having your own ship 'n staff—even if it had two first names. What else is in there?

Looks Uke a letter from one of those old computer things. It says, "Class of '81 Web site linked to USNA Alumni Association Web site (www.usna.com)."

What's a Web site?

That's how people used to talk to each other a long tirae ago before they learned how to use telekeshinski, I mean telekuhneecy, I mean...I forget that word.

Telekinesis.

That's it. Sure beats writing staff down on paper.

What's writing?

Never mind. Hey, here's another one. It's from soraeone naraed Tony Perotti. Sounds ItaUan, huh?

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It says, "New eraail address; a.r.perotti@att.net."

What's email?

It's how folks used to send messages on those old computers...instead of putting a letter in the mail.

What's mail?

Did you sleep through history class or what?

No, but I did sit next to Venus Mylow. She disttacted me for a whole year. Man, does she have a tmnk on her or what?

Yeah. She's lovely, I guess, but not that talented.

Sometimes, I don't think she has a head on her shoulders. Hey, look. A soda can. See, they did have staff back then that we still have.

"Mule Kicker?" That's a weird name for a soda.

Is it fiiU? Pffffttttt! Yep, still carbonated, too. They brewed 'em to last back then, didn't they? Yecchhh! Tastes awfiil. Who would buy this staff anyway?

Didn't your Grandad once say that, at Navy, the big kids used to make the Uttle kids buy some staff, even if they didn't want to?

Yeah, but I think he was talking about books or something. Hey, look at these yellowed things.

They say "For Immediate Release" and they're from some place called the Fleet Home Town News Center.

How many are there? One...two...nine. What are tiiey?

They're like little book reports...about people Grandad used to know, I bet. You read 'em.

May 1999, Bill Morgan went to the Med in ENTERPRISE. Febmary 1999, Dan Harrington is at tiie Naval Safety Center, NAS NorfoUc. April 1999, Bob Dolan is CO of JOHN HANCOCK in Mayport,

FL. April 1999, Scott Billington is CO of VR-57 in San Diego, CA. May 1999, Gerry Hueber is in STETHEM out of San Diego. March 1999, Kathy MoeUer got an MSM in COMFORT out of Baltimore.

May 1999, Mike Christopher is CO of VP-92 out of Bmnswick, ME. April 1999, Tom Green went to EODMU 3 in Coronado, CA. May 1999, Mike McKinnon went to KENTUCKY (Gold) out of Kings Bay, GA. Well, that was pretty neat, but I don't get it. What's tiie point?

I think Grandad said they used to send these things to newspapers back where people grew up.

The papers would reprint the staff for locals who were still kicking around on a piece of ground in their hometown, waiting for something or soraeone to show them the way. Sort of an Andy Warhol thing.

What's a newspaper? Who's Andy Warthog?

Never mind. Hey, check this out. It's from an old time picnic out by arivernear sorae hospital, I think. Looks like they were even cooking food over afire.

Primitive. Why didn't they use a photon oven?

They weren't invented 'til after the Roswell Wars, SO they had to do nature boy stuff like this.

Gross! There are bugs outside...and dirt. Who were these people?

More friends of Grandad, I think. What does he caU them? Classmates? Man, they look sorta young Uke Mora and Dad. I can't believe your Grandad ever looked like that. He's ugly and has a big nose.

It's not big. It's Roman. Hey, there's a partial list of attendees.

Why are you talking Uke that?

Long story. Here goes. Bob Bellitto, Charlene and Matt Carr, Sabrina and Chuck Coughlin, Pam and Joe Cronauer, Lisa and Mike Dzieciolowski, Steve Eastberg, Jane and Herb Elkin, Mary Gunther, Mark Hyman, Laureen Mahoney, Bill McGuinness, Stretch Moran, Pete Morgan, Mike Manazir, Dave Rickards, Jim Rodrock, Pat Ryan, Dennis Sawyer, Pat and Otto

Stutz, Tex Taylor, Joe Terlizzese, Carol and Bubba T\irman and Fred Tettlebach and, what's this? Apologies to those who were there and were left off of the Ust. What difference does it make?

It's ancient history.

Aaaaahhhhh! Ptttoooo! Yecchh!

What happened? What happened?

Cob web.

Oh. Say, here's one of those "Haven't Dropped Off The Edge" things from a guy named Nick Schacht.

Lerame read this one. It says he's alive and well and hopes you are the same. Why wouldn't I be?

He's been a civiUan for a while (since '87) and spent the last ten years in the education/ttaining industry. Does he mean 1987 or 1887?

1987, you moron. They're not that old.

Oh. It goes on to say that he's COO for a startup roU-up called Global Leaming Systems and he's happy to talk to folks about it if they're interested.

He also has three kids, Armita, 16, Anahita, 14, and Eugene, 13, and he's four years into his second marriage. Wow, his kids probably have kids our age by now, 'ya think?

Probably. What else?

He spUts his time between D.C, ttavel and NYC where his wife, Megan, has a psychology practice.

He's also been singing with the Washington Men's Camerata for the past four years—it's an outlet.

Wow, Grandad wasn't kidding. Even the men are talented.

Yeah, but they're not lovely.

Wait. Here's a reeeeaaallUy old onefrom1983.

It talks about a George Patton-like motivational speech that ENS Bob Bellitto gave to the Grapes on MANFTOWOC before D-Day on Grenada.

What'd he say?

I'm not sure, but he must've used a lotta words because it says the Grapes were "not so much impressed as confused" especiaUy when someone told them later that all he wanted was for them to do a good job.

Why didn't he just say so?

That's what the Grapes said. Hold on. There's something with smudges all over it down in the comer. I can't make it out...something about wearing steel-toed boots for two continuous days of flight ops and smeUy feet...

They put that in the newspaper? Must've been local news.

Here's a short one about some guy named Erik Eriksen's email addresses.

What is it?

(H) eeriksen@visi.net and (W) eriksenea® nnsy.navy.mil What were those sounds you just made?

Parentheses.

Oh. Hey, shoulder boards. Cool.

What's the anchor for?

MIR. MIR? Isn't that a piece of Russian space junk that almost falls on Duluth every year?

No, it's "Midshipman-in-ranks."

Whatever, Anything else in there? I'ra getting kinda hungry.

Just some scraps of paper with addresses and phone numbers.

Let's read 'era and then go see what's for limch.

OK. Cindy and John McCandlish, 6221 CapeUa Avenue, Burke, VA 22015; h; 703-455-0951. Vicki and Vince Hartman, PubUc Works, Washington Navy Yard; w: 202-433-4103. That's it.

Good. Let's eat.

You gonna help rae close this thing up or what?

OK.. .(GrunL..Strain).. .Uuhhh...Whooooaaaa...(iton!)

Oowwww! Finger!

Sorry. Man. Hey, ray backside itches.

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I told you not to sit on the insulation. You'll be picking that stuff outta your skin for weeks, now.

Wait. look. A piece of paper blew outta the chest when we closed it. It's headed downstairs.

Quick, grab it before my Grandad sees it. Good.

What's it say.

It says "Later, Chic."

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Pres: Maj T. Gordon Thomson, USAFR e: tgthomson@compuserve.com; h; 804-360-8448 Vice President; Matt Moury e; MATTHEWM@DNFSB.GOV; h; 410-263-7640 Treas.: CDR Terry Benedict e; SP273@SPHQ.SSPNAVY.MIL h; 703-913-7183; w: 703-607-1036 Business Sec'y; Dan Proulx e: proulx@nadn.navy.mil@; h: 410-280-5282 w: 410-293-6884 Cort. Sec'y: LCDR Greg Eisman 2721 Buckhom Oaks Drive Valrico. FL 33594-4202 e: Eisraan82@aol.com; h: 813-655-9141 HeUo. '82! HopefiiUy by the time you read this the Navy football team is undefeated and weU on their way to a national championship bid. Okay, hopefully they've won more than they've lost!

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to add up the number of inputs I received this month—two. Here they are.

John Hatten from Third Company assumed command of VFA-147 this past March. He and his wffe, Michele have three children, two girls, Morgan (7) and Madison (5) and a son, Weston (3).

Michele is the Chief Fmancial Officer for an automotive design firm. They've been stationed at Lemoore for the past seven years. John thought being a mora was easy but since he is a single dad two days a week when Michele comrautes to work in Ventura, he's leamed differentiy! "Mr. Mom" is a good description! He stiff spends a lot of time hunting and fishing (no pictures of dead animals with Dave "Decoy" Dunaway for this issue) but he concentrates mostiy on spending free time with the family. Dave is in Pax River doing a great job running the operational test program for the F/A18 E/F. The Class of '82 has a ttemendous presence in the West Coast Strike Fighter community.

Brad "Brick" Connors is tiie XO of VFA-151, Carol "Lex"Lefon the XO of VFA-94, Ron "Beav" Horton tiie XO of VFA-192 in Japan, and Jeff "Jethro" Hansen is the PXO for VFA-146.

AU will soon be the Commanding Officers of their squadrons. A quick update on John's USNA roommates; Tom Tack has retamed to Whidbey Island as the XO of an EA-6B expeditionary squadron, and Bruce Schmickley is a program manager for Northrop/Gmmraan and is a recent newlywed. You may contact John at JRF18DRVR@aol.com LCDR Louis Mosier emailed me to say that he is working in the Tactical Support Center, Commander Fleet Air Forces, Keflavik, Iceland.

That's it for this month...Greg

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Pres: LCDR James H. FlaUey, IV, USN 8506 Crowley Place, Alexandria, VA 22308-1822 e: CGFLATS@aol.com Sec'y; LCDR Richard F Woodford, Jr., USNR 7329 Crestieigh Circle, Alexandria, VA 22315 h: 703-313-4170; w; 301-295-6810 (work) e: Woodford.Richard@hrow.navy.rail (horae) e: Richard.Woodford@juno.com (for text only, no attachments) http://class-act-usna83 .org Greetings and Salutations to Classmates, families, loyal readers and friends. Some of those groups overlap. This column marks the first anniversary of my tenure as the Class Act Secretary.

Thank you, one and all, for continuing to read the column and for sending in letters, emails and photos. It is great to know so many people are maintaining the friendships that we "forged by the Bay." The last year has been rewarding, professionally and personally. Professionally, I have enjoyed a modicum of success in my new civilian job and in my Naval Reserve unit (MiUtary Sealift Command Headquarters). Personally, I have enjoyed making "new" acquaintances and reacquainting myself with a lot of our Classmates. That has been a great "bennie" of this job. With one year down (and only four more to go until oiu- 20th Reunion), I thought I would make the October columns our "State of the Class Act" update. With this in mind, here are some words frora Seamus Flatley, our Class president, on the Soccer Stadium project. I have a few personal observations to add from my vantage as Secretary. Additionally, I'U close out this month with some photos and news for your entertainment.

From El Presidente: As of July, the Class has pledged, in one way or another, a grand total of approximately $225,000. What is remarkable about this is that the giving camefromonly approximately 20-25% of tiie Class! My hats off to the 200 plus Classmates who helped kick-off the fundraising. By the time this news hits the street, we will have made a concerted effort to reach out to the rest of the Class to assist in reaching our goal of $300,000. No doubt we will reach our lofty goal.

The soccer facility that our funds will go towards will be a state-of-the-art athletic facility, ranked among the top 80 in the country. More specifically, our funds will go towards providing the scoreboard and the coaching offices, ff things remain on schedule, constmction should begin in December of 1999.1 can't help but think that one day in the not too distant future that some of our own sons and daughters may benefit from the generosity of the Class of 1983.

On a much more somber note, LtCol John P. Monahan's (12th Co.) mother, Mrs. Terry Monahan, is fighting a courageous battie against cancer Please keep her in your prayers.

Frora the Secretary: When I'm asked to describe the "state of our Class" or what makes us ' 83—a Class Act, I usually reply: "Watch out, we're just hitting our stride." Of course every Academy Class has it's own identity and a sense of pride. If you doubt that, think back on how you felt on the day we cUmbed Hemdon, the last P-rade, and our graduation day. However, I think that it says a lot about who we are and where we're going when you look at what we have accomplished so far, both in terms of supporting the Academy and in our society. I'm very proud to be associated with you all of you.

As far as what we can do and what we will do, my other favorite response is "our future's so bright, even the sun's gotta wear shades." That may sound glib, but when you consider that we're just coming into our prime, I think it's not too

boastful. So, in closing, please stay engaged in our Class activities, projects, and whatever else you do, keep me posted, I'll keep getting our good word out!

From the "Ex-YP FUes" In the tme spirit of television programming, here is a remn from the pilot episode that originaUy aired in MAY 1999; 'S3 Boys and Girls, I warned you that this would happen if my mailbag ran empty... standby... EXECUTE: Scene: an office building in Arlington, VA. A lone figure is silhouetted by the glow of a laptop, the only Ught in the darkened room. There is a whiff from an ominous cigar smoldering somewhere in the far comer of the room. Frantic tapping on a keyboard is accompanied by occasional beeping generated by the automated spell checker and muttered "expletives deleted" about deadlines and lost Classraates.

Enter: Special Agent, Louis Shipper.

Shipper: "Look here 'Pirate,' or whoever you are, this is the last tirae I'ra coming out here to investigate your claims of a vast conspiracy involving paranormal activities, a soccer facility, and the entire 1983 graduating Class frora AnnapoUs. I'm not wasting any more time—You may have fooled agents "Fox" Modly and Dana Weiner, but since I've taken over the "Ex-YP-FUes," I've discoimted your rambling, nonsense stories. I want some answers, mister, and I don't want to hear your same five basic responses again either."

Pirate: "You'll have your answers very soon Agent Shipper, but for now, you'U just have to take my word—this Project reaches the highest levels of the Academy. You just don't get it do you? This Soccer Project will change the face of the Sevem forever, and the tmth is out...

Suddenly, from the dark comer of the room, the Cigar-Smoking Woman (CSW) laughs: "Truth?

Your naivete is amazing, didn't you have a Plebe Year?" "Of course, up until now, my Classmates have kept a very low profile, out of operational necessity. The power that we hold deraands a certain level of responsibiUty and risk." "Any premature revelations would dismpt our careful planning and tip the balance of Naval Academy class order." "Surely, as Academy grads, you both can appreciate the magnitade of the Project and what the future holds?"

"Consider the handwritten contents of this ExYP-File, labeled "Carl Sink." His last know whereabouts. Highland, MD. "Country boy from Tobacco Road passes up hometown girl and free ride to Duke to become a 14th Company Tomcat. He saw your "E" and doubled it (EE) just so his grades didn't go to his head. SpUts atoms on a CGN and a CVN and now spUts infinitives in nuclear cleanup documents as an Energy Department bureaucrat."

CSW: "Thanks to members of the Class Act like Carl, we have kept the pubUc from panicking about a nuclear power plant under the proposed Soccer Facility." "I expect that the rest of the Class Act will not disappoint rae—this Soccer Project will not fail."

Exit the CSW followed by a swirl of smoke from a Havana twist. CSW, fading into the darkness: "Reraember, tmst no one but '83."

Shippers: "Who was she, and what does she mean by "this Class Act Project?"

Pirate: "I'll admit, I don't her name because I don't know all the players yet, but I'm working on it. But I do know what she was talking about—it's the Soccer FaciUty that Seamus Flatley was talking about in his last letter; the Class of' 83 is heavUy involved in the fundraising and constmction efforts of a new Soccer Facility at the Naval Academy." "This is the same group that placed those etched glass Academy seals in Alumni Hall."

"They've got sorae special project going again."

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Shippers: "OK, so what? I need names, dates, documentation, I just can't investigate based on the smoky musings of some mystery woman."

Pirate: "Here's what I know so far: the whole project is timed around the 20th Reunion of the Class of 1983, sometime in tiie year 2003 (Y2K-I-3).

They've already started putting the plan in motion, '83 is raising money, soraething on the order of $300,000 over the next five years. They have an operative on the inside of the Soccer Facility planning committee, namely TUrk Powell, and another involved with Academy fundraising, Dan Struble.

By getting the money together, they plan to do soraething big on the banks of the Severn River.

That's what I'ra trying to find out. You can help me by hacking into tiie "Class Act Web Site" (http;/ /class-act-usna83.org) to see what information Jim Wood has posted there regarding the Soccer Project and the Class Charter. That's got to be the key to all the paranormal activity lately."

"Meanwhile, I've found out where all the '83 conspirators are going to meet for their 20th Reunion in Y2K-H3, thanks to my source, the "Two Gunmen." The genius behind the tailgater Bar-BQ bombing, Carl Wagner, has booked the Loew's AnnapoUs Hotel, 126 West Street, AnnapoUs, MD 21401 for the dates Wednesday, 29 October to Sunday, 2 November 2003. It's a Non-Homecoming Weekend, so Annapolis shouldn't be as crowded and Navy wUI lUcely be playing Tulane, the Mardi Gras school. It all fits; the 20th Reunion will be during Halloween so they can come and go in disguise and no one will notice." "Although some of the preliminary plans for the 20th Reunion have been made, the Committee is looking for a volunteer to act as the '83 20th Reunion Coordinator, someone to pick up the turnover notes from the 15th Reunion and kick the baU through the soccer goal net, both literally and figuratively."

Shippers: "I had no idea they were this organized, how did it happen?"

Pirate: "Sometime in 1999, a small group of "true believers" got the Class Act incorporated along with a Class charter, bylaws and a Class organization. Since then, they have been a force to be reckoned with; heads of private business, military and govemment leaders, doctors, airline pilots, lawyers, professors, they're everywhere."

"Here's more "Ex-YP Files" I've uncovered so far: Mike Shippee has been working two jobs as a pilot, flying the A320 Airbus from United's Denver hub and drilling as a commander in the Reserves with VR-48. He's somehow finding time to raise a family with his wife, Patty, in Potomac.

Thanks to her, we were able to file this report. There is the last known photo of the Shippees in an '83 safe house.

Shippee's lining up the next FTP mailing list Another file shows that former resident of Sevema Park, Charles R. Landrum retumed from a deployment to the Med and Arabian Gulf with the SAIPAN Amphibious Ready Group. In August 114

1998, his ship responded to a distress call from a 144-foot "Mega" yacht that suffered a fire in the engine room. An emergency task group rescued the entire crew of eight but were unable to save the vessel from the fires. I'm sure that Charles is glad to be back in the Norfolk area. In Norfolk, he may mn across Christopher S. Colon, who also was a player in Operation Southem Watch as part of the NiMiTZ battle group. Meanwhile, Pete Stitt assumed command of HERON, a minehunter in Ingleside, TX, and Dennis Yeatman assumed command under the Commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Heet, out in San Diego. Is it a coincidence that he is also a graduate of Sevema Park High School? Can't you see the pattern developing?

They've also infiltrated academia and the Reserves. Cameron A. Sen is working at the US Naval War College in Newport, RI. There's no telling what he's up to now. It's noteworthy that they seem to operate notoriously, for example, Michael R. Mundt was recognized with a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his performance as XO of the Naval Reserve Center, Great Lakes, IL. Mike was singled out for recognition because of his superb initiative and contributions in mission accomplishment.

Look at this file, Thomas P. McKavitt, participated in a Carrier Air Wing 17 exercise off the shores of Virginia Beach—and something else called "Matador Livex." They were practicing strike, undersea, surface and maritime interdiction

warfare. Who knows what targets might be next?

Enrique Miranda might know, he was in Dynamic Response, off the Bosnian coast. Wait a minute, what about those photos? (See the May '99 issue of Shipmate) These look lUce some of the characters involved with the 15th Reunion—but there is also some of the CNO. The Cigar Smoking Woman was right, this reaches the highest levels.

Pirate: "These photos could mean anything.

Here's a possible clue, it looks Uke one of the members of the 22nd Company wants to re-establish contact within his Millennium Year Group. Frank M c N e i l can be r e a c h e d at f r a n k . m c n e i l ® rich.frb.org. Anyone with information that they want to spread around can contact Frank that way.

I'll ask the Two Gunmen to tap into his modem line and get some fresh intelligence on this '83 Class Act and their plans for Y2K-I-3.

Future Episodes of the Ex-YP-Files, TO BE CONTINUED? I NEED YOUR INFO. Believe me, I can relate to Dr. Evil's problems, as he would say, "Throw me a bone, people." Otherwise, I'll have to sic Mini-me on you all next month.

From the Fleet Joe Spruill (14th Co.) checked in last July with the following; We're in the middle of packing out...thought now would be a good time (before the PC is packed!) to send a note and tell what's going on with us.

My three year sentence, er..tourin Mechanicsbuig, PA, isfinaUyfinished.My job with the Comptrol-

I to r: Michelle and Mike Byman, Mark "will sing for beer" Olson, Suzi Gillespie, Bill GaUnis, Jeremy Gillespie and Jim Blake together again for the first time since graduation

I can't be sure, officer, but I think it's the guy in the long pants

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ler at NavSup (Sec 'y note: for you civilians, Naval Supply System Command) is over and now I have orders to BUPERS (Sec'y decoder: Bureau of Personnel, actually now they're calUng it "Naval Personnel Command") and a NavSup Detachment at the Navy Annex in Arlington. I'll be the "Enlisted Community Manager" for Supply Ratings...a planning and resource management job. Basically, I'll be managing the inventory of supply ratings from recmitment through retirement/termination. We are moving this week to the Mount Vernon area...the home email is the same: spruillj@earthlink.net, at work: nl32dl5@bupers.navy.mil. This is the first time we've been stationed in the D.C. area, but we're really looking forward to it!

Other Spruill sightings: Troy Brannon was paroled early from NavSup...now the Supply Officer at NAS Fallon, NV. His email is: brannont@fallon.navy.mil.

Dana Weiner has recentiy reported here at the Naval Inventory Control Point...working in ships systems management. Email: dana_s_weiner@ icpmech.navy.mil.

That's all for now!

Thanks, Joe, for the update and welcome to the neighborhood.

Mark Gorenflo also checked in with the following; A couple of pictures for Shipmate you may be interested in. Both pictures came from a recent spate of travel I lucked into working at SubLant.

The first is at the end of a week-long trip to Norway. Steve Recca is the Assistant Defense Attache in Oslo and he guided us superbly through downtown Oslo to a wonderful district by the water for diimer.

The trip then ended in sunny La Maddalena, Italy, where my boss spoke at the change of command for SubRon 22. Due to the variety of latimde experienced (from above the Arctic Circle to the central Med), a full sea bag was required.

But it was a great experience, bolstered by the chance to see a Classmate.

(Sec'y note: Mark sent me great "digital" shots, however. Shipmate needs hard copies, so please snaU mail them to me! Thanks for the update).

From the Street Darren Anderson (5th Co.) was spotted at the Mid Store tiie day after 1-Day 1999 witii his foUcs. Darren is working for an engineering firm in the Baltimore area with contracts at USNA and Bethesda. He reported a gathering of 5th Company Classmates (and promised some pictures) of Dave Bliesner and others.

By the way, Sean Freeman, please check in.

Because it has been so hot in D.C. this past summer, I didn't see too many other people out on the stteet.

Even though it was unbeUevably hot, look at these weU-hydrated individuals I encountered in Fairfax, VA; Thought(s) for this Month A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.— WUUam James Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.—Albert Einstein Keep your eye on the ball, follow through on the swing, and hit all the bases! ' 8 3 — A Class A c t !

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Pres: LCDR Steven G. Young, USNR c/o Legg Mason, 600 Washington Avenue Towson, MD 21204; w: 800-368-2558 e; SYoung@LeggMason.com Sec'y; LCDR Toni Kasprzak, SC, USN 1671 Graham Road Meadowbrook, PA 19046 w; 703-614-0391; f: 703-693-2551; e: kasprzak.toni@hq.navy.rail CorapuServe: 73121.2252@compuserve.com '84 Website; www.usna84.cora Dear Classmates: Here we are! This is it! Can you believe that it has been 15 years!

From the Classic Mailbox

Bill and George at Harvard Bill Campbell (info@eaglesreach.cora or www.eaglesreach.com) sent a photo of himself and George Carradini slummin' it in "Hahvahd Yahd" back in April. George is an investment counselor with Edward Jones Company in Tulsa, and was in Boston on a business trip, so Bill joined him in Cambridge for a couple of hours when he did not have any meetings. Judging by some of the kids that they saw hanging out (who were students), BUI and George found it hard to understand why Harvard is so prestigious.

Bill heads his own information security consulting business, working primarily with large financial services companies. For anyone who happens to be in the business and is going, Bill will be speaking on the topic of biometrics at the 26th Annual CSI Computer Security Conference and Exhibition in November in Washington, D . C , at the Marriott Wardman Park (formerly the Sheraton Washington). It is essentially the same talk that Bill gave at the RootFest Hacker Conference in Minneapolis in May. Bill will also be in D.C. at the Capitol Hyatt in October for the Axent Technologies SecureXchange '99 User Group Meeting.

Bin's work voicemaU is 781-595-0807.

From the Information Autobahn Gerard VandenBerg (IgmarV@aol.com) let me know that he has orders to ComSubLant in Norfolk and will be relieving John Quigley in the N8 shop.

Allen Stubblefleld (astabblefield@accessl.net) is now on the ComThirdFIt staff in San Diego (a sea going billet) after completing his XO tour. He recently spent some tirae inport Hawaii and reports seeing Eddie Flores who is XO of CORONADO (the Third Fleet flagship). Brian Caraveo will be reporting in the fall to ThirdRt Staff and will have a desk next to Allen. Vemon Martinez is in Victoria, British Columbia on the Canadian West Coast Staff as the U.S. Navy representative.

Kevin McCallum (mccallum.kk@pg.cora) was prompted to write when he saw the great pictures

of Jeff Johnson and Charles Frederick in a recent column. He is still working for Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, OH. He is a director of marketing, working in tiie Global Fabric Care Business and just about to launch a new product globaUy called 'Dryel' (a product that lets you care for your "dry clean only" clothes at home). It should be available on store shelves in the United States in August. Expect to begin seeing Kevin's commercials on television in September. Kevin's wife, Cathy, started a real estate appraisal business two and a half years ago, and it's going great. She works out of the house so she can also be full time mom to their two daughters, Kaitlyn and Kelsey.

A note from Mike Strano; Hello! How are things in the N80 world?

What's new? I miss all the "inside" information.

I regret that I will miss our Class reunion in September, but I wanted to let you know that my ship will be one of the homecoming visit ships in Annapolis in October. A sub is also coming, but we will be moored at the SaiUng Center If you could spread the word and put Ain Shipmate, ORIOLE (MHC-55), a mine hunter from Ingleside, TX, will be there from Thursday evening, 21 October to Monday morning, 25 October. It is part of an east coast trip we have planned. We will be in Ft. Lauderdal with the GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) group and then go to Norfolk for a couple days. After Annapolis, we go to Baltimore for a few days. It should be a great trip.

Please let everyone know they are most welcome for tours, etc. Any ideas for anything else please let me know.

Please give me an update on the gossip at the Pentagon.

Keep the information (and photos) coming!

With warmest regards, Toni

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Pres; Joel Hanson e: hansonjr@erols.com Sec'y: Mike Casey 10201 Lee Highway, Suite 300; Fairfax, VA 22030 w; 703-691-7768; e; news@usna85.org www.usna85.org "April is the cruelest month..."—T.S. Eliot Well, it was. Really. What... what do you mean, "It's October now"? Geez, it seems like only yesterday that I sent in the March column.

Of course, a few things have happened since then, as so many of you have so helpfully pointed out. As the emails accumulated in my in-box like layers of geological sediment, my time was otherwise occupied with sorae really cool changes in my Ufe. And Now, Mike Gets Personal I've not been prone to discussing my personal life in this column, since there's so much other news to report (okay, okay; not that I've been reporting much of it lately). But what the heck, I may as well tell you some of it.

First and foreraost, I'd like to announce the birth of the latest Casey. Her name is Mary Aldred; she's, and I think I'm qualified to say this objectively, simply the cutest little creature ever to coo and wriggle her way across God's green earth. She arrived suddenly, four weeks early on a rainy Wednesday moming; and I think it's a testament to my wife, Kelley, that she did the entire labor/ delivery process "naturally," without anesthetic.

(How did women ever come to be called the weaker sex?) The first few weeks were touch and go; MAC was bom just early enough that she had some real

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problems nursing, and dropped from an alreadylow birth weight (5 pounds, 8 ounces) to an alarming 4 and 13. Fortanately, she bounced back, and is now eating like her old man.

I have two sons from my first marriage, and they've taken to their new baby sister like real pros.

I have to say I'm sUghtly nervous about the whole girl thing. I mean, I used to be a boy, so I knew something about what boys like, don't like, etc.

Are girls tmly different to raise? Kel sometimes gets anxious when I involve MAC in small wrestiing matches with her older brothers, or fly her around Uke an airplane, but hey—I'm sticking to what I know. Perhaps the ultimate irony for those who might know about other aspects of my life; ray ex has tumed out to be a great babysitter for Mary Aldred. At some point in your life, I sincerely hope you're as happy as I am these days.

Anyway.. .we've got a long column after such a long gap, so on to the news, carefully aged in oak barrels especially for you.

But First, A Word from On High The following ttansmission came in from our XO—er. Vice President, Tina Higgins: Hello '85, Are You There?

Everybody, it is time to plan our 15th Reunion, which will be held during Homecoming Weekend '00 (23-24 September '00). We plan to have a fabulous tailgater, Saturday evening event, and possibly something on Friday evening and/or Sunday moming. We have a block of rooms reserved at the Annapolis Radisson (formerly the HoUday Inn).

We need ideas, a volunteer to chair each event, and a rep from each company to help with the mailing. Please send ideas and contact information to me if you are interested in joining the coordination team. (Tina Higgins: 104116.2374© compuserve.com; 703-352-2613) We will have a coordination meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Samrday, 13 November, before the Tulane game (at the ' 85 tailgater), but let me know in advance if you plan to attend, thanks. Look forward to hearing from you.

Back to the Blessed Events Of course, lots of other Classraates have good news to equal the Caseys'. For some reason, daughters are popping up everywhere. First, Bobby Armes and his wife, Indira, are happy to announce the birth of their first child. Daughter, Victoria, was bom on 29 December 1998, weighing 7 lbs. and 6 oz. and was 21 inches long. She had a full head of hair and big blue eyes. Mom says she looks Uke dad, but Dad thinks she looks Uke Mora.

Terri and Brad Olds are also in the Pampers For Her Volume Buying Club; their daughter, Megan, was bom on 11 Febmary, weighed in at 7 lbs. 9 oz at birth and was just over 20 inches long.

In the other category, Michelle and Scott Field also welcomed horae their latest "gift from God" this year. Matthew Christian Field was born on 13 April 1999. Matthew weighed in at 9 lbs., 2 oz., and 21 inches long. He was greeted by his siblings Rachel (8), Stephen (6), and Joshua (2). As Scott says, "Life is good and it only gets better."

Scott is involved in a pretty fascinating (and to desk-bound folks Uke me, pretty dangerous) work for the Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA). A recent press release by this organization is at our Web site; it describes what Scott is doing to support folks in Sudan and some other hot spots around the globe. It certainly doesn't appear that Scott is slacking off now that he's left the Navy...

We Will Serve No News Before Its Time Jeff Hurley wrote in to let us know that some pictures, like some Shipmate columns, take time to really reach their peak of goodness, Jeff's still an intelligence officer, and is nearing the end of his joint tour at the Pentagon. Jeff and his wife, Maggie, Uve in Montclair, just north of Quantico, with their three kids: Tim (13, from Maggie's first 116

marriage), Caitiin (2) and Sean (16 months). Jeff and Maggie tied the knot in January 1993 at South Lake Tahoe. Marty Papet and his wife, Sharyn, attended; Marty would later relieve Jeff as CVW 3 Intelligence Officer in 1996. The second photo, from Febmary of this year, shows that the Navy tradition is sttong at the Hurley household; I wonder how many Navy Fight songs Jeff has taught to Tim, Caitiin and Sean?

Jeff with Sean and Caitiin, two Navy fans under instmction

Dave, Tammara, Lou, Joe, and Julia Ruiz Tararay and Dave Ruiz left Quantico in June 1998, where Dave was Project Officer for Individual Equipment at the Marine Corps' Systems Command. Now he's studying IT management at the Naval Postgraduate School. Let's see, individual equipment and IT management...I bet Dave's going to be the guy who eventually gets every Marine their own personal digital assistant, Stan Newton, a former shipmate from BLUERSH (SSN-675) once upon a time; now a large collection of slightly radioactive scrap metal, wrote with a major and really excellent update. (Who said Nukes couldn't be literate?) Stan and I last saw each other aboard "Building 675" as it sat on blocks, waiting for a new reactor core in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Stan says: After leaving that place we've danger tagged out of our memories, Carla and I moved to Dallas, TX. For two years, I recraited as a Nuclear Programs Officer, which acmally sounds more official than it was. As you recall, it was a critical fill billet: it was vital I get through recraiting school so the billet wouldn't be gapped. When I arrived, the command didn't expect me for two more months. After a five-minute turnover, the guy I relieved went to play golf until he got out of the Navy. I was terrified for weeks because he suckered me into relieving him before we went

over the primary valve status log. Every time the phone rang at home for the next two months, I broke out in a cold sweat thinking I was being summoned for a Naval Reactors inquiry.

It tums out, of course, that recmiting was pretty rauch a cake-walk for Stan. Soon after arriving in DaUas, Carla and Stan added a boy (Jonathan) as a playraate for first kid, Victoria. Stan started night classes at Dallas Theological Seminary and intended to go full-time upon his departare from active duty, but then he and Carla added another boy (Caleb). Caleb spent Stan's Nuke Power bonus on an OB doctor before he was bom, so Stan found himself in need of a job to feed the family while simultaneously working on his ThM degree. Upon departure from the Navy, Stan taught math and science at two different private schools and loved it. Stan saw a lot of kids who seemed ready to give up on themselves due to negative experiences in the past come alive while trying to solve for "x."

After graduation from seminary, Stan accepted a pastorate in the fall '97 in the tiny town of Westport, WA, a small fishing village on the Pacific coast surrounded by cranberry bogs. Stan in fact worked the harvest this year for a guy in his congregation. Stan says that this small, blue collar town, located firmly at the bottom of the food chain, is a far cry from the haUowed haUs of Mother "B." Meanwhile, Carla stays busy home schooling the Newton children. Since the graduates of the local high school have to take remedial classes to get accepted into the local community coUege, and a large portion of the folks (adults) in his church can't read past the elementary level, the Newtons have decided to home-grow their kids' education. (Sec'y: Knowing Carla, I'm sure the Newton kids will have coUeges chasing them.)

Stan saw Kent KetteU (a former roommate) last year when he was visiting the Bremerton shipyard.

He and Karen have six children and along with his Navy duties he runs a Web site on leadership (www.paragon.com, according to Stan). Jim Ward saw Stan in a Dallas Seminary stadent directory and got in touch when both were stiU in DaUas. Jim works for Microsoft and is married with several children and now resides in Charlotte, NC. According to Stan, "Pat Piercey is busy rising to the top like he said the cream always would." He is an XO in Norfolk, but Stan says "I think we dropped off his Christmas card Ust, so I can't give more details there. He needs a wife to manage his private affairs (and you can tell him I said that)."

Tim Holt and Cathey Uve in the GreensviUe, SC, area where Tim stays busy in the bond and insurance business, raising cows for fun, watching the Clemson football program go down the tubes, and caring for their two adopted children.

Career changes: Lawyers, Cops and Artists What the heck is he talking about?, you think to yourself Hey, it's late, and I'm doing this between a crying baby (did I say she was cute?) and packing up to move to our new house, so the sections of the column are Ukely to be a littie, er, haphazard. Here goes.

Jeff Henson, a former Corapanyraate, wrote in with typical lawyerly charm: "I thought I would update you on where we are right now. Given your current pace, I should probably read about it in the March '01 edition of Shipmate (Ouch!)." He was closer than he thought. Jeff "hung up the polyester trousers and plastic shoes" and is now with Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson in Charlotte, NC. The Hensons were hoping to be socializing frequently witii Barb and Eric Quinn (who had put them up for a weekend when Jeff was interviewing), but tiie Quinns moved to Tampa about a raonUi before the Hensons arrived.

And, whaddya know? Eric Quinn also wrote in, and told the other side of the story. Eric is now a Shipmate, October 1999

vice president with Acosta-PMI, a national sales firm. Eric manages the company's business in nonedible grocery (paper products, detergents, soaps, etc.) and health and beauty care Unes for the Tampa market. While they were still in Charlotte, Barb and Eric welcomed not one, but two new additions: Eric Jr. and Lauren. They got off to a rough start, having been eight weeks premature and about 3 lbs. each. Life with twin toddlers around the house poses quite a challenge; Barb is now a full-time mom, and the Quinns take frequent advantage of their folks (who're also in Florida).

Erik Mogelgaard is one of two Classmates with a brief association with the FBI. Erik left the Navy after flying T-34's with VT-2. The airlines were not hiring, so Erik signed on as a Special Agent with the FBI in late "95 and moved to Washington.

D.C, to chase govemment fraud and fly surveillance part time. Being exposed to The Dark Side chasing spies, and working on the NTSB board for TWA 800 were the highlights of his brief career.

When the FBI didn't classffy his parents as "immediate family" for hardship ttansfer consideration, his parents' ill health required him to move back to Atianta in late '97. where he started work for Sprint. Erik and his wife, Dianna, have two wonderfiti children, Elise, almost 3, and Sean, 14 months. Hans, Erik's son from a previous marriage, is 12, wearing a size 13 shoe! The last person from '85 Erik ran into was Gretchen Dayoub Phillips.

She isflyingfor United and Uves in Leesburg, VA. Also in the law enforcement department: I received a snaU-maU note from Eric Rutherford's mom, who Uves in Boulder. Mrs. Rutherford, in the kind of elegant, Palraer-raethod handwriting that has always been beyond me, wrote that Eric is also a graduate of the FBI Academy. While at the Academy, Eric was voted class president, and was also selected to be the graduation speaker. Eric is working for the DEA now, and is stationed in El Paso. I wonder ff they have chow caUs at the FBI Academy? Fight songs? Major events in the Yard?

And now, the artist formerly known as Jeff Sigler. Jeff hasn't written in for about 13 years, and a lot has happened in that time. After resigning his commission in '92, Jeff set about evolving as an artist, and isfinaUyestabUshing a reputation for himseff. Jeff's current work includes a Une of fine-artfighting,and he's in the process of expanding that into other decorative accessories. As well, he's exhibited his photographic/multi-media artwork in various locations in Washington and New York over the past five years. In April, Jeff debuted new designs at a big show in Los Angeles (details at; www.web-pros.net/artfiimishings/). You can see one of his designs in the spring issue of American Style magazine, page 75. Jeff wonders "Do I win the award for most drastic career change? NFO to artist, aU in one leap!" Jeff has always believed a pictare's worth a thousand words, and since we don't have space here for another thousand words, Jeff says he has an easy way to let people know what he's up to; his Web site, at: www.aUesdesigns.com.

Folks I Met on Summer Vacation Two guys from Summer Cmises past wrote in.

First, Joe Fordham, one of the guys I shared a case of Tusker Lager with on an unplanned First Class Cmise stopover in Nairobi. As Joe says (and I agree), "That whole cmise is a blur now. The only things I remember are Crossing the Line on KnrY HAWK, our "Admin" in Perth (and Doug Burton

and Anton Kerr disappearing for two days), and our 24 hours in incredibly beautiful (sarcasm whoUy intended) Olongapo."

Now, long after drying out from that long, strange cmise, Joe works as a systems engineer at Pataxent River for a company called System Planning Corporation and lives with wife Robin and three daughters in Calvert County, about 45 miles Shipmate, October 1999

south of Annapolis. Maybe we'll see Joe at some games this year; well, maybe, by the time this is published, that will already have happened...

The next "Ghost of Summers Past" is Rob Clark, with whom I spent a wholly memorable Second Class Prottamid/Acttamid. After getting out of the Navy in 1990, Rob worked for Procter & Gamble and got his MBA from Wake Forest.

Now, Rob is working for Wachovia Bank in Winston-Salem, NC, doing Intemet financial services consulting. To Rob, "It's been fun so far and the best side-benefit is investing in some of the Intemet stocks we follow—oops, sorry, I guess putting money in an Intemet stock can not reasonably be called 'investing,' more Uke 'speculating.'" On the home front, Rob and wife Margaret have 2 small boys, Houston (5) and Hampton (2). [Disclaimer; I prodded Rob to give me some stock tips, and now I have my own island and drive a tow tmck for fun.]

Eighty-Eight Lines about Twenty-Eight Classmates Chris Ryan,tiiediplomat, wrote in recentiy. Here's how his (admirably understated) letter began; The July/August edition of our beloved Alumni magazine arrived today, and while I relish the prospect of someday ordering the Naval Academy Lamp or five piece plate setting, I was hoping to read something... anyr/img...about our Classmates. So, here's a little info for you. Some of it is dated, but it's the thought that counts.

If you see yourself mentioned and it's not correct, drop me a line. Most of this is from Chris, with a couple of other brief items from tireless Webmaster/AOL vassal, Alex Kiefer (arranged alphabetically for your convenience); Andrea and John Beach are in Naples, where John works for ASCOMED keeping all of die Mediterranean air logistics traffic in order John Borneman is flying F-18s for the Marines at NAF Washington (Andrews AFB) and he's been with American for almost a year.

Brian Burke was in Sigonella (Sicily) back in May. He said that he was looking to go to Korea.. .he mentioned something about the DMZ. Chris Chambers is a TAR flying C-130s for VR-62 out of Branswick, ME. By the time this goes to print however, he'll likely be a SelRes drilling with VR-62 but flying for US Airways or American.

Dotma and Dave Commons are still in Jacksonville. Dave is flying for FedEx, and he is also flying C-9s for VR-58 out of NAS Jax. Dan Dibono and his wife are also living north of PhiUy. Dan is flying for TWA and is also doing tiie C-9 thing with VR-52 at die Grove.

Eric Doyle is flying MD-80s for Alaska Airlines and is a C-9 Instractor Pilot with VR-61 at Whidbey Island.

CharUe Giles is Uving in New Hampshire, flying for UPS, and he is also a SelRes flying C130s for VR-62 out of Bmnswick, ME. Mark Hasty recentiy transferred to Richland, WA, from Ohio. He works for Lockheed Martin.

Greer and John Hefti are back in Virginia Beach where John is doing his DH tour Karlan and Eric Krcbs are in Point Mugu, CA, where Eric is the OIC of VP-65. He also picked up 0-5 on the most recent board.

Lucinda McKinney screened for command... she's flying C-9s for VR-57 at North Island when she's not flying for United.

Anne and Hank Murphy left Virginia a couple years ago, and they and their two children are living in East Sandwich, MA. Hank is flying Super 80s for American out of Boston.

Dana and Evan Oliver and their son are living in Corte Madera, CA, just north of San Francisco. Evan received his MBA from Stanford about five years ago, and he's a financial wizard with Merrill Lynch. Evan Oliver's Title is VP Convertible Sales...

Steve Panico is the XO in MiLius (DDG-69), homeported in San Diego.

Eddie Pierson is working for the City of Seattie in Water Supply and Treatment Manager, and

he flies P-3s for VP-69 out of Whidbey Island.

Todd Polinchock and his wife and child are living north of Philly. Todd is flying 747s for Atias Air and is also flying C-9s for VR-52 out of Willow Grove.

Jim Polo was finishing his dermatologist internship in San Diego and he and Cindy should be in North Carolina by now, taking care of the Marines at Cherty Point/Camp Lejeune.

Patty and Steve Powers are living in Centerville, VA. Steve is flying Super 80s for American out of D.C. Randy Reid is living in Phoenix, flying 757s for America West, and he's drilling with the TSC at Whidbey Island.

Joe Rosati is living in southern Maryland where he's working for OC Incorporated at Patuxent River. What OC stands for, Chris couldn't say: "Occupational Charismatics," maybe, or "Occidental Chamfering?"

Kari and Mark Scbaeffler and their two children are living in Annapolis. Mark is flying DC8s for UPS and was flying P-3s for VP-69 out of Whidbey Island.

Shaimon and Paul Schuhlein and their three children are living in Germantown, TN. Paul is working in 727 Flight Standards for FedEx, and he may sdU be flying C-9s for VR-56 out of Norfolk.

Burke Wellborn was flying jets out of Pensacola before going NORDO. Ed Whitehouse, wife, Teresa, and their son, Alex, are now living in Ashbum, VA, as of 29 May. He's now the managing editor for a financial publication—Louis Rukeyset's Wall Street.

Liz and Jim Winkler and their three children are living in Sandy Springs, GA. Jim is flying 727s for United out of Chicago, and he flies C9s for VR-46 out of Atlanta. Along with Lucinda McKinney, Jim also screened for command.

And Chris Ryan? He's living in Alexandria, VA, flying 727s for American out of D.C, and flying C-130S for VR-53 out of NAF Washington (Andrews AFB). He also has direct access to "Enemy-of-the-State"-level surveillance assets, judging from his huge volume of input.. .so he's probably watching you right now. (Geez, I hope you're not reading this in the head.)

Well, that wraps it up. Next time you read this, it'll be Thanksgiving—and I'm pretty sure it'll be in this millennium. Keep in touch, Mike.

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Pres/Sec'y; Tim Wolf P.O. Box 87, AnnapoUs, MD 21404 h; 703-271-0907; e; shipmate87@aol.com http://usna87.com Washington, D.C, I hope you've raade your New Year's Eve party plans. There's not much time left to party like it's 1999!

An affliction that strikes most bachelors, marriage,finallyhit upstate New York on 17 July when Regina and Paul Rayhill were married in New Hartford, NY. Following on the heels of the Utica "Good Old Summertime" festival, and just before Woodstock '99, Regina and Paul hosted a small contingent of family and friends as they became newlyweds. Attendees from the extended '87 fam117

ily included John Hardig, Mike Bell, Kent VanHorn, Cindy and Chris Dunphy, Peggy and Tim Wolf, Kimberly and Bob Misch, Mr and Mrs. Owen Duke II, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dunphy, Mark Goodwin and his wife, Stephanie, and Tim Deegan with his gttlfriend, Susan. Highlights of the weekend included Paul's "Navy buddies" dancing and drinking lots of tiie Matt family's Saranac beer!

Paul mns his own helicopter services company in the Utica area. Aviation Services Unlimited. By the way, Paul had the "exclusive" helicopter transport contract for Woodstock, in case that wasn't mentioned earlier.

Tom Graves ttansferred to the D.C. area in June after his tour as chief engineer on PHILIPPINE SEA, homeported in Mayport. Making the move with Tom were his wife, Jodi, and their children, Michael, Matthew, and Caroline. The Graves Uve in Chevy Chase, MD, and Tom is working at the Center for Naval Analyses in Alexandria, VA, on TLAM issues.

Erica and Wes Huey are back in the Tidewater area. Wes is flying with VFA-136, part of CAG 7, at Oceana following his tour as Naval Aide to the president in Washington.

Checking the box for one of life's more daring feats, Michael Kurka called to say that he completed a skydive from a perfectly good airplane back in June. MJK described the 15,000 foot drop through the lower atmosphere as a tme "msh."

Todd Allison is in Newport News, VA, where he works as a nuclear systems engineer. Doug Blackburn is with HSL-45. Scott Herbener is the Fleet Strike Officer with Seventh Fleet.

Chad VanHulzen is the regional transportation manager for Target in Fridley, MN. Chad, his wife, Kay, and their two girls live in Brooklyn Park.

Out in Hawaii, Eric Holloway works at SubPac as the Sttategic Current Operations Officer. Eric's prior tour was as Engineer on L. MENDEL RIVERS. He'll be going to PXO school early next year.

FoUowing his tour on OHIO (Blue) as Sttategic Weapons OflBcer, Doug Hanson is at SubPac as weU. Rayome Soupiset passed along that Sarah and Gabe Gomez became first-time parents with the birth of Olivia Villamil on 29 June.

Diane and Michael Herron are first-time parents. Their daughter, Grace, was born on 15 July.

Rene and John Hardig welcomed the newest Hardig, Hillary LaRue, into their home on 19 June.

The Hardigs have two sons, Harrison and Graham.

Kimberly and Bob Misch are expecting their first child in December—a possible Christmas baby!

Reed and Mary Balch Dunne became parents for the third time on 30 May when their daughter, Michaele, was bom. P.J. and Sage are Michaele's elder sibUngs. The Dunnes live in Pensacola Beach.

An FYI for all—I encourage you to checkout the Cold War Recognition Web Site of the DoD/ U.S. Army at; coldwar.army.mil (no www). Following the instmctions, you can apply for a certificate. Hey, why not, you earned it!

Mike Herron noted that his employer, Princeton Consulting, in Princeton, NJ, may have some openings. PCI is an information technology and management consulting firm. If you're interested in more information, contact Mike via email at; mherron@princeton.cora. You should identify yourself by including USNA '87 in the subject header An item of note, Mike may be reached at 609-987-8787—beat that phone number!

A public service reminder to keep the Alumni Association informed of any address, rank, and personal information changes. You can easily accomplish this task by getting on their web site at; www.usna.com, and filling out the change of address form. Also, please keep me updated as to any eraail address updates or changes—it's much ap-

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TTFN. TJW.

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Pres; Capt Robert B. Sofge, USMC Sec'y; Eileen H. Laubacher 43 Willowleaf Drive, Littieton, CO 80127 h; 901-682-0927; w; 901-565-2120 e; Laubacher3@cs.com Webmaster: Ron Surfleld e; rsurfield@netrail.net Class webpage; www.usna90.org Greetings once more from Colorado. Thanks again to everyone who is writing in with news and information from around the world. But first, a change to the information that I included in last month's column. Apparently, our technology is not yet so advanced that emailing photos to rae for Shipmate is not a great idea. Instead, please mail them to me and I will forward them on to Shipmate. My new mailing address appears at the top of this column. And now, onto the news.

First a note from Ron Surfield about the Class Web site; There were some events that occurred recently, which affected the Class Web site. I'm sure more than a few people noticed it, and it got me thinking about other issues related to the site. About three weeks ago, our office NT server (which hosts the site) went into a coma. A few days later, it died hard. It took a few days to rebuild the machine and restore the data. The server crash made it uncomfortably clear that my company regards me as the MIS guy, and I leamed much more about NT than I care to know. The site is back up now, with a more robust server I plan to move to a separate server dedicated only to this site, with better hard drive and power protection.

I will also move that server to a DSL connection off site (my apartment) where I can make more responsive changes.

Thanks for the explanation, Ron. We all appreciate the effort you put in on our Web site. Next a note from Joe Herlihy.

Hey, Everyone! Joe Herlihy reporting from Portland, ME. First, I'd like to thank Eileen so much for volunteering to take on the Class col-

umnist responsibilities. It was a huge relief for me during a challenging personal time. Also, I think it is good for positions like this to rotate so we have a chance to enjoy different styles and perspectives. I'd like to apologize to everyone for being delinquent in my own responsibilities with the column over the past year. And, once again thank Eileen for offering to help out.

I've moved back to Maine from Memphis, TN, but I am with the same company, IDEXX, working in business development. It has been a good move for me and I'm happy to be out of the South.

(Nothing against the South, mind you. I just missed the coast way more than I thought I would.) Portland, ME is, in my opinion, the last undiscovered gem in the US for a city. Fortunately, we're just a bit east of normal civilization. Beautiful, quaint coastal city with access to kayaking, mountain hiking, biking, great restaurants, arts, two hours from Boston, etc. I guess it took me being away from it for some ten years to really appreciate how much this place means to me. I'm living in a smaU bachelor apartment overlooking Casco Bay and enjoying the opportunity to make new friends and begin setting down roots.

Looking back, and I'm sure most of you can appreciate this is in one way or another, I've moved an average of once a year, every year since graduating from the Academy. So I'm now actually intrigued with the prospect of staying in one place for more than one year. What a novel concept!

Tom Leutzinger visited me for the Fourth of July weekend and we had a blast doing all the Maine things, striper fishing, kayaking, beach, fireworks, etc. Tom is doing great, working with Wells Fargo in San Francisco. Paul Valesky and I continue to stay in touch, he's still in Washington working for a company that is in charge of the communications systems on new Burke's. He has to come up to Bath, ME, every quarter so we always use that opportunity to get together. I also had the pleasure of meeting up with Joe Kirby and family in AnnapoUs last January. Joe and his wife, Susan, have two adorable daughters, which amuses the heck out of me since Joe comes from a primarily male influenced background! Fate has a furmy way of playing tricks Uke that My new contact info: Joe HerUhy, 8 Quebec St #3, Portland, ME 04101; (h) 207-774-0646; (w) 207-856-0808.

Great to hear that you are doing so well, Joe. Next a long note from Ray Berzins; I am one of those Classmates who has been in hiding for many years waiting for my shipmates to write about us. Well it's time to break the ice.

I married the love of my life, Nicole Anne Berzins in April 1995.1 moved out of the Navy in Febraary 1996 after a tour onboard GRIDLEY (CG-21) and Afloat Training Group Pacific in San Diego.

I traveled up die West Coast to the SiUcon Valley and joined fellow Classmates Paul Crothers, Kelly Van Dyke, and Craig Davidson at AppUed Materials. In April 1997, my littie brother Tim Berzins '95 married Eileen Shanley of Annapolis, MD. The wedding was a huge USNA reunion with Gerard Shanley and his four brotiiers. In November 1997, Nicole and I settied into a new home in the garlic capital of the world, Gilroy, CA. We were blessed on 14 November 1998 with the birth of little Raymond Joseph Ronald Berzins. Rich O'Connell just returned to San Diego from a craise on BOXER. Richie-0 and his sweetheart. Amy, are due for their first little-0 this summer Aaron Johnson, one of the last trae surface warriors left, is currently serving onboard HAYLER as Chief Engineer in Norfolk. A.J. has an awesome house in Virginia Beach and is playing baseball during his free time. Cara and Mike Pestorius are residing in Blue Ash, OH, with dieir two beautiful daughters, Morgan and Taylor, and are due for a new addition soon, possibly a littie "Mikey P." Evan "Van" Robbins is residing in San Francisco working at Montgomery Securities. Laurie and Bret Simon can be found in Suffolk, VA with sons Eric, Matt, and Ben! Bret "Sparky" Simon can't escape die call of the SWO in him and is still serving us well in his civilian role at Newport News. Sparky is a lead design engineer working on the nuclear propulsion plant Shipmate, October 1999

of die next generation aircraft carrier. Jeanette and Chris Tinio announced die birtii of Sarah Christine Tinio bora on 10 October 1998. Tom Ibmscheck was joined in marriage last summer to die beautiful Betsy. Tom and Betsy reside in Minnesota with Newman the Dog! Paul Crothers is Uving in San Jose and engaged to be married to a wonderful lady, Thelma. Kelly Van Dyke is engaged to be married in the next few weeks!

Thanks, Ray. And now an email finm Ed Devmney.

I just retumed from my two-month cmise to die Baltic Sea. I visited Cobh, Ireland, Aarhus, Denmark, Kiel, Germany, Gydina. Poland, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The cruise was basicaUy a rwo-week exercise, the first week with our Partnership for Peace friends and the second week with our NATO brethren. The most rewarding part of the craise was the meeting of so many people from the foreign Navies. I enjoyed Ireland most, as Cobh is a small town famous for being one of the primary ports where people left Ireland to come to American and it was also the last port of call for the LusrtA.NU and TITANIC. While in Ireland. I was able to play a golf course called Old Head, which was rated by GolfMagazine as the most spectacular course in the world.

It was on an island, just big enough for the course, and had 300-foot cliffs down to the ocean on nearly every side. There were castie rains and the course wound itself along the cUffs and in and around the ruins.

I also got a quick note from Deb, Joel Walker's spouse with some more news; I have an update on last month's news I sent re: USNTPS Class 115. Graduating with Joel Walker were Carios Sardiello, Russ and Rick McCormack. and Tim Spitser. Other Classes at graduation were Keith Henry '91; and Charlie Gray '89. Our guest speaker was CAPT Eugene Ceman, USN (Ret), the last man on the moon, ApoUo 17.

Thanks again. Deb. I also got another update from Harold Katz: Keith Wheeler is Ops on die Desron 15 staff.

Dave Bradley is down in Sasebo with his wife, Michelle, and cute daughter, Miranda. He is Ops in Germantown.

That is great, Harold. We aU appreciate the news.

Rob Bourassa also wrote an email with a lot of information; I was medically disqualified from aviation right before June Week and graduated with SWO orders. I began SWOS in Newport with my old Kenya buddies Dave Bradley and Dave Bryson.

I appUed to the Nuclear Power Program and was accepted from the fleet (Due mainly to Brian Zerphy's assistance). After nuke training I joined ARKANSAS ( C G N - 4 1 ) in Alameda. My friends

Mike McCartney and Greg Colandrea were a huge help as I qualified on the plant. In '94, I met and married my wife, Chris. In '95, I left and went into marketing for Integrated Device Technology (NASDAQ: IDTI) a chipmaker. I moved into the Silicon Valley sales office last year and now manage our accounts with 3COM and Nortel. If anyone is interested in making the move into high tech sales or marketing (I studied PoU Sci back at the Boat School) I'm glad to share my experience. Next week I'm moving to Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor) to manage their emerging accounts in the Bay Area.

(Please use my Yahoo email in the interim: rob_bourassa@ yahoo.com). Chris and I live up on a hill in the East Bay. We have two dogs and three cats and hope to move Chris' three (yes three!) horses onto the property. I recentiy had dinner with Greg Colandrea (now working for Sprint in Kansas) and leamed that he and Amy are expecting. Rob and Chris Bourassa, 26700 Fairview Ave., Hayward, CA 94542; 510-889-9796.

Next, I got a note from Brad Luke; Does anything know about plans for our tenyear reunion. I left the Navy a couple years ago and am now living back in the Annapolis area and thought that I could help out with the planning. Is Bob Sofge handling this? I had the plea-

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sure of attending Shannon Hansen and Jason Adkinson's wedding ceremony this past April at the Academy Chapel. He is stationed there as a company officer after having finished his master's degree in human resources management.

Those who know Jason should find that surprising—wedding, company officer and human resources management. It was a great time that included a duet of Elvis Presley's "Are you lonely tonight?" by Mike Pestorius and his three year old daughter; go Navy cheers (the dinner table lifted over the head variety) by Pete Clarke, C.J. Brady. Van Robbins, Keith Erdman. and Andy Gentry; Mark Donohue tested his lungs a few times; and Rick Ryan and Mike Byrd topped off the night with a rousing rendition of "Blue and Gold" and the "South Dakota Tech Fight Song." All in all a great time.

Thanks for the update. Brad. The question about the Class reunion is a good one. Dave Haas also asked for information and volunteered to help. I recommend that everyone interested start subscribing to the usna90@ oneUst.com list and use that as a fomm to discuss ideas and plans. Now a note from David Mclntyre; After getting my commission and spending nine months at TBS and the Infantry Officers Course; I went to Camp Lejeune and spent almost three years with First Battalion, Eighth Marines in Camp Lejeune doing the rifle company thing; a couple of deployments to the Med and the Persian Gulf, a CAX, numerous weeks slapping mosquitoes in the thoms and kicking myself for not selecting an easier MOS. After my second deployment I was finally paroled from Lejeune and sent to NAS North Island in Coronado where I discovered that things other than training do occur after 1630 and it is possible to spend more than 12 contiguous months in the US. I loved my time with the Green Machine, but I had ultimately decided that it just wasn't what I wanted for the long haul.

Somewhere along the way (I am not sure where) I had decided I wanted to go to work in the environmentalfield.While still on active duty I had started a masters program in environmental management at National University. I did a little more research and found out that San Diego State had a geography program that had a heavy environmental focus and decided I would apply there. My plan was to get out,finishdie master's at National and go on to SDSU. There was only one tiny hitch, SDSU (please don't laugh too hard) decided my whopping 2.2 from the Boat School wasn't up to their standards and didn't take me. This left me somewhere between a rock and a very hard place since I had already decided to get out. So I worked on the Appalachian Trail as a survey technician, pulled a rickshaw at the San Diego Zoo, and most successfully, bartended and been an event manager for a catering company. In the interim I was able to finish my master's at National and convince SDSU that I wasn't as slow as my QPR made me appear. I just finished my course work at State this spring and now I only have to write my thesis, which should be done by this fall. I accepted an offer from a small environmental engineering firm in Escondido, CA to be their GIS coordinator. (If you reaUy want to know what GIS is give me a call). Anyway, that's about it for me and the last nine years. The last three years have been interesting and I definitely would not have made it if Fran Utley hadn't graciously allowed me to "house sit" for about ten months of her six month deployment (your reading the mathright...).Anyway, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and all that crap, right? If anyone is ever my way I live in South Mission Beach about a quarter of a mile from the Beachcomber right on the boardwalk (704 Asbury Ct. Apt A). Drop by or give me a call (619-488-3122). If Trygve Hammer is reading this he should definitely call me.

Scott Dimeler sent me this email: I really did not think that I had much to report on, since I left the Navy in 1992 and entered into CivLant. At Sub School in CT, 1 had some medi-

cal problems and I was medically retired. I found a job working for Westinghouse at the Savannah River Site (SRS) as an engineer SRS is part of the Weapons Complex and produced nuclear weapons material during the Cold War. SRS is now processing over 50 million gallons of liquid nuclear waste from the Cold War. My job is pretty fun and there are a lot of old Navy nukes at the site. Most of the Academy grads are from the Classes from 1982 and back. I don't know of any grads from the late '80s—early '90s. The most exciting thing 1 have to report is that my wife Amy and I just had our first child. She was bom 12 June 1999. Her name is Erin Elizabedi Dimeler and she weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. and was 19" long.

It has been great having a child, but I did not realize how much work was involved! Hello to all of my old friends!

Congratulations, Scott! I also got a note from Bill White, who is the Officer in Charge at Duke University's NROTC unit.

Daniel Quinn White joined Shelley and me at 2:35 pm on Wednesday, 14 July 1999. He was born at the UNC Chapel Hill Hospital. He weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and measured 21-1/2 inches.

Mom and baby are doing very well. Thank you for all your support and prayers!

What wonderful news! And from Eric Mersch; This is Eric Mersch, your Plebe Companymate.

I'm acmally writing from Nairobi, Kenya where I'm finishing up six weeks of safari. I'm happy to report that I successfully reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro at 6:25 am on 19 July! From here, I'm off to Egypt, South East Asia and Europe. The reason for this extended vacation is my recent graduation from Harvard Business School.

I start work on 9/20 at Price Waterhouse Coopers in San Francsico where I will work as a strategy consultant for the energy/utility industry. I'm also happy to report that Randy Wooten and George Dennis are also at HBS and are in die middle of their summer intemships.

I think that letter takes the cake as far as most exciting point of origin. Thanks, Eric! Dean Asber also wrote in with this to say; I have been so lame about writing over the last, say, nine years (give or take), that I almost hesitate to start now.

After graduation I did a stint in Paris as part of the Cox fund scholarship program, delaying nuke school for as long as possible. I was married at the Chapel in May of '91 to the beautiful EUzabeth Evans of Baltimore, MD; yes, she is that same girl I was dating as a 2/C and a Firstie. We spent our newlywed period while I was at the Nuclear Prototype Training Unit in New York. I was at a plant with Tommy Feddo, Neil Cucuzella, and Bob Keller (all peace-loving long-haired civilians now). Sub school followed in Groton, CT, with lots of beer, burgers, mountain biking, and cards. Neil, the honor graduate for our Class at nuke school, applied his finely honed academic talents to hearts and poker. Not that we would ever gamble, but Neil must be some kind of money stealing card counter or something... Meanwhile, Bob spent much of his time with his new love—not his wife, Ruth Ann, but his bright orange Jeep CJ-5, with exhaust ports in the floorboards. Neil was becoming somewhat the platinum boy (better than gold) because he was declared by the school to be one of die "Plotting Palace Studs." And Feds quietiy earned honors at Sub School, and (1 think?) eamed a pair of Binoculars for his achievement.

While in Groton, Bob started on the first of the Keller Dynasty, labeling himself "the impregnator," Sadly those months ended only too soon, but Feds and Neil and I all ended up on 688's out of Sun Diego. 1 got LA JOLLA, Feds got SALT LAKE

CITY, and Neil, LOUISVILLE. Sean Marks showed up on my boat quite a while after I did, after having completed his master's degree in nuclear engineering at Penn State. Our skipper added that to Sean's description whenever he got the opportunity, and it soon became a single word; MastersDegreelnNuclearEngineeringAtPennState. I thought another '90 guy on my boat was cool but

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the "Loserville" got not only Neil Platinum-Boy Cucuzella, but also Andy Gentry and Steve McClaren. Steve is of course a sort of ranning, jumping version of Stephen Hawking so you could imagine the horsepower they had going with those three on board. Anyway, during this time Feds and I didn't miss an opportunity to get Tequila Shrimp Linguine at the Newport Bar and Grill or to do some hunting/hiking/camping further north in Califomia. We also saw Mark Watkins on occasion, prestigiously stationed aboard the Parche (originator of the PUC — Parche Unit Citation). So to get back to the story, sometime during that tour I became interested in medicine and chose to do a shore tour in Pensacola (OCS) so that I could finish up my prerequisites and apply to med school. I arrived at Pcola with a brand new baby girl, whom we named Sarah Elizabeth. I made into USUHS— pronounced "You-suss" for the record, but you may just want to call it U.S.U.—and was surprised to see Andy Gentry. Beth and I had a second child, Jake, during the first year. Now, in my third year, I am finally working for a living again and earning that big ensign pay check! (no, that is not a typo). I just finished a rotation with an orthopedic surgery resident named Dan Valaik — the same as the SEAL Company Officer LT Valaik who was prominent in Salty Sam for chasing down some Mids who didn't check to see who the OOW was on the night they wanted to go out on a "recon." Now I'm afraid I'll ran into CAPT Shupp and relive some restriction muster nightmares... The conclusion of this story is that Neil Cucuzella is married, is a civiUan, and is living in the D.C. area. Tommy Feddo is married, is a civiUan, and in his third year of law school at George Washington University. He just recently was accepted for a very prestigious position working with a federal judge after graduation.

Bob Keller is of course married with children, is a civiUan, and Uves in South CaroUna. Andy is married and is an Ensign (wah wah) living in Aimapolis. Sean Marks is also a civiUan, living in Chicago, and working for Kraft, but not in theh nuclear engineering division. Our address is 18109 Royal Bonnet Circle, Gaidiersburg, MD 20886; 301-208-8878; or email us at kingrat@ erols.com. We hope to see you at homecoming.

Darin Perrine wrote me an actual letter (!) with his update, along with a photo which will make it into the next issue; Shipmates, I am currently wrapping up my shore tour as an NROTC instractor at the University of New Mexico. My relief, LT Scott Goocb '93 is already on board and is an E-2C Hawkeye guy Uke myself, reporting from VAW125 in Norfolk. It has been a great three years in Albuquerque as the climate, mountains, and skiing have been fabulous.

I have been fortunate in that due to my assignment at UNM as an associate professor, the university has paid for most of my MBA. Christy has been busy using the master's she eamed while we were in Norfolk as a therapist at a private Christian clinic in town.

I have decided to apply my MBA directiy by accepting a job offer with INTEL in its corporate services and materials division as a senior process manager Christy, Luke (18 Months), and I moved to Portland, OR in June. It certainly would have been nice to move closer to both of our immediate families in Minnesota, but to be honest, the thought of those nasty winters just seemed too intimidating after being away from the cold for nearly 13 years. Portland offers both the mountains and the ocean (plus a little more rain than Albuquerque does). Not only that, you can downhill ski almost ten months out of the year at the Mount Hood resorts! Now how could I possibly turn that down?

There will be travel with the INTEL job but it should be light and potentially to some pretty cool places: Ireland, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and some of the stateside locations.

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dream therapist job: working only three days per week, with a full client load (24-29 patients per week, eight to nine per day!) in a Christian counseling center, with a boss and staff that share similar views to our Christian commitment and philosophy, and most importantly, she was still home with Luke more than half the week. Still better, though, is the prospect of Christy staying home with Luke every day after we move as we contemplate dash-two in the near future. I may be reached via email at the following accounts: perrine@ juno.com and perrine@cwix.com.

In other (dated) Classmate news... I spoke to Don Osborn back in April. He had just left the Navy from his last tour at the P-2 Navigation ttaining school at Randolf, AFB. He accepted a job with USAA in San Antonio so that he and Lisa could stay put. Dave Makowicz also left the Navy last suraraer. Dave is working for SEI Investments as a mutual fund account representative in Philadelphia. He enjoys his work and feels quite at home with his firm, as there are a lot of former JO's on staff. Heather is staying home with their son, Nate.

Brent Williams has settled in ArUngton, VA, where he is working for Global One Communications and building up frequent flyer miles to Paris and Frankfurt. Ginger spends her time while Brent is away teaching elementary school kids the three R's. Kari and Eric Wiese are in Japan where Eric is assigned as the loop to Rear Admiral Timothy Keating with CCG-5. Eric expects to move on in December or January, most likely heading to D.C. to do some JCS E-ring stuff to round out his D.C. resume. That about wraps it up for me except for one thing...

John "Ironhead" Gatewood, where are you?

Well, that is all the mail we have for this month.

I also received a photo from Lisa and Jon Aytes, who apparently live only about a mile from rae.

SraaU world! I am going to send it into the next issue. Keep those cards and letters coming! Look forward to hearing from even more of you next month. Take care and God bless. Eileen

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Pres; LT Richard Brophy, USN Sec'y; LT John DeVine, USN 1701 Tyler Green Drive Smyma, GA 30080 e; jcdevine99@aol.com Class Website; www.usna91.com A shortened month leaves little news and mail to pass on. However, one very important message: Please check in at our Web site; http;//usna91 .com.

Dennis Ylagan has done a great job at building a

current site, which will allow us to keep everyone's email in a central location. We are both 0-ying to build content as well, and this will be a great vehicle for planning our Ten-Year Reunion. Please check it out, and register your email address!

My only piece of news comes from John Zuhowski, who postponed writing to us long enough that his wife, Babs, finally had to take the controls. Babs sends news and pictures from Newport, where John is finishing up his tour at Department Head School. John and Babs have mn into a few others, including Todd Wobig, who wiU be heading Norfolk to assume the job as Weapons Officer aboard SAN JACINTO. Other '91ers seen in the area include Chris Edwards, Neil FuntanUla, Larry Legree, and Frank Wakeham.

As for John himself, he reported to SWOS after graduation, and then to AUSTIN for Division Officer duty. In July 1992, he and Babs were married; they spent much of their first year separated by a six-month deployment. In June 1995, they headed up to Newport to Advanced Steam School, and then onto Great Lakes, reporting to BELLEAU WOOD in July of 1995. After this raarathon mn, they raade it to shore duty in Febmary 1997; John took a job as an instmctor in ProDev, as well as the Maintenance Officer for the Santee Basin, all the while completing a master's degree in pubUc administtation. John and Babs were blessed with a daughter, Megan Elizabeth, in July 1997. John is now at Department Head School, and will be reporting to OAK CREEK out of Littie Creek, taking the job of first lieutenant. The family will be buying their third home, this one new construction near Dam Neck. Please write; 1853 Somersby Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23456; beatarray@worldnet. att.net. Thanks, Babs, for the news!

That's all I have to report for now. Remember, if you're not having fun, you're just a place where cells to divide. Check out the Web site!—JD

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Pres; LT Scott Hottenstein, USN Corr. Sec'y; LT Sean Gillespie, USN 102 Moran Circle Monterey, CA 93940-4817 e; Chez_Gillespie@rasn.cora Class Website; http://members.aol.cora/brettmajor/92/ 92index.htm

Darren McPherson '92, John Zuhowski, Todd Wobig, Ty Britt '92, and future ship drivers, in Newport

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Pres: LT Matt A m y , USN VP/Treas: LT Matt Amold, USN Cort. S e c y : Capt Shogo Cottr«ll, USMC 4412B Quarters, Quantico, VA 22134 h: 703-441-8846; e; cotttells@eartiilink.net Class Web Page: www.usna93.com Here it is again, another subnussion deadUne is upon rae and I'm almost dreading it because I have so much information to report! First of all, let's hear about all the new additions. Jeff Jurgemeyer reported in first this month with the following announcement; Beautiful Lauren Paige Jurgemeyer was bom 30 June 1999 at 6:50 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs and measured 20". Both mom and baby are perfect.

Daddy is ecstatic.

Mike Flatley also joins the ranks of fatherhood.

Here's his email; Hello all! Just a quick update from Norfolk.

Emily and I recentiy celebrated the addition of our son. Sean Thomas, to the family. Sean was bom on I June and is doing wonderfuUy. As for myself, my last day aboard WASP was 6 July and my last day in the Navy was 17 July. By the time this is printed, my family and I will have moved to Ann Arbor, where I will be attending the University of Michigan Business School for the next two years.

A couple of notes on other 32 Company guys: Tom Dobbins and his wffe, Julie, just moved to the San Diego area. Tom is working for Wells Fargo as a commercial loan officer Also in San Diego are Dawn and Chris York. Chris has been working for Bradley Morris now for the past few months since leaving the Navy. He can be reached at cdyork@worldnet.att.net, if anyone out there needs some transition assistance. On the other side of the world. Chris Harding and Brian Blalock were involved in the Kosovo strikes.

Chris' family, his wife, Susanne, and son, Zachary, moved to Virginia Beach right before his deployment, and Brian Blalock's wife, Jen, and son, Nathan, are Uving in Havelock, NC. Mike Qoyd and his wife, Susannah, have been Uving in Pittsburgh for the last year. Mike just finished up his first year in Camegie MeUon's MBA program and is currentiy interning out in Washington State for the summer. Chuck Converse was recentiy in town for business and he and I were able to get together for dinner He is doing great, and he is enjoying his work with a computer defense contractor out in Washington.

Erin (McAvoy) and Chip Walz were over to the house a month back and are doing weU also. Erin is finishing up her MBA at ODU in Norfolk while on shore duty. Chip (after making a record four, or was it five deployments, go SWO!) will be getting out shortly and is looking at going back to New York City to pursue a career in investment banking. Also pursuing the ever-popular Navy to MBA option is Joe Wiendel. Joe finished up his first year at Wharton, and he and his wife, Stephanie, are living in the Philadelphia area.

Vinny Smith, Tonda, and their two children, Caleb and Moriaha, are stiU Uving in the Durham area. Vinny recently switched jobs from EDS to EU LUIy. Mike Wentz is still in the Corps and stationed at Quantico. He and his wife, Mario, recentiy celebrated the birth of dieir son, Michael Jr Chris Stilley is currently planning his next move as he finishes up his tour as an instractor at SWOS. He and his wife, Jenny, are the proud parents of two children now, daughter, Mary, and son, Jacob. Well, that's aU die updates I have for now. I'll be in transition for awhile, but the email address, FLATLEY93 @ aol.com, wiU be valid for at least the next year for anyone I have been out of contact with who would like to drop me a line.

Take care for now and best wishes '93.

Shipmate, October 1999

Karl Prigge sent me an eraail full of exciteraent about his news: I have some great news I wanted to pass to all my Classmates that haven't heard. After much "hard" work and prayers, my wife, Karissa, and I are expecting a baby in November We are both very happy and excited. I will be heading back to Groton for the 14 Febmary Submarine Officer Advanced Course. Look forward to seeing some of you. If any of you are already in Groton, send me email at: kfprigge@splusnet.com.

Congratulations, Jeff, Mike, and Karl! I also have sorae good news to report as well. My wife, JiU, had a baby boy on 9 July 1999 at 12:07 a.ra. on 9 July '99 in the Dewitt Array Hospital at Fort Belvoir, VA. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 14 3/4 oz. and was 20 1/4 in long. He was nameless for almost two weeks, but we finally settied on Nathaniel Spencer Cotttell. If you're interested, we've got a few pics up on our Web site at; home.earthlink.net/ ~cotttells.

Shogo Cottrell and Nathaniel Spencer I received tons of emaU this past month, so instead of regurgitating their contents, I'll do the old cut-and-paste. Next up is Matt Testerman; I have a handful of news from the 1993 crew over in Rota. The first sea tour for '93 Naval Aviators and NFOs is slowly ending. A good number of the ten '93 grads here in Rota at VQ2 (EP-3s) have orders in hand or have already moved on. Jenny and Mike Farren left in the spring for PMA-290 in Patuxent River Erin and Ken Ferguson left in May for the states and a long cross-country trek to Monterey for PG School. Art Wallace is an ROTC instractor at Florida A&M. Shannon and Mark Holzrichter are anxiously looking for orders as their PRD looms large, but they're hoping to get back to the D.C. area. Also due to rotate soon is a USNA stalwart, Rob Atha. StiU left in Rota are Kris and Erik Ostrum, Frann and Todd Dudley, and Terry Dudly. Keith Kintzley was just seen yesterday arriving for the first time, so our numbers won't fade too quickly. The squadron has been busy, as you could well expect, with all of the bomb dropping in Yugoslavia and Iraq. It has been an awesome experience to see our Classmates step up to the plate and take on the heavy responsibilities of conducting strikes.

Meanwhile, my wife has already made the move back to Annapolis, while I anxiously await a change of command fitrep. I wiU be retuming as a miUtary instractor in the PoU Sci department.

We expect to be in place in late July and are anxiously awaiting our first child, due in August.

Having just moved from Jacksonville, Mike Joyner wrote in with this update; My family and I just moved to Jacksonville, FL, where I am attending the Instractor Under Training Syllabus at VP-30.1 recentiy detached from my third deployment with VP-IO, which was deployed to the Mediterranean supporting NATO in the strikes against Yugoslavia. Other '93 grads in the Med were Troy Solberg, Adam Grossman, Mike Mineo and Tom Muldrow.

I was married to Mary Carpenter in Febmary of 1995. We moved to Branswick, ME, later that year to join VP-10 just as diey were starting their

tri-site deployment. My daughter was bom in October of 1997 while I was away on my second deployment to Keflavik, Iceland. She is almost two now and is quite a handful. We are expecting number two in November We will be in Jacksonville for the next three years enjoying the sun and a shore tour If anyone is in the area: 904-280-2531; 1655 The Greens Way #2521, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250; mjoyner@usa.net; ICQ # 2721041.

Mike also attached in his email a photo of his daughter, Margaret. Mike, Shipmate can't accept digital pictures at this tirae, but I'll make sure that the picture of yoiu- beautiful daughter is posted to the Class Web site. Best of luck with dash-two.

A couple of weeks ago, I ran into Scott Conway in the Quantico barber shop. He's living in Edgewater, MD, and works down at OCS. He says that it's only a hour and a half commute, which I guess wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't in the D.C. ttaffic. Scott said that Ed Ballet works at OCS with him.

This short update from G a r y Walker came via email, too; I separated from the Navy in January '99 and am now a civiUan living in Lebanon, OH, close to Cincinnati with my wife, Kelly, and children, Gary Jr (3) and Paige LeAnn (1) and our black Labrador, Gus. I am an electrical maintenance engineer at Smurfit-Stone Corporation in Middletown, OH. I've been spending a lot of time watching the Cincinnati Reds baseball and getting back to leisure golfing, which I have missed tremendously! My new email address is: gawalker@go-concepts.com.

That's all the news for this month. Darrell Platz, Mike Purcell, and Al Hem—if you're up on the net, drop a line with your email address to any one of the fellas. UntU next month—Shogo.

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Pres; ILt Scott K. Hornbuckle, USMC PSC 556, Box 506, FPO AP 96386-0506 h; 011-826-11-737-0083 e; hombuckle@hotmail.com Vice Pres/Treas; Kirk Clermont 3991-117 Marine Lake Rd. Virginia Beach, VA 23452 e; clermont_kirki@msn.com Sec'y; Chris Williams 4314 Chippewa Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32210 Jacksonville, FL 32256 e; chrisandmary@ibm.net Corr. Secy; LT Jim Keck, M C , USN 1735 Felch Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32207 h; 904-396-4008; e; JKeck@usna94.com http;//www.usna94.com HeUo, '94! October is finally upon us, but as I sit down to write this column, I'm still sweltering in the July sun. Since my crystal baU is in the shop, I can't talk much about the Reunion. But to keep you busy, I received four email letters filled with Class news. So sit back, relax and enjoy the latest updates.

This first letter arrives from Angela Schedel while underway: 10 July 1999 - I haven't written you in ages, but now that I'm underway aboard the PELELIU (LHA-5), I diought I'd drop you a line. We left San Diego on 21 June for a thrilling voyage to the Persian Gulf and back. I'm part of the SAR detachment, flying HH-46's. Gregg Gray and Sean Valentine (both '94) are also pilots in my detachment.

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Wedding of LT Willaim James to Annie Crane on 12 September 1998 at St. Mary's in Annapohs, MD I enclosed a photo of some USNA grads on board our ship. [Sec'y Note: See www.usna'94.com for the forwarded computer image]. Included in the photo are Jason Martin '97, Lori Kelley '96, Gregg Gray, Angela (Luzier) Schedel, Nancy Olson '95, and Tim Kinsella '96.

Jason is a SEAL attached to the NSW task unit on board, Lori and Nancy are Marines attached to 11th MEU, and Tim is also one of our SAR pilots.

Not too much news to report from sea yet, we haven't even had our first port visit. Looks like we'll be missing Homecoming this year and the five-year Reunion. We'll have to have a celebration ourselves in UAE, I guess!

Good to hear from you, Angela. I look forward to hearing more about your deployment and Middle East Homecoming.

Next up is from Jamie McGann; II July 1999 - Jamie McGann here, and still in Norfolk. I spent the last two years of my commitment working the Year 2000 issue for ComNavSurfLant and CincLantFlt. I had the oppormnity to leam a great deal about computers working for CNSL N6 and managed to land myself a good job with IBM in computer security back in May '99.

I haven't seen many folks from USNA over the years, but I do look forward to hopefully seeing some folks at the Class Reunion in September. If any Third Company folks are passing through Norfolk, they should give me a call: 757640-1541 or shadowjcm@erols.com.

Oh, I should mention that Chris Walsh got hardship duty as an officer recraiter in Las Vegas (how in the world does that happen?!) Good luck Chris, hope you survive the tough duty!

Cheers to all of '94 for making it through five years!

Shane Colvin wrote to let us know he is now assigned to the Navy Anti-Terrorist at Alert Center at NCIS Headquarters, located on the Washington Navy Yard. His tour there ends in January 2001. He and his wife, Christie, have three children now; Katelyn Marie (5), Sarah Hope (2), and Robert Ensley, bom 9 April 1999.

Matt Hawks is the last contributor for this month.

20 July 1999 - Hello Shipmate'. Andra and I have settled in Elvis country, Tennessee. I'm "working" at the Navy Recraiting Command Headquarters. I have a nice cozy desk job, working alongside a lot of 1,700 officers—quite a change from the last few years on CHARLOTTE (SSN-766)! Had a nonstop tour out of Pearl Harbor, visiting Hong Kong, Yokosuka, Bahrain and Singapore. You can ask Chuck Cohn for all the gory details. Looking forward to attending the big reunion Labor Day weekend and watching Navy, er.. pound Georgia Tech? We'll see. No kids yet, getting that education stuff out of the way first. Feel free to write us at mahawks® earthlink.net or at 5952 Essex St., Millington, TN 38053.

Can't say I've kept up with too many people in the past five years, but hey, why not start now!

The APB is out for Rich Johns and John Hackel... heck, the rest of 26th Company!

You get more with '94!

That's all for today, '94. Before I end, let me give you the latest update on the Web site; We now have 11,570 hits as of 26 July 1999. The Class Ust tally now stands at 568 entries. Recent additions and changes to the Class list were made by; Joey Frantzen, Dennis Duckworth, Byron Alexander, Sean Quinn, Scott Suozzi, Andy Patterson, James Harrell, Kendra Williams, Bryan Haas, Michael and Heather (Keane) Grahara, Brian Bmggeraan, Jimmy Bishop, ElUot Avidan, Brent Beach, Shane Colvin, Jason Berger, WilUam Jones, Kevin Quinn, Michael Nelms, Douglas Glover, and Andrea Myers.

Well, '94, that's all for this month. I look forward to hearing about your new adventures in the civihan world, as well as deployment stories.

Take care, and God bless you and yours.

C-ya...Jim.

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Pres: LTJG Bart Phillips, USN 3604 Carleton Stteet San Diego, CA 92106 Sec'y: IstLt Tonya Barz, USMC 1928 Lyndale Lane Billings, MT 59102 e; barzt@yahoo.cora Greetings, fearless ones! Additional word arrives from Steve Johnson and Jake Madore. The two were on deployment on HALYBURTON ( F F G 40) where they stumbled upon the LA Laker Cheerleaders in Naples, Italy (how convenient!). Joining the two in the meeting were Bill Moriarty '93, BUly Maske '95, and Chuck Ferrell '97.

The clan had begun their deployment with THEODORE ROOSEVELT Battle Group sprinting across the Atiantic to the Adriatic. They spent a couple weeks escorting the carrier and then worked with the helos on surface surveillance (which Bill and Billy pilot). The ship on which Jake is the Ordnance Officer, Chuck is the CICO, and Steve is

the Electtonic Material Officer, concluded the deployment with boarding operations in the Arabian Gulf. As Steve says, they are "doing their part to support and defend, no matter how bad it gets."

The sacrifices you guys make!? Thanks, Steve and Jake.

Anthony Billoti jots us after completing the F/ A-18 RAG out in NAS Lemoore, CA. He is now assigned to VFA-151 ViGn.ANTES out of Leraoore and out on CONSTELLATION in the Gulf. Bill Breckinridge is at NAS Lemoore in the F/A-18 RAG with Rich Archer, Jesse Hilllker, Cliff R a u s c h e n b u r g , Clark Childers, and Lou Camardo. Anthony will complete his float in Deceraber and retum to Califomia. I appreciate the update, Anthony (please send me a hard copy of the photo, and I would be more than happy to include it!).

Jillian (Peltier) Hansen, wife of Michael Hansen, writes with the news of their 14 August 1998 wedding. The wedding and reception took place in Jeannette, PA. The two were thrilled to be joined by seven Classraates from '96. They send their thanks and appreciation for the efforts everyone made to share their special day.

Mike is currently flying the SH-60B at HSL 46 out of Mayport, FL. Thanks, Jillian, and best of luck to you both!

The last word arrives from Kim Mitchell in Little Creek, VA. She is currently with ACU-4 where she is an LCAC Det OIC. Other '96er's joining her include John Galdieri, Kim Himmer, Keven Kolego, and Melissa Lawrence. John and Kevin deployed in September, and Melissa and Kira launch in Febmary. Jamie Achee is currently on the Beach Group 2 Staff. Phaedra Link and Anthony O'Daniel are on CoraPhibRon 8 Staff out of Norfolk. Other Classmates in the news are Pat Bennett, the Weapons Officer aboard one of the PC's out of Littie Creek, and Jamie Hodges who is in Sub School in Groton, CT. Larry Edell, who had gone into the Army Signal Corps, was accepted into the Army JAG Corps and is attending the University of Georgia Law School. Patty deSpain remains in CaUfornia as an air traffic conttoUer on the "green" side and plans becoming a missionary foUowing her obligated service. Lee Marsh is in Bremerton, WA, where he has eamed his dolphins and is onboard MICHIGAN. John Dietter is flying SH-60's out of Pearl Harbor Great update on everyone, Kim! Thanks.

Thanks for the letters and news everybody!

Please keep in mind our Class contributions to tiie Academy, ff each of us would be willing to retum a portion of what USNA provided to us—what a great gesture that would be.

Until next raonth...Tonya

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Pres; David Forman e; DSForman@aol.com; h; 843-763-6458 Vice Pres: John Chau Treas: Daniel J. Martin Sec'y: Shawn C. Gee Cort. Sec'y: Carrie Howe 44237 Webster, Canton. MI 48187 e: Ljohowe@aol.com HeUo Great '98! I don't know about the rest of you, but the months keep flying by. My ttaining is keeping me so busy, it seems Uke by the time I finish one article, it's already time to write the next one. I hope aU of you are enjoying fleet life, and now to hear something about it.

From Chris Keith at Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX: WeU, there are more '98ers here every day and the first of us have just graduated and eamed our wings of gold. That's right. We got winged on 9 July and are now off to NAS Corpus Christi for two weeks for some good ole leadership training dien off to NAS Jacksonville for the P-3 rag. After that I wiU be staying for my tour. Katie Baldwin is going to NAS Branswick in Maine and Joel White is going to NAS Whidbey Island. Hope the rest of you all are having fun with whatever you are doing and good luck to the rest of my feUow Aviators waiting to get winged.

That's great that '98ers are getting wings already.

Carina Hall completed primary flight ttaining at Pensacola and qualified for jets. In raid-July she reported to Meridian, MS, for intermediate pilot ttaining. Dave Hlckey is there also, and he sent me a letter.

I just arrived in beautiful Meridian, MS, and wiU start intermediate jets soon. Jeff Immel (and Carina Hall) will start at the same time. Josh Peterson and Dave Sagunsky are a couple classes ahead of us here. I talked to Chris Gilmore the other day and he said he's lovin' it down at Sub school. He mentioned something about getting married. Who knows! Best of luck to all.

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pleted TBS 4-98 in December, FMOC 1-99 (USMC Financial Managers Officer Course Camp Lejeune, NC) in Febraary and am stationed here in Kansas City at the DFAS-KC center Basically, this is the HQ for USMC finance and where we get paid. I am doing well being three and a half-hours from home (St. Louis) and will be here for at least three years. There are a lot of civilians here too so it sometimes gets complicated with Marines and civiUans. I will complete my MBA hopefully by the end of three years and hopefully go back to USNA to teach.

I have spoken to and visited Rodney Clagg who is in prototype school and loving it I might add (just kidding). He is going to get married in September I have also spoken to Bill Taylor, my striper roomie, who is graduating from TBS today or tomorrow and wUl be going to Okinawa as a financial manager 3404â&#x20AC;&#x201D;same as me.

From Dale Matheny; I just talked to my roommate from the Academy, Dan Hallock, and he just got back from his WestPac a few weeks ago. He qualified a couple of days before he got back and got his SWO pin and all. (Dale is in NY for prototype.) New York is pretty nice this time of year, and the littie town we live in is great. There's a ton to do and I have only left once since I've been here because I've been busy trying to do everything here. We just took our 50% exam today. It was tough, but manageable.

Well, I can relate to Dale; the guys down here in Charleston just took our Transition phase exam two days ago. We were on midnight shift, so the exam started at 2050 and ended at 0050. Kind of weird.

Anyway, class 9807 has their prospective boat assignments already. Out of Pearl Harbor; Tim Schubert on BUFFALO, John Frye on KEY WEST and Eric Cole on CHEYENNE. Out of Norfolk: Erick Easy Edwards on NORFOLK and Ed Stickle on HAMPTON. Out of Kings Bay, GA, Garth Johnston on MAINE (Gold) and strangely enough, Rob Camell and Jake Scott will be on the same boat out of Kings Bay, but on different crews (Blue and Gold). They were roommates at the Academy for

three years. Go figure. There are many others here, but with our schedules, it's hard to get a hold of everyone, so there will be raore to come. Tim Clark just joined Crew Alpha of the MTS-626 (my crew), and we were in Echo-10 together back in Plebe Summer. When I saw those dolphins on his chest way back then, I never figured that one-day I'd be trying to earn some of those for myseff. I guess you never know.

The last bit of information that I have is that Pete Halvorson passed his exams at Harvard, so he gets to stay there a little longer. And finally, in the random category, Brian Weaver has a new dog.

Keep up all the hard work '98, and best of luck in all your endeavors.

Fair winds... DSF.

99 Pres: Buster O'Brien e; firstcompany@hotmail.com V. Pres; Ben Adeyemi Treas; Jason MendenhaU Sec'y; Minh-tu Nguyen 101 King's Crest Drive, Box I3,Stafford, VA 22554 h; 540-659-8101; e: m2nguyen_99@yahoo.com Hello '99, how are we doing out there? By now everyone is comfortably into their schools, whether t h e y ' r e in Newport, C h a r l e s t o n , Q u a n t i c o , Pensacola, or somewhere in grad or med school.

Homecoming is on its way and hopefully we'll see a healthy showing from the '99ers.

Not much news is coming in yet. We have a couple of marriages to announce, though. Brian Ellis and his new wife, Elizabeth, have been enjoying their first married months in beautiful Newport, where Brian is TAD at N A P S . Chris Laccinole and Jamie Kundreskas were married on 28 May in Georgetown and are both in Newport at NAPS. Jeremy Freeman and his wife, Susanna, are also happily married in Newport.

Mark Strom tells us from Quantico that he's going to take the plunge to married life over Christmas in Nicaragua with his fiancee, Maricella.

On another note, we hear that Jim Belshe is taking classes at GW preparing for medical school.

Also in Newport, Raul Rojas is continuing to try every faddish diet on the market and he is said to look healthy, if gmmpy.

Keep the news coming ' 99, just drop me an eraaU or call me so we can keep everyone up-to-date.

It's always great to hear from you all.

"Great things tiiro' greatest hazards are achiev'd.

And then, they shine." Hope to hear from you soon!

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ALABAMA Alabama Chapter RADM John T. Natter '62, USNR 2101 6tii Avenue North-Suite 700 Birmingham, AL 35203 w; 205-254-3216 e: jnatter@gorham-waldrep.com

Huntsville Chapter CDR Robert J. Sampson '56, USNR (Ret.) 200 Beauchamp Place HuntsviUe, AL 35802-4529 h: 256-881-9333 e; robertsampson@mindspring.cora The July meeting of the Huntsville Chapter was held on the second Thursday of the month at the Fogcutter Restaurant.

Attendees were: Bob Sampson '56, Tom Colman '56, Hu Hyde '61, Jeff Kaylor '70, John Robbins '68, John Snyder '47, Fritz Steiner '57, Frank Tatum '56, Bill Watts '38, Bob Brown '49, Al Morris '50 and Ed Jackson '58.

The new Chapter President, Bob Sampson '56, presented a certificate of appreciation to past president, Tom Colman '56, for his outstanding work for the Chapter during the past two years.

After a brief discussion, it was decided to keep the annual dues at $12 for membership. At least four separate conversations going at one time allowed almost everyone to speak and listen to any subject they wished. Before the meeting got started, John Snyder '47 entertained those present with informal discussions of events of his recent RV travels.

Ed Jackson '58 Edjackson@airnet.net

ARIZONA Arizona Chapter Col Philip R. Moulton '58, USAF (Ret.) 7500 East McCormick Parkway #1 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 h; 480-596-2975; 480-607-6846 e; moultonaz@aol.cora

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Chapter S.T^h Chapter President - CDR Alan B. LiFehbacker '74, USN (ReL) 131 E. Holly Stteet #213 Pasadena, CA 91103-3936 e; alerchbacker@weststart.org Corresponding Secretary - Joe Koch '57 Orange County Luncheon Group The Orange County Luncheon Group met at our new location, The Revere House Restaurant in Tustin, for thefirsttimeon 13 July 1999. Our guest speaker was Capt John Peterson '94, USMC, who spoke about the letter to the editor of the San Diego newspaper that he wrote and the feedback from that letter. At the time of the luncheon, John was stationed at the Marine Corps Recmit Depot in San Diego, but will be a civilian and in the Marine Corps Reserve by the time this article appears in Shipmate. John gave a very interesting presenta-

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tion and answered a number of questions from the floor. He handled the entire situation very well and is an excellent public speaker.

The following Alumni were in attendance for this interesting presentation; Gordon West '40, Ken Klofkorn '43, Walt Stevens '43, Bob Rubel '44, Stan Weissburg '46, Rich Crane '47, TR Johnson '47, John Snyder '50, Tom Gillen '51, Si Kittler '53, Joe Zebrowski '53, Larry Marr '56, Joe Koch '57, Jim PauUc '57, George Watts '58, Joe Keeley '59, Danny Musselman '60, Jim Thornton '63, Paul Copenbarger '66, Bill Cray '67, Alan Lerchbacker '74, Lee Cohen '82, Steve Shatynski '83, Joe Mandichak '89, Mike Sweeney '90, John Peterson '94, Pres McCormick (USMA '90), and Larry Farrington, Chapter Associate member.

The Revere House served an excellent meal, and it was felt by all attending that our new location was very suitable for our luncheons. It was decided that we would make The Revere House our permanent location for the monthly Orange County Luncheons. It is located at 900 W. First Stteet in Tustin, which is where Tustin Avenue dead ends into First Stteet. It can be reached using the Fourth Stteet exit from either the 5 or 55 Freeways. All Alumni in the area are invited to join us there, on the second Tuesday of each month (except December), starting at 11:30 a.m. The cost for the luncheons is $15. Those attending usually cover over a 50 year spread in time since graduation, so new attendees will most likely see someone from their tirae at the Acaderay.

Army/Navy Los Angeles '99 Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of the greatest football rivalry in the land. Once again, the fabulous Jonathan Club in the city of Los Angeles, CA, along with the local Alumni Associations of USNA and USMA, will host a weekend of fun and enjoyment centered around the game representing the centennial and tum of the century gridiron clash between our great schools on 4 December 1999. Grads and guests joining us on Friday night will enjoy a hosted reception at the Club, followed by our ttaditional formal joint dining out in the grand main dining room. Attendees will have the option of staying that evening in the Club's luxurious hotel upstairs. Member Brad Little '76 has arranged very favorable room rates for us at the club. The Game Day party, which will take place on the Club's rooftop, will include a gourmet buffet bmnch with full omelet and hosted bars.

Don't delay in making your plans to join us for this wonderful weekend, as reservations are limited. The cost for the reception and dining out is $100 per person and the Saturday Game Day party and bmnch, with hosted bar, is $40 per person ($45 at the door); rooras for Friday night are $105. The Umited number of rooms at the Jonathan Club will be available on a first-come first-served basis, so please be prompt in sending in your reservations and money. Checks should be made out to NAAA LA Chapter and sent to Mike Seaver '83, 25001 Woodridge, Lake Forest, CA 92630. Please provide names of all attendees (indicate which events you will be attending), class, most senior miUtary rank attained, address, phone, and for Friday if salmon is preferred to prime rib. Point of contact is Steve Shatynski '83, 800-362-1382.

Orange County Army/Navy Game Party The Chapter will be having an Army/Navy garae party at Season Ticket in Irvine in conjunction with the West Point Society of Orange County again this year. The doors will open about an hour before kickoff, similar to last year. Once more we will

have the use of the sound system for our cheers (if Koz needs it) and the game will be shown on numerous large screens. Exact cost is not known as yet, but will be in the $20 per person range. We had a fair crowd last year and hope to well outshine the West Point crowd this year, so for those of you in Orange County, mark your calendars for 4 December at Season Ticket in Irvine. More details will be sent to Chapter members in the newsletters.

Football Game Parties Game watching parties have been organized for the Air Force and Notte Dame footbaU games. The Air Force event will be at Season Ticket on 9 October, starting at 9:00 a.m. The Notte Dame event will be at Dirty NelUe's on 30 October, starting at 11 ;30 a.m. There is no cost for the game watching, other than what you eat and drink during the game at regular prices. Come join with other Alumni to cheer our teara to victory!

Joe Koch '57

Monterey Bay Chapter CDR John J. Branson, Jr. '50, USN (ReL) 1281 Sylvan Road Monterey, CA 93940-4942 h; 408-375-8603 e; JJBransnjr@aol.com

Sacramento Chapter George R. Simmons '61 10785 Penstock Trail Aubum, CA 95603-9556 h; 530-888-0860 e; gsim@aub.com

San Diego Chapter LCDR Robert L. Rubin '82, USNR 10241 Rue Touraine San Diego, CA 92131-2230 h; 619-271-5807 e; mbin@nosc.mil http;//www.san.rr.cora/alunini/ End of the Academic Year Cycle With four events during June we curtailed the July events with the exception of setting up for a Chapter officers and directors meeting to plan the fall events. In addition, our Chapter President Bob Rubin '82 has been attending both ALINC (Alumni Leaders In National Communications) and Blue & Gold Officer ttaining back at AnnapoUs 11-18 July. Bob is one of the three original Regional Directors for the ALINC Prograra. He is, as expected, the Western Region Director.

For those not famiUar with ALENC, it is a program established by the Alumni Association and supported by the Superintendent. Since inauguration of the prograra nearly three years ago. Bob has seen the program grow from the three original directors to now approximately seventy five ALINCers equally spread across the country. The function of ALINC is to provide accurate and balanced information about the Naval Academy and its Alumni to the public. Quoting from the prograra description docuraent, "The prograra should be considered in Ught of its potential as a communications tool, a recmiting tool and a force multipUer for all United States Naval Acaderay (USNA)

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and United States Naval Academy Alumni Association (USNA AA) efforts to improve and enhance the Naval Academy's image."

Here is a capsule brief of die ALINC history.

The idea was first discussed during September '96 and an operating plan was developed for review.

The ALINC concept was developed in 1997 to parallel and complement the Blue & Gold program efforts. While corapleraenting the Blue & Gold effort, the program is clearly separate from, but supporting of. the Academy's Public Affairs Officer (PAO). There is continuous dialog between the Alumni House ALINC staff and tiie PAO. The PAO has been a positive and motivational force at the ALINC conferences held at Alumni House, thus far.

Director of Alumni Affairs CAPT Harry A. "Chip" Seymour '65. USN (Ret.) relieved CDR Lawrence "Skid" Heyworth III '70. USN (Ret.), during July as the Alumni House ALINC Coordinator.

The classes presentiy associated with the program include 1944 through 1994. It is only this writer's considered opinion, but it appears that we are weU covered by a cross-section of classes. For the classes earlier than "44, please be assured that you are weU represented with smart and dedicated graduates clearly able lo continue the ttaditions to which you have so dedicated yourselves. Those who silentiy stand watch will continue to guide us aU. Business and Career Networking Forum Our forums are held on the second Friday of every month at The Bread Basket on Miramar Road at the 1-15 interchange (Miramar Road and 1-15) just to the east of MCAS Miramar. This is a joint service fonim/network in company with the West Point and Air Force Alumni groups from here in San Diego. So, ff you are looking for a ttansitional or career change, if you already have an estabUshed business and career and are looking to hire a service academy grad, and increase your market share, then the Networking Fomm is for you.

The fomm is a great place to drop off a business card or two or even a "flyer" describing your services. For $6.50 (cash, no checks, and if you can please bring the exact amount) you get all of the networking described above plus juice, coffee, pastries, muffins and assorted fhuts. There is plenty of parking available at The Bread Basket/HoUday Inn complex.

There is a lot of exposure. Bring Along A Friend or bring your boss along. An academy ring is not required. There is no need to make reservations, but please check die hotiine (619-279-USNA) for any possible or unexpected changes.

Our Networking Coordinator is Dave Fennell '87. He is keeping up the work search/networking database for the chapter and area. If you would Uke to be included send the following information to David; Name, Occupation, Company, Address, Phone (Work and Home), Email address, and kind of work you are searching for! Email him at; dfennelI@bradley-morris.com, or via snail mail at; Bradley-Morris, 4225 Executive Square #390, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Homepage (http://www.san.rr.com/alumni/) HotUne (619-279-USNA) Please check out the information on both the home page and hotline. This information is updated frequently, but if you have a question, please ask.

There is a lot of other information of both standing and short-term importance.

We will make every effort to provide tiraely information about scheduled football game parties by the monthly news letter and by broadcast email.

Our safety valve will be the home page and hotiine.

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WithfiveNa-vy games planned for televisiontiiisseason, please watch the local media for that schedule.

Don Grinnell '61

San Francisco Chapter CDR Richard A. Voytek '77, USNR lOOWestElCamino, 61 Mountain View, CA 94040 h: 650-962-0622; e: mongov@aol.com www.navysfo.org Secretary; Linda Postenrieder '82 e; Post82@peUcanassociates.com h; 415-759-9413 Two months to the Army/Navy garae and counting. The Chapter has been very busy with numerous social and business events. For the most upto-date information, please check the Web site at: www.navysfo.org.

The Bay Area Service Academy Business Exchange Referral System (BASABERS) is moving along. This group, started by Ray Burkley '60, provides an efficient network for Bay Area Service Academy Alumni to effectively exchange knowledge, experience, and information in generating an increase in business activities and opportunities among Alumni. The organization enables alumni to exchange sales leads, business opportunities, employment openings, corporate contacts, ttade and other information sources. In the tme test of jointaess, members of BASABERS include both Navy, as well as Army, grads. If you haven't heard of this program, then check it out at the Web site under "business networking." This program, in addition to the Business Breakfasts, is helping to meet the needs of Bay Area Alumni.

Fleet Week is coming to San Francisco 9-10 October. In addition to the daily air show, featuring the Blue Angels, many U.S. and foreign ships are tentatively scheduled to participate. The Parade of Ships, on Saturday, 9 October, will be a highlight of the events. Check the Web site for the most curtent information.

Santa Barbara Chapter CDR William J. Stewart '63, USNR (Ret) 1617 Las Canoas Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 h; 805-962-0703;w; 805-963-1863 Picnic The 37th annual picnic of the Santa Barbara Chapter took place on Sunday, 25 July, in the perfect conditions to which we've become accustomed. Non-Santa Barbarians reading this will appreciate our ability to schedule a summer outdoor event six months in advance, secure in the knowledge that there will be no problems with bugs, rain, or heat.

Offsetting that, of course, for eighty of the faithful (names and such in the next issueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this is being written the day after the event), was the necessity to follow large amounts of barbecued chicken and tri-tip with the SeaBee Song, but All Hands stood fast. It should be noted that Classes in attendance ranged from '33 to '85, a span of 52 years, and the Old Tales being retold were as good as ever.

Tom Long '33, keeper of the Picnic Flagbag, has started arrangements for the local Army game gathering on 4 December. This year, it will be held again at the Biltmore Coral Casino. West Pointers with shoes will be admitted, and calendars should be marked. We guarantee no snow, BillBritton '53 805-682-8590 billyboy@sb.net

COLORADO Colorado Chapter CAPT Daniel Branch, Jr. '59, USN (Ret) 555 Apollo Drive Boulder, CO 80303-5002 h; 303-499-0337;w; 303-966-4833 e: dbranchjr@aol.com website; www.mindspring. com/~usnaaacolorado/

CONNECTICUT Connecticut Chapter Robert R. Figura '58 Five Crescent Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Box Groton Long Point, CT 06340-8112 h: 860-536-2206 e; Bob-Figura@prodigy.net http;//www.usnact.org Several members of the Connecticut Chapter took advantage of a very kind invitation extended by our fellow Alumni in the neighboring Newport, RI, Chapter. We attended their dinner meeting at the Newport Officer's Club on 7 July, to hear USNA Superintendent VADM John Ryan '67 provide us with his spirited outlook of the state of the Naval Academy. One challenge he issued to us was to maintain a healthy view when we hear of supposed Midshipmen "scandals" in the media. He told us to reaUze that these incidents were simply the results of the Naval Academy upholding the high standards that we all expect, despite our current society's apparent lack of acceptance of responsibUity for its actions. Attendees from Connecticut were; Bonnie and Walt McGuiness '39, Sarah and Stu Murray '47, Bemadette and Bob Figura '58, Tony Marks '59, and Tom Hodgson '83.

On Sunday aftemoon, 18 July, the Chapter held its annual "Family Day Outing," by attending a minor league baseball game between the Norwich Navigators (NY Yankees farm team), and the New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins farm team), played at Dodd Stadium in Norwich. Although the temperature on the field was 101, our seats were under the stadium overhang, and the temperatare there was at least two to three degrees cooler! Enjoying the game (and the heat), were; Ann and Herb Mandel '38, Nancy and Ted Lovely '56 and family. Bob Figura '58, Dave Boyd '59, his son, Dave, and grandson, Jake; Roxanne and John Feeney '71, and Paul Swetland '71. We also had crewraembersfromthe HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN709) as our guests at the ballgame.

We are proud to announce that the Connecticut Chapter now has its own Web page: www.usnact.org. Our webmaster, Christopher Graves '93, has done a superb job of providing us with a world-class site. Check it out and see for yourseff! Our sincere thanks go out to Chris for his innovative work in providing us with this exciting new Connecticut Chapter service.

The next Chapter meeting will be held on Friday evening, 29 October. Our featured speaker will be Dave Vetter '67, Naval Academy Dean of Admissions. Dean Vetter will provide an update on the quality of candidates entering the Naval Academy and current efforts to atttact even more outstanding candidates. Dean Vetter will also discuss the Academy's Character Development Program, The meeting will be held at the Graduate Club in New Haven (site of last year's successful meeting with USNA Dean of Academics, Bill Miller '62).

Further details on this meeting will be provided in our Chapter newsletter. As always, reservations should be sent to Tom Hogsten '85, at 33 HolUster

Drive, Avon, CT 06001, by Monday, 25 October.

See the reservation form on our Web site.

Dave Boyd '59

COSTA RICA Costa Rica Chapter Claudio A. Pacheco '64 Apt 4307-1000 San Jose, Costa Rica e; cpacheco@sol.racsa.co.cr

cora/-gunsmoke26o/USNAAAJAX/ which was prepared by, and is maintained by, Scott Bushnell '64. The site has information about upcoming Chapter events, news of interest to Jacksonville area Alumni, and links to hundreds of other sites of interest to USNA Alumni.

Tom Heilmann '68

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DELAWARE Delaware Chapter

Neil C. Sapp '62 1172 Soutii Dixie Highway, Suite 505 Coral Gables, FL 33146-2918 305-447-7658 e; neilsapp@aol.com

Frank S. 'Nick' Carter, m '70 Delaware USNAAA c/o Nick Carter RO. Box 266 Lewes, DE 19958 h: 302-644-4838; w: 302-645-2207 e: Nick.Carter@dol.net

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter

FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale Cha]

Orlando Chapter

Jeffrey Dale Welsh, Esq. '73 2805 NE 29tii Stteet Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 h: 954-564-5065; w; 954-564-6994 e; jdwelsh@southem-financial.com

Eugene Lawler '47 5601 Turtle Bay Drive #1504 Naples, FL 34108 941-597-8089 e: bvonier@mediaone.net

CDR Jeffrey D. HaU '83, USNR 33 Winsor Isle Longwood, FL 32779 h; 407-805-9485 e: admin@totcon.com

Palm Beach Chapter Gaines'vllle Chapter CAPT J. Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret) GainesvUle Academy Club 10424 SW 41st Place GainesvUle, FL 32608 h: 352-376-6611; w: 352-376-3301 e; AFN44500@AFN.ORG The GainesviUe Academy Club held their May meeting on 15 July at The Heritage Club. The program was an informal discussion of many different matters and included a report from CAPT Ben Moreland '34 about the Class of 1934's 65tii reunion in Annapolis.

Attendees at the July meeting were: Rich Childress '55, Charles Baker '87, Jim Carr '55, Ben Moreland '34, Sam Mutch '71, Joe Phelan '66, Hart Stringfellow '48, Ty lyier '76, Josh Dickinson '59, Mickey Smith '61, andfiveUSMA Alumni.

Our next meeting was scheduled for 16 September at The GainesviUe Golf and Countiy Club.

J.M. Smith '61

Jacksonville Chapter CAPT Michael O. Boms '70, USN (Ret) 1185 Salt Marsh Circle Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 h: 904-273-4714; w; 904-693-5630 e: usnaaajaxchap@usa.net For information on becoming a member of the local Chapter, call Mike Boms '70 at 273-4714, Bill McDvaine '57 at 273-1452, Chuck Pendleton '43 at 249-6683, or Dave Ward '45 at 246-2679.

For information about the Wall Climbers businessmen's breakfast meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, caU John Gillcrist '70 at 313-6833. Also, check out our new and expanding JAX Chapter web site at; www.mindspring.

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CAPT John A. Butterfield '59, USN (Ret) 1130 Sugar Sands #190 Smger Island, FL 33404 h; 561-881-7512 w: 561-840-1104 e: jbsgma@aol.com As we send this report, a 'summer break' from our regular Chapter meetings is being enjoyed by our merabers for July and August. When you see this in print, raany will have retumed from vacations and trips abroad escaping from our summer heat. We have enjoyed a rainy summer, and this has helped to keep temperatares cooler. Besides air-conditioning, Florida also has wonderful ocean breezes, so we may have fared better, thus far, weather-wise, than other parts of the country who have been enduring oppressive heat and humidity.

Our Chapter's deepest condolences to Mrs. Bill Bennett, whose husband, William R. Bennett '43, passed away this July. He will be missed, as he was a vital member and friend attending our events.

We encourage one and all to come to our luncheons and events. We are very happy at having more Alumni from the Classes of the '80s and '90s joining us. Please don't wait until you have gray hair to become active in our local Chapters and in our great national association! 'Snowbirds' and other visitors are always welcome. Just contact one of the officers/members, and we will make it easy for you to find USNAers. A couple of our new members are Kim McNealy '91 and William G. Sawyer '48.

Our luncheons will resume on 29 September at the 391st Bomb Group Restaurant. Our President, John Butterfield '59, wiU speak on Iran, "A Desert One Perspective." The 27 October luncheon details are to be announced. We're looking forward to catching-up on everyone's news and ttavels.

Pensacola Chapter CAPT Glenn H. Montgomery '71, USN (Ret) 1152 Ceylon Court Guff Breeze, FL 32561-3214 h; 850-934-4757 e; monty4gb@aol.com Greetings from the "Cradle of Naval Aviation."

Our Gulf Coast summer was hot and humid, as normal, highlighted by a brilUant performance, as usual, by the Blue Angels at Pensacola Beach on the second week of July. For those of you who have never seen "Blues on the Beach" you ought to try and visit us early in July some year and witness a great show in a spectacular locale.

Chapter leadership was active in the summer arranging activities of interest in the faU. We scheduled an informal nnixer at Whiting Field on 9 September to meet members of our most recent graduating classes. We also planned to hold our first formal luncheon, on 24 September, at the Mustin Beach Officer's Club. Our speaker was scheduled to be the coach of the "Pensacola Ice Pilots," our minor league hockey team. A Chapter group outing to a hockey game will be held early in November. The October luncheon wUI be on 19 October, attiieO'Club at NAS Whiting Field, where RADM "Doc" Abbott '39, USN (Ret.), wiU provide his humorous anecdotes of naval aviation as we welcome the recent grad flight students undergoing "primary." Hope to see aU of you soon in the "Westem gate to the Sunshine State!"

Glenn Montgomery '71

Space Coast Chapter CDR W. Stanley Dodd '48, USNR (Ret) 3625 MaUie Court Melboume, FL 32934 h; 407-259-9830 e; sdodd@iu.net

Simcoast Chapter Clifford P. Bermann '45 7472 Cass Circle Sarasota, FL 34231-7034 941-921-3111 e;amorency@aol.com

Tampa Bay Chapter CDR Michael E. Kennedy '79, USNR 6330 Buming Tree Drive Largo, FL 33777 w; 813-828-5963 e; meknnedy@ix.netcom.com The TBC seems to have settled in to its annual summer hibemation. Not a lot happening around here when the mercury hits (and stays above) 90 degrees! Energy levels tend to fall off when that happens. We're still here, however, planning events for fall/winter '99: Devil Rays baseball games, parties, and of course, the Navy/Army football game to be viewed at Rayraond Jaraes Stadium (home of the Tarapa Bay Buccaneers).

Other Chapter news includes the birth of a beautiful baby girl to Andrea and Brett Sturken '86 on 11 May. The baby was delivered in record time and is getting bigger every day. The proud new parents have developed the dark circles of happy fatigue known to new parents everywhere.

Also of note, the TBC is working with the Orlando Alumni Chapter to organize the Navy vs.

Notte Dame game scheduled for November 2000 to be held in Oriando, FL. TBC Chapter President,

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Mike Kennedy '79, is in the driver's seat on tiiis issue. We are looking for sponsorship to defray the cost of tailgaters, a pre-game reception, and more, ff interested in the arrangements for tiie game and tiie surrounding events, please call Mike at 727394-0583.

As always. Alumni who are new to Tampa Bay are invited to contact Mike Kennedy at the above number or raekennedy@ix,netcom.com. Active duty personnel ttansferring to MacDill AFB are invited to contact Brett Sturken at 813-828-6038 or sturkeb@socora.rail.

GEORGIA Atlanta Chapter J. Michael Donohoo '65 14033 Gardner Drive Alpharetta, GA 30004 h; 678-297-6749 e: donohoo65@hotraaU.com website; http;//merabers.aoI.com/usnaaaa/usnaaaa/

GUAM Guam Chapter LCDR Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR PO. Box 4697 Agana.GU 96932 h/fi 67W77-i382; w: 671-647-9629 wf; 671-649-8870 e; nmenriqu@ite.net

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RADM John W. Townes, m , USN '72 * 517 RusseU Ave., Suite 110 Pearl Hariior, HI 96860^884 e; hamgray@juno.com http://members.xoom.coni/hawaUalumni

ILLINOIS Chicago Chapter John G.B. Howland '64 c/o Money Minds L.P. 225 W. Hubbard Stteet Chicago, IL 60610 w: 312-923-7450x777 e: MoneyMinds@aol.com

INDIANA Indianapolis Chapter LCDR Charles A. Ralney '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle Drive Cannel, IN 46033 h; 317-815-0575 e: crainey@fhlbi.com

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Greater Southem Maryland Chapter

(see also Ohio)

Jack Pappas '61 RO. Box 154 Dowell, MD 20629-0154 h: 410-326-5496 e; jpappas@erols.com http;//www.hsanet.net/user/tiierring/

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter CDR Gregory R. Reinhardt '79, USNR 712 Talon Place Louisville, KY 40223-5575 h; 502-244-7707 '-—— e: airlgxr@airups.com

Boston Chapter

LOUISIANA New Orleans Chapter' LCDR Byron Q. Iverson, Jr. 4744 Music Street New Orieans, LA 70122-5027 h; 504-288-4477 e: byroml@aol.com

MASSACHUSETTS

(Ret)

Frederick J. Sheehan, Jr. '78 160 Burkhall Stteet #609 Weymoutii, MA 02190-3533; h; 617-337-3712; w: 617-572-4562 e; fsheehan@jhancock.com

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MARYLAND

Detroit Chapter

Annapolis Chapter

Arthur W. Bryant '66 1811 Hollywood Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 h: 313-885-2174; fi 313-881-2333 % e; lynorart@flash.net Key events in October, besides being the Navy's birthday, are the 7 October dinner (dining out) at the GPYC. Honored guest is RADM Stanley Bryant, Warfare Requirements Specialist at CinCLantFlt. The foUowing day, Friday, 8 October, is the Wayne State University dedication of

CAPT Howard J. "Tim" 1203 Chrisland Court Annapohs, MD 21403 h; 410-267-8546 e; tim.halUday@usna.com The Annapolis Chapter was sad to leam of the passing of Mrs. Smedley this past August. Professor and Mrs. Smedley have long been an integral part of the fabric of the Naval Academy, and have been stalwart members of the Annapolis Chapter.

Our sympathy goes out to Professor Smedley and his family.

The Chapter kicked off the fall meeting series with a rousing talk by head football coach, Charlie Weatherbie. Once again, Coach Weatherbie had us spellbound as he laid out his game plan to a winning season, capped off by a victory over Army in the tenth playing of the Army/Navy garae.

Please mark our luncheons and socials on your calendar: Luncheons: O'Club—6 October, 2 November (vice 3 Nov as printed in theflyer),12 Janu ary, 2 Febraary, 1 March, 5 April Evening Socials: 8 December—Christmas Party, Alumni House; 3 May—Spring Social, Sailing Center Reservations are on a first-come/first-served basis. Please call our voice mailbox at 410-2936337, or email; AnnapChap@usna.com, for reservations.

Announcements will sent by U.S. mail and email, will appear in the Trident.

We have a two-tiered dues system this year.

Membership will be $15 (like last year), but for those who wish to get meeting announcements by email only, dues will be $13. This reflects the cost savings for paper and postage.

We will continue to have a variety of exciting speakers at our luncheons and will have several Midshipmen as our luncheon guests. This will be another exciting season. We look forward seeing everyone at the O'Club.

the SS WAYNE VICTORY, a WWn victory ship. It is

at the Old Main, on the downtown campus, near Cass and Warren stteets. Please attend these events!

Future luncheons are; Thursday, 11 November, Veteran's Day, at Dearbom Inn's Ten Eyke Tavem. Satarday, 4 December is when Army plays host to the Dettoit party—Beat Army! Be sure to call Art for last minute changes and reservations.

Charlie Schott '85 chukshot @hotmail.com

MINNESOTA Upper Midwest Chapter Darrel Gonyea '61 1053 Peninsula Point Road Shakope, MN 55379 W; 612-882-1112 e; GONYEALAND@aol.com

MISSOURI Kansas City Chapter LCDR Lynn A. Thomas '83, USNR 51^IV 1404 Stonecreek Drive SW Blue Springs, MO 64015-8838 h; 816-228-6766 e; LynnTW@aol.com

St. Louis Chapter Michiana Chapter CDR John T. Haizlip '72, USN (Ret) 15246 Longford Drive Granger, EV 46530 h: 219-273-2939 e; CHaizUp@aoI.com

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Baltimore Chapter LCDR Steve G. Young '84, USNR c/o Legg Mason 600 Washington Avenue #200 Towson, MD 21204 w: 410-821-7700 e; SYoung@LeggMason.cora

CAPT Douglas K. Rush, USNR (Ret) '72 9 Lenox Place St. Louis, MO 63108 314-361-5262 jckanejr@juno.com

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NORTH CAROLINA

Pinehurst Chapter

Omaha Chapter

Charlotte Chapi

CDR Frank J. Lowery, Jr., '82 USN 1009 Bryn M B I T Drive PapiUion, NE 68046 . h: 402-592-4308; w; 402-294-7283 (DSN 271) e; franklowery@sprintmail.cora

Bryan Dolan '76 5629 Laurium Road Charlotte, NC 28226 h: 704-364-6451

CAPT Norman S. Elliott '58, USNR (Ret) RO. Box 3898 60 Stoneykirk Drive Pinehurst, NC 28374 h; 910-215-5808 e; nelUott@pinehurst.net

NEVADA Las Vegas Chapter Mr. Bradley Carlson, '91 2246 Darwin Circle Henderson, NV 89014-3105 h; 702-433-7248; w; 702-433-2100 e; BCarlson@goidc.cora

NEW JERSEY Moiunouth County Chapter LtCoI Robert L. Vogt '59, USMC (Ret' 50 Polly Way Middletown, NJ 07748-3189 h; 732-671-9330; w; 732-530-8444 e; Bob.Vogt@telos.com

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Chapter Maj Donald Rohr '55, USAF (R| 4804 Nortiiridge Place NE Albuquerque, NM 87111-2104 h; 505-294-4048; f: 505-844-594' e; rohrdf@sandia.gov

NEW YORK Capital District Chapter CDR Christopher G. Wenz '79, USN 502 Acland Boulevard ^^^_^^ BaUston Spa, NY 12020-3074 h; 518-580-1438; w; 518-884-1849 e; CGWenz@aol.cora

Metro New York Chapter James R. Hocking '53 300 Park Avenue, Suite 1700 NewYork City, NY 10022 w; 212-572-6260 e: j.hocking@snet.net Chapter HotUne; 1-800-234-USNA website; www.NAANY.org

Rochester Chapter CAPT Nelson A. Blish '69, USNR (Ret) 3840 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618-3729 h; 716-248-9739 e; NelsonAB@Kodak.com

Another month has rolled by, and it seems like only yesterday that I was typing for the September issue. No startUng news this month. Hope you were able to join the troops for the tennis social in September and/or are planning to join us for the Veterans Day Annual Golf Outing in November. We will get an eraail out and post the details on the Chapter Web page. And that rerainds rae, if you have not signed up on the Web page with your personal information (like class, address, phone, spouse's name, et.), you should do so. This is our best way to get out "the word" to everyone, at least those with email. For those who are not on the computer, we will continue to use the phone and U.S. mail. Check the September column for instmctions on how to sign on the Web page. If you have thrown it away, or do not understand the instmctions, call me or the real expert, Jim Maloney (523-7470).

It will soon be time to elect officers for next year, and I am pleading with you to step up to the bar and volunteer to be a nominee. It is time others took a tum at contributing to the organization and give the organizers a rest. One item on the agenda for next year is to make a real effort to schedule an evening dinner, which could become an annual event, during the Dark Ages. For those who are too young to remember when only the Firsties had two weekends a semester (and nobody else had weekend privileges), the Dark Ages was that period of time from after Christmas until mid-March when it began to get warm. There was also no such thing as a spring break; the only break was if it rained and there was no P-rade on Wednesday aftemoon! AU joking aside, we really do need people to start being involved, not just attending, if we are going to have an active Chapter.

If you are willing to be a nominee, have ideas for a dinner function, are willing to assist in planning functions, or in any other way contribute to the group, call Bryan Dolan, George Watt or me.

Ready for another brief history lesson? Here goes. David Foote Sellers 1894, Superintendent from 18 June 1934, until his retirement on 1 March 1938, was the son of an Army officer. His pecuUar distinction is that he is probably the only person (from any school) to have signed (i.e., granted) his own bachelor of science degree. It was in 1937 that the right to BS degree was extended back to graduates prior to 1931; however, only the superintendent could sign the diploma, ADM Sellers, already the holder of an LL,D. from St. John's College, a D.Sc. from the University of Southem CaUfomia, and a graduate of the Naval War College had the odd distinction of signing the sheepskin that granted himself a BS from the U.S. Naval Academy. And now, you know the rest of the story.

Don't forget the third Friday luncheons at Sheraton Four Points.

Tom Hutchins cthmph@bellsouth.net 375-9046

Piedmont Triad Chapter LtCol Gary L. Beaver '77, USMCR 10 Stiver Oak Court Greensboro, NC 27455 h; 336-299-4736 e; Gbeaver@AdamsKleemeier.cora

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Triangle Chapter CAPT William K. Gautier '67, USN (Ret) 116 Birklands Drive Gary, NC 27511-8203 h; 919-233-7255 e; WilUam.Gautier@jcbradford.com http;//tri angleusna.home.mindspring.com/ Despite the oppressive weather and the constant call of the beach, the Triangle Chapter has continued to have a good showing for the monthly luncheons at Newton's each month.

The following hearty souls attended the 9 July 1999 Chapter luncheon: Brian Van Metre ' 6 1 , Mitch MitcheU '64, Charles Paddock ' 5 1 , Jim Brown '35, Ben Terrell '47, MUce Robinson '80, Tom Leiser '67, Gary Chapel ' 6 1 , Vic Sharpe '48, Doug Guthe '76, Heinz McArthur '77, Bill Smith '51, Dave MUler '70, Jim Davis '79, Stan Bashaw '81.

If you weren't there, plan on coming by next month to swap a sea story or two.

The chapter schedule of events has been completed. Mark your calendar with these events; 1 October 1999—monthly luncheon 9 October 1999—Navy vs. Air Force 5 November 1999— monthly luncheon, guest speaker TBA 4 December 1999—Navy vs. Army, Beat Army!

Top of die HiU Restaurant, Chapel Hill 12 December 1999—Christmas party, location TBA 7 January 2000—monthly luncheon 4 Febraary 2000—monthly luncheon, guest speaker TBA 3 Mar 2000—monthly luncheon April 2000—Spring Event, date TBA 5 May 2000—monthly luncheon. Officer Elec tions 2 June 2000—monthly luncheon 11 June 2000—Cookout with area Midshipmen, new Plebes, Parents, USNA Candidates The Chapter meets for lunch on the first Friday of the month at Newton's Southwest, at the Harrison Stteet exit of 1-40 in Gary, For the latest information on Chapter events, check out our Web site at; http;//triangleusa.horae.mindspring.cora.

For membership information, call Mitch Mitchell '64 at 252-478-2850.

OHIO Cincinnati/Northern KY Cha' Michael F. Sunon '73 757 Maidstone Court Cincinnati, OH 45230-3827 h; 513-231-3174 e; msiraon757@aol.com

Cleveland Chapter CAPT A.O. Rule, m , '50, USNR (Ret) 90 Pheasant Run Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 h: 440-247-4379; w: 440-247-5100 x328 e; mleIII@aol.com

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Columbus/Central Ohio Chapter LT G. Wade Evans '92, USNR 293 Dewfall Drive Sunbury, OH 43074 h: 740-965-2361 e: wevans@agendas.com

Toledo Chapter Robert J. Lauer '45 3825 Sulphur Spring Road Toledo, OH 43606-2325 h; 419-536^1462; w: 419-475-2061 e: rjonlauer@aol.com

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Chapter CAPT Charles C. Coley '34. USN (Ret) 41 I N W U t i i Stteet Oklahoma City. OK 73103-35 h: 405-235-0234 e; cccusn@aol.com

OREGON Greater Portland Ch; Doug Bomarito '68 16667 Glenwood Court Lake Oswego, OR 97034 h: 503-699-0003; w: 503e: harkins@usna.net July Luncheon The Chapter met for our July Luncheon at the Georgian Room Restaurant, in the downtown Meier and Frank. No speaker was scheduled since the meeting was devoted to the annual election of Chapter officers and Chapter business. Attending the meeting were; Jack Barrett '43, Dave Beadling '48. Jack McCamont '48, John Frerichs '50, Jim Leiser ' 5 1 , Emest Hemer '58, Butch Bewick '62, Joan and Jack Kohl '65, Dick Bamette '66, Alex "Tex" Harkins '67, Doug Bomarito '68, Joe Kavale '68, Skip Phipps '73, Bmce Thompson '73, James Loeffler '78, Doug Cooper '86, and Robin Goffrier (Blue & Gold).

Annua] Chapter Elections The results of the election of Chapter Officials for 1999-2000 were as foUows; President—^Doug Bomarito '68 Vice President/President Elect—^Alex Harkins '67 Secretary—Joe Kavale '68 Treasurer—Skip Phipps '73 Council—Bntch Bewick '62, Jack Kohl '65, Ed Hepp '67, Cal Meek '67, Chuck Frary '70, Bruce Thompson '73, Matt Wilson '90.

Personal Notes Skip Phipps '73 tteated those attending the luncheon to photos of his daughter's wedding. Most of us were in awe of Skip that he could still fit into his Mess Dress Blues. Butch Bewick '62 relayed information that some of the Oregonian merabers of the Class of '03 (results of his outstanding Blue & Gold effort) were having a Uttle problera adjusting to AnnapoUs heat and humidity. The door prizes went home with Joan and Jack Kohl '65 and Dick Bamette '66.

Chapter Retrospective The Greater Portland Chapter has been busy, despite the lack of correspondence. Thus far in 1999, our meetings have mn a garaut of topics and speakers. Our speaker for the January meeting was LT Frank Flores '92, who spoke about Navy Officer recmiting. The meeting was attended by 21

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Alumni and two guests. Febmary's luncheon was our "Bill the Goat's Valentine's Day," with over 60 members, spouses and guests attending.

Our March luncheon focused on Business and Career Networking with Ed Hepp '67 helping to bring together those members who are selling materials or services with those who are buying materials or services, members who need a mentor with those who have experience and would like to mentor. The turnout was very good, with 24 members and two guests attending.

For our April luncheon, we were extremely fortunate to have as our speaker, Mr. Patrick Young.

Mr. Young was a Royal Naval officer who was captured by the Japanese during the fall of Hong Kong. The room was totally silent as Mn Young related his almost four years as a prisoner of war.

Attending the luncheon with Mr. Young was his lovely wife, Sadie.

The Chapter was busy in May with two events, the first was a Job Search Strategies Seminar, and the second, our monthly luncheon. The Job Search Seminar, led by Cal Meek '67, offered Alumni job seekers information such as "Placement and Search Organizations;" "The Resume-Purpose, Format, Tips;" "Importance and Techniques of Networking;" "Search Resources Available;" "The Interview and Negotiations;" and "Starting the Job." Cal was assisted by Ed Hepp '67, Alex "Tex" Harkins '67 and Ralph Bobenrieth '92. The seminar, which was held at the Portland Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center, was hosted by LtCol Tom Rehrig '78. The May luncheon speaker was CDR Ken Ginader, USN from Commander Navy Base Seattle, who spoke to the group about Navy involvement in the 1999 Portland Rose Festival, and then about his previous assignment in the development of the next joint service fighter aircraft.

June Chapter activities were kicked off at the monthly luncheon by Don Walsh '54 (U.S. Navy deep submersible pilot #1). Don ttaced the Navy's R&D and operational activities in the use of manned and unmanned submersibles. That story began with the Bathyscaph TRIESTE and moved on to the USN's pioneering efforts in remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous untethered vehicles (AUVs). Don's talk and slide show were very informative and entertaining, and was well received by the 28 Alumni and guests attending.

The second big Chapter event for June was the down river cmise aboard JOHN A. MOORE ( F F G 19). The ship, commanded by CDR Joe Martin '78, was one of five Navy ships in Portland as participants in the annual Rose Festival Fleet. This

was the fourth year that members of the Chapter had been guests aboard a Rose Festival fleet ship, and this was our largest group ever with a total of 92 (68 Alumni and adult guests and 24 children).

Our thanks goes to each and every meraber of the ships crew who made the ttip so enjoyable and so much fun, and to "Tex" Harkins '67, who did so much work in organizing and coordinating the cruise.

The Greater Portland Chapter meets for lunch the second Wednesday of every month at The Georgian Room Restaurant, Meier and Frank, 10th Floor, Downtown Portland, 6th and Alder, at 11 ;30 a.m. Please join us. Call Doug Bomarito '68, (503699-0003) or Alex "Tex" Harkins '67 (503-2970246) for any additional information.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia Chapter Robert H. Bender '73 45 Grove Avenue Flourtown, PA 19031-1906 h; 215-836-7652; e; RBender@parkwaycorp.com http://USNAPHIL.COM Navy Day Luncheon and Regatta The Navy League of Philadelphia sponsors the annual Navy Day Luncheon at noon on 8 October at the Union League, followed by the Navy Day Regatta on 9 October Bill Comly '73 is our Chapter representative for this event. Anyone interested in attending these events should contact Bill Comly at 609-251-9884. We need volunteers to help with the Navy Day Regatta, no experience necessary.

Knights in Shining Armor tour 1 to r: Event Chairman, Susan Bawduniak '83, and tour guides, Barbara DeLorey and Jim Ounsworth '64

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of the 1999 Army/Navy game which is without prejudice to the traditional affair with the West Point Society (Sunday lunch at which the tape wiU be replayed).

Joseph Abaya '88 had to request that he be reUeved of secretary duties as he is currently attending night school for a raasteral. His classmate, Maximo " J u n " Mejia '88 has been absorbed as a staff member of the Worid Maritime University at Malmo, Sweden, where he graduated in 1997 witii distinction, as usual. Of course, the fact that he is married to a Swedish giri (with now two kids) helped in this important career decision.

Retired Commodore Joe Francisco ' 3 1 , the oldest living Filipino Annapolis graduate, was feted on the occasion of his 90th birthday by the PhiUppine Navy Flag Officer in Command, VADM Eduardo Ma. R. Santos, with the parade and review at the Bonifacio Naval Station parade grounds in Makati City on 27 July 1999. Members of tiie Alumni Chapter were on hand for the occasion.

Philadelphia Chapter: KenLewko's change of command reception. 1 to r: Greg Dougherty '81, Ken Lewko '81, Tom NageUn, Jn '74, Matt Gross '81, Dan Hudson '81 and Paul James '81 Chapter Luncheons and Job Networking Annapolis Alumni meet with West Point Alumni from 11:30 a.m.-l:00 p.ra., at the Chart House, Penns Landing, PA, on the first Wednesday of every raonth. Guest speakers are planned every raonth. Mr. John J. Brennan, the 42 year-old President and CEO of Vanguard Investments will be the guest speaker at a special luncheon on Wednesday, 3 November 1999, at the Desmond in Malvem, PA. The normal monthly luncheons will be held at the Chart House, Penns Landing. These joint luncheons with West Point have had great job placement success to date. The cost is $25 paid at the door for a complete lunch with salad, enttee and desert. To reserve a seat, email or call Julian Toneatto, USMA '67 at; Adler@fast.net; 609-5739797) or Susan Bawduniak '83 at: SMKoye@ AOL.com; 215-997-1971 within a day of the event.

USNAPhil.com Please visit the Web, take the FLAG test, check the calendar of events and muster in with your email address. We have plans to begin sending out electronic notices of upcoming events. There is no W W W in front of our address: http:// USNAPhil.cora. Our webmaster is Art Vossberg '77 of AWOLArt, Ine (Art@AWOLArt,com).

Southeastem Pennsylvania Parent's Association SPPA parents meet at all home football games between Gates B and C on the Blue side. Look for the SPPA banner. Parents of Alumni with questions are welcomed to contact the '99-'00 Parent's Association President Dindy Liebert at 215-233-3253; LiebertCO@AOL.com, or newsletter editor, Joe Bartish at 609-722-4336; JBartish@quadnet.net.

Blue & Gold Officers Anyone interested in becoming a Blue & Gold Officer can contact Don McRae in Pennsylvania at 610-449-9674 or Al Burr in New Jersey at 609387-9202.

News Input Philadelphia Chapter news input for Shipmate should be emailed to Paul H. James '81 at; Paul_James@Vanguard,com; 610-666-1093. Information about the above events will be mailed throughout the year to dues-paid merabers. You are welcomed to send your email address to: Paul_Jaraes@Vanguard.cora.

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Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '71 4105 Tartan Court Murrysville, PA 15668-1045 h;412-325-4281; w; 412-856-3500 e;Figaro4105 @ aol.comPhiUppines

Philippines Chapter President - CAPT Rafael V. Dacanay, PN '76 Apt. F5E JOQ Bonifacio Naval Station Makati City, Philippines h;63-2-894-4121;w/fi 63-2-815-3420 x6458 n2a@nisf.niil.ph Secretary - LT Vincent Sihala PN &lsquo;93 Hydrographic Center, NISF Bonifacio Naval Station Makati City 63-2-843-1833 and 812-7416 nomu @cav.pworld.net.ph After four years of absence of a FiUpino Midshipraan in the Brigade, Raymond M. Golez '03, son of Capt. Ferdinand S. Golez, PN (Philippine Military Academy '76) and nephew of Congressman Roilo S. Golez '70, was admitted as Midshipman with the Class of 2003. U.S. Ambassador Thomas Hubbard hosted a reception in honor of MIDN 4/C Golez at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on 24 June 1999.

The affair was attended by Bobby Lim '42,Vic Brillantes '56, Archie Heckler '57,Chuck Agustin '60, Dione Mohammad '69, Roy Golez '70, Bing Alano '71, Leo McGinn '72 (Naval Attach^), Ariel Abrieam '74, Raffy Dacanay '76, Hec Atienza '83, Jun Bucayan '85, Jun Abaya '88, Vince Sihala '93, and Denn Espanola '95, Steve Kunkle '73 from CinCPacFlt also graced the occasion.

In a dinner hosted by Bobby Lim '42 on 20 July 1999 at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City, Chuck Agustin '60 turned over the presidency of the Philippines Alumni Chapter to Raffy Dacanay '76. Leo McGinn '72 is the Chapter Vice-President, while Vince Sihala '93 is the new secretary-tteasurer.

The Chapter agreed on a few things, first the next schedule of activities, in which Bobby Lim announced that Commodore Joe Francisco '31 offered to host the next meeting, to be followed by Roy Golez '70 then a Chapter special live viewing

From the mother Association we got the foUowing Association members who apparentiy have not checked in with the Chapter. They were invited to the 20 July affair but were not able to attend. We would like them to feel they are part of the Chapter (if they are stiU here in our jurisdiction); Harvey Rennacker '48, Box 10389, Broadway, QC 1112; Donald F. Koch 'S3, POB 1, Bani, Pangasinan 2407; Robert E. Fisher, Jr. '82, 24 Easy Street, Binictican, Subic Bay Freeport, Zambales 2222; Cheryl A. Hutson '82, Building 8045, Argonaut Highway, Subic Bay Freeport, Zambales 2200; Angehto Lansangan, 22 Via Roma St., Villa Angela Subdiv, Angeles City 2009.

Those who can assist in any way to help us get in touch, please do so.

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CAPT James N. (foberts, | ( | | f 152 Springlakes Drive Martinez, GA 3(1907-16081 h; 706-860-6430 e; wermanda@aol.cora orjrobe92528@aol.com To The Membership I need your help. Please read and reply. Your input is important. The Canyonlands trip scheduled for September had to be canceled due to lack of interest. Only three units signed up. My fear was that we would have more than we could handle and have to cut. It never occurred to rae that we wouldn't have enough to justify the effort. Obviously, 1 am missing something, and honest answers frora each of you are needed. I have another project in the planning stage that 1 would rather kill now than continue toward another failure. But first, with reference to the Canyonlands; 1. Did you hear about it? Yes or No 2. How and when did you get the word? Shipmate, email, from another member, U.S. Mail, Never heard about it? Interested, but forgot about it 4. Do you get Shipmatef 5. Did you have a conflict or just no interest in this type of event?

6. Would more lead time have made any difference in your case? If so how far in advance do you schedule for this type of thing?

7. Was the duration too long for you? Were you aware that you could join or depart at any point?

If not, would that have made any difference to you?

8. Were you aware that your only expense would have been your own expense for camping fees, fuel, meals and such?

9. Is this sometiiing diat you want from our Chapter, or is it something that you feel that is avail-

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able through other sources and that we should not attempt to doing the future?

10. Moose is willing to reschedule for May '00.

Are you interested in that and can you commit now?

11. Do you have any comments or suggestions about this subject or anything about the Chapter?

As for the project in works, I have written to James Earl Carter '47 to ask if he would like a group of his fellow Alumni to join him on a Habitat for Humanity Project, I received a hand written answer "to Mike...from Jimmy C." He told rae that he works only one week a year on an actual building project and is scheduled for one in New York and another in his hometown of Plains. He was sending my letter to Millard Fuller, President of Habitat, to see if any more help was needed on either of those but, if not, he would encourage us to get involved in any of the 1,500 projects throughout the country during the year. I think that this would be an ideal type of thing for a group such as ours. I ara a Uttie gim shy after my misreading of the Canyonlands. It was bad enough for me to fail in a coramitment to the Moose. I don't want to go Oh for Two with the forraer President of the United States!

Please read this and give me honest answers.

Reply by email, US Mail, or phone. I can even receive a fax through my former employer AUiedSignal, HuntsviUe, AL, at 256-837-2521 if it includes my name in the header.

Mike Stroop 138 Canterbury Drive Madison, AL 35758 256-461 0774 wermanda @ aol. com

RHODE ISLAND Newport Chapter CAPT James M. Conway, USN (Ret) 50 Ayrault Stteet Newport, RI 02840-2728 h; 401-847-5039 e: castieconw@aol.com

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Chapter CAPT Joseph C. Gamboa, USNR (Ret) '62 1672 Seignious Drive Charleston, SC 29407-9661 h; 843-556-4544 http;//members.tripod.com/~initt2/navy7 July Meeting TTie July meeting was held at the Omar Shrine Temple in Mount Pleasant, SC, on 19 July 1999.

We had 19 Alumni and one guest attend. The short personal stories that you read in Shipmate are always well written and read extensively. But, until you have a speaker like VADM Al Baciocco '53, USN (Ret.), tell you of personal career experiences, you can not get the full flavor of any situation. Al did not follow any central theme. He just regaled us with short stories of events from ius initial assignment in 1953 through Febmary 1975. He had more to tell us; but time ran out, and he did not want to see the "hook" come out. His closing remarks covered his understanding of the status of the Navy today.

ADM Baciocco served with numerous officers who attained flag rank and others who went on to achieve significant status in the industrial and academic worid. His first tour was aboard the cmiser SAINT PAIH.. The ship fired the last round of shore

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bombardment just before the Korean cease-fire negotiations went into effect. He remembers well how the chief petty officers were insttumental in ttaining the junior officers on ST. PAUL. The execution of customs and ttaditions were also a way of life on the ship. His class of 19 USNA Alumni in Nuclear Power School had, as one of its merabers, ADM Rickover's successor. After nuclear power school, he enjoyed teaching nuclear physics to enlisted submariners, whom he referred to as "the creara of the crop." His early career in submarines had him on the newest and quietest subraarines. On two occasions, a submarine to which he was assigned experienced similar major casualties. The lessons leamed and engineering changes that resulted from these experiences were implemented on other submarines. It must be said that these two casualties must have contributed to his crop of salt and pepper hair. One of his more interesting stories concerned the sheriff of Jackson County in Mississippi. ADM Baciocco was assigned as commanding officer of BARB, which was under consttuction in Pascagoula. It seems that the sheriff was confiscating liquor bought at Schwegmans in New Orleans. The sheriff waited at the Mississippi border and confiscated the liquor. When the authorities finally arrested the sheriff, he had $12 million of Uquor in his warehouse.

On the more serious side, he related his experience in assisting in the search to locate SCORPION. ADM Baciocco had high praise for the commanding officers who served under him in Charleston.

He had raany other vignettes that are too numerous to pass on. He certainly has the material for a very interesting Shipmate article.

VADM Baciocco closed with his observation that there is an uncertain future for the U.S. Navy.

Readiness is not what it should be. Spares are at a premium or non-existent. In March 1999, the Navy was short 14,000 enlisted men. Personnel are hot decking and redeploying too regularly. Retention is six or more points below the standards required.

Material conditions are not good. We are working ships just as hard as before, only we have fewer ships to meet all the commitments. We need to pay attention to maritime sttength. Our forward presence depends on our doing something now.

Attendees at the meeting were: Walter P. Robinson '42, Jerry Nuss'47, BUI Wright '49, Dick DallaMura '51, Al Baciocco '53, Bob Knight '53, Don Lovell '53, Tom Mayberry '53, Bob North '53, Tim Taylor '54, Don Lovelace '55, George Lisle '58, Dave Morgan '58, Jack Sutton '58, Jim Welsch '67, BiU Nold '71, Bob Jordan '80, Jen^ Harran '90 and guest Richard Dull USMA '56.

Charleston Chapter Meeting Schedule Any Alumnus passing through, visiting the Low Country or desiring to join us for sorae good fellowship is welcome to join the Charleston Chapter functions. You do not need a reservation; just show up and bring a friend to enjoy some local speaker or function. The 16 August, 20 September and 15 November meetings will be held at the Omar Shrine Teraple in Mount Pleasant, SC. The teraple is on the road leading to Jim Flatley 'Si's Patriot's Point coraplex.

The speakers and topics for the August, Septeraber, and November meetings are; Col Myron Harrington, USMC (Ret.)—A Return Visit to Vietnam; Col M.A. Malachowsky, USMC, Commanding Officer, Recmit Training Regiment, Partis Island, SC—Basic Training at Parris Island; and Col Carl Bishop, USAF Commanding Officer 437th Airlift Wing—The C-17's Mission at Charleston Air Force Base. On Saturday, 16 October, the chapter will have a no-host picnic at Max Hill '51's plantation. You will need reservations for this outing. Please call Joe Gamboa '62 for directions.

On Saturday, 4 December, the Chapter plans to have an Army/Navy game party at a location TBD. We will have all the particulars in the next Shipmate.

South Carolina Midlands Chapter George S. Hirsch '54 219 Beckworth Lane Inno, SC 29063 h: 803-781-5325 Website; www.brickandivy.com/alum

Palmetto Chapter WiUiam B. Swent '88 (Acting President) Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, PC. 100 E. Coffee Stteet PO. Box 87 Greenville, SC 29602-0087 w; 864-242-6440 e: WSwent@LWTM.com

Low Country Chapter Robert M. Hoskins, Jn '87 14 Sandpiper Road Hilton Head, SC 29928-6419 h; 803-686-4351 e; bobhoskinsjr@hotraail.com

TENNESSEE Chattanooga Chapter VADM Ronald M. Eytchison, USN (ReL) '58 11 Prentice Lane Signal Mountain, TN 37377 h; 423-886-2823 e; RMEytch@msn,com

Knoxville—Oak Ridge Chapter CAPT Jackson B. Richard, USN (Ret) '52 13 River's Run Way Oak Ridge, TN 37830-9005 h; 423-483-8599 e; richardjb@inindspring.com

Memphis Chapter CAPT Edward A. Lyons, USNR, '69 2557 Park Creek Cove Germantown, TN 38139 h; 901-755-1286

Nashville Chapter CDR John E Ohlinger, USN (Ret) '69 880 Lakemont Drive Nashville, TN 37220-2124 h; 615-370-1441; w; 800-242-8613 e;johlinger@ worldnet.att.net

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TEXAS North Texas Chapter LCDR James M. Bethmann, USNR '77 ^ 2203 Creekside Circle South ^^ ^ Irving, TX 75063 % * h; 972-402-9596 -w^ ' e: JIMUSNA@aol.com ^H

South Texas Chapter CAPT Michael Stoffel, USN (Ret) '54 520 North River Segum,TX 78155 h; 830-379-2373 e; mstoffel@worldnet.att.net

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Lynn A. Wegner '65 2202 Winrock Houston, TX 77057 h; 713-781-9932; w; 713-263-8001 ext 265 e-maU; lwegner@rectorseal.com Chapter News Peter VanDerlofske '68 (PVanded@ houabg.com) went back to Annapohs on 26 June to celebrate Coach Ed Peery's retirement (after 40 years at USNA). Wresflers and friends from the 1950s through the 1990s gathered to celebrate Coach Peery's long and successful career. Ed, a three time NCAA Wrestling Champion at the University of Pittsburgh, came to the Academy as an engineering professor and assistant wrestUng coach in 1959. He served as head wrestling coach for 27 years (compiUng a 311-90-14 record) before assuming the position of deputy director of physical education. He was a true "Coach" in every sense of the word, serving as both teacher and role model.

Coach Peery had a sttong influence on hundreds of Midshipmen over the years through his coaching and physical education classes, Ed will be missed, and not easily replaced.

Navy Football Season Navy/Rice University game (25 September, 7:00 p.m.). In conjunction with the local USNA Parents Club, we ordered 900-1- tickets for reserved seats, near the Navy section, and scheduled a tailgate party. Please call, or email, us for the tailgate party start time andticketprice. There will be a pre-game

flyover of World War II aircraft; skydivers will deliver the game ball, and it will end with a postgame fireworks display.

Navy/Army game (4 December), we'U schedule the annual Houston celebration. We've held similar types of events in past years, welcoming all grads, parents, and friends of the Naval Acaderay. Please call or eraail us for details.

Business Network Meetings Several of our USNA shipmates are members of The Academy Network, a Houston-based business network group consisting of graduates from USNA, USMA, and USAFA. As this is written, we are curtently reconsidering when and where our meetings will be held. For more information, please call Bart Jealous '65 (281-362-8220), or send me an email.

Chapter Meetings Chapter meetings are usually held on the first Friday of every month (10 September, 1 October, 5 November, 3 December, and 7 January, and 4 February) at Brennan's Restaurant (11:30 a.m. refreshments, and noon to 1:00 p.m. lunch). Please join us! Call Lynn Wegner '65 (713-263-8001 x265) or Peter VanDerlofske '68 (713-690-9898) for more information. For any additional information on any item in this column, please call me at (713-750-8868), or send an email to klein 1985 @ aol.com.

Ed Klein '72

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Central Virginia Chapter CAPT Anthony A. HastogUs, USN (Ret) '55 102 Shawnee Court Charlottesville, VA 22901-1034 h; 804-973-7846 e: AhastogUs@compuserve.com

Hampton Roads Chapter CAPT Daniel B. Lear, USNR (Ret) '68 812 Ringfield Road Virginia Beach, VA 23454-6570 h; 757-721-2063;w; 757-437-1800 e; omegadanl@aoI.com

Richmond Chapter CDR William L. Ruch, IH, USN (Ret) '68 5707 Maple Brook Drive Midlottuan, VA 23112-6320 h; 804-739-3664 e: wh-68@sprintmaU.com

Shenandoah Valley Chapter David V. Langfitt '74 125 Henrico Road Front Royal, VA 22630 w; 540-636-2138

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James R. Clark '66 5860 Soutii HoUaday Boulevard Salt Lake City, UT 84121-1512 h; 801-272-7183 e; clarkfam@gateway.net

Col Bradley Sutter, USAF (Ret) '53 117 Pierce's Court WUUamsburg, VA 23185 h; 757-220-2929 e; sutwU@widomakercom

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CAPT Roger C. Adams, USN (Ret) '70 6609 Fairway View Trail Roanoke, VA 24018 h; 540-989-6198 e; radams3491(

CAPT Edward G. Schwier, USN (Ret) '69 1200 Knoll wood Court Richland, WA 99352-9448 h; 509-598-4385 e; egschwier@aol.cora

Puget Sound Chapter CAPT Walter S. Draper, TV, USN (Ret) '61 3725 Bahia Vista Drive Bremerton, WA 98310 h: 360-479-3945; w; 360-478-5113 e: wsdraperiv@aol.com Website; www.usnaaa-psc.org

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With summer at an end, I thought I'd give you a general draft of events to come for the rest of 1999.

As for 2000, any new ideas are welcome and your input/suggestions would surely be appreciated.

September: Possible happy hour with speaker at Olympic Lodge, PSNS. October: West Point Society will host a dinner featuring Rep. Jennifer Dunn (this one might slip to November), 9 October 1999: Possible branch witii USAFA AA at Olympic Lodge to watch the Navy vie tory over Air Force!

December: All Service Academy Ball hosted by die Ah Force Academy Parent's Club. Date and location TBD, but expect it sometime during the holidays.

4 December 1999: Army/Navy Game branch.

Details to foUow, Shipmate, October 1999

I'd also like to share with you the Ten Commandments for a Naval Academy Alunmus, which are some pretty good thoughts to ponder; 1. Thou Shalt be a member of the Alumni Asso elation.

2. Thou shall support the Naval Academy in word and deed.

3. Thou shall read Shipmate and stay informed about the Naval Academy and the Alumni As sociation, 4. Thou shall support yoiu- local Chapter.

5. Thou shall make all positive comments about the Naval Academy and the Alumni Associa tion in pubUc. 6. Thou shall make all criticisms of the Naval Academy or the Alumni Association conslrac five, in writing and only to those who can af feet the change.

7. Thou shall contribute to the Alumni Associa tion every year even if only $1 in protest!

Please let the Alumni Association know what you are protesting, and they'll try to fix it.

8. Thou shall keep an eye out for outstanding young Americans. Direct those interested in the Naval Academy lo Candidate Guidance.

9. Thou shall visit the Naval Academy at least once after graduation.

10. Thou shall write a letter to a roommate. Class mate, or feUow Alumni at least once a year.

AU readers please take heed to number 4. If you are not currentiy a member of the Puget Sound Chapter, why not? Take a look at our Web site.

CaU a current member. See what you are missing!

The Puget Sound Chapter will only be as good as those who are interested in it, and we want you to be interested! Contact Walt Draper '61 (contact information above) or Dick A l e x a n d e r '58 (rhalex@olypen.com) formembership information.

Ben Meeuwsen '91 Meeuwsen® mindspring. com

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1998—Pat McKay '74 1997—Jim McQueen '67 1996—Jim McQueen '67 Vice Presidents of the West Virginia Chapter 1999—Joe Dailey'51 1998—Mike Ferrell '68 1997—Pat McKay '74 1996—Pat McKay '74 Secretary of the West Virginia Chapter 1999-1996—Dan McCague '66 If you haven't attended a West Virginia Chapter meeting yet, you are encouraged to attend the 5 November luncheon meeting. We always have a good time, and someone always knows something about the Academy that the others didn't know, Dan McCague '66

Greater Washington Chapter CAPT Dennis Spurgeon, USNR (Ret.) '65 10725 River Road Potomac, MD 20854-4118 h; 301-983-3431 e; spurgeon@erols.com

WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Chapter D. Mike Ferrell '68 110 Cedar Stteet Logan, WV 25601-3005 h; 304-752-4192

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The West Virginia Chapter will have a luncheon meeting at Cagney's Restaurant, 400 Court Stteet, Charleston, WV, at noon on the first Friday of November, which will be 5 November 1999. There will be an election of officers for the year 2000 at the luncheon meeting for the offices of president, vice president and secretary. Be sure to corae to this luncheon, since Dr Jim Bums, MD will be passing out maps to his home for the 1999 Army/ Navy game party.

Dan McCague '66 has invited Edward B. Kime USMA '56, to attend the luncheon at Cagney's on 5 Noveraber, and he has accepted. Edward was recentiy at West Point working with the admissions people.

Since this is the last Shipmate article before West Virginia Chapter elections, the current and past officers of our organization are listed; Presidents of the West Virginia Chapter: 1999—Mike Ferrell '68

Wisconsin Chapter Winston C. Williams '46 13350 West Bluemound Road #: Ehn Grove, WI 53122-2538 h; 414-782-6645; w; 414-782-9410 e: winwiU@execpc.com e; cook.philUp@milwaukee.va.gov

UNITED KINGDOM Great Britain Chapter Susanne Saalau-Bethell '85 50 Aubreys Letchworth-Herts SG6 3 TU England w; 0-1438-76-3419 ssb25133@GlaxoWeUcome.co.uk c rbethell@netcomuk.co.uk

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Foreman, Robert P. '44 CAPT, USN (ReL) 31 July 1999 Freese, Ralph Francis '53 CDR,USN (Ret) 22 August 1999 Kelly, John Daniel '56, 10 August 1999 Martin, John Sinclair '57, 21 August 1999 Newcomb, Robert J, '44, 24 August 1999

HARVEY PAUL BURDEN '30 Rear Admiral Harvey Paul Burden, USN (Ret.), passed away on 12 April 1999, at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, CA. He was bom on 28 January 1910, in Quanah, T X , and moved at a young age to Mineola, TX. He attended school in Lyndale and Tyler, TX, and graduated from lyier at the age of 15. He took and passed the Naval Academy exams in 1925 at the age of 15 but had to wait a year (due to his age) before entering the Academy. He left Texas in the summer of 1926, on his first trip out of the state, to be sworn into the Navy as a member of the Class of 1930.

In August 1930,after graduating near the top of his class, he joined MISSISSIPPI. He had engineering duties in that battleship until 1931. Then until May 1934, he was on board MEMPHIS, with duties in gunnery, communications, and navigation. Then, upon completion of fUght ttaining at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, in June 1935, he was designated a Naval Aviator.

He had various afloat assignments in a flight status from 1935 to 1939. From 1939 to October 1941 he was with Pattol Squadron 101 based in Pearl Harbor, T.H., and then in Cavite, P.I. He then retumed to the United States and was on duty as Officer in Charge, Seaplane Training, at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX, when the United States entered World War II. He remained at Corpus Christi until June 1943.

Ordered to ENTERPRISE (CV-6), he served as that highly decorated carrier's navigator and tactical officer until the war's end. During this period he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal (both with combat V) for meritorious achievements against enemy Japanese forces during battles at Letye Gulf, South China Sea, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

Following WW II he had successive duties as XO NATTC Norman, OK; Aeronautical Board, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D . C ; Operations Officer, ComCarDiv 1; Coraraanding Officer, NAS Birmingham, AL; student. Naval War College, Newport, RI; C o m m a n d i n g Officer CURRITUCK (AV-7); Chief of Staff, Chief Military

Assistance Advisory Group, Formosa; Commanding Officer TARAWA ( C V S - 4 0 ) ; and Commanding

Officer Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA. Admiral Burden was also authorized to wear the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, the American Defence Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defence Service Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.

Admiral Burden retired from the Navy in 1959, and moved to San Diego, CA. There he taught high school math and science for ten years. He also served on the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries until his death.

The Admiral was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Evelyn Worth. He is survived by two sons, Harvey W. '55 and David G. '58; one sister, Anne Louise Boal; four grandchildren, Kelley Miller of Raleigh, NC; Dana Charbonneau of Annandale, VA; John Burden of San Francisco CA; and Andrew Burden (a Naval Aviator, USNA '90) of Yorktown,VA; and six great grandchildren.

Interment is at the Naval Academy Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be raade to; The Harvey P. Burden Memorial Fund c/ o St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church 6556 Park Ridge Blvd San Diego, CA 92120-3236.

RALPH HAMILTON BENSON, JR. '37 Rear Admiral Ralph H. Benson, Jr., USN (Ret.), died on 12 July at his horae in El Cajon, CA. He was b o m l 9 A p r U 1 9 1 3 , in Worcester, MA, and was appointed in 1933 to the Naval Academy from Connecticut. At the Naval Academy, he applied himself to the indoor and outdoor rifle squads, becoming manager of both during his First Class year.

Upon graduation in 1937, he joined SARATOGA (CV-3), serving in her until Febmary 1939, when he joined SHAW (DD-373). He served in SHAW in Pacific waters until she was heavily damaged at Pearl Harbor. From raid-Deceraber 1941 to June 1943, he again served in SARATOGA ( C V - 3 ) , this tirae as radio officer, while she supported the

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Guadalcanal operations and earned her reputation of being a tough survivor.

In 1943, he went ashore for one year of post graduate training in communications.

In 1945, he commanded ANDERSON ( D D - 4 1 1) and

was with her when she was damaged by a kamikaze hit during the Leyte invasion.

He joined the administtative command of the 7th Amphibious Force as communications officer, embarked in a floating drydock at Manacani, Samar, Philippines, where he was when V J . Day ended hostiUties.

He then joined the pre-commissioiung detaU for ALBANY (CA-123) in Newport, RI, and was onboard as communications officer when she was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

From August 1946 to December 1948, he served as force communications officer on the Staff ComPhibLant. From Febmary 1948 to December 1950, he was an instmctor in sttategy and tactics at the General Line School at Monterey, CA. Korea caused orders to recoramission Los A N GELES (CA-135) as operations officer. While logistically supporting the Panmunjom talks, he leamed of the ttagic injuring of his wife and daughter in an automobile encounter back in the USA. This incident ended his sea duty and would evenmally lead to his early retirement from the Navy. He closed out his service as executive officer of the NROTC Unit at the University of Soutiiem CaUfornia and at the Amphibious Training Unit, Coronado, CA. His wife and his daughter where both permanently disabled in the automobile accident.

He retired on 31 August 1958 and joined the retired list on 2 September as RADM, USN (Ret.).

Admiral Benson joined the faculty of Francis Parker School in San Diego, teaching there for fifteen years of "rewarding and challenging effort" until June of 1973, when he retired.

His decorations include the Bronze Star and the usual area and campaign ribbons. He was a member of the Fleet Reserve and of the Red Cross.

Ralph Benson is survived by his wife of more than 59 years, Dorothy; and two sons, Ralph H. Benson, III, and Bmce; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Their daughter, Barbara, passed away on 31 August 1985, after a four-year bout with cancer.

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DAVID HUNTINGTON LEWIS '40 Captain David H. Lewis, USNR (Ret.), died on 12 June in Orinda, CA. In accord with his wishes, there was no service; inurnment was in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Born on 16 July 1916 and raised in Ladysmith, WI, Dave entered the Naval Academy from enlisted status, having served in NORTHAMPTON and attended the Navy's Prep School in Norfolk. He graduated with the Class of 1940.

Dave's first duty at graduation was to MISSISSIPPI, and he remained in her AA battery until September 1943. On 7 December 1941, the ship was in Iceland, preparing toridthe seas of Germany's TiRPrrz. During the next two years, MISSISSIPPI touched-in San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Fiji Islands and the Aleutians.

Detached from MISSISSIPPI in September 1943, Dave and his new bride, Marilouise Sanford, went to Newport News where Dave was in the commissioning crew of the second HORNET. The best man at their wedding was Classraate Scott Goodfellow.

HORNET proceeded to the pacific war zone in January 1944 as one of the raany carriers attacking Japanese forces and bases and received the Presidential Unit Citation. HORNET retumed to the U.S. after being heavily damaged in the typhoon of June 1945, for repairs to her flight deck. Leaving his biUet as gunnery officer, Dave proceeded to Harvard for a graduate course in naval communications.

Dave's next duty was as flag secretary to a cruiser division commander in Guam. Visits to Japan and China in the faU of 1946, after war's end, were highUghts in Dave's memories of that duty.

With mixed emotions, Dave resigned his coramission in the spring of 1947, and after a year's training in the East, the Lewis' settled in Orinda, CA, working for Westinghouse. After eight years there with Westinghouse, Dave joined the Bechtel Corporation, retiring from that company in 1983.

Dave joined the Naval Reserve in 1949 and remained in the Reserve until he retired as Captain, USNR. This decision to join the Reserve was a happy one for Dave, as it contributed to his abiding interest in the Navy, and especiaUy in the Naval Academy.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Marilouise Sanford Lewis; a daughter, MadeUne Petersen and her husband Larry; brothers Thomas C. and James M. of A\^sconsin. Memorial gifts may be made to the Naval Academy Alumni Association, to the Aircraft Carrier HORNET Foundation, RO. Box 460, Alameda, CA 94501-9560, or to Hospice of Contta Costa, 205 Harrison Street, Concord, CA 94250.

ISAAC CAMPELL KIDD, JR. '42 Admiral Isaac CampbeU Kidd, Jr., USN (Ret.) died on 27 June at his home in Alexandria, VA, surrounded by his family, after fighting cancer for five years. Born 14 August 1919, in Cleveland, he was destined to follow in the footsteps of his father, RADM Isaac C. Kidd, who was killed aboard his flagship, ARIZONA, at Pearl Harbor He entered tiie Naval Academy in 1938 wiUitiieClass of 1942 after having attended St. Albans School and Columbian Preparatory School in Washington and Ohio State University, At the Naval Academy, Ike was a member of the football and lacrosse teams.

Witii tiie U.S. entty into World War II, tiie Class of 1942 graduated five months early on 19 December 1941 days after his father's death and Dee began is his 40-year career as a naval officer.

That career included participation in North Atlantic convoy duty and in the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy as a desttoyer gunnery officer Later in the war he participated in combat operations in the Pacific, After the war, he served on the staff of Commander Desttoyer Force, U,S. Atiantic Fleet and with the Bureau of Naval Personnel before reporting to the new heavy cmiser SALEM as gunnery officer and later as operations officer. In May 1952, he assumed command of the desttoyer-minesweeper ELLYSON where he commanded all of the U,S. mine forces in the Sixth Fleet.

Following a tour as aide to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, he retumed to sea in command of the newly commissioned desttoyer BARRY. He next served as assistant head of the ChinaNortheast Asia Sttategic Plans and Policy Division on the Joint Staff of the Commander-in-Chief Pacific and then attended the National War College in Washington.

Retuming to sea in 1961, he commanded Destroyer Divisions 322 and 182, and Destroyer Squadron 12. He then activated and assumed command of desttoyer Squadron 18, the Navy's first all guided-missile desttoyer squadron. In August 1962, Ike became Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to the Chief of Naval Operations. During his four-year tour in this capacity under two Chiefs of Naval Operations, he distinguished himself and was cited for his work during the Cuban missile crisis, the loss of the submarine THRESHER, the Tonkin Gulf incident, the Dominican RepubUc crisis, and the ongoing reorganization of the Navy.

He reported as Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics to the Commander-in-Chief AlUed Forces, Southem Europe in June 1966 with the rank of Rear Admiral. During this tour, he served as on-scene commander and salvage officer after the grounding of the desttoyer BACHE at Rhodes, Greece, and served as President of Courts of Inquiry of that incident and the IsraeU attack on the technical research ship LIBERTY. He subsequentiy served as Commander CruiserDesttoyer Flotilla 12. Promoted to Vice Adnural, he then commanded First Fleet, commanded Sixth Fleet, and was promoted to Admiral in 1971 as Chief of Naval Material. There he oversaw Navy

procurement, logistics and labor relations and supervised 350,000 uniformed and civilian personnel.

He became Supreme Allied Commander Atiantic, Commander-in-Chief Westem Atlantic Area, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic, and Commanderin-Chief U.S. Atiantic Fleet on 30 May 1975. He retired in 1978, His military decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, four Navy Distinguished Service Medals, the Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars, a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, and numerous foreign decorations.

In his 40-year naval career, Ike became an expert on the law of the sea, a subject he lectured on world-wide long after his retirement and taught a course on the subject at the College of William & Mary. World leaders attended the lectures to leam U.S. policy frora the raan who established it.

Ike and his wife, Angelique, attended graduate school together at night, time permitting, and working toward advanced degrees during tours in Washington and Hawaii. He made his home in Washington D.C, and he continued active in public service for various committees of Congress, the National Science Foundation, the National Defense Science Board, Naval IntelUgence Foundation, the Department of Defense and the General Accounting Office. Active in support of NATO and our alUances he lectured widely in the United States and abroad on miUtary and industrial matters. He served on the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University and of the Defense IntelUgence College.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marie Angelique de Golian Kidd, three sons. Captain Isaac C. BCidd m, USNR (Ret.) of AnnapoUs; Kevin of Portland, OR; and Christopher of Alexandria, VA; three daughters, Marie Angelique de Golian Smith of Bexley, OH; Regina Wolbarsht of McLean, VA; and Mary Littiepage Plumer of Atlanta; 17 grandchildren and a great grandchild.

WILLIAM RANDOLPH BENNETT '43 Lieutenant Commander William "BiU" Bennett, USN (Ret.), died on 8 July 1999 in Stuart, FL. He was bom on 24 October 1919 in Newark and grew up in Collingswood, NJ. He attended the old Cochran-Bryan prep school in AnnapoUs after high school graduation and was appointed to the Naval Academy. Bennett graduated in June 1942 with the war-accelerated class of 1943, Following graduation, BUI served on desttoyers, participating in the invasions of North Africa, Italy and Normandy. His wartime service also included a tour of duty in the South Pacific and later participation in the Korean conflict. Bill attended the Naval War CoUege and was also an NROTC instmctor at Cornell University, After Navy retirement in 1962, Bennett was an instmctor at the PaUn Beach Day School for 18 years, heading the science departraent, as well as coaching the soccer and football teams.

When he got his first sailboat at the age of only eight years, BiU commenced a Ufelong love of sailing. He was on the sailing teara while a Midshipman and crewed on VAMARIE and SPINDRIFT. While

"Securify is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

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a resident of southem Florida, Bill was active in local off-shore ocean racing. Bennett's sailing activities then took him to the Bahamas and Virgin Islands, living aboard his boat and providing charter trips.

Bill was an active member of the Palm Beach Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association.

Bennett is survived by his wife, Alice, of Stuart, FL, daughters Cynthia Coleman of Palm Beach Gardens; Carol Schaming of Stuart; and Susanne Williams of Nassau, Bahamas; sons William

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Bennett of Charleston; and James Bennett of Jupiter, FL; stepsons, Michael Atkins of Loxahatchee, FL; and Phillip Atkins of West Palm Beach; stepdaughter, Debra Atkins of West Paira Beach; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Donations may be made to Hospice of Martin and St. Lucie, PO. Box 1168, Stuart, FL 349951168.

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THOMAS LEO CARLIN '44 Thomas L, Carlin died on 15 July 1999, of cancer at his home in St. Paul, MN, at the age of 77.

He was born in Bird Island, MN, and graduated from St. Thomas Academy. He was appointed to the Naval Academy with the Class of 1944 and graduated early with his Class in June 1943. After ten weeks of flight indoctrination training in Florida, he was ordered to Submarine School in New London, CT. He served in the submarine SKATE during World War II and was awarded the Silver Star for action on a pattol in the Sea of Japan where a number of Japanese submarines were sunk. He also wore the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon for SKATE 'S action against the enemy.

CarUn joined the staff of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch in 1953 as an advertising sales representative, did stints with the newspapers as assistant to the publisher, business manager and general manager. He became the publisher of the papers in 1973 and served in that capacity until he retired in 1985. He guided expansion of the papers into a new production plant and a move to new downtown location, and he is credited as "the force behind the whole proposal...He put through a tremendously comprehensive plan and he pulled all the pieces together..under budget and on time."

Tom is survived by his wife, Verle, four sons, two daughters and 11 grandchildren, as well as a brother and two sisters.

(Adapted by Wynn Whidden from an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune of 18 July 1999 )

JOHN JAMES CREAMER '44 Jack Creamer passed away in his homeport of Bow Lake, NH, on 5 April 1999, at the age of 77.

He was born and raised in Hopedale, MA. He attended the University of Maine for his freshman year of college. Following that year he received his appointment to the Naval Academy. As a member of the Class of 1944, he was commissioned an Ensign in June 1943.

After aviation indoctrination in Florida he served in the Pacific and was a survivor of HOEL, sunk during the battle of Leyte Gulf. He married Gloria in May, 1947. Jack served as executive officer of BRISTOL, NEWPORT NEWS and coraraanding officer of

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MississiNEWA. His last active duty tour was as Logistics Officer on the staff of U.S. Naval Forces, Japan.

Following his retirement frora the Navy, Jack and Gloria settled in Bow Lake, NH. Jack eamed a raaster's degree in public administration from the University of New Hampshire and worked for the State of New Hampshire in the personnel Depart-

raent for more than ten years. Jack felt that Bow Lake was his "homeport" and he loved his home on the lake. He became active in the Bow Lake Community serving as President of the Bow Lake Camp Owners Association; Secretary of the Sttafford Planning Board and as representative of the town of Strafford on the Strafford Regional Planning Coramission.

He leaves behind his wife, Gloria; daughters Carol (Heald) and Kathy (Brosnan); grandchildren, Jennifer, Erin, Andrew, Margaret, and Emma; and great grandson "D. J." Jack loved doing the small town activities with his family; swimming at the lake, picking blueberries and taking walks around he lake in the summer and across the frozen lake in the winter.

ROBERT EDWARD MCCLOSKEY '44 Lieutenant Commander Robert E. (Bob) McCloskey, USN (Ret.) passed away 22 May 1999 at his home in TUIsa, OK, at the age of 78. Bob was born 1 March 1921 in PhUadelphia, PA. He graduated from the Naval Academy on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. His funeral services were held on 26 May 1999 at the Madelene Church in Tulsa, OK. After aviation indoctrination in Jacksonville in 1943, Bob reported to a desttoyer in the Pacific.

He stayed in the destroyer Navy until his retirement in 1963. After retirement frora the Navy, he went to work with Sun Pipeline until hisfinalretirement in 1987.

Bob is survived by: his wife, Corrine Fletcher McCloskey; daughter, Ellen Kivitz and her husband, Mike; son, Bob McCloskey and his wife, Caron; six grandchildren, Brooke, Mickey and Ben Kivitz, Marci, Mitch and Megan McCloskey; brothers John and Paul McCloskey; aunt, Marie Grotz; and many other relatives and friends.

WARREN ROBINSON MULLEN '44 Warren Robinson Mullen died on 10 July 1999, at Memorial Medical Center in Pentwater, MI, following a brief illness. He was bom 1 April 1921, in Pontiac, the son of Warren and Elsa (Sundberg) Mullen and graduated from Muskegon High School in 1939. While attending Cornell University he was appointed to the Naval Acaderay in the Class of 1944 and graduated early with his Class in June 1943, standing ninth in the Class. After ten weeks of flight indoctrination training in Florida, he was assigned to destroyer duty in the pacific theater for combat operations against the Japanese. He returned for flight training in 1944, earned his wings in Corpus Christi, TX, and became a fighter pilot after operational training in Florida. He flew from the carriers CORAL SEA and VALLEY FORGE until

1948 when he resigned his coramission and entered medical school at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1952 and inteming at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Dr Mullen served as Pentwater's only physician frora 1953 to 1980 and in 1992 was selected as Pentwater's Citizen of the Year. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, tennis and skiing. He was a member of the AMA, tiie Pierre Marquette Watershed Council, Ducks Unlimited, and the Pentwater Tennis Club. He is survived by his wife, Mary, with whom

he celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in August 1998; four daughters, four sons, 22 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. An open house honoring Dr Mullen was held on 13 July at the Pentwater Yacht Club where his family and friends gathered to celebrate his life of service to his country, his community, and his loved ones.

(Adapted by Wynn Whidden from an Obituary in the Ludington Daily News of 12 July 1999.)

BERNARD BERTHOLF SMYTH '44 Bemard B. (Bart) Smyth died 22 June at his residence, at the age of 77. He was bom 18 July 1921 in South Orange, NJ, the son of the late Bemard A. Smyth and Dorothy Bertholf Burton. Memorial services were held on 25 June 1999, at St. Andrew's On-the-Sound Episcopal Church with interment in the church cemetery.

Bart graduated from the Naval Academy on 9 June 1943 with the wartime accelerated Class of 1944. He served in the destroyer MCDOUGAL and the cmiser CONCORD before reporting to the Submarine School in New London CT, in July 1944.

He served in the submarine ENTEMEDOR and other submarines through World War n and the Korean War. Upon leaving active duty in the Navy, Bart attained his law degree from Georgetown University School of Law. After practicing law in Washington, D.C, he and his family relocated to La Jolla, CA, with General Dynamics where they resided until they moved to Sewickley, PA, in 1971.

In Sewickley, he practiced law specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He was active in the vestry of St. Stephens Episcopal Church and served on the board of the Sewickley Valley Hospital.

In 1997, the Smyths moved to Wilmington, NC, where they were members of St. Andrew's On-theSound Episcopal Church and he served as Chancellor. Bart was completing requirements for certification to participate in Guardian ad Litem, a program providing legal assistance for abused and neglected children. He was also a member of the Investors Roundtable.

Surviving are his wife, Agnes Boiseau Smyth; a son, C. James Barton Smyth of Leesdale, PA; two daughters, Laura Smyth Freese of Redondo Beach, CA; and Susan Smyth Myers of Manhattan Beach, CA; a brotiier, C.J. Smyth of Cocoa Beach, FL; and six grandchildren. To his children and grandchildren, he was a teacher, a mentor and a patient advisor who taught them to love life and laugh.

"Toda-y we ma'y face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time.

Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered."

Mort Crim

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DAVID ANDRE WEBSTER '44 Rear Admiral David A. Webster, USN (Ret.) passed away of cancer on 15 June 1999 at the Anne Amndel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was bom in Pond du Lac, WI, and graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1943 with the accelerated class of 1944. Burial services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel on 21 June with full military honors. Internment was in the Naval Academy Cemetery During World War II he served in BAILEY, where he became executive officer. He participated in combat operations in the Gilbert, Marshall, Marianas, Philippine, and West Caroline Islands and Bomeo, and in the capture and occupation of Tinian. Following a tour as executive officer of MCCOOK, he retumed to Annapolis for Naval Postgraduate School and then received a masters degree in science in 1950froraMIT. During his career in the late 1950s and 1960s he held three ship commands, CROMWELL, BUCHANAN, and DALE. He was project officer for the development of the TALOS surface-to-air nussile at the Navy Department and was on the staff of the Naval War CoUege in Newport. Again, assigned to the Navy Department, he was the director of the missile weapons conttol division, research, development, test and evaluation group, where he received the Navy Commendation Medal. In 1970, he became deputy director of the ship ordnance systems installation directorate at the department and in 1971 was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations where he was program coordinator of the surface ship aviation integration program. He retired in 1975 from the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics.

Since moving to AnnapoUs in 1976, Admiral Webster has been active in the Retired Officers Association, enjoying working in electtonics, and touring the United States. He was married in 1944 to the former Alison Marie Conrad of Annapolis; three sons, WiUiam Webster of Sunol, CA; Larry Webster of Dublin, CA; and Bruce Webster of Chelmsford, MA; one brother, Donald Webster of Red Bluff, CA; and ten Grandchildren.

VINCENT FRANCIS HUGH FOSTER '45 On 24 July 1999, Vincent "Bud" Foster died suddenly of a heart attack while playing golf with his two sons at the BeUport Countty Club in Bellport, Long Island, NY. Bom in New Rochelle on 7 May 1923, Bud graduated with the Class of 1945 on 7 June 1944, and saw action in several Pacific campaigns aboard MAR-iXANO. FoUowing the war. Bud eamed his Wings of Gold and was assigned to a patrol squadron based at Pataxent River NAS. After retiring on a physical disability in 1950, resulting from injuries sustained in a severe crash. Bud pursued a distinguished business career, always valuing his membership in the distinguished Class of 1945â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Green Bowlers. In addition to his BS from USNA, Bud eamed a MBA from lona College in New Rochelle, NY, Bud received a SecNav appointment to the Naval Academy in 1941 and graduated in 1944 with a class standing of 194 in a class of 914. At the

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Academy, Bud was active on the soccer team and pistol team, earning letters for both Plebe and Varsity soccer. He was also a meraber of the Portuguese Club. He received orders to MARYLAND and served in the Gunnery Departraent. He participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 and in several other major engagements against the Japanese until the war ended in June 1945. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, his 16" gun turtet was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, but the turret's armor held. Following WWII, Bud married Gloria Bianco of New Rochelle, NY, and elected to pursue a career in naval aviation, earning his Wings of Gold. He received orders to a pattol squadron at Patuxent River NAS flying PB4Y aircraft. Icing conditions caused a severe crash of his aircraft in 1949 and Bud was one of the few to survive. Unfortunately, he sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash which prematurely ended his naval career. He was retired on physical disability in 1950.

DONALD CURRY LUTKEN '47 Donald C Lutken, age 75, died of a sttoke in Jackson, MS, on 26 June 1999.

A native of Jackson, Don attended Mississippi State University prior to receiving his congressional appointment to the Academy from Mississippi. He graduated with the Class of 1947 in June of 1946, a meraber of the 8th Company.

Upon graduation, he served briefly in TOLMAN (DM-28), and decomraissioned it, then operated frora the Philippines for a year in PCE-871 and another year out of Kwajalein in PC-1172. He served thereafter in

After retiring from the Navy, Bud joined Farrand Optical Company in Valhalla, NY, as an engineer.

During his long 40-year career at Farrand, Bud was responsible for and held seven dilferent U.S. patents and received a Polaris Missile Program Citation for his invention of the inductosyn, the key component of the ship's inertial navigational system (SINS), eventually retiring as President in 1988. Bud was a lifelong resident of New Rochelle, NY, and in recent years wintered in Naples, FL. He was an avid golfer and was a member of the Knollwood Country Club in Elmsford, NY, for over 47 years, accumulating manyttophiesand four holes-in-one. He enjoyed his winter golf during retirement as a member of the Imperial Golf Club at Imperial Estates in Naples, FL. He also did volunteer work in tax preparation for the Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in Naples and for the Naples Hospice.

Bud always valued his Naval Academy experience and served as a Blue & Gold Officer. He actively participated in Class of '45 affairs and reunions. He recently retumed from an Alumni Association sponsored cmise on the Rhine River, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

He survived by his wife, Madeleine, whom he married in 1978, after the death of his first wife; and her four children; Captain Stephen Andres '67, USN (Ret.), Patricia Graham, Paul Andres and John Andres; two sisters, Grace Wymbs of Hartsdale, and Peggy Ryan of Yorktown; three children of his late first wife, Gloria; Cathleen Greenwood, Captain Michael Foster, USNR (Ret.), and Nicholas Foster; and sixteen grandchildren.

WALDRON (DD-699) until his resignation in 1949.

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

Winston Churchill

In 1949, he began his engineering career with Mississippi Power and Light Co., where he was to spend his entire civilian working life. He cUrabed the corporate ladder, and on the way up served as Plant Superintendent of two steam electric generating stations; Superintendent of Production; Assistant Chief Engineer, then Chief Engineer; vicepresident, Executive Vice-President, President in 1970, President and CEO in 1971, then Chairman and CEO from 1984 to 1989, when he retired as Chairman Emeritus.

He served on the Boards of numerous businesses, as well as on the Andrew Jackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Board of Tmstees of Belhaven College and of Mary Baldwin College in Virginia, was a Past President of the Jackson Chamber of Comraerce, and of the Newcomen Society of America. He held merabership in nuraerous professional, business, and technical societies, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and of Rotary, and was particularly active in working to keep Jackson as host city for the Intemational Ballet Competition.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Melissa Turner; sons, Donald, Jr. and Poteat; daughters, MeUssa, Isabel, and Lucie; by twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Memorial services were conducted at Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Chet Shaddeau '47

ROSS LIVINGSTON MILLER '48 Ross Livingston Miller, of Race Hill Road, Madison, CT, died 9 July 1999, at Middlesex Hospice at Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, at the age of 74.

Ross and Jane Ann, his wife, had been visiting, as they often did, in Provence in April, when he began feeling sick. On thett retum home it was discovered that he had pancreatic cancer. He was able to remain at horae under hospice care until the moming of his death.

A memorial service was held on 13 July at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Madison, Interment was at West Cemetery, North Madison.

Ross was bom on 6 November 1924, in Springfield, OH. He graduated frora Deerfield Acaderay and then spent a year at Princeton University, where he began his outstanding collegiate swimming career. He swam the 220 and 440 freestyle; and, even though he later was captain of the Navy swim team, never betteredtiietimeshe established at Princeton.

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ttaining in meteorology at the University of Iowa.

His group was to be dropped behind enemy lines prior to D-Day to send out weather information to the alUes before and during the invasion. However, D-Day took place before his operation could be put in place.

Receiving an appointment from his home state of Ohio, Ross left the Air Force to enter the Naval Acaderay in July 1944.

At Navy, Ross excelled in acadentics, was captain of the swimming team and commanded the llth Company during spring term.

In 1947, after graduation, he served in the Ught cmiser, LrrrLE ROCK. In 1949, he was ordered to Bainbridge as a NAPS instmctor and as swimming coach. From Bainbridge, Ross was ordered to the attack transport, CALVERT, which left the East Coast, ttansited the Panama Canal and did a tour in the Far East. In August 1950, he married Maurine ToreU of Betitiehem, PA. In 1952, Ross went to sub school in New London. After sub, school, he served in GRENADIER, which had been converted to a GUPPY (Greater Undersea Propulsion Power) Ross resigned frora the Navy in 1953, to retam to his prep school, the venerable Deerfield Acaderay, as a Master. Not long thereafter he was recmited by the Southem New England Telephone Company to work on their Nike installation program. He retiredfromSNET 33 years later, in 1987, as vice-president in charge of data operations.

Most unfortanately, Maurine died in 1973.

Ross liked Uving in New England and had been atttacted to SNET; because wherever Ue might be ttansferred within the corapany, he would still be in New England.

Ross married Jane Ann Cole Field in 1981, who survives him.

Ross was a board member and served as president of the Scranton Library in Madison. He was a member of the New Haven Lawn Club, the Graduate Club of New Haven and the Madison Winter Club.

A lifelong hiker, scuba diver, skier and tennis player, Ross spent many a day hiking, swimming, schussing the mountains, lakes and stteams of New England, Colorado, the countryside of Europe and the waters of the world with friends and family.

Ross is survived by a brother, Richard A. MiUer of Middletown, CT; three children, Ross "Chip" MiUer, Jr. of Chesterfield, CT; Craig T. Miller of Eugene, OR; and Lucia N. Miller of Northampton, MA; two step children, J. Christopher Field of Noank, CT, and Laurie Field Beek of Mendham, NJ; and five grandchildren.

Memorials may be made, to the Middlesex Homecare Department Hospice Program, Middlesex Hospital, Office of Development, 28 Crescent St., Middletown, CT, 06457.

Harlow Falevsky '48

officer by moving about once every year. Assignments ranged frora Lowry AFB, CO, to Ellington AFB, TX, to Tachikawa, Japan. In between assignments, he completed his raaster's degree at the Air Force Institute of Technology. In the early 1960s, Dan was the project officer on an experimental vertical take-off aircraft, which greatly resembled aflyingsaucer. Although this prototype an-vehicle, called the AVRO Car, did not go into production, it may explain a few of the UFO sightings that occurred during this timefrarae. In fact, the History Channel produced a show on the AVRO Car and periodically repeats the program.

In 1962, Dan was stationed in the Christmas Islands where he participated in the Air Force's nuclear testing program. Following this assignment, he and his family were stationed in Tachikawa, Japan. In this job he was frequently on extended flying assignments including flying airevacuation missions from Vietnam and ttaining allied officers in advanced flying and navigation skills.

After his three-year tour in Japan, he was assigned, as a student, to the Armed Forces Staff College which was an assignment where he could stay with his family, not fly, and catch up on his reading. Following this short assignment he was assigned to Wright Patterson AFB, OR. This assignment is where he found his tme calUngâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that of a program manager in the development and acquisition of weapon systems. He was one of the original flight test managers for the F/FB-111 program and served in the F-111 System Program Office for over seven years until he retired from the Air Force in April of 1971.

After retiring from the Air Force, Dan went to Colorado with aspirations of teaching at a university, but after retuming to Colorado, he realized how rauch he missed his job in the Air Force, so he retumed to Ohio and started his second career.

He entered federal civilian service and over tirae became an expert in both active and passive electtonic warfare systems. In fact, he headed an inhouse Air Force group that worked almost exclusively in the "black world" and was responsible for evaluating foreign technologies and a comparison to current Air Force capabilities. Much of his work was critical in developing electtonic warfare techniques, which have been integrated into most of our modem fighter and bomber fleets. He retired again in 1994.

GEORGE FRANCIS WEDGE, III '52 Mr. George Wedge of Lawrence, KS, died 5 June 1999, in his horae at the age of 71. Meraorial services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church with private inumment at Pioneer Ceraetery. He was bom 13 Septeraber 1927, in Rochester, NY, the son of George Francis Wedge II and Marion Louise (White) Wedge.

George Wedge grew up in Binghamton and Syracuse, NY, where he graduated from Onondaga ValDANIEL CRAWFORD MURRAY '51 ley Academy in 1945. He served in the Navy frora Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Crawford Murray, 1945 to 1948 and then attended the Naval AcadUSAF (Ret.), died on 7 June 1999, at his horae in emy from 1948 to 1950. He resigned from the Beavercreek, OH. He was buried at ArUngton Na- Acaderay to attend Middlebury College in Vertional Cemetery on 22 June. Lieutenant Crawford raont, where he received his bachelor's degree cum was bom in Honolulu, HI, on 1 May 1928. He was laude in honors English in 1952. the son of a career Army officer and the fifth genHe won the Reid L. Carr Prize for English Studeration of "Murray's" serving their country as sol- ies. Frora 1952 to 1958 he stadied at the Univerdiers in the defense of a country they proudly sity of Minnesota, where he received his raaster's served and deeply loved. Dan was survived by his in EngUsh and history in 1955 and a doctorate in wife, Patricia; his son, Danny; and English and Latin in 1967. daughter, Susan.

Mr, Wedge was an assistant, instmctor at the Upon graduating frora the Academy, he was University of Minnesota frora 1951 to 1958, when commissioned intiieUSAF. After completing flight he joined the English departraent at Kansas Unischool, he began the traditional role of a career

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versity, He taughttiiereuntil his retnement in 1993 having reached die rank of associate professor.

In 1969, he was one of tiie founders of tiie Unguistics department at KU. He also taught at summer institute on EngUsh grammar at Kansas State University from 1965 to 1967. Courses he frequentiy taught at KU included modem English gramraar, poeOy writing, and the Uteratare of addiction. Much of his research in later years was on the relationship of creativity alcohol and dmgs, on which he pubUshed numerous papers.

Mr. Wedge also had reviews, interviews and poetry in pubUcations such as American Studies, High Plains Literary Review, Connecticut Review and Arete. His unpubUshed novel, The Spooking of Sonny Bliss was afinaUstin the Associated Writing Fiction Program competition for 1988. A poetry manuscript he wrote was a finalist in the Woodley Press competition that same year.

He was also editor of Cottonwood magazine and press from 1984 to 1997, advisory editor of Kansas Quarterly from 11971 to 1993, editor of 5nletto frora 1989, and a director for Dionysus Journal ofLiterature and Addiction frora 1989 to 1999.

Wedge was an organizer of the River City Reunion in Lawrence in 1987.

He was one of the founders of the Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism in 1974. He was a certified alcoholism counselor and served on DCCCA's board of dkectors from 1980 to 1990. He also served on the board of directors of the Kansas Alcohol Counselors Assn. from 1982 to 1985. He served on many committees at KU including the affirmative action board from 1981 to 1987. He charred the advisory committee to the AppUed EngUsh Center from 1976 to 1987 and the EngUsh department's lectarers and readers committee from 1987 to 1991.

He married Margaret Alice Nasmith on 29 August 1953, in ArUngton, VA. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Alice Wedge, 1645 Louisiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044; son, PhiUp, Lawrence, KS; two daughters Alberta Elliott Wedge and Louise Wedge Pennewell, both of Lawrence; and five grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra or the Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Memorials may be sent in care of Rurasey Host Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements.

DON LEWIS HORVATH '56 Donald Lewis Horvath died 25 January 1999, of congestive heart failure, at a HuntsviUe, AL hospital, at the age of 67. Mr. Horvath was a native of Ohio. FoUowing four years on active duty in the Navy, he held engineering positions in industry and with the government. He was a member and former President of the HuntsviUe Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. He lived in Huntsville 15 years, and had retired as a general engineer with U.S. Army Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal. He was a Metiiodist and a member of the Eagle Club. Survivors include his wife, EUzabeth Horvath of Madison; two sons, WilUam Horvath of Huntsville and D. Malcora Horvath of Atlanta; and two brothers, James Horvath and Gerald Horvath, both of Ohio.

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JOHN BUTLER TILLMAN '57 Doctor Jack Tillman, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret,), diedon 16 April 1999, at age 63 at Indian River Memorial Hospital, Vero Beach, FL. He had Parkinson's disease and ShyDrager Syndrome.

Jack was born on 1 July 1935 in Elkhart, IN, and graduated from Elkhart High School's class of 1953.

He received an appointment to the Naval Academy and graduated with honors from the 12th Company with the Class of 1957. He was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force.

Jack's first assignment, 1957-1959, was to MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL, as a finance officer.

"While in Florida, he married his wife, Pat. Jack was ordered to Fairbanks, AK, where he was the finance officer frora 1959-1960; helped convert Ladd AFB to Fort Wainwright and to close the base.

He was then the finance officer at Air Weather Sendee, Scott AFB, Belleville, IL, from 19601962. In 1962, he attended Squadron Officers School at Maxwell AFB. He attended Purdue University from 1962-1964 and eamed a master's degree in appUed matheraatics. From 1964-1968, Jack was a professor of matheraatics at the U.S. Air Force Acaderay. He attended Air Command and Staff College, MaxweU AFB, AL, in 1968 and 1969. WhUe there, he also eamed an MBA from Aubum University, Montgomery, AL. Jack studied at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, from 1969-1972, where he eamed a Ph.D. in operations research. From 1972-1978 he was assigned to the MiUtary Personnel Center, foUowed by the Air Force Recmiting Service at Randolph AP^, San Antonio, TX. He retired as a Ueutenant colonel, and moved to Tulsa as the executive director of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited. Later, he was appointed vice president of operations for the WiUiams Realty Corporation in Tulsa. In 1988, he moved to Washington, D.C, where he managed Washington Harbor. In 1989, he moved to Charlotte, NC, as director of asset management at Faison and Associates, where he managed properties throughout the United States.

He retired in 1996, and bitilt a summer home on Lake Wawasee in Indiana, where he grew up. He and Pat then moved from Charlotte to Vero Beach, FL. Jack was a statistician for the National Basketball Association teams in Phoenix, AZ, San Antonio, TX, and Charlotte, NC; a member of the Retired Officer's Association; Rotary Club of Tulsa; Builders Owners Managers Association, Tulsa; Urban Land Institate, Tulsa and Charlotte; Intemational Downtown Executives Association, Tulsa; and Toumament Players Club at Piper Glen, Charlotte.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Patricia; four daughters, Teri Alcora, of Colorado Springs, CO; Tarai TiUman of Charlotte, NC; Julie Francisco, of Bakersfield, CA; and JiU Reyes, of IndianapoUs, IN; a brother, Dick Tillman, USNA '58, of Merritt Island, FL; and five grandchildren.

A private service was held in Vero Beach for the famUy on 18 April and a meraorial service was held on 2 July, in EUdiart, IN, followed by a celebration of his life at Lake Wawasee in Syracuse, IN.

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CLIFTON EDWARD BANTA III '58 Commander Clifton E. "Kip" Banta, lU, USN (Ret.), passed away in Jacksonville, FL, on 1 June, 1999, after a year-long bout with cancer. A funeral service with full honors was held on 4 June at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL. A memorial service was held on 6 June at the Glory House Church in Jacksonville, FL. Kip was born in Pittsburgh, KS to C Edward Banta II and Josephine Grandle Banta. He was accepted to attend the Naval Academy while still a junior at Pittsburgh High School, and went on to join the Class of 1958 the following year. He received his commission as an Ensign upon graduation in June 1958.

Upon his designation as a Naval Aviator in April 1960, Kip reported to VA-125 and soon joined his first fleet squadron, the VA-212 "Rampant Raiders" at Moffett Field, flying A-4B Skyhawks. In 1961, VA-212 was relocated to NAS Leraoore and later that year deployed to the Western Pacific onboard HANCOCK (CVA-19).

After his second cmise with VA-212, he reported to the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, CA, during July 1964. In June 1966 he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.

For the next two years he served as a project pilot at NAF China Lake, flying tiie A-4 Skyhawk, F-8 Cmsader, and the F-9 cougar.

In May 1968 Kip joined the Intmder community when he was assigned to VA-128 for A-6 attack ttaining. In Febmary 1969, he reported to the "Main Battery," VA-196 at NAS Whidbey Island,

Washington. Making a combat deployment to Southeast Asia onboard RANGER (CVA-61), he served as the maintenance officer, operations officer, and the executive officer for the "Main Battery."

In June 1971, he was ordered to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five (VX-5) at NAF China Lake, CA. His billet assignments included Operations Officer and Project Director, and he served as a Project Officer for the A-7E Corsair allweather navigation and bombing operational evaluation.

In June 1973, Kip retumed to the Northwest and reported to VA-128 for A-6 refresher ttaining. In October 1973, he reported to the "Knighttiders" of VA-52 for a tour as the executive Officer and commanding officer. In April 1976, he moved to the East Coast where he worked in the Navy Annex for BuPers until his retirement in 1978. Kip wore numerals for five Strike/Flight Air Medals, and various campaign and service medals.

After his retirement. Kip attended EUra Bible College in Lima, NY, and was ordained as a minister In January 1981, he and his family moved to South Africa where he lived for four years working as a missionary with the All-Africa School of Theology. In 1985, he returned to the United States and settled in Annandale, VA. He moved to Jacksonville, FL in 1995 in order to live near his children who were already Jacksonville residents.

Kip Banta is survived by his wife of 35 years, Beverly DesRosiers Banta of Oakland, CA; two children, Joanne Lynn Atkinson of Jacksonville, FL; and Lieutenant Stephen Edward Banta '91, currently stationed at NS Mayport, FL. There are five grandchildren; Chris, Raechel, Nicholas, and Rachel Atkinson; and Nathan Edward Banta, Also surviving is his sister, Barbara Bunten of Topeka, KS. Steve Banta '91

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