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PRESIDENT'S CALL George?. Watt Jr.'73

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SUPERINTENDENT'S CALL Vice Admiral John Ryan '67, USN

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T H E W A Y IT W A S . . .

Commodore Carlos Augustus Bailey '11 As narrated to Rear Admiral Eugene Harrison Farrell '42

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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

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FROM THE EDITOR

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PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES REMARKS

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AN OCEAN AWAY

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A FEW INCHES FROM THE YARD 40 ANECDOTES

YOUNGSTER CRUISE...

Midshipman Third Class Charles McCall Newton '27, USN

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T H E NAVY A I N ' T W H A T IT W A S . . .

Captain J.A. Moreno '30, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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THE WARRIOR ETHOS Vice Admiral Jerry Miller '42, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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MIDSHIPMAN Clay Barrow

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H A B I T A T FOR Mike Stroop '54

HUMANITY

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Executive Staff

FOUNDATION

Officers C H A I R M A N OF THE BOARD

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A D M Charles R . Larson ' 5 8 , U S N (Ret.) Former Superintendent, U . S . Naval Academy

A D M Leighton W. Smith Jr. ' 6 2 , U S N (TPt|

CHAIRMAN O F THE BOARD, EMERITUS

A D M James L . Holloway I I I ' 4 3 , U S N (Ret.) Former Chief of Naval Operations PRESIDENT

George P. Watt Jr. ' 7 3

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George P. Watt Jr. ' 7 3

T h e Honorable Beverly Byron Chair, Naval Academy Board of Visitors

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H.J. HalUday ' 6 9 Captain, U . S . Navy (Retired)

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T h e Honorable John E. Sheehan ' 5 2 COMMUNICATIONS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPRESENTATIVE

CAREER PROGRAMS CLASS PRESIDENT. 2001

M I D N 1/C Aaron J. Fielder ' 0 1 , U S N

Ambassador William H . G . FiuGerald ' 3 1 Former Amibassador t o Ireland

John Nolan ' 5 0

Gen Robert T. Herres ' 5 4 , U S A F (Ret.) Chairman & C E O , U S A A

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Eric P. Grubman ' 8 0 Co-President, Constellation Energy Group Admiral Jay Johnson ' 6 8 , U S N (Ret.) Senior Vice President, Dominion Energy, I n c .

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PUBLICATIONS

Mike Collins ' 8 4 C A P T Daniel B . Branch Jr. ' 5 9 , U S N (Ret.) RADM Stephen K. Chadwick '62, U S N (Ret.) LtCol Victor M. Gardner 111 ' 7 7 , USMC C A P T Roger P. Onorati ' 6 1 , U S N (Ret.)

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Dick Johnson V.P. FOR PRINCIPAL G I F T S

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T h e Honorable Robert Mosbacher Former Secretary of Commerce Gen Richard I . Neal, U S M C (Ret.) Former Assistant Commandant, U . S . Marine Corps

David E. C h u r c h ' 6 7 Commander, U . S . Navy (Retired) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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C A P T James A . LoveU Jr. ' 5 2 , U S N (Ret.) President, Lovell Communications; Astronaut J. Willard Marriott President, Chairman & C E O , Marriott Corp.

Lawrence Heyworth I I I ' 7 0 Commander, U . S . Navy (Retired)

C A P T Robert C . Parsons ' 7 1 , U S N

A D M William J. Crowe Jr. ' 4 7 , U S N (Ret.) Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

James W. Kinnear ' 5 0 Former President & CEO, Texaco

George P. Watt J r . ' 7 3 Captain, U . S . Naval Reserve (Retired)

VADM Edward H . MarUn ' 5 4 , U S N (Ret.) '

Ma] Gen William A . Anders ' 5 5 , U S A F R (Ret.) Former Chairman & C E O , General Dynamics; Astronaut Michael R. Bonsignore ' 6 3 Chairman & C E O , Honeywell I n c .

PRESIDENT & C E O , U S N A ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, I N C .

PRESIDENT, U S N A FOUNDATION, I N C .

V.P. FOR ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE PROGRAMS

J.W. "Bill" Flight J r . ' 5 6 Captain, U . S . Navy (Retired)

Editorial Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mike Collins '84 PRODUCTION MANAGER R . G . Chaney

C A P T Paul D . Hurst I f f O l N (Ret.)

AssT PRODUCTION MANAGER Rachel E Goldberg

BOSTON

John E. Nolan ' 5 0 , General Council Partner, Steptoe & Johnson

Peter W. Grieve '77

Christian H . Poindexter ' 6 0 Chairman & C E O , Constellation Energy Group

C D R Fredrick W. Weber ' 7 5 , U S N R

Thomas G . Pownall ' 4 7 Former Chairman & C E O , Martin Marietta

CHAPTERS EDITOR Maria O'Shea

CHICAGO

GREATER W A S H I N G T O N , D . C .

C A P T Dennis R. Spurgeon '65, U S N R (Ret.) HAMPTON ROADS

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LOS ANGELES

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Richard E. Jesmonth ' 7 8

Bernard E. Smith Jr. ' 4 7 Former Partner, Lawrence, O'Donnell & Marcus C o .

James J. Meehan ' 8 6

A D M Leighton W. Smith ' 6 2 , U S N (Ret.) Chairman, U S N A Board of Trustees

C A P T Colin H . Saari ' 6 0 , U S N (Ret.)

Mr. J. Ronald Terwilliger ' 6 3 C E O & National Managing Partner Trammell Crow Residential A D M James D . Watkins ' 4 9 , U S N (Ret.) Former Chief of Naval Operations Major General Leo V. WiUiams I I I ' 7 0 , U S M C R Brand Manager, Ford Motor Company

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C A P T Robert G. Stevenson ' 6 0 , U S N (Ret.) SAN FRANCISCO

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President's Call

By George P. Watt Jr. 73

November ^~ December

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he numbers 30-28 have set the tone for us as we get into the Holiday Season and prepare for the infamous, "Dark Ages." For those of you who may be emerging from deep caves, our 30-28 victory over Army in Baltimore helped salvage an otherwise dismal football season. While everything else may seem inconsequential to the Army-Navy game at this time, I'd like to start the New Year by filling you in on what your Alumni Association was doing during the last two months of 2000. November and December carried a theme throughout the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy—one of sharing, supporting, giving unto others, and beating Army.

My travels continued with a visit to Hampton Roads in Norfolk for a luncheon. Our meeting was held at the Breezy Point Officer's Club at the Norfolk Naval Station. It was a great opportunity to visit and talk about the current events going on with the Alumni Association and the Foundation and share our vision.

Returning to Annapolis, I had the opportunity to speak at the third annual "2000 USNA Minority Conference" sponsored by the Naval Academy's admission office under Dean Dave Vetter and Captain Rick Hammond.

The focus of the conference was to look at diversity issues facing the Naval Academy, the Brigade of Midshipmen, Admissions and the Alumni Association. The emphasis in my remarks was that we need every alumnus to be an advocate of the Academy; to contribute their time, talents and resources—to make a difference in the Admissions arena. We need all of our alumni engaged so that we are informed advocates of the Academy.

Over on the Yard, November was a month for gestures of giving and receiving. The Midshipmen Action Group kicked off their GIVING TREE with a special ceremony in the Romnda on November 27th that included the Superintendent, Commandant of Midshipmen, and the Mayor of Annapolis. What a wonderful effort by the midshipmen, lead by Midshipmen 2nd Class Sarah Campbell and the 6th Company, to brighten the hoUday season for the many needy children in the Annapolis area.

Earlier in the month, the Class of 2003 collected and presented a $2,003 gift to Mr. Byran, a Naval Academy public works employee, after hearing about the loss of his lifelong home tofire.Through their immediate and selfless initiative to support Mr. Byran and his family, the class demonstrated a commitment to service that exemplified the essence of the Brigade of Midshipmen, the Naval Academy and the naval service. Learning of their gesture, an anonymous alumnus matched their contribution and presented another $2,003 to the family.

In celebrating the oncoming holiday season, the Alumni Association held its annual tree lighting ceremony on the grounds of Alumni House on November 28th. The tree that adorns the front lawn has been lit for the last 41 years. Fortunately, as part of my initiation to this annual event, I was not made to climb this 70-foot cedar tree to place the 1,700 colored lights. I was thrilled to join with some of the local dignitaries: Chris Nelson, President of St. John's College; Minor Carter' 62, president of Annapolis' Ward One Resident's Association; Jake Brown, president of the Class of '52; Mayor Dean Johnson and Jack Sheehan '52's grandson, Austin Ortel, to help pull the switch that lit the tree.

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Several members of the class and their family were on hand to witness the event. The "caring and generous class of '52," as their special gift, has sponsored the tree lighting since 1994.

The week led up to the Board of Trustees meeting and the Army-Navy game. The Board of Trustees came together for their second bi-annual meetmg on December 1st. This was my first Board of Trustees meeting as President and CEO of the Alumni Association. I was pleased with the meeting, and many of the Trustees told me it was one of :. ^^ i ^^S^fejk the best meetings held, in recent memory. The tone JH^^^^^H was energetic and purposeful; the content was on ^ H ^ H | ^ ^ B target. To give you a sense of the meeting's tone, my | r > ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | remarks to the Board are included in this issue. We — - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ™ will have more details of the entire meeting in the March issue. I was proud and honored to recognize one of our own, Chip Seymour '65. Chip has left his full time role as Director of Member Support for the Alumni Association at the end of December, and we tmly miss him. As the day turned to dusk, we changed from our meeting hats and adorned ourselves with our finest Blue and Gold to attend our annual "Mule Stew" reception over at Dahlgren Hall that would energize us for the upcoming Army-Navy battle.

I saw a lot of you join our staff as the Army-Navy Week got under way on Monday, November 27th. The week, which is traditionally full of spirited activities promoting both competition and spirit, included the entire Brigade of Midshipmen along with the faculty and staff. The city of Baltimore was thrilled to host such an event. Over 70,000 strong, including midshipmen, cadets and loyal fans converged on Baltimore to wage the battle. Army crossed the Mason-Dixon Line to meet our Midshipmen at PSINet (Raven's Stadium) on a brisk Saturday afternoon to embark on this most all-aspiring event. To top it off, the crowd watching the game set an attendance record at the stadium. What an energetic time for all of us to celebrate one of our greatest annual events—the Army-Navy game. This was a clean sweep for Navy as we "won" the pre-game festivities, the "Spirit Spots" displayed during the game, THE game, and the party afterwards. Alumni, family and friends agreed this was a great game and the conditions were perfect.

Many great things happened during 2000 and we are paving the way for an even greater 2001. The Alumni Association continues to integrate its communications efforts with the Naval Academy, which is most gratifying and will bring numerous long term benefits. With my regular meetings with the Superintendent and the Commandant along with our staff's working with various divisions within the Yard, we can get coordinated and detailed information out to all of you in a timely manner. We've enhanced our communication efforts by providing a schedule called "The Fulcrum" on our Web site (usna.com), which provides up-to-date information on where the midshipmen are scheduled to be around the country. This is great for the Chapters to help provide support to the midshipmen outside the walls of Annapolis.

Our path forward, as a whole, is aggressive and supports the Brigade of Midshipmen and the Naval Academy. The Alumni Association will continue to focus on engaging you on what things are going on and we welcome your feedback along the way. -l Happy New Year!

Superintendent's Call

Key Leadershio IN PLACE FORTHE FUTURE

By Vice Admiral John Ryan '67, U.S. Navy

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am pleased to announce that with the concurrence of our Board of Visitors (BOV) and the CNO, we have reappointed both Dr. William Miller '62 as Academic Dean and Provost and David Vetter '67 as Dean of Admissions. Each will serve in his current capacity for an additional four years. Both of these men are providing effective, dedicated leadership and are achieving success across a wide array of mission areas. These reappointments will serve as cornerstones of continuity and solid leadership for our fine institution. I am confident that Bill Miller and Dave Vetter have the right mix of judgment, experience, and future focus.

Academic Dean and Provost Dean Miller and his team of experts are updating our curriculum to reflect changing needs in the fleet. Feedback from deckplate Naval leadership indicates that today's junior officers need better writing skills and more exposure to information technology.

Toward that end, Dean Miller is overseeing new initiatives to provide increased emphasis on writing across all aspects of the curriculum. Students will see a significant increase in writing emphasis in the plebe year government course, the youngster history course, and again in the senior capstone course. Dedicated faculty assistance for all midshipmen seeking to improve their writing skills will be available on a walk-in basis. Lastly, each student's writing ability will be assessed at various points during the four-year program.

In the area of information technology (IT), all midshipmen will receive increased academic exposure to computer networks, digital communications, and other facets of the rapidly evolving IT world.

An enhanced mathematics foundation for these courses has also been fully implemented starting with the Class of '04.

Our commitment to a solid core curriculum of engineering, science, and math remains unchanged. These improvements are a direct result of feedback from the fleet. In a challenging, dynamic world we cannot settle for the status quo in preparing graduates to be ready to meet the complex demands of the 21st century.

In the same vein. Dean Miller is spearheading the first year of a major, multi-year classroom and laboratory modemizafion effort.

When completed, many of our classrooms and labs will boast stateof-the-art dynamically configurable multimedia capabilities. To date, some 48 classrooms either have been or are in the process of being renovated to 21st century standards of excellence. Additionally, laboratory capability is being expanded and modernized to meet recommended changes to the technical core curriculum required for USNA grads to be current in today's Navy and Marine Corps.

Two other important initiatives seek to upgrade the quality of our faculty. The Permanent Military Professor Program (PMP) and Endowed Academic Chair initiatives are both yielding promising results.

We continue to be pleased with our roughly 50-50 civilian/military faculty makeup and have no plans to modify this mix; yet, we always strive to upgrade the quality of our already excellent faculty.

The PMP Program is an important component of that effort and continues to be a great success. PMP brings fleet-experienced senior

military officers into our classrooms and affords them the opportunity to serve out the balance of their careers at the Academy. Each PMP has a Ph.D. in his/her respective field and serves as a superb role model and mentor for our midshipmen.

In the area of Endowed Academic Chairs, generous private donations to the United States Naval Academy Foundation have allowed us to hire exceptionally talented men and women to teach at the Naval Academy. To date, we have received funding, pledges or promises for ten endowed chairs including distinguished professorships in Naval and Military History, Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemistry and Physics, National Security Affairs, Ethics, English and Math. The professors we are hiring into these positions are true leaders in their respective disciplines. They energize students and peers alike with their experience, abilities and career accomplishments.

Lastly, Dean Miller is chairing a faculty compensation review that will address the important Strategic Plan item of civilian faculty pay.

The Naval Academy today faces an increasingly competitive environment for recruiting and retaining the best academic talent. Nationally, there is increasing demand for a decreasing supply of qualified professors. Price competition is increasing and we need to know how we are doing. If we are not competitive in the talent market, we need to determine what corrective action is necessary.

In light of these initiatives, and many others, it came as no surprise that a specially appointed review committee unanimously recommended Dean Miller be reappointed. I wholeheartedly concurred, as did our BOV and CNO. So to Bill and his wife, Barbara, congratulations and keep charging.

Dean of Adnnissions Dean David Vetter and his admissions team continue to bring excellent "raw material" to the Academy each year. Dave and his team are on track for a banner year in Admissions. Thanks to a series of innovative programs, early statistics for the class of '05 show us significantly ahead of last year's applications curve. I attribute this directiy to our strategic plan and to smarter, more efficient and creative efforts by Dean Vetter's team.

For example. Admissions did a tremendous job of marketing the Naval Academy Summer Seminar (NASS) this year. This program brings exceptionally qualified rising high school seniors to USNA for a weeklong, comprehensive look at the Naval Academy, the academic programs offered, life as a midshipman, and Navy and Marine Corps service options. Three nationwide searches were done using our Leads Tracking Data Base and 55,000 applications were mailed out compared to 18,000 applications in 1999. Because of a streamlined combined application form, most of the NASS applications translated directiy into USNA applicationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even if the candidates were not selected to attend the seminar.

Additionally, Dean Vetter's crew brought a web-based Pre-Candidate Questionnaire (PCQ) on line last Spring. To date, approximately 1,400 PCQs have been received and we are well on our way toward complete on-line applications for USNA. The Fulcrum is another innovative web-based admissions/marketing tool. Worked in collaboration between the public affairs office.

Admissions and the Alumni Association, The Fulcrum is a listing of major, off-Yard midshipmen events around the nation. The power of Continued on page 6 Shipmate, January-February 2001

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Continued from page 4 The Fulcrum lies in the ability of an Alumni group or Blue and Gold Officer to plan an event around a future visit by a midshipmen group, team or activity. This allows USNA representatives to leverage grassroots, community-level events that might otherwise go unnoticed by local civic groups or media. The Fulcrum, updated weekly, is available on the web at www.usna.com/events/Fulcrum.

We continue to wage the war for talent every day, and I ask each alumnus to assist us in identifying qualified, motivated candi-

dates early and often. Dean David Vetter is the right person to lead our admissions efforts in the 21 st century. To Dave and his wife Royce, congratulations on a job well done, and keep up the great work!

As we begin this new year, I want to thank our alumni for their efforts on behalf of the Naval Academy during the past year. Many graduates have directly helped with a number of key initiatives and we are truly grateful for all the hard work. Alumni Association staff. Trustees, Chapter and Class Presidents, Blue & Gold Officers, parents, and many oth-

FROM THE EDITOR:

have just passed my second anniversary as editor-in-chief of Shipmate, and it has been a great couple of years. More fun than I anticipated. When I came to Shipmate, a number of people joked that I had joined the staff of "Deathmate." They called it Deathmate because they read the obituaries and class columns to check on who was dead and alive. Then they threw it out.

I was disappointed, though not surprised by the sentiment. I too was used to reading the back of the book. The front of the book had become synonymous with advertising, fundraising, and tales of the Yangtzee River Patrol. Although I have a great fondness for the Yangtzee River patrol (Richard McKenna's The Sand Pebbles is one of my favorite books and films) I felt that a change was overdue.

Some of those changes were cosmetic to make Shipmate more attractive and readable.

Those changes included minimizing the use and abuse of color and "clipart," reducing the quantity of house advertising, working with the fundraisers to make projects more informative and tasteful, and increasing color from 32 to 48 pages to put more alumni stories in color and spread out advertising.

In addition, we have changed the font, increased the type size in class columns, searched for more striking cover photos, and attempted to coordinate articles into a coherent package, rather than a hodge-podge of unrelated "stuff." All while staying within budget. But that was just half the task. The harder part was getting people to read the front of the book and contribute stories.

I looked at the demographics of our Association. Around 50% of our life members are Class of 1980 and younger. One of our biggest gaps in membership is the Vietnam era of 1962-1975. The challenges I face are enticing all our members to read Shipmate, cajoling the largest segment of our members to contribute to Shipmate, and giving our largest gap in membership to have a reason to join the Association. Within my scope of re-

sponsibility the solution seemed simple.

People read the back of the book because they see people who look like them—their friends, classmates, and colleagues. The task then was to make the front of the book look like them too, in order to make the entire magazine relevant to all our Alumni.

In order to get stories, I have become "beggar-in-chief." I look for stories, cold call, email, write, and generally pester Alumni for stories. And what great stories they have.

While we know about the admirals and generals we have graduated—indeed, that is the Academy's core mission—we have Alumni who have made fascinating contributions to our nation. Our Alumni are leaders in law and medicine, government and business—forprofit and charity, sports and entertainment, literature and architecture, space and earth sciences, active duty and reserves, and more.

Our Alumni have several traits in common.

They have attended the Naval Academy, they are leaders, and they have a strong sense of service, duty, and commitment. In short, they are the type of people we all can be proud of.

My goal as editor of Shipmate is to find as many of their interesting stories as possible, and from all generations.

I have had several "favorite" issues of Shipmate; near the top of that list was June 1999.

In that issue, we had two "themes," Extreme Athletes and War Heroes. We had feature stories from the 1940s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s. We had a retrospective from the Cold War, and a piece (with photos) emailed in from a ship that was engaged in recent Tomahawk attacks in the Balkans. That issue was timely, yet retrospective. It had traditional sea stories, and untraditional stories about our extreme athletes. In similar ways we have been able to do in-depth packages on our authors, POWs, Army-Navy football heroes, Korean War veterans, the Submarine Centennial, and more.

Through reading the stories of our Alumni over the generations, a few things have become clear. In the words of a friend from the

ers have been key c o n t r i b u t o r s to the Academy's success in 2000. Your pride in this institution and your willingness to contribute your time, talent, and resources is greatly appreciated.

We do not live in Camelot and there is much the Academy can, and must do to improve. I look forward to working with each of you in the coming year to "Raise the Bar of Excellence" at an institution charged with the vital mission of producing Leaders for America. ^ Go Navy!

Class of' 59, "The Academy ain't what it used to be...But then, it never really was." That concept led to the idea of one of this month's themes, "The Way it Was." The stories of Commodore Bailey '11 are striking. As we hear occasional complaints today about the majors program. Reserve commissions, and five-year service commitments, here is a man who graduated without a degree, without a commission, and without a service commitment. He served his youngster cruise on HARTFORD—sails and all—Admiral Farragut's flagship in the Civil War battie of Mobile Bay. He then served on ships with coal-fired boilers tended by "the black gang." The technological leap from the beginning of Commodore Bailey's service until today is amazing. But what truly is amazing is how much has stayed the same.

Commodore Bailey helped restore democracy in Haiti, and sailed in the Eastern Mediterranean because of violence in Palestine. There were tensions between the Greeks and the Turks, and the Turks and Armenians. And his ship visited the post-revolutionary Soviet Union, where the economy and military were in shambles. While he received tasking straight from the State Department, his missions could be straight fi-om today's headlines, or OpTasks.

Similarly, we can see differences in technique and technology—as well as continuity—in the stories by Captain Moreno '30, and our cruise diary. Sadly, four days after I wrote Admiral Kemp Tolley '28 asking to interview him about his midshipman days, he passed away. I was fortunate, however, to obtain permission from the U.S. Naval Institute to reprint "Midshipman Tolley" for a look back to "the good old days."

I hope to continue to find stories of all our Alumni in all stages of life, service, and careers. You have made the past two years at Shipmate fun and interesting. I hope I can return the favor through a fun and interesting alumni magazine, -l Mike Collins '84 Shipmate, January-February 2001

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in the Early Twentieth Century

By Commodore Carlos Augustus Bailey '11 As narrated to Rear Admiral Eugene Harrison Farrell '42

M

y duties as a midshipman, past midshipman and officer spanned the years 1907 to 1947. While I do not consider my career and record of service to have been extraordinary, some of the circumstances and events which occurred during those 40 years were unusual, even for a naval officer of that era. Twice I was assigned to ships on foreign duty, operating at the direction of the State Department, independent of Navy command channels, and in diplomatic or political circumstances unique to those times.

Of necessity I was obliged to learn quickly, develop a strong sense of duty and cope with situations as a lieutenant commander which, in my senior years, were customarily reserved for flag officers.

In many ways the first decade of the twentieth century was an exciting time for a young midshipman entering the naval service. The Navy had completed its transition from sail to steam and, from a technological viewpoint, was capitalizing on, and in some areas leading, the Industrial Revolution. With its new and growing fleet of dreadnoughts, products of a new generation of thinkers and doers, such as Admiral William S. Sims, and a vigorous, far-sighted Commander-in-Chief, President Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy was the unchallenged "First Line of Defense" of the United States, a nation then emerging as a world power.

The summer of 1908 marked the last practice cruise under sail for USNA midshipmen. Many of us embarked in the old HARTFORD, which had been Admiral Farragut's flagship at the Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay. She had steam propulsion of sorts, but her sails were her main engines. In 1911, we were also the last class to be graduated and sent to the fleet as passed midshipmen, a status that ranked us senior to warrant officers, but junior to chief warrant officers, as the latter, being commissioned officers, were quick to remind us. Relegation to the port gangway when leaving or boarding ship was another reminder of our lowly status. Beginning with 1912, all subsequent classes were commissioned as ensigns upon graduation. Also, 1911 was the third largest class in the history of the USNA at that time, a fact no doubt attributable to the growth of the modem Navy and the new, expanded facilities at the Academy.

Except for one two-year tour of shore duty at the Academy, my first 13 years as an officer were spent at sea. From 1911-1914,1 was in NEBRASKA (BB-14). A notable event of that tour was the 1 July 1914 order by then-Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels banning wine messes afloat. Though many officers opposed the new order, I thought it was a good move because in the wardroom of NEBRASKA and many other ships intemperance in alcohol use was a problem.

In October of 1914, I was ordered to DES MOINES at Portsmouth Navy Yard, one of the most instructive and memorable assignments of my career. She was a cruiser commanded by an outstanding Captain, J.R.Y. Blakely (USNA 1892), later a flag officer and Chief of BuPers. Under his tutelage and example, I matured greatly as a seagoing line officer and shiphandler. Reporting on board as an ensign, I left the ship four years later as her executive officer in the grade of lieutenant commander. Shortly after I reported onboard we sailed under orders of the State Department for the Caribbean and Progreso, Mexico. At that time, Carranza was mounting an insurrection against the illegitimate Huerta government. In Progreso, the captain ordered me to go ashore, find the U.S. Consul, and get some information. I

took a signalman with me, but on that and similar missions I never wore sidearms, despite whatever local political and military tur bulence prevailed. We found the Consul non-chalantly playing cards with other Americans, and got what information he could offer; then returned to the landing and signaled it to the ship.

Next, the ship was ordered to Haiti where another revolution was in progress. At Port-au-Prince the government forces had been overrun by the rebels, and again the captain sent me ashore to find the U.S. Consul. A fearsome sight greeted me as I walked under an arch from the boat ramp into the city. Hanging from the arch was half a dozen human heads. The streets were full of sinister looking people carrying scythes, blood-stained machetes and all manner of firearms.

Alone and unarmed, I made my way through them, not daring to look right or left, found the Consul and brought back the information the captain wanted.

From Haiti, we sailed in late 1914 to the Mediterranean, stopping at the Virgin Islands and Azores for coal. In the Virgins, the ship was coaled entirely by women bearing baskets of coal on their heads, conveyor-belt style. A fascinating sight. Because World War I had started in Europe, but the United States was still neutral, we illuminated the colors in darkness and kept the ship painted a sparkling white. Once in the Mediterranean, Des MOINES was ordered to Alexandria for a prolonged stay. Egypt then was filled with British soldiers, and members of the Australian-New Zealand Army Corps, known as the ANZACs. At that time there was considerable agitation in the United States to send troops to help the British. President Wilson resisted it, making his famous speech: "There is such a thing as being too proud to fight...." The expression caught on quickly with the Commonwealth soldiers, so that when our sailors went ashore they were taunted by the Brits and ANZACs with, "Hey, Yank! Too proud to fight?" Naturally, our men weren't too proud to fight, so inevitable brawls ensued. As usual, I drew more than my share of shore patrol duty. In response to one disturbance I found some of our men far outnumbered and surrounded by a belligerent body of soldiers. Somehow I made my way past the mob without being struck and got control of the men long enough to extricate them peacefully from their predicament and send them back to the ship.

Another time, an Egyptian boy ran up to me in a hotel lobby saying there was a terrible American sailor creating a disturbance in the bar. Sure enough, when I got there I saw a machinist's mate by the name of Mangan sitting at the bar breaking glasses in the presence of a number of British officers. I went up to him and said, "Mangan, come along." He was drunk as hell, but he looked at me, recognized me and obeyed. I turned him over to the shore patrol CPO who sent him back to the ship. When I returned to the hotel, a British naval officer came up to me and expressed amazement over how easily the offending sailor had been handled.

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"We've been talking about that and we can't understand it," he said. "In our Navy we have to club them into insensibility in order to subdue them."

I said, "I guess that must be the difference between our navies. Our men have high respect for their officers." In retrospect, 75 years later, I find that to be an interesting comparison between the two navies.

The officers in ours were closer to the men. A great many of the DES MOINES crew were illiterate, and we division officers held classes for them daily so they could learn to read and write.

They knew that we cared and that we respected them, and they returned the respect.

In early 1915, the British launched their ill-fated Dardanelles expedition, staged mainly from Alexandria. Turkish defenders, under German officers, held the heights. The plan was for the ANZACs to go in the first wave, to be followed in time by the British divisions. The ANZACs reached the top, but the British reinforcements did not get there as planned. The ANZACs were damn good fighters and managed to hold on for weeks, but eventually they were overwhelmed. In the meantime, two of the British battleships. MAJESTIC and TRIUMPH, were sunk by German torpedoes and another, ALBION, was so severely damaged by gunfire that she had to be drydocked. Finally the British had to give up and withdraw their troops to the transports, leaving deep enmity between the ANZACs and British.

DES MOINES had no homeport in the Med, but we remained principally at Alexandria for two years. In the meantime, the State Department allowed us to visit various ports: Algiers, Naples, Villafrance, Nice, and Barcelona.

DES MOINES was in port Alexandria in April of 1917 when the United States declared war on the Central Powers. Overnight we transformed the hull and topside paintwork from peacetime white to wartime gray.

We sailed immediately for New York, whence we later escorted American and British transports and cargo ships to Europe. On the first convoy, in the winter of 1917, we ran into a gale like none I ever saw before or since...worse than any hurricane I ever encountered. Two merchant ships were sunk by the awesome seas. We heard their S.O.S., but were in such bad shape ourselves, severely battered, dismasted, rolling 50 to 60 degrees and shipping water into the engine spaces, that we were unable to render assistance. Some of the engineers, fearing the ship was sinking, came topside but the warrant officers drove them back. Luckily we never lost power, but the rudder broke loose.

The chief carpenter and I went to the steering room and braced it with shoring so the ship could maintain her course. By that time, I had become the executive officer and, for three days, I never left the bridge (an open bridge, rigged for tropical duty) to rest or even put on dry uniforms. The weather was bitteriy cold to boot. Without doubt, that was the worst weather I had ever experienced. Going to Pacific sea duty later on was like entering heaven.

On a subsequent trans-Atiantic voyage, in May of 1918, the Spanish influenza, which killed more than two million people in the U.S., struck the ship. We lost about 100 sailors. The ship's surgeon was one of the few to escape the virus. I caught it the day we left port and was in my bunk for a weekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;out of my head. When I came to, the submarine alarm was sounding, and I was so weak I barely made it up the ladder to the bridge.

The end of the war forced me to say goodbye to DES MOINES, a splendid ship which I loved, and to proceed to the Naval Academy for two pleasant years of shore duty. There I met and became friends with many nice Navy families: The J.O. Richardsons 1902; H.K. Hewitts 1907; Ray Spruances 1907; and C.A. Wrights 1912.

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Counterclockwise from top: HARTFORD, DES MOINES (C-15), STURTEVANT (DD-240)

In the fall of 1922, I was at sea again, this time in command of "Sturdy" STURTEVANT, when we received a signal "PREPARE STURTEVANT FOR DISTANT DUTY." The gist of such messages spread like wildfire through a ship, and their terse portent always ignites an atmosphere of excitement and expectation in her company.

Constantinople turned out to be our destination with orders from the State Department to proceed through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea and Odessa. Then as now, there was no shortage of instability in the Middle East. The Bolshevik Revolution of five years CcU-lier was still echoing through Russia. The Treaty of Sevres, which awarded Greece some of Turkey's pre-World War I territory, had sparked a war between the two countries, during which the Turks drove nearly a million Greeks out of the disputed territory.

The pilot who boarded us off Odessa had been a captain in the czar's navy, and Odessa harbor was strewn with sunken ships, victims of the revolution. We anchored in a spot large enough for the ship to swing and I went ashore to call on the local commissar, a brute of a man. I explained that I was there under orders of my government and the High Commissioner for the Middle East, Rear Admiral Bristol, to oversee the off-loading of American food and grain to feed the Russian people. Herbert Hoover of the American Relief Administration had set up the program. Under him. Bishop Walsh of the Catholic Church was coordinator for Russia. The commissar explained that the following day would be the fifth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, and that my officers and I were invited to the stadium for a ceremony and parade to celebrate the occasion. Back onboard STURTEVANT, I was paid a call by the captain of an American cargo ship who had a problem. The port authorities had given him an ultimatum: Either he full dress his ship for the holiday or he could not offload his grain. I advised him to comply. He wanted to know if STURTEVANT would full dress ship, to which I replied no, because it was a warship and the United States had not formally recognized the USSR. The ceremony the next day was attended by Communist and nonCommunist representatives of various countries, who were invited to speak. In turn, our State Department representative for the Middle East got up and diplomatically compared the American Revolution with the Bolshevik Revolution. A Russian official was not so diplomatic. He jumped up, thrust out his chest and shouted, "Nyet! Yours was a revolution of the bourgeoise. Ours was a revolution of the proletariat!"

My ship was next ordered to make calls at the Black Sea ports of Batumi, Sevastopol, and Feodosiya in Crimea. The situation was quite unstable, so I kept my guns manned at all times. No liberty for the crew. To appreciate what times were like there, one has to remember

that the revolution had begun only five years earlier. The Bolsheviks drove the White Russian Army onto the Crimean peninsula where they cornered it and slaughtered all the officers—thousands of them. Noncombatant White Russians, engineers, teachers, doctors and artisans, people we would consider middle class, were rounded up and interned, placed under guard or otherwise restricted in their movements.

When I arrived at Feodosiya, the local commissar invited me to visit the Ivasovsky Art Museum. Ivasovsky was the greatest sea painter of his time in the world. His paintings were awarded the gold medal at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. The museum had been Ivasovsky's house at one time. It had a huge basement where a large number of displaced WTiite Russians were detained, living on the barest of subsistence. Among them was Ivasovsky's widow and granddaughter. I imagine they were all executed later, but during our visit we all had a good time. That evening two or three of the ship's officers and I took them some food, bread and other delicacies. They brought out some wine and ate ravenously, after which we danced half the night to the music of our ship's gramophone. Their favorite recording was "April Showers." The Russian women were beautiful and excellent dancers, although their style of dancing was more vigorous than ours. They could almost sweep a man off his feet.

Following Feodosiya, we sailed to Batumi, but the Bolshevik authorities would not let us in. It was an oil port. From there we went to Trebizond (Trabzon) in what was supposed to be Armenian territory, as fixed by the Wilson Line of 1920. The line of demarcation was President Woodrow Wilson's attempt to establish the Turko-Armenian border, in obedience to the World War I Allies' effort to create an independent Armenian state between Soviet Russia and Turkey.

Neither of these two powers wanted an independent Armenia, and both launched attacks against the Armenians. I went ashore for the purpose of calling on the local authorities and an American missionary family to find out what the situation was. The latter were in sym-

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pathy with the Armenians, but the Turks considered the Armenians traitors, claiming that every time the Russians invaded Turkey the Armenians helped them. Squeezed between the anvil and hammer, the Armenians didn't have a chance.

Next, I was ordered to Samsun where the Turks were driving the Greeks out of Asia Minor, then to the Mandates of Lebanon (French) and Palestine (British). Palestine was covered with some of the most beautiful orange groves in the world—a lovely, peaceful country, quite a contrast to the turmoil there today. And I will never forget what a beautiful city Beirut was with its wide avenues and stately palms. It was called the Paris of the East.

About that time I suffered executive officer problems. One was incompetent. He missed the ship when we sailed for Alexandria, but was not sorely missed on board. His relief, a nice young officer otherwise, had an alcohol problem and he too had to be transferred.

As mentioned earlier, the Turks were then engaged in expelling the Greeks from Asia Minor in defiance of the Treaty of Sevres. Consequently, STURTEVANT was ordered to Smyrna (Izmir) and two other ports to supervise the loading and evacuation of Greek refugees. The Turkish cavalry drove them with whips like cattle to the ports where they were searched and stripped of any valuables carried on their bodies—rings, diamonds, pearls and money, then herded into ships so tightly they could not lie down.

After the Greek evacuation, STURTEVANT was released from the Mediterranean and sailed to New York, having steamed 23,000 nautical miles during her one and one-half yeeirs of overseas operations. My superiors had a homecoming surprise for me. The day after we arrived in New York the ship was sent back to sea to conduct fiill power trials.

The crew, however, took this "welcome home" greeting in stride and we made our prescribed 34 knots with no difficulty. Destroyer crews have long been renowned for their spirit and ability to rise to the unexpected. In this sense, STURTEVANT's crew was extraordinary, -h

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The Way It TEXAS

YOUNGSTER CRUISE

(BB-35),

June-August

1924

By Midshipman 3/C Charles McCall Newton 77, U.S. Navy

Try to make sketch of boiler but it ends in failure so I will have to work extra hard tomorrow in order to complete note book

by Friday night.

This diary submitted by (nephew) Paul A. Riley '48 USS

TEXAS

5 June (1924) Embark at 9:00 a.m. in motor sailers (sic). After much confusion get bags stowed. Am very fortunate to get a bunk instead of slinging hammock. My first meal gives me a good impression of the Navy, but not so with the second one as it was rotten...We shove off at 4:30 p.m...After going a few miles the signal comes from the flagship for man overboard...Mids'n sdid not display any too good a form in handling tiie stbd life boat. My first duty is "Boilers and Bunkers." Just tiiree details or one month in the "Black Gang."

Only 84 more days—a wonderful start.

6 June Morning begins with regular watches for mids'n. I have the first dog to begin with.. .Field day just after chow but miss most of the work as black gang does not turn to on deck work. Begin watch at 4:00 p.m. Fire room is not so hot and bunkers are full of coal so it is not hard to pass. Mids'n will man #4 fire room entirely. Several messages are received, one from President Coolidge wishing us "bon voyage." Order comes from Admiral that Mids'n will have entire control of squadron the last week of cruise...Get 4 to 8 watch in morning—so will miss the movies in order to take a much needed sleep.

7 June Stand 4 to 8 (a.m.) watch and 6 to 8 (p.m.) watch in fire room.

Almost faint first watch because of lack of food.. .The sea begins to get rough, but no sea sickness so far. Skipper's inspection at quarters this morning. Will not attend movies as I have 8 to 12 (morning) watch in fire room and will need plenty of sleep before. Bum approx. 80 tons per day.

8 June Fire room under forced draft. Several pass out from effects of boiler room. I have the next watch so will stand by for the worst.

Spent morning watch in bunker...Sunday is just like any other day aboard ship. Have 8 to 12 watch tonight then two midwatches in succession...

9 June Spend usual time in fire room under forced draft.. .Regular classes begin and routine is settied. Will get out of Black Gang 2 July (in Brest). Heavy sea running now, ship is very easily rolling so it is not noticed except on deck...Practically every day will be well spent with work and classes.

10 June Have regular routine with special duties assigned to first class...Stay below decks practically all day because of rain and rough sea.. .Several begin to get sea-sick. Once I had a rather funny feeling but it was the food and not sea that caused it. Some kind friend takes my best shoes and skivvies from steam locker.

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11 June Two mids'n caught sleeping on watch. Complete my notebook (with help). Have class in engine room. Spend usual time in fire room but almost went on watch last night when I had a night in.

Very dull and uninteresting day.

12 June Same routine. It actually is beginning to grow monotonous. Field day tomorrow but I have the 12 to 4 watch and will miss most of it. Begin plans for our trip to London...To my surprise I have a large sum of six dollars available on my pay account. If I do not spend any I will get nearly two hundred in Sept. Have finally realized how hard it is to wrote (sic) an interesting diary. If this was for Naval terms and customs I could very soon fill it up. However, I wemt to remember something besides the actual routine...

13 June First sail sighted about 11 a.m.—four-masted schooner. 'Very cold today. Ship has a bad roll almost 12 degrees although sea is rather calm. Field day for all hands. Flag at half-mast for MISSISSIPPI. Time is changed again for the third time. Fortunately it is to be on my watch (mid) so I am very glad.. .Happy hour tomorrow night.

I will not wrestle but will be a spectator. Make fourteen knots today for several hours. Fire under forced draft in afternoon...

14 June Very cold and rainy.. .Due in Torquay Wednesday afternoon. Several sails sighted during day, as we are now in main path of the ocean going liners and freighters.

15 June Navy comes in second and third in Olympic crew events. Special services for the men on MISSISSIPPI who were killed. Sign up for four days in Paris providing my money does not go in London.

First big liner sighted. Four stacks, almost as large as the Leviathon.

Everyone wears a coat or blanket to keep warm. Scuttlebutt has salt water "Happy hours" last night. Mids'n afford plenty of amusement...Have 108 dollars on pay account. The books must be wrong because yesterday I had only 6.

16 June Get Excellent on note book work. Have a long assignment before going on leave. Get clothes ready for leave. Scrub bags on 4 to 6 watch. Very cold today, everyone in reefers. Will arrive Wed. afternoon. Night maneuvers for 1st class tonight. Large freighter passes very near about 17 o'clock (sic). Have very bad cold but do not mind it.

17 June Several ships sighted during day. Still very cold and rainy. Everyone is getting ready for leave...Lose 5,000 gallons of water in four hours. All supply is cut off for a day. Finish notebook work for this week...

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18 June Bishop's Rock sighted early in morning. Small boats are prepared to lower away at 5:30 p.m. We come to anchor at 5 p.m. Leave for London tomorrow morning. Paid monthly money today. Still cold and rainy...

19 June Leave for London after breakfast. Special train takes us there in only few hours. The city is a wonderful place.

20 June Spend most of day sightseeing. Wembley Ex. not what it is talked of. More like a county fair.

21 June Continue to have a good time; leave at 6 p.m. after a very pleasant visit. Have a good impression of England. Arrive aboard ship at midnight and find five letters awaiting me. Enjoy the ones from home very much.

22 June Spend most of morning talking to Chaplain. A very interesting fellow...Have signed up for a trip to British Naval Academy tomorrow. Very lucky as I get to go over on a destroyer (220). Second half crew leave for London.

23 June Mistake about destroyer trip. British destroyer is to take us. It arrives on time but will not let mids'n come aboard. The destroyer leaves without us because they had no official communication with the commanding officer...Have a good time in Torquay. Attend dance. Take ride in country and dine at road side inn.

shoves off at 6:30.. .Will not go on leave until Sunday when I go to Paris. Get 18.1 francs for a dollar so I may seem rich. Have stood last fire room watch but will turn to tomorrow to clean up boilers. Spent all afternoon painting in compartment. Meet ORION and will coal from her on 2 July.

28 June Leave party shoves off for Paris. Turn to in fire room for five hours. Very quiet day as almost everyone is ashore. I do not rate liberty until next week. To my surprise I am not signed up for Paris second trip. Perhaps can get in on party as Exec has promised to help me. All money has been changed into francs.

They are almost as low as marksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;18.75 for a dollar. Brush up on French but cannot understand these people altho (sic) they can understand me very well. At skipper's inspection the Captain compliments my squad on appearance and on work done in Eng. Division.

24 June Am very lucky as I get liberty again. Turn to on bright work in #3 fire room for five hours then clean up and spent a few hours ashore...Read accounts of fights by sailors. Have dinner with a friend from the NEW YORK. Get underway tomorrow.

29 June Spend most of day on motor sailer and have a good time talking or trying to talk to the French. It is not so hard and they can understand me very easily. Cannot go to Paris as I did not get my name on the list. Not my fault as I signed up several times. Admiral changes flag to ARKANSAS as WYOMING coals tomorrow. I have not been ashore yet but expect to get liberty tomorrow. Everything is very cheap because of the low value of the franc...

25 June Regular watches begin at 8.1 have first dog and morning before we arrive at Brest. Get underway at 13 p.m. (sic) for Brest which is 210 miles to go. As we clear harbor we sight the same British destroyer with squadron of submarines waiting to enter when we leave...

30 June Spend morning inside of boiler. Go ashore for first time. Everything very cheap. Food is excellent. Buy several small things to take to the states. Fire on ARKANSAS-UO damage. WYO coals ship.

We coal 2 July.

26 June Heavy fog since 3 a.m. Should arrive at Brest at 8 but miss pilot and cannot enter in fog. Very slow speed all day. Sailing due west at 6 p.m. Sheered off from Brest and steam in large circle. Orders are to arrive at 8 p.m. but still no sight of land at this time. Parties to Paris leave early tomorrow morning if we can enter Brest harbor in time. I will go Sunday and return Tuesday. Nothing but fog all day. Very quiet except for siren.

1 July Spend day ashore visiting the main places for food as it is the only thing to be had. Ship is rigged for coaling tomorrow. Tum to on collier and strike down coal for two hours.

27 June Arrive at 1 p.m. after many maneuvers in fog. Harbor is one of best in world, almost land locked and very large. First Paris party

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2 July Revielle (sic) at 4 a.m. Turn to at 5 a.m. Black gang works on collier. Roll oil drums all morning and spend afternoon in bunkers. Finish coaling at 5 p.m. 2,200 tons taken on. Field day to follow.

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3 July Field day for deck divisions. Ship very dirty but will be clean after day is over. Heavy rain with strong wind. Go ashore and get wet in motor sailer. Return in officers' boat. Mids'n caught bringing whiskey aboard.

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4 July Very cold and damp. Leave fire room for deck force. Get 5th division for cleaning station. Big chow at noon. All of port watch go ashore on liberty. Sailing races in morning but TEXAS does not win. Baseball and soccer games for afternoon. Admiral gives party on flagship. Receive one letter this morning. Lose most of clothes in laundry but will get them next week.

5 July Receive two letters and made last liberty in Brest. Very cold and rough weather so got wet going on liberty. Nothing of interest in town as all the places of interest have been seen. 3,000 kids aboard?

6 July Very busy day with visitors. Can talk a littie French so make attempt at showing visitors around. Meet very nice girl aboard.

She speaks English a little so we had a very good time. Last liberty is given.

7 July Get underway at 3:30 p.m. Doubtful about Antwerp because of lack of water. Many ports mentioned unofficial but we are not en route to Antwerp. Spend morning on working party to NEW YORK.

8 July Enter Irish Sea during afternoon. Man overboard drill about 4:15 p.m. Friction between classes begins to show. Second class blames Youngsters, etc. Just the usual line of hot air about "Now when I was a Plebe," or "Now when I made Youngster Cruise." Rather amusing to listen to them tell of how hard it is going to be....

Epilogue The ships continued north around Scotland, then into Antwerp and later Gibralter. Midshipman 3/C Charles McCall Newton returned from cruise on Aug. 28 to reside in Room 2314 in Bancroft.

During the following year, he suffered a severe injury to his ear cartilage while wrestiing. During medical examination a previously undetected hearing deficiency was found, thus he was discharged from the Naval Academy. Upon the United States' entry into World War II, he was accepted as an Army Air Corps officer candidate. He rose to the rank of captain and served as a ground support officer in the New Guinea campaign. His wife, the former Anne Harvey, was an officer in the Women's Army Corps. His son, Harvey Newton, fought in Vietnam as an enlisted Marine.

Charles's great-grandfather Newton was a Revolutionary War soldier. His own father was a Confederate cavalryman. His first cousin. General Randolph McCall Pate, was Marine Corps Commandant. Both his nephews were career officers in naval aviation and Air Force medical corps, respectively. A grand-nephew was an officer with the Navy in the Persian Gulf campaign. Obviously, this family has not shrunk from duty to country over the years.

Captain Newton died 17 March 1977 in Florida. His ashes were interred in McCall Cemetery, Bennettsville, SC, at the Newton family plot. J^ Shipmate, January-February 2001

t has been 75 years since I entered the Naval Academy.

Applying the same span to the past from 1926 backward to 1851 brings us almost to the establishment of the Academy, also covering the move from Annapolis to Newport during the Civil War! There were still Civil War Veterans alive and in GAR uniforms when we entered the Academy.

THE NAVYAIN'Tt)^ W H A T ITWASCX^ NEVER HAS BEEN!

By Captain J.A. Moreno '30, U.S. Navy (Retired)

I'm handicapped in comparing the Academy of 75 years ago with the Academy of today in that I know no midshipmen of today. So I'm really not hampered by any knowledge of the facts.

I think one difference between the midshipmen of the" 20s and '30s and those of today is that in our days we probably were more oriented toward a full Navy career.

Another distinction is the difference in the status of the Marine Corps. Seventy years ago there were no Marine officers on the staff or faculty. Our First Class year the discouraged Commandant of the Marine Corps, on a recruiting mission, told us disconsolately that we would all make captain together.

Navy or Marines. But the Marines in my class didn't do too badly.

One became the Commandant of the Marine Corps, another Deputy Commandant and a third received the Congressional Medal of Honor (posthumously). Five classmates made brigadier general (out of 16 eligible, 311/6). Selection to flag rank was more favorable than for the Navy. Among Navy classmates 25 made rear admiral out of 218 eligible, 11%.

Our class, all white males, graduated at the beginning of the Great Depression. We thought we were fortunate to have a job paying $125 a month (about the equivalent of one day's pay for a skilled worker of today). A hundred and twenty-five dollars seemed like a lot of money compared to the $3 a month we received out of our "amount available" as plebes, raised to $5 a month as we were promoted to youngsters. One advantage was that our drags knew we had no money so they had to pick up the checks for our outings!

We had a much more restricted life style. Uniforms included stiff collars and cuffs—even cuff holders—and high laced shoes. Only once during the four years (our First Class year) were midshipmen allowed beyond the limits of the city of Annapolis. Riding in automobiles was strictly prohibited.

As midshipmen, the most recent war was World War I, but the Spanish American War still loomed large, especially because of our stunning Naval victories. We still had at least one Spanish instructor—Arturo Femandez-who was said to have come from Spain after that war. His most explosive expletive was "Carambal, I ask you in Spaneesh and you answer in Russian!"

We had two ships in the Yard: the original AMERICA—for whom the America's Cup was named—and REINA MERCEDES, a former Spanish cruiser modified with her topsides housed over and barely recognizable as a ship. She was the station ship and provided accommodations for some of the mess attendants and luxurious quarters for the captain of the Yard, among others one Bull Halsey '05 to later be-

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come famous in World War II, our war. REINA was also temporary housing—known as "The Ship"— for those miscreant midshipmen who were guilty of serious offenses (Class As) such as Frenching out (going over the wall) and other crimes. I was once threatened with incarceration and placed a sign on my door saying, "For Rent Furnished—Owner going on a short cruise on REINA." But some duty officer tore down the sign and cancelled the impending threat Those who had made the cruise were unofficially awarded the "Black N."

And, speaking of cruises, one activity of the earlier period no longer exists. During the three summer months two, and sometimes three, fleet battleships were designated as the Midshipmen's Practice Squadron, with no other duties than to embark and train the roughly 1,500 midshipmen of the three upper classes. They were trained in all aspects of ship's operations, including firing Short Range Battle Practice in all three gun batteries. My class was fortunate in making an East Coast, a West Coast and a European cruise. We were also fortunate in being the first class not to have to cruise in coal burning, and midshipman stoking, ships!

Naval Aviation was still in its infancy and many of the pioneers, those who had survived, were still on active duty. Among these were John Towers '06, Victor Herbster '08, John Rodgers ' 0 3 , and A.C. "Putty" Read '07 of NC4 fame.

Not too long after this period came the loss (though not the first) of two submarines, S-4 and S-51.

Submarines played an important role in World War II, and my class was just of the right rank to command submarines in combat with such heroes as Mush Morton and Moon Chappie, to mention two. We lost five submariners in combat out of the Class of '30.

But casualties were higher in aviation. We lost 18 classmates (out of a total of 75 aviators) though not all were in combat. Surface casualties were second highest, for a total of 14.

To more pleasant subjects! USNA was much smaller in those days.

When '28 were First Classmen we only had a total of 1,600 midshipmen. This meant we were better acquainted with all the classes, with a particularly close bond to our own classmates.

But for that matter, the entire officer corps of the Navy was much smaller too. As I recall, there was a total of about 7,500 line officers, most of whom were Academy graduates, with many of the rest being mustangs or ex-reserves.

Nonetheless, in the final analysis regardless of the differences in the time periods, the basic test is whether the Academy and the Navy of today are successfully meeting the many demands thrust upon them in these complex political times. I'm convinced they are! <t Captain Moreno is the secretary of the Class of 1930. During his career, he held eight commands (two ships, two squadrons, two air stations, and two fleet air commands) and he flew combat missions off SARATOGA and LEXINGTON during World War II.

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The Warrior Ethos B^Vice Admiral Jerry Miller '42, U.S. Navy (Retired) he term "warrior" can create visions of Attila the Hun, dations it is quite possible that the United States would have develGenghis Khan, or Alexander the Great. In the twentieth oped radar well before the British, for that is what Parsons was century, one thinks of General "Blood and Guts" Patton, pursuing—the use of radiated and reflected energy to detect and General Curtis "Nuke 'Em" LeMay and General pinpoint the location of a target—radar.

The next event in the efforts of Parsons to get hits on the target "Stormin' Norman" Schwartzkopf. For all these warriors, the common set of guiding beliefs for waging battle involved assem- came about as a result of impending World War II. The British had bling overwhelming forces and launching massive movements of just suffered an embarrassing incident at Dunkirk, being forced to offensive weapons. However, there is another kind of warrior whose evacuate forces that had been placed in Europe. A group of promiethos centers on the selection of a high value target and its removal nent scientists persuaded President Franklin Roosevelt to establish a fi-om the firay—simply attacking targets of value with great precision. research and development board in order to enlist the scientific comAdmiral William Sims, who commanded naval forces during World munity in the war effort. High on the list of projects developed by the War I and then became the president of the Naval War College, empha- board was one calling for the development of a fuse that could detect sized this concept. He preached that it is not the number of shots but when it was in the proximity of a target and ignite an explosive charge rather the shots that hit that count. Admiral Arleigh "Thirty-one Knot" without actually hitting the target itself. The initial thought was that Burke, who was so successful with destroyer and aircraft carrier forces such a fuse could be placed in a bomb. The bomb would be loaded in during World War H, championed the Sims creed. Burke beUeved that a bombing aircraft, which would then fly over a formation of enemy the first priority for a warrior was learning how to use his weapons and bombers and drop a weapon equipped with the new fuse. When the fuse sensed that the weapon was in the proximity to keep them functioning. After those goals were of the target bomber formation, the weapon would attained, one could think about brilliant theories of explode and destroy the targets—a bomb against a strategy, tactics, and leadership. bomber. When this proved to be impractical, Perhaps the warrior of the twentieth century who Parsons joined with scientist Merle Tuve in explormost typified the Sims ethos was Rear Admiral William ing a better idea. Why not put the fuse in a shell, S. "Deak" Parsons, sometimes referred to as the insuring that it would survive the shock of firing?

"Atomic Admiral." Parsons was bom in 1901, the son When the shell arrived in the proximity of a target of well-educated parents. He started school when he such as an aircraft, the fuse would detect the target's was eight and finished when he was 16, entering the presence and explode the shell. This was called the U.S. Naval Academy immediately thereafter, graduVT or "proximity fuse." It was introduced into the ating with the Class of 1922. While at the Academy, Pacific Theater in 1943. Because of the secrecy inhis interest in physics led him to a fascination with volved in its design, it was initially restricted to use ordnance and gunnery—how to get a hit on a target. over water. By the time of the Battle of the Bulge in Following graduation, he spent four years in a battleEurope during the latter part of the war, the fuse ship studying guns. Then came three years in postgraduate school, followed by more time in a battle- RADM William S. "Deak" Parsons '22 was cleared for general use in any combat theater.

It provided a significant increase in the ability of ship, all the while concentrating on how to get hits 1901-1953 our troops to hit targets as they parried the thrusts The Atomic Admiral with guns—usually big ones of 14-inch diameter or of enemy forces. Parsons was the key military more, firing at targets as far as 20 miles away.

Two problems kept arising in the struggle to achieve more hits. member of the scientific team that developed the proximity fuse— The first was detection of the target—knowing that it was present. a better way to hit a target.

Another project envisioned by the scientific research and developThe second problem was concerned with the precise location of the target, most particularly its distance from the weapons to be employed ment board was the atomic bomb. Approval was granted by the Presiagainst it. Detection and precise location of the target—the classic dent to proceed with development. A massive organization called the Manhattan Project was established under Major General Leslie problems facing any warrior intent on achieving a hit.

During his studies. Parsons became aware that radio transmis- Groves, an Army engineer. Dr. Robert Oppenheimer was selected as sions were often interrupted by the passage of certain objects through the scientific leader of the bomb development. He needed a military emitted radio energy. Following his battieship and postgraduate tours person to bring the scientific and military communities together on of duty, he was assigned to the Naval Research Laboratory as a the project. By this time. Parsons had earned the respect of the scienliaison officer for the Bureau of Ordnance, the dominant agency for tific community by virtue of his work on radar and the proximity warriors in the Navy at that time. He soon discovered a project fuse. He was a logical selection to be Oppenheimer's deputy, not only having to do with the emission of radio energy and its reflective for the development of the bomb, but also to engineer a method of properties. However, there was littie priority on the issue, with no delivering the bomb on a target. Developing the bomb was one thing. significant funding or manpower assigned. Parsons visualized that Getting it on the target was another. Parsons was given responsibility such energy could be used to detect targets and with some develop- for the latter task, in addition to his role in the development of the ment, be able to measure the range to the target. He exerted much bomb itself. effort to persuade others of the value of his idea. As eariy as 1933 Two types of bombs were developed. In over-simplified terms, the he wrote a proposal to the Bureau of Ordnance, seeking strong first was composed of two chunks of refined uranium (U235) and support. However, he was only a lieutenant in rank at the time, and some conventional explosives. By putting the elements in a gun not much attention was paid to lieutenants. Those opposed to his barrel and igniting the conventional explosives, the chunks of proposal tabled his thoughts. Had the Navy pursued his recommen- uranium would be jammed together with great force, resulting in the

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release of a great amount of energyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an atomic explosion. It was a for the conventional explosives in the bomb to detonate, setting off "gun type" weapon and labeled "Little Boy." It was used in the first the U235. In short, there would be an atomic explosion at Tinian. atomic bomb drop on Hiroshima in August 1945. There was so much Plans were changed. A small working platform was installed in the confidence that the bomb would function as designed that it was never bomb bay and Parsons spent much of the day, practicing the assemtested in the full atomic explosive version. The second type of atomic bly of tiie bomb in the bomb bay. He had an 11-item check off list that he used and patiently practiced the assembly so that he could do bomb was far more complicated.

Because U235 was difficult and slow to produce and more than it accurately after the plane became airborne en route to the target. one bomb was needed, other approaches to the creation of a bomb That was the procedure that was used. He assembled the key were undertaken. Dr. Glen Seaborg, who later figured heavily in the elements of the bomb after take off. The mission was a complete development of atomic energy, had discovered plutonium and Dr. success as history has reported many times.

Another bombing crew delivered the second bomb with E.O. Lawrence was working on a method for producing it at the University of California. Plutonium had to be manufactured, but it Commander Frederick "Dick" Ashworth as the weaponeer. Ashworth was more efficient than U235. There was "more bang" for the amount had been selected to be the understudy to Parsons and served as the of plutonium that was used. The problem was that it was unstable weaponeer in Bockscar, the B-29 aircraft used for the mission that dropped the Fat Man bomb on Nagasaki. That mission had some tense and could not be used like U235 in a gun type bomb.

Parsons and a renowned theoretical mathematician. Dr. John Von moments but the weapon was dropped successfully. As history has Neumann, devised an assembly of explosive blocks of conventional recorded, the two bombs destroyed the most difficult target of all to explosives that formed a sphere. If a small amount of plutonium hit, namely the will of the enemy. Shortly after Fat Man hit Nagasaki, were placed in the center of the sphere and all of the blocks were the Japanese surrendered. The war was over. It was an example of the detonated simultaneously, a collapsing shock wave was formed ultimate in the warrior ethosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;hitting a difficult target so precisely which would squeeze the small ball of plutonium, creating a tre- that it ended the war. Parsons spent over 20 years concentrating on mendous explosion. It was an implosion type bomb and was tested getting hits on a target. With just two bombs dropped in a matter of in New Mexico in 1945 in a test called "Trinity," the first atomic days, the war was ended. bomb explosion in the history of the Following the Japanese bombings. world. The results were spectacular. The Parsons and a group of four other impressphere was about five feet in diameter and sive warriors including Ashworth, were the bomb weighed about 10,000 pounds. assigned to Washington to lead the Navy It became known as "Fat Man" and was into the nuclear age. The first major event the type dropped on the Japanese city of was the testing of weapons to determine Nagasaki in August of that year. Once their effect on ships. These were known again. Captain Parsons was adhering to as the Crossroads Tests, conducted at the ethos of the sophisticated warrior.

Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. Parsons, the warrior, was the technical authority in charge of those tests which did Developing the bomb was not enough. General Groves wanted a scientific authority in the bomb delivery aircraft in order to insure so much to provide information on the nature of emerging atomic that all of the technical aspects of the weapon were correct before warfare, particularly the impact that such warfare would have on ships actual release on a target. He established a position in the aircraft and their operations. bombing crew and titled it "weaponeer." There was never any quesOne of Parsons' dreams during his days as a professional warrior tion that Parsons would fulfill that role during the first mission, the was the creation of an operational laboratory that would bring flight of the famed Enola Gay to Hiroshima, dropping Little Boy on together the military and scientific communities for the development the target. Although Parsons was not an aviator, as the officer-in- of weapons. Such a facility was established as the Naval Ordnance charge of the bomb he was the key man on that flight. The mission Test Station (NOTS) in Inyokern, CA. In addition to the went very smoothly, thanks to the competence of the aircraft crew. development of a wide array of aviation ordnance, it was used extenParsons' role as weaponeer, and his pre-planning for all aspects of sively in the development of both the atomic bomb and techniques the delivery. He was a master at for its delivery. Following the getting results from paying War, that station developed the attention to detail.

Sidewinder air-to-air missile, a "heat seeker" which homed in on An interesting aspect of the a target's emitted heat in order to deUvery of the Little Boy weapon get a hit. The Sidewinder is still on Hiroshima had to do with the in use today. Credit for its inceplast minute preparation of the tion goes to the outstanding bomb for delivery. It had been scientific director at NOTS at the intended that the gun-type bomb time, the late Dr. William with its U235 and conventional McLean. Many who worked on explosives would be completely the project contend that had it not assembled and placed in the been for Deak Parsons' help in bomb bay of the B-29 aircraft clearing bureaucratic obstacles, before take-off. However, the the Sidewinder never would have night before the actual delivery. succeeded. Parsons had the abilParsons observed four B-29s ity to persuade as he devised ways crash and bum during take-off for getting hits on targets. from the runways at Tinian Island. He realized that if such an Parsons had great vision. Folaccident occurred with the Littie lowing the war and while in the Little Boy and Fat Man Boy flight, it would be possible Pentagon in early 1946, he wrote

Ethos from Whskr: distinguishing character, tone, or guiding beliefs.

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The Warrior Ethos {cont. from page 17) a memorandum to the Chief of Naval Operations setting forth his views on what atomic energy held for the fumre. He predicted that nuclear energy would be most appropriate for the propulsion of ships, particularly submarines. He forecast that we would have ballistic missiles and that such missiles could be launched from submerged submarines. He also forecast the development of the cruise missile, to be fired from a multitude of launch platforms. By 1960, just 14 years after his memo, all of these weapons systems had not only been developed, they were deployed and on station throughout the world. A warrior, visualizing better ways of getting hits on a target.

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During the Korean War, Parsons was once again in the Pentagon, having finished a tour at sea as the commander of a task force of naval combatants. He resisted all pressures to transfer to the ordnance specialty corps, believing that in order to develop weapons systems needed by the fleet, he had to be a member of that fleet. His return to Washington came at a time of political witch hunting and actions against alleged communists. One target of such action was Robert Oppenheimer. He had been a member of the communist party in his youth. Despite his great contributions to science and the ending of World War II, he was a target in the hunt. His security clearance was lifted and his reputation suffered accordingly. Parsons, who had been exceptionally close to Oppenheimer, was very upset. One evening he felt some chest pains, checked the encyclopedia about heart attacks, and concluded that he had no problem. The following morning, his wife convinced him to go to the hospital. In the middle of his examination, he died of a heart attack. He was 52 years old.

His wife contended that his death was caused by the anxiety over the treatment of Oppenheimer.

In reflecting on the loss of such a warrior, one has to speculate about the impact Parsons might have had on the development of peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Had he been transferred from the military and established as the civilian head of a department of energy, would we be better off today in the solution of our energy problems? Would his knowledge, his ability to educate and persuade, been enough to lead us into the peaceful uses of nuclear energy without the apprehension about the use of such power that exists today?

Could his mind have conjured up methods of exploiting our coal assets and other energy sources, without detriment to the environment?

His loss to society may be impossible to measure.

Parsons did not gain much public recognition for his contributions to our national security. His military awards were minor in comparison to many. But that did not bother him. As many who knew him well will comment, Parsons often remarked that it was amazing what could be accomplished when there was no concern about who received the credit. He was the consummate warrior, always seeking better ways to get hits on the target. His voyage covered a period of more than 20 years, culminating in the delivery of just two weapons that destroyed a target of high value, the will of the enemy to continue with the fight. In a matter of a few hours, those weapons brought an end to a major world war. Parsons' career has to be the ultimate example of the warrior with a great ethos.

Material for this article is taken from conversations with several naval officers who knew Parsons very well, particularly Dick Ashworth. Also consulted were official papers written by Parsons.

Most useful is an autobiography of Parsons written by historian Al Christman, titled. Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Atomic Bomb. Naval Institute Press. Photos courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. J/ Vice Admiral Miller has recently completed a book to W^ be published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in the spring of ^ 2001. It is entitled Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers: How the Bomb Saved Naval Aviation.

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has filled in some of the gaps in about 100 published articles, but much more still remains to be said about this self-described "loner."

In 1975, Dr. John T. Mason Jr.—then-director of the U.S. Naval Institute's Oral History Program—conducted several interviews with

By Clay Rear Admiral Tolley. So thorough and factual was the result that one (Clay Barrow m would be hard-pressed to improve upon it today.

Reprinted from Naval History with permission.

In 1910, at age two, Kemp was too young to remember returning to Copyright (1995) U.S. Naval Institute.

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where his father attended the obligatory School of the Line. But through family reminiscences, he heard talk hen the young British soldier goes out to the East, about his family's acquaintance with Douglas MacArthur, then a lieuRudyard Kipling wrote, "'e acts like a babe and 'e tenant. At that time, of course, there were no movies and no television. drinks like a beast." Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley '29 If you wanted a radio, you made one yourself. The dramatic society thinks he knows why: "When I went back out to the served as a principal form of entertainment. Even though bachelor Far East in 1931, booze was half a buck a bottle and a nickel a shot in MacArthur's noble brow was receding somewhat, he was still a handthe cabarets. You couldn't afford not to drink." some guy, and all die palpitating young gals and young wives always Tolley was born in Manila's Army hospital in 1908, when his wanted to play opposite him as the heroine. He and O.K. were on the^ father. Army Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Kemp "O.K." Tolley, was on sandlot baseball team and everyone thought his second tour of duty in the Philippines. Off duty, O.K. was a that Douglas was a pretty fine fellow. history buff. This enthusiasm rubbed off on young Kemp when his After Leavenworth, the Tolleys went back father bought a set of history books that dated back to the 1880s. The to the Philippines, which Kemp's father, a boy was horrified, however, upon reading of atrocities committed hot-weather expert, loved. They came home against the British in the war the books called "The American Rebelin 1914, andWoridWarlbrokeout.

In 1916, lion." He could find no mention of these bestial acts in the books his O.K. was ordered to the Mexican border. mother used to teach him from their quarters in the Philippines.

Kemp recalls: On duty, O.K. and his brother officers faced a number of small "Every now and then, some half-dozen insurrections throughout the Philippines, armed only with the .38 Mexican bandits armed with rifles tried to caliber revolvers the Army issued to its officers in the days before the shoot six different types of ammunition out Colt .45. The .38s were incapable of stopping a crazed Mohammedan of the same gunnery. They were very poor, in his tracks before he killed a Christian with very ignorant, and certainly not particularly dangerous, until Pancho his bolo knife, his passport to the happy hereafVilla invaded New Mexico and killed some people. As a result, my dad ter. So the elder Tolley wrote to officials at Colt, and his outfit were stationed along the river, and we lived in two of explaining the problem. In response, they sent those small towns for about two years." him what amounted to a small cannon—a .45 That, Kemp felt, was the start of his basic philosophy of being a revolver with a 7.5-inch barrel—and a bill for loner.

He had always been perfectly happy and able to move on his $14.75. Tolley cheerfully paid. own without too much companionship.

"I guess," he says, "that was Young Kemp had learned a great deal from because my mother always taught me by the Calvert System, a kind his father. When he entered the U.S. Naval Acadof correspondence course out of Baltimore that furnished books and emy in 1925, he was the sixth youngest of his guidance to the teacher.

We were kicked around from one place to 408 classmates. But he knew some things his another so frequently that it wasn't practical to go to local schools." elders did not. He knew not to believe everyHis mother was a Baltimore native, a third-generation ex-Genoese thing he read in books, and he knew guns were named Passano, whose family ran the Waverly Press.

After O.K. renot toys, but tools of his father's trade. The heavy rifle he carried in tired in 1923, the family settled down at Monkton, and Kemp ensolitary stalks around his country village of Monkton, MD, 50 miles rolled in a school that went from the fourth to the seventh grades, all from the Academy, had left him with curvature of the spine and his of them taught by one 18-year-old who went from class to class durright arm an inch longer than his left. To give the local boy a chance of staying on board, the medical people sent him to the ing the course of an 8:00 a.m. to 13:15 p.m. working day. From there gymnasium, where two physical therapists took him in hand. So suc- he went to Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, having spent an interim cessful were they that the muscular youngster went on to become a year in a local high school and an agricultural high school, both of four-year member of the gym and rifle teams. Tolley also won the which he detested.

Kemp's ambitions were beginning to form. He hoped for a career in coveted gold cross of the Academy as the best rifle and pistol shot of the military. Failing that, he wanted to attend the Colorado School of his class.

Mines.

Having inherited his mother's love of new places and new faces, When the eagle-eyed midshipman graduated in 1929, his what he wanted more than anything was the chance to travel. His parbiography in the yearbook hinted at the cloak-and-dagger career he ents left education decisions to him. "They were very lenient and most would pursue with such intensity and success. The single adjective it understanding in that respect," Kemp remembers. used to describe him was "secretive," and it concluded, "Never bones During World War I, O.K. went to France with the First Division. (studies), never has time to bone, stands high in his class anyway.

He'd rather spend his time at something interesting such as Among his superiors was an officer Kemp had known as his father's taking Russian lessons from a plebe...But he is going to make good battalion commander, an autocrat who loved to bedevil both adults * and children, including Kemp. He recalled in the service because you just can't confine a man who is always •* that this martinet used to walk behind him making something." and strike him smartly in the head with his Kemp Tolley retired in 1959 and wrote three books that summaswagger stick for no apparent reason. Soon rized his career, Yangtze Patrol, Cruise of the Lanikai, and Caviar after the division arrived in France, word and Commissars, a trilogy that told much about his unique, exciting got back to this sadistic officer that sevlife. But the books left most readers yearning only to know more. He eral of his soldiers planned to shoot him in

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the back the next time they went over the top. So he ordered Kemp's father to put these people in double irons. O.K. refused to do it on the grounds that it was illegal under the Articles of War. In the investigation that followed, O.K. was cleared, but he knew that his career in the Army was over if he stayed in. His accuser became a lieutenant general.

Kemp's life changed dramatically in 1924, when his father drove the whole family to the Naval Academy one sunny Sunday. Kemp had spent most of his summers on the Little Gunpowder River near Monkton, swimming, fishing, canoeing, or doing something on the water, so he was delighted to see the midshipmen in cutters, some under sail, some being rowed. He made up his mind to enter the Academy, but acceptance proved to be a difficult ordeal. Maryland Senator William Cabell Bruce had only two appointments to grant—and 32 applicants. Kemp left Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and enrolled in Baltimore's Army-Navy prep school for a full year of cramming before taking the entrance exam to the Academy. He finished second and won one of the two appointments.

At the Academy, Tolley met other plebes who had an easier time getting in than he did. His roommate, Harry Simpson, lived next door to a congressman who called over the fence one day, "Harry, how would you tike to go to Annapolis?" After his congressman explained what he was talking about, Harry said, "Sure, what have I got to lose?"

But he went to the Army-Navy football game in Chicago his plebe year, where he met a girl who rendered him unable to think of anyone or anything else. Simpson's grades deteriorated so badly as to end his military career.

Kemp recalls: "We got very little spending money as midshipmen. The first classmen, the graduating class, got $12 a month, second class got $8, third class youngsters got $5, and the plebes got $3. No one, even then, could live riotously on $3 a month. Fortunately, in my day at the Naval Academy, it was customary for the young lady to take care of her own lodging and feed herself and the midshipman as well, because she knew he didn't have much money. I think at West Point it was the responsibility of the young man to provide the accommodations."

Those midshipmen who had naval officer friends were frequently in luck, because sometimes they would volunteer to put the girl up and feed the midshipman.

For the most pait, though, the relationship between an officer and a midshipman was like that between a hare and a hound. The poor plebe, like the hare, knew that trouble was coming, he just had no idea from which direction. During his four years at the Academy, Kemp was never friendly with any of his company officers. To him, a lieutenant was an old man. It took ten years to make lieutenant, and some lieutenant commanders had from 12 to 18 years' service. Still, he found when he graduated and served with some of his former duty officers that they were fine fellows. They had been, like the midshipmen, victims of a bad system they did not invent and had neither motive nor opportunity to change.

Essentially, they all had the same problems and motivations. Kemp Tolley was no exception: "Leave, liberty, and money continued to occupy our minds, because all three were in short supply. Christmas was the first leave you got. For a while there had been Easter leave for four or five days, but that was suspended while I was there. Money was a paramount probShipmate, January-February 2001

lem for most. Our pay was $65 a month, out of which we had to supply our own clothes and the necessities of life. We had a ration allowance of $24 a month, but we never saw that. It went straight to the commissary to pay our grocery bill.

"But I made out all right. When I graduated, I had about $1,000 on the books, which just took care of my graduation equipment. The poor guys who, unlike me, lived a great distance away, paid and paid.

Hitchhiking didn't exist. You had to buy a railroad ticket. No airplanes, of course, and only one midshipman in ten owned a car."

Kemp's first love was shooting. He owned a shotgun, a rifle, and a revolver, and he used to annoy his neighbors by popping away whenever he could afford the ammunition, which was not often. He pinched pennies by using a muzzle-loading shotgun, about half as expensive to shoot as a breechloader that shoots an ordinary cartridge. Thus, when he first went on the rifle range, he had no problem in qualifying as an expert rifleman. He made the Navy Rifle Team—indoor and outdoor—and got the chance to confirm the old shooter's adage, "It never rains on the rifle range." The team made only one trip a year— to New York—to compete. They went up on Friday, shot on Saturday, and came back Sunday. Saturday night they had tofigureout how they were going to spend their $3, $5, $8 or $12 in the big city.

The gym team made only about two trips a year to compete; for years, they were the national champions. Every other year the team went to West Point to challenge Army and to Philadelphia to take on Temple. The rest of the time, about six meets a year, the university teams came to the Academy.

Kemp remembers his studies at the Academy with mixed feelings: "As to our studies, every month stood on its own. You took an exam every month and it always seemed like one exam was barely over before a new series turned up. There were about six subjects, two each day. If you got a failing mark, anything below 2.5, any one month, you were hung on the 'tree.' If your basic average fell below 2.5, you were in real trouble. You either had to take a re-examination for the whole course, get turned back, or get thrown out, depending on how far below 2.5 you were.

This really depleted plebe ranks. We started out with 408 and graduated 252, just about the standard 40 percent attrition. If you said, 'Oh, God, that guy is one of the 40 percent,' it meant that he was rather substandard mentally, and your guess was that he would never make it academically. A great proportion of them went out at the end of January, but not for mental reasons. They just didn't like the Naval Academy.

There were about 100 ex-enlisted men in each class. They were selected from the ranks and sent to Bainbridge to take the entrance exam like everybody else. Some made outstanding officers, but the casualty rate was fairly high due to the fact that they didn't like the discipline. They had been used to sailors' discipline, and midshipman discipline was too much for them."

Looking back, Kemp gives the courses themselves low marks. "They were too hidebound," he says, "It wasn't the type of education that inspires independent thought." He found the whole curriculum to be development of the ability to do things on your own, to research and study on your own. The professor was not up there to explain or to elaborate on what the book said.

The professors, particularly those who were naval officers, were referees between the student, the book, and the examining board.

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Naval officer professors were often out of their depth in liberal arts areas, such as English and history. But in navigation, gunnery, and seamanship, they all knew their stuff, were enthusiastic, and were good teachers.

Civilian professors were a mixed bag. Some were viewed almost as comics. We had one, Herman the German, he was known as, who was an English prof with one leg shorter than the other. I suppose old Herman was a nice guy, but we never got to know him. He would almost act the part of a clown in his Germanic attempts to force ideas on us. And then there was Slipstick Willie, a professor of physics and electricity, who came in for a share of lampooning. On the other hand, in the language department for example, they had some excellent people, nearly all civilians.

On a typical day you marched to class, fell out, hung up your coat and cap and stood up. The section leader reported absentees, and the order of seats was given. Then the professor might ask, "Any questions on today's lesson?" The midshipmen then asked as many questions as they could in order to use up all 40 minutes of the time available. The professor, of course, was wise to the ones who were playing this game on him. Somehow he had to find a way to give each of the 15 students a mark for the day. And so the game was played by both student and teacher. But there was no opportunity for a teacher to teach under these circumstances.

Still, I think it was preparing you for the days when you would be on your own, where there wouldn't be any teacher when you went aboard ship as an engineering officer, let us say, with a plant you are unfamiliar with, with no help to find out how it worked just from the books.

That is precisely the way you are brought up in the Naval Academy.

Midshipmen looked forward to summer cruises, because they would be getting out of the Academy, and the hare-and-hounds games would end. Cmises were made in battleships. In Kemp'sfirstcruise, just after first-class graduation, plebes who had become youngsters went on board the battleship UTAH (BB-31) in June 1926. Sailors manned the port side of the ship and midshipmen the starboard. Tolley and his brother youngsters shoveled coal in the fire rooms, swabbed decks, scrubbed the paint work, and did everything but mess cook, which was done by Filipinos who had accompanied them from the Academy.

Second classmen did the work of petty officers—boat coxwains, junior directors on deck to show the youngsters how to scrub paint work and paint. Having done all that the year before, they were helpful to the youngsters, some of whom did not know which end of the paint brush to dip into the pot.

First classmen stood junior officer of the deck watch, aide to the navigator and chief engineer, and did largely what they would do one day on a battleship as fresh-caught ensigns. The whole atmosphere was one of familiarity, with no hazing or uneven treatment between the first and third classes. The best part was liberty, but in Kemp's three cruises, he did not once go to Europe. "This was the era of Calvin Coolidge," Kemp says. "He could put his foot on a dime and tell which was heads or tails—a penny-pincher if there ever was one."

But the summer cruise was most noteworthy for its absence of hazing. When he was no longer on the receiving end of it, Kemp viewed hazing as a way to make a plebe feel he was part of a pecking order, that he should not get too full of himself, and that he had to undergo some demeaning experiences and frustrations in order to realize he was a human being who had to fit in a tight littie society.

The Naval Academy denied it, even though any duty officer could walk down any corridor and see such things as a plebe walking in a single file or turning straight comers or sitting ramrod straight on the front edge of his chair in the mess hall. Yet Academy officials did

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nothing about it, because they, too, had all survived this system. The midshipmen largely ran the regiment, and regimental officers— from thefive-striperon down—had tremendous independence, as long as things went all right. The duty officer did not intrude, except when he saw individuals with spots on their blouses, or hands in their pockets, or wearing unshined shoes or non-regulation clothing, such as low shoes, which only the first class could wear. So the hierarchy, as well as the pecking order privileges, were well established.

The first class were at the top of the pile and they were not surrendering any of it. If they saw a youngster with hands in pockets, he got them sewed up fast, under regimental auspices. And the officers had nothing to do with such internal administration.

But there the system did have its excesses. According to Tolley: "As you will always find in any group of humans, there were a few sadistically inclined people who really gloried in causing pain to people, and the preferred method to apply pain was a broom. Now, a broom looks like a large, feathery object which would almost caress your backside. But when you took an ordinary broom and whittied most of the loose ends off until you just had the part up near the handle, plus the part that is stitched around it, you have a good and solid club. If you get whacked with it while you are bent over, it will rattle your teeth. The first time it hits you, you can't believe that a broom could do that. It jolts your backside right through the top of your head.

"It never broke any bones that I know of. Nobody ever got anything but bruises, but it was a brutal form of punishment. I had a roommate who had a sadistic streak in him. I saw him bend Jack McCain over. Jack barely squeaked through under the height requirements and, soaking wet, didn't weigh 115 pounds. He looked like a wretched little animal that had just crawled out of the water with its fur still wet. But Jack was tougher than hell. I had heard my old roommate ask Jack to name the morning menu. A plebe was supposed to know the weather report, the morning menu, and certain other items, like the names of various British battleships and their sister ships and who was the greatest baseball player of all time and a bunch of utterly useless things. So old Jack would bend over, and my roomie would hit him three or four or five times and say, 'Do you want another one? Are you going to learn it the next time?'

"And Jack would say, 'Hit me again, sir, I can take it.' And he would tell him that, until my roomie would give up. Tears were coming out of Jack's eyes but he wouldn't give up. Jack was not the brightest naval officer that ever lived, but he was certainly one of the gutsiest. The son of a four-star admiral. Jack himself made four stars and his son might have, too, had he not chosen a career as one of the senators from Arizona.

"In my years at the Naval Academy, I knew of about 15 people like my roomie. One of them broke his arm one time and we were all elated. Then, by golly, he discovered that a one-arm-operated sword was a satisfactory substitute for a broom that took two good arms to wield. You had to be careful and use the flat side instead of the cutting edge, such as it was. But my roomie and his kind never prospered. He ended up a commander, but others never graduated. There was definitely a deficiency in their character."

Rear Admiral Tolley certainly had no "deficiency" in character.

His Naval Academy experience had prepared him for what lay ahead, and he became one of the most colorful men ever to don the uniform oftheU.S. Navy. J. The late Clay Barrow was the former editor-in-chief of the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings.

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By Mike Stroop '54

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ast September ten members of the newly formed Recreational Vehicle Chapter joined former President Jimmy Carter '47 to help Habitat over the 100,000 mark. The home was one of five built on land that was once part of the Carter family farm in Plains, GA. Thirty more were completed that week in Americus which is about 11 miles east of Plains. Faye and Vic Sharpe '48, Marilyn and Bob Miller '51, Peggy and Mac Macleay '54, and Thelma and Jim Baker '54 were joined by Denny Sloan '57 and Don Palen '63.

Jim Baker reported that there were about 1,800 workers at the two sites. It was an eightday effort with Sunday off. Jim reported that the first two work days were from about 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and only slightiy shorter the

rest of the week and that it was hard work.

The fee for our members was $175 each, that included all meals for the work days. For those without RVs, lodging is provided, which about doubles that fee. The process requires an application from each individual that will work and only after that has been confirmed will Habitat request the money along with a form from each worker that waives all liability.

Habitat, formed in 1976 by Millard Fuller, has built homes around the world taking 24 years to reach this milestone. Current plans are to double the number in just five more years.

Owners are chosen based on need and the ability to repay. They must participate with a minimum of 300 hours of "sweat equity." The average Habitat home built in the United States cost about $43,000 and requires a $500 deposit with payments slightiy over $200 per month.

Twenty-year mortgages are held by Habitat.

The Family Motor Coach Association has a Chapter known as "Care A Vanners" and they have 18 more builds on their schedule for 2001. Seven of these will be in Florida, three more in North Carolina, two in Michigan and one each in New Mexico, South Carolina, Arkansas, Montana, Utah, and Oregon. This does not include builds on their schedule that have already filled their quota.

I am sure there are Alumni who have participated on their own with Habitat builds in the past, but for those who have not and want more information on future schedules, contact either your local Habitat office or, if there isn't one in your area, the headquarters in Americus, GA, at 1-800422-4828. 1, Mike Stroop is the president of the RV Chapter of the Alumni Association.

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The President's Circle recognizes leadership supporters of the Naval Academy who make an annual unrestricted gift of $2,500 or more or a restricted gift of $10,000 or more to the Foundation. President's Circle gifts support a wide variety of programs that directly benefit the Brigade of Midshipmen, as well as activities of the Alumni Association.

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irst of all, let me thank all of you who are volunteers for your Alumni Association and volunteers for your alma mater, the Naval Academy. I want to particularly thank the members of this Board of Trustees for its leadership, its guidance and wisdom. I say prayers for all of you because as go you so go 1.1 want to thank all of the chapter presidents and class presidents who have come back here at their own expense to participate in the December Board of Trustees meeting. Again, it's a nice indication of involvement, participation, and appropriate concern about the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy that we've pledged to support.

O u r Mission If you will indulge me for a moment, I'm going to read something to you and hopefully what I'm reading to you will be very familiar. But in case it's not, when I get to the end I'll tell you what I just read. It's not a prayer but it's something that I think we ought to be mindful of today, as we serve either as elected appointees or as paid staff in the Alumni Association. "To serve and support the United States, the Naval Service, and the Naval Academy. By furthering the highest standards at the Naval Academy. By seeking out, informing, encouraging and assisting outstanding qualified young men and women to pursue careers as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps through the Naval Academy. And by initiating and sponsoring activities which will perpetuate the history, traditions, memories, and growth of the Naval Academy, and bind alumni together in support of the highest ideals of command, citizenship and Government."

I hope everyone of you realizes I've just read the mission of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, a mission agreed to by the Board of Trustees, codified, written down, and pretty much unchanged since it was done on the 1st of June, 1962. When the selection committee that I met with last spring interviewed me, and when they started asking about what drove me, what kind of attributes

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I had, I told them what I told the staff when I first arrived here: I'm mission focused, I'm mission oriented, I'm purposeful. I like to surround myself with mission oriented, mission centered, and purposeful people. When I read this mission, it sets for me a bandwidth, a framework within which we at the staff and we as officers and we as board members and we as chapter presidents and class presidents can operate to accomplish that mission. There are lots of things that come out in email, letters, faxes, and phone calls that are outside of the boundaries of that mission. I probably don't please everyone, but I don't pay much attention to those simply because they are outside the mission. It's inside the mission and inside the bandwidth and inside the framework of that mission I want the staff operating and where I intend to apply my energy and somewhat limited talents.

We don't have a large staff.

We have a finite set of resources.

That mission allows the staff, and it allows me, to allocate those finite resources properly and make sure that we're constantly mission focused. The other part of that mission, mentioned no less than four times, is supporting the Naval Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;supporting the Naval Academy through alumni.

The reason I started with this is I want you to have in the back of your mind that mission and the pieces of that mission as I review with you a few things. I will give a president's report, I will tell you what we've been about, since the last time you were here in Alumni Hall in session seven months ago.

I'll give you a brief update on where we are with alumni and membership services. I'll talk to you a little bit about our focus of today and a little bit more about the focus of tomorrow and the next three to five years. I'll also suggest to you what you and the constituents you represent should expect from the staff. And finally, again with your indulgence, I'll offer you some expectations 1 have of the leadership in the room.

Remarks by G e o r ^ R W t e j r ^ President/aEO US. Naval Acaden^ Alumni Associatioii Board of Trusted AJumnl Halt I December 2000

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The Past Seven Months-Travel Let's talk about the last seven months. I've been traveling a lot. I was with the Naval Academy Foundation board this past Tuesday with Admiral Larson and Admu-al Smith, and I was reporting out to that board regarding my travels, what I've been doing and what I've been talking about. The following isn't meant for embellishment, it's just meant to make a statement. I've been in front of chapters and classes and parents clubs and individuals, and with some of you in this room in your business offices, and some of you here in Annapolis when you came back to your class reunions. I spoke at the third annual "2000 USNA Minority Conference," and provided essentially the same message I am giving you: we need every alumnus to be an advocate of the Naval Academy. I've seen you in Boston, Atlanta, Orlando, Jacksonville, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, Norfolk, New Jersey, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. It is no exaggeration to say r ve been in front of thousands of our alumni, including parents and friends, but mosdy alumni, of the Naval Academy.

I've had the opportunity to speak to several classes in their business meetings, classes like '70, who are my Firsties, so I went to the world's largest come-around on a Sunday morning when they were here for their 30th. I met with the classes of '90, '75, '59, '48, and '52. Probably what meant the most to me, of all those great classes, was speaking to 1,000 members of the Class of '02 and 950 members of the Class of '01, here in this hall. I talked to them as an alumnus of the Naval Academy and addressed them dn what it means to be a member of the Alumni Association and what it means to be a graduate of the Naval Academy.

I learn a lot as I travel around the country. I learned we've still got a lot of work to do in communications, and we're committed to that.

I learned there are a lot of folks out there who aren't as vocal as some but are very, very bullish about the Naval Academy, and they are very, very excited about the Naval Academy of the 21st century. I want to continue to support that bullishness and continue to give them enough information and enough facts so they are informed advocates.

I'll come back to advocacy in a moment.

Friendraising We've also been doing something we call friendraising here at the Alumni Association. We believe friendraising is a part of our mission. It's a part of the way we further the ideals of citizenship and government; part of the way we uphold the traditions and the histories and memories of the naval service and the Naval Academy. Skid Heyworth and his team have helped immensely with our Hosting publicly elected officials, educators, candidates for the Naval Academy, alumni, friends, parents, on great warships like TiCONDEROGA, YoRKTOWN, and recently a visit to the submarine MIAMI. We want folks to see the Navy real-time, meet Naval Academy graduates in uniform while standing watch, while on line. We want them to see the Navy at its best, not read about it, not watch it on television, not learn about it from the movies, and not study it on the Internet. We want

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America to come out and touch it and feel it and see a ship at sea, see aircraft, see submarines, see our Marines and see our sailors.

I commend Skid and his team for doing this. It's one of the most exciting parts of what we've been doing in the last few months. We're going to do more and more of it. We want to do it in your city. I've talked to Dan Lear and the Hampton Roads chapter about doing something with them. We want to do something in San Diego. We want to participate in New York in Fleet Week. We were in San Francisco for Fleet Week a few months ago; you probably read about it in Shipmate already. It was very exciting. The Third Fleet Commander was most appreciative to see the Naval Academy Alumni Association in San Francisco hosting 14 of his ships. Marines, sailors, and officers, at a site at Fisherman's Wharf. The Alumni Association hosted it. That's friendraising. We're doing a lot of that, and we hope to do more.

Shipmate Shipmate you see ten times a year I hope you read it from left to right. A lot of folks still read Shipmate from the right to the left. They look at the obits first to see if they're in there, and then go on to class news to see if they're in there, then they go on to chapter news, see if they're in there, and then after that they throw Shipmate aside. Try it from the left to right. It's really interesting. You can read something from me that typically gives you some new and topical information about what we're doing, and it answers many of the questions that are out there on the Internet anyway. You can read something from the Superintendent that is always informative, always factual, always timely. You can read great stories from your colleagues, whether they are World War II stories, Korean War stories, Vietnam, Cold War, Gulf War, or stories of peace keeping and peace making by graduates of the Naval Academy. It's a great magazine. Mike Collins and his team produce it ten times a year. They listen to you. It is a quality magazine; it is not inexpensive to produce. We're trying to curtail a lot of the expenses with Shipmate through appropriate advertising, through appropriate fee services, but we're trying to keep it newsworthy and informative. It is not the Naval Institute's Proceedings, it is not the Wall Street Journal, it is not the New York Times. It is Shipmate. It's a way for us to share the glory and smile about the great memories and traditions of the naval service and Naval Academy, and that's how we intend to use it going forward.

Career Programs We've been doing a lot of work in helping not only our junior officers but also our mid-term and senior officers as they make a conscious decision, either because they want to or because it's time, to leave the Navy or Marine Corps. Also, our alumni members who are already out in the community or in the corporate world and are looking for another opportunity take advantage of something called career program services. It started very small a few years ago, and with Dave Church's leadership, it's grown. It is probably not an exaggerafion to say that the career program services today provided by your Alumni Association is the most popular, most in demand service we provide. In the past 14 months, Dave and his team have been in Dallas, Washington, D.C, and, for the first time, Seattle, WA. One hundred andfiftycompanies are now participating, and this year alone, we've had 800 candidates come through the process. We have three scheduled for 2001: Dallas, D.C. and again back in Seattle. Dave also offers electronic job services. These are all membership services, several of the great privileges afforded to our members. The beauty of the career program services, along with Naval Academy graduates being in such hot demand, is that the companies are willing to pay a significant fee to us and our service academy counterparts to have a table at these conferences. Again, this is easily the most popular service provided today by the Alumni Association. Call Dave if you

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want to learn more about it or if you want to become part of our Service Academy Graduate network.

Candidate Awareness Program Something I'm particularly excited about is what we're calling candidate awareness. If you wonder why we're in this business at all, I'm going to read this part of the mission. I will bet all the money in my pocket that the Superintendent, when he briefs you today, will talk about our war for talent and how important it is. We must seek out, inform, encourage, and assist "...outstanding qualified young men and women to pursue careers as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps through the Naval Academy." That is easily 50 percent of the mission statement that I previously read. I'm embarrassed to tell you I didn't even know about this part of the Alumni Association mission until I was approached as a candidate for this position. I didn't know much about what we were doing on it. Then I learned a lot about the Ad Hoc Committee—that is now the Admissions Standing Committee under Brad Mooney's leadership—and I learned a lot from the admissions office and Superintendent about how alumni can participate in the war for talent. The war for talent goes something like this: Chairman Smith mentioned that these are different times, and the Naval Academy has to produce a quality leader for the 21st century.

To produce a quality leader out of the leadership factory here means that we have to have quality raw material. It's the quality raw material that we take through a four-year immersion process that becomes that leader for the nation: That young, newly minted ensign, newly minted second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Guess what...? The same young men and women we want to come to the Naval Academy are the same young men and women everybody else wants. They're the finest young men and women in the country. They're not just bright, they're not just athletes, they're service-oriented. We want bright and service-oriented people. We want folks that can go through the moral, mental, physical four-year immersion process at the Naval Academy. However, the level of awareness is low. The awareness level for USNA is low because unlike in my time when I was in junior high school and then in high school, today's kids don't have World War n dads and uncles, they don't have Korean War dads and uncles, they don't have role models in the schools who were World War II and Korean War coaches and teachers and guidance counselors and principals. Their Senators and Congressmen typically are not veterans at all. Overall, the awareness of a service academy opportunity is quite low around the country.

In fact, we know that Congressmen and Senators aren't using all their appointments. Each of them gets ten, yet not all use them. Why? Because the awareness level is low. Guidance counselors and principals don't even mention the Naval Academy or the Military Academy to young people—not because they're against the military, because they didn't know about the opportunity. So, we've gotten proactive about it under the leadership of Chip Seymour and in a wonderful partnership with many alumni leaders who are in the room today. As an example of the synergy that I talked about and the synergy that I've written about in Shipmate, Chip Seymour has coordinated a team with Don Nelson and Don Montgomery from the Naval Academy admissions office, with alumni volunteers, with the Naval Academy leadership and the staff itself.

The way the partnership works goes like this: We found five chapters. Five chapters who were already motivated, interested, and predisposed to take a leadership role in the war for talent, and they have partnered with the Commandant of Midshipmen. They sponsor two to four midshipmen to come into their community, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Academic Dean releases these young people from classes on Thursday and Friday to do this, and they then go and partner with members of the local chapter The idea isn't to only put them in front of high school students. We want them there Shipmate, January-February 2001

too, but also in front of the Chamber of Commerce. We want them in front of the Rotary, we want them in front of the superintendent of schools, we want them in front of the local representatives in Congress, local government officials, leaders of the community, and, yes, we want the junior high school kids to see them, and we want the senior high school kids to see them. We intend to raise the awareness level of the opportunity at the Naval Academy around the country. It is our belief there's no better representative of the Naval Academy than a midshipman.

Today the Commandant provides us midshipmen of the first class.

We're not using the Plebes and Youngsters, as they haven't made their commitment yet. We're getting great young men and women, some are stripers, some aren't; some are scholar athletes, and some aren't. But they're the right kind of young people to take out into the communities with chapter support. Some of those chapters are represented here, and I thank you very much for what you're doing. Chip is committed to documenting all of the learnings of the pilot for the last three to four months with Dave Vetter's staff. What we'd like to do is have every chapter embrace this program, and embrace your local Blue and Gold Officer Let's all team and fight together in this war for talent. It is one of the most exciting advances we've made with the Naval Academy in our partnership in the last few months.

Communications I also want to mention communications. Ron Marryott did incredible work in preparing the way for communications for me, for the staff, for this board, and for all alumni. He took it as his life work. He passionately worked on increasing the number of folks that we could contact in a moment's notice. When I got here, he handed over to me a solid, clean list of nearly 25,000 email addresses. So, within 15 minutes or less we could reach 25,000 people around the world. We can get to every chapter president, every class president instantaneously.

This capability offers us incredible communications firepower When an unfortunate incident occurred on June 29th this past summer involving, at that time, three midshipmen (now four), the Superintendent called me from Italy on a Saturday morning and asked what kind of coromunications capability I had. I said Skid Heyworth and Cam Bosworth are standing by in Alumni House, and they're waiting your approval to send out word about the incident to our leadership, to the Naval Academy Foundation Board, this Board of Trustees, to our class presidents and chapter presidents. We told the leadership we would simply keep them informed. The Superintendent didn't know we had that kind of capability. He didn't know the kind of trust we had already built among our leadership. That trust has earned us the right to be invited to the communications table at the NavaJ Academy, and to now be-j come a part of the com- \ munications plan at the • NavalAcademy. It's also ; earned us therightto ap- | propriately influence and advise the Superintendent and his communications and public relations staff on how they might increase their capabilities and their ability to keep the nation, and particularly the constituency of the Naval Academy, in

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formed in good and bad times. Skid, thank you, and Cam Bosworth and your great staff, for building this communicationsfirepower!Now, are we all the way there? No, we're not. All of you know we're still not as good at conmiunicating as we could be. It's not just the capability; it's the content. We're still not communicating enough information for you to be daily advocates for the Naval Academy in the communities in which you live and serve.

On that note, I met recently with Chuck Stevens '73, John Kane '44, and Bob Rubin ' 82. They were the founders of a program called Alumni Leaders In National Communicationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ALINC. They gave me great insights on what that capability could be, what the content could be, what the Alumni Association responsibility would be. With their insight and with their input and with some of the help of several chapters such as Hampton Roads and Atlanta, a couple of chapters I've already talked to about this, we want to take the learning's of ALINC and some of the capabilities we've already created and merge that right back into the chapters. The chapters will continue to be our first line of defense and our first line of offense in the communities in which we live and serve. We have over 80 affiliated chapters now. I want to leverage that affiliation and leverage that capability and leverage that partnership. It's on Skid and me to give the chapters and our communicators and our advocates in the field what they need to know and the tools they need to have to be effective advocates for us. We're committed to this, and we've made great headway as you heard.

Merchandiseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Fee Services I mentioned earlier that the most popular service we offer today is career programs. But there's another part of the Alumni Association that's gained not only in popularity but also in size. In fact, it's approaching critical mass. We call it our business products and services. That may sound a little too business-like to many of you I know, but what I'm about to say may surprise you. The $40 a year you send to Annapolis to be members of the Alumni Association, and there's 42,000 of you that pay dues, doesn't even cover the cost of 10 issues oi Shipmatel So, we've got to offset our costs because everybody who sends us dues wants a lot more than Shipmate in return.

Like members of any organization, you like services; you like value.

You just don't like to pay higher dues. So, I'm trying to figure out a way to give you the services you want but on a fee basis. If you don't want the service, you don't have to take it, and therefore you don't have to pay for it. Another way we offset costs is by doing appropriate, wise, well thought out affinity relationships. Paul Zambemardi used to head this up by himself. He got so good at it that we had to put Tim Kobosko in there with him and get Tim focused on figuring out the best way to provide you what I call a value-added service.

Value-added in that you, the alumni, the members of the Alumni Association, see the value to you and your family, and at the Alumni Association we see lower costs. Lower operational costs at the Alumni Association while providing better services back to our alumni. That is "value-added" at its best!

You know about the First USA Card, it will be heavily marketed at the Army-Navy game this weekend. I hope each of you has one. I know our Chairman does, because the other night we were arguing over who ought to pick up the tab and we both threw our cards out and they both had Naval Academy crests. I said, "Oh, are you a member of the Alumni Association? I am too!" Wouldn't it be marvelous if every time you went out to lunch with a business colleague or a close friend or tennis or golf partner and as you're fighting over who is going to pay the tab you each threw out a card and it had the Naval Academy crest on it? Imagine, 45,000 Naval Academy crests out there on a MasterCard. That's one of our affinity services and the First USA contract has been very, very good to our Alumni Association.

We're not just doing that, we're offering merchandise. With Tim's staff's innovation, we've figured out a way to do fulfillment at littie 36

or no cost to us. We don't have warehousing costs any more; we don't have inventory costs any more. Our merchandise sales were up 72 percent in October compared to the same time last year It tells me that the alumni want the services and it tells me that we're doing the right thing. That's all under the innovative leadership of Tim Kobosko.

Distinguished Graduate Award Weekend When we talk about sponsoring and initiating activities which perpetuate the history, the tradition, and the memories of the United States NavalAcademy, I don't think there's anything that we do or West Point's Association of Graduates does, or any university in the country does more meaningful to its alumni, and especially to the midshipmen of the Naval Academy, than the Distinguished Graduate Award program.

Chip Seymour has been working with my predecessor Ron Marryott, and of late with Admiral Carl Trost to run this program. Chairman Smith already mentioned this year's ceremony. There wasn't a dry eye in Memorial Hall by the time we finished that night as the Glee Club came in and sang two verses of "Navy Blue and Gold." I sent a videotape of that ceremony to every class president and every chapter president. If you are a class president or a chapter president cuid you have not received a copy of that video, please see Chip Seymour and let him know. Every awardee got a customized copy of that evening for him and his family. I wish we could invite all 49,000 living graduates to the distinguished graduate award ceremony. We could not. I wish we could invite 4,100 midshipmen to it, we CcUinot. But we're going to figure out a way to let 49,000 graduates and 4,100 midshipmen know about it and know about what these distinguished alumni have done for their alma mater, for their country and for their communities so we can further those ideals in today's brigade as well as tomorrow's.

The United States Naval Academy Foundation I'd be remiss if I had an audience this size and didn't talk for a moment about the United States Naval Academy Foundation of which I am the president. Our chairman. Chuck Larson, is here today. He doesn't need an introduction. However, I want you all to meet a new member of our team: Dick Johnson. We hired Dick from Bucknell University. The Naval Academy is his fourth tour as a professional in the university advancement and development business. Dick was a naval officer in the Vietnam era. He was in surface line. Dick has a love of the Navy. Dick has a love and knowledge of advancement programs. Dick brings us process, systems, and vast experience. With Dick's help, we're going to take the Naval Academy Foundation to its rightful place as a premiere foundation, and earn the mind, heart and wallet share of not just alumni but friends of the Naval Academy. We're going to do that through a significant national comprehensive campaign. You'll hear and read more about that in early 2001.

The Future—Vision That's a summary of where we've been. Let me tell you where we're going. I was asked yesterday by the Strategy and Planning Committee, "What do you want to do, George?" I said I have a vision of growth. It's not just growth in members, although that's important. I have a vision of 70,000 members. Ladies and gentlemen, today we're at 42,000. 70,000 is within our grasp. We should certainly be at 55,000 to 60,000 in the near future. But I throw 70,000 out not because it's an arbitrary number, in fact it's achievable; it is highly probable. We have the potential to achieve 70,000, and with that we achieve critical mass. At 70,000, the Alumni Association would be nearly twice the size it is today. That means twice the leverage, twice the impact, twice the influence. That's why that's important. With growth in membership, we'll grow value added membership services—not services for services sake, but services for our alumni and our members' sake. These will be services our members say are value added, not because we say they are.

But there is a more important part of the vision. I'm on record with this Superintendent (and I'll be on record with his successor) that before he is relieved, he will tell me that the Alumni Association is as important, as relevant, as meaningful and as impactful to what he's doing at the Naval Academy as he considers the Department of the Navy support; as he considers the Foundation support. That is the most meaningful indicator to me of where we're going with our vision. I see an Alumni Association that is as relevant and as important and as impactful to the Naval Academy in the 21st century as the Naval Academy is relevant, important, and impactful to the naval service of the 21st century, and to our nation. That is part of my vision and that's where we're going. That's where the staff is going and that's where I want the board to go with me.

Help us take this Alumni Association to itsrightfulplace. Again, this is a heart and mind-share issue. Getting the membership up is just part of it which is a quantitative measurement. The most important measurement is how we're perceived as an Alumni Association.

That's going to be my focus: A focus on growth, a focus on synergy, a focus on partnership. Partnership of the Foundation, the Alumni Association, its chapters, our classes, our parents clubs, the Naval Academy; partnering together to achieve our mission.

Expectations What should you expect of me and what should you expect of the staff?

First and foremost you should expect a staff that is always courteous.

Whether they're having a good day or bad day, they will be courteous. You should expect a staff that is always responsive. It's one of the areas I think in which we, including yours truly, needs to improve. We're busy, but there's no excuse for not being responsive. There's no excuse for not being courteous. You should expect a staff that is motivated to the mission: A staff that is purposeful.

That means there are going to be some among our constituents who will not be satisfied with everything we do because we won't deviate from our purpose.

We won't deviate from our mission to go do something that is not purposeful.

something that is not value added, something that is not within the bandwidth of our mission.

So expect that of us, and I'll hold the staff accountable to that. We get a lot of communications at 247 King George Street, mostiy electi-onic, but we get a lot of letters and a lot faxes and a lot of voice mails. Although I'd like to answer and talk directiy to all 49,000 living graduates, I find it difficult to do. So we're trying tofigureout a better way to communicate.

You can expect that of us. As proud as I am now of our communications capability today, and I saw a lot of heads nodding when I said 25,000 email addresses, we have 49,000 living graduates. We have 42,000 members of the Alumni Association. We have 17,000 non-graduate alums. We have at least 4,100 sets of parents, but we only have 25,000 email addresses. It was a significant achievement to get to that level, and we've got to drive that up. Most of you prefer electronic communication, which would be our preference. It is efficient, it is effective, it allows us to be responsive, and we get the issue dujour out to you quickly. So expect that of us.

In closing, what do I expect of you? Advocacy. Advocacy, not your money. I've been accused lately of being a "pecuniary person." Any money we accept at the Naval Academy Foundation is meant to support the transformation of the Naval Academy. But money alone will not transform the Naval Academy; money alone will not allow the Superintendent to achieve his mission of preparing leaders for the nation, which I think to be one of the higher calUngs. The country doesn't have enough leaders of great character We need leaders of great character for the 21st century. When the Superintendent comes here and shows you his curriculum and shows you his game plan, I think you'll see a curriculum and an emerging process designed to produce leaders of great character He needs advocacy, he needs support. It's not justfinancialsupport, ladies and gentiemen, he needs our moral support. We need moral support. I'm counting on the leadership of the Board of Trustees, the leadership of the chapters, the leadership of the classes, to remain informed. Informed advocacy is what I ask of you.

That's pretty much all I ask: informed advocacy. Stay informed. Challenge me, and challenge the staff to keep you informed. We can always debate, and we will sometimes disagree.

The second thing I ask of you is that, when we do disagree, we disagree without being disagreeable. I have elected not to respond to some recent correspondence. It is disagreeable correspondence; it is mean spirited; it is untoward—I can think of lots of words. But it's not the kind of correspondence or kind of communication I would expect of a person of great character So, I won't respond to it. I always respond to people who are offering weO-thought out, well-informed suggestions for change. You're going to hear about some of it today. Captain Deke Forbes '50 has done a wonderful job of putting together information, meeting with me personally, documenting it, sending it through the process, challenging us, challenging the board, challenging the Alumni Association, but in a thoughtful, honorable, well above board manner Do that for us. That we'll respond to. I can act on that and / will act on that. That's all I ask: your advocacy for your Alumni Association, your advocacy for the Naval Academy, and most importantiy your advocacy of this Brigade of Midshipmen.

The Brigade Speaking of the Brigade, there are 4,100 of them over in Bancroft Hall. What you may not know is 67,000 men and women have graduated from the Naval Academy in the last 155 years. When this Brigade joins our ranks, we will have graduated 71,100. Then there will be another 4,100 to come along, and they will keep coming. Let's make them part of the greater Brigade, let's become a part of their Brigade. That we can do. That doesn't require your pocket book. That requires your heart, and it requires you to remember that today's Brigade is just as relevant and important to their era and to the Navy and Marine Corps they will enter as you were to your era and the Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force that many of you served in. So, give them your support.

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By Lieutenant Commander George S, Capen '89, U.S. Navy fever the tasks of a collateral duty officer—specifically, the command voting officer—were more important, I cannot think of such an instance! While the overseas military vote continues to draw significant press attention, the excitement generated by a fascinating election is fading into history. Yet, there is much to be excited about and many reasons not to let our interest just disappear. It all depends on your personal "spin."

The day after the election, Margaret Carlson, a contributor to Time magazine, appeared on the Don Imus morning talk show and referred to military voters from Florida as "tax dodgers" (to Imus' credit, he challenged her word choice). This clearly disturbs most of us and caused quite a stir in USNA e-groups. The question remains: Will the excitement and angst caused by her and the election process in general develop into actions such that the collective military voice makes a difference in the future? Let's take a step back to review our call of service before charging the next hill.

As my airplane lifted off from the LAX airport in Los Angeles in 1989, the wing dipped in a long tum toward the sea. My first look at the neighborhoods of millions of Americans I did not know, that I chose to defend, made me proud to be en route to meet my first ship on deployment overseas. As I looked across the valleys and hills at thousands of homes filled with free people who did not know me, but slept securely because many people like me were deployed around the globe, I felt a deep sense of duty and honor to preserve their faith in our democracy. My thoughts were for the people; feel secure America, we will serve you well. That was 11 years ago.

Three presidential elections later, in the time that many of those children of Los Angeles have grown and taken citizen roles of their own, the feeling of pride in service to our country has not waned.

Many of those children—now adults who do not know what it means to serve in the military—voted for the first time. We, the men and women who do serve in our military, can be satisfied that the oath we swore to the nation has served a mighty purpose. To support and de-

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fend the Constitution of the United States of America does come with a cost, but the dividends are real and tangible.

The tragedy of COLE reminds each of us that service comes with a price. Deployments to areas of unrest and the flexible roaming nature of our Navy will continue to place sailors and Marines in harm's way. We may not know when danger is approaching. We may not be privileged to know why we are serving in a particular place at a particular time, but we always know that our service is necessary. Our service provides the security of a nation that enjoys unparalleled prosperity. Our service permits the democratic ideals of a nation to be borne and take shape.

After a thoughtful review of all that has happened during this election, I am convinced that democracy is alive and well. As I am writing this article the final election results are still unknown. The outcome in several states could be decided by the votes of our deployed naval forces. The voting crew of a single aircraft carrier could change the national result. And with absentee ballots counted, our service members may be remembered as the single determining factor of who will serve as the next commander in chief.

The cause of democracy is not to see a victor, but to promote a process for the people. Each of us will be affected uniquely by the ultimate winner of this election and for this our individual choice should be respected. The real importance of the election is that it occurred and the voice of each citizen, at home and abroad, carried an equal amount of influence in determining our own future. The process may not be perfect and in some cases each voice was not counted because of laws established within our democracy. But in a democracy, we can change the laws and improve the processes. The result may not be what we wanted, but in a democracy, we can all be heard. For these things, I will rest satisfied that my service has been worthy.

After the victor is announced, our duty as service members is to learn from this history and apply the lessons. From this election there are several lessons worth our attention: • Many civilians do not understand our call to duty or the rights of freedom we sacrifice daily for their own right to denigrate our service if they choose.

• The absentee ballot is not a standard form and is subject to national and local laws that determine its validity.

• Voting overseas requires time and effort in both directions; your mail may not reach the United States before an individual state's deadline for counting has expired.

• The military voice as expressed by voting can make a difference and is definitely worth the effort.

The outcome of the final vote tabulations will be significant and just in either case of a winner The democratic process has provided each of us the opportunity to make a difference. By our own service we have ensured the Constitution still guides the United States; we have ensured that there is a peace in which Americans can determine their own future; we have ensured that democracy prevails. And just to add a sense of personal responsibility, in the year 2000, the difference has been more than merely supporting the millions of people we serve, the difference will include our votes! <!/ George Capen' 89, will continue his series on alumni service within ethnic conflicts in the next issue. He encourages readers to contact him at GeoCapen@aol.com.

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By Midshipman I /C Lauren Majchrzak '01, U.S. Navy

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can't start this article and not pick on the underclass. It wouldn't be right. So here goes: I have more Army-Navy football victories than Plebes and Youngsters have years at the Naval Academy.

Life is so great as a Firstie.

On 11th Company's senior enlisted door is an anonymous saying put there by our former Gunny, First Sergeant Sullivan. It simply states: "On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of counfless millions, who at the dawn of victory sat down to rest, and resting died."

Apparently, tiiis is what happened to the Army football team after tiiey scored a touchdown on their opening drive. I guess they didn't learn their lesson in 1997 when Chris McCoy led Navy to a 39-7 victory. But for die faithful. Navy would come back and defeat Army 30-28 in dramatic style. With two minutes remaining. Army brought the score within two, but their on-side kick only went nine yards before being recovered by one of the members of Army. Offensive captain Brian Broadwater would then run out the rest of the play clock, and Navy would walk away with their one and only important victory this year.

During that game, defensive captain Brad Wimsatt recovered a fumble for a touchdown. This spring semester, he will be the First Regimental Commander Midshipman Commander Wimsatt will have the opportunity to test his leadership on and off the field now.

The rest of December brought only more good things. After successful giving from the Heart of the Brigade (where 11th Company put together a record high 126 boxes), the Giving Tree was lit and the Christmas spirit began. As always, the midshipman, faculty and officers on the Yard opened their hearts to the less fortunate. The Giving Tree continues to be an important facet of the relationship between Annapolis and the Naval Academy. Helping those in need

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hile organizing the correspondence of my late father; Rear Admiral Benjamin E. Moore 77, USN (Ret), I found this letter to his mother dated 31 January 1926:

From Midshipman 2/C Benjamin E. Moore: "The Math burial came Friday night. All the second class gathered in Smoke Hall, our meeting place, about 7:30 p.m. We all wore the most outiandish costumes and makeup that you have ever seen or heard of. Then we had all the Math profs up on a stage and the bunch was put through a recitation by one of the boys. Then each battalion, in tum, put on a littie scene depicting the ogre Math beingfinallyovercome and vanquished. There were songs about the profs. Math, exams and anything connected with the subject. It all ended in a solemn burial of Math, in a coffin, after the Class of '27 had turned him over to the medical department, that being the worst thing that could be thought of. Then the pieces of the dummy were gathered together and we all started down to the seawall to heave him overboard. But the weather was too cold for some of the boys in their semi-undress and we were contented to just heave him off the terrace.

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helps to build a positive relationship between the civilian world and the military.

Now, the Brigade has returned in January for the beginning of the Dark Ages; although, I don't know how dark it is for some. The light at the end of the tunnel is almost visible for the Class of 2001. With some 1,300 days completed, forgotten, blanked out, vanished from the senses, graduation is approximately 141 days from reform. Service assignment falls on Wednesday, 2 February this year. It is a night when the hopes and dreams of my classmates and myself become actuality, and we begin to live the rest of our lives. I keep telling my mom she needs to get me a blender for flight school, but I don't think she understand the magnitude of this necessity. After all, a blender is to a pilot as a donut is to a SWO. February also hosts hundreds night.

I didn't think this night would ever come when I was a plebe. I didn't think it would ever be my turn. Hopefully with a little snow, and undrivable highways, the Dean will cancel some class here and there and graduation will come a little faster So this semester I have 16 credits and I am done. Now if you ask my roommate Shannon Fitzpatrick, she'll tell you that you can never talk too much about graduation. Well that and her birthday is in January, so she told me I could write about her A veteran of the Navy at a mere 22, her father is a retired master chief, her brother Brian is a 1996 grad and her brother Mark is an ET2. Not to mention that she is getting married the day after graduation. There are quite a few of my shipmates getting married in the weeks following graduation, including another four in 11th Company. I'm excited for them. I'm excited for me. I have beaten the Dark Ages three times before, and this time, will be my last time. vL

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he Alumni Association is pleased to announce a new feature available through the www.usna.com Web site. All Naval Academy alumni will now be able to go online to look up their classmates and other alumni through our new Alumni Online Look up program. The service will be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Adhering to our Privacy Policy (which is accessible on the Web site), this service and the alumni information will be available only to Naval Academy alumni. To access this new service, you must register on the Association's Web site with your unique register number and PIN. If you are a current life or annual alumni member of the Alumni Association, both numbers are located above your address on your Shipmate magazine mailing label. If you are not a member, you can contact Member Services at 410-263-4448 to acquire this information.

he Men's Glee Club will be performing in Orange County and the San Diego area 10-14 March 2001. In addition to performing in area high schools, the Glee Club will perform in several public venues to include: • Sat 10 Mar: Disneyland and Disney's Califomia Adventure Park • Sun 11 Mar: Morning Worship Services (9:30 & 11:00 a.m.). Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA • Sun 11 Mar: Evening Public Performance: Venue TBD • Mon 12 Mar: Evening performance at Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego Tickets available after 1 Feb. at Symphony Hall Box Office, 619235-0804 (Discounts for Senior Citizens and Military).

In addition, the Men's Glee Club will be performing in several public venues in Honolulu, Hawaii, 15-18 March. Details TBA.

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Musical line-up for the Winter-Spring 2001 Concert Series.

he popular Service Academy Business Resource Directory (SABRD) is going online. It will also remain available in a book 19 Jan, A Classical Evening, Mahan Hall form for desktop reference. SABRD is the "Yellow Pages" for alumni 26 Jan, Chamber Music (Chamber Music Series), Mitscher Hall networking, whether business-to-business, customer-to-retailer, or 2 Feb, Music for a Cathedral, USNA Chapel jobseeker-to-employer 9 Feb, Electric Brigade (Top 40 & Rock), Mitscher Hall To ensure you are listed in this year's SABRD and iSABRD, go to 16 Feb, The Next Wave, (Big Band Jazz), Mitscher Hall the Alumni Association Web site, www.usna.com. Enter the member's 23 Feb, Traditional Favorites, Mitscher Hall only section. Your Register Number and PIN can be found on your 2 Mar, Brass Ensemble, (Chamber Music Series), tJSNA Chapel 9 Mar, Tmie Will Tell, (Chamber Music Series, A Jazz Recital), Mitscher Hall Shipmate label above your name. Update your information on-line.

10 Mar, h's In The Woods, (Chamber Music Series, Music For Clarinet), The SABRD desk reference will be available for $45. Stay tuned for avaiability of iSABRD, the on-line service.

St. Andrew By the Bay Catholic Church, 701 College Parkway, Annapolis.

Update your record today to ensure you are in SABRD 2001, and 16 Mar, Percussion Ensemble, Mitscher Hall 17 Mar, An Evening With Friends, (Chamber Music Series, Oboe & Trom- future iSABRD. bone), 1st Presbyterian Church, Duke of Gloucester at Conduit St, Annapolis.

23 Mar, Brass Band, (Chamber Music Series), Mahan Hall Correction 30 Mar, Side By Side, (featuring guests from AA Co. high schools) n the Cover information section of the DecemAlumni Hall ber 2000 issue of Shipmate, we transposed 20 Apr, Love & Marriage, (Chamber Music Series, A Clarinet & Vocal a digit in the phone number for McBride Recital), 1st Presbyterian Church, Duke of Gloucester at Conduit St, Annapolis.

Gallery in Annapolis. The correct number 4 May, Conductors' Choices, Mahan Hall is 410-267-7077.

All NavalAcademy Band concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. (except where noted) and are free and open to the public. Please note the various venues. For concert information call 410-293-0263 or visit our Web site at www.nadn.navy.mil/USNABand/Schedule.

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n the December 2000 Shipmate, the caption below the photo graph on page 67 is in error The Army-Navy game was played on Saturday, 29 November 1941.1 know; I was there. It was my 20th birthday! You don't think I would forget an occasion like that after 59 years!

CAPT William R. Kurtz '42, USN (Ret.)

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most enthusiastic congratulations to you and Mike Nassr '54 for a memory-evoking article on a truly unforgettable event, the 1950 Army-Navy game. As the Saturday Evening Post once opined, this traditional clash is a never-to-be forgotten sports event; a stunning upset.

For those of us who were on hand to see for ourselves a football game in which Pulitzer prize sportswriter Art Daley attributed Navy's win to the team's "relentiess, unbridled ferocity in tackling, running.

and its hell-with-odds spirit," the spectacle of the Navy team's play was overwhelming. The final outcome, for Navy rooters, was one of raptured astonishment.

I had the privilege of knowing the quarterback of that game. Bob Zastrow '52, as a friend over many years. I welcomed, therefore, Mike Nassr's tribute to Bob as the "dominant performer." Art Daley, writing in a New York Times column, the Monday after the game, described Zastrow as the "tormentor of the Army team... by using his "famed zug-chug device the quarterback sneak." There were other great moments for CDR Zastrow on the gridiron, but his demonstrated talents in 1950 transcended them all. Bob went on to distinguish himself in the Navy as a career naval aviator Close-out kudos to the author Mike Nassr for summoning us all back to a moment in our Academy's history when a football team, comprising a band of valiant, determined midshipmen, defied the odds and went on to produce the final victory.

Lefteris Lavrakas '43 Continued on page 42

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avo Zidi his new book: How Digital Is Your Business? '71: CAPT Joseph H. Johns, USNR, was named to the board of directors of AARO Broadband Wireless Communications, Inc. William C. Hoover was named new CEO of FutureNext Consulting, Inc. '72: CDR J. Paul Eisenhuth, USNR (Ret.), '48: Charles P. Smith recently retired after 32 years with The Daily joined Exelon Infrastructure Services as vice president, mid-Atiantic Intelligencer and The Record in Doylestown, PA. '51: Jerome region. CAPT Kirk B. Michael, USNR, has been appointed vice LaPides was elected to the board of directors of the College of Santa president and CFO, Finance and Planning for Duke Energy Services.

Fe. '56: RADM Robert H. Shumaker, USN (Ret.), was written up '73: Jeffrey D. Welsh, Esq., has been elected new CEO and presiin an article in The New York Times about his home, his book and his dent of fetchOmatic^M Global Internet, Inc. '75: CDR Curtis L. Coy, experiences as a POW in Vietnam. '57: CAPT William H. USN (Ret.), was named the new director of HHS' Program Support Peerenboom, USN (Ret.), has been appointed to the board of direc- Center RADM Michael C. Tracy, USN, has been named commander tors of ServiceSource. '58: Robert J. Maguire has been elected 2001 of Submarine Group Two and the Navy Region Northeast. '76: David chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association. VADM W. Jourdan and his company, Nauticos Inc., were written up in an John M. Poindexter, USN (Ret.), was named to the board of direc- article on locating and identifying lost ships. '77: LCDR Robert N. tors of Saffron Technology. RADM Benjamin F. Montoya, USN Hamblin Jr., USN (Ret.), has been named senior vice president of (Ret.), was recently honored for his community and public service Risk Management for Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union. CDR while serving as CEO of Public Service Company of New Mexico. Mark M. Atkisson, USN (Ret.), is the new personnel manager for '59: Donald H. Clark has assumed the chairmanship of the Sentara Anne Arundel County. '80: Eric P. Grubman will become co-presiHealthcare board of directors. '63: CAPT Jon C. Warn, USN (Ret.), dent of Constellation Energy Group's merchant power company with was awarded the SecNav Distinguished Public Service Award for the split with BGE. CDR J. Bradford McGee, USNRR, was named service as the program manager and principal analyst for the CNO executive vice president, chief strategy officer of Tyco International, Real-World Submarine Operations Analysis Program. '64: Michael Inc. '81: CDR Robert W. Filler, USNRR, joined Vanguard Integrity S. Holman is one of the members of Brickler & Eckler who have Professional as director of Federal Systems. LCDR Mark C. been certified as members of the Million Dollar Forum. '65: Donald Comtois, USNR, has joined the New York-based firm. Carter, Ledyard G. Barger Jr. has been named senior vice president and CFO of & Milbum. '83: Mark L. Powell is president of AlwaysOnline.net Yellow Corporation. ADM Donald L. Pilling, USN (Ret), has been which recently merged with The TownDock.com. '85: Patrick D. appointed as Battelle's new vice president. Strategic Planning/Busi- McPherson has joined the New York-based firm. Carter, Ledyard & ness Development, Government Market Sectors. '66: CAPT James Milbum. '86: D. Joseph English has joined the New York based H. Gillard, USN (Ret.), has joined Corrpro Companies, Inc. as di- firm. Carter, Ledyard & Milbum. '87: David M. Buckley has been rector of Navy Programs. '67; Ray A. Fortney, has become a direc- named CEO for DRIVERNet. '90: Thomas J. Leonard Jr. has been tor of the San Francisco office of Spencer Stuart. '68: LCDR Milton named by PICIS, Inc. to be the new vice president and general manH. Jones, USN (Ret.), has joined staff of PNCC, Inc. as a senior ager for Savent.TJ^ '93: Matthew R. Blunt has been elected Missouri's project consultant. CAPT Kevin J. Reardon, USN (Ret.), has been new Secretary of State. '95: LT Richard T. Cochrane, USN won the named the new president of 3Di. '69: ADM James O. Ellis, USN, 2000 Marine Corps Marathon in October 2000 witii the time of 2 received The Order of the Silver Crescent from the State of South hours, 25 minutes, 50 seconds. '97: ENS Robert A. Liotta, USN, Carolina, the highest award that the state gives to one of its citizens. has been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society.

'70: David J. Morrison was written up in Information Week about

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Mail Boat Continued from page 41 "All is Swell" ThankYou n reading the December 2000 issue of Shipmate, it is clear thatTF am writing this letter to thank someone. I do not know his name. has become a slick house organ for the Academy, with the message I am hoping he will see this in your publication. that "everything is swell." In particular, the pieces written by public Late Thanksgiving night, my family and I were traveling to West Virginia to visit family. We were on Route 33 almost to the Virginia- affairs staffers seem intended to glorify and inflate the Academy's West Virginia line when our Bronco just stopped. The transmission image. They cannot be taken seriously as objective journalism. The just went, completely. Route 33 is a winding two lane road with no bios on pages 4-6 (December 2000 Shipmate) are absolute puffery. shoulder Our flashers did not work nor did our cell phones. It was The closing comment on page 6 ("These are but a few ...") is selfextremely cold (we had heat) and we were scared. Along came two congratulatory. Good to know we have a Brigade of darlings.

On the other hand, not a word about Navy's football misfortunes. men in a pickup truck with Florida tags, on their way to do some hunting. Within moments they hitched us up to a tow line. Towed us Lots about golf and cross country.

Nary a dark cloud at Annapolis, I guess. up the mountain to a safe place and gave us their cell phone to call Tom Buell '58 for help. THANKYOU! I mentioned that we lived in Annapolis, and one of these saviors told me he was a retired Navy pilot that had lived in Annapolis at one time.

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Navv Athletics Women's Hoops Shoot Down Out Air Force avy overcame an 11-point, first-half deficit, and allowed just six second-half points, in a 56-38 victory over Air Force. The Midshipmen snapped their two-game losing streak and improved to 4-8 on their season, while the Falcons have now lost eight-straight games and fell to 2-10 on the year.

Air Force jumped out to an early 21-10 advantage midway through the first half, but Navy trimmed the deficit to 32-30 at halftime. The Falcons shot 61.1% from the field in the first half. Air Force led, 34-32 early in the second half, but Navy outscored the Falcons, 24-4, the rest of the game on its way to the victory. One of the keys to the Navy win was second-chance opportunities. Navy had 23 offense rebounds in the game and totaled 43 boards, compared to five offense and 29 total rebounds for Air Force.

Navy entered the game having made just five of its last 34 three-point field goal attempts in the past two games, but connected on 6-of-16 three-point attempts against Air Force. Four different Mids connected on at least one three-pointer in the game.

Navy's Jennifer Bombinski (Englewood, FL) had a game-high 11 points in the game and added eight rebounds, as well. Adrienne Roseti (Williamsville, NY) had ten points and seven rebounds, while Catherine Dunn (Aberdeen, NJ) tied a career high with five points and grabbed a personal-best 11 rebounds.

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The six points allowed in the second half by the Navy defense is a new Navy record for fewest points allowed in one half, breaking the previous defensive standard of nine points by Lafayette, 3 February 1999. The Mids held the Falcons to 3-of-20 shooting from the field in the second half (15%) and did not allow an Air Force basket over the final 6:17 remaining of the game.

Nine different players played at least ten minutes in the game for Navy.

"In the first half we stayed with one defense for most of the half," said Sanchez.

"But we were constantly changing in the second half and wanted to keep them off balance as much as we could. Our bench really kept the pressure on throughout the second half."

Foster and Hill Named AliAnnericans avy water polo captain Sean Foster (Davis, CA) was selected second-team Ail-American by the American Water Polo Coaches Association while Youngster goalie Nick Hill (Long Beach, CA) earned honorable mention All-America honors.

Foster and Hill, both selected to the 2000 NCAA all-toumament team, are the ninth and tenth players in school history to be named All-America. The last Midshipmen to earn All-America honors was Jason Pace in 1999 when he was named honorable mention.

Foster finished the season as the Mids' leading scorer with 85 goals and added 22 assists. He also led Navy (24-12) in steals (42), kickouts (25) and kickouts drawn (35).

Foster, the 2000 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division Player of the Year, finished his four-year career with 173 goals.

Foster is the first player in school history to be named second-team All-America.

Tom Temple (1986), Tom Popp (1987-88), Luis Nicolao (1989-91) and Doug Munz (1993-94) were third-team selections. Foster is also the fifth player in school history to be named MVP of the Eastern Tournament after leading Navy to a 13-12 victory over St. Francis (NY) in sudden-death triple-overtime on 19 November Hill, a second-team CWPA Southern Division selection, led the Navy goalies in blocks (126), steals (30) and assists (six).

Hill is only the second goalie in school history to be named All-America. Joe Alton, a native of Annapolis, MD, earned honorable mention honors as a junior in 1996.

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avy added two names to its distinguished list of retired jerseys when it recognized the late Don Lange and Captain Kevin Sinnett, USN, at halftime of the men's basketball contest against SMU. Lange, a standout on two NCAA Toiunament teams, and Sinnett, Navy's third all-time leading scorer with 1,687 points, join Vernon Butier, John Clune and David Robinson as the only five players in Navy history to have their jerseys retired.

Sinnett, a four-year letterwinner and captain of the 1978-79 squad, closed out his career witii 797 reboundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a Navy record at that time. Twenty years later, his rebound record now stands fourth on the Navy leader board.

A hometown favorite hailing from Annapolis, Sinnett led the Mids in scoring all four years, including a 483-point performance his senior season. Additionally, he led Navy in rebounds three years, including a high of 209 his junior campaign.

Sinnett also garnered Academic AllAmerica recognition his junior and senior years, while also earning an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Noted for his deadly hook shot, Don Lange and Navy basketball go hand in hand. Lange teamed up with John Clune to lead the Mids to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 1952-53 and 1953-54.

Lange earned Third-Team All-America recognition in his second season, and in just three seasons, he became just one of 16 Navy players to top the 1,000-point milestone. With 1,344-career points, he stands tenth on tiie Mids' all-time scoring leader board and owns the fourth-best career scoring average with Shipmate, January-February 2001

Game and was one of 40 players on the "watch list" for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is awarded to the nation's top defensive back.

Williams was a member of the ECAC's special teams list for his punting performance in 2000. He was the only player in the country to serve as the team's starting kicker or punter and also start at another position.

Williams had a solid season at both positions, catching 18 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns, while averaging 39.2 yards on his 58 punts. Only two of his 58 punts went for touchbacks, while he placed 14 of his 58 punts inside the 20-yard line. His career average of 39.2 ranks fifth best in school history.

Stahl Plays in Blue-Gray Game idshipman First Class Hoot Stahl, Navy's starting offensive tackle, played in the 2000 Kelly Tires Blue-Gray AllStar Classic played on Christmas Day in Montgomery, AL. Stahl was the only player from the three service academies to participate in the 2000 all-star game. This also marked the secondconsecutive year a member of the Navy football team played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic. In 1999, standout center Terrence Anderson and wide receiver Travis Williams played in the game.

Stahl, a native of Raleigh, NC, started all 11 games for the Midshipmen at left tackle.

In Navy's final three games of the season, Stahl and the Navy offense amassed 945 yards rushing as the Mids captured a 30-28 win against Army in the season finale on 2 December in Baltimore, MD.

M 20.1 points per game. A bull on the boards, Lange remains Navy's all-time leader in rebounding average, tipping the charts at 11.9 rebounds per game.

Lepore, Williams Manned ECAC All-Stars irst Class football standouts Chris Lepore (North Olmsted, OH) and Brian Williams (Greenwell Springs, LA) were named to the ECAC Division I-A Football All-Star Team.

Lepore, who garnered Preseason First-Team All-America recognition by Athlon and Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook, and was Navy's first Preseason All-America since Napoleon McCallum in 1984, was also named to Football News' All-Independent team this fall.

He finished the year with 109 tacklesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;37 more than anyone else on the team. He had five of Navy's eight interceptions and had three of Navy's ten fumble recoveries on the year. He is the first Navy player since Clint Bmce in 1996-97 to lead Navy in tackles for two-consecutive seasons.

Lepore has been selected to play in the Hula Bowl and Gridiron Classic All-Star

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Firsties Lead Mids To Victory enior quarterback and co-captain Brian Broadwater (Elizabethtown, PA) mshed for 121 yards and one touchdown and completed seven of his 13 pass attempts for 88 yards and a touchdown, while senior defensive end and co-captain Brad Wimsatt (Gaithersburg, MD) had the best game of his senior season, picking up a fumble and rumbling three yards for a touchdown as Navy

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Navy was led by its first classmen all day, as free safety Chris Lepore (North Olmsted, OH) intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble, while wide receiver/punter Brian Williams (Baton Rouge, LA) caught two passes for 38 yards and a touchdown and punted the ball five times for 227 yards (45.4 average) with a long of 55. Williams was a big reason why Navy won the field position battle, as he pinned Army deep in its territory on several punts. The senior led offensive line of Chad Adams (Angler, NC), Philip Yeh (Mesquite, TX), Scott Swantner (Lafayette, CA), Ron Winchester (Rockville Centre, NY) and Hoot Stahl (Raleigh, NC) dominated the line of scrimmage, as the Mids rushed for 300 yards.

Navy fell behind 7-0 on Army's second possession, as Mike Wallace took a handoff up the middle and ran 65 yards for a touchdown to give the Cadets the early 7-0 lead.

Navy, though, would go on a scoring binge over the next two-and-a-half quarters, scoring 27 unanswered points.

David Hills (Latham, NY) got things started for Navy with a 23-yard field goal.

Broadwater put the Mids up for good with 2:53 left in the first with a 45-yard touchdown mn. Williams made it 17-7 early in the second when he caught a 32-yard strike from Broadwater and Hills made it 20-7 at the half with a 32-yard field.

Navy looked like it would put the game away late in the third when Wimsatt picked up a Wallace fumble and ran it in for a 27-7 lead. But the Cadets, as to be expected, would not go away, as Army quickly scored on a blocked punt at the end of the third quarter and then made it 27-21 with 8:57 left in the game with backup quarterback Curtis Zervic hit Brian Brueton with a 23-yard touchdown pass to make it 27-21. Army forced Navy to punt on its next possession but Omari Thompson, who was the nation's leading punt returner heading into the game, fumbled and Continued on page 46

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25 Earn Post Season Honors he Collegiate Sprint Football League announced that 25 Midshipmen earned allleague honors and wide receiver Ben Wilson (Cincinnati, OH) was selected as the League's Most Valuable Player.

Wilson, who led the Midshipmen in receiving with 29 receptions for 484 yards and seven touchdowns, was an all-league selection four consecutive years. Offensive lineman Paul Meyer (Zion, IL) and running back Arnold Selvidge (Birchwood, TN) were also firstteam honorees.

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Hills hit on a 27-yard field goal with 5:32 remaining to make it 30-21, but Army would come right back to pull to within two points, marching 56 yards on ten plays, the drive capped off by a Zervic touchdown pass to Anthony Miller with 2:44 remaining. Army recovered the on-side kick, but officials ruled the Cadets touched the ball before it went ten yards, giving Navy the ball at the Army 44.

On fourth down. Hills came on to attempt a 43-yard field goal, which he missed short and right, but an Army player ran into Hills after he kicked it, giving Navy a first down. The Mids then ran out the clock to end the game.

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Team awards were also handed out to Wilson and Kingsbury. Wilson was named the team MVP and the 2000 recipient of the LCDR A. Schaufelburger Award, while Kingsbury was named the Sexton Memorial Award winner Navy finished the 2000 season with a 3-3 record and a CSFL mark of 2-2.

Ewers, a four-year starter for the Navy defensive unit, was named to the 2000 Soccer Buzz All-Mid-Atiantic Region Third Team and has gamered All-Patriot League kudos all foiu: years of her career She eamed First-Team All-Patriot League recognition three-consecutive years.

One-of-three senior members of Navy's defense, she holds the school record for most games played with 80. She's been a key component in laying and building a solid foundaEwers and Fisher Earn tion at Navy. In 1998, she helped guide the Mids Postseason Honors avy First Class defender Margaret Ew- to a school record 14 shutouts, while they led ers (Danville, CA) and Second Class the league with a 0.64 goals-against average. midfielder Justine Fisher (Tucson, AZ) were In addition. Ewers and Fisher have been honored by Soccer Buzz, adding to their list named to the 2000 All-Mid-Atiantic Region of postseason honors. Both Ewers and Fisher Team announced by the National Soccer garnered First-Team All-Patriot League recog- Coaches Association of America. nition, while Fisher was tabbed Second-Team "Margaret and Justine are deserving of their All-Mid-Atiantic Region Team and Ewers was recognition by the NSCAA," said Navy head named Third-Team All-Mid-Atiantic Region by coach Carin Gabarra. "They've been trementhe National Soccer Coaches Association dous leaders for Navy both on and off the playof America. ingfield.Their play speaks for itself and in tum games, ranking 11th all-time in NCAA men's Fisher, who was named to the 2000 Soccer they have received both recognition and respect soccer history for consecutive minutes played Buzz All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team, has from oiu' region's coaches." without allowing a goal. He posted a goalsbeen labeled a success since first stepping into against average of 0.85 and five shutouts, a Navy uniform. As afireshman,she gamered Paisant and Steckroth bringing his career shutouts to 11.

Patriot League Rookie-of-the-Year honors, Earn Honors while last season, she was tabbed the Patriot Continued on page 48 avy men's soccer captain Michael League Offensive Player of the Year. In her junPaisant (Norcross, GA) and Second ior campaign, she eamed her third First-Team Classman Brian Steckroth (Little Silver, NJ) All-Patriot League award, thus after leading the were selected to the National Soccer Coaches Mids in scoring with 31 points on a team-high Association of America (NSCAA) Adidas 13 goals and seven assists. Her 13 goals rank All-South Atlantic Team. Paisant and MARITIME BOOKS third on the Mids' all-time single-season goals Steckroth were First-Team All-Patriot League scored chart and her seven assists are sixth on honorees this season. the leader board. She is second on Navy's caPaisant scored three goals and tallied eight Books on ships and the reer list in goals (37), seventh in assists (16) assists for the Mids this season. This is the sea. STEEL SHARK IN THE second in scoring (90) and third in shots taken second consecutive season Paisant has eamed PACIFIC, a submarine in (154). Additionally, she owns three of Navy's Second-Team All-South Atlantic honors. top-six single-season goal-scoring records.

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avy's men's swimming and diving team used a late rally to defeat Army, 130113, Friday night in West Point, NY. It marked the tenth straight year the Midshipmen have claimed N-Star victory over the Black Knights.

Navy trailed for the entire first Photo by Phil Hoffman '73 half of the meet and was behind, 83-67, after the eighth event, the 100 freestyle. The Mids closed to within three points after sweeping the top-three places in the ninth event, the 200 backstroke. Mike Heiny (Advance, NC) won with a time of 1:51.67, followed by Beau Oliver (1:53.02) and Jimmy Batiista (1:54.34). Navy took the lead for the first time all night after Sumner Rollings (Poway, CA) won die 500 freestyle and Tim Ray (Rochester, NY) placed third in the same event.

Navy's diving team gave the Mids some breathing room after sweeping the three-meter diving competition, but Navy held a sUm 12-point lead after the final individual event, the 200 breaststroke. Navy closed the meet with the team of Daniel Floyd (Greensboro, NC), Matt James (Lititz, PA), Jon Rank (Miami, FL) and Chnt Cornell (Dickson City, PA) winning the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:05.26.

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In addition to winning the 500 freestyle. Rollings also claimed victory in the 1000 freestyle. Comell, Navy's team captain, won the 50 and 100 freestyle events and anchored the winning 400 free relay team. Thatcher Can- (Shaker Heights, OH) won both the one and three-meter diving events, with Casey Gon (Cheetowaga, NY) taking tiiird in both events and Jonathan Schiffelbein (Reston, VA) placing second in the three-meter Navy W a t e r Polo Ranked he Navy water polo team finished the 2000 season ranked 11th in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) top 20 poll released this week by the CWPA office. The Mids' ranking is the highest for a team on the East Coast with St. Francis (NY) the closest at Number 13.

Navy, which finished the season with a 24-12 mark, earned a berth in the NCAA Water Polo Toumament in Malibu, CA, for the first time in six years by defeating St. Francis (NY) 13-12 in sudden-death overtime to win the CWPA Eastern Tournament. The Mids fell to eventual NCAA Champion UCLA in the opening game of the tournament, 12-5. Navy dropped a 15-9 decision to Southern Cal in the third-place game Sunday.

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Joining Hawley on the all-decade team were former Navy swimmers Heidi Fearon, Kelly Kinsella and Julia Mason, as well as diver Stacia Johnson.

Fearon '96 won eight Patriot League individual tides, as well as one relay championship in her career Her eight individual league titles stands second in Navy history. Fearon was named co-swimmer of the meet in both 1994 and '96. Fearon's 1995 time of 4:29.04 in the 400 individual medley remains a Navy, a Patriot League and a Patriot League championship meet record. She also holds the Navy standard in the 1650 freestyle event (17:05.95).

Kinsella '93 stands fourth in Navy history with five individual league titles. Kinsella gamered co-swimmer of the meet honors in 1993 following her victories in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, as well as the 200 individual medley. Kinsella added a Patriot League title in the 400 medley relay in 1992 and won the 200 freestyle relay in 1990 when Navy competed in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

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Pres: RADM Elliott Strauss, USN (Ret.) 2945 Garfield Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20008 h: 202-332-5042 Send news directiy to Shipmate.

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Strauss New First Knight The Army and Navy Club is honored to recogruze its new First Knight: the Golden Kiught who has belonged to the Club for the longest continuous period of time, Washington native and resident R A D M Elliott Strauss. ADM Strauss, 97, joined the Army and Navy Club in 1938, and became a member of the select Knights of the Golden Circle in 1988. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and led a distinguished naval and foreign service career ADM Strauss succeeds the late VADM Ralph Earle '22 as the ANC First Knight.

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Pres: RADM Ben Scott Custer, USN (Ret.) Send news directly to Shipmate.

It is with profound sorrow that we learned of CAPT Gordon Campbell's passing. He was a true friend and dedicated servant to his Class.

He was an enthusiastic supporter of the formation of the "Society of '26 Juniors" which had been a dream of mine since 1993, and we have had many phone conversations and correspondence in which he offered advice and encouragement. He also obtained start-up money and lists for us.

Our dream has been fulfilled. On Friday, 7 September 2001 we will celebrate the 75th a n n i v e r s a r y of the C l a s s of ' 2 6 w i t h a memorial service at the main chapel, followed by a dress parade at 4:00 p.m. and a reception and o p t i o n a l d i n n e r at 5:00 p . m . at the Officers' Club.

Many thanks to Ward LeHardy and Pat Stroop '54 for their tireless work. I know that CAPT Campbell left us with a sense of mutual accomplishment, and will be with us in spirit, particularly in 2026 when we will hold a "Final Roll Call" for all their descendents.

Hope to see you all in September The Class of '26 Juniors has developed the following schedule of events for the 75th Reunion at the Naval Academy on Friday, 7 September 2001: 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Check-in/receive name tags at Dahlgren Hall 2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Class of 1926 Memorial Service in the Chapel 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: P-rade Worden Field 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Reception at the Officers' & Faculty Club For those who are interested (this is not part of the reunion), there is a football game the next day versus Georgia Tech (kick off is at noon). Tickets may be purchased through the NAAA. Detailed information will be distributed in May 2001 by email and letters. Any questions m a y be d i r e c t e d to Ward L e H a r d y (wardjudy56@rivnet.net) at 804-436-8904, or Pat S t r o o p ' 5 4 ( s t r o o p @ u s n a . c o m ) at 410-268-4919 (home), 410-293-1914 (work).

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Katherine Stanley Virden, widow of the late RADM Frank Virden, died on 19 October 2000 at her home in Azalea Trace, Pensacola, FL. She and Frank had lived there for the last 16 years. Kay was a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1931. She married Frank on 1 August 1931 and accompanied him on his various tours of duty around the world. She was well suited for this being a "navy junior."

The daughter of the late R A D M Emory Day Stanley, SC; she was the sister of the late RADM Emory D. Stanley Jr. '35, SC, and the mother of CAPT Frank Stanley Virden, SC. Kay was the motivator and tireless worker for the establishment of Carl Vinson Hall in McLean, VA. In addition she devoted many volunteer hours to Navy Marine Corps Relief Society and was a Grey Lady for the Red Cross during World War II. Burial services at the Naval Academy Cemetery beside her beloved Frank were followed by a reception for a large number of family and friends.

Kay is survived by her son, CAPT Frank S. V i r d e n , S C , of G u l f S h o r e s , A L , a n d daughters Cynthia Virden Malone of Gulf Shores, A L , and the Rev. Evelyn Virden Lawyer of St. Paul, MN; ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, 801 N. Randolph St., Ariington, VA 22203-1978.

The Space Coast Chapter held its October luncheon at the Phoenix Restaurant, Satellite Beach, FL. We consider the Phoenix as one of our favorite places to meet, and always schedule it at a time when most of our Chapter is in town. This was also a special occasion, as Ray Harrell celebrates his 95th birthday this month. We had a cake made, decorated with the USNA symbol and Ray's name.

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Pres: RADM William O. Snead, USN (Ret.) Secy: CAPT John A. Moreno, USN (Ret.) 1214 Fifth Sn-eet, Coronado, CA 92118 h: 619-435-3732 Had a brief phone chat with Bill Lowery, who was making his annual visit to San Diego from his home in Chandler, AZ. Bill's doing fairly well, although his hip which he broke in a fall n e a r l y t w o y e a r s a g o is still bothering him.

Janet O'Beime, Emmett O'Beime's widow, died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Coronado on 14 July 2000. At her request, there were no services. She is survived by her two sons, William O ' B e i r n e and Barton O'Beirne, both of Coronado and daughter, Sharon C. Young, of Greenville, NC. We extend our sincere condolences to them all.

Further news this month covers the untimely death of Charles R. "Dick" Herms. Dick died on 28 July 2000 in Sarasota, FL. Following retirement from the Navy, he received a master's degree from Purdue University and taught at Western College for Women in Oxford, OH. His funeral services were held at Plymouth Harbor Pilgrim Hall, Sarasota, FL, on 2 August 2000. Survivors include his wife, Katherine K. Herms of Sarasota; sons, C.R. Herms J r of Oxford, FL, and James K. Herms of Cambridge, MA; and a brother, George A. Herms of Mount Pleasant, SC. Our sincere condolences and sympathies go to the above.

A l w a y s d e p e n d a b l e Lil N e l s o n s e n d s sorrowful news of Jimmie Howard's widow, PhyUis "Cici" Howard. She died on 22 September in Alexandria, VA, leaving son James H. Howard J r of Gastonia, NC; daughter Linda H. Mattingly of McLean, VA; four granddaughters, and three great-grandchildren. She was buried on 16 October at Arlington.

From other sources we have received word of the deaths of William B. "Bill" Gubbins and Harry Canaday. No other information was printed concerning the details of their deaths.

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And, if we may, I'd Uke to shift to write about two fine friends in ' 3 1 : Rivets Rivero '31 and A.B. Metsger '31.

Rivets died on 24 September in Coronado after being in failing health for several months. His services were held at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, on 30 September In recent years we had seen much of Rivets in Coronado and our respect and admiration grew with the years. He had a very distinguished career including service as a four star admiral and as ambassador to Spain. I won't go into fiirther details because I'm sure his death will be covered i n ' 3 1 ' s column or in "Last Call" in Shipmate.

We had been concerned about A.B. Metsger because his splendid column has been missing recently in Shipmate and likewise missing was his well written monthly Class of '31 newsletter His obituary appeared in October Shipmate "Last Call." He too, had a very distinguished and successful career This is an appropriate occasion to express our gratitude to those loyal Classmates, wives and widows who have contributed so much to this column. We are thinking particularly of Jack Lee, Chick Lawver, Tom Hughes, Roscoe Newman and, of course, always faithful, Lil Nelson. I may have overlooked one or two others, for which I apologize. Blame it on the fading memory of old age, but in any case, thanks to you all.

Breaking a long silence, Rita Verhoye called.

She has had more than her share of illness over the past several years. Her address remains 4908 Estate Court, El Cajon, CA 92020; 619-442-7103. Her stepson, Carl Verhoye, died several years ago.

Lil Nelson has kindly sent in a change of address for Madeline and Artie Owen, 3440 South Jefferson St., #356, Falls Church, VA 27041; 703-578-7182.

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Tiiis was an early indication of Dave's ability; it led him to a master's at MIT and then into engineering duty, first on our old friend ARKANSAS and then later as chief engineer on BUNKER HILL.

From a book U.S. Navy, I was able to cut out this picture of BUNKER HILL. It shows some of the horrors of war, which tend to be forgotten. From this book I quote: For the U.S. Navy, the Okinawa campaign proved to be the deadliest of the war. The fleet was subjected to the most harrowing assault any navy has ever suffered. This offensive did not come from the Japanese fleet, for it had all but ceased to exist since the Philippines campaign. And it did not consist of massive aerial bombing, for Japan had lost most of her experienced aircrews. It was launched by the Kanukaseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Divine Windâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Corps, which tried to crash its planes into the American ships. This tactic was completely foreign to western minds and no matter how alert the combat air patrols or how effective the curtain of anti-aircraft fire, some suicide planes got several ships.

The Kamikases released their full fury against the fleet riding off of Okinawa. From every quarter of the compass they bored in to attack. More than 400 were splashed by fighters and the heavy flak from the ships, but 19 vessels were hit, some of them several times.

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Pres: CAPT Will I. Bull, 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 At the Academy, Dave Kinert roomed w i t h A n d y N i s e w a n e r . A n d y m a d e an interesting comment: Despite a voluminous correspondence, which keeps two pens busy and his room-

Dave Kinert Dave Kinert, making sure the power stayed, must have felt the shock when two Kamikases struck his ship in quick succession. His carrier lost 396 killed or missing. Later on, after Shipmate, January-February 2001

he became a rear admiral, Dave retired and then joined the Pacific Far East Line to manage their new construction. With his wife, Marian, Dave raised three fine kids, David, Sandra Lynn, and Robert. They enjoyed travel, painting, and photography. The last address we have is Burlingame, CA. Jack Morse was a serious young man as I remember his Midshipman years. After graduation he served on the usual fleet assignments.

Then, after he married his girl, Helen, from his hometown of Sumter, SC, he stepped ahead by getting his master's from MIT in aeronautical engineering. From then on Jack did a lot of staff work and he ended up an expert on the atom which enabled the Morses to spend many enjoyable years traveling while on duty in France. After retirement in 1959, Jack had several interesting jobs. As his roommate Pete Shaw said, "He exceeded even the most sanguine predictions made by the editor of ye hometown bumword!" Jack died last August.

(See "Last Call" in the November 2000 issue of Shipmate.)

Jack Morse Last September our column included a list of 60 new ships commissioned during World War n and commanded by officers from our Class. F.N. Howe J r , Nemo Howe's son, wrote me about it. He says: "I continue to read with interest your Shipmate efforts on behalf of the great Class of 1932." He then goes on to point out that our list is incomplete. He wants us to appreciate that other ships might well be included on our list, especially one AVP-38, DuxBURY BAY, which was c o m m i s s i o n e d 31 December 1944 at Bremerton by CDR F.N. Howe. I confess that my column often includes information that has no guarantee of correctness. The column is hungry for news and gladly prints all items of Class interest that come its way.

Nemo was one of the best looking men in our Class. He even looks great with a Santa Claus beard as you can see. After graduation he served aboard RALEIGH before getting his assignment at Pensacola. By that time. Nemo and Marty were married and thinking about having a family. Those early years were busy with new duties and new children. During the war. Nemo commanded VB-134, flying PVIs in ASW. In 1942 he went to FAW-11 in Curasao and Guantanamo. He was in WestPac for the Okinawa campaign. Nemo's jobs alShipmate, January-February 2001

ways involved much ti-avel, which Marty and the two children enjoyed. In retirement. Nemo did a lot of writing. After going to the 45th in Coronado, he returned to Bethesda where his old cancer came back, ending his life. His son, his daughter, and granddaughter are all Navy people.

Fortunately, my talk was well received and I had the opportunity to share the podium with ADM Bob Fountain who had served on the nuclear SCORPION. He addressed the group on the results of the research into the nuclear sub's demise.

While at the reunion, 1 heard for the first time that it was possible to have memorial markers at cemeteries for those lost at sea.

As a result, my father now has a beautiful marker at Arlington which lists SCORPION as well as the Navy Cross and other medals that he had been awarded.

It's over 50 years since he was lost, but somehow having the tangible memorial gives a sense of closure and I'm grateful for the opportunity to make it happen.

-Elizabeth Schmidt Morrison A few months ago, when I put the list of ships commissioned by Classmates in our column, I failed to consider that the list might be incomplete. Last September, Mary Bruce

Nemo Howe Last year we read about the Russian sub sinking in the Barents Sea because of explosions in one of its large torpedo tubes. This OSCAR Class warship carried 24 "Shipwreck" missiles whose primary function is to destroy American carriers and submarines. They can be armed with an H-bomb warhead equal to one half million tons of TNT, enough to wipe out Los Angeles. On the fateful day last August, KuRSK was conducting an exercise to illustrate a missile sinking another submarine, using a missile called 100 RV Veder It is a rocket-boosted torpedo that starts off in the water The rocket booster then ignites and the torpedo missile flies to the target under rocket power, then it releases a smaller torpedo (with parachute) which hones in on the target sub for the kill. The 220-pound explosive warhead can be an armed mini-nuclear warhead equal to 200,000 tons of TNT. The best guess is that a missile ignited inside the tube, melting its walls and twisting it out of shape. Then the warhead exploded, causing a large hole in the skin of KURSK. As the 14,000-ton ship fell to the bottom, another warhead was detonated which completely finished off the attack submarine.

Despite its lack of funds, Russia continues to build new subs. The latest, BELGOROD, is supposedly being sought by the Chinese Navy.

I remember learning that the offensive and the defensive power of navies alternately rises and falls. If true, we cannot "rest on our oars."

An interesting letter: Dear Class of '32, Last year 1 was invited to address the annual Sub Vets reunion in Hagerstown, MD. As the daughter of a '32 Classmateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Max G. Schmidt, skipper of the submarine SCORPION, lost in WWII, 1 had the honor of christening SCORPION (SSN-598) many years ago.

Since I obviously had never served on SCORPION and had no sea stories to share, 1 thought those vets and their spouses attending the reunion might be interested in hearing what it's like to be a sponsor of a submarine and what goes into a launching.

called me to say I had left out HOWARD PRINCE

and PORTER. To further explain the situation she produced a large book filled with memoirs.

It is naturally of great value to her but she did allow me to read it, and gather a few items of interest.

On 24 June 1944, the new destroyer PORTER ( D D - 8 0 0 ) , was christened by a beautiful Annapolis girl. Miss Georgiana Porter Cuzachs, a descendent of the famous family of fighting admirals. Built by the Tacoma-Seattle Shipbuilding Co., the new destroyer replaces the last ship of this name, lost in the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942.

Twenty-two officers were assigned to the new ship, headed by the new CAPT Howard Riche Prince, a commander out of the Class of 1932.

After one year at sea, Howard had this to say to his shipmates, "My charge to all of you when I assumed command of PORTER one year ago was, 'All hands turn to'; I say to you now, 'Well done!'"

The anniversary book contained many pages of humor and history from all hands. One paragraph was of particular interest: Our friend John Paul Jones installed the first stable element. It wasn't a fancy gadget, but it served the purpose of reducing the problem of the rolling gun platform.

To the masthead a long chain was secured; on its lower end a ball-shot was suspended, free to swing above the deck. The battery, all loaded and primed was fired, as the chain became parallel to the mast. The scoffers eyes opened with surprise when the fall of shot was observed.

PORTER, part of a task force consisting of cruisers and destroyers, attacked the Kiril Islands at the north end of Japan 12 times during this first year Some merchant ships were sunk and many airfields destroyed. The ships and the crews suffered from the extreme weather encountered in the North Pacific.

One attack was written up by the Attu Morning Sun: The Task Force approached the Japanese bastion undetected by its defenders about two hours after nightfall. Star shells illuminated the snow-covered targets. Straining 53

gun crews, working in chilly 26-degree weather, poured 4,500 rounds offive-and six-inch ammunition into aircraft hangers, AA emplacements, radio stations, supply facilities and administration buildings.

Matsurva is the keypoint of the Kiril defensive system. The airfield is well developed and is located in the middle of the 450-milelong chain of islands.

In the picmre of Howard after PORTER was christened, ADM Porter's lovely granddaughter is giving Howard a new flag for PORTER.

ADM Porter's granddaughter gives Howard a new flag for PORTER

years ago." Al added that Jack always replied to notices either by a nice note or phone.

Al just returned from Savannah, his "home and kin." He visited with his six great-grandchildren there. Then he went down to Pensacola for LTA Reunion ("Poofy-Bags").

Al feels pressure, like the rest of us, to slow down as he and Betty live the good life at Rancho Santa Fe. We can remember difficult disciplinary problems. In Trident, CMDR James Ramson, CO of MIAMI (SSN-755), tells of one he had: In 1999,1 was having significant problems with an ET 3 who just wasn't getting it. He had been to captain's mast twice. In the end, 1 busted him,finedhim, and restricted him.

But 1 also invested a lot of my time talking to him. I transferred him off the ship, but went against the recommendations of the chain of command and sent him to another sub for a second chance. (He did show exceptional promise.) This year I ran into him on base and he was doing great. He was now a petty officer and enjoying Navy life. It's the little victories that count the most!

Last year we heard a great deal about the "Perfect Storm." Fifty-six years ago we had a similar storm out in the Pacific. Brooks Harral called it "Admiral Halsey's Typhoon." It stmck the Third Fleet at sea and destroyers HULL, MONAGHAN and SPENCE were lost. Rooks said, "Many of us survived this storm," but just whom he doesn't say. In his write-up of the Leyte invasion, he states, "With Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet were Hal Knoertzer's HUNT; P D Quirk's GRIDLEY; George Pressy's

and Charlie Smith's HENLEY." Probably all four ships were present.

Betty Lee Berger gave me a written, detailed description of the storm (she got it from George Pressy). "Blasting winds created canyons of roaring green water 70 feet deep with sucking troughs into which the ships plummeted. Winds from 100 to 150 knots were experienced."

The destroyers "were most vulnerable to the storm. Immense waves battered them and half submerged them under crashing combers for 24 hours while their crews fought vahantly to save them."

The naval historian, Hansen Baldwin, remembered the cacophony of the shipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the groaning and creaking of the bulkhead, the working of the stanchions, the play of the rivets, the hum of the blowers, the slide and tear and roar of the chairs and books adrift, of wreckage slipping from bulkhead to bulkhead.

One destroyer rolled 75 degrees and recovered. Somewhere in the rain-saturated vortex, with 100-foot waves pounding her, the 1,500-ton MONAGHAN was driven repeatedly on her side until she could recover no longer She sank with 258 men onboard.

Only six of her crew survived.

LCDR Marks, captain of HULL, "after he had watched a gigantic wave close over his ship," catapulting every person on the bridge from his station, said, "No wind could be worse than what I have just witnessed!" To give graphic HOBBY;

Jack Kaufman

"Jack Kaufman is one of those boys who thinks the sun not only sets but rises in the Golden West," so said his knowledgeable roommate Dick Franklin. Dick also noted Jack's "keen understanding of the human mind coupled with an exceedingly facile tongue and a far-famed sense of humor."

These abilities served him well; after making rear admiral, he decided to become a stockbroker; he retired to live in Coronado where he enjoyed life with his wife, whom he had met on a blind date at the Del Coronado.

It is interesting to note that Jack, as damage control officer on SANTA FE, played a key role in saving FRANKLIN, badly damaged by two bombs only 50 miles from Japan. With 724 killed and 264 wounded. Jack's cmiser escorted FRANKLIN all the way back to Pearl Harbor Our great California correspondent, Al Cope, sent in the bad news about Jack Kaufman. He said that they didn't see much of Jack "after his wife's tragic death several 54

proof of his statement, I quote one additional: "A few of her crew were able to simply step off the capsized ship into a sea so violent it wrenched the life jackets off those lucky enough to swim away."

Beginning the first year of the new millennium, we must report on the loss of several wonderful Classmates. We hear this news by phone or letter and it always comes as a surprise or shock. Today my wife got a call from Jeanne, the widow of John Munholland. She and John lived over in Easton, MD; their phone is unlisted so I've had no success in calling her back.

John Munholland

John spent many years on destroyers, "rocking and rolling in turbulent waters from Iceland to the Aleutians to Tongabato in the Pacific." He commanded MEADE and captured Japanese Sub 1-35. He retired as a rear admiral to enjoy family life with Jeanne and his rapidly growing family. Interestingly, John loved sailing CALYPSO around the Chesapeake Bay. To add to the above, in the "Last Call" of the October Shipmate, in the condensed section (where I didn't see their names), are Whitey Toft and Bill Zinc who joined the Big Blue Line with no word coming to your secretary. They certainly deserve mention in our column, even though it's of minimum size.

Jack Morse, Jack Kaufman and John Munholland are too many for one Shipmateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; let's slow it down for the next few years! For all you live ones, Happy New Year!

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Pres: ADM Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y: CAPT James M. Elliott, USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr #373, McLean, VA 22101 h: 703-237-6639; e: Jimmea2@aol.com San Diego Correspondent: Mrs. R.S. Riddell 4037 Alameda Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 h: 619-295-9091 The regular meeting of the Class of 1933â&#x20AC;&#x201D; jointiy with the Class of 1931 was held at the Chevy Chase Club on 10 October There were 13 in attendance: Carrie and Tom Moorer, Lee and Gary Coleman, John Oren, Tuddie and Jim Elliott, and Joe Cobb. While a last minute illness prevented the attendance of the everfaithful Renee and Ernie Campbell it is good to report that the illness turned out to be not serious. Class of 1931 members present included Virginia and John Webster '31, William Fitzgerald '31, Ruth Day widow of Edward Day '31. and Audry Dempsey, widow of James Dempsey '31.

Due to the unexpected temporary illness of a Classmate, Tom Moorer was not called upon to deliver his usual very informative survey of current world events.

Jim Elliott has been designated as corresponding secretary to relieve Gary Coleman who has been handling that job very capably since Charly Blick's move to Australia. Jim's address is 6251 Old Dominion Drive, Apt. 373, McLean, VA 22101; 703-237-6639. Please assist him by sending him any news of Class doings. By the way, Jim has not been able to get in touch with Lee Riddell for news of our West Coast Classmates, so please any West Coast Classmates send Jim any news you may have of '33 doings for inclusion in Shipmate.

A letter from Nettie Hardman, widow of Ward Hardman, passed on to me by Gary Coleman was particularly appreciated.

Letters from Class widows and Class friends are always welcome sources of hard-to-get information.

Jim Elliott with great-grandson, Sean McHugh

Included is a picture of Jim Elliott and his latest great-grandson who is presented as a candidate for USNA Class 2020.

The Chevy Chase Club was the scene of the subject luncheon for the month of November held on the 14th. Members of the Class of 1933 present were Carrie and Tom Moorer, Lee and Shipmate, January-February 2001

Gary Coleman, Tuddie and Jim EllioU, and Ernie Campbell. The Class of 1931 was represented by John Webster '31 and Ruth Day, widow of Edward Day '31. No news having been received from outside the Washington area the conversation revolved around the failure to resolve the outcome of the week-old presidential election. It is hoped that the outcome will be announced before our next meeting on 12 December

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Send news directly to Shipmate This is the first issue of the new millennium so let's open with some cheery news.

Fid Murray played in the USNA Homecoming golf toumament as the last survivor of the 1934 foursome that had led off the event for many years. To his credit he won the seniors' low net class with a 98 score and a 30 handicap. Bravo zulu. He also has a new email address: captainfid@juno.com.

Fid Murray writes that after hunting and pecking a portable typewriter since 1930, using up lots of correction fluid and profane patience in not too successful efforts to produce a neat and tidy letter, he has been lifted from this predicament by a computer, the gift of his son. Now he can word-process his letters, correct his mistakes before printing, and spare his patience. Best of all, he obtained email in the process, and has free and immediate access with his email address captainfid@juno.com to other email addressees throughout the world. He urges those with email to let him know their email addresses.

Ed Lee has spent most of this year dry-docked for repairs or replacement of eyes, ears and teeth but is now well enough to have resumed his world-wide touring. Now he was well enough to embark last 19 November for a cruise ending 9 January, but he didn't say to where.

Mary V. Moore hosted the annual September Class lunch on 21 September at Annie's on the eastern shore across the Chesapeake from Annapolis. There were 11 attendees: Mili Gralla, June and John Green, Betty and Bill Keller, Janet MacLeod, Grayson Merrill, Mary V. Moore, Fid Murray and Lester Stone with Maureen Brown. I'm told the weather was excellent, the crab cakes beautiful, and the ambience perfect. I hated to miss one of the great WB&A events of the year but no could do.

The Smiths hosted the October lunch at Paul's on the South River, just outside of Annapolis as a 66th reunion at the beginning of Homecoming. We had 15 celebrators: Dorothy Bunevich, Marj Christensen, Isabelle Fleck, John Green (June was home, not feeling up to it), Tres Hill, Betty and Bill Keller, Grayson Merrill, Es Miller (our honorary member as Rip Miller's widow). Fid Murray, Margaret and Chet Siver (on their way to

Florida for the winter), Ann and Roy Smith, Lester Stone with Maureen Brown.

The WB&A Class Luncheons (we don't have anyone left in Baltimore, but retain WB&A out of deference to the many of us who used to ride its rails) will skip January and February. Other luncheons are planned for September on Maryland's Eastern Shore, a couple in Annapolis, probably in May and at Homecoming, and the rest at the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria. For those outside WB&A who may be in a position to schedule visits to coincide with our luncheons, we shoot for the third Thursday of the month, but can't always make it.

This may be repetitive, but a new guided missile destroyer will be named for Gordon Chung-Hoon. No data yet on when or where she will be built.

George Folta and Eric Barr of BLUEGILL

TV's History Channel will run a four-night series on "The Silent Service" beginning on 8 January. The first chapter will feature Eric Barr as CO of BLUEGILL, accompanied by one of his officers, George Folta '42. The photograph is from the taping exercise. Eric is on the right. It should be interesting and I hope this column reaches you in time to catch the show.

Grayson Merrill has just published a novel entitled Conger Eel with a leading e-publisher, IstBooks Library (www.lstbooks.com). In keeping with its name, most of its authors are "unproven" and shunned by traditional publishers who must publish several hundred copies up-front to launch a new book. High technology allows publishing-on-demand and author leadership of book promotion. In the four months since Conger Eel became available as a paperback on the publisher's Web site, he has received enough customer comments and book reviews to warrant moving its place from routine to front page. From being one in more than 4,000 titles, it became number 25 of about 50. This proves once again that the Navy takes care of its own.

Two Navy actions were instrumental in this success. The first was a book review by RADM Robert Wertheim '46, USN (Ret). The second was an article entitled "Cold War Novel Authored by Point Mugu's Founding Father" in the 22 November 2000 issue of The Weaponeer, a newspaper issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, Point Mugu, White Sands. The article included Bob's review. Most readers know that Bob directed both the Poseidon and Trident strategic ballistic nuclear missile programs before his retirement. Here is his review: 55

CAPT Grayson Merrill's new novel, Conger Eel, is set in a time when the United States and the USSR were locked in a deadly competition for nuclear superiority. The story is of a covert deployment to West Indies waters of YURI, the prototype of a new Soviet undersea weapons system by which major U.S. cities could be held hostage to nuclear attack. Its first opponent is FAREWELL, a civilian sailboat secretly modified by the U.S. Navy to carry out a high tech ASW mission to find and counter YURI. The American project, called Conger Eel, centers on Lance Morgan, skipper of FAREWELL, and Odette, his executive officer, and ultimately his lover and wife.

Conger Eel is a gripping story, well told.

Like Hunt for Red October it is a work of fiction, and like Blind Man's Bluff it captures the flavor of the undersea cat and mouse games played diuing the Cold War. Unlike either of these, however, it has been authored by one whose professional background gives his story an unmistakable mark of credibility. Grayson Merrill was one of the Navy's most highly respected technical officers. When he writes of ballistic and cruise missiles, electronics and undersea warfare he is not repeating what others have told him, but rather what he knows from his own experience.

His descriptions of seamanship and navigation under sail reflect his years at sea on his own boats; the word picture he paints of sailing through a hurricane compares well with the works of Patrick O'Brian. All of this he has woven into a thoroughly entertaining book.

CAPT Merrill has endowed his central character. Lance Morgan, with much of his own professional and technical background; through Lance, Grayson expresses his own philosophy, ethics and morals. In particular.

Lance articulates a vision of a future in which an international organization would become the sole custodian of the world's nuclear weapons. This, he maintains, would reduce nuclear dangers such as those depicted in this book, while preserving nuclear capabilities which have successfully deterred general warfare for over half a century. It should be noted that such a vision was first proposed to the then young United Nations in 1946 by its U.S. delegate, Bernard Bamch.

Predictably it was vetoed by a Soviet Union then secretly racing to acquire its own nuclear arsenal.

In sum. Conger Eel is not only a technically credible and thoroughly entertaining adventure story about a desperate undersea contest with millions of lives at stake, but also a love story, and a philosophical discourse on political systems, the human condition and the future of nuclear deterrence.

Pearle and Baron Klunk got a big write-up in their local bumwad (Hanover, PA) for their 62nd wedding anniversary and for the fact that they share the same birthday and year. That makes remembering birthdays very easy. The article was full of praise for both of their work as teachers after Baron's retirement, from which they only recently retired.

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Youngster Cruise in Cadiz Denny Ambrose sent in this photo, produced as a post card, taken in Cadiz, Spain, on our Youngster Cmise. The two dapper gents are Charley Antoniak and Denny, who were thoroughly enjoying their visit (read beer).

Denny added that he is still well enough to play golf two or three times a week in a foursome of "old folks." He says that if anyone wants a drive played right down the fairway for 100 yards, call him.

Bob L e e m a n attended a session of the November 2000 AWON (American World) Society in San Diego, one devoted to naval aviation. Several honor presentations were m a d e , i n c l u d i n g t w o to N o r m a N i c o l Hamilton, daughter of our George Nicol, and Barbara Tony Smith, widow of our Flip Torry.

I seem to remember a photo of the ladies, but cannot find it now. My apologies to Barbara Torry, who sent it in at Bob's request.

When Clyde was nominated to be Deputy CinC Pacific Fleet, moving up from two or three stars, the then SecNav was determined to reduce the ages of the Navy's top commanders. He looked at Van's nomination and said, "No way. He's as old as I am," and sent him to a staff in Europe. (See this month's "Last Call" for a full obituary.)

What an Army-Navy game! A cheer or a groan every minute. But the Navy win recalls this dicho, Querer es poder (broadly interpreted as "Where there's a will, there's a way").

The following was forwarded to Shipmate for inclusion in the Class column: I am Jim Ring '63 and my mother, Eleanor, has attended some of your luncheons after the death of my father, Ed "Pat" Ring. She recently moved to a new retirement home, called Riderwood, near the University of Maryland. Her address is 3118 Gracefield Road, Apt. 506, Canterbury Court, Silver Spring, MD 20904; 301-5188165. Earlier this year, she was operated on twice for breast cancer. She is doing better now, but misses seeing all the fine members and spouses of the Great Class of 1934.

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Annual Membership: 30% Life Membership: 57%

Pres: CAPT Jefferson D. Parker, USN (Ret) Sec'y: CAPT Jesse B. Gay Jr., USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y: RADM Ed Keats, USN (Ret.) 3704 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 h: 410-235-3803; f: 410-243-1960 e: edkeats@aol.com

Betty Barleon Keller, unknown, Mary Dutton Charbonnet Betty Keller gave me this photograph of herself, left, an unremembered gentleman from the Consulate General in Berlin, and Mary Dutton, Eel's sister It was taken at the Berlin Zoo in the summer of 1936 when the Kellers were visiting the Duttons; Betty's father, CAPT Barleon (who we all remember from Midshipman days), was a great pal of CAPT William Dutton, then Naval Attache to Germany. Mary Dutton is the widow of RADM Pierre Charbonnet '41.

A last minute, sad note, Clyde Van Arsdall died at his home in Gulfport, MS, on 1 October from Alzheimer's. The news came from young Clyde, who added a story about his dad having come to visit when his ship was in Spain and being entertained by the Spanish admiral, who offered a toast beginning. Que tenga bastante pesetas y amorei...(May you have plenty of money and loves). Clyde interrupted to finish the toast: Y tiempo para gozarle...(And time to enjoy them). That brought down the house, an American admiral being humorous in Spanish.

Get-togethers The Coronado-San Diego group met for lunch on 25 October in the Sky Room of the North Island Air Station. Present were: Cynthia Heyer with George Towne B a k e r , Nona Atkins with Lou Bauer, Katie and Ralph Baum, Nellie and Al Bowker, Beryle Folta with M a r y Jo and Bill H a z z a r d , Jerry McCormick, Norie and Dave Nash, Teeny and Lew Schock, Helen and Skip Sellars, Fred Stiesberg, and JC Wilson.

The Washington area group met for lunch at the Army-Navy Country Club on 1 Novemb e r Classmates present were Rod Badger, Cbet Briggs, Clagg Claggett, Slade Cutter, Jesse Gay, Ed Keats, D o y e n Klein, Wy Packard, Jeff Parker, George Powell, and Tip Tipton. Jeff, addressing the Class Council and others present, and talking for over an hour, extended his remarks of last month about the new fundraising procedure of the Naval Academy Foundation that removes direct solicitation for contributions from the Foundation and places all responsibility on Class Presidents. The Foundation thus differs from most colleges and charitable organizations in not conducting its own campaign. Jeff said that he receives letters from die Foundation at least once a month exhorting him and other Class Presidents to take strenuous fundraising efforts including making solicitations by telephone to Shipmate. January-February 2001

all Class members. His policy, he said, would differ from that advocated by the Foundation and he has advised the Foundation of it. He will continue to include an appeal for contributions to the Academy in his annual letter to all members of the Class and do nothing further in that regard. He cited reports showing our Class as high on the list of Academy benefactors over the years including the last one.

The Northern Califomia group met for lunch at the Los Altos Country Club on 17 November. Present were Virginia and Bill Germershausen and their daughter, Betsy Plette, Helen and Ralph Metcalf, Pat and Bill Samuels, and Jane Shea with Frank Wheeler.

The Washington area group held its annual Army-Navy football game TV party at Clagg Claggett's Maplewood Park Place. Present, in a gathering that included other MPP residents and their guests, were Phyllis and Rod Badger, Bill and Ida Mary Detweiller Boyd, Poppy and Clagg, Gwen and Jesse Gay, Fran Henry, Fran and Doyen Klein, Alice and Page Knight, Ruth and Wy Packard, Louisa and Jeff Parker, Ann and George Powell, and Doris Tarantino Russell with Michael Burke.

The Coronado-San Diego group watched the game on TV at the home of Mary Jo and Bill Hazzard. Present along with many others were Cinny Heyer with George Towne Baker, Lou Bauer, Beryle Folta, Jerry McCormack, Marge Robinson, and Teeny and Lew Schock.

Sad News Don Van Ness died on 20 October, George "Doc" Cameron died on 27 October, Ed McLean died on 29 October, and Francis "Gamby" Gambacorta died on 1 December.

Kay (Kathleen Eliza Readman) Stevens Holcombe, widow of our Jack Stevens who died in 1970, died on 22 September She was bom in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on 2 September 1916 and grew up in San Pedro, CA. She graduated from San Pedro High School. She and Jack were married on 7 June 1936, according to their daughter Kathy. They had two children, Kathy Stevens Clark of Coronado, and Doug of San Diego. Their grandchildren are Jon and Bill Clark and Jennifer Clark Buzby; and great-grandchildren are Amber, Riley, Nicholas, Madalyn, and Christopher Buzby. After Jack's death, Kay married Charles Holcombe '36 who died in 1995. Her funeral was on 24 November with interment at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery. /'

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Jesse Gay in fine tennis form Our National Level Athlete Jesse Gay has been playing in tennis tournaments since his high school days in 1928.

He was a varsity tennis player as a Midshipman, winning his "N," and has continued for the 65 years since. He also lettered in wrestling. He played singles in the 85-year age bracket at Oglebay Park, WV, in June, and in the National Clay Court Championships at Pinehurst, NC, in September With 85-year tournaments hard to find, Jesse batties those five years younger as he did in the 80-year age bracket during two Mid-Atlantic indoor tournaments in Baltimore over the past winter and in the Mid-Atlantic outdoor Clay Championship at Arlington, VA, in May. For the last 24 years he has also been Tournament Director of the Mid-Atlantic Senior Clay Court Championship matches. Gwen took the accompanying photo using her new fast shutter Nikko that has the ability to capture a tennis ball in flight without a blur Jesse, despite his knee brace, appears ready to take a winning stroke.

The Annual Statistics Update The Alumni Association has again kindly printed out the names, birthdates, and Class of living USNA graduates for us from the contents of their computer records of early November 2000. Their listing shows 95 of the 442 members of '35 who received diplomas still alive.

Our oldest Classmate is number 251 in order of age; that is, 250 members of the Classes '21 through '34 are older than he is. But, on the other hand, he is older than six members of '32, 19 of '33, and 54 of '34. There are 607 graduates older than our youngest Classmates although he is younger than 62 members of' 36, 65 of '37,53 of '38, and one of '39. A comparison of our survival rate (the number of living graduates divided by the number who graduated, as given in the Register of Alumni) with the Classes inmiediately before us may provide a view of our future. The survival rate of our Class is 21.5%. For '34 it is 16.8%, for '33 it is 13.0%, for '32 it is 11.6%, for '31 it is 13.2%, for '30 it is 7.3%, for '29 it is 4.6%, for '28 it is 2.9%, for '27 it is 3.1%, for '26 it is 3.7%, and for '25 it is 2.9%.

[These numbers do not coincide with those maintained by our Class, but are used for comparison purposes since errors are very likely to be evenly distributed over all Classes. Five members of '35 who are known to have died are on the Alumni Association list. One known to be living is unlisted. And three who were removed from our Class roster years ago because of being unresponsive to mailings are on their list although we consider them to be presumptively deceased. The most accurate count of Classmates we have reason to believe to be alive, therefore, is 88. Of those of us who graduated 19.9% are still living.]

Email Address Compendium Here are all the known email addresses of Classmates. George Towne Baker: gtbaker01@sprynet.com; Johnny Becker: commodorebecker@webtv.net; Chet Briggs: chetb35@aol.com; Jesse Gay: Gwendolensm@ aol.com; Bill Germershausen: Bgermersha@ aol.com; Hersh Goldberg: Hershgoldberg@ gateway.net; Lou Hird: LouandClark@ aol.com; Ed Keats: Edkeats@aol.com; Squidge Lee: Squidge@3rivers.net; and Bud Oliver: weoliver@usit.net.

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Pres: CAPT William N. Price, USN (Ret.) Sec'y/Treas: CAPT CM. Butler, USN (Ret.) 1101 S. Ariington Ridge Road Ariington, VA 22043 Corr. Sec'y: CAPT William A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) Goodwin House West #832 3440 S. Jefferson St., Falls Church, VA 22041-3127 h: 703-578-7546

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Pres: CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret.) Sec'y/Treas: RADM D.G. Baer, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y: CAPT Frank N. Shamer, USN (Ret.) 7112 Lewison Drive, San Diego, CA 92120-1248 e: FShamer@aol.com The '37 62 1/2-Year Cmise is history The transportation to New Orleans worked beautifully. The only hitch was the transportation from the airport to our hotel. The jitney was grossly delayed; once it arrived we found our hotel. The Inn on Bourbon Street. We were on our own until time to place one's tagged luggage outside our door early next morning. Tory Harper had AAA material highlighting museums and restaurants. We picked Amaud's restaurant and its Mardi Gras Museum for the afternoon and evening pastime. The Germaine Wells Museum was outstanding, historically showing the costumes throughout the life of the Mardi Gras celebration. The food at Amaud's was delicious and the service superb.

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We then took in Bourbon Sfreet on Saturday night. That in itself is an experience— swarms of people bearing alcoholic drinks of every description, cars blocked by pedestrians going in different directions. We had to push our way through the crowd to return to our room. The bedlam went on until about five in the morning. If you go, avoid staying on Bourbon Street.

Our preparations left plenty of time to meet the boarding schedule.

Our '37 group totaled 42 souls. It included Classmates, wives, widows, children and grandchildren. Here is a list of names as reported by the travel agency. Ginny (Ball) and Claude Bailey '34, Dave Bell, Charlie Minter, Jane Blair, Ann Blasdel, Deborah Durland, Donnie Bringle, Nancy Dodson, Mel Cooper, Lois and Bob Erly, Harry Hahn, Helen and Wyman Howard, Suzanne and Wyman Howard Jr, Tiny Huelsenbeck and Jane Russell, Patricia Jackson, Elsie and Bill Mack, Doris Mead, Kathleen Duel, Pat and Frank Menefee, Margrit and Cliff Messenheimer, Mat and Tom Nixon, June and Bob Northwood, Tory Harper and Frank Shamer, Esther and John Simpson, Bess and Jack Slaughter, Jean and Chuck Stein, and Peg and Frank Taylor.

We got underway the first night, mooring at dawn to the bank near Laura's Creole plantation house. Our guide, a Creole lady proud of her heritage and knowledge of her subject, gave us the best day of our trip.

That evening we moved up river to Natchez where we stayed two days. A large group took the all-day bus tour to Vicksburg. The town of Natchez has a well-developed tourist support establishment, obviously the receipt of federal money. The stately antebellum homes were toured by many. Busses ran from our boat, landing frequently for the independent sightseer. We departed Natchez and shortly lowered our smoke stacks, bridge and cupola in order to pass under a bridge. Hydraulic apparatus made this a simple maneuver.

The mie of the road giving the downriver traffic with the following current the right of way caused our progress to slow almost to a stop.

This caused us to fail to arrive at Memphis on time and forced tiie rebooking of our air reservations. We arrived home four hours late.

Our AMERICAN QUEEN did very well. Four hundred passengers and crew to support them made her a veritable mobile city. There were two large, very professional shows every night and, in addition, several chummy music sources such a piano players, electronic keyboard artists and even a piano/trombonist performer to entertain us working each night, thus generating audience participation of various levels of talent.

We were well briefed. Her propulsion power came from a boiler that provided 40 percent of her propulsion power through her paddle wheel on her stem, and from two generator/ motor sets that drove propellors mounted beside the paddle wheel. They were referred to 58

as "Z" Drives that provided 60 percent of her propulsion power Four bow thrasters helped to maneuver her laterally and were even left running to hold her against the bank when moored. Four pilots and several mates stood watches keeping her out of trouble.

In his briefing the captain pointed out that despite the number of admirals embarked among the passengers, it was he who was in command.

The Mississippi River traffic kept us busy watching as the "pusher tugs" rigidly bound to the stem of acres of river barges themselves bound together were maneuvered as one large entity.

The old submariner was often awakened by the sounds that changed as they worked their way past or by us. Their burst of power as they saw their way to go their way and to work their way clear of the next bit of river traffic. The ever changing of the riverbed required vigilance and good decisions.

The large deck space gave us ample room to keep limber by walking. Chair availability, some of it rocking chairs on the "Front Porch," let the less energetic enjoy the scenery.

Our thanks go out to our planners—arrangers Wyman Howard and Wayne Brown. All hands were proud to wear the logo-bearing t-shirts that Wyman procured for us.

John Simpson's Sixty Year Fix was ordered by many of us. I recommend it, even if you failed to make your "contribution" on time for it to be included. The information on others makes it good reference material.

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It was a great success from the fun, good food, camaraderie and relaxation point of view.

We made sure that all hands knew that Gene Rankin's services were on the 14th.

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Keep Revvin'with '37!

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Doris Mead and her daughter. Kathleen Duel We lost Skeeta Gardes on 23 July and Gene Rankin on 27 August.

The San Diego Lunch Bunch gathered at the North Island Club on 7 November with Bob Erly as host. Bob delayed it a week to get me back in time to participate. The buffet worked out fine with host Bob dishing out wine with each arm. Present were Jann Murphy with Ed Arentzen, Ginny (Ball) and Claude Bailey '34, D.J. Bottomley, Bebo Carroll, Mel Cooper, Lois and Bob Erly, Jeanne Gardes, Margie and Walt Phaler, Priscilla (Wescott) and Joe Huber, a squadron mate with our Clay Goodloe during World War II. They leave Massachusetts for Coronado in the early fall.

Frank Shamer, Russ Wallace, Ellie and Vic Wildt will be our next luncheon hosts.

I brought cmise photos, and some that had been returned recently by Shipmate. They were quite popular.

I recently finished the local Submarine Veterans of World War II periodical (KLAXAN). Anne and Bob Lander were stars therein. The ladies portion of it published the birthdays and the anniversaries of the month, in this case November Birthdays: Anne the 16th, Bob the 28th; anniversary, the 21st.

We lost Don A. Dean on 9 October You may have heard that his First Class thesis lauded Communism as a superior form of government than a republic. This got him an unsat grade in "Bull;" that and a physical problem, perhaps failing eyesight caused him not to graduate.

However, he served honorably in sub-chasers and destroyers during World War II. Morgan Baldwin, as coordinator for Delaware, is working up a "Last Call" entry for him.

Our president reports on a recent gathering at Paul's in Annapolis. Present were Nancy and Morgan Baldwin, Dave Bell, Elsie and Bill Mack, Bess and Jack Slaughter, and Jean and Chuck Stein.

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Annual Membership: 30% Life Membership: 55%

Pres: RADM M. H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) e: mrindskopf@earthlink.net Chairman, Wash. Area: CAPT Hugh M. Robinson, USN (Ret.) h: 703-532-3772; e: hughrobinsonl@webtv.net Sec'y: CAPT D.K. Ela, USN (Ret.) 3260 N. 12th St., #329, Grand Junction, CO 81506 h: 970-256-7174, f: 970-256-9120 e: dkela@gj.net President's Corner Clearly the big event of the month was the victory over Arwy in an error-filled game. The reason we won is clear: ADM Snuffy Smith, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association included in his Friday, 1 December luncheon grace a special request for "whatever it takes to win."

The fall Board of Trustees meeting brought close to closure the contentious issue of writein ballots for elections to the Board. But it became clear from official and unofficial discussion that the accession of three Class Presidents to the Board and one to the Executive Committee is already having an impact. Your voices will be heard especially if you feed your President constructive ideas for submittal.

The 2001 Leaders Fomm will be history by the time you read this, but it promises to be the best yet. Major presentations are being curtailed to permit more one-on-one dialogue amongst the participants from the Naval Academy, West Point, Air Force, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine Academy. All of you will be pleased to hear that one entire Class will be present at each of the aforementioned four-star presentations which will include an evening keynote address followed by a reception for the participants and many officers from the Academy staff and '38ers. We will give you a full report next month.

The 1938 Web site produced with the assistance of the Alumni Association Webmaster is up and running. Inputs are invited either through Deke Ela or me. There is a Class roster included, which Deke will update as quickly as data on Classmates and spouses are obtained. Go to www.usna.com and follow directions.

Class luncheons are a great way to revisit old times. At the Army Navy Country Club in November, I was recognized by a former aviator, who informed me that he had rested in my bunk in SeaCat during a surface/air/submarine exercise off Coco Solo in 1948. If you report a similar happening, I promise to publish it!

Class Comer It's been a two-month hiatus between columns, too long to duck some bad news. Ben Pickett and Rab Irvine are now among our missing. Ben passed away 24 October in Williamsburg, survived by his wife, Virginia, and his son, Ludwell Pickett '68, of Gloucester, VA. He advised of the memorial service there on 2 December Gloucester is also the site of our contribution to the Ware Academy in Ben's name, with its model curriculum, sound 3R's, and as it was his favorite charity. Ludwell has expressed his many thanks for our help. Rab passed away at Ginger Cove in Annapolis on 3 November His sons, Tim in Austin, TX, and John in Boston, MA, survive him. Services were held 16 November at St. Anne's Episcopal Church where he had long served. Burial followed at Arlington where a large number of Classmates attended: the Rindskopfs, the Flepses, the Joneses, the Raymers, the Arthurs, Carter, Robinson, Tlicker, and McDowell with Betty Luby. Also at the church were the Schellings, the McNitts, Grace Giffen and Ruth Blandin.

Our memorial has gone to United Thank Offering in New York. Tim has written a most grateful letter in acknowledgment to the most amazing group of people he has ever known.

Some of you will remember John West Chambers as one of our non-grads. He passed away 16 October in Falls Church, VA, after a law career and retiring as an administrative appeals judge. He saw service in the Army in World War II. And just in, Anne Eubanks died 27 November in the District. She was buried next to Les Eubanks in Arlington, 1 December with Frank and Hugh attending. Frank has sent a Class memorial in her name to the Navy Relief Fund.

Boykin, Sylvia Rindskopf, Ro Brown, and Mike Rindskopf The Homecoming game happened 21 October, but tailgating was only kind of sort of. Bill Boykin held the parking, a lonesome soul, until relieved by Sylvia and Mike Rindskopf with Ro Brown. The picture above proves their presence. Betty Luby, her granddaughter and husband in a parking fiasco were denied entry to the reserved area. And more, it happened also to Phil Beshany with Gigi and Ann, and Carl Fleps and Hugh Robinson. Bob McNltt was with the Supe's party and joined later in the stadium at halftime. Coupling the parking putsch with subsequent disaster on the field, it was neither a gathering nor a gala. Following Mike's comments above, it is with deep understanding and regret for Army that we refrain slightiy from exuberantly rubbing it in on the events of 2 December in Baltimore.

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The Washington bunch for lunch in October included the Carls, Dwyer and Fleps, Hugo Robinson in the Chair, Joe McDowell, Jack Raymer, Snowden Arthur, and Bob Carter.

In summary: plans were made for the Christmas party on 14 December; Phil and Gigi have snowbirded to Florida; Bob Bidwell has moved without an address change; tiie binnacle list continues to dominate conversation.

The luncheon on 16 November also rounded up the Joes, Tucker and Josephson. There was of course mention of the election snafu.

(We've never in our career seen the services so politicized.)

Out in San Diego, Swede Olsen reported the October bunch were: Foley, Kercheval, Ogle and Ratliff. However, it being prior to election, there was nothing in the air but smoke. Their Christmas party was on the 12th.

Larry Pierce reports no activity in the period, but has expressed some concerns on his regional binnacle list.

Other notes come from Payne, Olsen, Schultz, Vamey on COLE, all in the same supportive vein: concern, defenselessness against a kamikaze or Moslem fanatic (a Marine barracks in Saudi Arabia or a Trade Center in New York), and operations in harm's way under strained manning and logistic resources. What price legacy?

So there are limits to security. Swede Olsen had HuTCHiNS (DD-476) anchored the night of 24 April 1945, with PENNSYLVANIA and other fleet units in what is now Buckner Bay, Okinawa. They were providing harassing fire, random targets, 15 minute intervals. Alerted to the possibility of suicide boat attacks, lookouts lined the deck at 50-foot intervals, except to take cover momentarily in way of the blast from the after firing mount. The bridge watch had binoculars, and there was a radar watch in combat. In the pitch dark and masked by radar clutter, a motorboat approached at high speed from astern, dropped a depth charge amidships and swerved away. The blast flooded an engine room, but none were killed.

The incident took only moments.

Not so obvious in COLE and HUTCHINS is the relationship in ship design of damage control and crew size. It is an important element in destroyer designs now on the drawing boards.

In the extreme case, an unmanned automated ship can't limit or control damage, and is expendable. If not expendable, the current arguments for down-sized crews in a new destroyer roil from operational minimums to the needs for sustained battle.

able under the Fifth Amendment, self-incrimination. Nope, a court has dismissed the claim.

We often wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges. And our favorite Califomia bumper sticker, "Screw conscience."

Have you chad enough, hang in there.

Hersh Goldberg '35. Bud Wolfe, and Herb Mandel On a lighter note. Herb Mandel sends pictures of his visit with Beverly and Bud Wolf in Califomia after a Worid War II Sub Vets reunion.

Bob McNitt has mailed the first bulletin on the 65th planningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;start positive thinking, why not go, our infirmities need listeners, our sea stories are getting better, what better excuse for breaking out.

Bruce Hayden writes that he is not lost, our directory is correct, and that he and Susie can readily find their way home on their frequent walks. We may encounter the Haydens at the head of anthropology at Pitt, at social work in West Hartford, or as Registrar at Wellesley.

Thanks for the update, Bruce.

Paul Lovlace writes that a useful source in tracking Classmates is the library in a home town, or, with a social security number, call 1-800-USSEARCH. Newell Varney sends clips and a note to call attention to the U.K. where defense cutbacks are seriously degrading Navy operations while forcing more attention to a joint service. And, 12 nuclear subs are dead-lined for suspected reactor system leaks. We are not downsizing alone, but at least we don't have to also cope with bovine springiform encephalopathy (mad cow).

As Mike has noted above, '38 joins the 2Ist century, we're on the Web. The Alumni Association has set up a master site to house very informative Alumni news and a page is offered for every Class. It wasn't easy for us. To our rescue in a morass of Internet protocol came our Webmaster, a seemingly prosaic George Smyth. In him hides a genius for hypertext markup language and a compassion to help. So, get your grandchild to navigate the keyboard, first to bookmark usna.com, then in succession in the menu choices on a beautifully designed top page: classes (click); 79JS.(click); classes/ 1938/Default.htm (click). The new-age horseless click-clop journey displays our page with a breathless heading: a '38 logo and a big '38! Click on roster to get our Class directory, addresses and telephone numbers; click on news or events (reunions, homecomings, etc.) for more content which we will keep current. (If grandchild prints the directory for you, he/she needs 11 single side pages in the printer) The latest Shipmate column is to be found by clicking Class Notes under the Members Only heading (you only have to register once).

RSRH (Reefed Sail Retirement Home) Notes As we approach the 1040 season, we have learned of a new legal precedent: Refusal to sign the document could be considered allow-

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Pres: CAPT Paul Loustaunau, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT William J. Ruhe, USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Avenue, McLean, VA 22102 e: docabbot@aol.com The executive committee that met in October decided that "if you want your money back (for your contribution to the existing $13,000 fund, held for '39 by the USNA Alumni Association) write to them and request it." At this Stan Claypoole who was soon on his way to Switzerland "to follow the money," quoted Murphy's Law. And then he added: "The corollary to Murphy's law is 'Murphy was an optimist.'"

Jim Coleman The executive committee, when about to consider Jim Coleman's meticulously plaimed proposal for a 2002 '39 Reunion cruise on the Columbia and Snake rivers, had a long, silent pause in recognition of the death of Jim who was the sparkplug for this cmise. He felt that it represented a last hurrah for the Class of '39.

(The plans for this cmise were thus mailed to the Class in early October, and everyone should have a copy for their information.)

The October '39 luncheon in Washington, with wives, widows, and friends, was a fine salute to the vitality of the Washington area '39ers. First, the '39 women who were in attendance were: Betty Dudley (who says she swims every day at 6:30 in the morning...

Brrrrr!), Hope Syverson, Elizabeth Patterson, Peg Holmberg, Alice Hooper, Helen Tenanty, Nida Ritch, Mary Louise Pfeifer, and Carolyn Anderson (for her chicken-ASIACA food to be served, the centerpiece, and she even collected the money for the luncheon at the entrance to the luncheon. Versatile?).

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1 )S^i4iiimv''~t^i^M' 1 Emily and Bud Gore The 20 men of '39 in attendance were something of a record. They were: Danny Weitzenfeld, Paul Adams, Bing Gillette, Dick Moss, Rhythm Moore, H.P. Adams, DeWitt Patterson, Bill Ruhe, Willy Stiles, Ernie Schwab, Gordy Gayle (with his handsome son, Mike, and his wife), Dave Bill, Flip Anderson, Stan Hindman, Butch Coulter, Stan Claypoole (who was on his way to Switzerland), Pete Steen, Bob Woods (who says he's putting his exhaust boots on the three Naval Academy fire engines). Bud Gore (who's A^ew Beginnings: A Novel about a Retirement Home is slowly being read. But it's both humorous and a good tale), and Jim Glennon.

A sad note was hearing that Norm Bennett had open-heart surgery following a suspected heart attack. He was hospitalized at Washington Adventist Hospital for at least 30 days.

I received a flyer noting that the 2000 USNA Christmas Ball for the Classes 1939-1955 would be at Ft. Myers O' Club from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (The dinner entree is filet mignon.) Send reservations to CAPT Al Olsen, 5806 N. 19th St., Ariington, VA 22205!

The excellent photos, though brutally frank in their depiction of an aging (over 80) Class, are the products of Ernie Schwab's superior cameraship. We're a lucky Class to have such a dedicated photographer snapping our pictures. About the best slogan for '39 seems to be: "Look fine with '39."

Hal Gehman

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Penny and Stan Hindman, and Helen Tenanty

Shipmate, January-February 2001

Pres: CAPT William M. Carpenter, USN (Ret.) 1119 Aquia Drive, Stafford, VA 22554 Sec'y: CAPT Jacob V. Heimark, USN (Ret.) 410 Old Gulph Road, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Con^. Sec'y: CAPT Edward C. Sledge, USN (Ret.) 932 Shetiand Court, McLean, VA 22102 More honors for Ash Little! On 17 November, the board of directors of Aiken Technical College, which Ash started and then headed up for 20 years until he retired, has just named the college's new administration building the Ashley J. Littie Administration Building to honor our Classmate Ash. It is well-deserved recognition for all he did to bring muchneeded, high quality, technical training to the Aiken community. The school is thriving and growing which confirms what was Ash's vision of what this school should be.

It was Croswell Croft, originally from the Aiken area, who persuaded the Littles to go to Aiken to launch his second successful career Today, Kit and Ash are now known as two of the leading citizens of that community. Is it not a wonderful small world that we of '40 enjoy?

"Tourists come home with souvenirs.

Explorers return with stories." Once again, Betty and Pat Clancy proved this saying as they traveled in September at their own pace on a trip to France and Monaco. In Normandy they visited the 1944 landing sites there and were awed by the obstacles the troops faced, especially at Omaha Beach. Before their trip, Ben Frana, who had been the gunnery officer of BALDWIN that had provided gunfire support for those landings, gave the Clancys a firsthand view of what took place on those days.

Next, Betty and Pat spent some time visiting Bordeaux, Toulouse, Aix-en Provence, Nice, and finally, Monaco. Pat was sorry to miss seeing Prince Ranier who was not at home when they called. However, winning $6 on their slots compensated. That was almost enough to cover the cost of two Cokes that came with their $36 lunch.

Not only do they always take really fun trips, but also they then give us pleasure by sharing them with us. Thanks, and lots more happy traveling for you both.

Three more insurance claims: I saw a slow moving, sadfaced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car.

A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.

I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.

Meanwhile, John Sims reports that the BAG had their post 60th luncheon in Danville, CA. Present were Isabel and Swede Carlson, Betty and Pat Clancy, and Joyce Crowther with Ben Frana, the three couples who were at the 60th.

With them were Toshiko and Ozzie Osborne, Judy and John Sims, and Florence and Snuffy Smith, the three couples who celebrated the 60th with their own party in Califomia.

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In the small world we live in, there just happened to be in this same restaurant, a Pearl Harbor survivor from WEST VIRGINIA. There he met with Snuffy Smith who had also been on WEST VIRGINIA. The two enjoyed exchanging memories of that unforgettable day, now almost 60 years ago.

It was a fun get-together as the three couples who attended the 60th in Annapolis talked about that event while those who celebrated in Califomia asked lots of questions and even bragged a bit about how tasty their champagne was. Thank you, John, for your good report. // it ain 't broke, fix it till it is.

The Class of '40 Honor Scholar for 2000 is Plebe Thomas V. Schwabenbauer '04 from Franklin, PA. He joins Tiffani Bell '01, now a First Classman, (or is her title now "Classmam"?).

The Early Winters Memorial Honor Scholar, Kevin P. Sullivan '04 of Whitman, MA, is the new Plebe who joins John Standen '02, now a Second Classman. Sullivan replaced Whitney B. Sutherland '03 who resigned during her Plebe Summer Thanks to these two prep school scholarships which '40 members fund, we made it possible for each of these honor scholars to make it to the Naval Academy. For this reason, I urge all the '40 family members who live in or near Annapolis to be '40's contacts with these special Midshipmen. Doing this will not only mean a lot to these Middies, but it will give each of you a good feeling that comes from supporting two very worthy projects.

Get to know them, preferably, one at a time, by inviting them for lunch, or dinner, or a Coke in Mem Hall, or to do whatever you think they might enjoy. Bring along some long-ago personal experiences or sea stories from the era of their grandparents. Your listeners will hang on your every word. From personal experience, I know you will be long remembered by them for sharing parts of your long ago pasts. One more request...when you do this, send me a report of your experience with them, including a picture if possible, and I will ran it in our column.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.

How many of you were worried that once again. Army would win the game in the last seconds? It was scary. Now that we know how to win these games, lets beat them again in 2001.

Because I am anxious to show at least one picture of every attendee at our 60th, each picture in this set shows for the first time at least one who was there.

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Farewells November claimed two more stalwarts from '40. On 9 November, Wallace Alfred Utley lost his battie with cancer What a delightful, fun-loving person he was, always able to bring laughter to any group. He was one of the seven couples who came to the first gathering at Castine, and who kept coming back each year This was where many of us got to know this warm, friendly man and enjoy his friendship.

He will be sorely missed. Louise Walker, Jerry Lindsay, Betty and I, represented '40 at his funeral. To his widow, Helyn, and their family, the entire '40 family extends our heartfelt condolences.

Then on 15 November we lost Edmund Daughton Mason. Since he left the Academy in 1938 to marry Helen Sloane and start his highly successful career in the FBI, (See the '40 column for December 1999), few of us had a chance to really know him, which was our loss. Family members who mourn his death are his widow, Helen, three children, and three grandchildren. To both family and friends, his '40 Classmates extend their sincere condolences.

In retirement, Ed was a much-in-demand speaker who gave inspiring talks in every part of our country. The best way I know to offer a fitting farewell tribute to show what an uplifting, fine person Ed was, is to offer readers excerpts from speeches he gave years ago.

These, I think, show the real Ed Mason '40 has just lost: Each of us has a duty to tell and sell the good news about America. Prevent warped inaccurate viewpoints.

Democracy is not a spectator sport. Come out of the grandstand to counter those who try to subvert the honest story of American accomplishments and aspirations.

Even though our behavior under government by law is not perfect, it is better than any other form of government. There is more individual freedom, with better food, clothing and shelter. Ours offers a more abundant and decent life.

We have less poverty and less prejudice.

And we are doing something about our problems. Compare the U.S.A. with any other country except the nebulous Shangri-La and you will be proud.

Let us never stop trying to be better Improve daily in personal, business, social and spiritual life, and keep humor in our hearts.

I like the story that if Patrick Henry thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see it with representation. Poking fun at ourselves is typically American.

The current jockeying for presidential delegates brings out some sorry rumors and a few pertinent observations.

It is hard to say which is worse: the preelection oratory and promises...or...the coming post-election analysis.

A key slogan in one state primaryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"What You Vote for Today, You Live with Tomorrow"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;produced 59,185 write-in votes for Raquel Welch.

Asked what he thought of the candidates, one primary voter said he was glad only one could be elected.

One candidate complained that his opponent was telling lies about him. His campaign manager urged him to let well enough alone. "He might start telling the truth about you."

From time to time, people become very upset about Washington. I am reminded of a quote from Thomas Paine in 1776: "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of being right."

How could Ed have possibly seen November and December 2000 when he wrote this election view several years ago? No wonder that J. Edgar Hoover picked young Ed Mason to be his top deputy back in the mid '60s.

One '40 wife and one widow were also lost this fall. Eleanor R. Peterson died at her home in Cheshire, CT. She is survived by her husband, Ernest R. Peterson, her son, Charles, and her granddaughter, Kirsten. Ellie spent 15 years working for Yale University until Pete retired in 1959. They then moved to Cheshire, CT, where they were both active workers in both community and church affairs. To Pete, Charles and Kirsten, the '40 family sends our deeply felt condolences.

Maxine Brown, widow of Dick Brown for 12 years, died in Washington on 9 November and was buried alongside her husband at Arlington Cemetery. She and Dick were married in 1987, only one year before Dick died.

As a widow, she continued to be active in Class affairs and was a nice lady much beloved by many who knew hen To her adopted daughter, Carole Grissett of Henderson, NV, we of the '40 family send our sincere condolences.

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Updates Conrad H. Carlson moved to Southgate at Shrewsbury, Apt. 4 5 1 , 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury, MA 01545.

Jini Wood moved to 30 North St., Apt. 4, Ware, MA 01082; 413-967-7475. Jake Only '40 is 4.0

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Chmn & Sec'y: CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 5610 Wisconsin Ave., Apt # 1409 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4439 h: 301-215-7532; e: Vdelano@aol.com Our Classmate, Sheldon Kinney, is the chairman of the Friends of the World Maritime University, which provides postgraduate education and training for senior managers, administrators and educationalists from countries across the world. The Friends of WMU is primarily devoted to fundraising since the WMU is supported by voluntary contributions in delivering high-quality postgraduate education in the maritime field to the whole international maritime community. Its importance arises from the fact that more than 80% of accidents at sea are caused by human error, according to the International Maritime Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. Ship collisions, groundings, fires and explosions cause loss of human life and damage to the marine environment.

Joanne Grabowsky has expressed her thanks to the Classmates for their support during the difficult time of Leon's loss. She was most appreciative of what she described as the lovely flowers that were at the altar at the Naval Weapons Station, Concord, Leon's last command, for the memorial service and the wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. Martha Brown also wrote to thank us for our contribution to Hospice of Georgetown in memory of Pride.

Martha wrote warmly of the many happy memories of 57 years of marriage with Pride.

Although many Classmates have made use of email to communicate, too many have not.

One reason for those who do not is that they do not have computers and they do not want them, just to get email. There are now simple, portable devices that do nothing but provide access to email at a reasonable price. I have two friends, one a Classmate, who use different brands and they are both happy with the product. One uses his just for traveling and the other because he does not want a computer One is called "Mail Station" and the other is called "i-opener." One rans on batteries and the other does not. The monthly charge for the Mail Station is much lower than the i-opener because the latter does more than just email.

They are available at places like Staples, Office Max and Office Depot. Email is a great way to communicate easily with one another A lot of good stories get exchanged. Give it some thought.

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As always, I regret to have to tell you that we have lost Classmates. Last November, we lost Ed Svendsen after a long and trying illness. Life was difficult for Ed after he lost Abbey, but he hung in there. The two Svendsens were loyal Class attendees and football fans as long as health permitted and their presence will be sorely missed. Ed served faithfully and valuably as one of our Class officers. I always appreciated his friendship. To their daughter, Barbara, I extend my personal sympathy and understanding as well as that of all of Ed's Classmates at this difficult time.

Last July, I learned belatedly, we lost Eric Pollard to throat cancer Nanette has our deep condolences. Joe Jobanek died in Febraary 1999 but I have no details. As you remember, Joe was a colonel in the Air Force Reserve.

Mary Anne has our sincere condolences.

Now for those birthdays in January and February for which the garnet and amethyst are the respective stones that signify constancy and sincerity. This time you'll have to look up the flowers yourself. Those with January constancy are Burbage, Hopkins, Stu Jones, Luehman, McDonald, McReynolds, Eddie Miller, Dick Miller, Morrison, Parisian, Rogers and Weyrauch. February sincerity includes: Bymside, Elliott, Lenz, Joe Lynn, Muirhead, Palm, Parke, Ray, Rebard, Smith, Southard, Thro, Trambull and Ray Welch. Perhaps the most important thing that you can do for all these good people is to remind them to get to the 60th Reunion!

Finally, here are some entries for your Class Rosters. Norm Ackley's phone number is 215-699-7117; Meg Anderson has moved to 5700 Williamsburg Landing Drive, #226, Williamsburg, VA 23185; Joanne Grabowsky has a new email address: Jgrabowsky速 juno.com; Caryl and Jack Hadler have new email addresses; hers is Carylhad@aol.com and his is jhadler@webb-institute.edu; Dana Maddocks has a new email address: usna41 @ juno.com; Bill McReynolds has a new email address: wmcr41 @hotmail.com; and Charlie Rush has a new email address: charlesrash@ webtv.net.

Remember to make your 60th Reunion reservations in Annapolis.

iSABRD IS Coming.

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Pres: CAPT James D. Small, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CDR R.S. Day, USN (Ret.) 2426 Chestnut St., Falls Church, VA 22043-3052 With a full mailbag to enjoy, we'll start with Homecoming, which provided a memorable tailgate and a dinner at the Officers' and Faculty Club. There was also something described as a football game in between.

Tom Smith, Ginnie Smith, and Trilby Duncan

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The Homecoming dinner arranged by Max Duncan with Trilby and enjoyed by Betty and Kathy Shear, Edie and Frank O'Brien, Peggy and Buzz Betzel, Kieran and Jack Mitchell, Betty Kenzer and Bob Conner, Joan and Richard Curtis, Peggy and Bunky Hemdon, Anne and Bill Richardson, Rita and JT Hill, Martha and Pappy Sims, John Marrochi with grandson Jon Lunglhofer '94 and his mother, Tina, Nancy and Bill Morrow, Maggie Liz and Bob McWethy, Ginnie and Tom Smith, Ray Wilhite, Peggy and Jim Small, Rufe Porter, Priscilla Payne Cockerell, Muff and Norm Nash with Susan and (Norm's son) Gordon Nash and grandson Charlie Nash '03, and Betty and Ace King with their son, Jon King, their daughter, Lucy Martha and grandson Jon Martha '03.

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'42: Rita Hill, Betty Shear, Pappy Sims, Martha Sims, and Kathy Shear

'42: The Nash Clan

Norm Nash, Don Nash '03, Jon Martha '03, and Ace King

Trilby and Max prepared for homecoming by taking a Tauck Tour of the Canadian Rockies, starting off with snow on the first day followed by clear and cool weather for the rest of the trip. Calgary is a bustling city—the fastest growing in Canada. The Rockies are spectacular, covered with snow and with shear cliffs. The hotels—Banff Springs, Chateau Lake Louise, and Jasper Park Lodge—are grand with fabulous views. Animal life was abundant with grazing in the lower valley getting ready for the long winter—elk, goats, sheep and moose but no bears. They thoroughly enjoyed the sightseeing and had special treats of walking on a glacier and white-water rafting. They were the oldest rafters by 20 years, but had a blast.

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Two days after Homecoming, Max was in the Annapolis Hospital with what he thought was a heart attack. That led to his transfer to the Washington Hospital Center and the installation of a stint. While this seemed to do the trick and as there was no damage to his heart, the wheels then fell off the wagon. He suffered a massive loss of blood and eventually a large blood clot was isolated in his lung, which had to be addressed. Bottom line, his system was so stressed that he faced a long period of recuperation and was transferred to a nursing home adjacent to Heritage Harbor Trilby provided a tailgate luncheon for the Army-Navy game, which they enjoyed while watching TV. On the next day, Sunday, he was able to return home, a very happy camper At this writing, the prognosis is good. Frank O'Brien took over the Christmas luncheon in Annapolis. Thanks to Frank and Pappy Sims, our Internet Classmates were kept abreast of his progress.

Dick Sewall, John Davis and Charlie Bishop alternate with reports on the SOCAL goings and comings. On 10 September, Dick opened his new studio and gallery in downtown San Diego for a showing to approximately 60 friends and art lovers from the San Diego area. On display were about 60 of his paintings, hung in several groups, including a Pastoral Scenes Group and the Portrait Group.

Guests enjoyed wine, cheese and snacks. Dick has his work cut out for him since a number of these paintings were sold during the showing.

This was a talent only a few shared prior to the showing and his work is of an unusually good quality.

The San Diego contingent met for their October gathering at Reuben's, home of the famous Reuben sandwich, located on the bay in sight of STENNIS et al. Present were Art

Burke, Mino DesGranges, Gene Farrell, Tom Pearson, Jim Salassi, Dick Sewall and Willie Weber who is striking for poet laureate of the group. He created the following ditty: We're the motiey crew of '42 that musters, when able, at Reuben's table. Let's take a break for old times sake, and spin a few yams of doubtful veracity which tests our capacity for outrageous mendacity.

Salassi was in from his Rocky Mountain ranch.

On 5 November, as previously reported, Jean and Parker Armstrong were in San Diego to visit daughter Carol Dillon (a neighbor of the Bishops) on their way to take a cruise. Both looked fine and attracted a mini-reunion of Parker's buddies, all still able to stand and smile—even if they didn't hear the joke.

Charlie noted that John Davis is active in the Retired Activities Organization, Don Holmes heads up the St. Vincent de Paul Society in San Diego. Dick Sewall serves on the board of the Coronado Hospital.

The group gathered at the Rancho Bemardo Country Club to celebrate the Navy win over Army, thanks to Dodie and John Drew.

Obie O'Bryant has a new email address: nasamanl969@yahoo.com. He was mentioned in Lee Scherer's article in the December Shipmate which also featured Chet Lee. If you haven't seen it, get hold of a copy and enjoy.

Len Erb had a bypass in late April, but ten days later suffered a stroke and now is in an assisted living situation with a new address: 1763 Royal Oaks Dr, Apt. 218, Bradbury, CA 91010. In July, Johnny Neff moved into a retirement community, 428 Kaluai Hae St., Apt. 110, Honolulu, HI 96825. Their family lives nearby, which is fortunate. Both he and Barbara are handicapped to some degree to the point where air travel is out of the question.

She has trouble getting around and uses a walker, while John has a lung disease, which requires oxygen at night and portable bottles while exercising (now limited to walking).

Dave Peto was our sole representative at the Sub Vets WWII convention in Phoenix this past fall. Thanks to Rub Woodall '43, who brought him up to date on '42 activity in Washington.

Bill Burchard sent along an obituary on the death of Doug Gutzman on 18 September 2000 in Tucson, AZ. (See "Last Call.") Doris and Mac McNeal spent a night with Bifl in September and are reported to be in "good shape." Bill is looking forward to the 60th having noted that all is well with him.

Jack Mitchell, chairman of our 60th Reunion Committee, wants to be sure that every Classmate has received a copy of the October 2000 Reunion Committee letter If you have not received yours, please call Jack at 703-938-4519, or write him: 1005 Country Club Dr, NE, Vienna, VA 22180-3623.

We have been advised by the Athletic and Scholarship Programs of the USNA Foundation, Inc. that Aaron T. Allison of Wylie, TX, has been named The Class of 1942 Honor Scholar He graduated as salutatorian of his 65

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senior class at Wylie High School. He participated in varsity soccer, the marching and concert bands, various school clubs including the Science and Spanish clubs and as a member of the National Honor Society. He was also active in the Boy Scouts of America and eamed the rank of Eagle with palms. Aaron attended New Mexico Military Institute under Foundation sponsorship this year.

Ed Gallagher was among the 80 Classmates, friends and family that celebrated Scroggie Wiley's 80th birthday with a reception and dinner at the Hyatt Rickey's in Palo Alto on 14 October

Ed Gallagher and Scroggie Wiley

Scroggie needed ten hours instead of the planned six to get from Phoenix to daughter Lisa's home in Redwood City because of a three hour airline delay and a holdup in getting a rental car The trip home was faster and much simpler He arrived at Lisa's on Friday the 13th, his actual birthday, which gave him a chance to make up for the two years that had elapsed since his previous visit and to meet his first great-grandchild, Hope, his grandson Jason's first. Once back in Phoenix, Scroggie enjoyed a full social calendar with friends visiting during Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Ed also included a picture of himself and his fiancee, Mary Vamer, taken on the occasion of his 82nd birthday. His daughter, Mary, furnished the eight yellow and two white roses.

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Maryann Osier, Ed Osier's widow, died on his birthday, 28 October 2000, after a tough battie with cancer Early this year she had survived a hard battle with bladder cancer, but was able to have several enjoyable months with her family in Vermont, where her son, Dr Tumer Osier, lives with his wife Dr ChiChi Lau and grandson Alexis. Her daughter Mary Graham came up from Tennessee to share the last three months with her mother and reports that Maryann kept the spirit that so delighted her friends, shining until the last. Services were held at the Ft. Myer Chapel and she was reunited with Ed in Arlington Cemetery.

Hank Grant passed away on 2 October after a long illness. (See "Last Call.") Bill Underwood left us on 9 October 2000 after facing the rigors of Parkinson's Disease. He had journeyed to Washington for Homecoming 1999, but at the last minute was unable to join us for dinner as expected. Deeply devout, he had stayed by his wife, Ann's, side in her last years as she sat in her wheel chair barely able to speak after a stroke. His first marriage had ended in divorce. (See "Last Call.")

Bob Childers died in his sleep on 3 December 2000. He had been struggling with emphysema for several years, largely confined to the first floor of their Annapolis home and living with a long hose to provide mobility while delivering the oxygen he needed to stay alive. Ree ministered to him to the end relying on their son. Buzz, to squire her to the football games while she maintained a curtailed schedule of the civic projects that she enjoyed.

Bob, with Ree ever present at his side, took the initial responsibility for outfitting the Eighth Company Wardroom when the Class agreed to sponsor it. He continued to monitor the needs of the company until about five years ago. In addition he was a key contributor to the success of our previous reunions by keeping the buses moving and on time and could be counted on to have a tailgate party at all the home games. Services were held at the Naval Academy St. Andrews Chapel with inurnment in the Academy Columbarium.

Shine Payne flew to Orlando after Homecoming to live with her daughter while continuing to recuperate from her shattered shoulder As the year drew to a close. Dale Reed was regaining his strength and gradually resuming a normal life. Grif Scarborough suffered a stroke last spring, which has limited his mobility and will keep them in their Florida home for the 60th Reunion.

Bob Stahl succumbed to a heart attack on 27 November He and Jane were driving home on the interstate to Virginia from a Thanksgiving visit with their daughter, Barbara, in Liverpool, NY, when he became ill near Scranton, PA. He told Jane that something was wrong and then collapsed. Fortunately, they were on a slight incline and Jane managed to steer the car to a stop at the side of the road.

Some trackers stopped to help and Bob was taken to the Scranton Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Bob was cremated and will be inuraed in Arlington Cemetery in the spring when one of his two granddaughters and her family return from Australia. Needless to say, his death came as a shock to the Washington community. He had attended every meeting in this area, from Class luncheons each month to the monthly Alumni Association Chapter luncheon meetings. He was a spark in every gathering. He was always positive and had a story to tell at each one. They were always interesting and appropriate to whatever was going on.

He was supportive of every Class effort. He was a wonderful person and is and will be remembered especially when two or three shall meet. The Fairfax Host Lions with whom he had maintained a membership for nearly 40 years conducted a Memorial Service which revealed the depth of his service to the community and mirrored our relationship with his attendance, participation and story-telling as a beloved Lion. We were proud to call him "shipmate," which was his favorite word of greeting to one and all.

For more than a decade, '42 has dominated attendance at the monthly Alumni Chapter luncheons at Ft. Myer Gaining admittance has entailed getting by the stalwart threesome of Hap Day, secretary, Rufe Porter, treasurer, and Norm Nash, backup bean-counter, all under the watchful eye of our Class president, Jim Small.

Hap Day, Jim Small, Norm Nash, and Rufe Porter

Class luncheons at Ft. Myer interspersed with tiie spring and Christmas luncheons in Annapolis on the second Wednesday from September through June have been the mainstay of the Washington area contingent for many years. At the November luncheon prior to Army-Navy, a number of the attendees were up to posing for a group photo with the newly acquired banners provided by Norm's son, Gordon.

Shipmate, January-February 2001

'42: The Group Mary and Bill Vose hosted the annual ArmyNavy game get-together at their home ably assisted in the planning and assignment of supplements to the main course by Mary Lee and Dick Lowe. The main course was chicken rice and cimy in as much of the old Navy style as they could manage. This year they included the Class of '43 as they have done for the monthly luncheons.

'42ers attending were Ted Balis and Peggy Norman, Marge Earnhardt, Bob Brown, Doris and Frank Dunham, Mary Lee and Dick Lowe, Ace Mullen, Joyce and Bill Simmons, Mary and Bill Vose, and Jeanette and Roy Werthmuller. '43ers present were Magge and Clyde Anderson '43, Dee and Harry Clark '43, Al Galvani '43, and Mary and Bill Hardcastle '43.

After nibbling various goodies during the roller coaster ride on the scoreboard, they had supper, said their good-byes, and "crashed."

Charlie Bishop has provided an account of the SOCAL celebration of the Navy victory.

Forgetting the level of expertise, how could you top the effort and enthusiasm! Fourteen Classmates gathered at the Rancho Bemardo Country Club, courtesy of Dodie and John Drew, together with wives, two widows, one daughter, two sons and two friends to watch the game and enjoy a branch of guess what— chipped beef on toast and baked beans! Just like Saturday noon at USNA! John Davis picked the menu, but couldn't be with the group as he was recovering from a setback after a recent cmise. He's doing better, but still without a liberty card.

The group included Mary Arthur with Don Grant, Alnora and Charlie Bishop, Bobbie and Buck Catlin, Art Burke, Mindy and Gebe Farrell, Ed Gallagher with Mary Varner, Shirley Hopley, Bee and Don Holmes, Ray Miller with two sons, Mary Lee Morgan, Mary and George McFetridge, Dorothy and Max Munk, Don Henning and his daughter Celeste, Maryann and Tom Pearson, Barbara and Dick Sewall, and Willie Weber with Alethea Moeller The Navy team gave them lots of incentives to cheer and sing, always ending with Navy Blue and Gold. Ed Gallagher even brought his version of "High Hopes," all of which came trae on the TV. Shipmate, January-February 2001

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Annual Membership: 32% Life Membership: 54%

Pres: CAPT E. A. Robie, USN (Ret.) 2111 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 h: 410-224-0850; e: edrobie@aol.com Sec'y: CAPT "Jack" Van Ness Jr., USN (Ret.) 7108 Broxburn Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817 h: 301-320-4564; w: 202-357-3762 e: Jvanness43@aol.com Ted Nier Swain Our Classmate Ted Swain died on 6 October 2000, in St. Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville from respiratory failure. He was predeceased two years earlier by his beloved wife of 55 years, Margaret. Ted and Margaret (also known as Peg) are survived by one son, three daughters, and 11 grandchildren.

There was a beautiful and moving memorial service for Ted and Peg at the St. Andrews Chapel of the Naval Academy on 13 November, a crisp and typical fall day, followed by inurnment, attended by family, friends, and Classmates, in a military service in the Columbarium of the Naval Academy.

Our Lucky Bag says the following about Ted: He is one... who, once acquainted with, is never forgotten...His strength and versatility make him a man to be followed.

Classmate Bill Busik, one of Ted's "roomies," said of Ted: Ted was one of the four of us to room together for the last two years at the Naval Academy. (Scott Slocum and Al Cameron the others.) We all shared common interest in many areas, but I'll always remember Ted for his competitive and winning ways in the classroom, in sports, his naval career, and in life itself. He and his late wife. Peg, were true friends—I'll miss them very much.

Following a distinguished career that focused on submarines, Ted entered the civilian business world in 1955. With assistance from Classmate Zeke Zechella, Ted went to work for the atomic power arm of Westinghouse.

Zeke remembers Ted with these words: With his submarine experience and his advanced degree in mechanical engineering, he was afineemployee. When I was general manager of the Off-Shore Power Systems of Westinghouse, located in Jacksonville, Ted

was the marketing manager He did an excellent job. You could always count on Swain. He will be sorely missed.

Frank John Reh Classmate Frank Reh died on 29 October 2000, after a courageous three year battle with cancer He never gave up, but was finally overwhelmed. In addition to a distinguished career as a naval officer, Frank had many other achievements, including: he was a writer of great ability, was a former director of the Bremerton Naval Museum, was a cello player in the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra, and a ranner and mountain climber Funeral services for Frank were held on Friday, 3 November, at the Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Bremerton, followed by biuial in the Ivy Green Cemetery of the church.

He is survived by his beloved and devoted wife, Louise, his high school sweetheart, whom he married in October 1942, and their three sons, three daughters, and eight grandchildren.

Classmate Jack Barrett worked on the Lucky Bag with Frank, and recalls Frank with these words: As managing editor, Frank Reh, along with Sleepy Keeler as editor-in-chief, provided the leadership and organizational ability that put together thefine1943 team that produced our superb Lucky Bag. As business manager I remember Frank Reh as a pleasure to work with. He kept our '43 team working smoothly while doing a tough job with rigorous time constraints.

Classmate Bill Riblett, when asked about his remembrance of Frank, said: I have known and admired Frank Reh for a long time, since the many times during Plebe Summer when I stood in line between him and Ham Ries. Later in Plebe Year, I can still remember the mock anger Frank expressed when he complained that a 3.92 in differential calculus should have been high enough to make him first in the Class. Our paths also crossed when we worked together on the Lucky Bag, where he demonstrated on many occasions how well he could use his wit to make a point on the written page.

After graduation our paths diverged, even though we both became EDs, but eventually we both arrived in Washington for a tour of duty and I was pleased again to have the opportunity to enjoy Frank's barbed comments on the bureaucracy and life in general at which we agreed was the center of confusion.

Janice and Bob Meyer have the following vivid memory of their friendship with Louise and Frank Reh: Frank was an avid mountain climber One July weekend the Rehs and the Meyers backpacked into the Goat Rock Wildemess Area, expecting to enjoy the "spring" flowers— but found themselves in snow\ However, the gourmet food in Frank's backpack more than compensated for their visual loss.

Jane Duvall Junker Ryan Jane Ryan, widow of Classmate Joe Ryan, died of heart failure on 26 October 2000, in Annapolis, MD. Jane was predeceased by Joe,

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who passed away in 1980, and is survived by one son, the Rev. Joseph F. Ryan J r of Dallas, and two daughters, Kathleen Torres of Rochester, NY, and Cynthia Filer of Bowie, MD, and nine grandchildren.

Speaking of Jane, her three children and nine grandchildren said: "We miss her and will cling to our fond memories."

A private memorial service was held on Sunday, 29 October The ashes of both Jane and Joe were sprinkled on tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Another Harrowing Experience (Bill Jacobs and The Killer Typhoon) Sec'y note: Your writer hopes that you haven't tired of reading of the personal experiences of our Classmates who survived the unforgettable experience of being aboard a ship that was caught in the terrible typhoon of 18 December 1944. Here is the experience of our Classmate Bill Jacobs: On 16 December 1944,1 was the gun boss of HiCKOX, a 2,100-ton destroyer of the Retcher Class. Our destroyer division was operating as a part of the screen for Task Group 38.2, one of the three carrier task groups comprising the Third Fleet under the overall command of Admiral William F. Halsey. The Third Reel was engaged in attacks against the Japanese on or near the island of Luzon in the Philippine Island.

On the evening of December our Task Group retired eastward from the strike launch area and prepared for resupplying and refueling on 17 December. HICKOX was dangerously low on fuel. We had been screening the carriers during the daylight hours, and had the additional duty, during the nights, of plane-guarding the night fighter carrier As 17 December dawned it was becoming quite evident that an extremely severe storm was approaching from the southeast. The aerologists of the several Task Groups could not agree as to the storm's exact location or track.

On the afternoon of 17 December we, and our sister ship, SPENCE, also a Fletcher Class destroyer, tried to refuel from the oilers, but with no success. Because of our low fuel simation we were detached from Task Group 38.2, and ordered to remain with the tankers and their screen. Task Group 30.8, through the night. We were further ordered to pump ballast at dawn in preparation for another attempt to refuel early on the morning of 18 December As it mraed out, the night steaming orders to Task Group 30.8 put this small group of oilers and destroyers almost directly on the typhoon's course track.

Our ordeal of survival started at dawn on the 18th and lasted for about 12 hours.

During that time we had many heroes, beginning with the chief engineer and the skipper The chief engineer said to the skipper: "I can pump ballast a hell of a lot faster in this kind of weather than the oilers can pump me fuel. Request permission to not pump ballast." The skipper replied: "Permission granted."

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By 10:00 a.m. you looked upward from the bridge level to see the tops of the waves.

The seas were mountainous, the visibiUty was zero, the barometer was plunging, and the winds gusted in excess of 125 miles per hour.

Shordy after 10:00 a.m. our radar indicated a target crossing our bow, possibly an oiler We turned to avoid a colUsion, got into the trough, and could not get out, even by backing full on one engine and ahead full on the other!

We remained in this condition for eight or nine hours, completely at the mercy of the seas. We "in irons" and were pounded unmercifully by the elements.

We started to receive topside damage, and began to flood in the after steering room. Our air search radar blew away, our fire control radar was driven so that it faced backward, our starboard whaleboat was carried away, as were several life rafts, and our forward gun sponsons were buckled in.

Several times we rolled 70 degrees—and hung there. Each time we held our breath, waiting for "the old girl" to right herself.

The barometer fell to below 27.25 inches!

The flooding of the aft steering room was our most dangerous condition. The flooding was caused by a mushroom trap vent that failed to close. We first lost steering control from the bridge, then lost power to aft steering, and finally had to steer by manual pump.

The men who manned the pumps worked in total darkness, unbearable heat, and in water up to their waist—a heroic effort by all.

We opened the watertight door from aft steering to aft crew quarters, and that room flooded to one to two feet in depth. All hands bailed with buckets and helmets until submersible pumps, wired from a power soturce in the #5 gun mount, were installed.

About 5:30 p.m. the wind and the seas started to abate and we were able to get our bow into the seas. We were "out of irons!"

We had noted, during the height of the storm, that two radar blips had disappeared from our screen. We tried to make contact with HULL and SPENCE, but to no avail. Late that night our deepest fears were confirmed—TABBERER began picking up siu'vivors from these two fine ships.

On the morning of 19 December we were able to refuel. By that time we had used all but 10% of our fuel!

Relieved, we made our way back to Ulithi for repairs.

One Last Note Bill closed with the good news that the luckiest and most loved member of the crew was the ship's dog. He had bolted through an open hatch, was washed overboard, and then redeposited back on deck with the next wave!

Note to Bill: Thanks for sharing. What an experience!

Still Working Full Time and "Going Cyber" as well!

Some months ago this column included a story of how our Classmate Lew Walker had relocated to the beautiful New England style town of Hudson, OH, and was continuing his full-time business of selling maps and charts.

Due to his hard work, and that of his wife, ElUe, as well, the business has expanded and flourished. They have converted a two-story garage in the back of their home into a sun-filled warehouse for the products they buy and sell.

Contributing to this business growth is the fact that Lew is keeping up with the times and is now using the Internet and the World Wide Web to sell his maps and charts, and now, books. This has enabled Lew to reduce the time he used to spend in traveling and participating in antique shows, and enables him to sell his products all around the world.

Lew describes it this way: After the "show and tell" antique business for 20 years, shifting to the Intemet (Ebay, etc.) two years ago and concentrating on maps and books has been astonishingly rewarding. Let no one be deceived, however.

Success requires hard work, imagination and long hours. It has brought me a rewarding network of new friends and worldwide cUents. Language is no barrier, as English seems to be used throughout.

My interest has been in government documents relating to the Westward Expansion following the Louisiana Purchase and to U.S. Coastal Surveys during the same period. This may sound pedestrian, but every day I discover fascinating "trivia" about this great country of ours and especially about our Army and Navy.

Lew has hundreds of maps, charts, prints, and books for sale.

Here are a very few examples, listed in his Web site as this is written in late October 2000: • Map of the United States Territory of Oregon West of the Rocky Mountains, 1838 • Map of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma, 1890 • Map of Yorktown and Gloucester Point, as Besieged by the Allied Army.

If you would like more information (or just want to say "howdy"), you can contact Lew in several ways: (1) by mail: 32 Owen Brown St., Hudson, OH 44236; (2) by phone: 2 1 6 - 6 5 3 - 9 2 7 2 ; (3) by e m a i l : e l l i e l e w ® a o l . c o m ; (4) by v i s i t i n g h i s W e b site: w w w . r a r e m a p s a n d p r i n t s . c o m , and when you have his Web site on your screen, by one k e y s t r o k e you can g o to the i t e m s that Lew has listed for sale by auction on the Web auction site, Ebay.com.

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Note to Lew from this writer I am sure that I speak for our great Class when I say that I am impressed not only by your working more than full time in a complicated, time-consuming, and never-ending business, but that you are well ahead of most of us in using the latest cyber methods.

Shore Patrol Duty Classmate Lefty Lavrakas recently ran across a copy of official orders issued to him in 1960 when he was executive officer of BOSTON, and at Palma, Majorca. It turns out that at that time ComSixthFlt had inaugurated a policy of making a four-striper the senior shore pafrol officer, and since the only fourstriper eligible was ill, this important duty was assigned to our man Lefty.

The assignment lasted one whole week, and since Lefty had, as assistants, two lieutenant commanders from ESSEX who had prior experience as shore pafrolmen, the assignment was a breeze. There were, however, some uncomfortable times when Lefty and his assistants were spat upon by several generally friendly Spanish ladies who resented the fact that their "Happy Place" was being placed off limits.

Lefty closes his shore patrol report with these words: The year was 1960, a time when budgets for this kind of assignment were slim. My orders showed that I was eligible to draw $45 (for room and board) for a week's stay at a local hotel.

It's obvious, as I write what I recall as "my last shore patrol," that those of us who mamred into manhood during the depression were able to subsist—and survive—on the $2/S4/S6/$ 11 per month we were paid as Midshipmen years before!

Lefty, too bad that those naughty Spanish ladies didn't understand that you were just doing your duty.

Homecoming 2000 The Class of 1943 celebrated the first Naval Academy Homecoming of the Third Millennium with a gala reception and dinner in Annapolis on Saturday evening, 21 October 2000. The evening was planned and executed

by Patty and Class President Ed Robie, assisted by Geo Burnett, Eleanor Lazenby, Fran Hudson, and Bob Hansen.

Ed Robie welcomed the attendees to the event, and discussed briefly several Class business matters.

Attending the gala celebration were the following, listed in no particular order: Mariella and Jim Oliver, Bea and Frank Ault, Dorothy and Marty Gastrock, Milly and John T. Shepherd, Peggy Keeler, Fran Hudson and Bob Hansen, Terry and Reuben Woodall, Hazel and Bob Greenwood, Eleanor and Dick Lazenby, Sue and Jack Van Ness, Geo and Wes Burnett, Jane and Les Heselton, Dave Shonerd and son, Pete, Bimey Saunders and George Grkovic, Eleanor and Earl Buckwalter, Jane and Dan Karcher, Jacque and Whizzer White, Wally and Bill Newlon, Mary Brady, LaNelle and Det Detweiler, Jane and Bernie Moulton, Libby and Jack Logan, Shipmate, January-February 2001

Patty and Ed Robie, Jane Beaver, Jean and Joe Flessner, and Jean and Pete Fisler.

Several others had signed up to be present, but last minute circumstances interfered.

These include Mary and Bernie Frese, Joan and Bob Adrian, Daphne Holmquist and Lou T\ittle, Pat and Fred Fearnow, and Jan and John Dudley.

The reception warmed the attendees, the conversation was animated, memories came flooding back, the food and wine were just right, the tables were elegantly decorated, and each lady attending received a "43-Pin" as a memento of the evening. A great time was had by all!

It Rained Steel That Night Our Classmate Dick Phelps recently recalled a tense and scary night in November 1944 while serving aboard a desfroyer that was a part of the screen for the aircraft carriers of Task Group 38.1.

The carriers depended to a considerable degree on their 40-mm guns, firing projectiles that would self-destract at 4,000 yards if the projectile did not hit a target.

On this particular night the Task Group was steanung with the carriers at the 2,000-yard circle, with the destroyers of the screen at the 6,000-yard circle. Suddenly the Task Group was circled by a number of Japanese bombers dropping parachute flares before jumping over the destroyer screen at low altitude and heading for the carriers.

The carriers opened fire with all of their antiaircraft guns and the destroyers were treated to the flash of many self-destracting projectiles right over the destroyers. Dick reported: Those of us in exposed positions were wearing life jackets and helmets. No one got hurt, but the sound of shrapnel bouncing off the deck was exciting. The next morning the sweepers got a helmet full of shrapnel I The final score was USN Task Group 12; Japanese bombers 0.

We never had a repeat performance, as the Japanese turned to Kamikazis.

Dick, thanks for another great story!

A Humanitarian Mission Those of us who know Classmate Frank Ault accurately describe him as one of our most active Class members, and perhaps most would know that he and Classmate Dick Madson are avid, world-class fishermen. Here is Frank's report for the year 2000: Dick Madson and I have been fishing partners for longer than I'd like to admit. In addition to local excursions, we travel annually to one or two locations outside the United States and perform the humanitarian mission of reducing the population of large fish where the big ones are eating the little ones.

This year (2000) I fished (in February) with one of my sons in Belize, following which Dick and 1 fished (in July) for northern pike and walleye in Canada. We then took off with a father/son trip to Ketchikan, AK, for five days of coho fishing in early September

Each of us returned with about 80 pounds of salmon—either smoked or as frozen, vacuum-packed filets. Both of us have assured our understanding spouses (who issue the liberty chits) that the humanitarian aspects of our mission are subordinated to the male's responsibility for keeping meat on the table. We emphasized our dedication to our responsibilities by in-between fishing trips to Chesapeake Bay and some of the local streams and lakes.

Fishing is an ideal activity for people of our age group. The physical exertion is manageable; the mental requirements are modest; and the lying comes naturally.

Moreover, it is a game the whole family can play!

Frank, the fish of the world are asking that you and Dick give them a break in 2001!

Frank Ault and Dick Madson On the road again One of our Classmates, Tom Smith and his wife, Pat, are veteran and accomplished travelers ("...they're here; they're there; they're everywhere..."). Their latest trip was to a number of national parks in the western United States.

In early September 2000 Tom and Pat visited several locations in New Mexico along with their daughter, Judy, and her husband, John. Then they joined an organized tour group for two weeks of guided visits to fascinating geographic formations in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.

This was followed by visits to the Mesa Verde National Park, Lake Powell, Grand Canyon National Park, Monument Valley National Park, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, Yellowstone National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park. Wow! A couple of interesting items: (1) At the beginning of the tour the temperature in New Mexico went as high as 102 degrees, so Tom and Pat shipped all of their warm clothing home. A week later the temperature dropped to 32 degrees, and Tom and Pat had to purchase replacement warm clothing.

(2) Also on the tour was Arn "A.J." Orr '53, and his wife, Midge, and the Tom Smiths and the Orrs became good buddies. The Orrs asked that we send their very best regards to Jan and Pat McGann.

Tom closed his report on the trip above with an expression of regret that he and Pat would miss the '43 Homecoming 2000 Dinner They would be on another trip.

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Important Announcement (Really Important!)

Classmate Dave Holmes joins an important group—Classmates who are great-grandfathers! Brodie Boggess, granddaughter of Squidge and David, has brought into the world a beautiful baby boy!

The Class sends congratulations to all!

That's '43 Family for Today and Proud To Be '43

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The activities of the San Diego Chapter of the Class are currently being reported by a very able correspondent. Art Battson, and our outstanding photographer. Bob Rubel, with a phone call or two from Ralph Frame. Mary and Ralph Frame and Lois and Hugh Rosania were the hosts for 40 attendees at the Amphibious Base O' Club on 10 October As Bob Rubel said a new motto for '44 has been born because, "While affixing name tags to their jackets, several members dropped theirs, which according to the best traditions.. .landed sticky side down and stuck to the deck." "On the floor with '44."

Daloris Reynolds and Jack "E.E." Reynolds at West Coast luncheon

Annual Membership: 30% Life Membership: 5 1 % Mary Coogan and Bob Coogan at West Coast luncheon

Pres: Fred Schnurr Annapolis Rep: CAPT Charlie Rozier, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT William L. Bennett Jr., USN (Ret.) 46910 Grisson St., Steriing, VA 20165 h: 703-404-4882; e: boppab@earthlink.net

The HQ chapter held the usual Homecoming tailgate before that Rutgers game. As you can see everyone is "chowing down," which seems to be the great desire and pastime at tailgates.

Your response to my call for help has been Shuf Swift and Lynde McCormick at West Coast luncheon fantastic! Several of you have sent or given me Lynde McCormick volunteered a couple of so much info and so many pictures that I am jokes, as the alternate speaker to Ralph who going to drizzle them out to you several at a time. led them in "The Goat is Old and Gnarly" and But, don't stop\ I'll use everything you send.

Navy Blue and Gold and, the elders remembered the words correctly. The following photos are of more attendees at the luncheon:

Jane Schnurr. Fred Schnurr, and Randy King at Homecoming tailgate

George Watson and Art Battson at West Coast luncheon Hoot Gibson, Chester County Memorial Day parade

Hoot Gibson and his wife, Libby, participated in the Memorial Day parade in Chester County, PA. Libby had given Hoot a 1948 "Farmall H" tractor which he drove in the parade towing a Snipe sailboat that displayed a sign showing the exploits of MORRIS ( D D - 4 1 7 ) during the years 1940-1945. Currentiy Hoot and MORRIS Vets Association are lobbying for a new ship to be named MORRIS. As an aside.

The D D - 4 1 7 was "Uncle Beanie's" (VADM H.B. Jarrett '22) command 1940-42 and visited USNA our Plebe Year

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Bee DePrez, Betty Hollyfield. and Barbara Biewer at West Coast luncheon Tom Rhees, and Rojo and Lyn Adamson at tailgate

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Vince Cassani. Rojo Adamson. and Bill Leahy at tailgate

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'44: Helen and Tom Rhees, and Betty Ochenrider at tailgate

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Bob Long. Roy and "Peter" Cowdrey and Joyce Jennings at dinner party

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This was followed by an outstanding cocktail and dinner party at Ginger Cove. The crab cakes and steak were a big hit.

Yes, as you can see, again we are eating! At the tailgate a very nice event occurred. A pretty woman walked up to Randy King and Vince Cassani and introduced herself as Bob Wooten's daughter, Rusty McBride. Rusty is the wife of Col Dennis C. McBride, USMC (Ret.), and she is currently the service center chairwoman of the Red Cross at Fort Belvoir It is so nice to have our adult children make themselves known so the memory of their parent and Classmate is renewed.

At the November luncheon of the HQ Chapter, our speaker, a close friend of Charlie Rozier and former employee of TRW with Chariie, was Col Robert Jones, USAF (Ret).

Bob, who retired as the Chief of Staff, Ninth Air Force, recounted his experiences of the few

days just before and after Worid War II D-Day. He was a P-38 pilot who was shot down and parachuted into France. He was captured by two armed German teenagers, escaped, recaptured, and spent the rest of the war as a German prisoner. Appropriately, he has adopted his email address as "Stalag 1."

The Annapolis contingent reports that John Donaldson is recovering well from his fourway heart by-pass operation.

In addition to his family, Bob Wulf celebrated his 80th birtiiday with Peggy and George Peery and Joyce and Joe Jennings. The happy group enjoyed cocktails on a boat on Chesapeake Bay and dinner at the Radisson Hotel.

An email was received on 31 October 2000 which read as follows: Sir, my name is Richard S. Ploss. I am the son of Richard L. Ploss who graduated as a member of the Class of 1944. My father passed away in September 1990.1 am interested in contacting and corresponding with Class members who knew my father during histimeat the Academy. It is my understanding he was in the 15th Company. FYI, I graduated from USMA in 1969 and was commissioned directly in the Navy, eventually ending my career as an engineering duty officer qualified in submarines. My home mailing address is: 5349 South Bercot Road, Freeland, WA 98249; 360-331-7552; voice mail messages can be left on 360-331-4552.

Best regards.

Did any of you know that we have a real "honest to goodness" swimmer in our Class? Well, we do. Jim Van Pelt wrote informing me that, under the American Red Cross "Swim and Stay Fit" program, he had reported in 1997 that he had completed a swim of 1,000 miles in five years, and then promised himself another 1,000 before he reached 80 years of age. Well, by George, in October 2000 he succeeded!

In addition to swimming, he goes on to say: I manage to play a round of golf weekly (also weakly) with Steve Delamater. We compete in a dime per hole skins game and he is in to me about 60 cents at this time. I am fortunate to play with him since I don't see well but he can spot my drives for me, having had his cataracts removed. On the other hand, he doesn't hear well and keeps demanding that I speak up. Our conversation often goes like this. Me: "Didn't my ball go right?" Him: "It's to the left." Me: "All right, thanks." Him: "No, it's to the left." Me: "I think I see it in the high grass, don't run it over." Him: "This isn't clover, it's Bermuda."

Me: "Well, watch where my next shot goes."

Him: "Please stop mumbling and hit the ball, I'll watch." This type of conversation will be unnecessary soon, 1 hope, I'm having my cataracts removed and Steve is getting a new hearing aid. However, I'm afraid he will still out drive me by 20 yards.

He also informed us that the swimming and golf has helped his physical health as he is the primary caregiver for Mitzi who suffers from Alzheimer's.

On 30 October John Heintz and his wife hosted "a superb buffet and cocktail party for some 60 guests at their lovely Indian River Colony Club home near Melbourne, FL." 71

Classmates and wives in attendance were: Ginnie and Jim Aldrich, Doris and Bill Hamaker, and Betty and Bill Budd who reported this item so nicely.

Update on Windy (6 November 2000): He sounds so much better, says he feels so much better (no sharp piercing pain anymore), and with the help of two canes, he has been to a restaurant with his family.

Unfortunately this is the part of our column that I dislike. Shall I call it "Sadness."

"Ching" Casey, beloved wife of Bill Casey, died on 9 August 2000. A beautiful and moving memorial service was held in the Naval Academy Chapel followed by inurnment at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 17 August.

Very loving eulogies were given by a friend, Mrs. Margaret Finamore, their daughter, Ms. Kathleen M. Casey, and their son, William C. Casey IV. Newt Foss's wife, Ada, passed away on 20 May 2000. She had been plagued with Alzheimer's disease for several months.

A memorial service was held at Camp Pendleton, followed by a Concelebration of Life at the Mission of San Luis Rey with both Fr Michel Gagnon of the Franciscan Fathers and Fr Victor Krulak, an Episcopal Priest officiating. (Fr Krulak is the brother of the former Commandant of the Marine Corps.)

Ada is survived by three children, Dick, Sherry, and Jan, and six grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's Association.

Ramona Burk, wife of Ray Burk, suffered a fatal heart attack and her service was held on 23 October 2000. Ramona and Ray attended the Class luncheon in Coronado together on 10 October At that time, Ray was recovering from a stroke and was walking with a cane.

Anodier address change: Glenn M. Stewart and his wife, Rosalie, have moved to The Jefferson. Their address is: 900 N. Taylor St., Apt. #1020, ArUngton, VA 22203; 703-527-1910.

Time to close up shop for this month! Happy New Year! Until next month. WLB

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Annual Membership: 26% Life Membership: 53%

Pres: CDR Everett Parke, USN (Ret.) Secy: CDR Robert O. Sherman, USN (Ret.) 4208 Ormond Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304-1621 h: 703-370-5867; e: rosherm@aol.com In Memoriam Curtis Atherton, 12th Company, 1297 Deer Hill Drive, Solvang, CA 93463-9619, died 24 October 2000. A celebration of his life was scheduled in his home, 4 November 2000.

Robert B. Wright, 480 Piezzi Road, Santa Rosa, CA, died 13 September 2000.

Kenneth Chambers passed away 7 December 2000 after a brief illness. Ken was a member of that very collegial 19th Company. Ken had a stroke some years previously, yet he and others of the 19th traveled from Norfolk to 72

Arlington to attend funeral services for another companymate, Ben Dean. The 19th is an impressive band of brothers; they, and we, have lost one of our finest.

Donna Wright, widow of Classmate Walter Lawson, wrote to thank the Class for the kind thoughts and notes extended by the Class.

Wally is gone from my sight, but will remain forever in my heart. He was my constant, and I feel a large void in my life. He was a great husband and so very kind and thoughtful. We had a beautiful service celebrating his life, attended by many; it was a wonderful tribute to him.

Association Business The featured speakers at the October Association luncheon were Dr Don Febringen and Paula Nuschke Alford, who described the problems with and status of current planning for high level nuclear waste disposal in the United States and the world. Presentiy, there is some doubt that the permanent disposal site in Nevada will ever be approved. Foreign governments have similar problems; no permanent disposal method or site has yet been approved. Paula is the daughter of our Classmate, Paul Nuschke.

With the whole hearted support of your funloving, garter-snapping, Head Quarters Group, Everett Parke and Dick Van Orden secured and delivered 191 petitions requesting that Dick be placed on the Alumni Association ballot as a candidate for Mid-Atiantic Trustee.

With more than 150 petitions, Dick's name had to be placed on the ballot. We are confident that Dick will be elected and that you will have a Trustee who will listen to your suggestions and complaints.

The Way We Are Upon returning from the mailbox with the daily proceeds, I said to my beloved, "Look at this! Ray Bates sent me the book his son wrote." "Oh, let me see it," she replied. It was only after another hour and a half that I recovered the book. Ship Wrecks North of Boston, Vol. I written by Ray Bates Jr Ray Jr graduated from North Adams State College with a degree in history. Ray's love of history combined with his love of the sea—he is also a commercial lobster man, fisherman, and professional diver—has led to his writing a book that is fascinating to land lubbers and seafarers alike. Ray has also prepared a chart showing the location of the shipwrecks, many of

which are described in the book. You may obtain the book from Ray for $22 and the chart, both autographed by the author, for another $10—shipping included. Ray's address is 15 Trinity Road, Marblehead, MA 01945-1023.

Ray's good fortune includes two grandsons within five minutes travel and another three within an hour's drive.

The following is from Bill Petrat's "personal secretary," (incidentally spouse) Jessie: As "once again kids" we took off in our new two-seater convertible—the one with the metal top that folds down into the tmnk in 23 seconds at the touch of a button—and streaked off on our annual trek, north and a bit west, covering some 6,000 miles. Since the trunk is divided in half horizontally, there remains little space for luggage, but an exsubmariner can easily pack it in for a month's trip. And we UPS'd boat gear for our ninth cruise aboard the '94 Coasting Schooner HERITAGE on the Penobscot to her home port, Rockland, ME. The photo enclosed shows three ex-submariners and one hopeful. Center stands Ansel Braseth '46. His son, Peter Braseth '72, is to his right, and then Peter's son, Scott, the current applicant to USNA. Far right is Bill Petrat, brother-in-law to Ansel and uncle to others. To his right is another Braseth, Tim, non-Navy but a successful civilian, who somehow showed some balance here. The photo was made while visiting all at Ansel and Martha's cabin on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. Of course, we did our usual visit with Charlotte Leavitt, now widow of that delightful Eben "Red" Leavitt. Only this time not in their gracious, hospitable home still maintained in Winter Harljor, ME, but at a re-hab hospital in Bangor. Charlotte had visited kin in Colorado, and reacting adversely to the altitude, had fainted, fallen, thenflewhome and soon was suffering semi-paralysis, was hospitalized, underwent surgery to relieve sub-dural hematoma, and when we saw her, was recuperating, seated outside her room in a wheelchair. It was all happiness for she was well on her way to her old self Since then, we've been in contact: She's home again, regained her lost senses, cognitive, muscular and the like and, as she put it "wonder of wonders" can drive again. Her plans are to fly down to Naples—finishing packing at her condo which she's sold, do the closing, and eventually go to Jax to reside there part-time. Ah! The wonders of today's medical science.

'45: Jessie's Crew; ScoU, Peter, Ansel and Tim Braseth, and Bill Petrat Shipmate, January-February 2001

"45: The golfing crew at Holden Beach; Walt and Mary Lyn Delany, Bert and Marjorie Findly, George and Carol Ellis. Sam and Lucy Simpson, and Emie and Hayne Barrett

We also visited the Submarine Museum, just outside the sub-base of New London (Groton)—magnificent—with the Nautilus and others—all well worth seeing. That's where Bill and I met way back in '44—he at school and I a Navy nurse.

We thank you for the fine job you're doing even though we too miss Dutch, but we do see him with Jane at reunions.

The accompanying photo was taken on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the group's aimual golfing and beach outing. Bert Findly reports the group has rented a six-bedroom seven-bath house the first week in October at Holden Beach, NC. "Golfing, beaching, talking, and eating are the agenda with golfing being the main event; but with ten of us, the men sometimes must draw straws to see who has to play around with the girls." (Yes, Bert wrote that. I could have omitted it, but couldn't resist the temptation to throw a tittle dissension into the pot.) So, how did you get together, Bert?

It started as a golf thing when the Barretts, Delanys, and Simpsons were at the Naval Academy. When the Delanys retired and established their residence near Holden Beach, the golf outings were re-instituted. The group recognized the need to upgrade, so invited the Ellises and Findleys to join them.

Or so said Bert.

Our peripatetic couple, Ellie and Jack Barron, report: Here we are back from some more traveling. We had a wonderful trip to Alaska in September The weather was beautiful so that we were able to see and do all the things tourists are supposed to do in Alaska.

We started in Fairbanks and ended the trip in Vancouver, Canada. The land portion of the tour was most enjoyable through Denali National Park. We saw bear, Dall sheep, and eagles. We also visited Anchorage, Juneau, Seward, and Ketchikan.

On the cruise portion, we went through the inside passage where we were delighted to see glaciers and watch calving. We were able to take off-ship flights over the beautiful terrain and boat trips into the fjords. Jack also had fun on board ship competing in the putting and chipping contests around the pool. He didn't win but was mnner-up in both events.

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We then had two weeks at home before leaving for Massanutten Resort for two weeks of golf and fall leaf viewing. We had great side trips to The Homestead at Hot Springs, VA, and several to the nearby malls featuring antiques.

Elbe's dictate: no more traveling until after a few family events like birthdays.

Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Homecoming festivities include a three-mile race for Alumni, entitled the Running of the Goats. The course is from the field house along the sea wall to the Academy Foundation House (the old hospital as we knew it) and return.

Two of our stellar athletes. Bill McCulloch and T h a d Taylor, c o m p e t e d — b o t h were a m o n g the finishers, and Bill, the oldest entrant, was the winning Old Goat.

Old Goats Thad Taylor and Bill McCulloch

The Way We Were Note from the accompanying photo that little has changed amongst a select few of our number, though in this previous Running of the Goats, Thad was the winning Old Goat.

Old Goats Thad Taylor and Bill McCulloch

It has been said that everyone deserves a moment of glory. Al Olsen reports that our Classmate, George Griffith, who died this past August, had one while still a Plebe! It happened when we played Army in Philadelphia. George, an accomplished musician, was selected to be the regimental bugler. He marched into the stadium as a member of the regimental staff, then commanded by George Weems '42. With the clear notes of his bugle, George called the regiment to attention and signaled "about face" before the 103,000 fans assembled to see the game that Navy won 14-6. To the astonishment and acclaim of the assembled host, the regiment turned in unison!

(Well, all save one—I never did break those bugle call codes.)

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Pres: VADM Charles H. Griffiths, USN (Ret.) Vice Pres and Annapolis Factotum: CAPT Jim W. Foust, USN (Ret.) 1914 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Annapolis, 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: CAPT Ed Ellis, USN (Ret.) 5229 Barstow St., San Diego, CA 92117-2202 h: 858-278-8665; f: 858-576-0979 e: edmhe@aol.com Here we are with another column, another y e a r a n d , if you c o u n t e d c o r r e c t l y , another millennium.

Delly and Al Bowen (10) have moved from their home on Franklin Street in Annapolis to a condo. Their new address is 776C Fairview Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403. The new phone number is 410-267-6667.

Wils Engel (4) reported that Ed Goloway (3) called to advise that he has recovered from his brain tumor surgery, has moved closer and hopes to get with the gang again. He and Phyllis are now at Falcon's Landing, a retirement community just west of Dulles Airport.

Their address is: 20475 Earhart Place, Potomac Falls, VA 20165-3579; 703-433-2543.

The speakers for the fall Forrestal lectures came from two disparate fields of endeavor but each presented much food for thought about human relations. Dr Benjamin Carson, director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was the guest speaker on 20 S e p t e m b e r . A c c o r d i n g to L u c k y Jordan (16) who reported on this lecture: Dr. Carson's greatest desire is to inspire people to use their intellectual potential to achieve success in life. His autobiography Gifted Hands chronicles the road from a broken black home, dire poverty, a pathological temper, poor self esteem and horrible grades to his life today as a world renowned 73

surgeon. He has written two other books.

Think Big and The Big Picture and has authored or co-authored numerous scientific articles. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including 22 honorary doctorate degrees and is listed in Who's Who in America. Also, he is honored by having several scholarship programs named after him. He is a member of the Horatio Alger Society of Distinguished Americans, the American Academy of Achievement and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, among others. Additionally, he is the president and founder of the Carson Scholars Fund, which encourages academic excellence in young Americans of all backgrounds. He is an inspiring speaker and an engaging personality. We were mightily impressed and he received a standing ovation at the conclusion of his talk.

My wife has read Gifted Hands and she, too, is very impressed.

The Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Vem Clark, USN, was the guest speaker at the Forrestal Lecture on 8 November (A bit of trivia, he is only the second CNO not to be a Naval Academy graduate; ADM Borda was the first.) According to Clete Kennelly: The admiral said that the goal of the Academy is to teach and train Midshipmen to be leaders. He emphasized that the Navy now needs and will continue to need good leaders cormnitted to the mission and the growth of their subordinates. ADM Clark came across as a homey, down to earth type of individualâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;very easy to talk to as we found out at the reception following the lecture.

Because our Class established the trast fund which supports the Forrestal Lecture Series, our Classmates are always invited to the follow-on reception.)

The Homecoming Tailgate Party, mentioned in previous columns, produced an average size group of '46ers. The party hosted by Marilyn and Bruce Althoff (1) was held in a big "ole" tent which provided cover for all 43 attendees seated at tables. Food (catered) consisted of fried chicken, great salad, pinto beans, rolls and hot apple cider The game was bad (not the Althoff's fault) but, the food was good and the camaraderie, as always, was outstanding. Those who took advantage of the Althoff's arrangements were: Ash Ashley (13), Mary and Larry Baldwin (15), Delly and Al Bowen (10), Mark Camp (3) and his daughter, Debbie, Pat and Chris Christensen (6) and guests Giny and Doug Stahl and her sister Mildred, Beatrice and Carl Duberg (11), Bob Ellis (7), Pris and Jim Foust (7), Jeanette and Frede Froelich (9), Jean and Hal Hamberg (7), Kathy and Wally Hankins (11), Lorraine and Charlie Jackson (16), Anne and Clete Kennelly (10), George Klug (1) and his son, Gary, Keppie Kephart, sister of Bob Kephart (20), Luke Lucas (11), Pat and Bob Moore (7), Virginia and Hallie Rice (15), Bob Welander (1) and guest, Joanne, Rene and Al White (6), and, Toula and Lee Zeni (3). Counting the hosts and the three who couldn't make it at the last minute there were 46. (Sounds like counting by the San Diego Group.)

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'46; Left side: Kathy Hankins, George Klug (1), Bea and Carl Duberg (11); right side; Wally Hankins (11), Larry Baldwin (15) and his wife, Mary

'46; L to T. front row: Bill Montgomery (1), Louise Montgomery, Lucky Jordan (16) and Jerri Jordan; l^ack row: Toula Zeni, Julie Bakos, Lee Zeni (3) and Joe Bakos (3)

Tilt! In the Class Column in the December 2000 issue of Shipmate there are errors in the identification of the individuals in two photos. Barbara and Bob Wertheim (7) are in the photo in the lower left corner of page 71 and Betty and Bruce Sullivan (5) appear in the photo at the top left of page 72.

The photos included in this column were taken at Homecoming.

L to T: foreground: Bob Ellis (7), Hal Hamberg (7), and Jean Hamberg

L to r; Chris Christensen (6) with his wife, Pat, seated in chair, then Barb and Chuck Griffiths (6). The ladies are holding crying towels. (Need we ask why?)

The Montgomerys were visiting from Virginia Beach. I don't understand how Julie Bakos got between the newly weds, Toula and Lee Zeni. (Are they our newest newly weds?)

I routinely peruse the "Chapter News" section in each issue of Shipmate and noticed that Joe Grantham (20) was reported in the Atlanta Chapter news in August and that Tom Watt, MD (5) was reported in the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter news in September I'm certain that Tom was happy to note that Larry Baldwin (15) appears hale and hearty in the photo above.

I deeply regret to report the deaths of the following Classmates: Robert Mackay Casson (3), 28 October 2000, survived by Jean Casson at 9 Range View, Denver, CO 80215; Dewitt Talmage Hunter, MD (3), 1 September 2000, survived by Virginia Hunter at 23985 Encanto Court, Colton, CA 92324; Lee Andrew Kirstein (3), 22 November 2000, survived by Pat Kirstein at 2513 Collins Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234; Kenneth Leslie Morse (18), 25 November 2000, our records show that he was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Morse; James Johnson Simpson (18), 17 October 2000, survived by Lynn Simpson at 2701 NE 37th Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308; Marshall Terrell Steves (20), 30 October 2000, survived by Patsy Steves at PO Drawer S, San Antonio, TX 78211; and Roy Babbitt Weaver (13), 21 October 2000, survived by Alice Weaver at 9 Sandstone Court, Medford, NJ 08055.

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The deepest sympathies of the Class are extended to the surviving spouses and their families. Please refer to "Last C a l l " for some of their obituaries.

The most important event in our future is our 571/2 Reunion. The consensus at die business meeting at die 55th was that tiiis would be a cmise on the Mississippi River Because of tiie popularity of these craises we need to start a dialogue now to determine the what, where and when of this craise. As a minimum we need to have our plans locked in a year ahead of time; but, 18 months would be better We need to determine if we want to cruise in the spring, summer, fall or winter; the desired region. Old South. America's Heartland or Wildemess Rivers; the preferred theme, for example. Big Band, Spring Pilgrimage, Civil War, Cajun Culture, Fall Foliage, etc; and how long we want to craise. The latter is very important because if we craise for six or more days and we book at least six months ahead we can get an early booking bontis which includes, inter alia, free round-trip airfare. The timing, the region and the theme we select could help us choose embarkation and debarkation ports in mid-America.

We can use this column to sort it out. Tell me your drathers.

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up, Carolyn and Frank Deaton came all the way from North Carolina, and Bunny Sisson introduced her visiting son-in-law Hamish Downie and his brother Gilbert Downie, Scots whose polite interest in the oddities of our "football" was enjoyed by all.

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Annual Membership: 24% Life Membership: 61%

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 Prologue—And Thanks Clearly, a lot of you read and took heed of my pleas during past months for more input.

So many, in fact, that in spite of having answered to contributors that their item would be in this issue, I have been forced to hold back a few items which were not particularly timedependent, so that I would not overflow this month's limits, hence I can use them in upcoming issues. Don't stop now! I can always use the material—and I deeply appreciate the response of those who are contributing. Having too much input for a change is a really nice feeling! Keep it coming.

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The Homecoming weekend of 21 October was fun, once you figured out how to ignore the football results. The usual local crowd of sports dilettantes and bon vivants were present at our well-attended and delicious all-day branch and sandwich spread, with absolutely great Bloody M a r y s ! We were extremely pleased that some not-too-frequently seen Classmates were able to join the group. Sybil and Jim S t o c k d a l e came with Doris and P.G. Miller, and Jackson Stephens was in from Arkansas, Shiriey and Bill Crowe turned Shipmate, January-February 2001

Jack Stephens proudly models the Class baseball cap he wangled out of Ken Sears at Homecoming tailgater

L to r; Ralph Carnahan demonstrates his power scooter for Pat and Dixon Caine, with our tailgater tent as backdrop

Final Honors We have the heartbreaking duty of advising the Class of the loss of six of our Classmates: L a u r e n c e E u g e n e H e s s , Jr., J o h n D e n Langford, James Albert Strickland, Robert Henry Taylor, Richard Preston Yeatman and Edward Gale Wood passed away during the past few weeks, and we offer our sympathy and friendship to their families and loved ones.

Obituaries appear or will appear next month in "Last Call."

The Mail Buoy A note from West Central Florida: I spent all of September and a few days into October in the hospital, trying to get an intestinal blockage straightened out. It took two surgeries, but the latter one seemed to do the trick. Almost back to normal now, but have not ventured out onto the golf course yet. Anna and 1 had to cancel planned cruises to Hawaii and the Caribbean, but hope to make up for those missed opportunities with the following and our 55th in San Diego.

An item of interest for Classmates living in Florida or possibly southern Georgia: The Florida Council of The Retired Officers Association will hold its 27th State Convention on the Carnival Cruise Ship JUBILEE leaving from Tampa on 10 May, 2001 and returning to Tampa on 14 May. The price is $454 for an inside cabin or $504 for an ocean view cabin. Anna and I have attended the last several TROA state conventions and they are both enjoyable and informative. 1 have been Secretary of the West Central Chapter of TROA for several years now. Besides, we get to go to sea again on this one, and how can an old sailor miss that opportunity? If you are not a member of TROA, you should be, and if you are, join us for the cmise! For more info, contact Bob Buerger at 407-6283944 or Roger Hakola at 407-297-0736.

There is time after this cruise to get a bit of rest, a clean set of clothes, and still make San Diego for our big Reunion.

We will see you in San Diego, God willing and if the crick doesn't rise.

Blaine Davidson.

From Oklahoma: As you know, any report/rom me is about me, since I am the only one within hailing distance in these parts. But since you asked for input—In October, 1 was elected President of the Poetry Society of Oklahoma. I was not in line and did not ask for the job, but was nominated from the floor and elected by a substantial majority over the incumbent, who headed the slate proposed by the nominating committee.

Of course, the pay is what you might expect; about the same as for mowing my lawn or taking out my own garbage. Poets, however, are not in the racket for money, but for fun and personal satisfaction. There will be plenty of that if the vote means 1 have a mandate to make changes for the better.

That's all there is. Hope to see you in San Diego. Lew Taylor A m o v i n g day is a n n o u n c e d by M . R .

Clement from 'Down East' As some of you know, Sue and I had made our plans to attend the reunion next June.

Unfortunately, we've had to cancel them due to the fact that we have very suddenly (for an old fud) decided to move! We stumbled onto a new retirement community near Bangor in August and plan to move in on 1 November Our present house hasn't sold and probably won't until next summer, so we'll have two houses fifty miles apart to manage until it does. San Diego suddenly seemed more than we could handle.

Some Maine folks head south at this point in their lives, but we're heading Northwest.

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on the shores of Eggemoggin Reach after 22 years, but it will be nice to have fewer house responsibilities and be closer to live theater and the symphony, as well as to a very active town community. The bus will stop at the comer 100 yards away, and the 52 acres of forested grounds are on an old estate where the main lodge and guest lodge have been preserved for use as the Community Center and Town Library. For those who are curious, there are Web sites at info@avalonmaine.com and at www.edl.lib.me.us Clem O l l i e L o p e r r e c e n t l y s i g n e d u p on CYBERSEVERN47. This message from him followed almost immediately: ...had intended to send you my email address for some time. Ed Scoles twisted my arm when Millie and I went to his house for dinner and to join an old friend, Hal Smith '48A, who was in the 2nd Co. with me at USNA and later at Whidbey, Kodiak, and Japan in VP/931/57. Ed and I spent a lovely six months at Kodiak over the winter of 1951/52 as roommates. Hal and I came home from Japan to go to USNPGS on 7/9/53 the night before my daughter (1 st kid) was bom.

I retired from the Navy in 1970 and immediately went to work at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (yes, the one that the anti-nuclear folks don't like). I retired again in 1990, but have worked part time ever since. I am signed up for the 55th. We will be going to Greece in March to visit there and in Turkey.. .you can bet that we look for the '47 column first thing. Best, Ollie The following comes to us from Arkansas, but there's more to it than that, says Tom Jackson: .. .Just read your latest (plea for mail) in Shipmate, fully agree with you, and find myself guilty. Beverley and I are back at the old plantation in Columbus, AK, and will be here until February, then back to New Brighton, NSW, Australia. We have traveled to Mesa Verde in Utah to camp out in the canyons with son Tom, Jr his wife, and two children. We will entertain Beverley's oldest daughter and family from Brisbane here over Christmas holidays. It is interesting to be a part of the political scene here and in Australia, and to observe the similarities and the differences. We are members of the Australian-American Association, and participate in welcoming U.S. Navy visitors such as ComSeventhFlt, DECATUR, etc. when they visit Brisbane. We participate in the annual Battle of Coral Sea Commemoration which is quite impressive, with cocktail party and formal dinner at the Joint Armed Forces Officers' Club following.

There must be other alumni in the area, but I haven't found them yet. We are active in Christian City Church International, and I hold office as a director of the Church in Byron Bay. Beverley is active as a landscape and portrait artist, and has had her work shown in England, Australia, and the USA. We live a few minutes from a gorgeous beach whose main occupants are birds, crabs, pippies, and ... if you are patient and persistent ... an occasional sun worshipper au naturel. 1 will send an update of my bio and a photo, but don't anticipate your use of them any time too soon! God Bless. Tom and Beverley Jackson

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On The Road Again John Johnston reports from Saratoga, CA; We had a delightful lunch with Mildred and Ollie Loper in their lovely home in Danville, about 50 minutes from us. They have been great friends, and we have followed each other about for years—PG School; MIT; Sanford, FL; DC/Annapolis area; and for the past 24 years about 40 miles apart here in Califomia.

Virginia and I have had a couple of super trips this year. The first was a cruise on SILVER WIND from London through the Baltic to St. Petersburg and back to Copenhagen.

The highlight for me was a one-day excursion from St. Petersburg to Moscow—never thought I'd be able to stroll around Red Square or have a tour through the Kremlin!

Fantastic! The second trip was a cruise aboard the CARONIA from Istanbul through the Greek Isles to Rome. We had our younger daughter Francie with us on this trip, which made it extra special.

The photo is of us at Santorini. That little white spot between our shoulders is our ship,

L to r; Mavis and Joe Adelman, observed by cabby, toast their guests as they leave their June wedding in London

Old-Timers Department Hal Edwards took time out to report on their Orlando trip to join the Dick Beanes for the Notre Dame game. A particularly poignant part of his letter follows: ...What impressed me profoundly was post-game, at which time the teams exchanged handshakes and the victors simply walked off the field to their locker rooms.

Our team then walked down to our comer in front of the mini-Brigade (Sec 'y note: We are unofficially advised that approximately 1200 Mids paid their own way, at $375 a head, to the CARONIA. make the trip) where they were warmly greeted. We all sang Navy Blue & Gold and, ^^M. '{f<^> -'.'-^wBBBBi I thought, shared something very special. We were proud of what our team gave us, and really cared that they knew it.

We also wondered why the midshipmen were so much younger than we were when we were there, and why Bill the umpteenth was not at the line of scrimmage showing A ^M the way! See you in S.D. Hal The Color Company L to r; Virginia and John Johnston on the peak at In the last issue, I ended an item by asking Santorini, with CARONIA in the bay behind them if anybody remembered who our Color ComWedding Bells pany was. The following interesting response The announcement says simply: "Mrs. Lilly comes from Carl Otto: Bond has the honour to announce the marriage You BET I remember! Your query in of her daughter Mavis June to Captain Joseph Shipmate regarding the Color competition Louis Adelman, United States Navy, retired, brings sharp recollections. Gloria Williams on Saturday the twenty fourth of June in the (later Gloria Otto) might well have been the year two thousand. London, England."

Color Girl, if circumstances had been slightiy altered.

Our very heartiest congratulations to the I'll try not to sound like sour grapes. newly weds!

The race was nip and tuck between my And then Joe's letter goes on to say: 20th Company and the 24th, and we were Mavis is an Executive Secretary/Personal managing to eke it out. If either Company Assistant to a senior policy analyst in the made a false step, it would lose. Well, there British Ministry of Defence. Having battied wasn't a false step, but rather a bit of bad our way through the maddening processes luck, and in my view some misguided judgand complexity of US Immigration laws and ment on the part of Executive Department their interpretation, and with the help of a officers at the time. good lawyer in London, she finally has a visa to enter the US, so she will be leaving her The 20th stood outdoor formations on the position and coming here to live in mid-Deoutside deck of Bancroft Hall nearest The cember It would have been easier to get a Wall, bordering Annapolis. Very late in the rowboat and paddle over from Cuba as a competition one evening, probably a Sunrefugee to get into the country. Even after day, a midshipman (who shall remain unshe gets here, the process goes on for two named), obviously running late for formamore years! tion, and unable to make it in time to his own company, came in from whatever he was The picture shows us after the wedding, doing on liberty, and fell in with the 20th leaving for the reception. We opted for a reCompany! He was clearly not dressed nor stored 1950 London taxicab instead of a prepared in the spotless condition of those Rolls Royce. The cab came complete with a in the 20th, so when an inspecting D.O. came uniformed chauffeur, original red leather down our ranks and saw this disheveled inupholstery, and flutes of champagne served dividual, tiiat was it. That, I think, cost us on a silver tray. Best wishes and warmest the competition, in spite of subsequent apregards, Joe peals to higher authority on the unfairness of the situation.

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ber of the clan to the Navy family. Their grandson, Jonatiian A. Sears, is an NROTC Midshipman in his freshman year at Penn State.. .That winds this one up, and keep writing! Also, those of you who have email, do seriously consider joining us on CYBERSEVERN47. We are now 216 strong. CHS

L to r; Beaming grandpa Johnny Cohoon, grandson Andrew, son CAPT John Cohoon Jr. '78, and grandson Marshall pause for a moment while enjoying Homecoming weekend at Canoe U last October It would be interesting, if the data were still available, to resurrect them and see what the point difference wasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;very, very small, I'm sure.

Ah, memories! There are good ones and there are others! Regards, Carl Quick Takes Al Nimocks (who just signed up on CYBERSEVERN47) advises that "George Grove drove up from New Orleans, where he was visiting a friend, and spent a Monday night with Aim and me before tiu^ning around on Tuesday and driving back to New Orleans.

How is that for real friendshipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;driving over 800 miles just to spend the evening with an old roommate?" .. .used a brief email exchange with Emiel Meisel to reassure him that Chan Von Schrader was recovering well from bypass surgery in late November...had a short but pleasurable fonecon with Joe McKenzie in Norfolk .. .Lou Brizzolara was in town recentiy, and dropped in on John Prehn. John and his wife Mary, by the way, are shutting up shop, after many years of operating their home, MagnoUa House, as a Bed and Breakfast in Crabtown...a number of you wrote or called to express appreciation for the Heads Up email message calling Classmates' attention to the recent TV appearance of the film "Return with Honor", which includes Classmates Jerry Denton and Jim Stockdale. Just one more reason for you who have not already done so to get online and join us on CYBERSEVERN47! ...Irene, widow of my Plebe roomie Bob Strickler, provided a very pleasant surprise by phoning when she was in town visiting with Fran, widow of Frank Thurtell.. .email from Margaret Leddick says she has talked to recently-widowed Norma Buxton, and she's holding up well; she also reports that Kak and Vem Rose are raising a new German Shepherd, which already is about as heavy as Kak is! .. .Stan l\irner is back in Washington after a recuperative visit Down East with Andy Sides .. .Army-Navy football was celebrated by groups other than in Baltimore, and Roberto Leon with Nydia, was planning to cheer at a joint-service affair at the Lauderdale Country Club, with Dorothy and Bob O'Shea and a bunch of Woo Poos.

Considering the favorable outcome, that must have been enjoyable!.. .Louise and Sam Frock are back in their Florida roost after the cool mountains of North Carolina...Jeanne and Ken Sears have added another (the 5th!) memShipmate, January-February 2001

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Membership: 22% Life Membership: 53%

Sec'y: CDR Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302-2903 h: 703-549-8739; e: sk48moore@aol.com At the 10 November Class luncheon held as usual on the KT Porch of the Army-Navy Countty Club, the weather was cheerful, as were the Classmates and an attractive group of wives. A point of discussion was the various funds that the Class holds for different reasons, who takes care of them, why, and how much money they hold. I was asked to brief these funds in the next Shipmate, so please forgive the excess verbiage. The primary fund is the Class USNA Endowment, with which you are all familiar, and which is passing the $1.7 million point. The Alumni Association holds and manages this fund, under the watchful eye of the Class Committee, which also oversees any use of the fund.

Still held by the Association is a ftind, which was established for the renovation of the '48 Gate in 1986, and which has received additional money by contribution over the intervening years. It has accomplished other projects in the name of the Class, including a couple connected with the constraction and outfitting of Alumni Hall. This money can only be used by the Association in support of the Academy and as directed by the Class.

Phil Rogers oversees this fund, and would be the prime mover at such time as the Class decides to direct some or all of it for a particular project. This fund was not touched by the Endowment effort. It currently holds about $16,300.

Also held by the Association, as a convenience for us, is our Reunion Fund, which was started with the 50th, and is a ready source of money for reunion planning, almost like a checking account. As the 55th approaches it will be tapped more by the 55th Committee. Phil Rogers, as Chairman, keeps tabs on that one and, as with the above Gate Fund, we keep with the Association a formal access signatory list, which includes Phil, which assures continuity in case he becomes disabled. This fund now holds about $28,200. The Alumni Association makes a monthly report of the activity witiiin all three of these funds, and distributes it to the responsible Class individuals. I receive one.

All three of these funds earn "interest" in that they are invested by the Association. They charge us fees. The Endowment arrangement is more complex, but for the other two, we are

annually charged 2% of the value of the fund on 1 January. Additionally, a 5% one-time fee is charged on additional money received in the Gate Fund. The Reunion Fund is charged 20% of any money accraed from being invested, as it comes in.

Dudley Holstein keeps a fund for the annual Homecomings. It contains money left over from current and past homecomings and is a planning pot. He keeps it with the Navy Federal Credit Union, with proper backup by the Annapolis Homecoming Committee, and any interest it gains is scott-free. Currently, Dudley reports it holds about $2,300, plus a $9,000 CD. The Washington Area Class Group, as you know, collects and spends funds in support of memorial donations for deceased Classmates and for the support of the 24th Company Wardroom in Bancroft Hall. This organization, with Warren Graham president, George Ball vice president. Bob Ghormley treasurer, and Sumner Moore secretary, is legally constituted under charitable tax-free rales, and contributions are tax-deductible. Bob Ghormley keeps the funds properly invested and maintains the fund below $10,000 for tax purposes.

As money is needed, I publish an all-hands call in Shipmate, plus a letter as necessary.

Please don't send money yet. That fund currently holds about $4,390.

Dan Shockey sent me an article from the Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch about Art Markel, who lives in nearby Midlothian. We all are familiar with Art's Navy days and how he terrorized the football and lacrosse fields of battle. Unable to fly because of a severe injury to one eye by a lacrosse ball, he did subs successfully, resigning 14 years out because of his reduced vision. He worked for Aerojet and then Reynolds Aluminum in developing the Aluminaut deep-submergence submarine, and was its skipper through many hair-raising experiences, including the recovery of the errant H-bomb lost in the Mediterranean in 1966.

As I recall, although the article did not mention it, he was involved in the discovery of the location of TITANIC. Later, he purchased an experimental Cousteau catamaran, hoping to refurbish it and put it out for charter in the Bahamas or wherever It became too expensive, and he abandoned the idea. For the last 14 years, prodded by Ann, he has pursued his mighty talent, watercolor, a commercial success. I quote the last paragraph from the paper: Although he's had many successes in his life, Markel said he's learned just as much from his failures: failure to become a naval aviator; failure to complete a naval career; failure to fully develop the Aluminaut as an ocean research vessel; failure to create a blissful retirement in the tropics with Cousteau's catamaran. "I'm a fatalist. You have to play your cards whatever you're dealt and go on from there." Now, as a watercolorist, Markel is trying to leave a little beauty in his path.

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Vic Sharpe recently had a notorious document fall out of a book while housecleaning.

He sent it to me, and it's probably the only one still in existence. USNA Executive Order, dated 2 August 1944, signed by the Commandant of Midshipmen, Sunshine Murray, entitled "Special Amphibious Training for Midshipmen of the Class of 1948." This Special Amphibious Force (less sick and excused squads) will embark from Friday, 11 August until Tuesday, 15 August. (Long weekend.) It furnishes details for the loading of the LCIs, exactly what each Mid will carry (in a laundry bag), and which heads he can use on board.

Load list includes three sets skivvies, but handkerchiefs. No lockers aboard so don't carry any valuables. Your scribe was in the hospital and missed the fun.

Here's a very newsy email from Hal Smith, which is edited a bit for length.

One Minnie Winnie on the move for ol' Hal Smith in New Mexico. Late August, headed for Portland, OR, reunion of Mexicanfishingclub, Vagabundos del Mar! Visited old Navy friends along the way. Gilroy, CA, one Bobby Bendel, widow of Ben, showed me the sights from Fort Ord to Gilroy. She is doing well and obviously enjoys that lovely area. On to Stanford, CA, to visit Ed and Bernie Scoles '47 and Ollie Loper '47. Then it was on to Yreka, CA, for a long-overdue visit with roommate Dale Carlson and his wife, Iva. Troy Stone and I moved in with Dale and Chuck Rockcastle for First Class Year, 2nd Company. This was another old home week with 50 odd years of catching up. Dale also got his M.B.A. at Stanford and met his future wife there. She had grown up in Northern Califomia near Yreka, so it was a natural move for them.

Dale became a very successful C.P.A. there but is now mostly retired. They raised two daughters, the oldest being Elin, a very successful opera singer! From the eastward looking windows of their house, they have a magnificent view of the town and surrounding mountains including Mt. Shasta just to the southeast. We found time for some delicious eating, also nine holes of golf and a good check out of the model railroad in town.

Dale and Iva look great! They do a lot of traveling, mostly in the west visiting family.

Then it was on to Portland and the Vagabundos reunion at the BPOE campground. We did it all except fish (bunch of sots) and I was sober enough to win two bottles of wine at horseshoes and pitch golf.

Did catch two nice trout on the San Juan in New Mexico en route home. The next RV trip was to Iowa and back by way of Branson, MO. Enjoyed the Welk Show as always, and also visited relatives in Kansas City.

Finally flew to Virginia Beach, two weeks visiting all five children and their families in the area. Another reunion, this time with Jeanne and George Parish. Great lunch with tiiem at the Duck Inn on Shore Drive. They look tertific! We had last been together at our high school 50th. Then I finally got to revisit Crabtown and the Academy, with my grandson Nick Smith '03 showing us around. Things have changed, but still much is familiar.

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'48: Gordon Meriweather, Barbara and Dick Dempsey, Earline and Ted Holt at the Alamo

'48; The Perkins, Barbara Dempsey, the Holts and the Reeds

Here is an update from Warren Graham and the Endowment Committee. Our fund continues to grow! Since the committee's letter to the Class in mid-November, the Fund has reached the $1.7 million level, leaving $300,000 yet to be raised in order to reach the Class goal of $2 million in pledges and contributions. The committee thanks all who continue to dig deep in supporting our worthy Class effort. With the New Year upon us, let's resolve to put our project over the top!

For the coming 55th in 2003, Dudley Holstein would like to correct the email address at the Sheraton Barcelo in Annapolis for those inquiring about reservations. It should read megan.suhl@starwoodhotel.com.

William V. "Vince" Moore who had lived in Austin, TX, for many years, died on 11 November 2000 in Houston. The Alumni Association picked up an Austin AmericanStatesman obituary. We have no address for the family. Unfortunately, he had dropped off the Class radar many years ago. From the obit we learned that after leaving the Navy after the Korean War, he worked for Gramman and Lockheed Missile and Space Company in Austin, retiring in 1987. He left a son and daughter and two grandchildren. The Class sent a contribution to the American Cancer Society in his memory. As another Moore, I remember Vince as a stalwart, solid citizen. We missed keeping ttack of one of the good guys.

Gordon Meriwether, one who keeps frack of his Class, sent in this rousing email: Remember the Alamo! The 18th Company, '48A, did just that on 26 October at their annual reunion in San Antonio. We've been meeting every other year since our 30th Homecoming in Annapolis, somewhere in

the U.S.A., where one of the members acts as host and planner for the gathering. At our meeting in 1999 we decided to meet every year. This year, it was Barbara and Dick Dempsey, and a grand gathering it was.

Attending were Joelle and Tom Dawson, Margaret and Jesse Holshouser, Earline and Ted Holt, Vicki and Harvey Johnson, Catherine and Ace Perkins, Elizabeth and Bill Reed, Penny and Joe Shoemaker, Lovie and Gordon Meriwether, Lank Felsen, and the Dempseys. Incidentally, I have asked my attorney to address the Florida Supreme Court asking for a recount of hands raised in favor of my election as Company President at our last meeting. Some of those casting a vote had fingers crossed. The Dempseys did a fantastic job planning the event from El Paso. From the splendid accommodations on the Riverwalk, a scenic boat ride on the river, viewing the many at&actions of the Riverwalk, a tour of the Alamo and its history-filled museum, lunch at the "Tower of the Americas" and other great Mexican meals, to an inspiring 48 minutes in the Imax viewing the early history of Texas in the movie, "The Price of Freedom," our 53rd reunion was a happy time for all.

We will gather again next fall in San Francisco with the Perkins as hosts.

Burt Edelson sent along a one-page newsletter addressed to members of the Alumni Association sponsored Robert Means Thompson Society, which consists of those donors who have made a bequest to the USNA in their will. The letter points out with pride that the Class of '48 leads witii 24 of about 280 current members. RMTS members are recognized once a year in April witii a special Alumni Hall luncheon and front-and-center at a P-rade.

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Rosemary and Charlie Butler with their memorial stone at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland Here is a Classmate who hasn't checked in for a while. They certainly were at the 50th, Rosemary and Charlie Butler: Rosemary and I spent September in Ireland, our 12th visit to the Emerald Isle in the past 29 years. One reason we went this year was to attend a triennial Butler "Rally," a gathering of Butlers from around the world for a five-day reunion at Kilkenny Castie.

This huge castle, which has been standing for more than 800 years, belonged to the Butlers until 1967, when it was made a National Monument. Ten years ago, an EngUsh journal published an article that Rosemary had written about Theobald Walter, who was given the hereditary title "Chief Butler of freland" by Henry II in 1185. In 1196, Theobald Walter granted a charter to the Cistercians for building the Abbey of Owney, which became one of the major Anglo-Norman monasteries in Ireland.

When he died in 1206, Theobald Walter was buried in the abbey church. His son changed the family sumame from Walter to Butler, and this was the beginning of the Butlers in Ireland. Nothing remains of the Abbey of Owney, nor of the tomb of Theobald Walter, so we decided to fund a memorial to be placed at the site. Rosemary wrote the text, which was carved by hand on a 2-foot by 6foot slab of Welsh slate. At the Butier Rally in early September, two highlights were the unveiling of our memorial stone, and a lecture which Rosemary gave on the life and times of Theobald Walter She delivered her lecture to an overflow audience in a new 200 seat auditorium, which had just been opened in the largest of the Kilkenny Castle's three 13th century round towers. Rosemary received enthusiastic applause for her entertaining blend of history and anecdotes. Our memorial was then installed at the mral cemetery which now occupies the site where the abbey church once stood, in the countryside of County Limerick.

I had a note from Sally Jones enclosing an article from the Tulsa, OK, newspaper: I wanted to inform you that my husband.

Jack Dellis J o n e s , passed away on 4 October 2000. He was a proud Naval Academy graduate, and made lifelong friends during his military career. In addition, he was a leader in our community and a devoted father to our children.

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I know all hands join me in expressing to Sally our most sincere condolences.

From the Tulsa newspaper, I have excerpted the following information. Jack spent five years on active duty, serving on a minesweeper, desfroyer, cargo ship, and an oiler After the Navy, he took his law degree from the University of Tulsa and was a member of the Oklahoma, Texas, and Califomia bar associations.

He entered the oil business as an engineer for Sunray Oil in Tulsa prior to becoming an assistant county attorney for Tulsa County. He joined Getty as an attorney in 1956 and served in Houston, Los Angeles, and New York. In 1974 he was named president of Getty Refining and Marketing in Tulsa. He became a director of Skelly Oil when Getty and Skelly merged. He retired from Getty after its purchase by Texaco in 1984. He held directorships and chairs in banks and banking organizations, and in many oil and chemical connected companies in the United States and overseas. He w a s d i r e c t o r at the T u l s a C h a m b e r of Commerce, American Petroleum Institute, Tulsa Opera, and many other Tulsa civic and cultural organizations. He is survived by his wife, Sally Kramer Jones, three daughters, and three grandchildren.

Now here is a rather long, but elegant travelog from Zach Zacharias in Broken Arrow, OK (Yep, folks do live there): Three '48 roorrunates were on the itinerary this summer, which started when Jeanne and Charlie Mertz celebrated their 50th, 19 August, at a gala at the Argyle Country Club in Montgomery County (outside of Washington). There were about 130 friends and family including seven '48ers, Barbara and Roy Anderson, Jean and Dick Sprince, Jean and Gene Kelly, Carolyn and George Ball, Grace and Bill Harkins. Sprince, Kelly, Mertz and I were shipmates on the Big Mo (MISSOURI, BB-63) following graduation. Charlie and I shared a bunkroom for about two years.

Next, Pat and I were in Albuquerque for the meeting of the Photographic Society of America and close enough to mountain air that we could spend a beautiful September afternoon with Plebe Year roommate, Marvin McKinley.

Mertz's 50th

Sprince, Zacharias, Mertz, Kelly at Mertz's 50th

Marv McKinley with Jet Marvin saddled up three horses, but Pat decided to stay behind and keep Jo-An company, while Marvin and I enjoyed an hour on the trail, high in the picturesque New Mexico mountains. Despite extensive surgery and a continuing battie with a rare form of abdominal cancer, Marvin still can ride one of his four horses for two or more hours at a stretch. Given the great distances that separate us from Classmates, quality visits like this occur far too infrequently.

Montalvo Jogs in Quito

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After a week in Bar Harbor with brother, Jerry Zacharias '52 and Rita, Pat and I departed for Quito, Ecuador, where we were hosted by Jorge Leticia (another Plebe Year roommate) and Maria Leticia Montalvo. A full schedule included sightseeing each day.

The back seat of Jorge's subcompact Chevrolet Vitara, built in Ecuador for legs and buns smaller than ours, provided transportation via the Pan American highway, a heavily traveled two-lane succession of potholes, most of which Jorge deftly navigated around with the able assistance of copilot, Maria Leticia. On the itinerary was Cotopaxi, the world's highest volcano (19,340 feet), thankfully dormant Air at this altitude was short, so we took a few moments to enjoy the view before seeking more oxygen at a lower elevation. Another fun stop was at the "Balance of the World," where Pat and I straddled the equator, thereby occupying both the northern and southem hemispheres simultaneously. We made the rounds of scenic church plazas where my digital camera recorded some beautiful architecmre—and attracted a gang of pickpockets who attempted, unsuccessfully, to relieve me of camera and wallet, but did manage to escape with Pat's cash and credit card. As the week ended, we dined at Club Naval, a fine country club for Ecuadorian naval officers, where Jorge inducted me as an honorary member. We owe our gratitude to Jorge and Maria Leticia who made our first visit to Ecuador a memorable one.

This from Tom O'Connor:

Dave Beadling, in reporting by email on the death of Jack McCamont, covered in the December column, added a squib of interest about himself: The wild card in all of this is that I had a tumor (came out of nowhere) removed below my right ear in August, have just completed my first week of radiation. The good news is that chemo is not necessary, and I still get in two miles of jogging at least five days a week before I go in to be zapped three times (total about 80m seconds) by the mother of all radiators. Piece of cake so far, things supposed to get less comfortable starting about week three. Bright spot is that Barbara's cataract surgery has produced nifty improvement, no problems of any kind. The downer is we feel so inadequate socially when the first question is always, "And where did you intern?"

Alice and I followed Navy's football team to Orlando to watch Notre Dame deliver another blow to the Academy football (nus)formnes this year. The Alumni Association travel package included a stay at Disney World, so all was not lost —Mickey, Minnie, and Epcot were great! The Buhrers and Kellys were also in the group.

Reports Washington The Washington group met at the ArmyNavy Country Club on 10 October Attendees included John Barrow, Jack Benoit, Bob Coontz, Ralph Ghormley, Fred Grabowsky, Bill Guthrie, Charlie Haskell, C.M.C. Jones Jr., G r a h a m Leonard, Jim McVoy, Andy Nelson, Paul Riegert, Cal Roberts, and Barkley Wood. The usual desultory drone of conversation was interrupted as Bob Coontz passed around a Papal Medal and asked who remembered an audience with Pope Pious XII in the Vatican while on a field trip to Rome in the summer of 1948. Several remembered the story and three (Coontz, Haskell, and Riegert) had been there. As the stories started flowing, those participating recalled how gracious the Pope had been, how impressive the whole audience had been, and how impressed the Midshipman audience had been. Then someone recalled that

Tom O'Connor at Epcot Tom provided an excellent panoramic snap of the Brigade drawn up on the field before the game, and one of him at Epcot.

We have a late entry from the Alunrni Association regarding the death on 4 January 2000 of C A P T Gordon Winfield Phelps, USN (Ret.). He was in the 5th Company. He lived in La Mesa, CA. He is survived by his wife, F. C o r r i n e P h e l p s ; d a u g h t e r K a t h e r i n e Crimmins of Londonderry, NH; sons Gordon Phelps of Mount Laguna, and James Phelps of Lemon Grove; two stepsons; his father, Gordon W. Phelps of Williamstown, MA; and eight grandchildren. Burial was at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, CA.

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Ran out of space, but next month look for a great tale from Bud Lally, and another from Bill Speer.

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Membership: 30% Life Membership: 50%

Pres: John F. Barrow Sec'y: RADM Ralph Ghormley, USN (Ret.) RO. Box 10262, McLean, VA 22102-8262 p: 703-351-0964; fax: 703-351-5864; e: rmghormley@aol.com

this sophisticated group of young naval officers had been wondering how to show their appreciation to his Holiness when one of them led a rousing "Four-N" cheer One Midshipman, thinking that it would not be proper to shout "Beat Army" in the Vatican, finished the cheer off with "Pious, Pious, Pious." That same Midshipman, who was a Methodist, remembered that as the Pope came down the line blessing rosaries, he had nothing for the Pope to bless, so he greeted the Pope in halting Spanish, to which the Pontiff rephed, "Use English, my son—I speak six languages." Despite our best efforts, locals could only identify a few of the participants in the picture, which was copied from Ham Perkins' album. Thanks to Ham for loaning his original for a few days.

He is sixth from the right in the first row. If any reader can identify the cheerleader or other participants, let me know and we'll put them in future columns.

Here and There Paul Laric sent more information on his forthcoming book, which is advertised on page 48 of November 2000 Shipmate. Just so you know, his sources were Paul Laric, Sumner Shapiro, Elliott Schuman, Bill King, Harvey Conover, Dave Sprague, Tom Seelye, Al Levine, Wesley Brown, Fred Grabowsky, and Ham Perkins. You might want to check and see what they said about you. ff you missed the ad, call Rich Zino '67 (rzino@aol.com) at 516-764-9192. You can also order from O m e g a R e s o u r c e s , 249 H a m i l t o n Road, Rockvifle Centre, NY 11570; cost $19.95 ($21.65 in NY state) -H $2.50 S&H. Tom Parsons reports: The Hampton Roads '49ers and their wives gathered at the Norfolk Yacht Club in September. The group picmre (see next page) includes Carolyn and Ed Dennis, Wanda and M a r v i n F r a z e e , Cecile and Don Trueblood. Joanne and Arch Rocs, Lou and Red Tolbert, Sue and Jerry Jones, and Margaret and Don Dahlman.

October's meeting took place at Uncle Louie's Bar and Grill, known for its great sandwiches, including one that only Arch Roos orders. Fellows, Trueblood, Magee, Frazee, Train, Roos, Piazza, Dahlman, and I were present. Observations from around the table: Harry Train states that his demise, as reported in a service publication, is just not true. He certainly looks healthy in the TV spots he is presenting. Don Tmeblood's

"49: Field trip to Rome in the summer of 1948 Shipmate, January-February 2001

'49; Phil and Elise with grandchildren first name is not Hal, as reported in a recent colunm. How did that happen? (Sec'y note: sincere apologies, but I frequently wear my own nametag upside down so I can check and be sure. Old brains lose it.) Archer King continues to have problems with the ticker and couldn't make it. Tom Piazza showed and we hope he will continue to join us. BB WISCONSIN is scheduled to dock at the Norfolk waterfront on 7 December 2000. That will change the waterfront and the skyline, for sure. The current football season reminds us, unfortunately, of the one we endured, especially Harry and I, in 1948.

A personal note regarding the death of my fellow Marine, Bob Hunt. Bob and I served as company officers in the same battalion at USNA and as battalion commanders in the old Fifth Division. Bob's tour in Korea was highlighted when he and others ventured onto the very frozen Chosin Reservoir and rescued some 300 plus dazed and disoriented Army troops and brought them to safety. He was a good Marine and will be missed.

Phil Vladessa sent on the following: 1 think that this is the first time I have written with some info on what has been going on with me. Hopefully it will happen more frequently in the future.

Elsie and I moved to Venice, FL, in December of '87 after we both retired, Elsie from Sharp Electronics and I from Texaco.

We both enjoy living in Venice and are into volunteer work, various hobbies and travel.

We Elderhostel, play bridge, try to grow orchids and roses, stained glass, and bowl.

We also travel to the New York area to visit our four daughters and sons-in-law and nine grandchildren (six girls and three boys). We recently came back from a trip to the Baltic Sea (Amsterdam to St. Petersburg-Moscow).

It was with Intrav on one of their clipper ships and very enjoyable.

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This year with '49's outstanding 50th, I celebrated my 75th with a family reunion in Alexandria, VA. I am enclosing a picture of Elsie and me with our nine grandchildren.

Their ages range from seven to 13, with '93 being the most popular year, three bom that year.

Phil with grandchildren in cruise box In August my sister was in the process of moving from Long Island after 47 years in the one house. 1 received a call from her asking if I wanted my cruise box. Who, but a sister or parent would keep an empty wood box for 50 years? In any event it was transported to my daughter in New Jersey. When I visited there this summer I took the enclosed picture. That's me with my 50th

hat with five of my grandchildren in the box.

How would the box look in the hallway of the 49 House?

Try explaining to your children what a cruise box is, what cruise box races/uniform races, and flight operations off a cruise box mean. Well, 1 don't play Nintendo or Game Boy either.

In any event, writing this has stimulated the "little gray cells" and brings back memories of the days in Mother Bancroft.

Nothing Could Be Finer Than To Be A Forty-Niner.

Red Tolbert passed along the following: Lou and 1 have been discussing for some time moving from this "four-level" into something that would be more fitting for people of our "experience level" (note the avoidance of the word "age"). As many in the Class have done, we considered seeking warmer climes, but also we desired to maintain a place close to our kids and grandkids spread around the Washington area and Lynchburg. Downsizing seemed a prudent consideration. But to shorten a long story, we did buy a place smaller and further southâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a few hundred square feet smaller and 23 miles south! The address is 64 Tuckahoe Drive, Kilmarnock, VA with a mailing address of P.O. Box 1448, Kilmarnock, VA 22482-1448; 804-435-9516. Ourcun-ent address and phone number will be active as an alternate address until this house is sold.

There is no change in our Intemet address.

We are currently painting, etc. and preparing to move in before November.

Mid September was spent visiting Sylvy and Bob Titus in their summer place in Verdi, NVâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just west of Reno and north of Lake Tahoe almost on the California-Nevada line. Seems they are in the position of seeking cooler climes to avoid Las Vegas's 100plus environment. They showed us a wonderful time touring Reno, Virginia City, Silver City, Lake Tahoe, Pyramid Lake and more. Dinner cruise on Tahoe, a casino dinner and show, and meeting their relatives at various dinners were highlights. We even managed to arrange for a rendezvous with Elinor and Al Thomson at Bob's and then a terrific seafood buffet at one of the Reno casinos before they checked into a Tahoe time-share. (Strange to go 3,000 miles and see friends living 40 miles away.)

Dick Agnew sent along this picture (see next page) of tennis during a mini-reunion within a reunion that took place over L a b o r Day weekend. Tex Lawrence and Liz Rosenthal got into a doubles match vs. Bill Bodager and Dick Agnew. The tennis outcome was mixed, but it was duly noted that one of the former roommates was clearly out of uniform, lacking his '49er shirt. Oh, well, what can you expect from the Air F o r c e . Bill, out w e s t from Philadelphia, was attending a B-36 Squadron reunion in San Diego.

Are we up to date?

Visit www.usna.com to upcdate your address.

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Altiiough they have not worked out a firm roName Last Known Address tation schedule as yet, he indicates they will Herb Butler Nellysford, VA probably be in Gulfport when the frozen slush Richard Johe Catonsville, MD is ankle deep in New York, and in New York Lorrane Knudson Brigantine, NJ when the heat, humidity, and mosquitoes peak Russell Wilson Richmond, VA out in Gulfport.

Randall Young Williamsburg, VA Passings Excerpt of the month: "Some drink from the We have suffered the following losses: fountain of knowledge—he only gargled."

Nothing Could Be Finer Evelyn Haley—Dick Haley's address is 1026 Than To Be A Forty-Niner G Ave., Coronado, CA 92118; 5 July—Peggy Ferrero. Jim Ferrero's address is 134 Rivo L to r: Bill Bodager, Tex Lawrence, Liz Rosenthal, and Alto Canal, Long Beach, CA 90803; 15 July— CDR Kerry Knoizen (MC) USN, son of Fran Dick Agnew at San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club and Ken Knoizen. Fran's address is P.O. Box Annual Membership: 26% 26, Weirsdale, FL 32195-0026; 29 July—Rick Life Membership: 52% Sagerholm, oldest son of Sag Sagerholm.

Sag's address is 39 Lagoon Road, Ocean City, Pres: RADM Roy Snyder, USN (Ret.) NJ 08226-4445; 15 Aug—CAPT Edward C. 3921 Colonel Ellis Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304 Adkins, USNR (Ret). Claudia's address is h: 703-823-2464; f: 703-823-4467; 3938 Venetian Way, Tampa, FL 33634; e: roydl314@aol.com 2 Sept—LtCol Robert Gordon Hunt, USMC Exec. Sec'y: Larry Hawkins (Ret.); 6 Oct—John B. Gulp Jn's address is 3916 Linda Lane, Annandale, VA 22003 2117 Intracoastal Sound Dr E, Jacksonville, h: 703-573-4256; f: 703-573-1661 (call first); e: llhawkinsl@juno.com FL 32224.

Corr. Sec'y: CAPT Wayne L. Jensen, USN (ReL) Thanks 499 Skyhill Court, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Many thanks to the Classmates whose work h: 619-421-6756; e: wayneljensen@home.com make this column possible, by representing the Bob Mandeville chose the November elecClass locally, by recognizing a name and sendtion day to make himself available for lung ing in information or by writing stories. In no surgery.

Doctors were pleased with the results specific order: Tom Parsons, whose column and didn't see any new cancer and removed scar is a regular feature and keeps us advised of tissue from a previous operation. Bob, of course, the Tidewater area, Tony Waller, Don Fisher, was also pleased with the results—the surgery Coleman Brown, Dick Haley, John Bacon. and not the election.

In San Diego, we had John Address Updates Malloy tum himself in for a hernia operation Bill Armstrong: 59 Porfland Dr, Saint in late November and while there were some Louis, MO 63I3I-3317; Donald B. Bosley complications with the urinary track, John is (donrhoda @aol.com): 413 Sparrow Drive, recovering nicely and plans more racquetball Satellite Beach, FL 32937-1713; 321-777and golf in early 2001.

J.B. Farrell meanwhile 1713; Charlie Culwell: RO. Box 321240, underwent a heart bypass operation and all went Austin, TX 78734-0021; John F. Docherty well at the operation and in his recovery, Jr.: 1040 Seminole Dr #251, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-3233; Harry Donahue: hdonahue although John says that after 20 days post op@earthlink.net or harry.donahue@acsalaska. eration he still doesn't like to sneeze—it hurts. net; Wayne Hall: 15 Pinewood Village, West Stan Neander picked 4 December to make himLebanon, NH 03784-3120; John P. Howe: self available for a new hip at the Navy Regional 1100 S 2000 E, Apt. 1370, Clearfield, UT Medical Center, San Diego.

In a letter to the Class, Lou Freeman (widow 84015-1498; Carolyn Kahn: 1 Irving Place, of Roger Freeman) expresses her thanks to Apt. P27B, New York, NY 10003-9742; those of the "Golden Year" who were so Bill King: 900 West 190 St. #6S, New thoughtful with cards and notes and phone York, NY 10040; 212-795-8195; Charles calls as she went through the time of loss of McCallum (mariemccallum@aol.com): Roger Lou remarks on the fine and support10125 Comonwealth Blvd., Fairfax, ive group that we are all so fortunate to have VA 22032; Jim Matheny: waters26@ looking out for us. ix.netcom.com; Bob Minter: minterl@ Lloyd Harrison died after a series of sttokes mindspring.com; Phil Nelson: Manresal@ on 16 October 2000 in Fallbrook, CA. Lloyd pacbell.net; Lee Noel: 200 Leaksville Rd., served in the USAF for ten years and was Luray, VA 22835-5301; Gene Shine: 2554 employed

by Hughes Electronics for 27 years, West Course Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401; where he was instrumental in keeping that 410-573-9779; Claude Swecker: 10 company in the forefront in satellite commuWeybridge Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27514Voss and Ursula Vosseler in New Hampshire nications.

Dolores and Lloyd were married for 8938; Red Tolbert: RO. Box 1448 Ursula and Voss Vosseler sent in this 50 years.

The Harrisons had three sons and a Kilmarnock, VA 22482-1448; 804-435-9516; picture taken en route Rumney, NH. Note the daughter who were with their father at the time Ralph Wilson: 25422 Sea Bluff Drive #304, "Man of the Mountain" profile. of his death.

Services were held on 21 OctoDana Point, CA 92629.

Bill King advises that he and Liz have taken ber in Oceanside, CA. Memorial contributions Lost for the present an apartment in New York City (see new I do not have valid addresses for the follow- are accepted at Vistas Hospice, 8880 Rio San address below). They will be dividing their Diego, San Diego, CA 93108. Classmates able ing. Would appreciate any help: time between New York and Gulfport, MS. to attend Lloyd's services: Mark Frudden,

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Charlie Clark, Wayne Jensen, Don Elliott, Fish Whaley, Gene Wisenbaker, Joe Howard, Frank Cassilly J.B. Farrell, John Malloy and Birch Dewitt.

Henry P. Kilroy died on 29 September 2000, in Pinehurst, NC. Marilyn and Hank were married for 50 years. Hank served in the USAF and later was the co-founder of Dalamedic Corp. of New York. He is survived

by Marilyn and two sons and two daughters.

Memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association, 200 Silver Cedar Ct., Chapel Hill, NC 27154. Hank was buried in Pinehurst.

Mark Frudden supplies news of National War College graduate doings with a copy of that aliunni association newsletter whose headline reads: "ADM Tom Bigley elected new president of Alumni Association" In his first address as president, Tom remarked that he would do his best to serve the college in helping to ttain the next generation of leaders in National Uiuversity. In the same issue of that newsletter was a history lesson, from which guidance may not necessarily be taken concerning current military retention problems. The lesson is from a periodical of the Oceanographer of the U.S. Navy and cites the CoNSTrruTioN log: On 23 August 1779, set sail from Boston, loaded with 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of water, 74,000 cannon shot, 11,500 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum. Mission to destroy and harass English shipping. On 6 October made Jamaica. Took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of mm. 27 October reached the Azores and provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 6,300 gallons of Portuguese wine. 18 November captured and scuttled 12 English merchant vessels and took aboard their mm. Ran out of shot, but made way unarmed up the Firth of Forth for a night raid. Landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons aboard and headed for home. 20 Febmary 1780 arrived in Boston with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum and no whisky.

Length of cruiseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;181 days, booze consumption 2.26 gallons per man per day.

Note: U.S. Naval historians report that the re-enlistment rate from this craise to have been 100 percent.

David Dean '61 writes from Sangerville, ME, where he is a teacher at Foxcroft Academy. One of his students is Lindsay Waller, daughter of Rosemary and our decedent Classmate Emie Waller. Emie was ill for years preceding his death and family savings for education grew thin. David reports that Lindsay is of excellent character and has what it takes to succeed in college. Foxcroft Academy will provide scholarship assistance, but David knows more help is needed and perhaps members of the Class of '50 might like to care for one of their own. Rosemary's address is as listed in the 50th Reunion Class Register.

Skip Orem writes from Harpswell, ME, to say that he and Gerry had just returned from a wonderful and educational three-week tour of Shipmate, January-February 2001

'50; At Phil Ryan's home after the game

China which also included Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqin, Wuhan, Tibet and Hong Kong. Skip opines that China is dirty, spectacular, and bursting with potential. It's a study in contrasts with affluence and poverty, modernity and antiquity with outreach and insularity evident throughout. The Terra Cotta Army is awesome and Tibet is awesome. The Georges of the Yangtze provoke images of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Skip's dad, VADM Howard E. Orem '22 had patrolled the Yangtze as an ensign in TRACEY in the early '20s. As Skip points out, he and Gerry are indeed fortunate to be able to take and enjoy their travels. Next year it will be to Central America plus a four-week African safari. Then it's on to Hawaii in 2005 for our 55th.

port to the FY2001 National Defense Authorization Act restructuring the entire military health care program to provide permanent lifetime TRICARE eligibility to Medicare-eligible military retirees and their family members beginning fiscal year 2002.

Harvey Hogue writes from the land of NiMiTZ in Fredericksburg, TX, to confirm that yes, that part of the country saw a hot and dry year 2000. To escape some of the worse weather, he and Kathryn went to Canada and enjoyed stays in Ottawa and Quebec, which they recommend for visits even though the French pose some language problems.

Bill Matson, John McNally, Frank Carter and George Deranian

Photo of Gerry and Skip at the Imperial Palace.

Paisley Boney in Jacksonville is still lamenting the thought that he had to miss the 50th because of an attack of pneumonia. He refers to Gardner McFall's (Dodge McFall's daughter) poetry about which we have written on previous occasions. Paisley attended the NavyNotre Dame game and enjoyed the spectacle particularly when the 2000 Mids marched on the field.

All should make themselves familiar with H.R. 4205 which approved a conference re-

Frank Carter reports from the BC-Navy game that the weather in Boston was outstanding and four from '50 were able to be together and that made everything okay. The four pictured are. Bill Matson, John McNally, Frank and George Deranian. Rex Kilbourn checks in from Neavitt, MD, after Homecoming 2000 which featured a catered tailgate, the Rutgers game followed by a dinner-dance at the Chesapeake Room of the Clipper Center with '49 and '51. There were 61 present representing '50. Some stopped at Phil Ryan's home after the game where this picture was taken.

Rex reports that son, Payne Kilbourn '76, is currently the Naval attache to NATO in Brussels. Grandson Chad Fairbank 'GO is at Pensacola waiting to start flight training.

A recent issue of Shipmate reported that his commissioning bars were presented to him by the wrong Classmate. It was Rex who presented them.

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opinions, predictions, vows, hopes for the future and moans and groans were in evidence at the November gatherings of Classmates in Annapolis, Washington, D.C. and San Diego.

In Annapolis: John Cavanaugh, John Henderson, Rex Kilbourn, Tom Noble, Jim Oberholtzer, Phil Ryan, Wayne Smith, Daryle Tripp, George Van and Jim Wilkins. Then in Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bill Diehl, John Cavanaugh, Bill Rockey, John McNally, Daryle Tripp, Marsh Treado, Ray Bowers, Bob Oliver, Dick Powell, MiU Schultz, Law Kivlen, Bob Shultz, Ward Lasley, Jack Ryan, Arnold Austin, Earl Halpem, Bill Kiehl and Bill Simons (his book on professional military education is now published by Greenwood Press). Then in San Diego, we had Frank Cassilly, Charlie Clark, Don Elliott, Mark Fradden, Bill Grimm, Dick Martin, Bob Muck, Stan Neander and Frank Taylor. Charlie Clark had just returned from a month in Iowa where as a volunteer he worked on research on how best to promote and develop programs to assure excellent behavior in character and citizenship in high schools throughout the land. The Secretary of State of Iowa was the supporter for the research.

Charlie was enthused with the progress made.

At this juncture we were all looking forward to the year 2000 renewal of the Army-Navy classic and with the 1946 game still vivid in all our memories we were absolutely certain we would.

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Pres: Bob Small 874 Coachway, Annapolis, MD 21401 p: 419-841-5167; e: rhsusna@aol.com Vice Pres. and Class Fund Raiser: Guy Shaffer 344 Martin's Cove Road. Annapolis, MD 21401 p: 410-757-9086; e: ghbs51usna@aol.com Con^. Sec'y: H.T. "Beau" Dietrich 9508 Woody Lane, Great Falls, VA 22066 p: 703-759-5006; e: Beau9pnt5@aol.com Treas: John "Jay" L. Woodbury Jr. 7515 Comith Drive, Alexandria, VA 22306 p: 703-768-3848; e: jaywoodl@juno.com President's Corner We have eight months until our big five-0.

You will be receiving the reunion registration form shortly. I urge you to send it back with your payment as soon as possible. This will greatly assist the reunion committee in finalizing the various events and allow us to make the payments and advances required by the venders with whom we deal.

We have several Classmates whose addresses are unknown. Please look over the list and if you have any information about them, inform Beau Dietrich. We want to contact as many as possible about the coming Reunion.

Address Unknown: Miguel A. Aviala, Allen C. Brady, Robert C Cherry, William R Danner, Wilbur W. Dinnegar, Dana Estes, John R. Farrell, Robert J. Feldheim, Fred B. Graham, 84

Frank C. Halstead, John F. Hanaway, Calvin W. Hurd, Carl W. Huyette, Lawrence L. Johnston, Donald J. Kay, Kermit A. Kerby, John H. Lederle, Paul M. Maxwell, Earl E. Mckendree, Louis A. Roberts, Reginald C. Rowley, Alfonso M. Saenz, Donald M. Sheely, James J. Strohm, and Fernando R. Ysunza.

Promotions: I continue to be corrected on the number of Classmates' sons who have been promoted to captain or colonel. Claire and Bill Hutchison advised me that their son, Andy Hutchison '76, was promoted to colonel, USMCR, in January 1999. Andy is currentiy a director at Boeing Corporation Seattle. His wife, Susan, is a news anchor at KIRO (CBS).

Well done, Andy.

It is with great sadness that I report the death of Tony Thorne on 22 November Tony had been suffering from cancer for the last several years. Several weeks before he died, he wrote the following message to the Class: To the Class of'51, I want you all to know how proud I am to be a member of your group. Time and again we have led the way in leadership ad public service. That's what I think citizenship is all aboutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not what we get, but what we give.

Keep our Ship Gallery going!

In recognition of Tony's dedication and work in bringing the Class of 1951 Gallery of Ships to the prominence it has today, the Class Board of Directors unanimously agreed to dedicate The video kiosk which describes the Gallery of Ships in the Naval Academy Museum in honor of Tony.

The dedication reads as follows: The United States Naval Academy Class of 1951 presents this Video Kiosk to the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in honor of Lt Col Anthony S. Thorne, USAF (Ret.).

Col Thorne, a member of the Class of 1951, was the moving force behind the establishment of the Class of 1951 Gallery of Ships. He recognized the importance of the Henry Huddelston Rogers Collection of Dock Yard and Bone Models for their artistic value, historic importance and their legacy as a superb record of the evolution of the sailing warship. Through his foresight and dedication, these models now provide a resource for serious scholars, a living record of their naval tradition for Midshipmen and the visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy, and a challenge to serious modelers around the world.

The videos shown here are a continuing part of Col Thome's vision and offer the viewer a glimpse of the importance of the models displayed in this Gallery. His Classmates hope that each visitor to this Gallery will leave with a feeling for what these models represent and an appreciation for the significance of Col Thome's contribution in moving his Classmates to preserve these models for future generations.

An obituary to Tony is in the "Last Call" column of this edition.

It is with sadness that I report the death of Al Maclnnes' wife, Peggy, who died of cancer in early November Our deepest sympathy goes out to Al.

Here and There Geraldo Guimaraes Cravo. A note from Jack Hamilton tells of the visit by his son-in-law, Steve Davis, to Rio de Janiero while participating in the annual Unitas craise with South American navies. As Steve's ship, KLAKRING (FFG-42) steamed into Rio, the welcoming party on the pier was led by our Classmate RADM Gerry Guimaraes, Brazilian Navy (Ret.). Gerry outdid himself as a host in wining and dining Steve and filling him with sea stories, both his days at the Academy and in the Brazilian Navy. Gerry had a distinguished career serving as skipper of the aircraft carrier, MiNAS GERIAS, Special Assistant to the Minister of Marine (SecNav), and Naval Attache to London.

Steve Davis and Gerry Guimaraes Donna and Wes Hammond had a recent visit from Joyce and John Smeltzer who were in Las Vegas for a convention and were able to come by for drinks and dinner afterwards.

More than 30 years ago when John was with the Navy Section at Marine Corps School in Quantico and Wes was editor of the Marine Corps Gazette, they belonged to a group called "The Dirty Dozen." The group met once a month in a private room at the Club. Over cocktails, problems concerning the Marine Corps were discussed, at dinner the problems affecting the country were the focal point and by the time they got to brandy and cigars, Charlie DeGaulle and his ilk were in deep trouble.

The group persisted for almost a dozen years until most had retired. Members, inter alia, over the years included: Tom Stuart, Bob Rosecrans, Pete Wickwire, Bill Heim, Haig Donabedian, Jack Grace, Dick Smith, Bill Holmberg, Al Maclnnes, John Smeltzer, and Wes. During his visit, John said he ran into one of Wes's company commanders from his battalion in Vietnam, but couldn't remember his name. When asked to describe him, John said, "He had three Purple Hearts." Wes's reply was "You'll have to be more specific than that.

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John Smeltzer and Wes Hammond Shipmate, January-February 2001

A short note and photo from Bill Smith tells of a w e e k e n d visit with Barb and Dave Stockman at their condo in Orange Beach, AL, right on the Gulf. The weather was perfect.

Barb, described as a "tan all year wife," got a bit too much sun, but besides tiiat it was a super visit. Old stories were retold and as Bill added, the trath was stretched now and again.

Just before they left for home, the Stockman's invited them to a rather unique cafe/bar called the FloraBama Glow, just on the Florida-Alabama border If ever anyone is near that locale, don't miss it. Good drinks and some of tiie funniest ribaldry ever heard.

Bill and Terry Smith, and Dave and Barb Stockman The C r o m w e l l s , the Dietrichs, and the Fontaines r e n d e z v o u s e d last O c t o b e r in Orlando to witness Navy's annual humiliation at the hands of Notte Dame. With the exception of the game and one-day visiting Epcot Center, the rest of the time was spent on the golf course. Despite two hip replacements.

Rich's game has not suffered. As for Jack and myself, the golf clinic given to us by Rich was very helpful. For at least a short period, we corrected some of our bad habits.

Pete Hilgartner attended a reunion of the 1st M a r i n e Division last s u m m e r in San Diego. One of his reasons for attending was to present a Silver Star Medal to one of the Marines who served under him during his tour as a Battalion Commander in Vietnam. Pete and Sara also had an opportunity to visit with Joy and Bill Gorski. It was a happy visit for all. Pete and Bill reminisced about old Marine Corps days and the funny times at the Academy—like when Bill dragged two girls at the same hop—and what his friends had to do to keep the girls from finding out. (Joy was not one of the girls.)

Pete Hilgartner shares a happy time with Joy and Bill Gorski (his old USMC squad leader and USNA '51 roommate) Ruth and Bob Small along with Baz and Lew Powell spent Thanksgiving in Bermuda.

The attached photo taken in St. George's shows them with the "Town Crier," who had just finished dunking a nagging wife in the ducking stool. Lew is holding onto the Bell ready to announce lunchtime.

The accompanying photograph taken at a past Trafalgar Day celebration at the British Embassy showing three of the longest serving members of the Class. Between them they rep-

'51; L to r; Ann Dietrich, Sally Fontaine, Beau Dietrich, Louanne and Jack Cromwell and Rich Fontaine

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License Plates: Several of you have sent pictures of vanity license plates proclaiming their allegiance to the Class of 1951. A suggestion has been made to gather photos of the different plates and develop a collage that could be included in our 50 Year Book. If you are interested, please send me your appropriate photo.

Fifty Year Book Sam Ginder, editor of our Fifty Year Book, has provided a status report on the development of the book.

We are making great progress on our Fifty Year Book. Thanks to John Redfield's persistence, we now have more than 400 biographies with more coming in daily. If you haven't submitted yours, do it now. You won't want to be left out. The bios are great reading. You will be surprised and well pleased with what your Classmates did in their years after we left The Boat School.

Speaking of good reading, John Orem and Jack Hamilton did a masterful job in pulling together our Class history. Our Class did more than its share during the Cold War. You'll be proud of our accomplishments on active duty flying strike missions, in ground combat, providing close fire support from surface ships to troops ashore, and conducting covert submarine missions and blind man's bluff ASW action with soviet subs.

As civilians we distinguished ourselves in medicine, the law, business, science, the clergy, the aerospace industry, and politics.

It's great reading. As the Marine Corps gunny sergeant at the rifle range said when we put four in the bull's eye, "'Ya done excellent."

On a somber note, Tom Boyce rates a 4.0 for his monumental effort in compiling the record of those Classmates we lost by the year of their death, their branch of service, and how they died. It's a moumful record, but one that must be told. Not knowing won't make their loss any easier. Tom also put together a record of our Class gifts to the Academy—that is an eye opener. Most of us don't realize what the Class of 1951 did for the Naval Academy. It is an impressive record.

For a bit of light reading, Walt Boyes gives us the statistics and demographics that reveal where we now live and what we look like. Walt has entertaining figures, tables, and graphs that show how much hair we've lost, how much weight we've gained, how many times we've been married, how many children and grandchildren we produced and what types of professions we entered after leaving the service. It's great stuff and Walt deserves a 4.0 for a first rate job.

'51; L to r; Lew and Baz Powell, St. George's Town Crier, Ruth and Bob Small Shipmate, January-February 2001

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We have reserved pages for those who wish to buy a page for special recognition of a group of '5 lers, or an individual Classmate. For example, our Marines are buying a page to commemorate our Marine classmates killed and wounded in combat. Some Classmates are recognizing a deceased roommate with a page designed the way they want and with the message they want. You may even want to buy a full page like Lou Sarosdy and Fang Liberate are doing to let everybody know why they agree with Al Gore that Bill Clinton is one of our greatest presidents. And our POWs are buying a page dedicated to Jane Fonda as the Woman of the 20th Century. (Believe both of those and I have a bridge in Brooklyn that you can buy.)

The special message pages are a grand idea, and if you want to participate, contact Bob Adler, our business and marketing manager.

A full page costs $500; $250 for a half page; and $125 for a quarter page. Bob's phone number is 703-416-7262.

For those of us attending Reunion, the Fifty Year Book is part of your Reunion package.

For those of you who are unable to join us.

Bob Adler will soon have an order form in the mail to you for your Fifty Year Book.

Please fill it out and send it with your check as soon as you receive it. We need to start balancing our budget and plan our book production schedule. Class President Bob Small is looking at our expenses and lack of revenue with a baleful eye. Bob Adler will give you instructions on how to order the book and its cost in his mail out.

From all of your Book Committee, we've had a grand time putting your Fifty Year Book together. The book looks a lot like our Lucky Bag. In fact it is the same size and has the same cover suitably modified to read 1951 to 2001. We know you'll like it.. .we "by God guarantee it." You'll probably want more than one for each of your children's families, your local library, or a club you belong to. Think about it and get your order in as soon as you receive the order form.

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Pres: CAPT Jacob C. Brown, USN (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Leigh Ebbert, USN (Ret.) 2514 Culpeper Road, Alexandria, VA 22308-2133 e: lebbertl@juno.com

Tailgate—Wake Forest game. Tom and Barbara Boyce and Sherry and Bill Marin In closing, I hope all of you had a happy and joyous holiday season and may this new year, our 50th anniversary, be equally so. Keep those cards and letters coming. Beau Tailgate—Homecoming. L to r: Barbara Boyce, Lee Doggett, Jay and Fran Woodbury

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What a grand Army-Navy game! 30-28, what a cliffhangen Happy New Year, and disregard what 1 said in the December column about a new president. As I reflect on the happenings since 7 November, did anybody lay out the set of possibilities that we saw? Therefore, we reacted to changing expectations. Jean and I found the focus of news on the European channels to be quite diverse and I had the feeling that the news services were as fascinated as we were. Hanging on every tum! May you all have a prosperous New Year.

The Washington-Annapolis November lunch had a terrific presentation by ADM Carl Ttost '53, a former CNO. He spoke about relationships between Service Chiefs and the President, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy. Providing insights about the decision-making process during the Reagan and Bush administrations, he touched on the politics of the process and aspects of the Joint Chiefs of Staff dealing with political and military decisions. A brisk question and answer period followed. Attending: Vince Manara, Jim Troutman, Jerry Rapkin, Tom Thawley, Joe Wilkinson, Mel Meltzer, George Lester, Pat Lockwood, Gamett Bailey, Ed Leonard, Jake Brown, Al Bress, Bill Ryan, Jim Stone, Gene Avallone, Red Stein, Charles McDonald, Bob Reed, Bill Studabaker, Jim Nunneley, Bob Caulk, Larry Layman, Toxey Califf, Bill Rowden, Gordon Engquist, Harry Spencer, Bill Ott, Howard McCollum, John Langford, Art Thompson, R. Pettigrew, Bill Laux, Hork Dimon, and Dick Fleeson. Thank you. Red, for the input.

Homecoming 2000 Beginning with die Annual George Vahsen Golf Toumament on Friday, 20 October, where nine of us (Pete Barry, Frank Hannegan, Gus Eggert, Jim Hagan, Leigh Ebbert, Charies McDonald, Jim Sagerholm, Jim Quinn, and Lou McMillan) joined Shipmate, January-February 2001

other Alumni in die Homecoming ChampionshipSeniors Flight for a grand round of golf. A beautiful day. Jim Quinn won the Vahsen u-ophy. Pete Barry was close. Thanks, Charles, for setting it up.

Later that evening. Classmates rendezvoused at Paul's Restaurant for the second annual Friday night dinner. Red Stein reports: The group of 18 enjoyed very good food, lots of laughs and sea stories. Guys who couldn't remember what they had for lunch knew every detail of a particular encounter on Plebe Cruise. The group also helped Petey and Biscuit Wev celebrate their 48th anniversary. We gave Petey a medal for heroism.

In attendance: Sheila and Pete Barry, Jean and Jack Sheehan, Jan and Jerry Rapkin, Esther and Vince Manara. Helen and Lou IVIcMillan, Sally and John Alexander, Petey and Biscuit Wev, Tom Thawley and Susan Kephart. Jim Troutman. and Red Stein, The Football game! Red comments: The saga of Navy football continues... A record of 7 and 0 would change dull to exhilarating.

Seen at the tailgate-game were: the Browns, the Rapkins, the McMillans, the Wevs, the Thomases, Jim Troutman, the Youngs, Pat Lockwood, the Leonards, the Denfelds, the Smiths, the Spencers, the Bartys, Jim Sagerholm, Gus Eggert. Charles McDonald, the Meltzers, Phil Case, Red Stein, the Lancasters, the Joyces, the Avalones, Toxey Califf, the Manaras. and the Carls. At the post-game party at Alumni House were: the Browns, the Wevs, Toxey CaUff. the Avallones, the Manaras, the Barrys, the Rapkins, the Spencers. Gus Eggert, Jim Troutman, Red Stein, die McMillans, and Charles McDonald.

Again thank you, Red, for the input.

When Navy played Army a little more than a half-century ago. the Midshipmen were winless as they are today. The 1948 game shaped up, according to one newspaper's account, as "the mismatch of the century." The Cadets were 8-0, and were ranked No. 1; Navy was "0-8" so observes the Washington Post on 30 November 2000. Remember that game? Further on in the article, "In 1950, a previously perfect Army team had its chance for a national title ruined when quarterback Bob Zastrow led the 3-6 Midshipmen to a 14-2 upset." This year, a cold, blustery day greeted us as we found our way into the stadium. I began to think that watching this at home on the "tube" would have been a better idea. However, I'm very glad that I didn't. Jean and I joined a number of Classmates on the sunny side of the stadium, and out of the wind to watch a fascinating game. First Navy running up a margin, then the Cadets taking it away made for a grand afternoon. The Midshipmen at halftime displayed a large national flag, it covered the playingfield.The unfurling and furling was done with precision, and created quite a sight. I will be inquiring about the origin of this event. How did it come-about? It reminded me of our Brigade Activities Committee planning football game card tricks. Bob Michaels adds, "Wasn't that some game!"

50th Reunion At the November Executive Committee meeting Mel Meltzer presented an extensive status of our planning including some very preliminary numbers, thoughts on a logo, and mementos. Howard McCollum reported that the inputs for the Golden Lucky Bag had slowed a bit. My input is on my short list for the New Year. Wayne Hughes continues to make progress on our history. What is our patch or pin for us to wear that shows other folks that we participated in and survived the Cold War? During our trip to the eastern Mediterranean I observed in Malta, for example. There were a number of World War II veterans around that wear supporting campaign patches, etc.

Shipmate, January-February 2001

On Tuesday, 28 November, the 3rd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony was held at the Annapolis Alumni House. The major of Annapolis, members of the state legislature, and George Watt '73 were joined by 19 Classmates and wives, including: the Browns, the Rapkins, the Steins, the Caulks, the Avallones, the Sheehans, Tom Thawley and Susan Kephart, the Wevs, and Charles McDonald. Thank you, Jake, for the input.

Tom Julian (TMartin52@aol.com) has just finished a one-volume history of aeromedical evacuation in the Air Force, which will be published (sometime) by the Government Printing Office as an official publication of the USAF History Program. Tom writes: I have won another multi-year Air Force contract to write a similar volume entitled The USAF and Command of Strategic Nuclear Forces and invite Classmates (and anyone else who has information!) to become oral "sources."

Notably from those who served in the Navy, and folks who served on the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff in Omaha, worked in the Special Projects Office, commanded squadrons or carriers when the Navy had nuclear capable aircraft tasked in the SIOP, or had experience with "boomers."

Thank you, Tom, for the information. Contact Tom at his email address. He also reports that his son, David Julian '87, has just reported to S.B. ROBERTS, and his son-in-law Class of '80 is one of the Navy's security "gurus." He is also actively pursuing information about his mother's relatives in Ireland.

Vince Manara shared with us a status report from Timm Heisey '99 who is flight training. Timm was one of the cross-country (across the U.S.A.) cyclists that Vince supported in May 1999. Timm writes: I am now trusted by the U.S. Government to fly jets by myself. I no longer worry about when my instructor will take the controls, it is a rare case that he does now.

He sounds as though he is truly enjoying the experience. Thanks, Vince.

Debbie Donaldson, Al Kelln's daughter, wrote about her husband's promotion ceremony. Al read the permission-to-promote letter for RADM (lower half) Thomas Donaldson V '75. Paul Tomb '51 was in attendance. The picture shows Debbie, Al, and ADM Donaldson. Thank you, Debbie.

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m^ 1, ^At the Fischer's seafood outing Red Stein forwarded a picture of yours truly, Jerry Rapkin and Pete Stark taken at the Fischer's annual seafood outing in September Doug Payne had his annual studio pottery sale in mid-November. 1 ran across Joan Beecher in early November But it isn't Beecher anymore! She introduced her new husband, Frank Benson '49. Congratulations Joan and Frank! Larry Clarke (Lolacia® gateway.net) forwarded his email address the other day with information that he is enjoying life in Rochester, NY, after retiring from Eastman Kodak Co., as a manufacturing manager Thanks, Larry.

Bob Jacob has moved from Southern Pines, NC, to Willow Street, PA. He is looking forward to rejoining the Washington-Annapolis group for some of our events.

Bob Compton notes that five of the six ships he served on are still afloat. He commented that KIDD (DD-661) has been wonderfully restored and is moored at Baton Rouge, LA. Bob's name appears beside his upper starboard bunk as USNA '52.

Thanks, Bob. Bob is also in conversation with Tom Bakke's son, Tom Bakke '76, about the Log. Apparently the Log as we knew it is gone, and other publications are taking it's place. Bob asked about Tom Hamil, the creator of PLOOB. Garnett Bailey's research showed that he died 30 July 1995 at Crane, MO. It saddens me to report that: Col Ernest G. Schultz, USAF (Ret.), died on 8 November 2000 in Palos Verdes, CA; CDR William Shanahan, USN (Ret.), died on 3 November 2000 at Arlington Hospital, Arlington, VA; CAPT George Patrick "Pat" Payne, USN (Ret.), died on 16 October in Houston, TX; and LCDR David K. Dimmick, USN (Ret.), died on 17 October 2000 on Long Island, NY.

53 RADM Donaldson's promotion Allyn Bress sends news of the dedication of the Submarine Memorial located just to the south of Bancroft Hall, and not far from Dahlgren Hall. ADM C.A.H. Trost '53 hosted the event. Paul Wegner, son of Bill Wegner '48, designed the sculpture, and ADM R.L.J. Long '44 gave the principal address. Thank you, Allyn. The picture shows Allyn, Vince Argiro, and Red Stein. Jim Sagerholm also attended.

Al, Gene, and Red at Annapolis, Submarine Memorial

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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.) 1 Harbourside Dr., Apt. 1-701, Delray Beach, FL 33483 h: 561-278-8325; e: djlocker@earthlink.net Webmaster: Paul Dudley e: pauld53@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~pauld53/usna53 Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year will be a healthy and happy one for all of us. The last couple of months of 2000 were interesting, if nothing else. The Navy football season was perfect until December—perfectly awful that is! For a season that, according to our athletic director and head coach, was going to culminate in a Bowl Game, the only bowl we could have qualified for was a toilet bowl. After watching four home games and seeing the Notre Dame game on TV, I was expecting the team to go 0-11 and was not about to bet any b-robes on the Army game. We watched 87

the Army game with the '53 crowd in Jacksonville as we headed back to Gainesville, VA, after a good job of screwing up the country with our vote in Palm Beach County—more on that later. The Jacksonville party hosted by Randy Randall, Al Hinman and Jeff Wellings ably assisted by their wives Molly, Caroline and Joann, was its usual superb self.

The ladies had prepared lots of good Tex-Mex foods and assorted snacks, desserts and other liquid goodies supplemented this. The first half was wonderful as Navy looked like it might have a chance to win its first game. The second half was much tenser as most of us kept seeing that Army could come back and win 21-20, 28-27 or 31-30. Army almost did, and our collective sigh of relief when the Cadet hit our Oscar nominated field goal kicker and let us mn out the clock, was probably heard at the stadium in Baltimore, as well as at l^ke Furey's A-N party in the Seattie area and Jerry Weinstein's party in Albuquerque. I'm sure all the other '53 parties sweated the end out as we did, but Jerry and Tyke are the only ones I have heard from so far. Lynn Johnson who was at Tyke's party with Dave, said if we can only win one game it is wonderful to make it the Army game! Amen!

As for the 0-10 part of the football season, as I've said previously the tailgates were all great, as were the flybys. The spectacular F-18 flyby that I reported on earlier was so spectacular that I have heard the Marine Reserve pilot may no longer be doing flybys. If true, that is sort of a shame as it is not often that the public has the opportunity to see how close "Close Air Support" can be when done

by Marines who usually have some knowledge of what the grimts on the ground really need—oohrah!

While the '53 contingent are not professional football coaches, we have some expertise as observant fans and have seen lots of Navy football (a whole lot!) and throughout the entire season it was obvious that the Navy pass defense was awful. The sad part was that it never showed any signs of getting better. The second half of the Army game showed that, as when Army finally realized that a team could pass against Navy, they went down the field as easily as all the other teams had done. The Army receivers who made the fourth-quarter touchdown catches were not hampered by any Navy defenders, our defenders were maintaining their separation distances to insure the receivers could not get way behind them. Apparently, getting five or so yards behind them was good coverage! Interestingly, Coach Weatherbie, two days after the game, fired two offensive coaches, the defensive secondary coach and downgraded the defensive coordinator to a defensive position specialist. Some of us think a more significant change might have been more helpful. I must remember what Lynn said, beating Army, even beating them in the fluky way we did, is wonderful! Go Navy!

We are legal residents of Florida and vote there and pay the intangible taxes, etc. This year we drove down before the election and stayed the month of November Voting in Palm Beach County was an experience. The ballot was as bad as some of the democrats say (not as bad as the crazy ones say, but bad). There were all kinds of issues to vote on so it was a long ballot. This is why the poor gal named LePore came up with the infamous butterfly design (I cite her name simply because it is the same as the Navy co-captain's and I kept wondering if they were related after she became famous).

Most troublesome to me was the fact that the stylus was either very dull or so old it had become dull and on many votes I had to push it two or three or more times to get it to push the "chad" out. As Sally

and I were probably ten or so years younger than most of the rest of the voters in our polling place, I'm sure some of those old people weren't strong enough to get the stylus through. One of Sally's mom's friends is still alive at 102 and I don't think she would have been the oldest voter there. I simply didn't realize people could get that old. We may have to start planning for an 80th Reunion! However, enough is enough and I sincerely hope we have a President by the time you read this. Other than the election, our time in Florida was wonderful— played golf 13 times and had a chance to break 80 once. That doesn't happen often, and the final two double bogeys killed my chance, but maybe next year! Temperatures were in the 70s and 80s, which is a far cry from the 20s and 30s that I'm enduring back in Virginia. If they can just get some better ballots it might be a good place to live. I've heard from lots of you regarding the election: Hal Walters says we put the "dub" into Florida and I think he was the same one who sent me the ransom note supposedly sent out by south Florida. It said we are holding the election hostage and won't release it until you stop sending us all those old people!

The day-and-a-half-long drive north turned out to be a two-and-a-half-day drive as North Carolina decided to get six inches to a foot of snow just before we were due to arrive. We called Sue and Dick Albright from Jacksonville and asked if we could put up with them on Sunday night while North Carolina worked on clearing the snow and ice off of 1-95. They said come on over so we had an unexpected visit with them in Pawleys Island. Monday morning we checked the weather and 1-95 was clear of snow but had some isolated icy patches near Rocky Mount. The sun was out and Rocky Mount was several hours away so we took off. The trip went well, the ice melted and the snow on the sides of the road was all confined to North Carolina— none in South Carolina and none in Virginia. I wonder whom North Carolina ticked off?

We returned in time to discover that a terrible computer virus called the "navidad" virus had gotten into my Virginia computer and started to send messages out to almost every addressee it could find on my hard drive. I turned the machine off as fast as I could but I think the virus was having so much fun it tried to keep me from shutting it down. I thus may have screwed a bunch of you up. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, I didn't do it on purpose and I didn't hit the send button on anything that got sent out.

Never having seen a virus at work before, I was impressed. It was generating messages almost faster than the computer could handle—awesome and definitely scary. At the Class luncheon Eddie Best reported that he had been hit by the same virus and had heard from Billy Ray Clements that it had wiped out his hard drive. Eddie told everybody to not open any files or attachments that end in ".exe."

I took my computer into the shop on Wednesday and the experts said the only real cure is to wipe out everything and then reset the computer as it was the day I got it. This means that I will lose everything I had stored on the computer—lots of old emails, Web sites, etc. The guy thought he might be able to keep some of the documents such as old Shipmate articles. If he can't, 1 think 1 still have hard copies and really have had a need to go back to no more than one or two of the old ones. The only good thing I see in all of this is that 1 will have lots of available hard drive space now and maybe I will be able to download a lot faster—at least for awhile. Another good (?) thing was that the experts found a worm virus also and will get rid of that. I think that one came from my Florida computer that

my anti-virus program had found down there and isolated. They must not have quarantined it soon enough. The navidad.exe virus, a Trojan Horse vims, I think came from a friend or several friends of Stub Chace's as I had just started getting repeat messages from several of them with "navidad.exe" as the title of the attachment. About then was when "navidad" took over on my computer. Again, 1 apologize most sincerely to anyone I messed up. 1 hope all of you had a good anti-virus program that you kept updated. Mine had not been updated very recently, and may not have been good enough to prevent all this anyway. I'm getting more protection into my reworked computer One result is that this column will be fairly short as I'm still not sure if I'm going to have problems transmitting the column to Shipmate. I'm down at our cabin doing this on my third string computer which has a local server—not Earthlink—and hopefully has not been infected as there is very little cross talk between here and the Earthlink connected computers. I'll do a page or two more and print a hard copy out and if I can't get it transmitted electronically, I'll revert to the pre-computer mode and drive the column over tomortow—the deadline. Thus I'll be saving news from John Sinnott, Joe Gildea, Walt Hubbell, Gus Hubal, Dave Johnson, Kim Bassett, Al Higginbotham, Bob Raffaele, Tony Miller, David N. Porter, Stub Chace, Bob Kassell, Tyke Furey, Jerry Weinstein, Pete Kucyk, George Barthelenghi, and Ace Bivens, plus whomever else sends news in until the next issue.

On the sad news front. Bill Britton informed me that Pat Adams, the widow of our George Adams, died recently after a long illness. We send the remaining family our most sincere condolences. The Annual 1953 USMA/USNA pre-Army-Navy game luncheon went very well. Joyce and Don McVay did their usual bang up job in handling all the details. Don reports that the following attended: Mick Daley, Jack Davison, Bob Doelling, Nell and Art Gilmore, Pat and Roy Girod, Mary Lou and Earl Griggs, Audrey and Mike Greeley, Jack Hoch, Dave Frost and guest CAPT David Frost, USN, Pat and Mike Maher, Brian McCrane, Joyce and Don McVay, Glenda Mumford, Tom Schaaf, Shirley and Frank Shakespeare and guests Tracy and John Shakespeare, Cathy and Dean Smith, Martha and Hart Sebring, Norma and Bob Raffaele, Madelene and Ed Spar, Karen and Bill Trueblood, Betty and Al Villeret, Herb Tiede, and Chris and Chris Zirps.

Special '53 guests were CDR Laura Boehm and her husband CAPT Chris Wode who is die 2nd Battalion Officer as well as the Officer Representative for Football at USNA. We held our annual business luncheon on Tuesday, 3 November. The following Washington area Class officers were elected at this meeting: executive vice president—Hart Sebring, administrative vice president—Bill Trueblood, secretary—Art Gilmore, treasurer—Darrell Dempster, members of the executive committee—Earl Grigg and Jack Hoch. Gus Hubal, remains our president, which is a national position and carries a three-year term.

At the December Class luncheon it was announced that the Annual Dark Ages Brunch would be at the Army-Navy Country Club in Ariington, VA, on 25 February 2001. Mike Greeley presented an informative talk on an intriguing way to donate a significant sum to the USNA Foundation in a fairiy painless manner It is through an Insurance type trust funded by you and the Foundation with the Foundation as the beneficiary. More details on this can be obtained from the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation, or from Mike himself. As usual Shipmate, January-February 2001

with donations of this sort, there are attractive tax deductions.

Once in awhile there are some rewards to this job. they often are bittersweet, but rewarding just the same. Gus sent me a copy of an email message he recently received from a lady named Stephanie Frederick-Herrera. She was interested in finding information on her uncle, George Frederick. This was one time when we could answer all the questions. I had spent one or two cruises with George and we went to Primary Flight School together I also knew where he was killed and knew people that were assigned with him and knew the details of his crashâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;specifically, Kim Bassett. I sent Stephanie the information 1 had and asked Kim to help out as well. He came through like a champ and Stephanie now thinks '53 can do no wrong.

George was a real nice guy and a good friend and it is good to know that family members that never had the opportunity to know him now know what his Classmates thought of him. More details on this next month as well as on a similar bittersweet bit on Bill Robinson. Thanks to Gus for passing these items on to me.

Pictures this month include: a shot of Sue and Dick Albright at their front door, Pauline and Carl Trost at the 45th, Bea and Eddie Best at the 45th, Pauline and T^ke Furey also at the 45th, a good smiling shot of Al Glazier, a tailgate shot of Carl Trost. Jim Walker and Bob Cox, another tailgate picture of Jim Walker with Jim Pope, a luncheon picture of Bob Cox, Joe DiGiacomo and Bill Ryan, a new grandfather shot of Lee Hebbard with his daughter. Julie Byrd, and granddaughter Avery, and finally a super bowl game picture of Don McVay, Hal Walters. Gus Hubal and George Gravesen.

Don't forget Class Luncheons are on the first Tuesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Fort McNair Officers' Club. The Dark Ages Brunch is on 25 February at the ANCC in Arlington and is a good party. Have a very Happy, Safe and Healthy New Year and keep the news coming in. Cheers and Beat Army, Dave

Tyke and Pauline Furey McVay, Walters, Hubal, and Gravesen

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Pres: COL Fitz W. Woodrow, USMC (Ret.) Sec'y: CAPT Oliver Shearer Jn, USN (Ret.) 9615 Podium Dr., Vienna, VA 22182-3338 h: 703-938-5211; e: ovshearer@erols.com Webmaster: Will Croom e: willyaye@hotmail.com Class Web site: http://www.usna54.net It has been a dismal Navy football season for the faithful '54 fans. At this writing Navy is 0-10.

However, our tailgates at Navy-Marine Memorial Stadium have been a lot of fun. More later about the 4th Co.'s reunion during the Navy-Notre Dame game and weekend at Orlando. Your scribe has received numerous emails expressing appreciation for "Olde Poolie's" post-game accounts and predictions and I have forwarded them to him.

At the Texas Christian game we enjoyed seeing Bud Foster from San Diego who was on his way to an Ethan Allen reunion in Groton and stopped by for a visit with his daughter in Annapolis. L to r: Fitz Woodrow, Dick Robey, Laura Foster Clarke and Bud Foster.

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Cox, DiGiacomo and Ryan TCU Tailgate The Padbergs also made it to the TCU game and were rounded up for a photo. L to r: Woodrow, Paddy, Maggie Padberg, Faye Woodrow and Bud Poe. Tom Sisson appeared with a hom on his SUV playing "Anchors Aweigh" and brought his sister-in-law Laura Winslow along.

Lee Hebbard with his daughter, Julie, and granddaughter Avery

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'54; Alger, Anne Jordan, Hargrave, Betty Conboy, and Cheron Hargrave was available. Therefore, off came the coats and ties, windows were opened and the 42 of us had a gala time. We were most pleased to have Simone Cane, Betty Conboy and Anne Jordan join us.

Bill Peery Homecoming on 21 October was a warm, sunny day and everything was delightful except the NavyRutgers football game score. At the pre-game tailgate, Ed Tipshus presented us with iced-down bottles of Hatueyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the great beer of Free Cuba that he had purchased in Florida. Many of us still remember the headache-inducing, one-eyed Indian sold at the slop chutes in Guantanamo Bay. Thanks again Ed for this extra special treat.

Tom Sisson took the opportunity at this tailgate to introduce us to his fiance, Mary Mallory Bowen from Silver Spring, MD. Grev Wood introduced his wife, Hakima, to the tailgaters. It was a pleasant surprise to see Dorothy and Maury Huffer from Jackson, MI, who were visiting relatives in the area and decided to take in the game. Other out-of-area visitors were Karen and Ken Mcjunkin from Pennsylvania and Al Slepika, the gentleman pine ttee farmer from Iowa who always shows up for homec o m i n g w e e k e n d . After the g a m e most of us assembled at the Academy's Officers' and Faculty Club for a splendid '54 dinner arranged by Bill Peery. The O&F Club's ventilation system had been rigged for heat for fall and winter per the calendar, and on this warm night no central air conditioning

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Sad News Tann Lightsey advised us that Dale Gramley (21) of Warner Robins, GA, died of heart and kidney failure on 28 October 2000 at a hospital in Warner Robins. Memorial services were held on 31 October at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 303 Mary Lane, Warner Robins, GA. Graveside services were held at the Andersonville National Cemetery in Andersonville, GA. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and their daughter.

Jerry H o l m a n (17) in Hartford, AL, sent a note that Arthur James "A.J." Ammerman (17) died of cancer at his home in Auburn, NY, on 10 October 2000. He resigned from the Navy after his obligated service and worked for General Electric for several years and then for IBM for 25 years as a systems engineer until he retired in 1990. A.J. is survived by his mother, his wife. Rose, two daughters and two sons.

Ellen Perkins, widow of Jack Perkins, died on 16 October 2000 at her home in Virginia Beach, VA. The funeral was for family members only. We were also saddened to leam that Sue Woodward, wife of John Woodward (22), died of cancer on 23 October 2000 in Pensacola. Memorial services were held at Mcllwain Presbyterian Church and burial was in Quincy, FL. Days Gone By John Paul Jones (11) sent a summer of '53 photo in the backyard of his mother and father's quarters in GTMO. I P ' s father was a Navy dentist. The occasion was a beer party for Classmates who were on WISCONSIN with JP. The three Mids in whiteworks on the right, from L to r: Joe Roach, Basil Gray and By Byington.

From Ron Kurth who is president of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, WI: Dora and Jim Bell came out to Delafield where Jim spoke to the prep school student body and stayed in the President's House with Charlene and me. Our attention was drawn to Jim because of his experience in a POW camp and because of the quotation from one of his speeches to Midshipmen in the Class of 2004 found on our Class Web site. We had the quote engraved on a brass plate that will be mounted on the wall in the narthex of our Chapel. Jim's words deal with making life relatively easy by determining right from wrong, then sticking with what is right to do. He spoke to our students about integrity, honesty and commitment. Jim was interviewed by one of the large newspapers in Southem Wisconsin and photographed as he spoke. He made a great contribution to what we are trying to do here and created an extraordinary impression on our boys.

St. John's is 116 years old and is a boarding school for boys only with about 375 students.

Al Slepika The following note for the Class was received from Simone Cane: It has taken me much too long to write this note but since Guy's passing last March the Cane Associates, Inc. and personal affairs have taken up a great deal of my time. Please convey to the Class my thanks for the beautiful blue and gold flower wreath that was sent to the Arlington National Chapel for Guy's service and burial on 21 March.

I also wish to thank everyone who came or sent expressions of sympathy. Although it was a miserable day, the words of support and caring were great comfort to my two sons, Peter and John, and to me.

Correction to December column. If you send photos electronically, please insure that minimum resolution is 300 dpi and width is minimum of 2.5 inches. Shipmate is unable to process photos not meeting these criteria.

The Bells and the Kurths at St. John's Academy During the week of 9 October the 21st Company held its third annual mini-reunion. This time it was at Sullivans Island near Charleston, SC. You know where that isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the place where the Ashley and Cooper rivers join to form the Atlantic Ocean. The 2nd R e g i m e n t celebrants o c c u p i e d two beach houses and several hotel rooms for those unable to stay all week. The 21st Co. also used the occasion to unveil the new '54 banner which will be shown

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'54; Roach. Gray and Byington at GTMO

'54; 21st Co. Mini-Reunion in next month's column. Katie and George Hirsch of Irmo, SC, did an excellent and much appreciated job of organizing and hosting the event. Raley Thomley mailed 18 photos, which I'll use over three or four issues. Jim Flatley '56, who is the CEO of Patriot's Point State Park, which has a number of former warships and Vietaam-era river boats, kindly hosted reunion participants one day aboard exYoRKTOWN (CV-10). Among many of his other noteworthy achievements as a naval aviator, Jim (5) has the distinction of being the only person to land a C130 on a carrier Raley pointed out that it was a Marine KC-130. During the reunion it was revealed that Tann Lightsey, former USAF pilot, holds the record for distance flying without refueling a C130 (from Guam to Ft. Dix, NJ).

Most of the 21st Company contingent and wives are shown gathered on ex-YORKTOWN in front of the plane Jim Flatley flew. L to r: Agnes Ann and Raley Thomley, Paul Foley, Jean (Ken) Montgomery, Betty Ann (Irv) Smith, Joe Morgan, Billie and Joe Jennings, By and Harriett Byington, Alice and Tann Lightsey with Bill Creager behind them.

4th Company Reunion Ten 4th Company Classmates plus ten wives and Herb Tibbetts' daughter, Robin, met at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, FL, during 13-15 October They were joined by about 15 other Classmates and wives for an enjoyable reunion dinner and delightful hours of discussions in the hotel hospitality room. Carol and Les Huffman made all the necessary reunion arrangements for their enjoyment and earned sincere appreciation for their efforts.

However, there was some bitter along with the sweet in that Notre Dame stomped Navy again (38th time?) at the Citrus Bowl. Les Huffman sent numerous photos which will be shown in this and subsequent issues.

Hang in there this year. Your scribe, Ollie

Judging from the many positive returns received, the Class of 1955 45th Reunion was a big success.

The events were significant and well planned, and the arrangements were thoughtful and complete.

Bravo Zulu to Denny Sullivan and his gang of organizers! So far, it appears that the consensus for the 50th Reunion parameters is as follows: In Annapolis; over a non-homecoming football weekend; banquet/dinner dance in the Yard; rebook the Marriott; tentative date, 17 September 2005. And how about a mini in San Diego, in say 2002?

The first event on Thursday was the Class Picnic/YP mini-cruises held at the Crown Sailing Center. About 220 folks showed up. The weather could have been a little kinder—the fog caused about an hour delay in getting the cruises underway. That evening, we had a gala Welcome Party in Alumni Hall, attended by 300, that included a sumptuous buffet and light musical entertainment.

Organized by Ted Parker and Bill Smith, it was a real highlight. On Friday morning, a Class golf tournament and Tennis Round Robin matches were held followed by a Class Meeting and P-rade in the afternoon. As part of the Class Meeting, the Superintendent spoke to a slide show about changes at USNA since our days, and he answered a few questions. That evening, 390 of us gathered at the Marriott's ballroom for a magnificent dinner dance.

Ray Hine handled his MC duties with aplomb and many folks hit the floor to the strains of a great dance combo. The catered tailgate party was held at the '53 Pavilion on Saturday, and was attended by about 385 people; and that evening, various groupings got together to party and have dinner Sunday's Class Chapel Service in memory of deceased Classmates was another highlight (see Denny's comments below)—unfortunately, attendance wasn' t up to the other events because of travel conflicts and such. The 8th Company had the largest contingent—18; while the 18th Company had the smallest—3.

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Printed in our Baccalaureate Service bulletin dated 29 May 1955 were the words of Rudyard Kipling. Their meaning has become more apparent with the passage of the years. Let me recall them for us now.

John Raster, Ed McHale, Al Kozischek, and Ace Davis

Bill Lavallee and Don Kellerman Note from the Prez We just finished what was probably our best reunion ever—217 Classmates at the Marriott on the Annapolis waterfront. Please send your pictures and thoughts to Tom Kiefaber so they can be put into Shipmate and shared with everyone. We had more than 30 Classmates working on various aspects of the reunion and they are responsible for its success.

But special thanks are due to Cal Weaver who collected and disbursed all the money and kept track of who was doing what when; and to Tom Kiefaber who worked tirelessly to get our Directory and other reunion publications correct; and to Ted Parker, Bruce Newell, and Don Sturtz who gave us a tmly meaningful and unforgettable memorial service. But it takes great Classmates and friends to make a great reunion and we had a lot of those. We have many extra Class and mail directories—if you did not get one, please contact me and I will mail you one. And lastly, I am honored and privileged to have been re-elected as class president. It is a great responsibility and I will do my best for the Class and the Academy during the next five years.

Mai MacKinnon, Bill Turcotte, and Ted Hyman

The Grozens and the Filers

Football heroes Dick Dutnell, Joe Gattuso, John Weaver, Bill Hepworth, and Al Kozischek

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Don Sturtz's poignant r e m a r k s at the Class Memorial Service bear repeating: Classmates, family and friends, it is a blessing and a privilege to gather here today to recall friends and times gone by. To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill; A thoughtful look back can encourage and inspire us to look forward. The opportunity to pay honor and respect to those who have gone before is one of the gracious compensations of age.

In the summer of 1951, we came here from aU over the United States and some foreign countries.

Immediately we began to leam lessons in leadership, service and how to function effectively in a team environment. For most of us our exposure to the Navy, the Marine Corps and in fact all matters military began on the parade fields, in the whaleboats, on the rifle range and in the knockabouts. We arrived with different family backgrounds, different educational experiences, different talents and intellect, and different value systems. We saw signs of personal excellence in our Class and in our leaders. Our growth and education here included strong moral, ethical and spiritual components. We came to realize, that how we live our lives does matter.

Four years on the Severn made their mark on each of us. The shared experiences led to bonds of friendship and a commitment to God, family, and country. This has been evidenced by the contributions of our Class in many fields of endeavor—military and civilian. Many of these achievements resulted in deserved personal recognition. In many other instances, quiet heroes among us performed acts of courage, dedication, service, and personal sacrifice done out of a love of God, and country, and a sense of duty to their fellow man.

We get our bearings from those around us. On these grounds and in these buildings we shared experiences which in turn were painful, challenging, stressful, hilarious, absurd, colorful, inspiring, adventuresome, patriotic, serious, ridiculous, heartwarming, maturing, and joyful. Through them all we came to appreciate the enduring values of the United States Naval Academy.

God of our fathers, known of old— Lord of our far-flung battle lineBeneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pineLord God of hosts, be with us yet.

Lest we forget—lest we forget!

The tumult and the shouting dies— The Captains and the Kings departStill stands Thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart.

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet.

Lest we forget—lest we forget!

Far-called our navies melt away— On dune and headlands sinks the fireLo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!

Judge of the Nations, spare us yet.

Lest we forget—lest we forget.

We spend these few moments today to remember that time and those Classmates who have melted away.

Graduation day arrived—and then we scattered—some of us not to see others of us for years and sometimes decades. We served in all branches, warfare specialties, line and staff, all around the world. The bonds of Class persisted and unexpected reunions with one or more Classmates were highlights of the military life. We had improbable experiences with the dedicated men and women serving our country.

Those were times to appreciate what we had learned here and to develop a mind set to meet the challenges of life. We came to appreciate even more the meaning of character and integrity. We were formnate to have around us shining examples of Classmates and leaders who exhibited both qualities. Always there were those who kept bringing us back to basic simple principles we first had ingrained here at the Naval Academy.

We were among those who helped win the Cold War as portrayed in our Class mural. We served during a time of amazing technological triumphs.

Counterbalancing these events were signs of a social and moral recession in our nation. To restore and maintain the ethical principles on which our country was founded we need to think clearly, to recognize right from wrong, to write and speak in an organized fashion on important issues, and to remain loyal to the lessons we learned here.

The scriptures tell us. "Do not to be weary in welldoing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not." It has been encouraging to hear of the newly developed courses in leadership, core values, and ethics attended by today's Brigade.

Each year since graduation our numbers have decreased. We have experienced resignation, retirements, and the death of Classmates and their spouses. Let us not long dwell on their loss, but let us remember their impact on our lives and the times we shared seeking common goals.

On this day can we not say, "It has been a blessing to have known each other since the days we were impressionable young Midshipmen," and can't we take courage fixjm the words of Isaiah we heard read today!

In Ecclesiastes we read, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance."

When our deceased Classmates names are read we will mourn their loss, but let us also honor them for their service, and give thanks for their memories.

We can do this by remaining committed to those principles of duty, service and witness we share as the Class of 1955.

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Strength of character, the will to do what we know is right, and the courage of our convictions are all part of our heritage, and an attitude that took form in these surroundings, in this place. That attitude is all important. It is the one thing that we can control in every situation.

One ship sails east One ship sails west Regardless of how the winds blow.

It is the set of the sail and not the gale.

That determines the way we go.

Now, as the names of our departed Classmates are read, let our silent prayers fill our hearts and this chapel with a feeling of thanksgiving and a sense of love for them and their memory.

As reported in an earlier episode, Bill Anders was one of five distinguished graduating leaders to be honored at the Alumni Association's second annual Distinguished Graduate Awards held during Homecoming weekend. The enclosed picture of Bill and his w i f e , V a l e r i e , w a s t a k e n after the ceremony.

Valerie and Bill Anders Otto Zipf sent in some fascinating smff about their latest overseas adventure: In September, Peggy and I traveled to Australia to attend six separate Olympic 2000 events in Sydney. It was indeed the trip of a lifetime! Our travel group was all Zipf family members, and included three children, two spouses, two grandchildren (10 months and three months), Peggy and me. We included a pre-Olympic trip before arriving in Sydney. This gave us one day in Melbourne, and two days in Hobart on the island of Tasmania. This sort of permitted us to see some areas on south Australia, in the eastern part of the country.

Then we went to Sydney. For Peggy and me, this was our second visit to Sydney this year. We were certainly glad we had been to Sydney prior to the city's huge Olympic hype. Our Olympic visit was between the opening and closing ceremonies, and permitted us to see six different Olympic events at five different venues. Our selected events were Beach Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, and Gymnastics. The real highlight of our Olympic adventure was the setting of two world swimming records (and two gold medals) by two U.S. relay teams that took place in the Aquafic Center. It was an emotional high that just can't be described. The teams were the U.S. Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Team and the U.S. Men's 4x100 Medley relay Team. What a day!

The photo shows Peggy and Otto showing their support for the victorious U.S. teams on this most memorable day. (In 1992, Otto and his son David were at the Barcelona Olympics and witnessed the U.S. Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Team set a world's record then.)

The Australians, especially in Sydney, showed the world just how a good host nation can prepare for and execute their responsibilities to hold Summer Olympics. The people and their attitude, the transportation networks, the venues, you name it, and they covered it as a friendly host, and with a smile in style. The major site was the Olympic Park at Homebush Bay, which had venues for about 17 different sports, plus warm up and training facilities. Access to the site was primarily by

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rail from Sydney Centtal Rail Station. When all venues were being used on a single day, including the stadium, which seats 110,000 .spectators, there were about 500,000 people in Olympic Park.

Then about mid-day, a lot of these people would leave, only to be replaced by new arrivals for the afternoon events. It all happened without a hitch, and essentially zero frustrations. Without a doubt, Sydney would get my vote to become the permanent site for all future Summer Olympics.

The Zipfs at the Olympics After our stay in Sydney, we all traveled up to Cairns, located in the tropical northeastern comer of the country. It is easy to mistake this area for Hawaii. It is the access to the Great Barrier Reef, and the Coral Sea of World War II naval battle fame. All of us spent one day on a cruise out to a site at the reef that had been set up as a permanent mooring and visitation location. While there we were able to swim, snorkel, scuba and investigate the coral reef from a semi-submersible. Truly a great and memorable trip!

On Friday, 20 October in conjunction with Homecoming festivities, the USNA varsity squash team hosted the alumni members of teams from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. Robin Pirie, the newly sworn in Under Secretary of the Navy and Elton " B u d d y " Parker were representatives from the "most" mature category. That evening, LCDR (Sel) Elton Parker HI '91 played in the varsity vs. alumni water polo match for a most unusual family athletic double.

Buddy Parker and Robin Pirie Bill McCarron writes: At our recent 45th Reunion a number of Classmates were interested in screening for heart disease, which is a major part of my cardiology practice. In addition to a very thorough complete history and physical exam by your doctor on a regular basis, a relatively new screen for cardiac disease, which is the best predictor for future cardiac events, is the Ultra Fast CT Scan of the heart.

The Imatron Ultra Fast Scanner has the edge for most precise results on its competitors at this time.

There are many scanners about the country, usually one to four in major cities. For about S400, a non-invasive, painless 10-15 minute test is done; a three or four page report about the volume of plaques in the coronary arteries will be given to you to discuss with your doctor. You and your spouse may self-refer to have this scan. An excellent score on this test is zero. There is a lot of information about this test on the www.

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Class Executive Committee Co-Chairmen: CAPT Douglass E Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) COL George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) Sec'y: Dave Swanson (4) 16 E. Del Ray Ave., Alexandria, VA 22301 p: 703-548-7240; f: 703-548-0272 e: hdswanson@aol.com Around The Hornâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rescue at Sea R e c e i v e d the f o l l o w i n g from " C o o l " S a m Morris (4) concerning a rescue he performed in the Gulf of Mexico off St. Petersburg beach while he was sailing home from the Clearwater area: Sunday, 22 October 2000. A great sail followed by a rescue of eight survivors of a capsized power boat. The wind was 21-23 knots out of the east.

We beam reached going north to Clearwater and back and maintained over eight knots most of the way. At one point we were clocking 8.4 knots!

Coming back we spotted life jackets to port about four miles west of Johns Pass. I immediately furled the main and jib, started the engine, and headed toward the scene of the survivors. Within 15 minutes we had all eight aboard and calmed down.

We raised Coast Guard St. Petersburg who sent an Eckerd College search and rescue team.

Additionally, the following is an email Sam received from two of the grateful survivors: Hi Sam, this is Pete and Jess, the people you saved from the ocean. Thank you for helping us and saving our lives. I don't know if we would have made it when the sun went down, thank you for everything. 1 was so happy when your boat turned toward us, I was afraid for our kids and thanks to you and your friends we are all safe. Thank you Sam for saving our lives, this world is a better place with people like you and your friends in it. I hope you feel like a hero, in our eyes you and your crew are heroes. Thanks Sam, Pete and Jess.

C o o l S a m o p e r a t e s a C h a r t e r S e r v i c e , El Tranquilo Charters, out of St. Petersburg Beach. The Web site is: h t t p : / / p a g e s . p r o d i g y . n e t / c o o l s a m / crew.htm#Sunday.

Cusachs in town Bill Simpson (12) reports from San Antonio: Last night, Gerry and I had the pleasure of enjoying Mexican food with Carol Lee and Choppy Cusacks. They were in San Antonio for a reunion celebrating the 60th anniversary of Carol Lee's parents. Quite an accomplishment!

Choppy is into so many things in the Baton Rouge, LA, area, which ranges from beginning a new Anglican parish to building a new home to being an active volunteer fireman. Carol Lee is busy as a licensed counselor. Both Choppy and Carol Lee are great conversationalists. We thoroughly enjoyed their company.

Matt Ryan (17) reports from the Bremerton area: In case you're short of input, here's my news. I was second highest vote-getter among the 21 elected Freeholders here in Kitsap County. Under our state constitution, we can only re-organize county government from a statutory road commissioner form to a charter form through the efforts of elected freeholders who will draw up and present the charter to the people for their approval or rejection. Freeholders here are defined as people who have lived here at least five years; are registered voters; and were elected to the non-paying post. I have been part of the process from the beginning, including collecting over 4,000 of the 10,000 signatures necessary to put it on the ballot.

I was also Sen. Slade Gorton's campaign chair for Kitsap County. As of today, we are still waiting to see if he has enough votes for a fourth term.

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Mini-reunion in Orlando Pete Peterson (20) sends the following concerning the Navy-Notre Dame football weekend: The score of the Navy-Notre Dame football game in Orlando failed to cool the enthusiasm of 93 Classmates, wives and friends as they celebrated a 44th mini-reunion the weekend of 13-15 October. Sponsored by some Florida Classmates such as Bud Alexander (1), John Buckley (20), LeRoy Collins (19), Roy Gulick (9), and Pete Peterson, it demonstrated what can be done at an away Navy football game. While 2001 plans for the 45th are well underway in Annapolis, perhaps the 2002 schedule will allow some out-oftowners to coordinate a 46th. Several of the groups partook of the Anthony Travel arrangements through the USNA AA while others followed the Buckley/Peterson plan.

As the crowd gathered around the Sheraton World Resort pool on Friday afternoon, cocktails and sea stories (c and ss) were the main topics.

Dinner found different groups gathering to renew old friendships and more c and ss. A pre-game brunch on Saturday before boarding the bus to the Citrus Bowl put everyone in the proper mood for the ensuing tailgate put on by the Alumni Association. A slightly warmer than usual day allowed the group to enjoy the Florida sunshine and touch up the fading tans while cheering the Blue and Gold onward.

Post game time permitted more c and ss while relaxing for the evening event. A cash bar preceded an outstanding dinner put on by the Sheraton with Horida's comptroller and '56er Bob Milligan (21) providing us with an insight of Florida politics and what it takes to be elected at that level to a state cabinet post. Bob has made many changes in the Florida comptroller's office and is well liked by most Floridians.

Among those attending along with spouses were Mike Ahrens (7), Bud Alexander (1), Millard Allen (6), Pete Bennet (13), Larry Berger (3), John Buckley (20), Milt Burdsall (21), John Conway (8), Jim Eri (24), Al Fazekas (7), Pete Fitzwilliam (13), Jim Flatley (5), Ken Godstrey (11), Frank Graham (17), Jerry Green (2), Roy Gulick (9), Walt Hansen (4), Doug Hayman (11), Nancy Henry (lOW), Don Kennedy (12), Bick Levendoski (13), Bob Jones (11), Rog Lyle (4), Pat McCool (6), Angus McEachen (18), Joan McGarry Methfessel (15W), Frank McMullen (11), Chan Medwedeff (21), Bob Milligan (21), George Mushalko (15), Bob Perry (13), Pete Peterson (20), John Schaefer (11), Bob Schatz (9), Tom Schwartz (4), Jim Sikes (11), Jim Smith (22), Jim Walter Smith (21), John Thurber (23), Jim Van Metre (4), Dick Varney (20), PJ Wilson (19), and Bob Zimmerman (21).

George Mushalko waits for the bus back to the hotel New York Times article on Bob Shumaker The Thursday, 9 November of the New York Times had an article on Bob Shumaker (3) in the "House and H o m e " section. The article describes Bob's eight-year imprisonment after being shot down in 1965 over North Vietnam and how he designed (during his imprisonment) and then built his house in Northern Virginia outside of Washington. The article is titied "HOUSE PROUD; A Home Bom in the Hanoi Hilton," written by John Leland and can be downloaded on line for a small fee ($2.50). To download go to http://nytimes.qpass.com and search by the reporter's name.

Input from Sammy Blanchard Received an email from Doc Blanchard's (2) widow expressing her appreciation to the Class for herself and their children: It's hard to put into words just how very sustaining the outpouring of love and support from the Class these past few years was to Doc and how it continues to be so for his and Carol's wonderful children, my daughter and me. It gave Doc that special boost as he fought with his irrepressible "can do" spirit in the battle for his life and now strengthens the family as we grapple with the challenges that life has presented to us.

As a Navy Junior myself (Class of '35) and whether called Helen or Doc's assigned moniker, Sammy, I know that those bonds that grow from the years where the Severn joins the tide are unlike any others. As beneficiaries thereof, Libby, Dave, Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;my "bonus" childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Katie and I devotedly thank you for what you, cherished old friends and new, have shared with Doc and then with us.

With love and eternal thanks.

Visit to Richard A. Drew's Memorial Chair Richard Drew (7) was a Classmate who died of a brain tumor in 1954 while in his third Class year Joe Drew, Richard's younger brother, recently paid a visit to the chair with Sam Armstrong (6). The plaque on the chair reads as follows: IN MEMORY OF RICHARD A. DREW MIDN USN USNA 1956 8-5-32-5-24-54

L to r: Nancy Van Metre, Mickey Mouse, George Mushalko, and Roma Wilson Sam Armstrong and Joe Drew flanking Richard Drew's Memorial Chair

L to r: Doug Hayman, Mickey Mouse, and Pete Bennett

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Army-Navy Game The Army-Navy game was super in all respects this year, especially the score. The attendance included 100 Classmates, wives, family and friends.

Kathy and Tom Bruyere and Sandy and Pete Fitzwilliam did an outstanding job setting up the pre and post-game festivities along with ample parking and transportation to the game.

The Class started assembling at 8:00 a.m. at the Naval Reserve Center, adjacent to Fort McHenry, for a catered brunch. Parking was available and shuttle bus service was provided to take people to the game and return afterwards.

A number of Classmates stayed at one of the hotels in Baltimore's inner harbor area and had about a one-half mile walk after the game. A number of Classmates gathered at the Hull Street Blues Cafe, near the N W C , for a cash bar Happy Hour and buffet.

The following '56ers were among those attending most with spouses, family or friends: Sam Armstrong (6), Audi Audilet (6), Bob Bennett, Tom Bruyere (24), Jim Cannon (4), Hal Dolenga (14), Pete Fitzwilliam (13), Rod Flannery (4), Dan Garges (24), Ken Godstrey (11), Jerry Green (2), L a w G r o n e r ( 1 ) , D o u g H a y m a n ( 1 1 ) , Chip Honsinger (4), Rich Jensen (4), Hank Jordan (4), Ed Kelly, Leo Koerkenmeier (18), Dick Levendoski (13), Ted Lewin (4), Don Lindquist (12), Fred Lippert (8), Mike McBride (6), George Mushalko (15), Cliff Peterson (13), Pete Randrup (3), Al Reed (5), Robby Robertson (2), Rich Seesholtz (4), Ted Shultz (20), Dave Swanson (4), Jim Van Metre (4), Dick Walsh (5), and Orv Wright (14).

Ben Poe status Pete Randrup sent the following information concerning Ben Poe (17): Here's a note from Ben Poe (17). He was living down in Califomia, MD (Pax). His wife. Donna, died about five years ago, but the spirit moves and he married again this year to JoAnn. They decided to move back to their hometown and build a home there. Nice things do happen to nice guys!

Ben's Note: Sorry for the slow response to your note.

Yes, that address belongs to me. Yes, we moved into our new house three weekends ago. We are pleased with the house and love the location.

We are located about 500 feet above and a 1,000 from the Tygart Dam at Grafton. The view is spectacular. The changing of the leaves was something to behold.

Our wedding was something else. It was held on 22 January during the only significant snow event of the year. We both had the flu but were determined to go on with the plan. The three of us, including the pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd, were the only ones in attendance. (Even our best man and bridesmaid, my sister and her husband were unable to make it because of the weather.) Even our wedding dinner was relatively untouched. To add more insults, the champagne was spoiled. More importantly, we tied the knot and are extremely happy. The picture requested will be forthcoming.

My snail mail address is Route 2, Box 326A, Grafton, WV 26354. We would love to have you and Elie come visit us. I can provide a good map when you like. This supervising of the subcontractors was quite a challenge to me. We have another six months of work in the decks and finishing the basement, but we would love to share our experiences with you. We have many deer, black bears, and more birds than you can imagine. Our best to Elie.

Missing Classmate Located Larry Lowden (14) has been one of our missing Classmates or at least his location-address has been missing. At one time he was reported dead, but fortunately that was wrong. Henry Friedel (18) has located Larry who is living in the Kansas City, MO, area at the following address: 7977 N.E. Flintiock Road, A p t J, Kansas City, MO 64158; 816-415-4991.

D o u g s p o k e w i t h L a r r y a n d p r o v i d e d the following: I spoke with Larry Lowden at the number given to me by Hank. He was amused and pleased to be

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revived from the "reported dead" list. He has no email capability. Larry went to JONAS INGRAM (DD938) after graduation and was in the commissioning crew. Hank contacted him through the INGRAM Alumni list. He resigned from the Navy after his minimum service requirement was satisfied. He is a lifelong bachelor. He has worked forfivecompanies in the aviation electronics field as a mechanical engineer. He mentioned having some health problems, but we did not go into that. I asked Larty, and he seemed agreeable to sending Dave a 200-word biographical sketch for the Shipmate column, to bring those who knew him up to date. He has never been back to the Academy and expressed an interest in attending the 45th Reunion next November Correction to November Column In the "Last Muster" section of the November Class column the death of John "Jack" Slamming was discussed. The name should have been John "Jack" Smallman (22). This was a typographical error caused by an inadvertent triggering of the spell checker, which substituted "Slamming" for "Smallman" and wasn't caught.

Happy New Year Mary Jayne and I wish all the '56 Classmates and their families a happy and prosperous new year.

1 am looking forward to working with all of you.

—Dave (4) Beat Armx again in 2001

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Annual Membership: 34% Life Membership: 41%

Pres: CAPT David S. Cooper, USN (Ret.) Sec y: CAPT EN. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Circle, Fredericksburg, VA 22405 e: fnhusna57@aol.com Webmaster: Fred Dammann Web site: www.USNA57.org Welcome, troops, to the real beginning of the millennium and a brand new cast of characters, right, left and center Arrayed above are the names of your new Class president, Dave Cooper, and me, the lad who will be looking with particular expectation into his mailbox in this new year for your pithy contributions to this work-in-progress.

Not named here, but never far absent from our kindest thoughts, is Bill Peerenboom, who with this issue again relinquishes duties as corresponding secretary in order, this time, to concentrate on his new responsibilities as Class vice president.

Bill's efforts in this space on behalf of the commonwealth, have provided faithful and eminently literate and readable records of Class proceedings for longer than you might care to remember. The first time I refieved Bill in 1977 he had been creating his magic here for long enough to have forgotten his start date. Since 1984, when he resumed duties, he has served us as scribe, month after month, for more than 16 years. This is a huge body of work and a commitment to the Class performed with skill and the artful sense of humor that is his trademark. From all of us: Thanks, Boom.

So now what? Well, with your assistance we will try to continue the effort of creating a permanent record of our passage. We will focus particularly on the activities of those who go right on making us proud in large ways and small, through their continuing service in public and in private. In this venture we depend on the advice of those close to the news and close to die principals to share the details with us.

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Hopefully you will permit us to share your ongoing occasions, especially those that include other Classmates, and hopefully it will become an uncontrollable reflex to break out the camera when you find yourself in each other's company.

Nothing will record our story for the ages as does contemporary still photography. And, as you'll also note from the entries that follow this month alone, not only do our ladies become more beautiful with each passing year but the stories that bear a patina of age are just automatically more hilarious—if that's possible.

1 intend to drop all references to company affiliation where that can be done without creating ambiguity or doing damage to the context of the story. It has been nearly a half-century since we came together and it's time to let go and meld into the larger picture.

We will exercise some public responsibility from time to time as situations demand to bring you together with issues important to the Class organization and our Alumni Association. Items presented in advocacy are always welcome and will be clearly labeled as such when included here.

Finally, the conscious effort will continue to create a worthy permanent record. In this vein I particularly encourage readers to be vigilant for stuff that needs to be put in a place it can be later found.

The events laid down here may appear in other places—in newsletters and most particularly in cyberspace—but only in this column will the entry be indelible, always and forever available.

The task that is at once the most important and least pleasant will always be at center stage—the one associated with reporting our losses. I regret having to start this column with that news, but it is our season.

Word reaches us through the Alumni Association that Albert P. Williams Jr. died in Santa Monica, CA, on 14 November 2000, of cancer For those who wish to contact Al's widow, Ann (Mrs. A. P. Jr), the address is 508 12th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 213-828-7218. We send our deepest condolences to the Williams family.

Vic Prushan has very kindly loaned us his DesLant Afloat Engineering School (circa May or June 1958, according to Vic) graduation photo. This fine shot shows Al Williams (top row, 4th from right) standing in the vicinity of a half-sectioned DA feed tank, back when things like that took up lots of our time. Also pictured are the following:

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The very first contribution received during my ramp-up period came from Wayne Fritz who wrote: I wanted to get some information and a picture to you from a recent trip that my wife, Joan, and I took through the Alumni Association. We signed up for the Alaska Clipper trip that took place at the end of August through 9 September this year (2000).

There were 31 Naval Academy associated personnel in the group of 138 passengers (the maximum capacity) on board YORKTOWN CLIPPER. The ship's small size and nine-foot draft permitted it to get into some of the narrow fjords of southeastern Alaska and maneuver right next to the glaciers.

Fritz and Basse Underway We also did a land tour into Denali Park prior to the shipboard cruise. It was a wonderful trip and experience. On top of that, who did I mn into but Paul Basse, his daughter and son and a former high school classmate of Paul's from the Seattle area with his wife. I've enclosed a picture of Paul and me taken onboard ship.

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It must be the desert air that has turned Dave Isquith into the duty c o r r e s p o n d e n t , in again this m o n t h with a b a c k - t o - b a c k r e p o r t from Canyon Country: Here's a photograph (see previous page) of my wife, Clare, seated in our Sedona home with visitors Mary Jane and Joe Koch in October. The Koches were on their way home after spending a week or two traveling around seeing Classmates and friends. We were delighted to spend the evening with our guests whom we had not seen for many years.

1 won't belabor the issue with Mary Jane since all '57 wives are known to be gorgeous, but would you believe the slim, trim Joe Koch? He assured me that he has not lost one strand of hair, there is not one gray thread to be found, and he does not dye his hair. I don't know what Mary Jane feeds him, but I want the recipe.

You're right about Joe's rug (gotta be a rug), Dave. Downright spooky.

Next c o m e s the report of a true gala from Tom McGinty: Peggy and I were privileged to have been invited to witness and join in the celebration of the wedding of Peg and Ken Malley's son. Bill, to Nancy Ellen Roth. As you can see from the picture, the wedding was performed in what this old Irishman can only say, was first class Scottish tradition, right down to the piper.

The wedding took place on 6 November 1999, a first class affair by any standard. It was a gorgeous November day for the outside event and the families and friends of the Malleys were treated to a bountiful pre-ceremony soiree. The ceremony itself was a most moving and delightful experience, in keeping with the importance of the rite.

It was followed by a gourmet spread in a tent the Class would die for. The celebration went on well into the night with music, dancing, and endless toasting and good-natured teasing of the couple.

You are probably wondering why I have taken so long to get this in. Like so many good intentions, it got lost in the morass of busy retired life.

I had mentioned to the Malleys that I would provide a report to the Class but the pictures I took would not have translated well into Shipmate, so I forgot about it until a recent ballgame when I was reminded of my commitment. Ergo, I am now making amends for my total lack of reliability.

Left to right in the elegant wedding party are Ken Malley, bride Nancy, groom Bill, Peg and son Paul Malley. Ken, Peg, and Bill sport the tartan of Peg's family clan.

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San Luis Obispo (a.k.a. "SLO town"), just 60 miles north of Lompoc (rhymes with "joke," not "jock").

We see each other too infrequently, but we expect that to improve.

The purpose of this report is to let you know why your ears may have been burning. These are some of the topics/old stories that we reviewed; (1) Bob's Wyoming Seminary days with Ron Marryott, Ron DelDuca, Red Thomas, Herb Bauer, J.J. Thomas, Horse Craig, Jerry Court and others. Some little known facts came out; e.g., Herb Bauer always set aside Sunday afternoons to lie in his rack and listen to the Texaco Opera Hour. Four years with Herb in the 2nd Company and I never knew he was a music lover. (2) Van VanLandingham's XO and our visit with Van and Jan last August. (3) A nine-toed Classmate. (4) Snake killing with Bud Edney. (5) Health overviews. Bob seems completely recovered from the service change to his plumbing. We are getting good reports from our oncologist. (6) My niece Curtis Caron, the new executive director of the SLO Mozart Festival and (nearly) the Christenson's new neighbor. (7) Sherwood Richie's daughter, Susan, a Los Osos (near SLO) resident. (8) BLUE RIDGE.

Hope this didn't lose too much in translation, Steve, and that the burning ears won't go to ground.

"The rest" of some of these stories probably deserve some ink when you are so moved.

Also received a note from Bob Bowers: Here is a photo of myself and Bill IVuxall (taken

by Nancy) whilst we stopped by for a short visit to them at their summer home in Spirit Lake, lA, a while back—circa August. The Truxalls had just returned from a trip to Alaska—and we were just on our way to Alaska to visit my sister who lives in Fairbanks.

the alert for newsworthy dope from around the circuit but it would sure be nice to hear from some of you who are far away and have been away too long.

At this writing, the issue of who will be inaugurated in January is still hanging by a chad and the controversy looks like it may have some life, even yet. Sure hope they leave time to practice for the P-rade. R e m e m b e r that 18-abreast exercise in January 1957?

A gaggle of Third Company marchers ended up after passing in review in some German beer joint somewhere in Washington. Unfortunately, there is not only a patina of age on this one, there is also some haze. The only other recollection is that at the witching hour we all laid down to the Greyhound bus station on New York Avenue for the ride back to the farm. It was ugly.

Only 11 inaugurals ago.. .just like yesterday.

Lastly, Tom Sims is in at nearly press time with a couple of dandy photos from Homecoming no.

43 in October. The first features a small knot of the faithful composed of Keith Hastie and Nancy Doolin, Ginger and J i m Poole, and Mimi and Dave Cooper.

43rd Homecoming Also included was an ingenious collage shot of all the merrymakers—looking extremely well preserved and well organized. Left to right, standing: Jim Bender, Larry Goldstein, Skip Rutemiller, Bob Albertson, Paul Roush, Jim Hower, Wayne Smiley, Jack Hamilton, Don Mitchell, George Frank, Bob Rositzke, Jim Poole, Charlie Biele, Wayne Fritz, Pete Boyne, Paul Basse, Ken Malley, Keith Hastie, and Timm Anderson; kneeling (later helped up by those standing): Paul Fendler, Tom Whaley, Tom Sims, Bill Peerenboom, John Shewmaker, and Don Regenhardt. Also present at the clam bake but not pictured: Dave Cooper and Cleve Loman.

Malley wedding Great work, Tom, you're off the hook.

The following after action report was received from Steve Bond highlighting Central Coast (CA) operations: Howdy, Classmates; Mary and Bob Christensen and Teeny and I met at the Far Western Tavern in Guadalupe, CA, for lunch on 26 October. Mary and Bob live in

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Whenever two, or the equivalent of three shall meet...

If you've made it to this point you should know that this is about half of what the folks at Shipmate allow us each issue, barring big events like reunions, etc. So there's adequate space to accommodate your input in all likelihood. We will do our best to be on

Somewhat belated but no less sincere thanks are due to our man Walt Meukow who has spent a great deal of time over the last ten (10!) years worrying about us and our wants and needs. He deserves our deepest appreciation and an opportunity to ship oars.

Thanks, Walter

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That, gentlemen, is "30" as they say in the business. If you enjoyed any of this, come on back in March and we'll do some more,..providing you send me some more to do it with. FNH

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Pres: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) e: usna58@home.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 Web page: http://www.usna.com/Classes/1958/ e: usna58@home.com Twelve months just went rocketing by so fast it doesn't seem possible! In one year we have: wrestied with the millennium issue, e.g., was it the first year of the next or the final year of the last; gone through hair-raising political primaries with Classmate John Sydney McCain (17); survived a wacky football season at Navy; and looked on with mouths agape at a convoluted election process. We have suffered the loss of Classmates and wives, found joy in seeing the first '58 grandchild enter USNA, discovered some lost sheep members of the Class, swelled the ranks of those who are truly "retired," and cheered on those who got on to the binnacle list and successfully came off. We found Classmates still moving their residences around the country, and Classmates getting married and starting life as part of a couple once again. For the preponderance of the Class, the Social Security Administtation became our cortespondence buddies, and we began to speak knowledgeably about Medicare A and followed avidly the discussions about Tricare. The Class flag traveled to far-flung comers of the world, accompanied by adventurous Classmates, and the doings of everyone were reported both in the Shipmate column and on the newly revitaUzed Class Web site. All in all, a lot of fiiel that made that Year 2000 rocket zoom by so fast! Though we may be 30 days into the New Year, or if you are a purist, the new millennium, there are still matters from last year that have to be reported upon, so let's begin.

One of our final adventures as a Class group in the D.C. area was the move of the football fans up to Baltimore for the Army-Navy game. Bob Caldwell (18) and George Coyne (7) chartered three buses for us, one from Annapolis and two from the Pentagon, and the Classmates, along with family members and friends, departed at 7:00 a.m. on a freezing morning for Charm City. It was one of those simations where you could say, "I had this horrible dream. It was 30 degrees outside, I was freezing, and I woke up in the industrial section of Baltimore with the sun just coming up!" And we did! At 8:00 a.m., the tailgate was on, with folding tables and hot breakfast dishes and cocoa and Bloody Marys, and people dressed like Eskimos stomping their feet to keep warm. At 10:00 a.m. we Uterally crossed the tracks into the stadium, found ourselves sitting on the sunny side, and actually were able to survive the remainder of the day. It was a fun game, not the greatest football ever played, but offering excitement right up to the finish. By the time we hiked back to the buses, fought the traffic back home, re-played the game on the bus, and finished all the tailgate left-overs, it was a deliriously happy group that disembarked after dark Shipmate, January-February 2001

back at the starting points. Out-of-towners that joined the group included Dave Ault (10) from Maine, J.C. Tipton (10) and Mike Neely (3) from Texas, Tony Miller (23) from Florida, Larry Higgins (15) from New Jersey, Al Skiles (12) from Colorado, and Tom Keifer (17) from Philadelphia, all in the company of their respective caretakers.

We discovered that a Baltimore Army-Navy game makes for a mighty fine outing, particularly when Navy wins!

The early winter was a time of loss for the Class, as two Classmates passed on in a one-week period.

On 27 November, LtCol Charles Hume Nichols (2), USMC (Ret.), died of a heart attack at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was stricken while doing his swimming exercises at the USNA natatorium. Charlie retired from the Marine Corps, then worked for IBM for 20 years, then taught for five years. He was a proud boat-owner, and spent a lot of time cruising on the Chesapeake. His wife, Marjorie, five sons, and three grandchildren survive him.

On 3 December, Col George Richard Holdeman (10), USAR (Ret.), died as the result of prostate cancer which was far advanced before diagnosis just over a year ago. His wife, Susan, and sons, Mark, James and John, survive him and remain in the family home at 3707 103rd Place S.E., Everett, WA 98208-4615. The Class will miss these members of the cohort.

The traveling flag re-visited Ireland this past fall in the company of Joan and Glen Lerum (4) and Sue and Bob Jones (3), who toured the perimeter of the island. The photo of Glen and Bob was snapped at the airport in Dublin, which is apparently in somebody's backyard. They heartily recommend the trip to all, and those who took the Class trip to see Navy play Notre Dame in Dublin back in '98 are in full agreement.

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Bob Jones and Glen Lerum in Ireland The flag has also done some traveling with Nancy and Paul Hemer (20) as they tour the country in their motor home. Here is the story as reported

by Paul: We full-time motor-homers wintered 2000 in Arizona and New Mexico and then traveled north for the annual Volksmarch on Chief Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills and a summer in Colorado. Hiked and climbed in the mountains and volksmarched in cities and towns. The highlight of our Colorado summer was a week of parking our motor home with hookups in thefieldbehind the home of astronaut Bruce McCandless (19) and his wife, Bernice, in Conifer, CO. They have traded their NASA Houston life for this high meadow spread with horse, mule, dog and cats and local wildlife of elk, deer cougar and beaver.

They reside in a 100-year-old log cabin with a cozy atmosphere, where Bruce tells tall tales of high

altitude life on the space shuttle. He made two flights and scooted about in space solo with the MMU. Back down on earth, Bruce remains involved in space projects in the industry in Denver. Also, as shown in the photo, Bmce is helping Bernice put up the hay bales for the winter. It is a special privilege to hobnob with one of our highly accomplished Classmates, a pioneer of space travel. '58 can be really proud of our Classmate, astronaut Bruce. Beat Army!

Bruce and Bernice McCandless hauling hay Classmate visiting also took place last September on one of the rare days when there was no snow in Maine. Joann and Gerry Bellows (18) traveled from their Califomia digs to visit Linda and Bob Slaven (1) in Blue Hill, ME. In the picture (see next page), they are standing on the Maine coastal topographical feature called Blue Hill Mountain looking at the Atlantic. Along with that picture is one of Grandfather Slaven toting grandson Merrin Brache atop Acadia Mountain on Mt. Desert Island, ME. This has to be one of the great naming mysteries of all time, as the location appears to resemble neither a mountain nor a desert, but does qualify as an island. It must be down-east humor.

Travel in the fall was very popular, and the following story tells more about the travels of the flag.

Dick Buss (20) reports that he and Mimi completed a two-week fall tour of France last October At the start of the tour, they were pleased to discover that Diz Dehn '46, and his wife, Milhe, were also members of the tour. After sampling various wines from Paris to Marseilles via Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne, and Provence, Dick and Diz felt well fortified and decided to storm the Chateau d'lf prison of Monte Cristo fame on the He de If at the entrance to Marseilles Harbor to free the political prisoners. After an unopposed landing on the island by tour boat, they were disappointed to discover that the prisoners had already escaped and fled the island some time ago, and the prison was abandoned. However, to celebrate their successful landing and show the camaraderie of all USNA 97

Bob Slaven and grandson in Maine Classes, Dick and Diz (after a bit of coercion) decided to proudly display the Class of 1958 flag together with the prison in the background.

Heading in the other direction in September were two couples of the peripatetic 10th Company Travelers, this time somewhat on their own. Norine and Dave Ault from Maine and Pat and JJ Seeberger from Virginia met in Juneau, AK, before embarking on a ten-day small ship-kayaking cruise. They explored the pristine areas of the Alaska Inside Passage and sea-kayaked next to glaciers, amongst the ice flows, whales, and sea otters, and next to salmon spanning streams. Disembarking in Seattle, the Aults continued on to Vancouver, Canada, and the Seebergers went to Oregon to visit Diane and Jake McMichael (10).

The photo, taken in Friday Harbor, shows the flag quivering in anticipation of being afloat in one of those little kayaks.

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The Dehn and Buss duos in France The final flag photo for this issue requires some explanation. Standing at the top of the steps are three of our most serious, sober-minded Classmates.

Their appearance may belie this fact, but they were carried away with the exuberance of the event, which they had just witnessed, namely, a "Punkin Chunkin'" contest. In Delaware, a group of punkinchunkers bring their punkin-chunkin weapons to a selected site, then vie for honors with the longest punkin chunk. The chunkin' machinery consists of homemade artillery weapons, mostly air-pressure cannons that will blow a punkin a mighty distance.

Other chunkers prefer various forms of catapult weapons to chunk their punkins. All this caused Dick Sorensen (5), George Jenkins (10), and Ed Kessler (15) to adorn their gourds with punkin hats (which resemble the berets being issued to the U.S. Army) and hoist the Class flag on the Kessler's Bethany Beach porch. On the steps are Pat Jenkins, Betsy Daine, Carol Sorensen, and Roxanne Kessler, trying to ignore the punkin heads behind them.

The Seebergers and the Aults in Alaska For those that missed the December "Binnacle List" on the Class Web site, we repeat the news of how Harry Hurst (7), Class Treasurer and former "swivel-hipped halfback," suffered a heart attack on the night of Tuesday, 22 November He moved swiftly (he was home alone at the time) and called 911 (yes, he also chewed some aspirin). He was whisked to the local hospital where the cardiologist determined that he needed a full cardiac treatment facility. He was then moved to Inova Fairfax Hospital where an angioplasty was performed and a stent inserted into the offending artery at 2:00 a.m.

Wednesday. Harry was released after a few days in the hospital, and is now on the mend with a more subdued activity list. The timing was not to his advantage, as he missed attending the Army-Navy game, and instead of freezing in the stands with his Classmates, had to watch from the comfort of his warm home, sipping a hot drink.

Our grandpa picture (see next page) this month is one that was promised a while back. Gaze upon that first grandchild of the Class of 1958 to enter the Naval Academy, T. J. Gibbons '04, standing with his proud grandfather, Thomas "Scotty" Gibbons (19).

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Scotty Gibbons and Plebe Grandson Gibbons '58 Trivia: In a fit of lunacy or suffering from a senior moment, the answer to the number of wristwatches presented to the Class upon graduation has escaped me. When I find it again, you will be the first to know! In Febraary 1958, a major construction project commenced for the Naval Academy.

What was it? Hasta Luego! WSW

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Pres: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) Chairman Exec. Committee: CAPT Norbert H. Bednarek, USNR (Ret.) e: bednarek@annap.infi.net Exec. VP: Joe Flynn Admin. VP: Gary Geist Exec. Sec'y: Bruce Nordwall Corp. Treasurer: Dave Osbum Sec'y: CAPT John A. Butterlield, 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 www.roanoke.kl2.va.us/Dave'sWorld/usna59.htnil Time to report to the Class, and other "casual" readers, about the state of '59. A-OK in a nutshell, but in this state of Florida, we are still in the throes of ballot chaos as I write this. But we shall not let the supporters of the "Great Camak"—those who divine voters' intent—to whine their way into the White House. We cheered when Navy won last weekend, and let us be confident we can cheer once again when the former CNO's Quarters on the Naval Observatory grounds are rightfully occupied and there is new shrabbery at the White House.. .a Bush here and there. Go Team\ What a team pulled together to support Sarah Dachos as she ran the Marine Corps Marathon! So many Classmates and others sponsored Sarah as she ran for her late (and great) dad, John Dachos, raising money for the Kidney Cancer Association. As Sarah wrote to me, "Our fundraiser was incredibly successful: the Kidney Cancer Association received $5,960 in dad's name." Well ran, and well done!

Phil Powers started this series of emails, news, and reports: Bob Kihune, congratulations on being selected to the "permanent" position as Trustee for the Kamehameha Schools (formally Bishop Estate) Trust! I knew they would do the right thing. You have done all of us proud! I hope that we can get

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together our Hawaii '59 group for lunch again before the end of the year (Sec'y note: they did, on Tuesday, 5 December). Warmest Aloha.

1 sent my congratulations and Bob sent this to me and the Aloha gang: Thank you for the kind messages. As I may have told some of you, 1 did not actively seek the position but had told both the alumni and other friends that if I was nominated by them to the Committee, I would consider. Since there were many letters of recommendation, the Selection Committee asked me to put in an application—which I did. The rest is history. The trust estate is undergoing a transition. As all of you know, change is not something any staff takes lightly. This will be our greatest challenge—probably as great as the ouster of the former trustees. The change is not only organizational, but a "cultural" one. 1 don't mean Hawaiian culture; rather it is one of how business is done and what is considered acceptable standards for a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. I probably will have less hair (but don't know how that can happen) and get even shorter by the end of my term. Again, mahalo to all for your support! I agree, let's have lunch again soon!

The Magnificent Nine in the islands consists of Phil, Bob, Dick Griffith, Gary Susag, Jim Kelly, John Pechauer, Bob Walls, Stan Cobb, and Paul Guay. Jim Kelly was the only one not expected to make the 5 December lunch.

Stan Cobb (StanCobb@aol.com) has some new numbers: 3079 Manu Hope Place, Wailea, HI (on the island of Maui) 96753-7712; phone and fax unchanged. When I told Stan I would love to get back to Maui again, he volunteered to take me hiking in Haleakala and touring the island. Stan says: Retirement is tough. Everyday we must decide whether to golf, play tennis, hike, swim, or just goof off. Our new place is really special. Very private with lots of native landscaping, our own spa and pool, and just a four-minute walk from one of the best beaches in Wailea.

More from Hawaii, namely Phil Powers: Barry Casey (24) was in town yesterday (22 November) and we met for a few beers at the Brew Moon about three blocks from where we live. We later went to the Hale Koa for dinner Barry flies for Delta as aflightengineer. The airlines will not allow pilots to fly if they are over 60 years old.

He flew for Pan American, then transferred to Delta just before Pan Am went under. He is still flying in order to establish his retirement with Delta. We discussed work interfering with vacation time! Barry comes to Hawaii often, and one afternoon about six months ago, while walking/ jogging by Kapiolani Park, he noticed that there was a good looking (my/Phil's editorial license) lady selling paintings along the fence by the zoo.

She had a distinctive "USNA '59 Reunion Bag"— well, it was my wife, Valli, and he was surprised when he found out she was married to Phil Powers. Barry and I had dated the same girl at the Academy for awhile, Marcy Brown. Aloha!

Bob later sent a separate note to me, saying 'twas great to hear from me, and giving me a few more

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bits of info. He commented further about the trast transition and said, "Being an alum of the school, it is a labor of love." They certainly have a good man in Bob Kihune, to put it mildly! Hope Kihune had been battiing a few health problems, but Bob is tiirilled that for three years (and regular observation) she is clear and "in fact healthier than me. I don't know what happened in her cancer treatment, but she looks like she is getting younger." Good news, Hope and Bob! All the best!

Dave Sullivan was able to attend the interment for Sheila Branch at the Naval Academy on 3 November 2000. Dave wrote: The service was done masterfully by Father Petruska, one of the USNA Chaplains. It was a beautiful day. Readings and remembrances were given by family and friends, with our Dan B. Branch (dbranchjr@aol.com) closing out the ceremony. There was a reception afterwards at the Branch's good friends' house, Joyce and Jack Kersh of Annapolis. Other '59ers observed attending included Bob Beaton, Frank Donovan, Dan IVuax, Patty Ford, Vince Obsitnik, Bill Garrett, Joe Flynn, Jack Brons, and Joe King.

Dan extended his deepest thanks to the Class for their support. He is right back at leading the Naval Academy Alumni and Navy League in Colorado, and wants '59ers to know that he is orchestrating the "Ski Colorado" event this yean You must act fast if you are interested in joining the group for all or part of the 7 March 2001 (+1 week) in the Lake Dillon area of Colorado, which is accessible to a number of fantastic skiing areas. Dan has reserved a huge three bedroom unit in the Spinnaker, which is very flexible and able to accommodate all sorts of sleeping arrangements. Dan will get good discount lift tickets through Special Services, good for at least Vail and Breckenridge. Email ASAP or call (see Chapter section of Shipmate). Another suggestion for you skiers, contact Charlie Dobbs (cpdobbs@worldnet.att.net). Betsy and Charlie Dobbs plan to be in the high country during that March time frame. They have a place in Breckenridge on Four O'clock Road, and looks like a condo club house could be available for some gathering or another.

Bob Larson (rllarson@clear.lakes.com) checked in with Sully and me: Please change my address to Robert L. Larson, 1703 Western Ave., Faribault, MN 55021; 507-332-2125.

And once again the Trossbachs check in 'cuz they have major changes to report: Dear MOONESHINERS, we sold both houses (Annapolis and Arlington) and moved aboard MooNESHiNE for the trip south in the ICW. Our goal before Christmas is to reach Stuart, FL, where we have purchased a home in Mariner's Cay (Sec'y note: Yeah! That brings you close to us Butterfields!) We hope to leave the boat at our dock and return to McLean, VA, for the holidays with our daughters, Linda and Susan. Mail for the next year or so goes to a mail forwarding service; Kathy and Ron Trossbach, 411 Walnut St., # 1483, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043-3443. Cell phone, which may not always work, 703-403-8408. Fivemonth-old Sam is now 45 pounds of labrador puppy. We have many "sea stories" to tell about this bundle of happiness. Hope you are well and happy as we are, Kathy, Ron, and Sam. Can't wait to see you all. Hope cruising down the ICW goes well, and good weather is your fortune!

Companymate Bob Larkin (rlarkin@ netspace.net.au), emailing from way far away Australia, keeps close track of his old roommate, Bernie Geiger (bgig@mcn.org). Bob let Sully, me, and other members of 2nd Company know that Bernie has been battling cancer for a number of years. It 99

recently flared up again, and Judy Geiger let it be known this was "the most serious round" and Bemie will need all the support we can give him. Keep Bemie in your prayers!

A great lady at the Alumni House is Timothy Woodbury. In her research at work, lo and behold she discovered that a '59er, one "we left behind" (late Plebe Year) had died back in July 1998.

Alphege J. "Bo" Martin, a native of Maine, was described in the "Community" section of the Portland Press Herald as a kind man who saw the good in others. Bo was a big man who played football at the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Maine, but he had a gentle presence. He was devoted to his family, and to his community. He served in the Army and the Army Reserve; was a teacher, coach, and a self-employed professional in the insurance business for 38 years. He was an honored Rotarian and active in his church, plus an avid golfer The family plans a Bo Martin scholarship fund for scholar-athletes who perform service to their communities. The Class of '59 regrets failing to honor Bo earlier!

Quickies William O. Harris HI has written another book.

Classmate Bob Nash wrote the forward. Bill has been in touch with Rusty Denman and Bob, and says hi to the Class. Tom Lukish sent a great email re "Vote Republican in November" which was entitied "The Ant and the Grasshopper" Jim Holds has been a terror with his emails commenting on the Florida count, recount, do it again, who cares about absentee ballots, chads, and other assorted efforts at political skullduggery. Ask Jim at CaptainJH@aol.com for his letter to the vice president. Rich Roddey circulated a great article about defense readiness and what should be a growing concern for the public in reference to military preparedness. Those of us who have kin in the active forces can particularly comment on the lack of funds for training and equipment. One-time roomie Milan Moncilovich stopped by to see Priscilla and me in November, and we had a great time with him.

Waverly and Jack Shirreffs, Pris and I spent some time with Milan, first at the Shirreffs lovely home, and then at a super seafood restaurant. Next morning I gave Milan a tour of the Palm Beach area before breakfast at our favorite place by the beach.

Milan looks good and was in great spirits after visiting family in Florida before heading back to home in the Minneapolis area. But he may be thinking of heading out West again. Hope he will keep us posted!

Someone else checks in: I am Wally Logan (wallismi@interisland.net) and you may remember me from various activities over the years. I retired as a naval aviator in 1984 and subsequently worked for Rockwell International for about 12 years. I re-retired in 1995 to move to Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands.

My wife, Alice, and I are avid sailors/cruisers and we currently have a 43-foot sailboat which we have cruised extensively in the northwest. I also still race regularly, but not on my own boat. I am in contact with four other USNA Alumni who also live full time on the island and we certainly enjoy sharing our various naval memories and following USNA sports activities. Snail mail is P.O. Box 283, Orcas, WA 98280; 360-376-3253.

Norm Bednarek (bednarek@annap.infi.net): We still have Parker's miniature class ring for sale to any Classmate for the $250 we paid. Call me at 410-263-3804 or email ASAP If I have had no response, I will have given it to the Alumni Association Ring Bank.

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Walt Wynn reports: Re prostate cure, the external beam radiation was completed (approximately 1 Oct.), and radioactive seed implant on 9 November. Procedure went OK according to doctors, but they don't "feel my pain." But not too bad so far. Catheter is out and I am working on restoring flow through plumbing by drinking lots of liquids. I am told tenderness "down under" will go away after a while (needle punctures for seeds implant). Meanwhile, we are trying to focus on our new grandson. I plan to play Santa for him, although my weight needs to go up, pillows may have to do.

Things are looking up.

Thanks, Walt, and here's hoping you continue to make a great recovery from prostate problems!

Many thanks to a couple of '58 guys (Norm Pigeon of Clinton, SC, and Warren Walters of Springfield, VA,) who forwarded a section of the Greenville News, with a headline "Symphony Tour of Homes." Our Karen and Pete Van Nort were the featured photo, with a caption "Design makes Van Nort home something special to see." On page six their home was described thus: "Couple's Green Valley home has the feel of a garden without walls."

Article went on to say: "Inside Karen and Peter Van Nort's home you could easily imagine you're in an eclectic art gallery as their diverse collection of paintings, sculpture, pottery, and other one-of-akind pieces might attest." As the third family to occupy the lovely home, it looks to me like Karen and Pete have added a warmth and charm that can best be described as unbeatable!

I could only be at USNA Homecoming this fall for a few hours. I had long been committed to a VS Squadron/CAG 60 Reunion in Newport, RI, but I volunteered to be the "honcho" for the annual Running of the Goats on Homecoming Saturday morning. I guess it was only fitting to take the job, because I was the one who founded the event in the fall of 1978 (when I was stationed at USNA and was chairman of the Homecoming Weekend) and I did not want to see any lapse in holding the ran.

Many, many thanks to dear friend and Classmate Dave Sullivan (also a fellow running enthusiast) for helping me with the event. His computer prowess and creative talents combined so that he made up fantastic certificates for all participants and a great poster which can be used each yean We had over 120 ranners, joggers, and walkers plus a scad of volunteers, helpers, and officials. The weather was superb, refreshments some of "Mother B's" (Bancroft that is) finest, and the spirit was ttemendous! Classes from 1943 through 2004 were represented. Roger Staubach '65 was invited to ran (he is a fitness enthusiast amongst other titles and accomplishments), but he had committed to a reunion basketball game early morning. However, a number from the Class of '65, celebrating their 35th, were at the run. I had collected a number of awEuds and prizes so we could not only reward the fastest folks, but also oldest Class, farthest away, spirit award(s), and one for the guy who showed up the earliest that morning. Many thanks to Chip Seymour '65 (Alumni House staff) and CAPT Bob Wells, USN, (Division Director of Professional Development and Chairman of Homecoming Weekend) for joining us that morning, and for your help and support! 'Twas a super event!

some of whom included Lois and Joe Flynn (with son, Danny, one of the kielbasa-i-+ cooks along with Norm Bednarek), Joan and Marty Finerty, Martha and Frank Donovan, Dolores and Tom Lukish, Ron Trossbach and Sam, Bob Reifsnyder, Cathy and Geoff Cant, John Sapp and daughter, the Lew Evans, Betsy and Charlie Dobbs, Brenda and Don Smith, die Terry Camilleris, Gary Geist, Frank Pipkin, Sally and George Simmons, and the Hayden Leons. I know I missed some, and others came after we left, or made post-game tailgate. If I missed you, now is the time to check in with me and give me some tidbits of info. I picked up some good "stuff' which I will share next column. You have a month! Get with it!

I will close by saying that it was fun to visit with the Toby Fields' and the Boots Ceres in Newport. Bob Ceres gave me a great tour of St. Georges School and the beaches east of the school while on our run on a cool, crisp fall morning with the foliage looking so good to this foliage-starved Floridian.

I close by saying Rise 'n Shine, plus, may bushes brighten the Washington scene!

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Sully had done liaison with me before I flew to Newport on Thursday night. Then he was busy Friday picking things up and promoting the event at registration. After the ran Saturday, we both got to go to the '59er Tailgate for a short time (then Sully took me to the airport to head back to Newport). We had fun talking with many Classmates,

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Pres: VADM Edward W. Clexton Jr., USN (Ret.) 1000 Bobolink Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 h: 757-491-2141 e: clexboeck@aol.com Sec'y: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge PI.. Midlothian, VA 23112-4337 h: 804-744-8808 e: bilewis@home.com Web site: http://navysfo.org/supersixty.html I received the following card a d d r e s s e d to the Class: Dear Shipmates of David A. "Rusty" Chain.

1st Company. Thank you so very, very much for inviting us to attend the beautiful memorial service on 1 October. Our two daughters and I were honored to attend as you remembered our husband and father as well as others who have also gone on ahead. We were treated with such respect and honor—we will always remember your care for us. The hymns, prayers, readings and being surrounded by such a warm and caring group of people helped us to move to a higher place in our search for peace.

Rusty loved his days spent at the United States Naval Academy. For 38 years he took us, his family, and many friends back with him to visit. As some may recall, he attended the 38th Homecoming and had a wonderful time. The very next day he attended his final homecoming—this time in heaven. The Naval Academy made him who he was—and we will always be a Navy family.

In gratitude. Mrs. David A. (Kathy) Chain, Deborah Chain Fulghum. and Diana Chain Walton.

Vance and Charlynne Fry, and Carl and Ginger Ripa in Athens I also recently received the following letter from Vance Fry: To the Class of '60, USNA; I was shocked to leam of Carl Ripa's untimely death. Carl died of a heart attack the day before he was to travel to USNA for our 40th. I had spoken to him just a few hours before, regarding plans for Annapolis.

Charlynne and I had been close friends with Carl and Ginger since graduation. We were married on the same day, 18 June 1960. Then Carl headed for CEC School at RPl. We were later stationed together and neighbors at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA. Carl went on to spend time in the Antarctic before two tours in Vietnam. After leaving the Navy, he pursued a successful career with Bell Telephone in New York.

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Over the years we have visited the Ripas in New Jersey and they made multiple visits to Tennessee. Carl and Ginger were our special guests at my retirement at the Navy Memorial in September 1995. Three years ago we toured Maine and Canada together. Later they came to Tennessee when our daughter, Melodye, was married.

Carl was a giving person. He loved his wife, children, and grandchildren. As was typical of Carl, he headed up the homeowners association, and for the last 12 months was the unpaid manager of his church. When anyone needed help, Carl was the first to volunteer. He assisted many anonymously.

We planned a special trip for our wives to celebrate our 40th anniversary. We enjoyed a threeweek cruise on CROWN ODYSSEY from Barcelona to Istanbul in August and early September. We had a fabulous time and Carl felt great! Little could we know that in less than 30 days Carl would leave us. He was working in his flower garden, which he loved to do, when his heart failed.

Charlynne and I left the Reunion early and drove to North Haledon, NJ, for the funeral. Duane Beck, Larry Sarno and wives were also in attendance at the Meadowbrook Church where the Ripas' son, John, daughter, Jennifer, and families attended. The service was beautiful, and we three USNA Classmates each made remarks remembering the past.

This has been a very difficult time for Ginger.

Should any Classmates wish to send her a note, her address is 45 Hunter Road S., North Haledon, NJ 07508; 973-427-0340. Warm regards to all.

P.S. We live in Chattanooga, TN. We would love to see Classmates who venture near the Choo Choo City. Call us at 423-344-8103.

With the above comments in mind, Al Holden has volunteered to become our first decedent affairs officer He has outlined a guide for use in preparing for a situation we all must face one day.

As the Class decedent affairs officer, I thought it might be useful to plow ahead with getting some information out to the Class, including on the Class Web site; http;//navysfo.org/supersixty.html. That is, with none of us in '60 getting any younger, I thought a few words in Shipmate and on the Web site or a special letter or email to the Class about my goal in the position might be of interest. I will assume that you can make that decision with the other new officers. Bottom line, I am determined that members of our Class will have a respectful write-up (and photo) in Shipmate's "Last Call" section, as a complement to whatever brief information about a deceased colleague typically goes into the Class column. Frankly, living members owe it to our deceased Classmates, and the Class owes it to those who will be doing scholarly work about the modern Navy and USNA graduates.

In this regard, I propose that every Classmate prepare a brief biography that encompasses the following 11 points. The format can be in outline or narrative form.

1. Name and present address (Include Utle, e.g., CAPT, USN (Ret.), if appropriate) 2. Date and place of birth (Perhaps include unusual circumstances, e.g., bom overseas as Navy junior) 3. Childhood experiences and highlights (E.g., grew up in another/many part(s) of U.S./ overseas) (E.g., significant achievements in high school sports,academics,scouting, etc.)

4. Immediate pre-entrance into USNA (E.g., attended college at for year(s)) (E.g., enlisted service abroad/in , with dates) (E.g., NAPs or other means of appointment, if applicable) 5. Life at USNA (with your Company)

(E.g., varsity sports; striper; other significant activities) 6. Military service and/or military career 6a. Service chosen, rank(s), special qualification(s), dates 6b. Notable assignments (keep abbreviations to a minimum) 6c. Retirement, rank (date and honors) or resignation (date) 7. Graduate degree(s) and professional school(s) 7a. University and degree (date(s)) 7b. Special professional qualifications, date(s) 8. Post-retirement and post-resignation Career Highlights 8a. Titles, positions (date(s)) with institutions/ locations 8b. Key, notable achievements 8c. "Final" retirement date (if applicable) 9. Highlights of your non-professional life 9a. Wife(s) (as appropriate); met where, married when, etc.

9b. Children, grandchildren (highlights) 9c. Hobbies and other interests pursued (degree of intensity) 9d. Relationship to Class of '60, USNA Alumni Association (E.g., graduate or non-graduate) 10. Inspiration or turning points in your life 10a. Humorous (e.g., as a 3-month-old in South Orange, NJ, I was an evacuee of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast by Orson Welles—1 truly was!)

10b. Serious (we all have had a few of these) 11. Contact points 1 la. Telephone number, fax number, email 1 lb. Contact person(s) who knows you, with address and telephone numbers (spouse, other relatives, USNA friends) Rest assured about three points; I am a marketing professional and so I can't do an obituary without facts; I will edit the contribution (Shipmate limits obituaries to two double-spaced pages) to highlight the interests and historical nature of a life and career; and I will contact Classmates, relatives, friends listed to get a personal touch. For those who contributed to the very fascinating 30year book project and have subsequently developed fear of writing, an informal update with some additional points could probably be sufficient. For all others, I don't need anything fancy, but please note that each Classmate is the best source of his own personal information, even if he has been married to—living with—the same person for 40 years. Nonetheless, I welcome the opportunity, finally, to prepare an entry for "Last Call" for a late husband, father, friend from the Class of 1960 if sufficient information can be gathered.

Just this past 5 D e c e m b e r , my dad, C A P T William Lewis ' 3 6 , USN (Ret.), passed away.

Putting together his "Last Call" has been my task and having the above data available would have helped immeasurably.

An e m a i l from R o n R e e s e ( r a r e e s e @ maranatha.net) came in recently: We have been out of town in sunny Florida for the past week and yesterday was our first day back with a lot of items to catch up on.

Thanks for being a relay person between Lamont Phemister and me. 1 did not see you at the Reunion, but we were there only for the banquet. 1 had waited too long to find a place to stay in Annapolis, and decided it was too tough to commute from northern Virginia. As it was, it took three hours to get from our home in Oakton (Fairfax County) to the banquet, and we were a half hour late. I have never seen the beltway so bad. I'm glad we made it though, because the banquet was a lovely event, and it was good to see old friends.

May God bless you and your family.

I was able to locate L a r r y Dunne a few months ago and Keith Young shared the following email with us:

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Your email was most welcome, and caused some nostalgia. Thanks.

For the record, I left the surface Navy in 1964, to avoid working for Rickover and changing my designator to EDO. Worked in various manufacturing environments until 1998. In January 1998, I "retired" (from working for someone else) in order to actively trade stocks and options. Having a ball!

Ironically, we formed an options investor study group in 1999, and one of the "charter members" is Ward Correll '58,12th Company. Small worid!

I'll look forward to catching up with you and the rest of our Company and Class. Thanks again.

I also heard from En Sue Puaa in Seattle: Nice to hear from you.. .it has been a while for our Class, since graduation. Sorry to hear about Gene Gardner. I know that our raiiks have thinned out somewhat.

Just a short note on my path; I spent seven years in the USMC, 13 years with the Boeing Co., and am now dabbling in alternative medicine and healing and UFO contacts. I hope that you and your family are well and have a full and prosperous year as we approach 2001.

From Frank Clark via email: Bill, I was pleased to get the updated info on the fabulous 5th. I also visited the Super '60 Web site and enjoyed the pictures of Companymates at the 40th. But y'all looked so old, except Don Sanders and Doug Johnston! It is hard to believe that 40 years have passed since we graced the halls of Bancroft. Much water has passed astern since then. (How about the nautical phraseology? It's not bad for a former Marine.)

My wife, Mary, and I live quietly here in central Florida. We enjoy traveling and expect to spend about six weeks in the spring in Singapore (where I worked for two years with Exxon building and starting up the first refinery in the island) and Australia. Mary is English so we get back to jolly old every couple of years. My first wife and our only son both passed away with cancer at early ages and Mary and I have no children. Our life experiences have been varied. After working for Exxon for 24 years, Mary and I volunteered with a Christian group working in eastern Kentucky. I did home repair and Mary worked in emergency assistance (meeting daily needs, such as food, clothing, etc.). I later became senior director for economic development for the organization and spent several years working to bring jobs to a very depressed economy. We are now pretty much retired and traveling as often as we can in our motor home. We would welcome Classmates coming to the area. We can't promise that we'll be here because we are gone six to eight months a year.

Keep up the great work with info on the Class and the 5th!

I heard briefly from Bob Bees, 23rd Company that all was quiet in Florida. (This was before the election.) I also then heard from Fred Bee (4) who is an attorney in Kentucky. I had had a request several years ago from someone trying to locate him and only just was able to find him. He and his wife, Theo, own a farm in the Bluegrass Country.

iSABRD is Coming.

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'60; Treacy, Donahue, Duffy, Taylor, Schumann, Osman, and Hargove Pete Dolan (a.k.a. "Waldo" of the Terrible Tenth) showed up in my inbox looking for access to our Class database. Please let me know if you have problems with it and we can get it ironed out. Anyway, Pete, who seems to show up just about everywhere, indicates that computers are not what he is known for and we're safe from that venue for the time being.

Lowell Webb was in line with me at the Reunion Sunday branch and when he returned home reached me on the Intemet: The address is correct. It was a great weekend and even the weather cooperated. It was great seeing so many Classmates. So often the faces were familiar but I was humbled to have to read the name tags, but that is why we wear them.

After reading the nametag, the face looked even more familiar.

I received a note from Shipmate that they really like electronic photos. We have a bunch from the 40th, thanks to Ted Parsons, Rod Friedman and others. Please feel free to attach them to emails if you are sending information to me that way. I still need to know who is in the pictures. I have a hard enough time going back over those I took, trying to figure out who is who. Any assistance you can provide with the photos is highly appreciated. Incidentally, the regular photos are still great.

An example of the above is the photo of Rob Kunkle, and Catherine and Ed Clexton taken in Hong Kong. Ed recently returned from a five-city tour of China and had a great time.

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Ron Kunkle and Catherine and Ed Clexton in Hong Kong A q u i c k n o t e c a m e d o w n the line from Jim Eilertsen: Please note our new email addressjteilertsen@ home.com and we will be canceling our AOL account in the near future.

For your information we are still traveling quite a bit and therefore sometimes we don't get to check our email for several days and in some cases for a few weeks. So, we would appreciate not receiving a lot of just general info and jokes as when we return our mailbox can be filled to overflowing. May you all have a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving; we are off to Charlotte, NC, to be with part of our family. God bless.

Recently had a request to look up Bill Evans.

Bill has had a rather eventful last few months and roomie Mike Shanok expressed interest in locating Bill for the purposes of helping get things back on track. In any event, being a shipmate and Classmate is what it is all about.

I heard from Jim Beam down Texas way: Thanks for calling. I'm on email at work, but not yet at home. Something I'll have to do soon.

Texas is what all the local Baptists use to describe where we'll go if we aren't saved. Hope to retire completely in a couple years and move to Highlands, NC. Study hall in progress—so back to work.

M i k e M e r r i l l sent m e a c o p y of the 20th Company address listing: Hey gang, hope you all had a happy Turkey Day. Here is the latest listing I have for the 20th Company Class roster, both addresses and email addresses. Let me know if there are corrections. I try to keep up with the email listings and addresses, so apologize for any errors. I have both added the listing at the end of this email and as a text attachment that can be used with any word processon i.e. Word, WordPerfect, Wordpad, or Notepad. I did not list Virginia Foley, Bill Foley's widow in the listing since I have no address for her. Also, hopefully 1 haven't left anyone off the list. Have a good holiday season.

I received an email from Ralph Hagelbarger (Golf4ralphie@aol.com): I'm now down at our "winter " home in Florida.

(October-May). My address here is 1033 Silverstrand Drive, Naples, FL; 941-514-0802.

1 guess from Ralph's email address, it's easy to figure his current avocation.

1 have C o m p a n y lists from 5th, 13th, 17th, and 20th. These not only assist the Class but individual companies can coordinate communications more effectively. I'll look forward to more lists coming through.

Also, 1 could use some help locating Henry A. Lawinski (23), Heisey E. Gardner (23), William O. Wilson (8), and James E. Sweeney (9).

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I received the following note from Tom Donahue: 1 enjoyed sharing a Class picnic table with you at Homecoming. The entire weekend was such a wonderful time of sharing! That last meeting in the Chapel was one of the most memorable of my life.

Speaking of sharing, the enclosed photo (on previous page) of Classmates (plus one "den mother" out of '53) was recently taken in Northem Ireland. Left to right are; Mike Treacy, Tom Donahue, Jim Duffy, Willy Taylor, Cliff Schumann, Bob Osman and Bill Hargove '53.

F i n a l l y , I r e c e i v e d t h e f o l l o w i n g from Bob Traister: Attached is a picture taken by Eric Anderson '71 at our local gathering for the big game at Ft. Lewis. Pictured as part of the Navy contingent were Dean Angel, Bob Traister and Tom Teal.

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Mike Madden. Chariie Lyman, and Ken Waldorf George Worthington (1): Here's a 17 October photo American Cemetery in Normandy Omaha landing site. A very moving experience to see 9,300 fighting men.

of me at the Beach, near the spiritual and graves of U.S.

Dick "Kiwi" Kievit (11): Below is a photo of a mini Club 11 reunion in Las Vegas in October Tom Mitchell (5) who lives near Vegas joined Raese "Suitcase" Simpson, Jim "Cavs" Cavanaugh and Hank "Teddy Bear" Hahn and me for dinner at the new Venetian Hotel.

Gary Carlson (9): We on the left coast always see these golf pictures from your area, so 1 thought I'd send a small tidbit to show you we're alive and well on the West Coast links. This past fall Joe Maiden (10) and I hosted Bob Kline (10) and Steve Mayian (9) at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo for what we called the inaugural "Squids vs. Jarheads" match. It was quite a duel and by the 17th hole, Bob and 1 had heard enough whining, so we let them win the 18th (and the match). Hope to expand the format next year, so maybe we can entice some "fish" from the East to join in the fun.

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Gary Carlson, Bob Klein, Steve Mayian, and Joe Maiden settling bets

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Cyberspace Nooze Allen Goins (16): Bonnie, my bride since 7 June 1961, and I thoroughly enjoyed the 20 years that we had in the Navy. Not giving myself the credit, we surely did make some good decisions during my career. First of all, USNA was a given. Truly, our '61 Class is the best fraternity that anyone could experience in the college circles. I subsequently attended Georgia Tech and received a B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering. Bonnie and I have a full life. My son.

Rocky Goins '84, is in the Baltimore area as a project development manager for major retail cen-

Pres: RADM Jerry Smith, USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y: CAPT Roger Onorati, USN (Ret.) 1756 Point-No-Point Drive, Annapolis, M D 21401 h: 410-849-3812; w: 301-261-8862 f: 301-261-8669; e: rtrogero@starpowennet Web site: www.USNA61.org Happy New Year boys and girls. Hope your holidays were great and your plans for returning to Crabtown for our big 40th Reunion in September are firm. It should be another great year for the WGNAC! Because of mucho input this month, I'll cut the editorial comments short and get right to the nooze.

Mail Call Ken Waldorf (13): In September, Kelo and I had a weekend visit with old 13th Companymates Charlie Lyman and Mike Madden. Sue and Charlie have relocated to Sedona, AZ, and are working on plans for their retirement home. Mike's job focus has shifted to Napa, CA. He is still doing the commute from Bremerton, WA, while he and Diane decide where their future will take them. We did the usual winery tours, reminisced and practiced for the 40th. The photo was taken in Armstrong Woods.

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ters/malls. My daughter works with me as a vice president. Bonnie is my CEO in life and the same beautiful person she was when 1 married her.

Twenty years in the Navy were great. I never experienced such a highly ethical society from the senior to the most junior officers. We settled in Tampa, FL, where I started three companies. We developed and built shopping centers, apartments and offices throughout Florida. It has been hard, but satisfying work. Bonnie, my church, friends, and golf have been directly responsible for the maintenance of my sanity. We have an active '61 society here in Tampa today thanks to such individual efforts of Dick Petrucci (17).

Al Walker (1) provides a second installment of "The First Company Chronicles": John Barineau (john@radneymanagement .com); Served three years in Army Corps of Engineers. After Army, got M.B.A. from Wharton.

Worked five years in New York as management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Moved to Houston in 1972 for a new job with Browning Ferris Industries, the waste management company.

After 12 years at BFI, went into family partnership venture developing and managing low-income apartment developments. Been doing that ever since. Been married to the same wife, Pam, for 39 years. Have two sons. Newt and Mark, and four grandchildren, all living in Houston. Planning to attend 40th Reunion in September 2001.1 can be reached through one of the following; c/o Radney Management & Investments, Inc., 800 Bering Drive, Suite 410, Houston, TX 77057; 713-978-7768.

Neil Block; After 20-plus years in Houston, Gina and I sold the homestead and moved to rural Georgia. We are about 100 miles south of the Atlanta airport on the Georgia-Alabama border on a placid lake in the woods. Moving was a hassle, of course, but worth it; as I write this I am looking out on the sun coming up on the mirror glass surface of the lake. Despite arriving here to septic tank problems, which took me two days of swimming to cure (it reminds me of the fact that the highest paid civil servant in Egypt is the sewer swimmer), we are comfortably enough ensconced to consider taking the boat out today—after we do a stem-to-stem rubadubdub. My new address and phone number; 54 Cottage Drive, Hamilton, GA31811;706-327-3843.

Marco Bruno; My son Chris's marriage in June was our big event of '00. Now all three sons are married, and we have three grandsons. I have been a regular at the '61 monthly luncheons, and get to see some new faces each month, including Herky Hardison.

Frank Butsko; It's hard to believe that more than 39 years have passed since we graduated. I attended the '61 luncheon in old town San Diego in April '00. I departed Saudi Arabia in August '99 and retired in November '99 from Hughes/ Raytheon after 18 years. I planned well for retirement financially, but not so well as far as activities are concerned. In refirement, I spent six months doing home projects. This gave me a lot

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of satisfaction, but it also got old. I notice a lot of old timers congregating at the pier or at restaurants or parks seemingly having a good time. I guess they tell lies and exaggerate their life experiences. 1 don't see myself as an old timer. If my knees and heart were a little stronger, I would be playing basketball with the 20-30 year olds at the beach. 1 always intended to get involved in voluntary work, but somehow it didn't appeal to me, and I felt that 1 needed to continue working. So I returned to Saudi in October '00 on a consulting basis with Hughes Arabia Limited, a joint venture between Raytheon and a Saudi company. Perhaps this job may rid my system of working.

Traveling is a lot of fun and I have done a lot of it.

You get to see a lot of places and do a lot of things, but it can be a real hassle as well. My wife. Sue, and I returned to Annapolis for the 1960 Orange Bowl football team reunion in September '00.

Joe Kavanagh; From 1961-1965 I served O'HARE and LAFFEY. I was

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gunnery/weapons and OiC of the first operational DASH unit. Some of my defining memories of these times were; as DASH controller, having 2 1/2 crashes close aboard (the half was on the flight deck); and, as JOOD (I did not have the conn), crossing in front of RANDOLPH (the CVS) within the shadow of her bow one dark mid-watch.

I worked in private industry and for the Navy Department 1965-69, then started an engineering services company that went bankrupt within a year. Started a second engineering services company that did much better. Started a third engineering services company 12 years ago that's still going strong. My work has been ship signature RDT&E, predominantly in the field of ship/submarine acoustics. Sandra and I recently celebrated our 37th anniversary and live in Maryland and North Carolina. Our three children graduated high school from the BuUis School in Maryland, where I benefited from Naval Academy Foundation sponsorship before entering USNA. Joseph is in the M&A business at First Union Bank in Charlotte, NC. Edward is in the information technology business at Intranet in Raleigh, NC. Elizabeth teaches the fourth-grade class at a local parochial school.

Sandra is a CPA. We have three lovely grandchildren (two girls and a boy), and are expecting a fourth next year Tim Kelly; I'm still working. More than 30 years here and a number of reorganizations—two last year as a matter of fact.

Dave Middleton (ddmphm@bazillion.com); Phyllis and I have been retired-retired since our Class was mustered out of the Navy at the 30year point. Reluming from Brussels to a house we had purchased in my hometown of Silverdale, WA, and near the Trident Submarine Base 1 had commanded, we immediately began our "snowbird" lifestyle. To fulfill a dream I had even before entering USNA; we purchased a used motor home and headed for Mazatlan, Mexico, for the winter. We haven't been disappointed, as we have continued ever since. We have a neat life here in the Northwest which is full of mountains for hiking and water for boating, weather we love even if it does rain sometimes. I can count about 25 retired submariner 0-6s in our county. Five others are from WGNAC; Bob Hoag (6), Walt Draper (15), Fred Triggs (19), Mike Madden (13) and Duane Duff (5). Walt is President of the Alumni Chapter and Fred and Bob are trustees— a good '61 representation! We try to visit Marcia and Mike Barr (15) in Santa Fe every year or so on our way south. Phyllis and I are really trying to make the 40th Reunion next year. We'd love to see anyone traveling in the Northwest.

Bill Moore; 1 haven't been active in Alumni stuff except for a June Week West a few years ago in Seattle during SeaFair Days. 1 got tired of not having the right answers to "what community were you in?" etc. and having to explain my non-grad status. Although having been at the Academy is one of the things of which I am most proud in my

life, having resigned halfway through my third year is probably one of the stupidest! But life has been good, so one just tucks those thoughts away in a private little box called "My Stupidest Mistakes" and goes forward, trying not to fill up the box any more than it is already. Portland is a bit off the "beaten path." My home number is 503645-4583. I'm still working as one of two owners of our dry kiln manufacturing company, and still traveling quite a bit. We have installation now in 19 countries, so I make several international trips every year. I'm not very good at golf, but once in a while have a moment of brilliance, which keeps me going back.

Ted Moss; A quick note to get myself in your address book. John Barineau and I were together at Wharton in '65, then both were with McKinsey & Co. for a while, living in the same apartment building in NYC. Then I went off to the United Kingdom and he went to Houston and to Saudi Arabia, and we lost contact. A few months ago, a mutual Wharton/McKinsey friend, who now owns an elegant country inn in Devon (U.K.), emailed me that he and John were having lunch together and wondered how 1 was doing.

Tex Painter (melpainter@worldnet.att.net); I have been an on-again off-again contributor to Shipmate articles, primarily when I move from job to job, project to project or country to country. I am somewhat restless and don't seem to feel the need to settle down like lots of our Classmates and it is probably because I am single. However, there are some periods within some rather difficult projects that I dream of living on a boat moored off some obscure Mexican Island or wandering the open road in a nice self-contained motor home. I married Sandra Wren on graduation day and we have four great kids. Sandra and I divorced in '73, remarried in '79 and re-divorced in '80. I kept custody of two of the kids and managed to raise them, one by proxy via boarding schools. After leaving the Navy in 1971,1 went to work for EDS in Dallas and graduated from Perot's Systems Development school and work for a time as a maintenance programmer, but I truly was not so hot. I gradually moved into the project management side of the business and spent time with Shell Oil USA and Bariod in telecommunications projects. My Academy and postgraduate school degrees served me well, but it was the "Academy graduate" title that has most assisted in my rise in positions. I moved to The Hague in 1974 for Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company) Overseas Company and then to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 1975 for the Arabian American Oil Company main offices. I was in the fast track Project/Construction Management group that controlled the design and construction of billions of capital infrastructure. I was lucky enough to get into the company at the onset of a massive build program and was able to rise rapidly. I also had special assignments in various Middle Eastern countries. I left Aramco with a golden handshake surplus action in 1986 and went to work for GSA in Ft. Worth. 1 left them to return to Saudi Arabia with GE Aerospace as a construction site manager and spent the entire Gulf War there. I returned to Houston in 1991 and spent four years, then returned to Saudi Arabia as construcfion manager for Lockheed Martin in 1995. In January 1996,1 rolled to construction manager for the Lucent Technology International project in Arabia. In May 1999, I left to once again work in the Houston area, but Bechtel kept bugging me to accept their offer to take on the construction management of the entire San Francisco Bay Area and in February 2000, I weakened and accepted a very generous offer with a very generous living per diem and full automobile costs. I have always used Shipmate as my lifeline to the Class. When I am in Houston, I attend every Gulf Coast Chapter of the Alumni Association meeting, plus Navy-Rice basketball and football games. I see Curt Gibby (20) and "Mother" Neil Block (1) regulariy when in Shipmate, January-February 2001

Houston. I have not been able to attend any of the cruises due to project schedules. My main contact is attending our reunions. So here resides the WGNAC6rs World Class Construction Hobo, Camel Jockey and just plain, all around, good old boy—in Hayward, CA, but not for long because diere is a extremely large Bechtel Telecom project getting ready to start up in India and I want it.

Such is my life and 1 like it. and the kids know better than to question daddy's wandering lifestyle.

Allen Walker; May 2000 was First Company mini-reunion month at our house. Pat and George Simmons and Laura and Marc Bruno were our guests for one weekend, and a couple of weeks later Lew Bryan visited for Preakness weekend.

My wife. Ann, continues full time as a physician recruiter for Prince William Hospital System in Manassas. I work at home for my eldest son's business, selling IT stuff to government agencies.

We'll both retire next year. Although we're both pumped up about our work, we're also quite eager to hang it up and move on to full-time playing. Most of our spare time recently has been consumed dealing with family real estate matters in Virginia and North Carolina. We're trying to simplify our lives in preparation for retirement.

My son. Al (my boss), lives in Cooperstown, NY, and my younger son, Jason, is in Annapolis. Both are married, but no grandchildren yet.

Don Ward; I left USNA after Youngster Year. I bilged Bull and turned down a re-exam with plans to go to Colorado University on a wrestling scholarship. Navy assistant wrestling coach, Maynard Skinner, had accepted a job as CU head wrestling coach and encouraged me to go with him. In August, I received word that I could not transfer most of the USNA courses and would essentially have to start as a freshman. 1 next qualified for Naval Cadet Pilot Training, but missed the last class while the Navy was checking the reason for my discharge from USNA. 1 was transferred to the navigator program, but turned that down as I had married a high school classmate. Donna, in March '60 (still married). We were not allowed to be married in the cadet program. I enlisted in the Air Force April '60 and later got a commission through the OCS program and completed a BSEE degree through the Air Force Institute of Technology in June '71. Completed an M.B.A. degree in June '75. Seems like I was a perpetual student. I guess that is to be expected when you are a slow learner!

I did leave my son and daughter with the impression that going to college was a natural part of life. I retired from the Air Force in February ' 80 as 0-4, and started working at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). one week later, as an electrical test engineer on CARL VINSON ( C V N - 7 0 ) . I

retired from NNS on 31 August 2000. After that I let the stock market, exercise and golf, in that orden consume most of my time. 1 had hoped to attend the USNA '61 40-Year Reunion, but due to some unbelievable scheduling, our high school has scheduled a 45-year reunion cruise to Alaska starting 6 September 2001. Donna and I were instigators of this cruise, so we will miss the USNA reunion. Hopefully, we will be able to attend the USNA 45th. I don't expect to be very recognizable now or then. If anyone is traveling through the Hampton Roads-Norfolk area of Virginia, I live in Poquoson (sort of between Hampton and York County) and would appreciate a call and visit, 757-868-0328.

George Youmans; I got out of the Navy after six years, serving mostly on the West Coast in a squadron based at North Island. After the Navy 1 went to Virginia and got an M.B.A. and then worked for a large textile company for seven years before coming back to Macon in 1976. I worked for my father-in-law before buying him out in 1983. Anyone needing a Tahoe or Suburban come see me at Youmans Chevrolet! Somewhere along the way Anne and I had three children. George Jr. works with me (he has one son, George III). First daughter is in the Atlanta area and works for Delta Shipmate, January-February 2001

(married with one baby girl), and youngest daughter is a professional student. It is really great having my son in business with me. He is pretty much running the dealership; and while I still go to work most every day, 1 do find time to slip away to the golf course, etc. We have a home on the Georgia coast and would love to see anyone who comes near Macon (right on 1-75 for all the folks headed to Florida) or the Sea Island/Saint Simons area.

Last, but not least, just in time for the deadline, Don Grinnell (16) sends his left coast report: It was another great WGNAC A-N game party for the San Diego '61ers. Our rendezvous point was again at the Green Anchon NAB Coronado.

The list of folks who helped put the WGNAC party together reads like the credits following a movie.

Advertisements and mailings were completed by Hanna and Jim Richardson (16) and Kathryn and Leo Willetts (5): decorations by Sherry and Bob Kline (10) and Vicki and Bob Sheridan (24); reservations by Joe Maiden (10); and collections and disbursements by Bill Kraus (12). Needless to say both Navy and Army kept us on the verge of heart attacks as they tried to keep the ball to themselves.

As we all know, these games can be quite nerve wracking. As a Navy running back just stopped, and we all gasped, Joe Maiden quoted Notre Dame's Johnny Lujack to wit, "Stopping on the field is conducive to drawing a large crowd." That statement not only proved to be the truth again and it softened our concerns momentarily but not completely. The consummate Classmate and Navy fan award has to be Jack Allen (13) though. Jack was supposed to fly to the East Coast on Friday, he stayed, and I quote, "Just for the first half on Saturday. As the second half started Jack was still there with the pronouncement, "I'll go tomorrow."

Jack recognized the feeling of us all. Left coast Classmates attending were; Jack Allen, Betty and Tom Bailey (16), Anita and Dave Brummersted (14), Lee and Jim Cavanaugh (11), Terri and Roger Goodall (11), and son. Tod, Don Grinnell (16), Sherry and Bob Kline (10), Patsy and Bill Kraus (12), Sue and Joe Maiden (10), Mimi Booz and "Mugs" McKeown (14), Pam and Mark Moore (9), Ann and Dick Rothwell (7), Bob Sheridan (24), Arilla and Chuck St. Laurent (21), Jeanne and Arra Swisher (4), Kathryn and Leo Willetts (5), Norm Williams (7) and daughter, Zoe, Kyle Kraus, Bill's son escorting Danielle Mayian, and Steve's daughter Seen and Heard Around Town 1 saw many out-of-town Classmates and their brides visiting or passing through Crabtown during the last few months: Neil Block (1), Bert Cassels (11), Virg Hill (13), Bob McLaughlin (11), Bill Moore (15), Suitcase Simpson (11), Jim Traa (3), and Ken Waldorf (13).

Upcoming Class Events Washington area Class luncheon on Tuesday, 14 March 2001.

40th Reunion Update Art Rowe (12) sends the following note on the 40th R e u n i o n Book project. T h e p r o p o s a l to produce a 40th Reunion Book has been canceled.

After canvassing the Class for commitment to such a project, there was only a 31 % positive response.

Such a response and level of participation would not produce a book representative of our Class.

Many thanks to those who did respond.

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Pres: CAPT Richard J. Hayes, U S N (Ret.) h: 703-461-3582; e: USNA62@erols.com Sec'y: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) P O . Box 3380, Annapolis, M D 21403-3326 h: 410-974-1962; e: PINSK62@aol.com Class Web site: www.usna62.com Greetings From Annapolis The old Dark Ages have descended on the area, but the bright side is we beat Army last month.

Preparations are underway for our 40th R e union—only 18 months away. Information will start to appear in Shipmate later this yean Now for our Class news this month.

Class News The following note and photo are from our Class President Dick Hayes: On behalf of the Class, I want to thank you and Marlene Roll and Don Gordon for your help in arranging for our Homecoming party this year at the O'Club. You folks are great and a fun time was had by all. Now if we can just win a few games!

Nina and Barney Walsh were in town but couldn't make it to the game as they had a longstanding commitment to attend a wedding in the D.C. area that weekend. They are good friends with Barbara and George Phillips so we were all able to get together for dinner that Sunday night.

I'm enclosing a picture of the three of us "doing our thing" at the ban I'd also like to bring our Classmates up to speed on our Class support for the John Paul Jones crypt at the Academy. Sometime over the summer, a vandal somehow gained access to the crypt area (it is no longer under 24-hour guard) and stole all the brass "toppings" to the flagpoles in the crypt.

He also removed some of the other brass items associated with the "guardrail" around the crypt.

When we became aware of the problem, the Class Officers voted to pay for the restoration of the missing and damaged brass in the name of our Class. We had more than enough funds available so no "fund raising" was required. I was in the Yard yesterday and visited the crypt. The brass for the flagpoles has been replaced and the other work is "in progress." The Academy chaplains are responsible for maintaining the crypt and I'm sure they will say an extra prayer for the generosity of the Class of '62. Hope everybody has a great holiday season

George Phillips. Dick Hayes and Barney Walsh on Homecoming weekend Phil Harrington gives us a brief update on his second career and a great story about our Class vice president Ray Madonna.

1 thought you and the rest of the Class might enjoy reading about what my roommate, Ray Madonna, has been up to lately—still taking care of his troops. As for me, 1 retired after 29 years in the Navy Supply Corps, used the GI bill to go to law school and am now a prototypical "K Street lawyer" at Wiley, Rein and Fielding. Have three terrific grandkids in Richmond who keep my wife.

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Reggie, and me hopping. 1 get to too few Class luncheons, play too little golf but am enjoying this second careen How bad can it be when you are still on the green side of the grass?

The Marine Corps honored Marine hero Tom Pierson 33 years after he saved the life of another Marine during an intense firefight in Vietnam. On behalf of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, his company commander during that battle pinned the Bronze Star medal on Pierson before a crowd that included his wife, Dan Critten, the Marine he saved, senators, friends and other Marines.

On 30 April 1967, Company H, 2nd Battalion, 3d Marines came under intense enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire while engaged in a search and destroy mission on Hill 881 North new Khe Sanh. Observing fellow Marine Dan Critten wounded and lying in an area dangerously exposed to enemy fire, Pierson disregarding his own safety, left a position of coven He unhesitatingly moved forward through the heavy volume of fire to aid Critten. With the help of another Marine, Dave Wall, Tom Pierson placed the wounded Critten on his back and still under intense enemy fire, carried him back up the hill through a fire swept area to a place of safety. His heroic and timely actions were an inspiration to all who observed him and were instrumental in saving Dan's life.

During the historical 1967 Hill Battles of Khe Sanh, a Classical infantry assault of a fortified enemy position and one of the few in Vietnam, the 3d Marine Regiment dislodged major elements of the 325C Division of the North Vietnamese Army. During the Summer of 1998, with the help of John Block, the producer of an NBC Dateline Special on the hill battles aired the previous March, Dan Critten located Tom Pierson in Pinckney, MI, and renewed their friendship. Upon learning that Tom had never been decorated for his heroic, life saving act, Dan contacted his friend U.S. Senator Conrad Bums of Montana. A series of events led retired Lieutenant Colonel Ray Madonna to resubmit the award for Pierson's actions.

The three 2d Battalion, 3d Marines veterans of the Battle of Hill 881 North were reunited at Brodhead Armory, the Marine Corps Reserve Center in Detroit, MI, to celebrate the award on 30 September 2000. In addition to friends and family. Sen, Burns, Sen, Spence Abraham and Sen, Fred Thompson joined the Marines.

Paul Pendorf and Joe Procopio at the Pendorf dock in Wisconsin. Joe flew in from Denver to play in a golf toumament and we heard he drives a wild golf cart. Paul and his wife, Sandy live in the Los Angeles area and is still working for Cyter Industries.

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Last summer, a beautiful person, Jean Duffy, widow of our Classmate Pete Duffy, visited the Academy and dedicated a chair in Alumni Hall in honor of her late husband. I met and talked with her and shared some great memories. Jean appreciates her '62 friends and wants to stay in touch with us.

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That's our Class news for this January-Febraary 2001 issue of Shipmate. You know the drill. Please send in your letters and photos. Your Classmates need to see you and hear from you. Keep in touch— Until next time...

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Pres: Hon. Stephen M. Duncan Sec'y: Michael H. Shelley 25 Sweetwater Lane, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 h: 828-862-4245; e: Class.Secretary@USNA63.org Web site: www.USNA63.org Navy 30, Army 28. Sweet.

Again this yean many members of the Class of 1963 came together at Navy football contests not only for the games but, more importantly, for the good times spent among Classmates, their ladies, family members, and friends. Two of the away games were seized upon as opportunities for Company reunions. Thanks to the ever-ready Roy Warren for sending this account of the 12th Company's assembly at the Air Force game in Colorado on 7 October: The occasion for our reunion was the Navy-Air Force game in Colorado Springs. Some combined the reunion with vacations throughout Colorado and trips from our base at the hotel to tours of the Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Olympic Training Center and other cultural areas of the beautiful Colorado Springs area. On hand for the reunion were Wayne Nelson, Roy Warren, Ron Wills, John Truesdell, Bill Witcraft, Fred Kaisen Gary Smith, Roger Milos, Grant Telfen Mario Fiori, Bob Bennett, Charles McCarthy, John Detweilen Randy Oriowski, and Jim Stageman and their beautiful wives or significant others. Planning to attend but unable to attend due to family illness or personal recovery time were James Czerwonky, Brad Eichorst, and Al Griggs. We missed them.

Everyone was present on Friday night when we went to dinner at Giuseppi's. Somehow Mario was able to arrange a room wherein we could all be together when little prior planning had been done because no one lived in the area and was able to make arrangements. On Saturday, Vicki and I sponsored a tailgate party utilizing our motor home as the base. Except for the game being the early game for TV purposes and not knowing game time before arrival in Colorado, all of our plans were

for the late game. They didn't even have the game time on our tickets. As it turned out, the only thing we didn't plan correctly was that we had way too much beer and soft drinks and not near enough coffee or facilities to make coffee. We were able to supply almost everyone with blankets to help keep them warm during the game which was conducted in a very cold, stiff wind coming off the high plains of Colorado and sweeping around the foothills. Although we witnessed a losing effort, we were all impressed with the effort and the execution of the Navy team on the field. During halftime I was looking around at the crowd and found that Jim DeFrancia and Dave Thomhill were sitting behind me. After the game, Dave came down to visit with us at our motor home. We sure did not let the loss affect our good rime.

Saturday evening we let Mario choose the restaurant and it was German food this time. Sunday morning many of us were able to wish each other safe voyages home at a brunch. All in all, it was a great time but much too short. It would be nice to get all of us together again and to be able to have more time to visit. Ron and John are going to try to arrange another weekend for the company at the 2001 Army-Navy game. Hope they can get more of us to that game.

Roy sent nine digitized photos from the reunion.

They appear with the Web version of this column on our 1963 Web site. Take a look!

Our second account of a Company reunion comes from Bill Earner, who filed this report about the 8th Company's big weekend in Florida: In another of a series of recent gatherings, some 15 members of the Eighth Company assembled in Orlando to attend the Notre Dame game on 14 October and enjoy a weekend of camaraderie.

The game was a real loser but the "seats were great." Under a broiling October sun we watched Navy go down to ignominious defeat (really!). A bright spot for Mary and Dave Bingemann was that their son, Jarrett, is a sophomore at Notre Dame. The weekend was orchestrated by the team of Jim "Speed" Leeper and Bill "Oats" Oatway.

Their splendid effort resulted in a wonderful weekend despite the game. Accompanied by spouses we enjoyed dinner Friday near our hotel arranged

by Janet Leepen Many then ventured to Universal Studios nightclub row for hurricanes and regaled each other with lies until the wee hours of Saturday morning. After the game we all repaired to Bill and Jane Oatway's magnificent home north of Orlando for a great dinner including Bill's grill, Cajun gumbo, and Bernie's salad. The beer was cold, the wine was mellow, and I assume the soft drinks were OK. It was great to catch up and to think ahead. We were all convinced we were still young. Our spouses gamely put up with us. The planning for the next gathering was handed to Meredith Musick. After all he was a big stripen (One "p" only please.)

Dick Augur supplemented Bill's account with a list of attendees. On hand were Marylyn and Dick Augun Mary and Dave Bingemann, Margarette and John Boley, Katherine and Al Breen, Celes and Earl Buck, Sandy and Roger Deegan, Ollie and Dennis Doherty, Jennifer and Bill Earner, Barbara and Bill Hahn, Lillian and Kit Karson, Rick Kleinfeldt, Laurie and Meredith Musick, Carole and Bemie Patterson, Marc Williamson, Janet and Speed Leeper, Jane and Bill Oatway. Other Classmates at the Notre Dame game included Steve Coester, Jack McDonald, and Bruce Webb.

One week later was Homecoming in Annapolis.

The stadium tailgating was terrific, but the game w a s — w e l l . . . Fortunately, Caria and Jeff Miles hosted a Class party at their lovely home in west Annapolis that evening. Assisting Jeff, who was r e c o v e r i n g from foot s u r g e r y , as grill chef extraordinaire was Jim Metcalfe. 1 saw many Classmates and their ladies at the game and the party.

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tracked it for several miles as it approached, determined that it was flying "the kamikaze pattern we had been warned about" and prepared to shoot it down. He was overtuled by a superior officer The aircraft then turned away. Deutermann says he later learned that it had been piloted by a Lebanese Air Force officer taking his family on a sightseeing trip. "We averted a tragedy purely by luck," he said.

Here's a photo of Steve Duncan with his daughter, Kelly White '90, and her husband Kyle White '90 on the occasion o t h e r promotion to lieutenant c o m m a n d e r at the W a s h i n g t o n Navy Yard on 8 Septemben A hot runner, she relieved a full commander as the commanding officer of her new Naval Reserve unit a few days later

Kyle and Kelly Duncan White '90 with Steve Duncan

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including Mike Nadolski, Dave Robinson, Don Freese, Norm S h a c k e l t o n , Forrest Siburt, Bill Eamen Joel Gardner Dave Ebert, Ian Sargent, Keith Reynold.s, Al Sherman, Tom Reemelin, Spencer Johnson, Paul Tobin, Dan Hitzelbergen and Brev Moore. My snapshots from that day aren't ready yet, so here are two that I took at the TCU game on 29 September Look closely and you'll be able to identify M e s s r s , H i r s c h , K r a u s e , L e i s g e , Grabowski, Hoy, M c D o n a l d , Storz, S h e r m a n , Shackelton, O ' B r i e n , Lindell, Shelley, Forster, and Freese.

Supplementing his report in last month's Shipmate, Jim DeFrancia told me that his sons recently won an award at the New York Film Festival: Cris, a third year law student at UVA, was doing a summer internship at The World Court in The Hague and developed the idea of doing a film on modem day atrocities as a fiinction of his working with the International War Crimes Tribunal.

He got a one semester leave of absence to do the project, with some funding from the Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights, and off he went to film and interview with a pick-up crew of young people he had met in Europe. The film is focused on war crimes in Bosnia. His brothen my son Tommy, then did all the technical work, such as editing, sound, sub-titling, etc, as that is Tom's

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profession. (He is a director/producer with a small independent company.) Their film. Mirror to History: Confronting War Crimes in Bosnia, received the award for Best Political Documentary in the New York International Film and Video Festival.

I recently received a copy of a super photo of Terry Rogers, complete with this caption, "Ninth District Court Judge," Terry Rogers spent more than 150 hours hand-carving this four-foot, 80-pound walnut and maple seal of Wyoming. The carving will hang in the new district courtroom. He is quite an accomplished craftsman. Sadly, the photo won't reproduce clearly in print, but you can see it with this column in the Shipmate portion of our Web site.

A 13 October Washington Post article about the tertorist attack on COLE included comments by two experts, both members of the Class of 1963. Here is the pertinent part of that story: When a captain realizes that his ship may be under unconventional attack, said naval expert Harlan Ullman, he has to decide almost instantly how to respond, knowing that an error in either direction could result in a court-martial. "Is it going to be ViNCENNESor STARK?" Ullman said. "And what if it is just a Greenpeace raft or something?"

Retired Navy CAPT P.T. Deutermann remembers, for example, commanding TATTNALL on "picket duty" off the coast of Lebanon in 1984 when a small plane flew directly at his ship. He

Dave Moore reports that Bob Miller is the chair of neurology at the University of Califomia at San Francisco Medical School. Other physicians in the Class of 1963 include John Newsom, Richard Nutt, Jim S t a g e m a n , Dave DeHoU, and Tom Pessoney. Do you know of others? Let me know.

From England comes this update from Larry Warnken, who has somehow survived the culture shock of relocating after many years in Hawaii.

Darlene and I moved to London in March to be the Morale, Welfare & Recreation program manager for all the Navy and NATO bases in Europe.

Being back on the staff of a four star admiral again is very interesting although no job could ever be as much fun as running the MWR programs in Hawaii. And I'm really missing Navy Marine golf course. If I don't get some games in soon, even Forrest Siburt will be able to beat me! I'm hoping to visit Florida in January for some remedial golf.

Living in London is a great experience and walking to work is unique. I've stashed my aloha shirts and shorts and now own five suits and various jackets, a Burberry raincoat, and a topcoat.

The problem is that our two-story flat hasn't any

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closets or shelves, except in the kitchen. We now own six armoires and that barely covers our needs.

But the great theater and restaurant options as well as the ubiquitous pubs and museums more than make up for beach deprivation and lack of volleyball. Plus, I'm learning to appreciate soccen excuse me. Euro football. And Darlene can immediately switch to Britspeak when called by local tradespeople or talking to a cabbie.

We haven't met any Classmates out here but hope to connect with Charlie Newkirk in Germany soon. We recently enjoyed dinner out with Denny Neutze '65 and his wife. Sonny. I am sending a digitized picture of us at an inn in the Cotswolds in Octoben You will note the fireplace and the serious beer!

That's a good photo, indeed. You can see it in the Shipmate section of the 1963 Web site.

Austin Seay has been elected chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce for Westem Australia. Austin resides in Perth, Westem Australia, where he is the managing director of Tidewater Marine Austtalia Pty Ltd. He has management responsibiUty for the Tidewater fleet operating in the whole of Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

Globally, Tidewater owns and operates the world's largest fleet of vessels (600) servicing the offshore oil and gas industry.

Those of you with imfulfilled wanderlust can find some vicarious pleasure by reading this travel report from Pete Quinton: Jan and I had a great opportunity to take a USNA Alumni sponsored trip along the major waterways of Europe this summer and had the opportunity to meet a Quality '63 Classmate and his wife. Sue and Jim DeLong. It was a pleasure for Jan and me to get to know a Classmate and his wife whom I had never met before. Jim was on the other side of the world from the 18th Company (he was in the 1 st) so I did not meet him at the Academy. He currently lives in Northern Califomia.

The Quintons and the DeLongs cruising through Europe (The N-Star banner in the background) With 35 Other USNA graduates, we craised the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube rivers aboard the Dutch registered river craise ship M/S ERASMUS. We flew from Dulles to Amsterdam in late June to pick up the ship for the start of our joumey through the heart of Europe to Budapest, Hungary. The rivers and surrounding countryside were just like the postcards! The nicest part was that our hotel traveled with us! Traveling through a series of 70 locks along the three rivers turned into a great adventure. While we entered quite a few locks during the daytime, three of the tallest locks that took us from the Main River canal to the Danube over the spine of Europe were done at night. Reminiscent of the midwatch, I got myself up around midnight to watch the ship rise up over 80 feet in a lock that filled with 10.5 million gallons of water in less than 20 minutes!

There were a number of us sea-service types up to watch the evolution. Nine days of the trip were spent in Germany, with many exceptional tours along the

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way. From Austria, we went on to Bratislava in the Slovak Republic and ended our joumey in Budapest.

The ship was very comfortable, accommodating only 100 passengers. There were alumni groups from Notte Dame and Northwestern universities on the tour as well. For those of you who have not experienced small ship craising (other than those gray-hulled beauties called DDs), I highly recommend it. This was our fifth tour through either the USNA Alumni or Michigan Alumni and they are a great bargain and extremely well done. It is a great opportunity to meet grads from the other Classes and, as in this instance, a Classmate I had not met before.

Charlie was riding in his 14th ride for MS. That is all the more remarkable when considering that though Northern Virginia hosts a 150 kilometer ride; Delaware hosts a 150 milerl Goose's wife Judy took this photo the morning of 30 September and then sent us on our way for the adventure.

She has made MS a family alTain being registrar for all their participants.

Bob Harper and Charlie Gosnell ready to ride

Mike Rubel and Reed Farrington Here's a note from Mike Rubel that I received in mid-November: This is a photo of Reed Farrington and me at his show in the Carmel (Califomia) Art Institute in Octoben The model in the painting behind us was somewhere in the crowd, but clothed this time.

I bought a painting very similar to this that now hangs in my living room.

All is well in Seattle. I'm still doing M & A deals, predominantly in the Northwest but have been working on one in the United Kingdom and one on the Gulf Coast; both are acquisitions for clients. I'm on my way to Annapolis to visit Barb and Harry Hirsch and then on to New York for Thanksgiving. I hope to see Sheila and Mike Bonsignore while in the city. My daughter is expecting my first grandchild. Does that make me a grandfather? If so, I'm not telling my girlfriends.

The Class of 1963 Foundation has commissioned custom-produced neckties, bow ties, and cummerbunds. These handsome items feature a regimental stripe design which incorporates colors from all of the armed services in which our Classmates have served. For a photo of the ties and information on ordering, visit the F o u n d a t i o n section of our Web site.

Here's the lErtest old-timer's cycling report from Bob Harper: The combination of the easier Northern Virginia Multiple Sclerosis bike-route this year, plus the advancing ravages of Halfzeimers led me to agree to accompany Charlie "Goose" Gosnell in his Delaware Ride to the Bay for MS again this year.

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Unlike last year when we hooked up with some speed freaks who drafted in excess of 20 mph, Charlie and I opted to take in some scenery and poked along at a much more reasonable 15-16 mph rate. While we were by no means the spring chickens of the riders, there were quite a few riders of our "prime" vintage. It seems as though the flatlands of Delaware are indeed much kinder and gentler than the Appalachian foothills. I really enjoyed renewing acquaintance and sea stories with Charlie and encourage more of our bikers to put him on their agenda next year. Of course, I could never pass up the opportunity to get in a commercial for the USNA '63 (Terry's Team) next year. The dates are 19 and 20 May, on a friendly course between Manassas and Fredricksburg. We mustered ten Classmates in 2000 and hope for more in 2001!

So here you are: smack in the middle of the Dark Ages, spending lots of time indoors and sometimes wondering what to do next. Well, I have a suggestion: Write to me! If nothing else, that will help you kill some time before the next round ball contest appears on your TV screen. The guys who supplied the preceding info did their part for the rest of us. Now it's your mrn.

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Pres: The Honorable Bernard "Bemie" A. Maguire Sec'y: Dennie Pignotti 10907 Wilder Point Lane, Reston, VA 20191 e: dpignotti@navalengineers.org Web site: www.usna64.org To the Great Class of 1964, Dottie and I hope the year 2001 brings you happiness, peace and prosperity. A winning football season with wins over Army, Air Force, and Notre Dame would be nice, too! I can dream, can't I? It was great to finally get a win this year, especially against Army. As usual, I ' m going to begin with our president, Bernie Maguire's, regular column: Classmates; As Class president, I am certain that I routinely deal with more Classmates than anyone else. That said, I must tell you once again how impressed I am with what Scott Bushnell does for all of us.

He is not only one of the most hard working people I know, he also has the kind of high tech skills we expect of our 20- and30-year old children. As the

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ownen designer and staff of the constantly improving Class Homepage. Scott is an irreplaceable asset. From all of us. Scott, we appreciate all your efforts on our behalf Now that the Classmate database is running well, I hope all of you will take the opportunity to verify your locator data using the Classmate Search portion of the Homepage. Click on "Search." search for your name and then click on the update button to enter current information such as address, phone number or email listings.

Another valuable but under used part of the 1964 Homepage (www.usna64.org) is the "Message Board." It's a great way to broadcast messages of interest to all Classmates. I encourage you to make the Homepage a regular part of your Intemet routine.

In the Class Executive Committee Meetings, we have had several discussions about how to find those missing Classmates. Our main resource in the search is the Classmate network. Check the list of "Missing Classmates" to see if you know the whereabouts of any of these individuals who are unlisted. If so, please send an email to any of the Class officers or better yet to Scott Bushnell in care of the Homepage. By the next Reunion, the goal is to reduce our list of missing Classmates to less than twenty-five, an achievable goal in this increasingly Intemet world.

Beat Army, againl Ole Olsen writes that Emil Marrow visited the Olsen homestead in Placitas, NM, in Septemben Ole and Emil were in the 9th Company. Emil was on a business trip and visited the Olsens for dinnen Note the picture of Ole and Emil taken on the back deck with the beautiful Sandias Mountains in the background. The Doberman is the Olsens' dog, Gretchen.

Ole Olsen and Emil Marrow with the Olsens' dog, Gretchen Tom B a r n e t t sent t h e f o l l o w i n g on J a c k Geraghty from Jack's wife. Marge: Kevin Windorf, vice president/director of markering, Gerard Klauer Mattison and Co., Inc. wrote; GKM in the news...well, in the NY Post'. Typically people strive not to appear in the pages of the New York Post, but... BulldogResearch.com has launched a co-branded feature in the New York Post's "Wealth" section entitled "Analyzing the Analyst." Yesterday, Jack Geraghty was featured for his impressive track record on Advanced Micro Devices. Next to his smiling photo, Jack was dubbed; 'The King of Semiconductor Earnings Estimates" —which is a little long to engrave

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on a crown, but quite impressive all the same.

Congrats to Jack for the good work... and the good press! (Unfortunately, the Post insisted on referring to us as Gerard, Klauer and Mattisonso, much for quality journalism.)

Here's the story (note: the print version included a chart of ten of Jack's Buy-Rated Stocks); "Analyzing The Analysts" (Monday, 9 October 2000).

"The King of Semiconductor Earnings Esfimates—The approach of earnings-reporting season is making many investors very wary. After all, there have been a number of significant earnings warnings—especially in the formerly highflying technology sector With Dell, Apple, Intel and others in the technology sector reining in Wall Street performance expectations, this earnings season promises to be an interesting one indeed.

Following quickly on Micron Technology's positive earnings announcement last week, Advanced Micro Devices will be helping to lead off this earnings season with its report, due on Wednesday.

Using BulldogResearch.com to find out who has been the most accurate analyst covering Advanced Micro Devices, we uncovered a star among stars.

Jack Geraghty covers stocks in the semiconductor industry for Gerard, Klauer and Mattison [sic].

While he does well on many stocks within the industry, he truly shines in his coverage of Advanced Micro Devices. Geraghty owns the first place earnings estimate award on Advanced Micro Devices for every time period BulldogResearch.com measures, with just one exception. That means Geraghty has more accurately predicted the profits posted by Advanced Micro Devices, than any of his peers on Wall Street. He has been the most accurate analyst covering Advanced Micro Devices for the last quarten last four quarters, last eight quarters and last 12 quarters. On yearly earnings estimates, Geraghty has earned first place awards for his two- and three-year calls while earning a respectable third-place award— meaning two of his peers came closer to predicting the actual profits—for last year's forecast. So what is Geraghty saying now? According to BulldogResearch.com, he has recently lowered his earnings estimate on Advanced Micro Devices, making an adjustment downward in mid-September to 61 cents. The current consensus estimate on Advanced Micro Devices stands at 62 cents.

With his impeccable track record, Geraghty is worth watching for possible last-minute adjustments to earnings forecasts as we close in on 11 Octoben If there are going to be any earnings surprises, expect Geraghty to catch them."

Tom Barnett adds: On a personal note, in April-May 1969, I brought River Division 552 up the Yam Co Dong River to relieve Jack Geraghty and his River Division at a little hell hole of a base camp at the junction with the Vinh Te Canal, real Indian country. Jack rotated back to civilian life and M.B.A. at UVA Darden School, leaving us to deal with all the VC/NVA he had stirred up who were highly hostile about the Navy invading their sanctuaries; I often felt like Gen. Custer at Little Big Hom. I tell Jack the fact that he got out of Vietnam in one piece, and therefore all subsequent successes, he owes to me!

The second Washington area golf outing for the Class of '64 for this season finally was held at the Army-Navy CC Fairfax on 17 Octoben As you recall our original date, 19 September was delayed after three days of rain. Jerry Dunne, Bart Strong, Ed Conant, Tom Lynch, Art Collier, Jim Arrison, Steve Laabs, Dick Curley, and Bob Orlosky hosted the event. Those able to make the rescheduled event included Jerry Dunne, Bart Strong, Jim Arrison, Hugh Risseeuw, Grant Fulkerson, Dave Perry, Dave A h e m , Rick Dau, Chuck Laskey, Ken Middleton, Ed Conant, Chuck Wilde, and Dennie Pignotti. It tumed out to be a nice day for

golf. After the round of golf, the group adjourned to the clubhouse for some food and drink and to tally the scorecards. The winning low net team was Jerry Dunne, Chuck Wilde, and Dennie Pignotti.

Individual winners were: low gross—Bart Strong (80); low net—Jerry Dunne (69); closest to the pin—Jerty Dunne and Dennie Pignotti; and longest drive—Jim Arrison. Jerry and Bart did a great job in putting together a great afternoon of golf and fun! Bob Sutton donated some golf shirts from his company for the winning team. Thanks to all the sponsors for a fun afternoon.

A lost ring story from Octavio Yepez: Sometime during the spring of 1990, I moved from Ecuador with all my family to the United States. Before starting work with Grainger (thanks to Dick Keyser and a network of Classmates headed by Bernie Maguire and Andy Thompson) I was staying in Jacksonville, FL, with John Palombi. One weekend that summer John took my family and me to the beach. The day was sunny and hot, the beach was crowded and the tide was on the rise. John and I started going in and, with the water ankle high, I tumed and asked my wife, Patricia, to hold my ring. She approached and the moment I handed the ring to her it slipped out of her hand and fell into the surf John and I dove for it but it sank in the sand. Despite an intensive search that day, we could not do anything and the ring was gone. Just a few days later, I had to move to Miami to begin work.

I flirted with the idea of getting a duplicate ring.

I searched and found Balfour Co. They said that it would take 12 weeks to have it made and to start they needed a large payment. For one reason or anothen I never ordered the duplicate ring.

On Tuesday, 2 October 2000, I received a call from Bemie and John from New York City. Bemie asked if I was sitting down. He told me that he received an email entitled "Lost Ring" from a gentleman named Paul Wojcik. Bemie told me that he had gotten the information that Paul had one USNA Class of '64 ring with an engraved name inside "Octavio Yepez." This was a very emotional moment for me.

Paul Wojcik's story began several weeks before when Paul's grandfather passed away in North Carolina. Going through the belongings with his grandmothen Paul discovered a chest that contained jewelry pieces of all kinds; watches, bracelets, gold chains, rings of different shapes and forms, and other things. The piece that caught his eye was one particularly substantial ring (mine).

Paul was able to read an engraved name inside.

He asked his grandmother if he could take it because he was going to return it, due to the fact that nobody in the family had any relationship with the U.S. Naval Academy. Paul used the Intemet, found the 1964 roster via our Homepage and saw my name. He told me that next he checked the list of missing members, and that my name was not in it. With this information, he then wrote the email "Lost Ring" onto the Class of '64 Message Board.

Paul asked for my address and told me that he did not want anything from me. He just wanted to return the ring. I was so overwhelmed with this entire situation that I felt short of words of gratitude towards Paul. I only said, "Thank you so much."

On Friday, 6 October 2000, I received a small box via Priority Mail. Inside in a plastic bag with a hand written note and Paul's business card was the valued content...my lost but never forgotten ring. The note read; "Memorandum from Paul W. Wojcik; I hope all is well...I'm glad that I was able to play this part in the return of your ring. My grandfather did use a metal detector on the beach and by all accounts would have been overjoyed with the return of it to you.

He served in the Air Force during World War II, so I think he understands that this was probably more important to you as an Academy grad

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than most college rings would be. If you're ever up in Baltimore, I'd love to get together for lunch or something. Please call to let me know it has arrived."

But that is not my entire story: Several weeks before the "Lost Ring" telephone call, I had a vivid dream that I was going back to the Academy once again as a Plebeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with all the traditional hassle that involved. I felt much at ease this time, but I felt moved when passing through the Steerage and I realized that there was a funeral in progress. I stood in the background watching the casket and shortly after I went about my business. The Academy had changed quite a bit in its exterion but the interior dynamics had not.

Still, in this dream, I was elated to be back in the Naval Academy. Could it have been a coincidence that around the date of my dream, Paul's grandfather passed away and then tried to return the ring?

Paul certainly was most gracious to return it to me. I am wearing it again with the same pride as ever to be a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with The Great Class of 1964.

With all my heart. Thank You Paul Wojcik.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. The Great Class of 1964's tailgates for the 2000 football season were great successes even if the games were a bit disappointing. Dee and Dave Gould continued to do an outstanding job of setting up the tailgate for the Class. They were there bright and early every game pitching the 10-footby-10-foot Class of '64 white tent and setting up the Blue and Gold '64 Banner along Farragut Road.

Attending most of the games and tailgates were Nancy and Stu Johnson, Vangie and Bob Gault, Chuck Laskey, Peggy and Dick Curley, Bev and Ken Middleton, Bob Orlosky, Jane and Bill Sargent, Steve Claassen, Yvonne and Jerry Anderson, Joyce and Bemie Maguire, Geraldine and Larry Elberfeld, Mardy and Steve Laabs, Susan and Jim Arrison, Ann and Grant Fulkerson, Strohm Evans, Sydney and Rich Ruble, Sandy and Jim Shanahan, Debby and Hugh Risseeuw, Dottie and Dennie Pignotti, Jerry Walsh, Mary Ann and Ed Conant, Connie and Waddy Garrett, Wayne Arny, Carmond and Dick Robbins, Becky and Bob Sutton, Marty Phillips, Ann and Rick Dau, and Tom Bamett and his wife, Maggie Maguire. Others who attended the Class tailgates include: CharUe Durepo, Mary and Andy Thompson, Janet and Al Creal, Connie and Phil Asher, Gene Holloway, Linda and Dave Ahem, Nancy and Jim Tolbert, Norm Masterson, and Maryann Jay Russell, Nancy and Erek Jenstad, Christie and Eric Woods, Bob Teal and his daughter Sara, and Karen and Bob Donalson and their daughter, Rebecca. If I missed you, please accept my apology. My memory is not what it used to be. Note the pictures of tailgates with this column.

There were a number of Navy fans from The Great Class of 1964 at the Navy-Notte Dame game in Orlando in Octoben Enjoying a weekend in the Florida sun were Margaret and John Dalton, Debby and John Palombi, Edith and Bob Bartlett, Vangie and Bob Gault, Dick Dawson, Len Wass, and Dottie and Dennie Pignotti. I did not see Len, but Dick Dawson stopped by to let me know that he and Len were there. I am sure there may have been other Classmates there that I did not see. From my conversations with those that were there, everyone had a great time. The football game proved to be no contest except Navy played a very good fourth quarten Class of '64 Mini-Reunion Cruise There are still good cabins available for the Class of '64 Mini-Reunion Craise on 18-25 January 2002.

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die cruise tiirough Craise Holidays LLW. The minireunion cruise will be celebrated on the Holland America's beautiful Veendam departing from Puerto Rico at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, 18 January and returning to San Juan at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, 25 January. P l e a s e v i s i t t h e C l a s s W e b s i t e , www.usna64.com, or www.cruiseholidaysllw.com, or www.craiseholidaysfla.com for all the details.

Don't miss this great opportunity thanks to Steve's hard work and the professional services of Carl and Yvonne.

As usual, I am always in need of material for our column. Please send me some updates on what you and other Classmates are doing, especially outside the Washington, D . C , area! I'd like to continue to push the limits of our column space so keep those cards, letters, and emails coming. Don't forget digital photos (at least 300 dpi resolution and at least 2.5 inches wide) and hard copy photos are always welcome. As always BeatArmyl Dennie

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Pres: Pete Gness p: 410-757-4796; e: subman65@yahoo.com Sec'y: CDR Dave Anderson, U S N (Ret.) 98-2039 P Kaahumanu St., Aiea, HI 96701 w: 808-477-7483; e: daveand65@earthlink.net Home page: www.users.planetcable.net/daveand Well Classmates, this is the first issue of Shipmate to go to press after the fantabulous 35th reunion in Octoben The reviews are unanimously very positive about all aspects of the reunion. Terrific!

Fantastic! Best ever! were the most common descriptors used. On a scale of 17 the score was 16.7 with the 0.3 deduction coming from the lack of a W on the gridiron.

We give a hearty BZ to the crew that planned and organized the great event. It is risky business to single out a few of those whose efforts made the event. However, with advanced apologies to those not mentioned we give special thanks to Skip Meyer, Skip Moore, Hap Hadd, Dave Vigrass, Betsy and Clem Meehan and our esteemed leader Pete Gness.

It was wonderful to see the g a m e played in B-more and the win for the big blue team. Have to give a lot of credit to the drama coach who gave those great acting skills to the field goal kicken Have you ever seen a more expectant look on the face of a falling player after having received a 3 erg blow from the right pinky finger of the oncoming rasher? It was a great game and a win is a win and as George W. (or A. Gore) will attest, it really doesn't matter how it comes. (At this writing the outcome of the Florida fiasco is still pending.) Anyway, one could actually feel the collective Navy relief when that penalty gave the Mids a first down with but seconds to play.

OK, and now the news.

We will begin with some sad news about the passing of a Classmate's beloved wife. This report from Jo M a c M i c h a e l , wife of S k i p M a c M i c h a e l , conveys a stirring tribute to Brenda Shackelford, wife of Harry Shackelford: You might want to share with your Classmates that Brenda Shackelford died this Thursday (26 October 2000). Although we were not intimate friends of Harry and Brenda, we attended the same parish. Those of you who had a chance to talk to Brenda at the 35th will know what a fighter she

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really was. She attended St. Luke's retreat earlier this fall. In my lifetime, I have known few people who have had her courage and faith. Harty and their daughten Tiffany, are receiving friends at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 8009 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria, VA, this evening between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. The service will be tomorrow (29 October 2000) at 1:39 p.m. at St. Luke's. Their address is 1405 Oakbrooke Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22308, should you want to send cards. Brenda was an amazing Christian. Everyday other life she demonstrated courage and was a role model Christian.

She was amazing. Even as she faced death, she had time for us who struggled with our faith. Although we did not always agree, I was blessed to have known hen Oh, that 1 should have her courage!

On behalf of the entire Class we send our collective condolences to you, Harry and family. This next item is way out of date, but we include it here (slightly edited) to bring to the fore the continued efforts of a couple of dedicated Classmates. From Tom Murphy we received this addressed to all '65ers going to the game in B-more: Through the good offices of Denny Wedekind, the Class has obtained a classy place to relax, talk, eat and drink before, during and immediately after the Army-Navy game in Baltimore this Saturday. The Reception Room replete with refreshments was in the Baltimore Sheraton Hotel at 300 S. Charles St. near the Inner Harbor and only a few blocks from the stadium. The room is one of the Orioles' rooms in the hotel. All Classmates and their guests could use the room and enjoy the refreshments at no cost. Thanks to Denny and Pete Gness for their outstanding support of 1965, Beat Army'.

This next item is really directed at the better halves of all '65ers from Bob Elder who says: Well, the wives (at least mine) have decided that they felt left out of the email group thing, so Deb has created a site for your wives. She has asked that I post this with a request that you forward this message to your brides, and since I cannot refuse...Thanks to all and it was great seeing everyone at the Reunionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for those of you not present, it would be great to see you at the 40th.

Thanks, Bob, for that info and to Deb for the effort made to set up the Web site.

Well, we now have a post A-N game item from Phil Ferrara who fills us in on some of the aspects of t h e g a m e s c e n e that w e w h o w e r e n o t there missed: Baltimore was a marvelous setting for the ArmyNavy game. The Inner Harbor was beautifully decorated with game flags and banners. Navy ships at the pier for tours, and Army tanks and helos on display. The city did its best to encourage the idea of a future home and home contract shared with the Meadowlands starting in 2003 and the new PSI-Net stadium was perfect for viewing the game.

We got there early, parked, and took the short walk downtown for breakfast at the waterfront. Then

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we followed the Corps and Brigade as they marched through the city to the stadium. Quite a thrilling sight! We ran into many Classmates in our section.. .Sharon and Doug Katz (with his big Australian bush hat), Bonnie and Jim Stewart, Sharon and Dan Mitchell, Denny Wedekind and Debbie Mallow. They were dressed in several layers to ward off the cold, but we were all lucky to have the sun shining on us on that side the whole game to stay relatively warm. The other half of the stadium and the playing field were freezing.

The game was a heart stopping event, an electric feeling that never gave you a moment's rest, especially after all the close losses endured in the 1990s. The opening fly-by of Army Apache helos and Navy jets and the parachute jump into the stadium by about 20 Army and Navy parachutists was thrilling. After the game it was a short walk again to the beautiful Inner Harbor where we watched the Christmas boat parade of lights in the harbor and then had dinner downtown. It must have been an enjoyable visit for cadets. Midshipmen, parents and guests with the convenience of scores of restaurants, hotels, shops and entertainment sources right by the stadium. Baltimore gets my vote for the future game site!

Thanks, Phil, for filing that report. You are hired as an official '65 roving correspondent (a position for which there are many more openings. We pay by the word with double pay for words with three or more syllables).

That's all folks for the words but you should find a passel of photos nearby that document the 35th.

Most of these came from the camera of that most e x c e l l e n t of C l a s s S e c r e t a r i e s , D a v e " S t e r " Anderson. We invite any and all of you who have photos taken at the Reunion (or anywhere else) of '65er gatherings to send them in to the Ster at the addresses given at the head of this column. We will include them in future issues of Shipmate.

We now close with another Well D o n e to the collective reunion team and Best Wishes to all for a great Y 2 K + 1 .

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Happy New Yean and a great one it promises to be. The plans for our 35th Reunion are progressing, and I hope you all are looking forward to it as much as I am. I have several items of Class news, so let's get going.

Steve Kowalick sent me the following email. I have not received an update for this article, but 1 will certainly have something for March: I enter Bethesda Naval Hospital on Saturday, 14 October and have the right stump revised on Wednesday, 18 Octoben The surgery will last four to five hours. They are going to "revise" or straighten the right stump pad. Right now the bone is protruding into the flesh covering the stump and the pad is "cockeyed." I will be on Ward 3W. It's the same ward I spent six months in during 1999.

The phone number is 301-295-4700 at the nurses' station. They will patch you through to the room.

Visiting hours for me will be at any time. The right leg will be in a cast for four to six weeks so that I don't do anything stupid like put weight on it. I have told the doctors that I must be out for USNA Homecoming and that this operation must not interfere with hunting or fishing season. Golfing will have to wait until next year. Dolly will operate out of our home address and does not intend to live at Bethesda. The phone number at home is 717-642-5246. We have no idea how many days I will be in the hospital. Please keep the both of us in your prayers.

Steve Clark (Steve.Clark@usdoj.gov) sent me the following email regarding John Ronchetto: John, who lives and works (professor at USD business school) here in the San Diego area, was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer He has undergone surgery, and is currently facing a daunting regimen of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Additional surgery is likely. The courage and optimism demonstrated by John and his wife, Yesmin Saide, in the face of this challenge have been inspirational. Their faith remains strong. I am certain that they would appreciate being remembered in our thoughts and prayers. John and Yesmin are at home at 5718 Caminito Pulsera, La Jolla, CA 92037; 858-454-7105.

Many thanks to Steve for passing this on. 1 know you join me in extending prayers and best wishes to J o h n . A n y o n e w i s h i n g to c o n t a c t S t e v e may email him.

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M o Foote checked in with the following email: Morris "Mo" and Cheryl Foote still reside in North Springfield, VA, reasonably close to their places of employment. They will have attended several home games and Army '00 by the time this gets printed. They also participated in a surprise birthday party that Steve Kowalick threw for his wife, Dolly, in Blue Ridge Summit, PA. Steve seems to be doing well after his 16th surgery and is quite the driver of both his powered wheelchair and his van. He regretted missing Homecoming and asked that he be remembered to all '66ers.

Mo and his 16-year-old son, Jamie, took a quick road trip this summer touring the Valley Forge Revolutionary War encampment and Gettysburg Civil War battlefield, as well as taking in a Worid Lacrosse League Game at Villanova. Jamie lettered in varsity lacrosse as a sophomore at his high school and remains an avid lax guy. Mo's older son, Todd, traveled to Norway for his roommate's wedding and managed some mountain climbing, fjord sailing and general leisure activitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or so he told his dad. He then toured the PacNorWest, kayaked around the San Juan Islands and climbed Mount Rainier Mo continues to work with Tom Marfiak in the Surface Navy Association Executive Committee as well as a full-time job with Battlespace, Inc. Mo and Cheryl have plenty of room should Classmates need to RON in the D.C. area (703-941-3004).

Great update. Mo. Thanks!

Ned Sarno checked in with some Class news and the pictures to verify it. Ned hosted a pre-game breakfast for Alumni going to the Navy Boston College game in Newton, MA. Jerry Maher was on hand, and he's shown with Ned. Ned then got in on the travel package to Orlando and Disney World for the Navy-Notre Dame Game. While there, he met Ernie Schoolfield, Joe Stewart, Doug Law, and Scott Redd. Then, he and Sharon drove up from Naples, FL, for Homecoming. Ned enjoyed the chance to tum the tables on "RB" Adams and take his picture. Ned is shown first with R B , J o h n Posoli, and John Scudi at the game; and in postgame celebrations with John and Tom Payne. Many thanks to Ned, and keep the news coming

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Post-game celebration, Ned, John, and Tom In some more general news, Mike Haskins has received his third star and is now in Washington, D.C. Hopefully I'll have more to report in another article on Mike's doings. Cliff Wiese has his own Web site through Salomon, Smith, Bamey. If you're interested, check it out at www.ssbfcs.com/ cliff_wiese. Barney Maloney has moved to 2321 Peninsula Road, Oxnard, CA 93035-2920. Jack W. "Skip" Stephenson (skip@boyercompany.com) now lives at 7180 Canyon Drive, Park City, UT 84098.

And finally, here are some pictures from Homecoming 2000, compliments of RB Adams.

Bill Higgins and Patricia and Tom Marfiak As a final note, the luncheon schedule begins in Febraary. The first luncheon is 14 February. Our scheduled guest speaker is Classmate Tom Kimmel.

1 hope those of you in the area can make it. The other dates for luncheons are 9 May and 8 August.

All luncheons are held at the Army-Navy Country Club in Ariington, VA. So that's all for this article.

1 pray that 2001 is kind to you. Until March—All the best—Mike!

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With that disclaimer, did you see that Army Game? It wasn't always pretty, but the final score was highly satisfactory. Navy showed up with its normal two-team complement: the Good Team and the Evil Team. True to form, the Evil Team came out in the second half, but this time things were different. The Good Team had run up enough points in the first half that, try as they might, the Evil Team could not quite prevail. That's all said tongue in cheek. The team really wanted this one. 1 heard one of the cheerleaders (a Firstie) say before the game that in his four years at Navy, he'd never seen the Brigade want more to win a game. And it was great fun.. .a little rough on those of us who are prone to nail biting...but fun. And afterwards, the Great Class of '67 had dinner at Velleggio's in Littie Italy just off the Inner Harbon We filled the hall with 100 souls and had a grand time. Gatherings like that are super, but they're a minefield for me. I hear tales I'd love to recount in this column, but many must remain untold...such as the one about two Classmates in the late '60s thrown in jail in South Carolina with only enough money between them to go the bail for one. So the one goes to the local Air Force Base, camps out waiting for the exchange to open, cashes a check, and goes back for the other Now that's trast! (Wonder how they decided who went? Shook for it?)

Anyway, the dinner was great, and kudos are due for Wayne Savage for setting it up (undoubtedly with adult supervision from Jayne!). Wayne also set up a bus from the Pentagon parking lot for those not wanting to play in the traffic. Poopie Schear

told me it went like clockwork. Wayne (and Jayne), thanks for doing that for the rest of us. And I have to say the city of Baltimore pulled out all the stops to make the whole weekend an event, and John Morton had a lot to do with that. There were Navy ships in the harbon Army tanks downtown, and a host of activities to showcase and celebrate Army, Navy, and Baltimore. John, what a great show! It says a lot for both your efforts and the stature of the game that two teams with a combined record of 1-19 sold out a major NFL stadium to a record crowd and was carried on national TV against the backdrop of the banner-festooned streets of Baltimore's Inner Harbon Moving another two days further back. Ken Barausky sent this report: On Wednesday, 29 Novemben we enjoyed the annual Army-Navy Lunch at the Boiling AFB O'Club. As a prelude to the game, we traditionally have both service secretaries, representatives from the service chiefs, both Superintendents, and two former football players. Since I was in charge of this year's shindig from the Navy side, I went for nothing but talent in the speakers. We ended up with Secretary Danzig and three '67ers; VADM John Ryan, VADM Denny McGinn, and Skip Dittman. For those of you who were there, words are not necessary to describe the job each of these guys did; for those who missed the show, come next yean I truly thank the Class of '67 for answering the call and being the largest Class in attendance. Present were the above three plus Bud Barnes, John Craighill, Bill Cross, Dave Church, Bill Belden, Jack Parry, Dick Scott and Jim Goebel. 1 probably missed someone and for that I blame the records. The Class Web site has some pictures of the crowd and one especially great one of the "former football player."

Pete Young got in on the action too: Just back from a nice breakfast—at the expense of a 1957 Woop grad—watching The Game... whattafinaleto an otherwise disappointing season! The Boys did good! (Since this year's event was in payment for the 1999 Navy win, I also get next year's food and beer paid for with Army $$$.) Beat Army 2001'.

What a great week it was! SCRIBE67 SEZ BZ TO ALCON. (Oo-oh! Nearly broke the old spellchecker on that one!)

Well.. .moving on.. .I've picked from the electton stream a couple of names that I haven't seen in awhile. Dave Church heard from Bob Fischl. He had quaffed a brew with Rich Mies in Omaha. Bob has been working for a company from Michigan out of his home in Wisconsin for the past five years.

He said there's lots of local travel, but he's home every night. That sounds like a good thing since he has an 8 year old playing hockey (just like his two older brothers). Bob said, "That keeps me real busy four days a week."

Another name seldom seen is that of Fred Bush; he checked in from Abuja, Nigeria.

I was in Lagos yesterday and met LT Shehu '95, Nigerian Navy. Great officer and USA supporter He mentioned he got off without afinalyear Lucky Bag—any thoughts on how 1 might help him get one? I am here on a long-term U.S. Govemment contract to democratize and reprofessionalize the Nigerian Armed Forces after the government's return to democracy in '99.

We have them far and wide, do we not? Let it not be said that the Class of '67 isn't doing its part.

Along those lines (then I'll get back to the lighter side) I saw Chuck Scherck at the '67 dinner in Baltimore. Chuck works for State Farm and last August received an email from another employee by the name of Barney "Tiny" Bames. Mn Barnes has worked for State Farm since he left the Ma-

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rines in 1969. "It was my honor and my privilege in Nam in 1968," said Mn Barnes, "to have a thenyoung 2ndLt Peter Pace as my Platoon C o m mander I was one of his squad leaders and I owe him a lot." He went on to say that he and another one of Pete's squad leaders would be in Florida when Pete pinned on his fourth star and assumed command of Southem Command. As Chuck said, "(Mn Barnes') email is quite a testament to Pete's leadership. I do not know how he came to know that I worked at State Farm and even more interestingly that I was a Classmate of Pete's." Must be that "Bird of the air" still telling the matter. Chuck.

OK.. .here it is.. .another "Press Release;" but this one came with a photo. In the front row are John Guibert, M a r c L o n e s k , B u z z L a w l o r , B o b Havasy, Ed Walsh, Bob Natter, Ted Hontz, and Jim Perly. In the back row are Jack Vance, Paul White, Ken Hansen, and Jim Bost. Not pictured is Mike Quinlan; I don't know if he was the photographer or just stepped away for a drink of water

'67; The faces behind the Tecumseh Cup leader board

Headline News Baggers Retain Tecumseh Cup; Mets Show Mettle...But lose the Medal!

Date line; Williamsburg, VA, 25 September 2000. In this highly competitive biennial match, the 20th Co. Baggers edged the 33rd Co. (Ain't so Amazing) Mets to retain this heralded trophy.

The Baggers jumped off to a quick 3-0 lead. It didn't look good for the Mets. Howeven on the horizon...steaming up the James River was their comeback catalyst... Bob Natter. His arrival on the second day inspired a furious effort that just fell short of victory. A wonderful time was had by all. Everyone is now focusing on Scottsdale, AZ, for 2002.

A side effect of this golf outing was that Bob Natter faced unmatched competitive intensity and pressure that will prepare him well for anything that he experiences as CinCLantFlt. I'm not a golfen but it strikes me that with this toumament, promoted by Bob Havasy, and the one around Annapolis promoted by Al Davey, there must be the makins of a Class of '67 Tour in there someplace. I'll bet there's some West Coast action, too!

This from Lou Romano: It's been a while since corresponding, probably since Ann and I were in Rio de Janeiro about two years ago. Upon our return, we relocated to Western New York just outside of Buffalo (about 45 minutes from Niagara Falls and Canada). I'm still with Praxain Inc. After 26 years with lots of different assignments and locations, it's still fun.

There are not many Alumni in this part of the worid, though. Had to go to Rochester to be with a group for the Army game and no Classmates there eithen The main purpose of this missive is to share with everyone the fun that the 32nd Company TAGROW II had in Orlando recently. We were there in force to support the Navy team for it's annual sacrifice to Notre Dame. As usual, we won the tailgate party, pre-game show and the post-game festivities. 1 don't have to tell you about the game itself Also at the game representing the 32nd Company was the Superintendent, John Ryan.

The handsome couples in the photo from left to right are; Kathie and Al Nilsen, Jill and Sam Henderson, Nancy and Don Eraser, Paula and Pat Howard, Ann and Lou Romano, and Sue and Mike Roth.

In the other shot, all of us are looking over the banner put up at the hotel to welcome Navy. We had a great time.

I have bits and pieces of another Class-oriented idea. (We don't dream these up...our Classmates are just doing lots of cool stuff!) Back in the fall there were some transient visitors to Annapolis: Peggy and Dave Scott on DESTINY, their Offshore 40; and Chris and Rob Skrotsky on their 45-foot Freedom (aft cockpit) NAVICULA. Rob and Chris are new live-aboards who are working their way back to Florida, with the goal of meeting up with M i k e Currie in Key West. Dave and Peggy were also on their way back to Florida. I later got this from Dave: We are in the final stages of fitting out and preps for pointing the bow south. Our target date to be ready is 12 Novemben Then we get the all important weather window, and we'll go. Plan is to take the Dismal Swamp Canal to Elizabeth City (heard some good words on that from a fellow snow birder this moming), make some inside/outside decisions in Beaufort/Morehead City, NC, and then keep moving. Furthest south this year is Key West. Have heard good things about the Boca Chica Naval Air Station from friends who spent six weeks on a mooring there last year. A definite possibility. Doing the Keys, staying warm, kicking back—those are the real goals.

Aim to be back in Little Creek, Norfolk mid to end of May. Take two to three weeks for work and head north for New England. That's as far in advance as we'll take it right now except that it would be really great to be back in Annapolis for Homecoming 2001. It was a super weekend for us this year, and we'd love to repeat it.

Fair Winds and Following Seas to you all. Hope to see you in our travels.

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N o w the idea from all this in the words of Dave Church: Wouldn't it be neat if you all started a "Sailboat" Chapter in '67? Maybe we can post a "sailboat" page on the '67 Web site! With the purpose of maybe expanding it into a Chapter like we have with the RV Alumni folks (see the Chapter news in the back of Shipmate each month). We could maybe work in the '67 stink pots and have '67 again go down to the sea in ships as a group. The horizon is just a few miles away...as long as you don't sail over the edge.

We have several boats on the East Coast. Ed Blackwood, Jon Cook, and Denny Haley come immediately to mind, but there are others, I'm sure.

Then there's the West Coast. A n a m e , the ' 6 7 Ragbagger Society, has already been proposed.

Think of the possibilities. Well...yoM think of the possibilities. There's a reason I went Marine Corps!

At any rate, Peggy and Dave Scott (Dave2000S@ aol.com) can be contacted at PMB 613,88005 Overseas Hwy, Suite 9, Islamorada, FL 33036-3087; 757-580-4019, if anybody wants to get serious.

That just about wraps it up. 4 March is the Dark Ages brunch at Army-Navy Country Club. I understand 26th Company is having a soiree of some sort on 3 March, but I have no details. Either Chuck Beers, Larry Johnson, or Ted Herring might have some information. One of them should at least be able to tell you who's setting it up.

That's it...Goodnight!...Jim

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Pres: Joseph V. Conway Exec Sec'y: Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Road, Annapolis, MD 21401-1061 e: lkuehn@arinc.com Corr Sec'y: Gordon I. Peterson 7994 Hidden Bridge Drive, Springfield, VA 22153 p: 703-913-5404; f: 703-243-8251 e: gpeterson@navyleague.org Class Web site: www.usna68.com I regret that my first column for the New Year b r i n g s the sad n e w s that M i c h a e l T o l l e f s o n (rtollefson@home.com) lost Nancy, his wife of 26 years, following heart surgery on 21 Novemben The following obituary was published by the Newport Daily News: Nancy Simons Tollefson, 53, of 23 Spinnaker Court, died Tuesday, 21 November 2000, at Miriam Hospital in Providence of respiratory failure following heart surgery. She was the wife of Michael Tollefson. Bom in Florence, SC, on 21 April 1947, she was the daughter of Robert L. and Ruth Miller Simons of Florence.

Mrs. Tollefson was a 1969 graduate of Columbia College in Columbia, SC. A Navy wife, she had lived in Charieston, SC, Omaha, NE, Philadelphia, PA, Norfolk, VA, Portsmouth NH, and Newport, RI. She had started a career in library science and was a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary sorority for women educators. Her greatest joy was leading the Dolphin Scholarship fund raiser in Charieston, SC, from 1985 to 1988, and 1991 to 1993.

While living in Newport, she was a member of the Newport Officer Spouse Club. She was an accomplished quilter and enjoyed teaching this craft. Besides her husband and parents, she leaves a sisten Sarah Couch of Spartanburg, SC, two nieces and a nephew. A memorial service was held on Friday, 1 December in the Chapel of Hope at

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The '68 contingent at Homecoming 2000 Naval Station Newport. Her funeral service was held in Florence, SC. Memorial donations may be made to the Dolphin Scholarship Foundation, 5040 Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 104A, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.

1 join all members of the Class in extending our deepest condolences to you, Michael. The cherished memories of your life with Nancy will live on.

December's Shipmate published an obituary for Michael Byrnes, a nongraduating member of our Class. I want to thank Bob D u g g a n and Paul "Chier' Crowley for providing me the information on Mike's many achievements since he left the Academy. Rich Benson (richard.d.benson@ j p l . n a s a . g o v ) also sent me an email after the magazine's last deadline that I wish to share with everyone. His eloquent tribute to his former roommate says it all.

I recently received the sad news from Bob Duggan about Mike Byrnes. I'm reminded of what a great experience it was to be associated with guys of Mike's caliber Mike and I were roommates during Youngster Yean The intensity of his commitment—coupled with his generosity and sense of community—were amazing to me. I believe Mike was very heartbroken to leave USNA, but his sports career at Fordham and then "in the law" revealed that his commitment found a new channel.

I suppose others have noticed, in normal life, that most people seem kind of pale compared to their '68 Classmates. Bob joked about what a "room of doom" Mike and 1 shared. He's right. I left as a 2nd Class (November 1966) along with Kevin Faughnan and Steve Morris after a debacle of Saturday night rule-breaking; Ed Kosky was the sole survivor of that incident. But I continue to be inspired by the great things our

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Classmates have done. Everyone knows about Jim Webb, Charlie Bolden, and Jay Johnson, but even the "regular" guys seem to do great things.

Mike is one example; another is Tom Betten, also a "non-grad." (Many will recall that Tom was the guy who "borrowed" the fire truck at NAS Pensacola during 2nd Class summen) After leaving USNA, Tom and I ended up at the University of Illinois togethen With one semester to go in the spring of 1969, Tom quit school! You may recall some campus controversies at that time. More than 20 years later, he went back to University of Illinois, finished his degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and then launched into law school. Today he's an attorney making a real difference in people's lives.

I could go on, but I'm rambling. My point is that I feel honored to have known Mike, and I will remember him the way I knew him—strong, generous, and courageous. Thinking about Mike again gives extra meaning to some words I know by heart about my Annapolis Classmates, "from low to highest in the fleet." Special guys, special bond. Beat Army!

Thank you for sharing your observations with us.

Rich. Your recollection strips away the years since we shared the boat school experience "where Severn joins the tide."

Rich's description of the special bond we share as Classmates was reinforced by a welcome update on Mike Kalashian (mike_kalashian@hp.com) from Dave "Sledge" Hammer just before the holidays. Here is what Sledge had to say: Dave Denson and I made a trip to Califomia in early December to see Mike Kalashian. I am delighted to report that he is doing much betten He has made great progress in recovering from his stroke, and his blood tests are good. The chemotherapy seems, at first analysis, to have knocked the cancer back. Mike's spirits and energy also were good. Mike was overwhelmed by the cards and letters he received from his classmates. He says that he will be responding to them soon. The correspondence was impressive—both in volume and in the content. So many Classmates let Mike know how much they were pulling for him.

I can only add my thanks to all those who took the time to correspond with Mike when he needed moral support at a critical point in his recovery. I have learned from my personal experience with a number of close friends and family members that one's outlook and mental attitude play important roles in the fight against cancer and other illnesses.

When you read these words. Mike, you will be reminded that you are not alone.

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Tuming to some recent Class activities, there was a good turnout in Baltimore to watch "the big blue" salvage some pride and bragging rights by hanging on to defeat Army in the gridiron Classic. Earlier in the season at Homecoming, a group of us joined the 28th Company tailgate party after tiie setback with Rutgers.

Leading tiie outstanding work of the 28tii Company was John D. Perkins '01 (m015058@ usna.edu), a member of 2001 who hopes to go Navy Air upon graduation. John, a native of New Orleans, told me that his company was glad to host our Class at the tailgater Anotiier was held on 18 Novemben As for long-term plans, the company's dining-out will be in early Febraary at the Marriott, and the nationally acclaimed Croquet Match will be in May. John was still planning these events with the 28th Company operations ofificen MIDN 1/C Ryan Roche '01 at die time we spoke. Sincere dianks to John, Ryan, and his entire company for their warm friendship and camaraderie. Those of you in die Annapolis area this spring who can participate in any of the 28th Company events will enjoy the opportunity to share some sea stories with these impressive members of die oncoming watch! John would welcome any recommendations from the Class.

Joe Conway, MIDN 1/C John Perkins, and Dan Lear maimed a mean grill at the 28th Company tailgate party following Homecoming 2000 I enjoyed the opportunity to catch up on happenings with a number of old friends at Homecoming, including Dick Krulis, Dan Lear, Ruth and Tom Pestorius, Pat and Jim Niehus, Bob Evans, Dottie and Phil Katauskas, and Fred Muniz. I regret that I was unable to catch the name of everyone on hand for the get-togethen but perhaps you can identify folks from my group photo. I'm the person behind the camera!

'68; Gerry Motl, Bill Metzgen Roxanne Motl, Carl Tamelevich, and Lori Tamelevich at the Saturday morning tailgate in Orlando for the Notre Dame game The Notre Dame game in Orlando provided another opportunity for a Class mini-reunion. Josie and Bill Metzger sent several images as they attended as part of the Alumni Association's package trip. They were joined by Roxanne and Gerry Motl, Becky and Dan Lear, and Lori and Carl Tamelevich. Bill said that other Classmates were present and, while not winning the game, we won the party!

ADM Denny Blair was back to Annapofis in December to attend a dinner for all USNA Rhodes Scholars. If you have not seen my feature interview with him in the December issue of the Navy League's Sea Power magazine, you can check it out on line at the Navy League's homepage at www.navyleague.org. Also of interest, check out Denny's public speeches as CinCPac at www.pacom.mil/ref/2000/sst/sst.htm. The CinCPac homepage (www.pacom.mil) also has many other good links relating to him, including his bio.

VADM Mike Mullen, now the commander of the U.S. Second Fleet, also visited the Academy for Homecomingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on his flagship. MOUNT WHITNEY!

Mike Mullen and Diane Ryan, wife of superintendent VADM John Ryan '67, at the Supt's brunch prior to Rutgers football game at Homecoming

Mike had another reunion of special interestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sons John Mullen '02 and Michael Mullen '03 are both I received a couple of notes from Classmates reMidshipmen. 1 thank Leo Kuehn for bringing this news to my attention. Of course, Leo has a personal porting new email addresses, so I will pass them interest in that MIDN 3/C Steven Kuehn '03 and along for your information: MIDN 3/C Michael Mullen are roommates!

George Gardner (ggardner@synergics.com and The Academy's Trident newspaper ran an infor- gardnersyn@aol.com).

Mike Scholtens (mscholtens@bridgergroup.com). mative article on Mike's address to the MidshipWith regard to the recent listing of our company men during his visit. "There is simply no other place that offers such a unique opportunity to leam, to comm reps that appeared in my column some months lead, and to excel," Mike said by way of describing ago, Jim CuUen reports that the 36th Company Reps his impression of the Naval Academy today. In his view, there are three things that set the Academy apart in our day, and continue to the present time, to make it the perfect breeding ground for future leaders: standards, people, and the strong sense of tradition. "It makes you feel a part of something so much bigger than yourself," Mike said, "and it makes you appreciate just how special the Academy experience really is."

1 was out to Annapolis for homecoming, but I clearly missed some of Mike's activity during his visit. Frankly, I was probably too busy trying to get that "Classic" photographic image of the AirLant flyover at Navy-Marine Corps stadium before the game.

Just think how the game might have turned out had the NAAA artanged to have that formation make a similar appearance overhead every time the Rutgers quarterback tried to call an audible at the line!

iSABRD

Jim and Pat Niehus at Homecoming 2000 Dan Lear (omegadanl@aol.com) is president of his own company. Omega Systems LLC, an executive-recraiting firm in Virginia Beach catering to the high-tech arena. In addition to serving as the USNA Hampton Roads Alumni Chapter national trustee (and past resident), Dan is the 30th Company Class comm rep.

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are Ken Pease and Jim Niehus. Our Class Web site has the latest listing of company reps as provided to Jim by our Batt Reps as of early Octoben It will keep changing, so please see our homepage for current gouge. We all owe Dave Tyler a hearty "attaboy" for his continuing efforts to iron the bugs out of our homepage's software and to keep the information current. Many Classmates have told me how much of a difference it makes in our curtent state of improved communications.

Jim reported a great turnout at our "Victory over Army" luncheon in Crystal City on Pearl Harbor Day in December Attendees were: Bob Bowden, Joe Conway, Jim CuUen, Walt Hogan, Jack Klimp, Karl Krumbholz, John Mayen Bill Metzgen Mike Neale, Bryan O'Connor, Larry Poh, and Mark Taylon The 16th Company won the "Most Attendees" award with four folks present. A lot of stories about the game were told and a lot of reminiscing took place. Joe Conway updated the group on the status of the Class gift and the Class giving campaign.

Early in 2001, our Class leadership will be querying all Classmates via the communications tree to track down "missing" Classmates. The objective is to create a current, accurate database of contact information (email address, phone numbers, street address) so we can keep everyone informed of Class activities.

The next two Washington area Class luncheons will be on Thursday, 1 February, and Thursday, 5 April, at the Crystal City Marriott Tertace Restaurant. A complete schedule for 2001 will be posted on the Class Web site.

I have a wonderfully upbeat story to relate to begin our 2001 columns. Jim von Suskil reported in early November that he and his wife, Susan, attended Ralph Gemelli's marriage to Cristina Giorgio in Rome on 28 Octoben Ralph was Jim's USNA roommate. Both Ralph and his new bride are psychiatrists, and sanity has obviously prevailed here. Jim said that the ceremony was impressive, the bride beautiful, and the setting memorable. The marriage took place in the Church of San Salvatore in Lauro, and they adjourned to the Palazzo Tavema for the reception.

The Palazzo was nothing short of palatial, Jim wrote, and was even mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy. Susan and Jim flew to Rome a week before the wedding and met with several of Ralph's family who are also tied to the Academy. They toured Rome and Florence with Ralph's sisters, Vivian, and her husband, John O'Neill, and Mary, and her husband, Don Mason '74.

Jim and Susan shared the flight home with Ralph's uncle Gene Gemelli '52 and Nancy Avallone as well.

In Rome for Cristina and Ralph Gemelli's wedding in October are (1 to r): Gene Avallone '52, John O'Neill '68, Cristina and Ralph Gemelli '68, Don Mason '74, and Jim von Suskil '68

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U.S. News and World Report magazine reported in December that the 2001 television season will see scriptwriter Jim Webb's new CBS pilot reach the airwaves. Jim is teaming with Ron Howard's Imagine TV "to bring the Pentagon's E-Ring power circle to life," the magazine notes. Jim told USNt&WR that the production will have its derringdo, "but you can't save the country every week."

The drama will focus heavily on the internationalpolicy dilemmas at DOD's highest levels—situations known well to Jim from his years serving at the top ranks of the Reagan administration's defense team. The show will likely air in the fall if CBS picks up the pilot, the magazine reported. Let's hope so—secure in the knowledge that we may finally have more accurate portrayals of our men and women in uniform on the screen with Jim riding herd as top hand on the project.

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In closing, I note that nearly one year has elapsed since I assumed duties as our Class scribe for Shipmate. The experience has been very gratifying thanks to the many contributions I receive week to week. I hope that my efforts have helped contribute to a greater awareness of the magnificent work the Class of 1968 performs in all aspects of American society today and to forge closer bonds among our ranks. Please keep those cards, letters, and emails coming—it's the only way I can help to get the word out. And remember—think visually too and attach a high-resolution digital JPG image with your email!

All the best, Gordo.

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Pres: CAPT Edwin "Steve" Potts, USNR Vice Pres: F.H. "Mike" Michaelis Sec'y: A.L. "Al" Cipriani Treas: Steve Ward h: 703-864-1775; w: 703-620-2279 Cort Sec'y: Dr. Steve Hudock 6006 Woodlake Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310 e: hudocksa@ingalls.com Post Holiday Bowl Greetings Fellow '69ers!

Seems like everyone survived well from what I've heard. The heart stopper in Baltimore came out the way we like it with a great victory over Army. The weather cooperated and the stadium, surrounding tailgate activity and celebratory atmosphere that Baltimore provided was really a nice variation on the drab Philadelphia theme. The Worid Famous USNA Class of 1969 Bus and Rolling Tailgater was a smashing success. Roughly 40 rode the bus to Baltimore where we tailgated before and after the game with many others who were spending the weekend in Charm City. Other '69ers were seen in the stadium at the game itself. Winner of the "I Came the Furthest Non-Award" goes to Kathy and Jim Mcllvaine who came in from the Ukraine. Best "Mamosa—not a Salty Dog" Award to Mike Michaelis. A couple of '69 offspring in attendance with youngest going to MIDN 4/C Andrew Coxe '04 (that's Class of 2004), and oldest bus riding ' Gator goes to Mike Stroop '54, big brother of Pat. Two years, two rolling 'Gators, two victories over Army. ..hmmmmm, 1 think we're on to something!

Thanks go to Steve Ward for planning, organizing, and executing a flawless movement order!

John Post Our Ironman Classmate, John Post gave us an account of his feat: Last week, I was fortunate to spend a week in Kailua-Kona, HI, for the annual running of the Ironman Triathlon, a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and a 26-mile run. They say that when Pele smiles, the weather and the race go off well, but if not, things are made a little more difficult, which they were this yean They had the worst winds in years, actually blowing people off bikes, over guardrails and one woman even had a skull fracture. It's nice to spend a week in Kona, but then you get to "pay for it" on Saturday. I enjoy swimming a great deal and so the first part of the race was fairly simple. It doesn't even matter how windy it is. However, the bike was second and it took eight full hours, my longest ever and just about the longest of all the competitors, to begin the run. By that time, you' ve used up most of your reserves and manage to run/walk.. .or more likely walk/run the marathon part. Howeven anyone who crosses the finish line, including me, before midnight gets a big medal and is called an Ironman.

It keeps you going for another yean maybe longen Aloha.

Great job, John. Hope your knees hold out!

A new way to buy from the Midstore—a.k.a.

USNA Store—has emerged at www.usnastore.com.

Log on and check out hours, store policies, merchandise, etc. Speaking of buying things, first classmen now rate 2.7 cu.ft. refrigerators in their rooms for storage of "cool drinks and healthy snacks"...my, my how times change! Remember snow packing "healthy drinks" on the window ledge?

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Great news for our Classmate John Padget. He is being assigned as Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, which will be a long way from his curtent job as Commander Navy Region Northeast/ Commander SUBGRU 2 in Groton, CT. Passed along from Jerry Campbell: Attention 15th Company and USNA Classmates and friends, received wordfromNestor White that he recently underwent bypass surgery for a faulty valve in his aorta. Symptoms came on suddenly while exercising. He found out it was a congenital problem. Prognosis is excellent. He says to give him a few weeks and he'll still be able to run circles around all of us.

Thanks for passing the word, Jerry.

Pat Stroop tells us about a great family tradition executed last May. His son Kevin Stroop '00, a third generation USNA legacy (Pat's dad, Paul Davis Stroop '26) is shown with the family in the picture. Graduating with Kevin were four other "69 offspring, Andy Hartman, Peter Grimm, Hugh Batten, and Bob Hanvey. Pat reports that as of January '01, the Class of '69 has graduated 34 of dieir offspring, have seven currently in the Brigade and at least two candidates for "05. Pretty good record for '69, wonder if there are any overall stats on second generation numbers from other Classes...? Oh yeah, Kevin is finishing SWOS and will report to BELLEAU WOOD in San Diego in the spring. Thanks for sharing with us, Pat.

There were approximately 15 Classmates present at the informal meeting. This was not sufficient for a quorum. Opening remarks were made by the vice president, Mike Michaelis. Current active membership is about 81 Classmates. 21 Classmates have opted for life membership.

Reports from Class officers were given: • Al Cipriani reported on Company reps and current company listings.

• Dave Rose reported on Michelson Lecture Series fund raising.

• Steve Ward reported on the Foundation's financial condition.

• Steve Ward reported on the Foundations non-profit status.

• Bob Byles reported on the Foundations investments.

The election results were announced: Al Cipriani was re-elected to secretary for the term Dec. 2000 to Nov. 2003, and Mike Strand was elected to Director for the term Dec. 2000 to Nov. 2003.

This unofficial meeting was closed at approximately 3:30 p.m.

A quick summary from our stats whiz, Pat Sfroop: Army-Navy Update; 2000-2001 Record Against Army; 8-4 (.667), 2000-2001 N-Star Record Against Army; 8-2 (.800), Last Four Years Against Army; 81-24-1 (.769), Last Four Years N-Star Record Against Army; 58-17-1 (.769) That's the wrap from the '69 MailBag! Sure glad we pulled out the Army game! Maybe Navy football will be better in '01—we all hope so! Beat Army—often!—Steve

70 The Family Stroop; Dave, Dad, Kevin, Mom (Mary), and Brian Lynn Orfgen, 53, joined 290-bed Crittenton Hospital in Rochester Hills, MI, as President and CEO in November after serving a two-year stint as CEO of NorthShore Regional Medical Center, based in Slidell, LA, a suburb of New Orleans.

NorthShore operates a 174-bed acute-care hospital and 58-bed psychiatric hospital. It is owned by Santa Barbara, CA-based Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Lynn said he helped NorthShore, which posted revenue of $275 million last yean achieve record operating eamings of $25 million last year and $16 milUon the year before.

Lynn stepped into the Crittenton job after the Hunter Group, a Fort Lauderdale, FL-based consulting company specializing in health care, where he spent about six months ranning the hospital. He said Crittenton can grow by expanding its specialty services, including prostate cancer treatment and orthopedics, while cementing ties with the Rochester community.

Lynn retired in 1989 and went into health care administration. He has managed hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Califomia, in addition to Louisiana. He is married and recently bought a home in the Detroit area. He has a 25year-old daughter and a son who is a freshman at Ole Miss. Way to go Classmate!

The USNA Class of 1969 Foundation held its annual meeting at 2:30 p.m., on Friday, 20 October 2000 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Ward Hall conference room 101.

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Pres: Fred Hall Sec'y: CDR Royal Connell, USN (Ret.) 1978 Valley Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401 e: njrotc@arctic.nadn.navy.mil Greetings to all of you who have entered the new millennium and forgotten how to communicate. It's a good thing I have email and newspapers or you'd never get anything in Shipmate.

I have found that bad news needs to be straight up though. Last October many of us got an email forwarded by Nick Visco: With sadness, I forward the following email from Paul Hurd, whose wife, Alice, 50, passed away yesterday moming. On a personal note, for those who knew Alice, we have lost a kind and gentle soul, a good person, and we are poorer for it. Paul's message follows; Dearest friends and relatives, it is with the deepest regret that 1 announce the passing of my loving wife of 30 years...my most cherished friend. The shock has yet to fully set in. After all, we had planned so much together...yet this was not in those plans! Ours were the plans of beach front homes, African safaris, and around the world cruises.. .no one plans to say "good-bye" so young.

In the end, Alice's cancer was like a lightning strike. Yet we always thought we'd have more time together...we wouldfightit...and we would win!

But now her loss is our loss. My heart is sick with pain, and hers is still in peace. We have lost one of the world's great role models. Oh, that my children grow to be just like Alice.. .caring, dedicated, and full of love. Remember not the anguish of her final week, but the joy of her incessant smile.

Remember that infectious laugh as you sit with a friend and retell your favorite "Alice" story, for there are few of us without one. For instance, even as Father Ritter administered her Last Rites, she

held up her hand and said, "Wait...I'm not planning on leaving yet!" (Which caught us all off guard...especially Father Ritter!)

In my last two-way conversation with hen I asked her where she would wish her ashes to be spread. "From my favorite mountaintop," she replied. "Mt. Rainier?" I asked. "No...Mt. St. Michel!" And so, with fondest memories of our many wonderful trips to France, that is one request 1 would be honored to fulfill. Alice fought the valiant fight. But her last week was the ultimate "week from Hell!" The combination of an aggressive cancer being fought with an aggressive chemotherapy proved too much for her weakened body. The end, though, came peacefully, as her entire family raced toward Seattle from across the country to be by her side.. .to hold her hand as her spirit rose to a better place. Alice was the light of my life...and I will miss hen Bob Alden's son, Mike, got married in Winter Garden, FL, to Jocelyn Kirchen The ceremony was lovely and the reception hall was in a beautiful setting on Lake Apopka. Mike's best man was Matt Gunten son of our Classmate, Wally Gunter. Wally and his wife, Karen, attended, with Karen leading some of the dancing activities at the reception!

Cap Parlier (cap@parliencom) has a new book out, published by Saint Gaudens Press. The book is called Sacrifice—The True Story of Courage over Chernobyl. According to the media release it is an incredible, true story... [It] brings the heroic actions of the Soviet helicopter pilots who flew over the destroyed reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station to the collective memory of the world. Their selfless commitment to duty extinguished the nuclear fire, enabled the constraction of the sarcophagus that entombed the destroyed reacton and performed critical support missions."

As many will recall. Cap was personally involved in helping one of the Chernobyl pilots, Anatoly Demjanovich Grishchenko, obtain a bone marrow transplant in the United States in April 1990. This is an international tale you will never forget. The book can be ordered from any of the online book services or from your favorite local bookstore. As always. Cap appreciates the views of readers... good, bad or ugly. You can contact Cap at his email address or visit his Web site (www.parliencom). If it's anything at all like his first book, you all need to go and buy it today!

Bits and Pieces Steve Reinemund got his name in the news again here. Pepsico decided to buy out Quaker (makers of Gatorade) and when the deal closes, Steve will become the chairman and CEO. Michael Novak sez; Hey! How about that Navy team! And Hey! How about those seats they gave to the Class of '70!

For those who weren't there, we were in the lower level of the end zone—the one with "Army" printed across it. Silly me! I thought that after thirty years we'd be senior enough to rate seats where we could watch the game being played on the field, instead of on the "big screen." If I had wanted to watch the game on TV, I could have done that at home, and not frozen my you-knowwhat off! Many thanks to the Athletic Association for the dose of humility (or was it humiliation?). And he closes with; Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

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Pres: CAPT Perry Martini, USN Sec'y: CDR Brian Horals, USNR (Ret.) 11234 Cranbrook Lane, Oakton, VA 22124 e: bhorais@schafercorp-ballston.com http://www.usna.com/classes/1971/usna 1971 .htm Jim Yeakley (alias Danger) has been prolific these past few months in his write-ups on recent Class of '71 activities. I'll include excerpts here in the column but encourage you to take a look at the Class Web Site (http://www.usna.com/classes/1971/ USNA1971.htm) in the News section to read all of Jim's prolific prose. It's well worth the read.

Emerald Downs racetrack group shot The first weekend of August Jim Yeakley had the pleasure of participating in the USNA '71 Great Pacific Northwest Salmon Run and Thoroughbred Handicapping Challenge with several Classmates, Class of '71 wives, and other family and friends of '71. The weekend events included salmon fishing on the Puget Sound, a group ride on the Spirit of Washington dinner train and a visit to the Emerald Downs horse racing track. Sharing the experience in Seattle were Melody and Dave Bolduc, Jan and Chuck Beyer, Chris Funke, Karen and John Held, Anne and Ben Holland, Lew Mason, Fred Myers, Linda and Dale Peterson, Patty and Rick Plank, Yvonne and Troy Pyles, Sherrie and Ron Schroder, Russ Stahlak, Eileen and Hank Turowski, Terry and Dave Vandover, and Meredith and Frank Wnek. The racetrack activities were held at Emerald Downs. Several notable attendees (all members of the Class of 1971) were designated as Special Emerald Downs Stewards for the Class of 1971 Purse. Shown left to right in the group photograph are: John Held, Russ Stahlak, Ben Holland, Chuck Boyen Dave Vandover, Troy Pyles, Ron Schroden Professor Furlong (a.k.a. Jim Yeakley), Dave Bolduc, and Frank Wnek. After the races the group gathered for a cookout at the home of Patty and Rick Plank.

I'm always hearing stories about how small the world really is, but here's another chance encounter that makes the point. RADM Tom Wilson '73 (Class secretary for '73) is currentiy serving as Commanden Standing Naval Forces Atlantic and is required to make official calls when the Force enters various ports. Recently Tom was in Leith, Scotland, and the liaison officer offered to take him to the Edinburgh castle for a quick look. As Tom entered the castle in service dress blues a hand reached out of the crowd and grabbed his arm. Tom tumed, very quickly, only to see Pete Ibert. Tom had not seen Pete since they served together on IKE in the early '80s but Pete made out as if this was planned years ago and they were simply executing the plan of the day. Pete and Tom were in 17th Company togedier at USNA. Pete is living in New Orleans, LA, and was vacationing with his wife and a group.

Tom O'Brien, Jim Yeakley, and Chuck Boyer in Beantown Jim Yeakley sent in another report on a Class of 1971 group visit to the Navy-Boston College game.

As Jim so eloquently puts it, "1 flew to Beantown for the Navy vs. Boston College game (and boy did my arms get tired). (Paradiddle-rimshot-cymbal) Actually, my USNA roommate, Frank Wnek, piloted the airplane." You'll have to read the article on the Class Web site (see the address in the article above) to get the full benefit of Jim's unique descriptive prose (and great photographs). Tom O'Brien, the head football coach at Boston College, hosted a group of USNA 1971 Classmates for the Friday practice and the Saturday game. The USNA '71 group had dinner together Friday evening in the Sheraton hotel. After dinnen Tom O'Brien dropped by to give the group a coach's perspective on Navy's chances for success the next day. It wasn't pretty, but it was accurate. Shown left to right in the photograph are: Tom O'Brien, Jim Yeakley, and Chuck Boyer. Tom, the gracious host, made his luxury skybox/office, with an endless supply of beverages, available to his Classmates. Jenny and Tom O'Brien treated the group to a feast at their house following Navy's loss. Read the full story on the Web page for more details and many excellent photographs. That's all 1 have for now. Best to all of you in the New Year (our 30th Reunion year). Keep the inputs and photographs coming via email and regular mail.

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Pres: Tom Storch Sec'y: RADM Tom "TJ" Wilson III, USN 8310 Gushing Court, Springfield, VA 22153 h: 703-913-0094 e: tjwilson@erols.com Classmates, Although I write this in late November you won't read it until January-Febraary. I assume by then the winter of our discontent will be over and a new President will have been determined. At this point, it seems more an attomey full employment drill then an election. We live in interesting times.

This comes to you from the Bay of Biscay, which is a most unpleasant place this time of yean 1,700 of my closest intemational friends and I are heading to Santander, Spain, our final stop before the holidays and home, having just left Brest, France.

While in Brest I visited Omaha Beach, about 400kni away but still much closer than when I'm home in D.C. After viewing the area from the beaches looking up and the hill looking down, I am simply lost for words. What was accomplished that day on that beach cannot be fully appreciated without walking the ground. Take the time to take the trip to see what our fathers' generation did.

George Watt sent a nice note along. He mentioned having recently heard from Gary Roughead from sea with his battle group. Additionally, he talked about recently hosting the President's Circle members. That's the giving society for the Naval Academy Foundation. Since May, '73 membership in that group has quadrapled. When did George take over his new job!? The picture shows some of our best and brightest (Jack Rush, Curt Root, Rod Brotherton, Marty Deafenbaugh and George) with their respective "best girls" taken on the first night of the gathering. The good news is that when George calls you, it might result in your picture being in Shipmate'. Just kidding...fund raising is hard work and only a part of what George has to do. Keep at it, George.

Class of '73 makes strong showing at the 6th annual President's Circle gathering in Annapolis. L to r; Patty and Jack Patty Rush, Curt Root and friend Jeanine, Peggy and George Watt, Connie and Rod Brotherton, and Cathy and Marty Deafenbaugh I also received a newsy email from Mark Kohring (markkohr@aol.com) with an update on 8th Company. Here's what he had to say: It's been a while since I have corresponded with the '73 secretary, first time with you. I've been keeping up with the 26 members of 8th Company for the last 15 years and have managed to keep tabs on everyone. Not all of them are very communicative with me, so some of the info may be a tad dated. I believe it is good periodically to let others know what is going on in the lives of their Classmates. I am very surprised by the number of Classmates who have made major changes in careers or locations in the past yean Must be that Shipmate, January-February 2001

mid-life crisis we hear so much about. I am very thankful that all of our 26 graduates are still alive and kicking as we begin to cross the half-century threshold (four already have). To commemorate this accomplishment. I have issued a challenge to 8di Company to have 100% attendance at our 30th Reunion in 2003. We had 18 present at the 25th, and I have received four additional "intentions" for the 30th. Just need to work on the other four Our goal is to be the first to have 100% participation. Enough of the small talk and on to the meatier stuff. If anyone wants more information on any of the 8th Company (family data, email or snail mail addresses), have them drop me an email.

CDR Dave Caccamo. USNRR (Ret.) recently left Peace College in Raleigh, NC, to join Global Knowledge, an educational consulting firm. CDR Jim Canter, USNRR (Ret.) currently works for E-Greetings but is considering several options including the startup of a quality assurance tools and consulting company in California. Tom Collins is a senior manager for Capitol Lighting and Supply in northern Virginia. Al Creasy works for the Department of the Army in the Pentagon, John Davidson is a lawyer in Birmingham. AL. Chuck Davis was last heard to be in the computer software industry in Ohio. Larry DIugos recently survived an insurance company merger and is a senior vice president for Marsh in Philadelphia.

CAPT Kevin Foskett. USNRR ( R e t ) , is captaining flights for American Airlines and lives in Manassas, VA. He was the first of 8th Company to reach 50 last March. CAPT Tom Gallagher. USN, one of three in 8th Company remaining on active duty, is the senior military advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and lives in Arnold, MD. Maj Chris Gieser, USMC (Ret.), is the fleet gaming and simulation officer at CinCPacFlt in Hawaii. CAPT Jim Gordon. USNRR (Ret), is flying for United Airlines and lives in Miami. CAPT Scott Haney, DC, USN, was recently reassigned from Bethesda Naval Hospital to be the head dentist at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, AZ. Bruce Hargus was recentiy assigned the global responsibility for Air Products' electronics businesses. He lives near Allentown, PA. CDR Sam Hester, USNRR (Ret.), ,is a weapons analyst at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI. CAPT Mark Kohring, USNRR (Ret.), is in the nuclear safety organization at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. CDR Jeff Laughlin, USNRR (Ret.), works for Region 1 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Pennsylvania. Mike McCracken left San Francisco this past year to open a fishing business in Madagascar. Yes, you read correctiy. Madagascar!

He was recently back in the States for some R&R after suffering three bouts of malaria. Dan Musmanno is a project manager in the LPD 17 program as well as the Deepwater Initiative for the Coast Guard at Litton Avondale Industries (Avondale Shipyard) in New Orleans. Jerry PurciareUo is an engineer with Sargent and Lundy in Chicago. CAPT Ron Scudder, USNRR (Ret.), is an operations planner/scheduler with the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant on the shores of Lake Michigan. CDR Rod Shockley, USNRR (Ren) is flying DC-lOs internationally with Federal Express as airbus captain and is based in Subic Bay in the Philippines where he is building his retirement home. CDR Bruce Spalding, USNRR (Ret.), is the owner of Outer Banks Maintenance and Repair and owns several rental properties. He and his fiancee, Linda, are planning a wedding in the USNA Chapel. Hank Thompson retired from the Portsmouth, VA, school system last year to become a freelance photographer and full-time investon CAPT Mike Trent, USNRR (Ret.), recently left Lockheed Martin in New York for California where he has taken a position as the president of a start-up company in marine electronics serving the intemational superyacht community. CDR Barry Trudeau, USNRR (ReL),

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flies B777s for American Airlines and recently moved from Fort Worth to New Hampshire where he is the Blue and Gold Officer CAPT Craig Wilson, USN, is the deputy director for Strategy, Resources, and Interoperability for the recently renamed Joint Forces Command (was named CinCLant then ACOM before).

Mark, aside from being a scribe's dream come true this was a great update. I hope it motivates the readership! Thanks again.

I also heard from Ron Bowman. Others may have the trouble he had sending me pictures. It wouldn't work. I don't have a solution... 1 think the pipe is too small to the ship. Sorry. Anyway, Ron writes: Thought I would finally get around to sending you a note. With email it's hard to find an excuse not to write. The attached photo with the Supe was on the occasion of my presenting the admiral with a commemorative 25th Anniversary Annapolis Ten Mile Run poster The Supe was scheduled to do the race but pulled up lame with a hamstring injury. I have been the race director of the Annapolis Ten for the past four years and made the presentation on behalf of the race committee and the Annapolis Striders Running Club. I also think I noticed a few '73ers, like Ross Chafin, in the list of finishers. The race has grown to 5,000 runners from over 33 states and a half dozen countries and a budget approaching $200,000, but we couldn't do it without the cooperation of the Naval Academy, NAAA, City of Annapolis and the Annapolis Police Department. So I spend a lot of time making sure they know we appreciate them.

Runners World did a feature article on the race and the city in its July issue. It's rated as one of the top five Ten-mile runs in the country and one of the top 100 races overall in the country. My day job is still working for the office of the Secretary of the Interior as human resources information systems administraton Lynn and I still live near Crofton and are anxiously (?) awaiting daughter Kristen's wedding to a Navy man in Novemben My son Lee is working as a project officer for an up-and-coming fiber optics company in the local area. I wanted everyone to know 24th Company is still around. New admirals John Kelly, Pentagon, and Mark Young, Chief SuppO in Richmond, pop up every now and then.

T h a n k s , Ron. N o one 1 know thought 24th Company had vanished.

Finally, I received a short note from Peter Flynn.

He made the trip to Orlando and the Citrus Bowl to see the Navy-Notre Dame game. He saw Karen and Mike Simon and Ruth and Dave Leather as well as many others. With the season we're having at least we can say we sat in the sunshine with friends!

That's the end of the mail. As they say in NATO, "very many thanks" to all the contributors of news this month. It's great to hear from and about everyone and what's happening in their lives. I look forward to more randowns lilce the one Mark provided!

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Pres: Steve Middleton 516 Green Forest Drive, Sevema Park, M D 21146 Cort Sec'y: LtCol John Brown, U S M C (Ret.) 15791 Edgewood Drive, Dumfries, VA 22026 h: 703-583-0385; e: jrbrown74@home.com Welcome to the Dark Ages. During this lull in the cycle of life, I think we should each make an effort to track down a Classmate or two. Now, on with business.

It was nice to watch Army get beat, however, somewhat disturbing to see George Seftas still likes to sit with the Woops. Speaking of Navy football, Charlie Benway, Pete Venuto, Don Fleming, John Etter, and I got together for the picture taken at the Notre Dame Game in Orlando.

Charlie, Pete, Don, and John Not shown in the picture, but also at the game: Art Showers, Tom Lozier, John Branchflower, and Steve Shigley.

From Bert Calland, I received the following: Roamer, got picked up for flag on the last list (01 promotion), got frocked on 6 July '00, left the Pentagon on 7 July '00, took command of the Special Operations Command Central (MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL) on 14 July '00 and I'm lovin' life.

As GEN Franks' Special Operations component commanden I'm responsible for all SOF personnel and activities in the CENTCOM AOR. It's a great job—busy as hell—but a great job!

Bert, thanks. If you get bored, I can think of a mission for you and your band of nighttime workers!

From Dan Stewart: 1 recently left a Washington, D.C.-based security consulting firm as senior vice president in charge of their West Coast operations. I am presently representing Chris Perrien in his claim of engineering the Intemet by himself Thanks, Dan, and also please send our regards to the "Trath" (Bill Walsh). I understand that you are working together on some form of T-fight reunion.

Where is Don Loren?

Finally, a few pictures of some of our Classmates out on the Bay. First, a nice shot of the "captain" of the ship: Ken Huston.

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Pres: RADM Craig Quigley Sec'y: CAPT Larry Warrenfeltz, USN 21 Colony Trail Drive, Mandeville, LA 70448 h: 504-626- 4964; e: usna75scribe@hotmail.com Dear 'mates.

It was fabulous to see so many of us at the Homecoming weekend festivities. I don't have the statistics, but I'd guess that fully half of our graduates were there for at least part of the weekend. Before you kick back to read about our 25th, please make a quick change to your email address book. I opened a new Hotmail account for USNA Class of '75 gouge. You can now contact me at usna75scribe@ hotmail.com. Here's an idea—put the new one in your address book today and test it out by sending me a quick and interesting note. Heck, send me a long and boring note if you want. I don't care. I just want mail!

Thanks and congratulations to all of the 'mates who worked so hard to make the Homecoming weekend such a great success. Mark Wydra took charge and ran a great show. Mark worked his rear end off to get ready, and then all weekend long to make sure things ran smoothly. Charlie "Pink" Floyd came up with a winning selection of goodies in the coolest bag ever seen in Annapolis. The big canvas bag with our full color Class crest was so popular that people all over town wanted to buy 122

one. The ball caps with our motto, "The Flower Children of the Brigade" embroidered on the back were the envy of all those who graduated with less creative Classes. Larry Weckbaugh's tailgater was flat-out outstanding! The variety, quantity, and quality of food surpassed any USNA tailgater I've ever heard about. Larry told me that he sold out every reservation on Friday moming before the game.

Jamie Burd's limited edition prints of four different USNA scenes are fantastic and beautiful souvenirs. Jamie's talent gives us a unique Academy memory that's especially meaningful to our Class.

Kristi and Big Bob Burns won the original watercolor of the Chapel that Jamie provided for our Samrday raffle.

We began the weekend with a solemn and memorable memorial service in the Chapel. The Rev. Jeremiah Day led our tribute to our Classmates who have passed away over the years. After that well-attended kick off, we reconvened Friday afternoon for a Class meeting featuring Alumni Association head George Watt '73.

A special thanks to Steve Hubbard for his many years of service as our president. The ballots for our new slate of Class officers were still being collected and tabulated as we met in Octoben The final results were announced at the beginning of Decemben RADM Craig Quigley takes the helm for a five-year tour as president. Ray Wassel is our VP, and Dave Duffie (tteasurer) and I (scribe) continue in our current jobs. The new administtation took over on 1 January. We look forward to serving you! (I'm proud to say that Roy Hawkens ran our election smoothly—with no pregnant chads or Supreme Court challenges, and certainly no disallowed absentee ballots.)

From the Class meeting, it was a short march to historic Worden Field. We filled our reserved section of the bleachers to overflowing and made sure everyone at the p-rade knew that the Class of '75 is alive and well and as irreverent as ever. (The Woops and Zoomies in the exchange program received a special Class "welcome" as they marched past with their Companies.)

The dinner dance Friday night was just outstanding. This was the first time we held the Class dinner on Friday evening. Some people questioned that move, but they certainly appreciated our reasoning on Saturday, when everyone had the leisure to hang around the tailgater until the bitter end with no pressure to get back to the hotel and dress for dinnen Personally, I thought it was the best of all possible

Skivvie-waving at the P-rade worlds—Class functions on Friday leading into the Academy-wide football party on Saturday and smaller Company parties Samrday night.

Chuck Allen provided the 13th company photo (above). As Chuck says: It's quite a contrast to this group 25 years ago.

There's an executive engineer, an investment broken a military contracton a real retired guy, a couple of executives, and a real live Navy captain with a Youngster for a son. It's scary how much some of us look Hke our dads did when we graduated.

Rick Udicious provided a 1st Company quicklook report: 1st Company reunion muster report; Doug Ayars, Terry Blake, Mike McDermott, Gary Jones, Mike Mathews, Mike Maynard, Mike Meien Jim Millen Dan Murphy, Ron Nicol, Bob Phillips, Rob Reed, and Rick Udicious. The group made a triple header; dinner dance, tailgaten and company party hosted by Nan and Terry Blake, who deserve special thanks for opening their Annapolis home to their companymates, including the spouses, guests, and children...ages ranged from pre-K to Plebe! Comments at the party reinforced the great job done by the reunion committee. We really liked the agenda with the dinner dance on Friday, extended tailgaten and Saturday night open for company and/or more intimate sessions. At the end of the day we had over half those who graduated in Fun One together and updated an email list to be distributed, also to those who missed the party.

Denise and I had a great time and enjoyed seeing Classmates and friends, too numerous to list in this note. Our personal thanks goes to the Reunion team for all the planning and hard work to make this so easy and so much fun. What was the score, anyway?

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The score. R i c k ? It w a s N a v y - 3 0 , A r m y - 2 8 !

That's the only game we need to remember from the 2000 season. Nancy already made it clear that there is no need to buy game tickets for the 30th Reunion. She plans to stay at the tailgate tent and talk. I told her if Big Blue was winless come Homecoming in 2005 that 1 won't even attempt to change her mind. I'll be right out there with her!

Random notes and observations found on r a n d o m b i t s of p a p e r stuffed in r a n d o m pockets...Ed Casey is working for Raytheon in Newport.. .Dn Ray Enzenauer doesn't look much different 25 years l a t e r H e ' s enjoying private practice.. .Ed Quirk and his wife are expecting their first child this spring.. .Craig Quigley (a public affairs flag officen for gosh sakes!) can't keep up with his cortespondence. Bindy, please help!...Joy and Bob Young are moving to Virginia Beach for a couple of years...Looking at Dave Duffie's Midshipman son can cause flashbacks to 1974...Pat S l o a n w o r k s w i t h h i g h tech lasers in S o u t h Bend... Mike Groothausen is off commanding an aircraft carrier.. .Jon Greenert and Mark Milliken missed the fun. They were attending flag officer finishing schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Capstone...Dave Gray is the Reserve commanding officer of the Space Command in Dahlgren...Pat and Guy Mehula retired out of Pearl Harbor and moved to Fairfax County w h e r e t h e y w o r k in t h e family s o f t w a r e business...Rick Tryon is in command at the Marine Barracks at 8th and I...Our wives look a lot younger than we do.

R A D M Tom Donaldson assumed command of the Naval Meteorological and Oceanographic Command on 16 N o v e m b e n It w a s a rainy day in Mississippi, but as Debbie says, "it was all sunshine for t h e D o n a l d s o n family." C . J . H a l l d i d a wonderful job as guest soloist on the National Anthem and Navy Hymn. Wynn Calland flew in for the festivities.

We received a nice email from the CDR Matt S h a r p e ' 8 2 , c o m m a n d i n g officer of DONALD C O O K ( D D G - 7 5 ) , u p d a t i n g us on o u r s h i p ' s first deployment: Greetings from DONALD COOK, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil.

I want to tell you about the adventures of your ship, DDG-75. We are sailing in company with COLE as she returns to the U.S. aboard the heavy lift ship BLUE MARLIN. The heroes of COLE, the

sailors who fought and saved hen have already returned to Norfolk to begin their rebuilding process. DONALD COOK arrived in Aden the moming after the 12 October attack and has been with COLE since then. We refueled in Aden in August and were schedule to return on 14 Octoben It was only through the fortunes of COLE'S changing schedule that she arrived in Aden two days before DONALD

We were able to take advantage of all the range services, including Naval Surface Fire Support at Vieques. DONALD COOK'S gunnery team fired for a score of 105.3, winning the coveted Chezek Memorial Gunnery Award for 2000.

As we steamed across the Atlantic, our crew eagerly anticipated the first liberty ports of DONALD COOK'S maiden deployment. After transiting the Strait of Gibraltan we moored in Cartagena for a week of fun in the Spanish sun. From there we crossed a stormy Gulf of Lyon to moor in scenic Villefranche. We celebrated Bastille Day 2000 at the palace in Nice and enjoyed a concert that evening at the citadel in Villefranche. Our next port was Naples, a classic Navy stop, followed by Venice, with operations in the Adriatic Sea before and after We finished our Mediterranean adventure with a powerful week in Haifa, then transited the Suez for our mission in the Arabian Gulf.

Our two summer months in the Gulf were blazingly hot and exciting. Among the cartier battle group operations (with GEORGE WASHINGTON and ABRAHAM LINCOLN) and U.N. sanctions

enforcement, we paid calls on Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. We left the Gulf in early Octoben which brought us back to Aden, and thus to today.

We are completing an unexpected transit around the Cape of Good Hope and through the Caribbean Sea and back to Norfolk. During this deployment, DONALD COOK has worked for every geographic commander-in-chief, from Joint Forces Command through European Command, Central Command, Pacific Command, Southem Command and back home. We sipped wine in Napoleon Ill's summer palace, visited the Palestinian Authority cities of the West Bank, patrolled the Iraqi coast and made 250 pollywogs into shellbacks. Through it all, DONALD COOK'S sailors served their country well as warriors and ambassadors. These men and women are America's finest. After a mission well done, we are finally heading home.

Let me extend an invitation to you and your fellow Alumni from the Class of '75 to visit DONALD COOK. We will be back home in Norfolk after 12 Decemben If your travels bring you to Hampton Roads, feel free to call me. I would be honored to show you around our great warship.

In the words of our motto inspired by Col Donald Cook, may you find "Faith Without Fear."

Matt, we look forward to the continued success of our adopted ship. Keep her mnning free and clear and make us all proud!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Go Navy! Larry

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After steaming at best speed in company with HAWES, we arrived in Yemen early on 13 October and began our assistance of COLE. We provided force protection, damage control, engineering support, messing, logistics, and communications. For several days, DONALD COOK and HAWES pressed

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right in among the ships anchored in Aden's outer harbon running our armed RHIBs back and forth to the fueling dolphin with our assist teams to augment and later relieve COLE'S exhausted crew.

The first few days were the most uncertain, with COLE'S stability not yet guaranteed and the intentions of the Yemeni military unclean With our destroyer and a frigate, we had a strong defense.

As CAMDEN joined us, she brought much needed fuel and took her place alongside the destroyermen of DONALD COOK and HAWES. Six days after the

attack, the TARAWA ARG with 13th MEU arrived on station. They delivered force protection ashore and completed our forces for Operation Determined Response. You already know from press reports many of the details of the weeks that followed. If we have an opportunity to meet for a coffee or a been I would be eager to share the rest of the story.

Our GEORGE WASHINGTON Battie Group deployment began back in June with a successful week of training in the Puerto Rican Operating Areas.

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Pres: CAPT Richard "Rick" White, USN 1404 Hunting Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21403 w: 703-602-7630 ext 200; h: 410-295-0089 e: (w) WhiteRW@navsea.navy.mil; (h) betwhite@erols.com Sec'y: Bob Sanderson 210 Autumn Chase Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 h: 410-571-6267; e: mbsanderson@earthlink.net From the Yard Well, the Dark Ages are upon us once again, but we can still enjoy the gratifying feeling that always comes from beating Army! For those of you who may have missed it, we managed to hold on to the lead despite the best efforts of a very determined Army team and were able to emerge victorious (Navy 30, Army 28). I realize that no Army game will ever be as satisfying for us as the legendary 1973 battle (Navy 51, Army 0), but it's still a good feeling to be able to stand tall among our compatriots for another year. We had quite a crowd at the game, and even set a new all-time attendance record at three-year-old PSINet Stadium (over 70,000 in a stadium that only holds 68,000).

Anyway, we launched the USNA '77 balloon on its second voyage ever (I believe that the first launching was at the 15-Year Reunion), and attracted some fine "characters" from our Class. Betty and Rick White were there, and Rick provides us with his perspective on the game: For those of you Betty and I saw at the ArmyNavy game, it was a great time. 1-10 didn't seem too bad (at least for a few hours). Thardcs to all who supported the "moochers" at the tailgate. Best overall memory: Jerry Nosky and Sean Carroll (Carroll_Sean@techmatics.com), fully decked out, walking into the parking lot carrying cases (oops, 12 packs) of Molson's! Best '77 memory; Getting off the light rail and spotting the '77 balloon in the parking lot (thanks Bob). It was a great day. Proud to be part of the tradition! Go '77!

From what I can remember (in addition to Jerry and Sean), we had a few other Classmates gathered around "the balloon" before and after the game, including Paul McMahon, Brad McDonald, Ralph Janikowsky, Susan and Dave Paddock, Katie and Sean Rice, and Tom Vecchiolla. We were even able to snag a few pictures, thanks to a very good friend of ours who happens to be both an Army wife and a Navy mom: (And you thought you had problems!) We're still waiting to see what develops, but I'm sure we'll have some snapshots in next month's issue, so stay tuned.

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of the Submarine Force, and can be seen on the Dahlgren Hall side of the second wing. On a somewhat personal note in the small-world department, at the dedication ceremony I happened to ran into Mike Tracy '75, who flew up with me on my flight from New Orleans shortly before 1-Day and helped steer me in the right direction after I had arrived in Baltimore. I guess Homecoming really is a time to see old friends. Now on to the mail...

From the Mail Bag Dempsey Butler checked in to update us on his new email address (fouredheads@erols.com). He and his wife, Jeanne, live in Centreville, VA, and he mentioned that "the Rat Pack of 36th Company has some news" that he was going to send to me.

Unfortunately, I still haven't heard from him, but I'm sure "the check's in the mail." Right, Dempsey?

Bill Stiles (Bill@AppliedTechServices.com) sent-in "a small nugget from the small island state of Hawaii!" He retired in December 1997 as the Deputy Commander (Training) of Submarine Squadron One in Pearl Harbor (the self-proclaimed "Best in the West!"). He managed to duck the nuclear propulsion end of things for a change, and was responsible for the front half of the boat (you know, the weapons, sonan radio, etc.). While he was on the staff, he got "stuck" with a project to install a computer network, which eventually led to his certification as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). When CinCPacFlt (who was ADM Clemins at the time) announced that the standard software for the entire Pacific Fleet was exactly what he had just become certified on, he jockeyed for a position on his staff for a while, but eventually decided to retire instead. Now he's regularly conducting training at CinCPacFlt and consulting for them ("Somehow they think I'm smarter when I wear an aloha shirt than a khaki shirtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so be it! The money and hours are certainly better that way!").

Anyway, Bill runs his own small business in Hawaii, called Applied Technology Services (www.AppliedTechServices.com), and regularly conttacts to various places around the islands and on the West Coast. He doesn't have too much contact with Classmates any more, especially since Mark Kenny (MCSKenny@aol.com) headed back to the Pentagon and took his "annual, world-class Army-Navy bash" with him (although because of the five-hour time difference out there, all the "tailgating" involves breakfast dishes!). Bill also claims that Dan Shinego (shinegodÂŽ hq.southcom .smil.mil) was his partner in crime at CSS-7 for a couple of years, but he has since headed to Florida.

Bill wants anyone who gets out his way to definitely look him up!

Jeff Warmington (jswarming@aol.com) is checking in for the first time in about six years and apparently a lot has happened to him since then.

Following 20 years of faithful service, of which the final 18 were in the Supply Corps, Jeff retired from active duty in April 1997 as the Officer in Charge of the Navy Regional Contracting Center in Philadelphia, PA. His former roommate and partner in many capers, Doug Wilson (dwilsonace@aol.com) witnessed this historic event along with Phil DeRose. After retirement, Jeff immediately went to work as the materials manager for General Electric Support Services, in Mount Laurel, NJ, where he worked for almost three years. He is now the director of procurement for the Americas for the accounting and audit firm of Arthur Andersen LLP, in their Sarasota, FL, office. Jeff said that there is a Retired Officer's Association chapter in Sarasota, but the majority of folks are retired Army, so it made

for an interesting Army-Navy game. Jeff also mentioned that if anyone happens to be in the Tampa Bay area and would like to stop by to visit, he has plenty of room. ("Even with kids ages 12 and 9 I'd be happy to hoist a few and relive old times.") If you'd like to reach Jeff by phone, his number is 941-360-6619.

The next item comes firom the 1 November 2000, edition of The Capital: [Anne Arundel] County Executive Janet S. Owens yesterday appointed Mark M. Atkisson (atkisson@chesapeake.net) as the county's acting personnel officer, effective 9 November 2000. Mn Atkisson, 46, has served as the personnel manager for the Department of Public Works since 1997. The resident of Calvert County will earn $72,000 in his new post. Ms. Owens, who accepted the resignation of Personnel Officer Randall J. Schultz last month, said Mn Atkisson's first priority will be helping her hire a labor relations officer. That position was created by the County Council in June 2000. The 1977 graduate of the Naval Academy said he will also focus on implementing a full-time training program for county managers and supervisors, as well as dealing with petitions for collective bargaining. "I have had professional relationships with most of the people in the Office of Personnel for the last three years, and expect to build on those relationships," Mn Atkisson said. He served 20 years as a submarine officer and naval administrator, coordinating training and readiness programs for more than 1,000 sailors.

The final items in the mail bag this month relate to the recent passing of CDR Kerry Knoizen, who suffered a fatal heart attack this past summen The first item is from Bob Sinibaldi (sinbad77@ gateway.net), who provides us with the following tribute to Kerry: CDR Kerry Knoizen left this world prematurely and unexpectedly on 17 July 2000 doing what he loved the most with the ones he loved the most.

Kerry suffered an apparent heart attack after water skiing on what I am sure he would refer to as "the most beautiful and peaceful place on earth," the Knoizen homestead located on Lake Weir in Weirsdale, FL. Kerry and his family were enjoying a well-deserved week of leave visiting Kerry's mother when the Lord called him home.

It was 1979 in VP-31 at NAS Moffett Field, CA, that I first got to know Kerry. We were a couple of brand new naval aviators learning to fly the mighty P-3 Orion in preparation for ourfirstoperational tour in VP-1. Lucky for me, I was about a month ahead of Kerry in the training syllabus.

My performance was judged against the Navy standard. All who followed Kerry, were undoubtedly judged against the Knoizen standard. For those who knew Kerry at the Academy or served with him in the Fleet, you know exactiy what I am talking about. For most of us, the "gouge" was good enough, for some it was everything. Not so for Kerry, a meticulous perfectionist who never settled for the simple answer Kerry needed more, he always had to understand the "how" and "why."

Perhaps this is why Kerry was one of the most revered junior officers in VP-1 and one of the very few chosen for follow-on duty at the Fleet Replacement Squadron (VP-30) in Jacksonville, FL. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a naval aviaton Kerry sought a new goal, that of becoming a Navy doctor While instructing students at VP-30 and maintaining his razor sharp aviation skills, Kerry made time to study for and get accepted into medical school. Graduating in the top of his class, he went on to specialize in anesthesiology. Dn Knoizen served on the medical staff at Bethesda Naval Hospital and had planned to retire next summer and go into private practice.

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Christopher (14): mothen Fran; sisten Kim; and countless friends.

This is without a doubt the toughest thing 1 have ever written. I laughed and I cried but at last I have come to accept what up until now has been nothing more than a bad dream. I personally have been blessed for having had the opportunity to know Kerty and for having shared many years of friendship. God bless those whose lives he has touched.

The second item is from Dan Sayner (lizdan@ gte.net), who has come up with a great way to remember Kerry: First time writing to the column and sadly it is to request donations for a tribute to our Classmate, Kerry Knoizen, who passed away suddenly in July.

Kerry was the captain of the 1977 men's heavyweight crew team and a dedicated leader in the Brigade of Midshipman during his senior yean 1 have contacted Rusty Yeiser '74. major gift officer, U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, to find a way to remember Kerry for his contributions to the USNA. with the goal of dedicating a crew racing shell after him.

Therefore. I would like to ask the members of the Class to consider sending a donation made to the "U.S. Naval Academy Foundation" with a note on the memo line of your check for the "Knoizen/ Navy Crew Endowment Fund." Checks should be mailed to; USNA Foundation. P.O. Box 64978, Baltimore, MD 21264-4978. This is the Foundation's lockbox account and will ensure that donors receive a receipt from the Foundation for tax purposes.

I thank you for your support of our Classmate.

I know that Kerry will always hold a special place in the hearts of those of us who knew him, and I trast that we will continue to keep Betsy and her family in our prayers.

Class Commiuiication Tom "Soup" Campbell (Tom.Campbell @ longandfostencom) is already working hard to get things together for our 25th Reunion, which is right around the comer (for those of you who don't yet know, it's scheduled for the weekend of 21 September 2002). Tom has touched base with the two hotels that we plan to use, and we seem to have enough rooms available for the 19th, 20th, and 21 st.

He also spoke with the Marriott and has made a reservation for our dinner dance on Friday the 20th.

Tom plans to meet with the catering director over the next several months to make preliminary plans, and will be soliciting ideas from all of us very soon.

He's already looking for Class input for several aspects of the Friday night dinner dance, including a theme, the music (band or DJ), the menu, possible door prizes, etc. On a final reunion note (for now anyway), Tom is looking for an email address or phone number for Joe Walsh (his wife, Cindy, was handling the plans for the Saturday tailgate party and he's lost touch with her). Anyone that has any input for the weekend or would like to volun-

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Henry Brus (Brus@jsc.mil) has been burning up the Intemet lately gathering and distributing email addresses of about 200 Classmates in various locations. If you'd like to get a copy of the spreadsheet of email addresses that he's created, please feel free to contact Henry directly. A few of the updated email addresses that Henry provided to me are: Pierre Thuot (thuot@erols.com) from 11th Company; Rich Faulkner (richard.faulkner@lmco.com) from 7th Company; John Madaio (jmadaio@ yahoo.com) from 14th Company (whose work number is 301-227-3762); Pete Green (pgreen® paxnveridian.com) from 17th Company; Dave Aland (aland.david@hq.navy.mil or benzgrafix@ aol.com) from 25th Company; Bill Frost (wmdfrostii@earthlink.net) from 6th Company; Mike Thorp (thorpfam@erols.net) also from 6th Company, whose address and phone number are 4323 Flint Hill Drive, Apt. 304, Owings Mills, MD 21117; 410-581-1105; and John Thorp (john.thorp@ccnppi.com) from 8th Company.

Stratton Hicky (Stratton.Hicky-contractor@ bmdo.osd.mil) also informed Henry that Paul Croisetiere (CroisetiereP@ndu.edu or CroisetiereP@earthlink.net) is building an email address listing for 35th Company and provided him with the following email address updates: LaSalle Booker (beaugarde@worldnet.att.net) who lives in Arlington, VA; Guy Cofield (cofieldg@ series2000.com) who lives in Virginia Beach, VA; Tom Mcllravy (mcilravy@picusnet.com) who also lives in Virginia Beach, VA; Tom McKee (tmckee@combinednow.com) who lives in Marriottsville, MD; Scott Murphy (scott_f_@ mobil.com) who lives in Fairfax, VA; and Dave Pyle (davepyle@shore.intercom.net) who lives in Stevensville, MD. Rich Gooner (goonerr@ mindspring.com) reported that he moved to the University of Alabama in August, so you might be able to catch him at rgooner@cba.ua.edu as well.

Henry also received the following excerpts from Classmates on their current state of affairs. Robert Nichols (Bribo5@aol.com or Robert.Nichols® faa.gov) works in Washington, DC, at the FAA on the Safe Flight 21 Program. His address and phone number are 447 Gainsborough Court, Sevema Park, MD 21146; 410-544-2740 (h); 202-267-9912 (w).

Bob mentioned that he recently had lunch with Bill Chatman whose work number is 202-414-8601.

Larry Laughlin (Lklaughlin@aol.com) retired last August as a Supply Corps TAR officen He took a job as a high school naval science instructor in Aiken, SC, where he lives with his wife, Kim (who married him at the Naval Academy Chapel in May 1982), and their four children: two boys (ages 6 and 16) and two girls (ages 12 and 13). Larry says the four of them keep him and Kim busy these days shuttling from one activity to the next, but now that the oldest has a license, he's glad to have a helper! Gordy "Mac" McElroy (mcelroy @ rlmsystems.com.au or mcelroy@ connect.net.au) from 13th Company informed Henry that he is a vice president at Lockheed Martin in Australia and is serving as the JORN project director He can be reached at 61-3-9259-3539 (w) or 61-3-9846-8228 (h). Pete Knoetgen (pmknoet@mindspring.com or knoetgenpm® inpo.org) from 13th Company is a captain in the Naval Reserve and works for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta. I'm sure you now have some appreciation for the volume of emails that Henry's been pouring through!

Chris O'Connor from 10th Company. If anyone knows his whereabouts, please contact Terry.

Closing Remarks As I wrap up another month of Class news, I look forward to relaxing a little over the coming holidays (things have been rather chaotic in the Sanderson household lately for both me and Michelle). For those of you who haven't heard, I started a new job in September 2000 with Aether Systems, Inc., a rapidly growing wireless technology firm in the Baltimore, MD, area, and Michelle enrolled in the master's of theological studies program at the Virginia Theological Seminary, in Alexandria, VA. Needless to say, with full-time jobs, long hours, and lengthy commutes, time is at a premium for both of us, and we really appreciate those relaxing moments together when we can find them.

Annapolis is still a great place to live, and we continue to enjoy our time here (we just need to find a way to work here, too). By the way, for anyone attending Navy basketball games this season, look for us about five rows behind the Navy bench, anticipating the next opportunity to Beat Army'.— Bob Sanderson

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Pres: Arch Griffin Sec'y: Vince Balderrama 45 Littie Fawn Drive, Shelton, CT 06484 e: VBaldertama@Sikorsky.com Class Web site: http://usnal978.org As I write this I've got a short stack of mail. I guess everyone must have been gearing up to write those lengthy Christmas newsletters that always seem to accompany the cards. If you are like me, you really put a lot of effort into them so you can get them out by July of the next year (if at all). I still have a stack of '99 Balderrama family newsletters. They make great kindling! I'm sure next month's column will be jam-packed. I guess I can expect the mailman anytime soon to start bringing in bundles of cards, newsletters and family photos... Yup, anytime soon. Okay, I'm waiting...Anytime soon now...Man I feel like Charlie Brown at Valentine's Day—with my snout in the mailbox...waiting. Hey, speaking of family photos. Shipmate now accepts digital photos. That's right, we have entered the new age! Of course they have a lot of that pixilated, bitty, bitey requirements stuff like: grayscale (black and white) if possible, 300 dpi, TIFF or JPEG format. Also keep in mind that you are dealing with a zero and O-challenged Marine here so keep it easy and simple.. .pahleeez!

(I still can't unzip that file from George l^ree. I'm still working on it, George. I'm just building up the excitement—like in those movie trailers at the theater) Well, on to the mail.

Mike Patton (PattonMG@navsea.navy.mil) dropped a quick email to say that our own CAPT Steven W. Petri relieved CAPT John H. Preisel '72 as commander of NavSea's Naval Surface Warfare Centen Carderock Division (NSWCCD). Steve came from NavSea where he guided development of the Navy's next attack submarine, ViRoiNiA-class.

Dn CAPT Steve (he has his Ph.D.) had been with Carderock once before back in the nineties when he was officer-in-charge of Carderock's Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, ID. As for Mike

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he still works on the Navy's Virginia (New Attack) submarine program with NavSea, specifically the Electronic Support System (AN/BLQ-10).

In some old mail, Alex Callas wrote that the Ninth Annual Peter G. Callas Memorial Golf Day for MDA was a complete success. He again attributed the success to the wonderful help and participation of Classmates and grads. He sent everyone his deep gratitude. Among the participants in this years tournament were: Kevin Lynch, Bob Schmermund, John Cranford, Ron McNeal, Ed Reid, Byron Marchant, Scott Eckert, Pierre Thuot '77, Cozy Bailey '75, and Ed Gilmore '75. There were also many donors and sponsors. Besides some of the guys previously mentioned, the contributors included Chris Davidson, Larry Olsen, Ray Luevano, John Rudder, John Kurowski, Don Hamblen and Rich Hagen '82. The tournament is a mini-reunion of sorts and grows each yean For some it is also a lucrative reunion as a few dollars were seen exchanging hands at the 19th hole! To date, your generosity and involvement—and Alex's untiring devotion and love—has raised over $135,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

The Tenth Annual Golf Day is scheduled for 20 June 2001; planning is underway so mark your calendars! Alex says that "special things are planned for the Tenth and all are welcomed!"

I saw Navy bratalized at Boston College. Steve "Jock" Maloney and I rendezvoused with the usual suspects—Kevin Lynch, Bob Schmermund, and Ed Reid, joined by John Young and his brothen You've read about the first three quite a bit lately.

As for John, he's no longer with Southem Companies but is a hot prospect for a lot of other big companies looking for a big time exec. Supposedly, he's got as much attention from just those kinds of companies as a you-know-what on a sailor pay day.

Rumor control has it that he will no longer be our last bachelor (I think an original bachelor at that!).

During the halftime break Jock and I ran into Brian Kirk. Brian works as the senior sales manager for SSH Communications Security, Inc. out of Hingham, MA. By the end of the game we all found ourselves cheering for the moral victory of not giving up 50 points. Through one of his many connections Jock got us great seats—right in the heart of the enemy (the BC side), 50-yard line, 11th row.

They were so good that even New Jersey Governon Christine Todd Whitman had to sit by us. That's no sea story. She actually sat behind us. Of course the people accompanying her didn't know squat about football, which annoys trae fans like me. I had to clarify a few of the finer points—like it was a protective pad the receiver was wearing, not a fanny pack. Heck, if we'd have stayed any longer I could've worked on her budget and tax issues. Instead we left in the 4th quarter to join John Kovalcik and his family and friends in their sky box just behind us. Once more, John has shown us lowly mortals that the only way to see a game is

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from a sky box—you have the field, the TV too, a cooler full of beer, hot and cold food and when needed, heat or air conditioning. I've been spoiled again—great seats, great sky box, and great friends—what a way to see a game!

I talked to Steve Sutton recently. He still works on the Hill as the Chief of Staff for Congressman Lee Terry from Nebraska. This is the fourth member of Congress for whom he has worked. This one he says is a "keeper" He's up for re-election this year, with a pretty solid chance of making it so it looks like Steve could be right. Steve and I were scratching our heads to think of whom else from '78 also works as a Congressional staffen I thought there might be one more of us ranning around there.

Until I hear otherwise I'll just keep guessing. Steve and his wife now have three kids—all preschoolers—Eliana (5), Jeneline (2) and the newest, Gabriel (8 months). Steve was among those who played in Alex Callas' golf day. In fact, his team (foursome, double—whatever you golfers call it!) wound up in second place for B Group. Speaking of golf and small worlds. Steve was out abusing the Pohick Golf Course one weekend when he came across a man and a young boy. To make a long story short, they got to talking and one thing led to anothen Steve discovered that the man was a real good friend with someone who also went to Navy. In fact, the young boy was this friend's son. Through many variations of the name game we think it might have been our own Dn Richard Boehme. Of course, we could be wrong, but it's a good story nonetheless.

I gather that many of you are starting to feel the approach of our 25th and are responding to all our pleas to update your information on the Class Web site. Keep it up and pass the word. There are still a lot of folks who don't get Shipmate; either because they aren't members of the Alumni Association, or have forgotten to update their address with the Alumni Association. So you need to tell Classmates you come across to take that action. If they are in the former category, have them join up. If they fall into the latter category it's easy to update the Alumni Association. Just go online (the Web site is www.usna.com. If you forget, the address is also in Shipmate). You can also call Alumni House at 410-263-4448 ext. 148 and let them know to where you've moved.

Prompted by seeing Dave Brown's name in this column Brett Ayotte, (bayotte@mdmcorp.com) sent an email on other Classmates in Palm Harbon FL, area. Besides Dave and Brett, who's been there since 1983, there is also Bill Larimore. In fact, Brett and Bill's 14-year-old daughters had become friends at one of the math magnet schools long before the two dads recognized the Class tie. That's understandable when you figure more than 960 of us graduated. Besides, even more understandably.

Bill was 1st Regiment while Brett was an "other side of the worlder" in 2nd Regiment (1 too was a 1st Regimenter). Brett heard that Joel Boland is at USSoCom over in Tampa but hasn't tracked him down yet. Within the Reserve Submarine Force, '78ers are wielding a lot of influence and control.

Mike Yurina, Martin Bushika, and Brett are all COs of SubLant Reserve units and Jay DeLoach is the Submarine Reserve Force COS. Lots of other Reserve COs in our ranks too—Tim Arcano, Mark Munson, etc.

Lloyd Prince (Lprince@aol.com) and Carl Jordan are proof that there is life after retirement.

They are both captains flying for AirTran Airways.

Lloyd mentioned that there were "others" and that we can be expecting some news on them later

Captains Lloyd and Carl Jeff Fowler (fowlerjl@stratcom.mil) sent an "Aloha" from the Heartland of America—Nebraska.

The Fowlers are getting pretty settled-in after their move from Hawaii. So far the weather had been mild, so the transition has been good. They are renting a much larger house than their grass shack in Aiea, and the kids enjoy the neighborhood filled with kids their age. School and gymnastics are going well for the girls, and after his first rodeo, Connor was prepared to be that cowboy for this past Halloween. Katie has a four-wheel drive Dodge Durango and is ready for the Nebraska winters. She has started substitute teaching, so everyone is keeping busy.

Rich Polek (Richpolek@aol.com) wrote that on Sunday, 19 November 2000, at 8:08 a.m., Jennifer delivered into the world. Cole Quinn Polek. He weighed in at six pounds, ten ounces. So far Cole's older sister, Nadilee, is playing the role of a mostly disinterested big sisten She is busy chasing and hugging her boyfriend. Matt James (Brian James' son). Of course that may change laten 1 remember my older siblings "hugging" me until I was blue in the face. While in the "holding pattern" for Cole, Rich was precluded from a couple of mini-reunion attempts with Ray Luevano (rluevano® mirapoint.com). Ray had come to Richmond a few weeks before the birth for some business with Cisco but hadn't been able to link up with Rich. Then again as Cole's artival date drew nearer Ray planned to be in the Annapolis area. He had hoped to have Rich join him at dinner with Doc Hasson, our famous bicycle-riding, scraggly-beared, cigar-smoking material science prof from our Midshipman days. Those of you who had him for Class (I was not among the privileged) be advised that Doc Hasson will be retiring at the end of this academic yean His class must have left an impression with Ray such that he either intended to talk over old times or in light of present precedence thought he could still try to tum-over a midterm exam grad.

"But Doc if you follow the dimples, you'll see I really intended to punch only the correct answers.

Multiple dimples on the same answer doesn't mean 1 didn't have a clue to the answer it was a flaw in the system. Of course who would intend to mark an incorrect answer?! Come on, I should have gotten an A." (It's too late for Ray to appeal to the SUPEreme.) I guess Ray will just have to make another trip from out West in order to see Rich and the other Richmond area' 78ers (Mark James, Paul Russo, Bob Stolle, and Steve Feree).

George Tyree sent an update to my previous reporting on Rich Holzknecht (Holzknecht® erols.com). The latest George has—and it's from a pretty reliable source (better known as Rich's wife, Jennifer)—is that the Holznechts are now stationed in Virginia. Rich is an instructor at the military attache school. They have a 14-month-old son (Richard) and are expecting a little surprise that is due in Febraary. They didn't do any tests to determine Shipmate, January-February 2001

the baby's gender and hence are playing the guessing game so that's why it's a "surprise." George's old roommate, Joe Britain (britainjc@ yuma.usmc.mil) is still a bachelor and now works back in his hometown at Yuma. Joe works at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma as the chief environmental engineer He also is a drilling CDR with a Sea Bee unit on the West Coast and also serves as the Academy Liaison Officer for his local AZ Congressman for all the service academies. Joe planned to be at the Tyree household over the holidays. The Tyree kids are looking forward to maybe having their "Uncle Joe" join them in Florida this year for Christmas break when their Midshipman son, Michael T^ree '04, makes it home on leave from the Academy.

Kevin Liddy (kgliddy@us.ibm.com), our economist and Class Treasurer extraordinaire, is just about to finish his second master's from New York University. This one's an M.A. in economics. He already has the M.B.A. He got an A on his thesis.

One of the evaluators, his thesis advisor (Professor Bob Kavesh), also happens to be Alan Greenspan's teimis partner—Does this mean we can see some of Kevin's work filtering into the Keeper of the U.S. economy plans?!

Kevin's graduation is 10 May 2001 (a Thursday) so I have "budgeted" some brain cells to be debited from my account. (See, I did leam something from the accounting Class.)

One of our Class "Sky Pilots" Fred Hilder (crmdchc@roosevelt.navy.mil) sent me an update on the '78ers aboard TEDDY ROOSEVELT. The WEU'droom leadership included from '78: Fred (chaplain), CAPT Charlie Hautau (XO), and CAPT Glen Flanagan (reactor officer). Charlie just left the ship and was headed on his way to Gaeta to assume command of LASALLE, the Sixth Fleet Flagship.

'78 at Charlie's farewell I hope to hear more details later on.

Well that's about it. If you guys ever fail to see a column in Shipmate, it doesn't necessarily mean an under-write and that I didn't write a column. I always intend to write one. Just check out our '78 Web site and you'll find one. You see 1 am sending these to our Webmaster, Mike Holden, so you can catch the news there as well. This "covers my six" so when I am terribly beyond deadline and the editors just can't give me any more time to count and recount the mail so as to accurately certify the column. (You'll see it quite legibly there—no hanging chads or need for a magnifying glass either—the software will zoom it for you.).

That's all for now folks... Launchin' Spot 4 (or was it Spot 6? Nope it was 4, there's a no vote for Spot 2 that added to the five but subtracted 3 made it...)

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Pres: LCDR Sean Cate, USN (Ret.) e: scate79@home.com Sec'y: LCDR John "Wiz" Withers, USN (Ret.) 22445 Bluebird Court, Leonardtown, MD 20650 h: 301-997-1980; w: 301-342-4936 ext. 156 e: (h) WithersJ7®starpowennet; (w) WithersJD@navainnavy.mil Class Web site: www.usna79.com Greetings, 79!

Welcome to 2001! Here's hoping the arrival of the New Year has found you and yours happy and well. I think a lot of you will agree with me that the year 2000 was one to remember It certainly didn't seem like a normal yean Then again, I've heard that a "normal" year is just an average often abnormal ones!

Science fiction fan that I am, I can vividly remember watching the movie 2001—A Space Odyssey growing up, and wondering if life on 21stcentury Earth would be like it was portrayed in the flick. Well, there are no regularly scheduled flights to the moon yet, nor are we sending astronauts out to deeper space in cryogenic sleep. But we do have powerful talking computers (not necessarily "thinking" ones), cell and visual phones, and interactive TV. And we're also investigating the possibility that life might exist or may have existed on Mars. So perhaps the movie may have been more accurate in its predictions than would at first appear. And at the rate things proceed these days, we could be much closer at year's end.

It's hard to believe that I'm beginning my second year as your "faithful scribe." You all have made my first year in this position a whole lot of fun. Your cards, letters and emails are greatly appreciated, as they make this a much more enjoyable column to read (and this job a whole lot easier!).

So speaking of emails, let's get on with the important stuff. Tops on the list of multiple contributors is Grant Thornton (GThornton@atinc.com) who mentioned in his recent email that he traveled to Orlando in October to take in the Navy-Notre Dame game with his dad and John Kaiser. While Navy went down in defeat, it was a nice reunion with John and Jackie who had plenty of pictures of the newest Kaisen Alex, who was bom in July. Grant is also proud to report that his son David was recently recognized for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Thanks, Grant and John, and our congratulations to you and your sons!

let us know that he, Judy and the boys have completed their cross-country move from San Diego to D.C. He assumed the duties as commanding officer of the Navy Petroleum Office on 18 September, relieving CAPT Stu Funk '76. Mark says that Judy is staying particularly busy taking care of the new house and getting all the boys out the door every day. Jared (12) is a 7th grader and Colin (10) is in the 5th. And (surprise, surprise) they are all swimming at the local pool. Mark's working hard to get back in shape after what he honestly calls the highlight of his career: SUPPO of America's Flagship, CONSTELLATION. When our paths crossed last May, I could tell that Mark was in his element. I never saw a non-aviator have so much fun doing what he did on a ship! Being CO of NAVPET is a great challenge, he says. The job entails a fair amount of traveling, with visits to Navy and Marine Corps fuel facilities around the world. He's looking forward to getting back in touch with the many Classmates in the D.C. area. Like-minded individuals can reach him at home 703-250-6681 or work 703-767-7333, or by email. I hope to get up there and see him soon, as there is a ramor that he had both a chocolate and a vanilla "auto-dog" installed in the new house!

The Heinrichs; Jared, Mark, Judy, and Colin

Mark Heinrich, RADM Keith Lippert, and CAPT Stu Funk '76

John Kaiser and Grant Thornton A few months back, I mentioned that I had ran into Mark Heinrich (Mheinrich@cox.rt.com) during one of my at-sea periods. Inspired by seeing his name in bold, Mark sent along a great letter to

Chad Sain (ChadSain@aol.com) took me up on my request for copies of Classmate Christmas letters, and sent along the Sain family update. Chad, Karen, Nick (12) and Brett (7) are living in Virginia Beach, where Chad is the new director of the Leadership Training Unit at the Little Creek Amphibious Base. Chad was promoted to Captain last September on the bridge of IKE, was the guest speaker at a retirement ceremony in October, and graduated from the senior course at the Naval War College in Novemben Whew! After a year as a geographic bachelor in Newport, he hopes to have completed his last family separation. Karen has continued substitute teaching, this year spending most of her time at the local public high school.

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helping the special education department students with EngUsh, reading, and geometry. This was her first summer ever not working, and she thoroughly enjoyed the relaxation (tanning, reading, and taking the boys to the beach and pool). Nick and Brett are in the 5th and 1 st grades, respectively.

Chad also submitted his entry to the It's a Small World Sweepstakes. While at Newport last fall, Chad ran into Jon Miclot. Jon is a Marine lieutenant colonel attending the senior course at the War College, and is scheduled to graduate in June 2001.

One Saturday they both decided to forgo the books and head up to the Boston area and take in the NavyBC game. While craising through the stadium, Jon spied a red USMC ballcap walking the other way and said hi to its owner who, much to Chad's surprise, was 21st Companymate Kent Norgrove!

Chad and Kent hadn't seen each other since graduation, so it was quite the reunion. Kent left the Marine Corps soon after completing his initial obhgation. and is currently living in New Jersey. He was at the game because his daughter attends BC. Kent, if you get the chance, please drop me a note and update us on what's going on in Jersey! Jon, I know you have more writing to do than you can stand, but if you can tear yourself away from Clausewitz, Sun-Tsu and Thucydides, I'd like to hear from you as well. And remember the junior NWC class motto: "It's only a lot of reading—if you read it!" And Chad, thanks again for the great letter!

Former head coach Bob Hamilton was quoted as saying, "He's the best I've ever had at being able to score both inside and outside." Sinnett also excelled in the Classroom, garnering SecondTeam Academic All-America recognition his junior year, while also earning Academic All-America status his senior campaign. Additionally, he was awarded the Thompson Trophy Cup in 1979 for his efforts in promoting Naval Academy athletics in a positive manner his senior season. He also eamed an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

This month Kevin completes his tour in D.C. and will take over as the deputy director of athletics at USNA. He's currently slated to move into Worden Field housing in June, and indicates he's looking forward to hosting numerous '79 events. For the time being, he can be reached at Sinnettl @aol.com, and I'll pass on his new address when he gets settled in. Congrats on everything, Kevin. I'm sure you'll enjoy having your windows rattle every Wednesday aftemoon during the p-rades!

Well, guys, that's a wrap for this one. Next month I hope to have some great photos of all those who were able to attend Kevin Sinnett's ceremony.

Please remember your Classmates when you get all those Christmas photos back: pick a few of the good ones and send or email them this way. I'll gladly retum any paper photos—just let me know.

Go easy on shoveling the snow. See you in March! Wiz Omnes Viri!

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Pres: Tim Kobosko Sec'y: CDR Joseph A. Grace Jr., USNR 15 Allard Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70119 h: 504-486-9040; w: 504-539-9255 fi 504-539-9257; e: jgrace@notc.org Class Web site: http://www.USNA1980.org

Chad Sain, Kent Norgrove, and Jon Miclot at the BC game The final item this month is a very special one.

On 9 December 2000, our own Kevin Sinnett, along with the late Don Lange '55, were honored by having their basketball jersey numbers retired at a ceremony held at halftime of the Navy-SMU game. The two honorees join John Clune '54, Vernon Butler '86, and David Robinson '87 as the only five Navy players to have their jerseys retired. Kevin is Navy's third all-time leading scorer with 1687 points. The USNA Sports Information Department summarized his other accomplishments as follows: Sinnett, a four-year letter winner and captain of die 1978-79 squad, closed out his career with 797 rebounds—a Navy record at that time. Twenty years laten his rebound record now stands fourth on the Navy leader board.

A hometown favorite hailing from Annapolis, Sinnett led the Mids in scoring all four years, including a 483-point performance his senior season. Additionally, he led Navy in rebounds his sophomore through senior seasons, including a high of 209 his junior campaign. Along the way.

Sinnett recorded three 30-plus point games, including a career-high 34 against Penn State on Valentine's Day in 1976. His 34-point effort guided the Mids to an 83-81 win over the Nittany Lions at Halsey Field House.

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! This is the first column since our fantastic Homecoming event, and the last one of the year 2000. Two major events in life—at least for those of us who attended this signature blowout! To add to that we Beat Army'.

No Dark Ages for these Plebes! What a great feeling to once again be on top of the guys from the small school up on the Hudson Riven It sure made up for an otherwise dismal season.

Homecoming What a great time to see old friends, tell old stories that get better with time, and to just enjoy a wonderful few days in Annapolis. Well done—BZ to all who had a hand in making this year's reunion such a memorable experience. Everyone had a fantastic time at the dinner party, the tailgater and every other event.

The weekend began with a moving memorial service. The memorial service was a tremendous tribute to our Classmates that have gone before us.

Mike McDaniel, Walt Porr, Tim Kobosko, Roger Ishii, Jane Sexauer, Lyle Burnham, and Ross Levin, made this a very inspiring moment. As each name was read, a member of the family, their widow, or a Classmate brought a single red rose to the front of Memorial Hall where chairs were stationed representing each of our Classmates. Mike McDaniel gave a tribute to these past heroes and set the tone for this great honor Thank you for your inspiring words and your commitment. This was followed by a brief visit by VADM William Lawrence '5L Superintendent while we were at

the Academy. He addressed the Class and expressed his sincere regrets that his wife, an honorary member of the Class, could not be there. To all those who participated and attended, thank you.

For those of you who attended, special thanks to the football team, we didn't know that it was these striving individuals that saved the Academy during those years! (If you don'tcatch this one, call someone who was there!)

Following the memorial service, we proceeded to a new room between Dahlgren Hall and Bancroft for a Class meeting. Several things were presented and voted on—all of which will be addressed in this and subsequent colunms.

The Class voted to conduct an online vote for Class officers. This is a variation of our constitution. It was proposed, discussed, and a formal motion was made to accept the change. It was seconded and approved unanimously. As Class Secretary and Treasuren I will be taking all nominations and posting them both on the Web and in Shipmate. Look for future issues and emails about this. Check out the Web as well (www.usnal980.org) for details.

It was also proposed (as has been discussed in previous columns) that the Class create an award on board the DDG-80 as a Class project that would be awarded each year. The Class of 1976 did a similar thing a few years ago and we are following suit.

Our Class president, Tim Kobosko, recommended that we get the gouge, change the Class year, and move forward on our own ship. A formal motion was presented, seconded, and unanimously approved by the Class.

It was proposed that any left over money (after all bills and a reasonable amount of time for reconciliation of business) from the Homecoming event be sent to the COLE Memorial Fund. This would be used for scholarships and the families of those lost in the COLE bombing. It was determined that this would be accounted for by the Class officers, ensuring that all debts are paid, Class financials are sound, then the money would be forwarded to the appropriate organization. This was put in a formal motion, seconded and unanimously approved by the Class. Anyone who would like to do more for this cause in the Class name can contact me and I will coordinate the process. More will follow on the Class meeting in later columns and on the Web site.

Friday evening was a blowout by any measure!

The team put together a fantastic experience at the Loews Hotel. We were filled to capacity and treated to a slide show that brought us back to otu" glory days of buffed bodies, dreams, friendships and those great moments that you would rather not have broadcast on a wall in front of the entire Class! It was great. Table on table on table of reunions going on. A great time was had by all and the dancing which closed out the evening was interesting to say the least. Once again, the crew put together a great show.

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On Saturday, die tailgater was the highlight of the weekend. Food, more food and a wonderful setup made for a great day. I've put a bunch of the photos diat were taken at the tailgater on the Web site and in the column. If you have some good shots from die event, send tiiem on! Seemed as if most of the Class skipped the game and visited throughout die aftemoon. It was also a lot of fun to catch up widi Montel Williams who stopped by and tried to keep a low profile. Fans snuck in to get a quick photo op nonetheless and kept him busy. Hope to see more of Montel at Class events. It was a really enjoyable day and a lot of people deserve a huge thank you from the Class.

Several Classmates were not able to make the big bash, i n c l u d i n g M i c h a e l L o p e z - A l e g r i a (mlopezal@ems.jsc.nasa.gov). He was a littie busy at the time, as you will read: I'm writing to Shipmate for the first time in 20 years on. oddly enough. Homecoming, As much as I'd like to be there. I just couldn't make it. I'm deployed, so to speak, orbiting the Earth aboard the Space shuttie Discovery. We are about to wrap up a very successftil 11-day mission, during which we rendezvoused (that really is a verb) and docked with the Intemational Space Station; delivered the next two external elements to it, attached them with the Shuttie's robot arm, and made the necessary powen data, and fluid connections to these elements during four space walks. We also transferred some equipment and made internal configuration changes during three days of activity within the station. It's now ready for the first of its permanent inhabitants, led by CAPT Bill Shepherd ' 7 1 , who will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at the end of this month. This mission has been an incredible experience; very difficult for me to put into words.

Maybe I should contact one of our author Classmates to give me some lessons.

I'm still on active duty, although since coming to NASA eight years ago, I've worn my uniform only about a dozen times (and after most of those I've had to have it cleaned afterward to get the cigar smell out). The first part of my career was standard naval aviaton In 1986, the Navy somehow selected me, along with Class- and Companymate Andy "Maddog" McCawley, now XO of VINSON, for the NPS/TPS cooperative program. After graduate school and three years as a test pilot, I came to NASA. The first year here is all training as an astronaut candidate, or AsCan (somewhere between Plebe and rookie). Following that, we are given "technical assignments" (ground jobs) while awaiting our first space flights.

Mine came in 1995, a 16-day micro gravity research mission aboard Columbia. Following that, I spent almost a year on a Russian military base just outside Moscow as the NASA Director of Operations (OinC), where I was a highly respected baby sitter of other astronauts in training to fly aboard Min Since then I've essentially been training for this flight aboard Discovery. Although 1 miss parts of the "real" Navy, I truly enjoy the work here. We all have to grow up someday; we're all hoping that Joe "Reb" Edwards is blazing a trail to big bucks from here in his new job on the ground floor of Enron's broadband division.

Yours is a thankless job; thanks for doing it. I promise I'll write again in 20 years or so.

Have "tOU Signed up for Life Membership?

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'80's; 33rd Herd alive and well- -Dale, Al, Bogard, Lef, Steve, Studley, Rat, Buns, Bill, Rich, Steve, and Tom Amazin Tim Crum, (Timothy.Crum@indsys.ge.com) of 26th Company, sent in some photos as did Harley Skidmore (Harley.Skidmore@sficorp.com). Both claim that their company had the most at Homecoming. Harley claims that 14th Company might have had the most there from one company, 16 of 24. We'll have to wait and see the final tallies. Tom Ryan (tomryan80@aol.com) sent in some great shots of 36th Company from the tailgaten Here's his note: Our 20th Reunion was the highlight of my year.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to seeing everyone again in five years. Thank you again to all of those who put it togethen You did a great job.

Attached is the 36th Company photo at the tailgaten In attendance were Tom Ryan, Mike Madden, Joe Edwards, Dennis Killian, Bill Metzgen Tony Verducci, Mike Mason, Pete Fyles, Franco Rose, Dan Hinz, Charlie Nichols, Dean Cottle, Ron Shockley, Marty Wenzel, Gene Hubbard, and Mike Whiting. Roughly two-thirds of the company showed. The remainder were noticeably absent and were repudiated by the group.

We hope the stragglers will make it to the 25th.

Any Classmate traveling through Indianapolis is invited to give me a call. I am always good for one been See you in five.

Ira Minor just came through New Orleans yesterday. He came by for dinner after working with the Naval Reserve on some IT stuff. It was great to catch up again and hear more about success in the Silicon Valley. Still can't get over the fact that he commutes over an hour and a half to work every day. Unbelievable for those of us whose commute is all of seven minutes on a bad day.

Also during the break between Homecoming and this column. Navy came down and played Tulane on 11 Novemben It was a great time and we had another chance for an ' 80 gathering. Pam and Mike Ales, Russ Granier, Tracy and Kris Elliot, and finally John and Carol Desmarias. Kris and I had our daughters in Navy cheerleading outfits and they got to go to the field and do a cheer. We must be getting old—it was the highlight of the game. I'm sending the photo to Shipmate for the Alumni column from Louisiana. 1 knew there was a reason that I bought all that stuff at the Mid store during Homecoming. (I think we all broke the bank while we were there. That stuffed goat—the Christmas stocking—the t-Shirts—the mugs—the stickers— the print of the Chapel—they all just looked good.

(What were we thinking?)

Well, a great time was had by all at Homecoming, the Tulane Game, I'm sure Army-Navy, and more. What a great yean I hope that this writing finds all well, happy and thankful for another wonderful year of life. From my family to yours. Merry Christmas and a happy 2 0 0 1 . As always. Beat Army—Joe.

36th Co.; Tom Ryan, Mike Madden, Joe Edwards, Dennis Killian, Bill Metzgen Tony Verducci, Mike Mason, Pete Fyles, Franco Rose, Dan Hinz, Charlie Nichols, Dean Cottie, Ron Shockley, Marty Wenzel, Gene Hubbard, and Mike Whiting

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Pres: Robert D. Ravener Jr. 190 Bennetts Farm Road, Ridgefield, C T 06877 h: 203-438-0867; w: 914-767-6127 e: THERAV5@aol.com Sec'y: Dave Ciccarelli 38484 Sorgum Court, Purcellville, VA 20132-3738 h: 540-882-4225; w: 703-416-0153 e: chicsan@aol.com Good evening Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. '81 and all the ships at sea. In the tradition of Jan-Feb columns, much data and littie fluff follows. Mea culpa in advance for group event name omissions (Classmates and spouses, alike), however, if you find yourself omitted, what better reason to write? So, in no particular order...

C D R M i c h a e l T. F r a n k l i n ( U n i v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a ' 81), CO WINSTON CmjRCHn.L (DDG-81): I would like to extend a blanket invitation to the Class of '81 for our commissioning on 10 March '01 in Norfolk, VA (Townpoint Park).

Specifics regarding the events can soon be found on our Web site. If I know ahead of time, I'll reserve a section for your rowdy crowd.

(W) 207-442-5044.

T h o m a s J. K a e s s ' 9 9 ( k a e s s t j @ c h u r c h i l l . navy.mil): I am the WINSTON CHURCHILL USNA Class of

"81 sponsor If you're interested in attending our commissioning or want additional information, please let me know.

Personal donations in the amount of $81 can be sent to the Class through the Alumni Association and designated for the WINSTON CHURCHILL Fund.

We are planning to contribute $1,981 to the Welfare Fund. Additional proceeds will go toward paying for the ship's official painting which costs about $4,000.

Steve Hampton: DEYO departed for Europe on 28 November '00 with the HARRY S TRLTHAN Battle Group. We are supporting national interests to promote the growth of democracy, capitalism and peace. Along the way, we will do our best to have a good time. Europe will never be the same. Email: hamptonsw@

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aol.com will be inactive as of 27 November '00.

The Hampton house can be reached by emailing Terrie at beaser26@aol.com. I'm at either hampton@deyo.navy.mil or co@deyo.navy.mil.

Please write frequendy as your email is much better than the 500-1,000 messages we receive daily.

DEYO remms to Norfolk around 24 May '01. We will try to keep our Web site up to date and we can be viewed at www.spear.navy.mil/ships/dd989.

Terrie and the girls will spend Christmas in Indiana so do not be discouraged by the slow response from "Beasen" She writes even less than I do. The best of holidays to all of you and your families. We will miss you and wish you the greatest of new years. Best wishes.

LCDR Mel Hammer '84 (p921a@persnet. navy.mil; w: 901-874-3482), PERS-921A, Assistant TAR Officer Community Managen Retirement Pay Calculations: FYI. In the '80s, Congress passed a law which stated that personnel who entered a uniformed service after 7 September 1980 would have their retirement pay based on the average of the highest 36 months of base pay they received in their careers. For most people, this would be their last 36 months of pay. This was incorporated into Tide 10 U.S. Code Sec 1407 and became known as "High 36." However, all active duty members of the Classes of â&#x20AC;˘ 8 1 , ' 82,' 83 and ' 84 fall under the old rules of 50% after 20 years (i.e., 2.5% per year) of your highest monthly base pay whether you were prior enlisted or not. As per TiUe 10 U.S. Code Sec 1411 (Rules of Construction), for purposes of computing retired pay, "a person shall be considered to first become a member of the uniformed service on the date the person is first enlisted, inducted, or appointed in a uniformed service," This applies to Midshipmen and, since we all entered USNA in July 1977 or prion we fall under this provision. As per PERS-822 (Officer Retirements Branch), there is another code in your record (besides Pay Entry Base Date) of May 1981 that is used to determine retirement pay status.

T.J. Best (tjbest@hotmail.com): I was the only Korean-American in our Classâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The original Karate Kid. I recentiy started to get Shipmate. I am working as submarine liaison officer for Commander Naval Forces Korea Det Chinhae, Korea. I retire on 01 June '01 after 20 years and will stay in Korea for a few years working for a U.S. company to use my Korean language skill. I am remarried to Insuk and have three daughters, Jennifen Jessica and Sarah, 12,11 and 9. Look me up if you are in the region.

Dave Lane: I'm writing this email, at my wife's insistence, after seeing so many familiar names in last month's (October's?) Shipmate. At least if I write, I have some control over what's in it. Yicki and I have been married 19 years this Thanksgiving. We have three wonderful kids; Shelby (13 going on 23), Charlie (12) and Ben (7). I just finished a 2-year tour as the Aide to the Surgeon General and recently moved to Rota. Spain where I am a family physician at the Navy hospital. We live in town and the kids are going to Spanish schools instead of the DoD school on base. They are rapidly becoming fluent in Spanish and Vicki and I are struggling to keep up. USN and USAF flights come through here all the time and we'd enjoy hosting anyone from '81 who needs a place to hang out while waiting for their flight. (HEmail) thelanes@terra.es (WEmail) dalane@rota.med.navy.mil (Address) U.S. Naval Hospital. Box 185, PSC 819, Box 18, FPO AE 09645-2500, w; 34-956-82-3470.

Steve Colon: I am in Yokosuka doing a two-week active duty with Kriss Kennedy and Brad Gawboy, both of whom are in the ComSeventhFlt Reserve unit out of Fort Worth, TX. We're here for AnnualEx, an annual exercise between the U.S. and Japanese

Self Defense forces. Since I've been standing the graveyard shifts, I've had plenty of time to see who the various ship COs are and it turns out that the local destroyer squadron, DESRON 15, is loaded with Classmates. Here's the rundown; Pat Roane, CO CURTIS WILBER, Rob Shafer, CO

ViNCENNES, Eric Llndenbaum, CO O'BRIEN, Steve Camacbo. GARY.

Pat Roane: I was startled to see my face and spandex-clad legs in Shipmate in Novemben Read the details of the 1999 Virginia bike ride submitted by Steve Hampton. My recollection was more like 350 miles in five days (vice 500 miles over six days cited by Steve). Steve must have meant kilometers vice miles.. .We're enjoying Japan. Elizabeth and our two daughters are fearless travelers. We've seen several Classmates (previously mentioned by Steve Colon) including Bill Johnson. Mini Boss KrtTY H.AWK. and Dave Ricks, ROICC Far East/ Japan. Regret I won't make the 20th. but we get to celebrate it a day earlier in Japan.

Jim Ahlgrimm (ahlgrimm@uu.net; w: 703-2898344): Tom Moore, Phil Nolan, Gene Juba, Henry Aszklar and Dennis Sawyer ran the Marine Corps Marathon.

Bob Filler (h:904-262-5990; w: 904-268-4990 ( H E m a i l ) r f i l l e r @ m e d i a o n e . n e t ; (WEmail) bfiller@go2vanguard.com): Gone from Big Blue. Just wanted to let you know than after retiring fromtheNavyonOl January '00, I left IBM for a fantastic opportunity at Vanguard Integrity Professionals, headquartered in Orange, CA. We sell security products and services for mainframe and attached computer systems. I'm responsible for East Coast Sales, Channels and our Federal Systems Division. I'm staying in Jax and working from my home office.

November D.C. area Class lunch attendees: Tom Jacob, Bubba Turman, Neil Hogg, Bill Cone, Jim Stewart, Mike Carucci, Jim Ahlgrimm, Charlie Church (guest speaker), Fred Reitzel (achilles getting better), Tom Qiuntero, Carlos Ayuso, Bob Kennington, Dermis Sawyer (recentiy remarried), Mike Webb, Tom Boyce, Vic Cole, John Keenan, Don Logar, Jeff F r e e m a n , Tom Carlson, Mike Dzieciolowski, Dave Tallon, Brian Lewis, and Steve W (missed the last name, sorry).

Dave Ricks (ricks81@hotmail.com): Job in Japan is going great I am the Deputy OICC for Far East, responsible for seven field offices in Japan and Korea. Workload of about 181 military and a staff of about 100 folks. Job requires a littie travel to visit each field office. One of the offices is Iwakimi, Japan, where I was stationed five years ago. I was back there for a visit last month. A lot of folks still remember me.

Yokosuka is a busy place with lots to do. Justin is in tenth grade and is adjusting pretty good. Julia found a job working as a management assistant. I am training for another world toumament in Akita City, Japan, 15-19 November '00.1 plan to bring Justin and Julia. They have never been to a world toumament. I am still surprised that I am still doing this stuff at this age.

Pat Ryan (pryan@balink.com): Barbara and I are moving to Ashbura somewhere around April 2001. Until then. I will commute from Crofton to Reston (for those who don't know, this is a bad commute). I'm now a project manager in the systems development division of Verizon Online. I was hired by Bell Atiantic right before the merger was finalized. What a great job and a great place to work. I can get used to die Intemet culture widi its good salaries and jeans and t-shirt dress code. The flex hours aren't bad eithen I am able to manage my schedule so I'm home by 4:30 p.m. every day to take Sean (12) and Kevin (11) to football practice. Sean is still busting heads as a linebacker while Kevin is surprising all of us with his toughness as a right guard Shipmate, January-Febraary 2001

on the offensive line (he's skinnier tiian I was at the start of Plebe Summer). I also have a golfer in Sean. My dad took him to play 18 holes this summer and he shot 103. I'd better start golfing. By the way, Barbara and I were married on 7 April "00. So far everything seems to be going our way and we are very happy. She just made me promise to never let you drive my car.

Dave "Woody" Woods was selected as P C O VAQ-129 (the RAG) and will assume command in January '02. He's an EA-6B E C M O and is currentiy the EA-6B Requirement Officer in N88 at the Pentagon. He was previously C O of VAQ-132. Next stop after CO of tiie RAG might be a GAG slot.

Mike VanBrocklin (mvanbrocklin@att.com): A note from a Classmate who walked out of Bancroft Hall in 1981 and has not done a good job of keeping in touch. The time since 1981 has flown by. I served for six years on ACDU in subs with a division officer tour on an SSN out of Groton. From there I transferted to a CNO staff position in the Pentagon and then grad school. I left ACDU for AT&T in 1987 and have worked in sales, sales operations and sales management. I remain with AT&T today in Washington, D.C, as a district managen I affiliated with the Reserve in 1989 and have served in five different units. My most recent billet has been as CO of a ComUSNavCEnt unit out of Ohio. It's been the most challenging and rewarding of my time in the Reserve. I've run across a few Classmates in theaten most recentiy Craig Amdt who is the senior Navy rep at the Office of Military Cooperation in Kuwait. Craig provided great support to members of my unit while forward deployed to Kuwait during an exercise this spring. Many thanks again, Craig! In October '00, I transferred to a CinCLantFt JTF unit in Norfolk. On the family side, I married the former Frances Sparacino in 1987. We have two children, Carolyn (10) and Cristina (3) and live in Olney, MD. I would enjoy hearing from 9th Company Classmates. H; 301774-9156; w; 202-776-6435.

Ted Carter (not the infamous W.E.) (via Joe Bridge): I'm curtently stationed at USSouthCom in Miami. I'm a P-3 driver who is now assigned the task of writing war/OTW plans. I'll be out the door here in February '01 en route to Keflavik, Iceland as XO of the base. I'm married (15 years) with two girls, 8 and 13.

Joe Bridge: Keith Mahosky and I worked over in Seoul at the Korea Battie Simulation Center for Exercise ULCHI-FOCUS LENS 2000. Keith was awarded a Joint Service Achievement Medal (I was 13th on the list—they awarded 12) and we both received a commendation personally signed USMC and ROK Army MGENs. Jim Rodrock (jrodrock@radix.net; w: 410-2684662): Our Great Harvest Bakery opened on 22 September '00. We passed city electrical, plumbing

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and usage inspections along witii die county health inspection. That meant we could make and sell bread. From Route 50 east (to Annapolis), take Exit 24 (Rowe Boulevard). Bear right towards downtown. Turn left at die first stoplight (Melvin Avenue, football stadium on the right). Go two blocks to the stoplight and we're on the corner to die left at 208 Ridgely Avenue. Now the follow on (16 days later); We are finally open and generating revenue! We had a great opening day. On Saturday, even with rain, we had a steady stream of customers and beat our opening day sales. Still a few glitches, though. We ran out of cake yeast and tried to use dry yeast. That didn't work well and we ended up tossing a whole batch of bread.

Our sponge and dough person used too much molasses on another batch and we had to get rid of that one. All in all, we did fine. Tomorrow, we will be on our own as the extra help (and knowledge) will not be there in the morning to get us started. Plus, I'll be headed back to work and Linda will have the load, but I'm sure she and the rest of the crew will do fine. We'll find out.

Otto Stutz: The following is an excerpt from an email from VADM Ryan, Chief of Naval Personnel to all flag officers. "The CNO and VCNO gave Judy and me the somber privilege, along with the MCPON and Chief and Deputy Chief of Chaplains, of attending the arrival ceremony this last Saturday at Dover AFB as the first five sailors killed in action (COLE) returned to the U.S. The parents and family of one of the sailors attended. In conversations, the father mentioned how enthused his son was about his duty onboard COLE. He also relayed a telling story about the impact that leadership can have. Apparently, his son requested permission to take advantage of retaking the ASVAB test to improve his score. The chain of command up to the CO tumed the request down for that specific day because of the ongoing work, but the CO said send him. The sailor's new score qualified him for the "A" school he desired at Great Lakes. The sailor wanted to put in a request for the "A" school, but the chain of command said to wait to submit the request until after deployment. The CO intervened and said send the request now. The sailor was accepted and was enthused about attending school when the ship could spare him. This dad and mom were convinced the CO of COLE, CDR Kirk Lippold, knew their son, recognized his potential, and was doing all that he could to encourage, empower and mentor him. Believe me, there was no question in this dad's mind that CDR Lippold's leadership made a difference and it was very comforting to both parents that their son was doing what he wanted and was excited about his future.

I pass this humbling story along to you in case any of your leaders ever doubt the powerful impact that individual attention from one petty officen CPO or officer can have on a sailor's outlook and performance." Well done. Kirk.

Tony Chiffolo (anthonychiffolo@yahoo.com): I'm writing on the occasion of the publication of my fifth book. Padre Pio: In My Own Words. I am the compiler/editon For those who don't know.

Padre Pio was the Italian priest with the stigmata who was declared Blessed last yean Padre Pio spoke simple words of Christian encouragement and inspiration to all who approached him seeking counsel. The book is a collection of quotations, with a biographical sketch, that is a compact and accessible introduction to the life and message of one of the great religious figures of the 20th century. Just this past spring, I had another book published. Be Mindful of Us: Prayers to the Saints, an extensive treasury of prayers that I composed to the saints and blesseds, one for every day of the year including a brief biography of each.

My previous books are, At Prayer with the Saints, Pope John XXIII: In My Own Words and Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words. I am also the author of ten pamphlets in the An Hour With the Saints de-

votional series. All of these are available from Liguori Publications (800-464-2555). I am working on my next book, a devotional treatment of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin. Since none of these have hit the best-seller lists yet, 1 still have an office job. I'm managing editor at Fordham University Press. We publish philosophy, theology, a number of Civil War studies and books about NYC and the Hudson River Valley.

And it's not too far from home—our offices are in the Bronx and I live in Hartsdale.

Tim Jarman ( t i m J a r m a n @ y a h o o . c o m ) : I've been an MD-88 captain at Delta Airlines for three and one half years out of New York, living in Maryland. My wife, Lois, teaches French for the local schools. My daughten Tiffany (17), is a senior in high school and we are trying to figure out how we are going to pay for college next yean My son, Tim (14), is a freshman football player with a black belt in Tai Quan Do (I'm sure I spelled that incortectly) who is significantiy bigger than I am so I try not to get into big arguments with him. ' 81 Homecoming tailgater sign-in sheet plus others I remember: Annie and Mike Christopher ( a h o g a n c @ a o l . c o m ) , 1737 M e a d o w d a l e Ave., A t i a n t a , G A , h: 4 0 4 - 8 9 2 - 0 9 3 2 ; D a v i d J a s o n (jacedb@aol.com), 3802 Vermont Court, Alexandria, VA 22304, h: 7 0 3 - 3 7 0 - 2 4 8 1 ; H e r b Elkin (elkin@usna.edu), 1276 Swan Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401; Henry Holt (cutterfive@c5.com), 2201 Oak Street #B, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (son, Niko (4), daughter, Lauren (2)); Rolando Portocarrero (rportocarrero@phshealthplans.com), 29 Ashton Road, Stamford, CT 06905, h: 203-968-1834 (possibly 1034); K i m and Ted M o r s e ( t m o r s e ® compuserve.com) (and Alex, six weeks), 3117 Basin Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, h: 757-4960 9 6 7 ; C a r a and C h u c k F r e n c h (french5xc@ aol.com), 10809 Melanie Court, Oakton, VA 22124, h: 7 0 3 - 2 4 2 - 8 0 1 2 ; Chris C o o k e ( c h r i s c o o k e ® aol.com), San Diego, CA, h: 619-972-4283; Betty and Randy "Lew" Grigg (usnaSl ® aol.com) (and Alan (12), Sarah (10), Tyler (7), Daniel (3)), 13507 Water Birch Court, Fairfax, VA 22033, h: 703-4356942; Craig " C C . " Felker (cfelker@msn.com), 5613 Raddington St., Raleigh, N C 276131; Bill Cloughley ( c l a w 2 2 6 5 @ a o l . c o m ) , 8 W o o d b e n t Drive, Sevema Park, M D 21146; Mike Giorgione (mgiorg4004@aol.com), RO. Box 1000, Thurmont, M D 2 1 7 8 8 ; Cindy and R o w l a n d H u s s (hussjr@navsea.navy.mil), 4731 Great Heron Circle, Fairfax, VA 22033, h: 703-968-4871; Cheri and Tim Gavin (pudusna81@aol.com), 3555 Old Trail Lane, Edgewater, M D 21037, h: 410-2691355; Frank M o r e m a n , 466 Capistrano Ave., San F r a n c i s c o , C A 9 4 1 1 2 , h: 4 1 5 - 3 3 7 - 7 2 0 9 , w: 5 1 0 - 5 7 7 - 5 2 2 4 ; J e n i f e r ( J o y c e ) C l e m e n t (clementja@earthlink.net), 1623 Preston Grove Ave., Gary, NC 27513-8407, h: 919-466-0350; Dave Rickards (dwrickards@home.com), 6 Hogate Court, Clayton, NJ 08312, h: 856-881-3967; Rick Miller (smarner@concentric.net), 13570 Norma Court, Pine Grove, CA 95665, h: 209-296-6969; Sandy and Willie Taylor (wet3d@msn.com) (and G r a c e and L i a m ) , 7 5 1 S t a c k O a k C o u r t , Millersville, M D 21108, h: 410-987-7253; Debbie Theiss (wife of J.T. Theiss), 385 Saddlebrook Drive, R o s w e l l , G A 3 0 0 7 5 , h: 7 7 0 - 5 9 4 - 7 7 6 9 ; Kristine and Dennis S a w y e r (navy81@ yahoo.com), 404 South Adams St., Ariington, VA 2 2 2 0 4 , h: 7 0 3 - 6 8 5 - 4 2 2 8 ; L u i s a a n d M a r k Schanuel, 2014 North Roosevelt St., Arlington, VA 22205, h: 703-237-7929; Martha and Mike Carucci (michael.carucci@sap.com), 703 Fitzhugh Way, Alexandria, VA 22314, h: 7 0 3 - 6 8 4 - 7 0 1 3 ; B o b Ravener, Doug Heimbach, Dan Quattrini, Frank

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Bob Kennington: The Class of '81 Yahoo! Club can be accessed at our Web site, www.webwowsencom/usnal 981.

To join the club, you need only provide a bit of trivia only a Midshipman would know.

Examples.:What was the unofficial 11th Company meeting place Saturday after football games? Who were the 3-52s? What was their song? Chauvenet Hall, Plebe Summer or first semesten We were taking a class-wide test in one of the big lecture rooms. In the back, about midway through the exam, a Classmate had some sort of medical problem and was carried out. Who was it? Who chewed us out near the end of Plebe Summer (?) for lacking military bearing? Questions courtesy of Mike Dotson.

Al Scott, where are you? I have the photo of your wedding (arch of swords) that appeared in Shipmate which needs to be returned to you.

At 10:06 p.m. on Thursday, 30 November 2000, I stood on the NASA causeway at Cape Canaveral, along with Ron Almeter, Tom Dougherty, John Hafey, Gerry Imai, Fuzz Harrison, Dave " W o o d y " Woods and F r a n k M a r c o ( w h o w e reached by cell phone, but never actually saw) and watched as Shuttie Mission STS-97 blasted off into the night. The mission commander was our very own Brent Jett whom we heard chattering with Houston on the loudspeakers set up along the road.

The launch was loud, bright and awe inspiring. Two days later. Brent got live air time during the ArmyNavy game which, unformnately, I missed as I was en route back to Dulles. Prior to the launch. Brent's wife, Janet, hosted a get together for family and friends at the Surfside Cafe in Cocoa Beach where a good time was had.

With the picture, I should be right at 4,000 words so, bye now. Until March. Later, Chic.

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Pres: Maj T. Gordon Thomson, USAFR h: 804-360-8448; e: president@usna82.org Vice President: Matt Moury h: 410-263-7640; e: vicepresident@usna82.org Treas: CDR Terry Benedict, U S N h: 703-913-7183; w: 703-607-1036 e: tteasurer@usna82.org Business Sec'y: Dan Proulx h: 410-280-5282; w: 410-293-6884 e: businesssec@usna82.org Corr Sec'y: LCDR Greg Eisman, USN 2721 Buckhom Oaks Drive, VaMco, FL 33594-4202 e: eisman82@terra.es Class Web site: www.usna82.org Hello, Class of ' 8 2 ! I hope your 2001 is off to a great start! Let's get you caught up with the latest news.

Dale Crothers is still in the Navy, having served on two fast attack subs (GURNARD and PORTSMOUTH), one boomer (ALASKA), and a tender (DIXON). He is

curtently living in Burke, VA and serving in Sttategic Systems Programs, in northwest D.C. He has been martied for 14 years to Wanda, and they have two children, Kate (9) and Brian (7). Phil Patch retired from the Marine Corps back in August and now lives in Fredricksburg, VA, with his wife, Robin, and their two daughters, Hillary (8) and AlMson (12). Although Phil claims to have done very little retirement planning, he did manage to get an M.B.A. while stationed in Yuma. He now works in Crystal City for John J. McMillan & Associates, supporting PMS529 and Naval Surface Warfare Fire Support.

Thomas Whalen lives in Spokane, WA, with his wife, Cheryl, and their three children: Sean (13), Megan (11), and Beth (11). He is a supervisor of service operations for Ittonix Corp.

Matthew Aylward filed this on his whereabouts since graduation: I went to Quantico for The Basic School (TBS) and the Infantry Officer Course (IOC), leaving there in March of 1983. My first duty station was at Camp Lejeune, NC, with 2/8. After our first deployment, I married Maureen on 7 July 1984.

We went to Parris Island, SC, in May 1986 for three years. While there, our first two children were bom (Mary-Kate in July '86 and Aileen in March '88). We left PI in May of '89 and reported to Inspector-Insttuctor (1-1) duty with a Reserve infantry battalion headquartered in Chicago. Living in the city was a lot of fun and we made several good friends. The unit was activated for Desert Storm and I went along with them to SWA. Near the end of our toun our third child was bom (Bemadette in May '92).

The Marine Corps sent me to NFS for a degree in operations research in June of '92. Stacy Van Houten was also in my OR section. I completed my degree in September of '94 and left active duty.

Returning to the D.C. area, I started working for MITRE Corporation in November '94, at their office in Quantico. I stayed with them for three years, then went to work at a small company in D.C. I'm now working for another small company (MTS Technologies) located in Arlington. All of this work has been in the field of simulation in support of military training and analysis.

Bob Brennan also gave us an update. He's taken command of OLYMPIA in Pearl Harbon He has three children, Brian (16), Tyler (13), and Kendall (11).

Chip Souser (csouser@erols.com) and his wife, A n n e , were blessed with their third child on 22

Bob Sturgell, Jeff Cleary, Matt Sharpe and Kelly Baragar August 2000. Chip just switched jobs from working for E D S to Data Networks Corporation in Reston, VA. Finally, a couple of items I belatedly include.

CDR Bill Kovach sent in a picmre from his change of command of the 562nd Flying Training Squadron at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. At Bill's ceremony were Bob Centeno and Pete Gamble. Also, Matt Sharpe sent in a picture and provided the following update: A few of our Classmates got together around the pool in Virginia Beach. Enclosed is a picture of Bobby Sturgell (who is flying for United Airlines and living in Maryland with his wife, Lynn), Jeff Cleary (a resident in pediatrics at Portsmouth Naval Hospital and living in Norfolk with his wife, Jane), Matt Sharpe (who took command of DONALD COOK in February and lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Carole) and Kelly Baragar, who took command of Fighter Squadron Two in August 2000. Kelly and his wife. Monica, live in Virginia Beach as well.

Thanks for your inputs...see you next month!

Adios, Greg

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Pres: CDR James H. Flatley IV, U S N 8506 Crowley Place, Alexandria, VA 22308-1822 e: CGFLATS@aol.com Sec'y: LCDR Richard F. Woodford Jr., USNR 7329 Crestleigh Circle, Alexandria, VA 22315 h: 703-313-4170; w: 202-653-2551 x4614 e: (h) gonavy83@starpowennet Class Web site: www.usna83.com Greetings at the beginning of die Third Millennium!

There is a lot of good news and great photos for this New Year. Get off to a great start with the New Year's resolution to send me some news or photos in 2001! Please note that the new and improved '83 Web site is operational at www.usna83.com thanks to Jim Wood's time and talents. Also check out Chris Murch's Web site http://www.beatanny 101. com/ for some great content on the game.

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First, I regret to report tiie loss of our friend and Classmate, Capt John Anthony Holland, USMC, on 17 October 2000. The following comes from the newspapers and from first-hand accounts: John was performing his duties as a helicopter pilot for Duke University Life Flight/Life Care.

Known affectionately as "Bear," John was bom 18 August 1961 in Lima, OH, to Paul Christopher and Lynn Holland.

John grew up in Bexley, OH, and graduated firom Bexley High School in 1979. Following high school, he was appointed the Naval Academy (8th Company) and commissioned into the Marine Corps witii the Class of 1983. John served his country for the next 11 years, finishing his military career with a Search and Rescue squadron at MCAS Cherry Point. Following his love of flying and helping others, John sought employment and was hired by Corporate Jets Inc. He served for two years with Stat Medevac in Pittsburgh before being transferted south to Duke University's Life Flight/Life Care.

Surviving John are his wife, Pamela Jane Holland; his son, Jeffrey Paul Holland, and two daughters, Lindsay Grace Holland and Kate Elizabeth Holland; his mothen Lynn HoUand-Spence and husband. Gene, of Bexley, OH; sisten Leslie Dixon, and husband, James, of Vienna, VA; and half-brothen Mark Holland. Other family members who will miss him greatly include. Drs. John McDaniel, Mike McDaniel, Lorrie and Bill Clendenin, Florence Metzgen Fred Metzgen Ruth, Rudy, Kevin and Matthew Vlaardingerbroek, Gary and Carol Metzger, Nancy, Mike, Drew and Jamie Moriarty, and Cindy Metzgen As a man of deep Christian faith, John lived out the love of his Lord with warmth and compassion in his vocation as an aviator, as a son, husband, and father and as a leader in his community.

A Service in celebration of John's life was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Rev. Greg Norfleet officiated, assisted by the Rev. Steve Shores and the Rev. John McKee. John's roommate, Glenn Woodniff, spoke at the memorial service. John's body was buried in Carey, OH. His soul rests with the Creator.

The Holland family has requested that contributions in John's memory be made to; Duke Hospital's McGovem-Davidson Children's Hospital; Box 9998, Durham, NC 27710 or to Trinity School's Capital Campaign, 4011 Pickett Rd., Durham, NC 27707.

I wish to thank Glenn Woodruff, John's roommate at USNA 8th Company, for the information and for being present at the memorial service. John's other roommate, Doug Wadworth, is currentiy X O of a CH-53D squadron in Hawaii and has also been in touch with the Hollands. Several other Classmates were able to send condolences.

Glenn noted that the out-pouring of sympathy and support from John's church family, his co-worker's and the community at large was traly impressive.

Our thoughts and prayers of support go to Pam Holland and Lindsey, Jeff and Katy. For information on the events of 17 October and the commitment and heroism that John embodied see Web site: www.wral-tv.com/news/wral/2000/1017duke-lifeflight/.

Our second item comes from Dennis Yeatman (dy 8man @ ccnx .com): I wanted to pass highlights from recent '83 gatherings in the San Diego area. In Novemben 12 Classmates joined together for lunch on Craig Faller's (fallercs@aol.com or co@ stetham .navy, mil) personal yacht, STETHEM (DDG-63). It really is inspiring to see one of our Classmates command such an impressive, SIB warship. Craig thought we were honoring him by having our lunch onboard, but the reality is that the $4 price was the best in town! His ship looks great and it is

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obvious that he has the complete respect of his fine crew.

Also attending the lunch (see photo below) were: Jon Yuen, XO of FISC Yokosuka, on travel from Japan (drewsarayuen@aol.com); Brad Voigt, XO of SEAL Team 4 in Coronado (seal4@ inreach.com); Bob Gilbeau, supply officer for ComNavAirPac (gilbeau.robert@ cnap.navy.mil); Sam McCormick, PCO of VS-33 (samusn@ aol.com); Jim Garrova, working for a defense contractor called MITRE (garrova@mitre.org); Mark Rohrbach, recently began working for a start-up company in Irvine (mrohrbachÂŽ elhentica.com). Mike Coughlin and his father (USNA '51) joined us. Mike is CO of HS-8.

Comedian Rich Whelan had us all laughing.

Check out his Web site at www.richwhelan.com.

Kevin Jones (K21uvpugs@aol.com) is a high school math teacher and football coach at Coronado High School. (Doesn't that sound like a great lifestyle! What could be more personally rewarding?). The team went 10-0 this yean (Maybe a future hire for the Navy staff?) Pete Gamerdinger (pmgamerdinger@ west.raytheon. com) works locally for Raytheon.

My roommates, Dan O ' H a r a and Roger Bingham (rbingham@butzdunn.com) (26th) also went out for a long lunch during one of Dan's layovers here. Dan flies for Delta, lives in Atlanta with Karen and their three children. Roger recently became a partner of a law firm downtown. Roger and Shelly also have three children, including a new boy named Mac, bom this summen This was the first time we had been together since the 10th Reunion. Unquestionably friends forever In Decemben Companymates Ray Rodriguez and Greg Cerezo reported to San Diego for duty.

Ray will be supply officer of NAS North Island (tracking for captain!), and Greg is a helo pilot assigned to TACRON 11 on Coronado. We all went to lunch with Roger and were amazed at the recollection Greg had of our days at the boat school.

Some of the details I wish he'd forgotten!

I am doing well. Family of five children (ages 6 to 15) is very healthy and happy living in San Diego. We have decided to remain here and continue to enjoy the beautiful weather of Southem Califomia. My plan is to retire in early 2002 (NAPS time counts!) and begin a new careen If you live in the area and would like to get on the '83 lunch list, please contact me. We've had seven lunches over the past couple years and would like the numbers to continue to grow. I am also interested in establishing a 26th Company page on the ' 83 site.

Please email me and we'll get the page rolling.

Lunch on STETHEM (DDG-63). L to r; Sam McCormick, Dennis Yeatman, Bob Gilbeau, Kevin Jones, ship's CO Craig Faller, Brad Voigt, Mike Coughlin, Pete Gamerdingen Mark Rohrbach, Jim Garrova, and Rich Whelan Dennis, thanks for the Left Coast updates and lunch offerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I'll see what I can do in 2002!

Third and fourth items, a couple of inputs from 17th Company: From Jeff Clark (u_boater@yahoo.com): As a 17th Company member I thought that it was only appropriate that I should wait 17 years after graduating before sending in a note. After wandering the seven seas in solitude for many years, I finally met my mate. The former Jennie Dean of Pottsville, PA, and I were married on 7 May 2000. Although it was not a navy wedding and only Mark Hagerott was in uniform, a few other Alumni were in attendance. Craig Husa was

a groomsman, Kevin Baugh '82 read a poem to Jennie for me, and Mark participated in a flower ceremony with Darwin Webster (I'll leave it to them to explain).

Most of the guys were unescorted, but Darwin came with his lovely wife, Kathy. Jennie and I got married at a beautiful site (Poplar Springs) in Casanova, VA. Not only was it in Casanova, but it was also on Rogue's Road. Hard to go wrong with such a setting. Despite the unexpected 90-degree heat in early May, everyone had a great time.

1 suppose that I should try to fill you in on a littie more of my life over the last 17 years. Who knows when I'll get around to sending in my next note for inclusion in Shipmatel My first assignment after initial nuclear and sub ti-aining was to KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN-642) which was sputtering on its last few neutrons. Craig Husa and I owned a house in New London and had a few nukes sharing the place with us. Actually, I think that Jim Whitesides was there more than I was. After two patrols (which included inport readiness periods because we didn't want to run out of fuel), we took the sub to Portsmouth Shipyard (actually located in Kittery, ME) for a refueling overhaul. In 1988, I went over to Yokosuka, Japan, to work for Naval Intelligence at ComNavForJapan for three years. I decided that I liked the intemational arena so I resigned and entered Sophia University in Tokyo to work on my Japanese language skills. In 1993,1 came back to D.C. to get a master's degree in intemational affairs from Georgetown University. Georgetown calls its degree a master of science in foreign service (MSFS), but I don't know where the science enters into the picture. Kevin Baugh, who I was surprised to run into as a Classmate at Georgetown, has continued his studies and is currently finishing up his Ph.D. there (when he is not changing diapers, that is). Once I had my expensive piece of parchment from Georgetown in hand, I set off to work for USDA in D.C. for a while and then found myself in Costa Rica working for IICA, the agricultural arm of the Organization of American States, in the second half of 1997. Since then I have been working as an investigator for the U.S. Intemational Trade Commission looking at alleged unfair imports of whatever (mainly steel products).

The contact info at work is 202-205-3195 and jclark@usitc.gov.

I don't know how much longer Jennie and I will be in the D.C. area. Jennie works for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and is being told that it is time to rotate. (Sound familiar?) Our most likely destinations are in Africa. (Not so familian) Our door is always open to anyone who would like to visit, whether in D.C. or in Africa, so please stop by or at least drop us a line. For now, the home contact info is 202-797-9875. If anyone has any advice on places to go to or to avoid in Africa, we would welcome that info, too.

Up until a few years ago 1 always knew where I was going next, but now the future is not so clean You see, ever since USNA, Darwin Webster and I seemed to be in lock step on our moves. We went through the training programs togethen were stationed on subs in Groton, were at the Portsmouth shipyard, and took our engineer's exams in D.C. togethen When 1 arrived in Yokosuka for shore duty, I was shocked when 1 ran into Darwin on the base. We even both came back to D.C. after getting out of the boat club. But a few years ago, Darwin and Kathy moved to Maine. As much as Jennie and 1 love to spend time in Maine, I doubt that we are moving there any time soon. Oh well, I guess it is time to step out into the unknown. At least I won't be doing it on my own. Cheers.

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Reactors. Bill Traub (TUCSON), Steve Marr (SALT LAKE Crrv), and Jim Kuzma (PENNSYLVANU) were recentiy in die Groton area in the PCO pipeline.

I ran into Bill and Steve at the monthly officers' gathering at the club. Phil McKenna has recentiy reported in to NSSF as the executive officen He, his wife, Ellen, and their daughter live in Gales Ferry.

I have heard that Brian Belcher is in the local area too. but I have not run into him yet. Bill Daitch has just taken command of one of the Reserve units that supports NSSF and Team New London in their maintenance efforts. I have been corresponding via email with Ben Mathews and Randy Mahr. Ben is a Marine helo pilot and has shutUed the prez around. Randy is in Monterey at the Naval Postgraduate School (I think).

Amazing to think how time has flown. It will not be long now before our Classmates start showing up on the 0-6 promotion lists and others on the 20-year retirement lists. I still cannot believe how quickly the years have past. Thinking back to our days at the Naval Academy, my family and I are sponsoring three cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (one from the Class of 2003 and two from 2004). I can only hope that we give them some respite from the rigors of their daily life (though they in no way compare to ours) as my sponsors did for me.

My son and I went to the Navy-BC game back in September with the Connecticut and Rhode Island Chapters of the Alumni Association. Though the game did not go well for our side, my son and I had a good time. The trip to the game was organized by Tom Hogsten '85 (17th Company).

I also went up to Boston in October to watch the Crew races. Saw the Navy teams and my sister-in-law (Daria Lamper) who rowed for Navy and now for a club in Colorado.

Hope you can use this stuff, take care.

Some more photos from the ' 8 3 Tailgater season:

Mike Simmons receives congratulatory cell phone call at the completion of the Marine Corps Marathon.

My apologies for the short and choppy column this month. I'm feeling a littie dimpled this month, probably because of all the hanging and swinging that we've been up to since the honeymoon and the election. There are a several more Class Act photos to share next month, but it looks like we've used up our space allotment for this column. Hang in there, and don't count us out yet. Let's see if Navy Basketball can add to the Beat Army streak on 17 Febraary 2001.

Next month, scenes from the "Beat Army" bash— until then, my friends, peace.

1983—A Class Act!

Three from 2nd Company; John Croce, Mike Parra, and Mike Simmons

Phil McKenna and Chris Pietras with the belles of the Birtiiday Ball C h r i s P i e t r a s s e n d s t h e a b o v e p h o t o and this update: Just a short update from the Northeast region home of the submarine Force. After many years, it's nice to start seeing Classmates again—especially those going to command positions. Received an invite to Mark Gorenflo's Change of Command ceremony, though I was unable to fly cross-country to go.

Mark has taken command of PARCHE. Mike Byman should have taken command by now. He was in the prospective commanding officer pipeline last year when I ran into him down at Naval

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Pres: CDR Steven G. Young, USNR c/o Legg Mason, 600 Washington Ave. Towson.MD 21204 w: 800-368-2558 e: SYoung@LeggMason.com Sec'y: Robin Franke 304 Dreams Landing Way, Annapolis, MD 21401 h: 410-573-9420; cell: 410-991-6642 e: refranke@mindspring.com Sec'y: Karen (Malloy) Halverson, PSC 450 BOX 487 APO AP 96206-0487 commercial: Oil 822 7916 8342; DSN: (Korea) 736-8342; e: dkhalverso@aol.com Class Web site: www.usna84.com First, we'll start off the winter column with a note from Karen:

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Greetings from Korea and Happy New Year. As I write this, I am still gloating obnoxiously over Navy's victory over Army this year. Also, I am happy to report that Navy beat Army in the Unofficial Yongsan Garrison Army-Navy Flag Football game last month. Considering that there are about 30,000 soldiers here, and only about 150 sailors, it's amazing that Navy can even field a team much less beat the pants off the flagrantly cheating Army opponents. The Navy fans somehow even produced a small goat as a mascot.

Typically, the Army found no mule for a mascot though perhaps the presence of several jackasses could be considered sufficient. I have happy news to relay from two of our Classmates. First, Chip Souser '82 and Anne (Gillies) Souser (csouser@erols.com) and children, Gerry (5) and Sarah (2), report the new addition to the Souser family, Matthew who was bom 22 August. Second, Jim and Joan (Tavema) Pinaire and their children Jaime (10) and Megan (6) happily report the arrival of baby Kaitiin on 6 Novemben Congratulations!

That's it from me. Hope you all had a wonderfiil holiday season.

Anne (Gillies) Sousen Gerry, Sarah, and Matthew OK. Now it's my m m . From my end here in Annapolis, we have several things to report.

Charles Frederick and Malgorzata got married at 10:15 a.m. Central European Time on 30 September in Nowy Targ, Poland. They are presently living in Nowy Targ and welcome all Classmates visiting Europe to stop by for some trae Polish hospitality, the kielbasa and pierogis are waiting. Hopefully, w e ' l l soon be s e e i n g a w e d d i n g p h o t o in Shipmate.

Mark Porter's wife, Tracy, writes that Mark has graduated from Rutgers Law School and is now an associate with Ulmer & B e m e in Cleveland, OH. They are a n x i o u s l y w a i t i n g for the O h i o Bar Shipmate, January-February 2001

results (nine days and counting). She and the kids are very proud of him.

I received an interesting letter from Fez Koprucu (411 First St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003-1827) who has something he wants to share with us all: I have just returned from attending the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of George W. Bush vs. The Palm Beach County Canvassing Board. (Sec'y's note: this was (he first hearing before the Supremes.) I was fortunate enough to be one of 50 representatives of The People who were allowed into the courtroom to witness the entire deliberations. As such, I feel a responsibility as representative to share the experience I had in watching our Supreme Court, for the first time, in action. Here are some of my initial observations and thoughts.

First, I would like to convey the satisfaction I felt in the Supreme Court's decision to allow their usual quota of 50 members of the public to attend this deliberation. Many of us began waiting outside the court at 12:00 p.m. on 30 November, knowing full well that at most 50 would get in to view the entire process. Rumors circulated that possibly no one from the public would be allowed in since this was such a visible and widely contested case. We stood our ground throughout the night and in the moming I was lucky enough to be No. 32 of 50. Many others were allowed to cycle in through the oral arguments for three minutes at a time. While many VIPs reportedly pulled favors to get themselves and friends into the courtroom, the court did not allow them to displace quotas relegated to the people. For this I commend them.

Second, it did not occur to me until I was sitting in the courtroom and the gavel sounded that I realized how misunderstood the Supreme Court is. The activities of the Congressional and Executive branches of our government dominate the news media, presumably to keep the voting public apprised of the actions of their elected officials, and hopefully help hold them accountable.

The justices of the Supreme Court make little, if any, effort to curry the attention of the media and therefore only attract our attention when their rulings address issues of newsworthy prominence. I feel this leaves a tragic gap between the court and the people it serves. Although court proceedings are open to the public, they are not actively attended or advertised. I recommend anyone who has the opportunity while in D.C. to attend a Supreme Court session. It can be much easier to get into than the congressional galleries or the White House.

Third, regardless of your agreement with any decision by the Supreme Court, it is difficult to find fault in their established formal procedures for adjudication. While the standard case before the court lasts one hour, this case was allotted one and one-half hours because of the many parties involved. The justices stay within these timelines from gavel to gavel. This particularly drew my attention since govemment decision-making is often times characterized as long, contentious and partisan. The justices decide the path of discussion inside the courtroom and show no partisan leanings in their espousals. Tangential trains of thought are suppressed and I believe the court has decided in advance exactly which questions it wants counsel to answen and which justice will lead a particular line of questioning. Their ability to never step on each other in their line of questioning, nor have long pauses in the format, lead me to conclude this. The oral arguments pass quickly (unless you're one of the lawyers, I imagine) and most of the court's work is done behind closed doors. 1 believe this process is what makes the Supreme Court a mysterious and obscure branch for most Americans.

Finally, concerning today's particular case. For the first time, the justices released an audio tape of the argument shortly after it ended, and many

television and radio stations immediately began airing the entire argument. As is its custom, the court barred television, still cameras, cell phones and note taking. The tapes do not reveal all the actions which went on in the court, such as when Chief Justice Rehnquist left twice for brief moments or when justices held short side discussions with each other The intensity and facial gestures of some justices were also absent from the tapes.

Justices Scalia and Breyer were the most flamboyant of the group. Justice Thomas asked no question, as is his style I later learned. The courtroom contained many congressional representatives, including the Speaker of the House, which necessitated Secret Service agents in the chamber About the only thing I feel relatively sure of is that there will not be a unanimous decision coming from the court. Each legal team was grilled hard and there was no quarter given.

This non-lawyer saw the justices split either 6-3 or 5-4. Justices O'Conner and Rehnquist appeared to be the most difficult to gage. If their words match their thoughts then I would say there was leaning by a majority to overturn the Florida State Supreme Court, albeit by a very narrow justification.

Knowledge is not the same as understanding, but after today I better understand how the Supreme Court works, and why I should pay more attention to its activities in my study of politics and govemment. I'm sure I'll be talking to some of you over the next few days in more detail about this experience, but I wanted to write down my initial impressions while they were still fresh. I hope that, at the very least, I have helped shine some political interest into some of your minds.

Enjoy the joumey.

For those of you who thought you were going to retire, here is a note from Mel Hamner: The following information applies more immediately to the Class of '81 as an active duty retirement is potentially seven months away, howeven it applies to our Class as well. In recent years, I've heard various versions of understanding about this policy so I thought I'd provide you with the correct version for your dissemination as you see fit.

As you're aware, in the 1980s Congress passed the law which stated that personnel who entered a uniformed service after 7 September 1980 would have their retirement pay based on the average of the highest 36 months of base pay they had received in their careers. For most people, this would be their last 36 months of pay. This was incorporated into Title 10 U.S. Code Sec 1407 and became known as "High 36."

Howeven all active duty members of the Class of ' 84 fall under the old rules of 50 percent (after 20 years; i.e. 2.5 percent per year) of your highest monthly base pay whether you were prior enlisted or non As per Title 10 U.S. Code Sec 1411 (Rules of Consttuction), for purposes of computing retired pay "a person shall be considered to first become a member of a uniformed service on the date the person is first enlisted, inducted, or appointed in a uniformed service." This applies to Midshipmen and since we all entered USNA in July of '80, respectively, we fall under this provision.

This is provided more for your information as I would not expect any miscalculation in your retired pay. As per PERS-822 (Officer Retirements Branch) there is another code in your record (besides our Pay Entty Base Dates (PEBD) of May '84) that is used to determine retirement pay status.

LCDR Mel Hamnen USNR (PERS-921A) Assistant TAR Officer Community Managen DSN 882-3482; 901-874-3482; f 2910; e: p921a@ persnet.navy.mil; Reserve Recall Web site; http;// www.navres.navy.mil/navresfor/data/pages/ recalll.html William "Oak" O'Connell writes that he had lunch in the CJCS dinner room with Chip Lindsay (34), who is doing that company president thing and living in McLean, VA, with his lovely wife.

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plete the PCO Pipeline. After much "goating" (no pun intended) from Robin, I attached a couple of pictures of my boys and me with members of the band KISS and Ted Nugent. When the band came through Virginia Beach we had VIP passes to the showâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;my boys had the run of the place, including getting on stage. They were treated like kings and had a great time .. .though Dad's getting a little old for rock 'n roll shows, as is the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this was KISS'S farewell tour.

If you ever get to Virginia Beach or Connecticut, please look me up.

'84: Marine Corps Ball at El Toro, circa 1994, 1 to r; Oak O'Connell, Brad Martin, Maarten "Buzzard" Vermaat, Gerry "Popeye" Doyle, Rosser Baken and "Dirty" Harry Ward" Kate (married October '95) and three great kids.

He says he spends much time as of late with Chip r e m e m b e r i n g P l e b e S u m m e r experience (Romeo company). Oak also sends along several photos for this issue. He had ran into Rosser Baker at the 2000 Army-Navy game and was reminded of his picture duties.

Oak reports that Mark Diantonio has been flying for Delta for the last three years and he himself is at the JCS Staff flying a desk.

I also received that long awaited note (complete with photos) from Bob Clark (reciifam@aol.com).

I owe apologies to Bob for incorrectly identifying CONNECTICUT as the 722 boat. It is in fact one of the second of the new flight of 21 boats, the 22.

It was great to hear from Robin the other day...time has really flown by. It seems like yesterday we were embarking on our submarine career as budding young ensigns, and now it is our Class's tum to assume the time-honored privilege of command at sea. I am slated to take command of CONNECTICUT ( S S N - 2 2 ) , and the following

is a list of our other Classmates in the January 2001 Submarine PCO Class and the commands they have been slated to take; Bill Frake (MONTPELiER (SSN-765)), Warren Belt (ALASKA (SSBN7 3 2 ) ( G 0 L D ) ) , and Brian Mcllvaine (OHIO

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(SSBN-726)(GOLD)).

The Clark Clan, which along with my super wife, Ruth Ann, consists of my boys Andy (10), Wes (9), and a Golden Retriever named Hunter We currently reside in Virginia Beach, and will move up to Connecticut next summer after I com-

The Clark clan with Ted Nugent Well, that wraps up this issue. Remember, if you are going to send in electronic photos, try your best to comply with the criteria provided by Shipmate magazine for column inclusion (grayscale photos preferted, 300 dpi resolution or better, must be greater than 2 . 5 " wide, tif or jpeg format, no compression). By the volume of rejected photos we have received, I must tell you that you are much better off just mailing your photos in to me. It seems that most violate the resolution or 2.5" width rules. Since we are encountering so many problems getting your photos to print, I will make the extra effort to print them out myself and get the hard copies in to Shipmate.

Take care and see ya'll 'round the bend. Robin

'84; Bob, Andy (left) and Wes (right) with KISS

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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 Well, 1 hope the Dark Ages find you well. Here in Northern Virginia we're slogging through the bratal winters. No, they're not bratal because of the weather—they're bratal because we're such sissies about the weather We've had school cancelled for rain, that's how delicate we are in the New Dominion.

I'd also like to tell you how much fun the Reunion was—but I can't, for the simple reason that I wasn't there. No, I was too busy timing conttactions, packing the hospital bag, and basically doing everything to get ready for the fourth Blessed Event (read: birth) in the Casey family. Of course, being a Casey, young Qiunlan Spencer showed up later than expected—the following Tuesday, despite Kel's (my ever-patient wife) constant contractions and general sense of "it's time." So, while a significant chtmk of the Class was partying like it was 1985,1 was thinking of epidurals and episiotomies.

The mighty Quin is doing fine as I write (I can tell because he's screaming at 120 dB). If you went to the Reunion, drop a line of thanks to Tina Higgins, Peter Martino, Pat McPherson, Troy Stoner, Paul Rosmilso, Neysa Slater-Chandler, and the rest of Team Reunion. All the feedback I've received is that it was traly a Class Act, from the first golf swing to the last beer poured at the tailgaten My own thanks have to go, though, to Bryan Caisse. At the Reunion, he was in charge of ttansportation (we called him CINCBUS); but behind the scenes, he did a traly remarkable job on something entirely different. In his spare time, between moving huge amoimts of money around Wall Stteet, Bryan found time to assemble a comprehensive list of email addresses for the Class. More than that, he emailed each person on the list, and pulsed each one for an update. The rest of this column is due entirely to his efforts in this area, and represents just the feedback from the first eight companies.

So, on to the news, courtesy of the Caisse News Network.

Mike Tranchina is running a manufacturing company located in Southem New Jersey which makes air conditioning and refrigeration tools and equipment for industrial customers. Mike says: Since I have been in this business for the last nine years, I'm getting a little burned out. I am looking to move on. I would like to get into the broadband wireless business. If any Classmates are involved in this business (or any other leading-edge high tech business), I would like to talk with them about any opportunities that may be out there.

Any takers?

Dan Stout is currently director of enrichment technology for USEC, Inc. USEC enriches uranium for commercial nuclear reactors. Dan is one of the boffins in R&D, trying to develop a new process to replace the existing gaseous diffusion method of, um, diffusing gases (I'm frantically trying to remember my Nuke training here, but nothing's happening). Dan's company has projects going in Oak Ridge, TN, and near Sydney, Austtalia, with engineers also in Ohio and Kentucky. Dan has been in Shipmate, January-Febraary 2001

the Spec War community since leaving active duty in 1991. Dan and his wife, Karin, have three kids: Jeff (14), Jimmy (12), and Julie (10). Dan says "We live in a great little town, Poolesville, MD, and 1 work in Bethesda. Life is good."

A quick, sad note from Dan Holzrichter. Peggy Horan, Dale Horan's mom, passed away 12 November after battling cancer for two years. As Dan puts it: She and Nelson were pretty involved with so many of us, from hosting tailgaters, to providing us a place to stay, to taking us to the airport. Please keep Dale and his family in your prayers.

Tom Bourbeau also answered the Call From Caisse. Tom says, "I'm still in the Nav, doing flight test and development on F/A-18E/F while attached to Weapons Test Squadron, China Lake. Married ten years to Tina and have two boys." Greg Sears is also at China Lake attached to VX-9 doing operational testing on F/A-18A-F. Bill Spear wrote in as well. He's currently working as an area coordinator for Ethicon EndoSurgery (a Johnson & Johnson company). Ethicon makes surgical instraments, mostiy of the minimally invasive types. Bill's job includes direct production supervision, engineering work, and customer relations. He's worked at Ethicon (which sounds like a laxative to me) since leaving the Navy in May 1991. Bin says: In some ways my role here is like The Cleaner in Pulp Fiction. Ifixwhatever breaks in the manufacturing area. I'm still married to Elizabeth (15 years so far). I still play soccer and volleyball.

My last Navy tour was as ordnance officer in TAYLOR (FFG-50). I was over in the Gulf for Desert Shield, but got back home before Storm started.

Garey Cozad wrote in from balmy Wheatland, WY. He's been married for 12 years and has one 3-year-old son. Garey's a partner in Wheatland Fire Equipment, a 20-employee fire equipment distributor which operates in nine northwestem states and is growing fast.

CDR Dave Price is still on active duty as a P-3 pilot attending the Naval War College in Newport.

Dave and Susan got married during graduation week and now have 10 and 13 year-old boys, Nick and Sean. Dave is slated for command of VT-28 in Corpus Christi, starting as XO down there next Septemben Dave's tours to date include (take a deep breath): VP-16 in Jacksonville following flight school; Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey graduating with a master's in asttonautical engineering; TAO and CDCO on ABRAHAM LINCOLN; P A O at

NAS Alameda; back to Jax for department head tour in VP-5; P-3 wing maintenance officer in Jax, then on to Newport. Dave is proud to say that he's "deployed all over the world and spent every tour except this one in the sun belt. Nothing but fun and excitement so far!"

iSABRD is Coming.

See page 41.

Mike Greenwood, ever the shy retiring type, begins his missive: Howgozit! I guess I have no excuse but to update you on what I've been doing for the last few years. As you probably know, I'm still in the USN. I've married the worid's greatest teachen Son Hui, and we have a beautiful 5-year-old girl, Kleo. After graduating from NFS in '92,1 spent 3.5 years in Hawaii at the Joint Intel Centen Pacific, followed by tours at an Amphib Squadron (N2 PHIBRON 7) and the Naval War College. As you can see, I'm no longer a submariner; In '95, 1 lateralled into intelligence. I'm presentiy serving in Korea at the Combined Forces Command/US Forces Korea as the Naval Intelligence Chief As luck would have it, you found me on vacation in Connecticut...I returned to the U.S. for a conference in D.C. and decided to spend Turkey Day with my mom and family.

Lucinda (McKinney) Giertz kept it short and sweet: I live in Encinitas, CA, which is north San Diego County. My husband, Andy, and I both fly for United Airlines. That's it—my life.

Bobby Armes wrote in with news from the roiling hotbed of real estate known as McLean, VA. Bobby is married with two little ones at home: Gabriela Victoria (22 months) and Roberto Luis (3 months). Bobby's wife, Indi, "takes great care of them"; she hails from Caracas, Venezuela, but they met while Bobby and her brother were getting M.B.A.'s at the University of Scranton.

Bobby is now with a real estate law firm (Hunzeker and Lyon) in McLean, VA, doing residential real estate settlements. Bobby also handles the Hispanic division so he handles all the Spanish real estate settiements. Bobby originally got licensed in Connecticut, but is "wiving" (not sure if that's a legal term or a typo) into the D.C. Bar. Bobby laments, "I'll also be sitting for the Virginia Bar in February 2001. So, it is going to be a long cold, hard, ugly winter getting ready for that."

Bob Underwood is playing the dark side of Top Gun in the aggressor squadron in Yuma. He's pretty happy with it, though: This is a great job and I'm hopeful I can stay for a while. I am on the promotion board, which meets in January, but have been assured I will be able to retire regardless which is a goal of ours.

We have a house here with a pool and the family is doing well.

Robin (that's Mrs. Underwood to you, pal) is homeschooling the Underwood kids—not only that, but Bob and Robin are heading up the local home school support group in Yuma. Bob is hoping to get stationed somewhere around the D.C. area next time.

Ted Olt left the Navy in 1992 after P-3 NFO training, VP-11 and ComPatWing FIVE staff tours.

Ted found his way to law school at the University of Iowa from 1992-1994, and has been practicing with Lane & Waterman in Davenport, lA, since graduation. Ted says of his practice, "It's pretty broad, primarily corporate and environmental law, with some business litigation to keep things interesting." Ted and Rosemary have been married since 1985, and have two daughters, Ashley (11) and Meghan (7).

Mark Brooks is currently serving as the Air Operations/Air Strike Officer on Staff, CinCUSNavEur, London, UK, where he's been since June '98. Mark remarks that "it's been a busy tour, which included three months on JTF NOBLE ANVIL staff (J-3) during operations in the Balkans." Immediately prior to this Mark attended the Naval War College. Before that, he was in Lemoore, CA, flying F/A-18s in VFA-22, CVW-9 and VFA-125. Mark started in Cecil Field, FL, fly137

ing Hornets in VFA-136. He's screened for command this past summer and will be heading to VFA86 in a few months. Mark and Sharon have been married for 15 years (in April)—"We have no kids, but two dogs that get treated better than most kids."

Bryan Caisse also submitted a blurb on himself.

He attended NYU Business School after leaving the Navy in 1990, and started at Bear, Steams, one of the larger Wall Street firms, shortly afterwards.

While there he was in fixed income sales (I don't want to buy one of those, by the way—give me the variable version any day), and then started a separate subsidiary company called Bear Steams Investment Advisors. This was a fixed income derivative "hedge fund" which later went private, and is now West Side Advisors, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Bryan and wife, Jessica, have a oneyear old, Eliza Jane.

Debbie Miller Nowak also wrote in from the wilds of North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.

Debbie married Joe Nowak '80 in 1987. Debbie and Joe have eight (holy cow!) kids: five girls and three boys. Joe is out of the Navy and is a systems engineer for Lockheed-Martin. Debbie got out in 1990 and is "homeschooling the kiddos and loving every minute." Joe was offered a job transfer to North Yorkshire so the entire clan moved from Denver in June of last year. Debbie says, "We're still settling in but are enjoying the sites, the history, the pubs and the people. I do miss the Colorado sunshine (already in November the sun is setting around 4:30 p.m.). People wonder how we manage with eight kids; to tell you the truth, I couldn't manage without them."

Keith Brunini, another financial mogul, dropped a brief line from Chicago: I was a P-3 NFO with VP-1 in Hawaii, got out in '93, got an MBA from Kellogg and then joined Goldman Sachs in their fixed income sales and trading area. I worked as a municipal bond specialist up until two years ago when I moved over to our private wealth management area. I now work on a team that runs several billion dollars for wealthy individuals and families.

(Pete Martino, call your broken) Keith specializes in the arcane world of fixed income investing and restricted stock and single stock risk management issues. Keith flew with the Reserve until NAS Glenview closed down and is now in the process of becoming a Blue & Gold Officen Keith says that life in Chicago is "a rough ttansition from Hawaii," but he's at least got family to keep him warm (his wife, a 4-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter).

Bob Hoffer is still underway; when he's not, he's stationed in Norfolk on the staff of Commanden Striking Fleet Atlantic as the NATO Electronic Warfare Officer and Information Operations. Unfortunately, Bob couldn't attend the Reunion since he was underway on MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20) for

Exercise Unified Spirit. Currently Bob and Amy are living in Chesapeake, VA, with their "two lovely daughters, Allison and Mackenzie."

Allan Assel wrote in that he's moved to Northern Virginia where he will be working at NRO (which used to stand for "Not Really an Office," but is now more openly known as the National Reconnaissance Office). Teri and Allan are busy trying to move in and entertain three kids. He says, kinda raefully, "We might get the boxes out of the house by Christmas."

Pat Dunn also wrote in. By the time you read this, Pat and Stephanie should be back in the D.C. area again for his next tour on the CNO's Staff (N51) Strategy and Policy.

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Camp Pendleton. He finished up his medical internship at Naval Medical Center, San Diego, in June 2000 and will be in his curtent "Marine-patching" job for 2-3 years. Dave picked up LCDR in the first medical corps group in October (after being an ensign for a total of six years while at school and otherwise). Dave's wife, Jennifer, works in the thriving biotech industry in San Diego; she graduated from UC Davis Medical School in 1999 and decided to take the M,D, into the industry route.

The Olivers live in San Diego with no kids yet, just a couple of dogs.

LT Dave Gilmore is a dentist at 32nd Street and will be starting an orthodontics fellowship next fall.

He selected for LCDR in the Dental Corps and will put it on soon, although for now Dave Oliver outranks at least one of his Academy roommates.

Dave Gilmore is married to Teryn and has two kids. Sawyer and Sarah who are enjoying the Coronado lifestyle.

Bob Muxlow is at a squadron at North Island, according to Dave O, and may have screened for command already.

Finally, a note from Troy Bates. Troy is the Intel Ops Officer at III MEF in Okinawa—he should be there for about two more years. Troy is still married to Shelly with three daughters: Nicole—10; Shannon—8; and Breanna—6.

Well, that's a wrap. Don't thank me for this column—thank the indefatigable Bryan Caisse. You know, this post will be up for another election here shortly, and Bryan has expressed an interest in taking it.. .just a thought. Take care, Mike Casey

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Pres: Daniel H. White e: dhwhite®cablespeed.com; daniel_white® ml.com Sec'y: Paul Costello 4705 Grainger Trail, Ft. Worth, TX 76137 p: 817-485-8824; e: paulandkathie®compuserve.com Class Web site: www.usna86.org We have so much news to cover in this combined January-February issue that I will try to keep my commentary to a minimum. By this time, I hope we will have a new Commander-in-Chief, though with the way things are going, I'm not too sure.

This election has been an interesting civics lesson for all of us. One lesson that I have leamed is the value of a postmark on an absentee ballot. I hope that all the votes of our men and women in uniform that were properly cast, will eventually be counted.

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happens. He has been working hard to establish a non-partisan Web site called "The Unheard Soldier" that will list the military personnel in Florida whose votes were disqualified, with a short bio of what they are doing for our country right now, and then the reason why their vote was denied. In short, a "living memorial" on the Web to folks who are serving-fighting to protect the very vote they were denied in Florida. Please look at our Class Web site for a link to Dan's work in progress. Again this is not an editorial, but a note of thanks to a Classmate that even in civilian life, has not forgotten the importance of "taking care of our sailors and airmen." Well done, Dan. I have some great information to report on our Class Reunion. Dan White has really been burning the midnight oil to make sure that this reunion will be a time we all tteasure. To that end he has developed a program that makes me wish the fall was already here. What follows is the tentative schedule for the Homecoming/Reunion weekend: Friday, 19 October 8:00 a.m.: Megan's Voice Golf Toumey. All proceeds will go to Megan Price. Shotgun start. For the golf club we are looking at the Chartwell Country Club in Sevema Park, MD. Greens fees to be determined. Prizes and awards at the conclusion.

Price will include an unforgettable day of golf, one mulligan, sunbum, and the feeling of satisfaction that comes from helping brave little Megan fight a rare illness. Megan is the daughter of LaNeil and Rich Price (kierstan2® aol.com). Contributions for Megan from non-golfers are also welcome,ffyou would like further info on Megan and the golf tournament you can email the Price's directly.

7:30 p.m. Reception at BWI Marriott. Dinner, music and dancing. The identity of our witty and engaging has yet to be determined. Your suggestions are welcome.

Saturday, 20 October 12:00 p.m. (approx.) Tailgate! Price to be determined. Includes food, drink, priceless memories, and the renewing of several old acquaintances.

Actual attendance at the football game is optional.

We all know how that goes. Reunion "Gedunk" bag for all present to include hats, bumper stickers, cups, mugs and anything else we can fit inside.

7:00 p.m.-l 1:30 p.m. Groove at your own peril.

Yah Baby! No charge.

11:30 p.m. Meet at Chick and Ruth's for bagels.

11:45 p.m. First and Last Annual '86 Bagel Dash. Race from front door of Chick and Ruth's to Bancroft Hall. Winner receives "carry-on" for the rest of the day. No charge except your doctor's co-pay.

Sunday, 21 October 9:00 a.m. USNA mass with '86 as honored Class.

Registration for the Class Reunion activities along with prices and up to the minute schedules will be available through our gedunk page on the Web site. Please read the next few paragraphs for more Class Reunion registration info.

The BWI Airport Marriott has reserved a block of hotel rooms for our Class for the entire Reunion weekend. Call 410-859-8300 or 800-228-9290 to reserve a room at the special $89 per night rate. Be sure to identify yourself as a member of the USNA Class of '86 when calling, and make your reservations ASAP, since supplies are limited.

Now on with the gedunk. First I have to apologize for committing that mortal sin of purveying "bad gouge." 1 had understood that we would be able to order items from our gedunk supplien Anchor Enterprises, at will off the net and tiien receive them in a few weeks. In reality, we will be Shipmate, January-February 2001

able to order items oft' the net, but will receive them in a single Class shipment that will arrive at our homes in time for Homecoming. After talking to Steve Phillips '67 at Anchon I now understand die logistics of filling a jacket order here and a ball cap order there would jack the prices up too high. So please perase the merchandise and make your orders. Dan met with Steve the other day. In Dan's words, "It is great stuff! I think the Class will love die gedunk." The actual pictures of what we will be able to order will be up on our Web site in the March-April timeframe. Registtation for the Class Reunion activities along with prices and up-to-theminute schedules will be available through our gedunk page on the Web site.

20-year gift update. Dan has been selected to be on the USNA Special Memorial Hall Committee to represent our wishes for the Class gift. As a reminder our Class gift is the establishment of a memorial to those Alunrmi that have been killed in the Line of Duty. The gift board met on 13 October 2000 and Dan sent this summary of the board's efforts.

The board plans on meeting monthly in order to present to the Superintendent a clear vision of what Memorial Hall will look like in the next few years. The plan so far is to completely revamp Memorial Hall in the next three to five years. Our gift will be a big part of the rebuilding process and in the making of an interactive kiosk for Alumni. Again, your feedback is welcome as this process continues.

The board is made up of the following distinguished graduates; Stephen Chadwick '62, John Greenwood '50, Robert Hofford '61, Douglas KaU '65. Jack Klimp '68. Robert Mcnitt '38, Charles Minter '37, Robert Parsons '71 USN (Deputy for Management), Mr. Mark Smith (Dir of Facilities Dev), James B. Stockdale '47, John Ripley '62, Chairman of Board, and myself. The board's mission is to identify all categories of loss for USNA Alumni, and to make recommendations to the Supe for the proper recognition and memorialization of such losses. The broad category of Operational Line of Duty guided our deliberations.

The board is writing up an instruction on the use of Memorial Hall, and then we will discuss upgrading Memorial Hall and how it is to be done. I am also on the Rules subcommittee that will create this instruction.

After a vision is established for Memorial Hall, I plan to start working on how our gift will fit into Memorial Hall. As you may surmise, there is much work to be done. I am somewhat overwhelmed by the work, but I think in the end, this very distinguished group of Alumni will make you proud.

I can tell you after touring Memorial Hall that it is in great need of an upgrade.

I thank you again for your support and I will make sure that the best interest of '86 is followed as the vision for Memorial Hall is produced. As always, your feedback is welcome and appreciated. Your feedback thus far has been very helpful to me in making sure our best interests are submitted to the Supe and to this distinguished board.

A hundred years from now, our Class will be remembered for diis memorial. Thanks, Dan, for making sure our Class gift is of the highest caliben On to our Classmates. I received a nice note from Todd Wagner (tlwag@aol.com). He is a physician working with an EOD team and living up on beautiful Whidbey Island. John W i l b o u m wrote and is living near U S N A in G a m b r i l l s , M D . J o h n ' s companymate George Arthur (garthur® san.rt.com) is living in Coronado. Bob Maus also was kind enough to write. We ran into each other about four years ago in the Denver Airport. He and his wife, Kristine, live in Northem Virginia. Prior

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to that they lived in Houston for three years. Bill James (bjames@nyc.rncom) also checked in; he is a ttader in New York. John Bamonte (jgbamonte® earthlink.net) is doing his Joint tour at USSttatCom working within 16 as the "airbome communications architecture officer." As he puts it, it is "a slight change from flying off the end of a carrier." He and his wife, Gerri, and we have been married for 14.5 happy years. They have two boys named John (11) and Michael (6). John and his family arrived in Omaha, NE, in August after completing his department head tour with VAQ-135 "Black Ravens" in the beautiful Pacific Northwest (NAS Whidbey Island). After finishing up his tour in Omaha, CDR (sel) John (congratulations!) and his family hope to return to Washington State for a command toun I asked our globettotting Classmate Joe Wallis (Joseph.wallis®atkeamey.com) to bring us up to date on what he's been doing. Joe and I were roommates in the ultimate "ensign pad" in Coronado.

He "semper fi'd" while I "shoe'd," and together we shared some most excellent adventures. On with Joe's letter: Hola to ' 86.1 want to update everyone on what has been going on in my life for the last several years. I left the Corps in '91 and during my time in ran across Classmates in Okinawa, Korea, Philippines and that Sunday after Church meeting place The Pennant and Beachcomber in San Diego. Too many people to list here. I was roommates with Paul Costello in Coronado and spent many weekends in La Jolla with Ryan Richey '87, and Steve "Sizbob" Sisney '87. After leaving San Diego, I entered the business world and spent my first year in New York. I hooked up with Kenny Kasprzak and he showed me the good life on Long Island. I left New York in late '92 for Atlanta and spent the next six years working for Bradley-Morris. Yes, the company you probably still receive mail from telling you about the good life as a civilian. I spoke to countless Classmates and USNA grads during that time and even found a couple of them jobs. Notably, Classmates Mike Allen and Dan Gleason. I hope you guys are doing well. I know I placed a couple of other Classmates and I am sorry for leaving you out. Shaun Bradley '78 is the "Jefe" and founder of BMI. At Bradley-Morris, I worked with several West Point grads and after hearing about the non-existent liberty outside their gates I am grateful to have had Annapolis right next door. I hear they had a tough Plebe year also. Poor guys. My Company, "Good Times 10," been berry berry good to me as a Plebe.

I left Bradley-Morris in '98 and went to work for Andersen Consulting. I stayed in Atlanta since I had just met Shannon, who would become my wife. Shannon and I were married in San Diego on 24 April 1999 in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Humphries Half Moon Bay Resort. We shared the time with our families and many friends from all over the country. The USNA group in attendance included my brothers in law Bob "Ho" Russell '80, and Sam "Encino" Ridder '84; as

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well as Lawrence Kough, Harry Dunbrack, Matt Jordan, Ryan Richey, David Fennell '87, Dave "Q Bear" Quessenberry '80, and two close friends and Naval Aviators Greg Coopen UVA, and Paco Chierici, BU. I don't want to leave out some of the other cold war heroes in attendance, Bill Basnett '86, USMA, Chris Nagle ' 8 8 , USCGA, Greg Nagle, USMC, and Paul Jarvis '86, VMI. It was a wonderful weekend and then we honeymooned in Costa Rica, and the island of Roatan, Honduras. Over the years I have been honored to attend the weddings of Scott Franklin, Paul Costello, Kenny Kasprzak, Colin Green, Ryan Richey and MaU Jordan. I have to say we all married up. Anyway, little did we know that within six months we would head to Europe.

Shannon worked for Coca Cola and she was offered a great opportunity in Vienna, Austria. I left my job and followed her to Vienna. Soon after our arrival (two months), Coke decided to begin massive lay offs and Shannon was offered the choice of back to Atlanta or a severance package. The severance package was the way to go. In the meantime, I started looking for work in Spain. Most of you don't know this, but my mother is Spanish and I was born in Spain. I landed a great opportunity with A.T. Kearney Executive Search in their Madrid office. I am part of the technology practice. We finally left Vienna in July and drove with our two dogs to Spain. It was a great eight-day trip with stops in northem Italy (Lake Maggiore), southem France (Provence), Barcelona and finally to southem Spain for the month of August. 1 started work in September after a ten-month sabbatical. I highly recommend it if the opportunity is there. I really enjoyed the time off and was able to travel and do many things I might never have been able to do. Make sure to have the spousal buy in before quitting your job. So we are now enjoying Madrid and looking forward to many visitors in the next several years. Since being in Madrid, I recently had dinner with John Rodriguez who is currently Flag Aide to General Ralston, SacEun I also spoke on the phone to Kent Pare who is XO of the SEAL Det. at NS Rota. If anyone makes it over to Spain, call me up. Mobile phone is country code 34,669-841 -650 and home is 34-91 -3574652. I am looking forward to the 15 year Homecoming next year and seeing many old friends. Take care and AMF. I think Joe has the Shipmate record for number of Classmates mentioned in a letten Congratulations to you and Shannon. I look forward to seeing you at the Reunion.

Great wedding news from Tim Allen (timallen449 @ hotmail .com): Sonia and I have decided that we like living in sin so much that we're making it permanent. We're getting married. On 28 December of this year, the former Sonia Salas Vilches will become Sonia Salas Vilches de Allen. Sounds real good, don't it? We're having the ceremony in New Orleans.

My brothen Col Travis Allen '80, will be my best man. After that, Sonia and 1 have decided to stay on in Barcelona, Spain, for at least a few more years. I reckon I'll need at least a few more years to really wreck my English. Take care, guys.

From Pat Grandelli (PMGrandelli@cs.com), I received this very nice note: Our great little family consisting of me, my wife, Melanie, toddler Katie and new son (25 February 2000) Abraham is living in Kailua, HI. Melanie stays home and has become favorite mom to our neighbor kids. I am working as an ocean engineer and recentiy joined FREDERICK (LST-1184) Reserve unit as a "very senior" lieutenant. Congrats to you guys who recently made commanden I really enjoy my family, job and our church. Anyone can drop us a line if you will be on Oahu. We'll be happy to have you oven Melanie follows Navy football—ouch!

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I went to Kailua, and thought I was in heaven.

What a beautiful place to live and raise a family.

Congramlations, Pat. Finally, right before another deadline comes a letter from Matt Jordan (mjj 1063@aol.com). Matt has had a really interesting career: After graduation, I was stationed in San Diego on SCHENECTADY (LST-1185). In 1990,1 u^sferred to DLI in Monterey where 1 studied Italian. I spent two and a half years with the Italian Navy on their amphibious staff. I was stationed in Brindisi, working in a 700-year-old fortress, which now serves as headquarters for the Third Naval Division. Underway time was spent on the LPD San Marco participating in NATO exercises and an excursion to Somalia. The whole tour was a fantastic experience. My department head tour was on GER^LM'rtOWN (LSD-42) in Sasebo, Japan, after which I redesignated into the Fleet Support Community and headed back to San Diego where I was the director of training support at Fleet Training Centen During that tour I got into the sailing/ racing scene in San Diego where I met my future bride, Mary. We were married last September in Chicago. Classmates in attendance included: Kenny Kasprzak, and Poncho Wallis. Other Alumni attending were; Jack Devlin '47, Dave Adams '65 and Doc Church '88. We're now living in Washington State. I am stationed on ABRAHAM LINCOLN as the maintenance officen

Mary is an ICU nurse at Seattie's Children's Hospital. She just completed her master's in nursing and isfinishingherfinalcertification to be a nurse practitioner We miss the Califomia sun and sailing in short sleeves but are enjoying the Pacific Northwest. Our biggest adventure so far was climbing Mt. St. Helens this past July. We'd love to see anyone coming out this way. Speaking of which, we had breakfast with Shannon and Poncho Wallis last week. They were out here visitingfromtheir home in Spain.

Matt, it was nice hearing from you. Congramlations to you and Mary. I hope there is a lot of sailing in your future.

When I'm not writing your column, flying with Delta or the Navy, or volunteering in the church, or serving as a punching bag to my five year old, I volunteer as a Blue & Gold officer for USNA Admissions. In that light I would like to share some "tongue in cheek" jokes appropriate for any conversation with our arch rival West Pointers: Q. What do you get when you drive slowly by the West Point campus?

A. A degree.

Q; What do a Navy Midshipman and a West Point Cadet have in common?

A; They both were accepted to West Point.

Q; What do you get when you breed a groundhog and a West Point Cadet?

A; Six more weeks of bad football.

Q; How many West Point plebes does it take to change a light bulb?

A; None, it's a second year course.

And not to leave our friends in Colorado Springs out of our esteemed column; Q; How many Air Force cadets does it take to change a tire?

A; Just one, but he gets four hours credit and it counts as a lab science!

Well, folks, that is all this tired mind has to offer this month. Thanks for you support of this column with your wonderful letters and emails. Check the Web site from time to time for the most updated reunion news. Pablo.

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Pres/Sec'y: Tim Wolf 11409 Rouen Drive, Potomac, MD 20854 h: 301-299-6409; e: shipmate87@aol.com Class Web site: http://usna87.com Washington, D.C. Another year has come and gone. Where does the time go? Nonetheless, by the time you're reading this, hopefully the presidential election will have been settled. But, I digress...

A number of Classmates and other USNA Alunrni watched David Robinson lead the Spurs to victory over the Washington Wizards back in November at the MCI Centen Those attending the game included Tony Hollingen Vince McBeth, John Loesch, Paul Burkett, Mike Gaffney, Tim Wolf, Tim Matthews '83, Kylor Whitaker '86, Tony Wells '86, and Anthony McKinney '86. After the game, David was able to visit with some of the group. David's brother Charles '93 also attended the game.

Tamara and Willie Jett were married in Las Vegas in July. Willie teaches and coaches basketball at MinneapoUs North High School in Minnesota.

Vince McBeth is the administrative assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. Liz and Vince are Uving in Falls Church, VA. MaryBeth and Brad Boyd moved from the Dallas area to Wilmington, DE, last year. They have two boys, Patrick and Ryan. Brad is flying for US Airways out of Philadelphia and MaryBeth works for MBNA in Wilmington. Brad mentioned that Joe Lauletta also is flying with US Airways out of Philly.

Becky and Jim Byrne are expecting their fifth child later this summen Lori and Keith Bannach became parents last October with the birth of their son Michael. Keith is an attomey practicing in Freehold, NJ. Maryanne and Sean Coughlin (Coughlin27@ aol.com) sent news about their new baby boy. Owen Lanfair Coughlin was bom on 25 August 2000, and he has an older brothen Thomas. The Coughlins live in Acton, MA. In addition, Sean mentioned that a Navy alumni boat competed in this year's Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. Participants included Sean, Eric Perreca, Timothy Van Leer of Princeton, John Conners of Peim, and coxswain Ken

Dreyfuss. Sean added that Brad Treadway '88 was unable to compete because of the simation in the Middle East. Brad is now home safe and sound.

Anyone interested in future alumni boats should contact Sean.

Sean Coughlin with his boys Michele and Richard Dikeman live in Germantown, MD. After leaving active duty in 1992, Richard works for the Department of Energy as a contractor in the Document Declassification Division at the National Archives in College Park, MD. He has two children, Genny and Richard Jn Since leaving active duty, Jeff Shirk said that he's done every imaginable task in the real estate and finance industry. For the past two years, Jeff worked for Chase Manhattan in the Florida Panhandle region artanging the financing for a number of projects and home mortgages. Last summer he started his own subchapter S corporation, but still affiliates most of his work with Chase. Jeff's main office is in Pensacola.

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Greg Ellison, Ron Higgs and John Titus are stationed at Pax Riven Tony Ferrari transferted to VX-9 at Point Magu, CA. Russ Emmons and David A. Robinson are instructors at TOPGUN in Fallon, NV. They participated in the F/A-18 flyover at Homecoming this year.

Jason Hardebeck is CEO of Consentric in Baltimore, MD. Mike Spanos is the director of retail sales for Pepsi in the centtal and Tidewater areas of Virginia.

Michael Kurka serves as a first vice president (investments) for Salomon Smith Barney in Alexandria, VA. Tim Bonn lives in Portland, OR, and serves as a reservist with ComSubPac Det 320. James Emmitt is vice president of sales and operations for Mallard Manufacturing Corporation in Ohio.

In news from the Hawaiian Islands, Vicky and Matt Sampson are going through the expecting parents role once again. They already have four children to keep them busy, but there's never enough of a good thing. Matt is the director of safety and standardization for the CH-53D air group. Here's some of Mart's other info: Dwayne Lindsey and Matt work in the same office at the ASE Headquarters. Dwayne is the aeromedical safety officen He and his wife, Adele, have two children. Matt Early is the CEC officer in charge of all design and constraction contracts on Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Matt and his wife have one child.

Paul Curran is operations officer for HMH-463.

Paul and Paige have two boys. Paul and Matt deployed to the big island for Hawaii Combined Arms Operation 1-01 recently. Erica (Miles) and Dave Smith live on Keneobe Bay, where Dave works with the PATWING staff and Erica does her Reserve duty. They have one son and one daughter.

Treva and Joe Eversole are good friends of the Smiths. Joe is assigned to one of the local VP squadrons. The Eversoles have one daughter.

Matt sent word that Lisa and Dimi Pappas are Uving in Italy, where Dimi flies for FedEx and Lisa teaches in the DoD school program.

Additional news from the islands has Dave Welch serving as executive officer of LAKE ERIE. He and Mercedes (Liwski) moved from D.C. last July with their four children, Sarah, Ben, Tristan, and Geoff.

Dave noted that Michele and Joe Cheneler are next door neighbors. Joe is a watch officer at JicPac. Todd Cramer is executive officer of CHICAGO. Bob Hein is the executive assistant at MidPac, and will serve as executive officer of RUSSELL. Gary Kirkland works in the transportation engineering section of The LiRo Group, a Long Island engineering firm. Gary left the Marine Corps in February 1997 and earned a degree in civil engineering from Hofstra. The Kirklands have two children.

Priscilla Acosta Justiniano is an LDO and serves as flag secretary at NavAir in Pax Riven Marian and Roger Stanton are keeping busy this year with their four boys: Drew, Mark, Daniel, and Adam. The Stantons live in Columbia, SC. Roger mentioned that he ran into Joel Baker while coaching Joel's son this past soccer season. Joel works for Bose Stereo in Columbia.

Susan and Tim Deegan were married in Annapolis on 11 Novemben A strong USNA contingent, including Kimberly and Bob Misch, Cindy and Chris Dunphy, Susan and Jim Fisher, Regina and Paul Rayhill, Peggy and Tim Wolf, and Steph and Mark Goodwin helped the couple celebrate.

Bemie Sise was there in spirit.

Don Ward works for Perot Systems in the Northem Virginia area.

Piper Spencer '89 and Keith Spencer are now living in Pembroke Pines, FL, where Keith is the pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. He graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in May 2000 with a master's of divinity degree. The Spencers have three children: Christian, Thomas, and Luke.

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Pres: Ingar Grev 2721 Summers Ridge Drive Odenton.MD 21113-1589 h: 410-695-0747; w: 703-872-4027 f: 419-818-7319; e: igrev@bwwonline.net Cort. Sec'y: Margaret Raybum 605 S. Oakland St., St. Johns, MI 48879 h: 517-227-2503; f: 425-871-2697 e: mlmr89@hotmail.com or mlrl@aol.com Listserv: USNA89@mde.com Listserv subscription: send email to usna89-request@mde.com, in body of message write: subscribe Webmaster: Tony Newpower e: newps@sprintmail.com Class Web site: www.usna89.org Happy 2001! Hope the holiday season was fabulous for all. Lots of updates and announcements to get to, so without further ado...New additions continue to join the Class, and here's another happy announcement from Mike Cousins (Cuzmc速 aol.com): I thought 1 would write to announce our third and newest arrival. Michael Carter Cousins Jr., "Carter," was bora on 20 Septemben He joins big sisters Rachel and Lindsay to round out the Cousins family. We are living in western Massachusetts, and believe it or not, this southem boy really likes living in New England. I left the Navy two years ago to fly for American Airlines, but continue the military ties by flying the AlO part time for the Mass. Air National Guard. I don't see too many Classmates, but I do hear from Mike Russonello and Jeff Oberg periodically.

Mike is also with American,flyingthe 767 out of Boston andflyingT2s with the Reserve in Meridian. Jeff is working in Cambridge, MA, for Sapient. He and Elsa have two beautiful kids, Jacqueline and Jeff Jr.

Pres: Kennon A. Artis e: Navy88@aol.com Sec'y: LT Kathleen Toomey Jabs, USNR 4 Laurel Court, Exeten NH 03833 h: 603-772-5287; e: KJABS@aol.com

The Cousins family with new arrival, Carter Next up, I received an update and photos from Bryn (Johnson) Narcisian (bryn@ecentral.com) who attended Karin (Klose) Kulinski's wedding in Septemben She got the scoop on several Classmates at the happy event, so read on...

I recently had the good fortune to attend the wedding of our Classmate Karin Klose (15) to Mn Steve Kulinski, a talented architect and a very nice fellow from Alexandria. They were married on 16 September 2000 near Alexandria, in the gardens of Gunston Hall, George Mason's plantation home in Mason Neck, VA. It was a beautiful fall day, perfectly suited to the gorgeous couple. Karin looked elegant in her dress with long white gloves and cascading veil, and Steve handsome in his black tux. It was a simple and moving ceremony, and a wonderful reception. The ceremony was held outside in the gardens, and the receiving line was '87: A fine afternoon for Navy football Shipmate, January-Febraary 2001

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held outside in the gardens, and the receiving line was held in front of the plantation house on the long winding drive in from the road. They honeymooned for two weeks in the Greek Isles, Karin showing Steve many of the places she had flown to during her active duty time as a P-3 pilot with VQ-2 out of Rota and NRL in D.C, and now flying C-130s with the Reserves out of Andrews.

Karin is working for United now, flying 737s out of Dulles as a co-pilot. She and Steve are living in Alexandria, where Karin will continue working for United and the Reserves, and Steve will continue his architectural practice in Alexandria. All the happiness in the world is sent their way!

Many of our Classmates were in attendance as well. You can see by the pictures I have attached diat Roberta (Hahn) Sloan (11), Bonny (Morgan) Podiak (15), Sara (Applegarth) Joyner (5), Julia (Smith) Meade (19), Brian CaldweU (2), JD Myers (1), and I, Bryn (Johnson) Narcisian (34), came to share in Karin and Steve's happy day.

Roberta is married to Dan, who is a great guy, and they live in Utica, NY. Dan is the partial owner of a truss plant, which makes roof trusses for the construction industry. Roberta runs the IT department. They have no kids or pets, but that is probably a good thing since they are gone so much with their business and their hobbies of skiing and kayaking!

Bonny is married to a very nice fellow named Dick. They live in Cincinnati, OH, and both work for Proctor and Gamble in the marketing department. They have two kids; Clare, who is 2, and Molly, who is 3 months. They are both happy and healthy and enjoy being parents!

Sara is married to our Classmate Jim Joyner (4) and is still in the Navy. She is flying F/A-18s with the active duty squadron VFA-I47 out of Lemoore, CA where she is also the maintenance officen Jim is also flying F/A-18s with VFA-25 out of Lemoore, and is currently deployed on the LINCOLN. Jim is the tactics office in his squadron.

Both are 0-4s now. They have no kids, and one cat. Sara says seeing each other is a hobby that they both enjoy, since usually they only have about 45 days together between deployments!

Julia is married to Jeff, who is an active duty Marine on recruiting duty in New Jersey. She was in the Marine Corps and served as a Motor Transport Officen They currently live in AUoway, NJ and she is now instructing the next generation in the ways of Semper Fi as a math teachen They have two dogs and no kids and enjoy doing outdoor sports.

Brian Caldwell just got out of the Navy Supply Corps in August of this year. He and his family live in Baltimore now. He is married to Rosalia, and has a daughter Nicole, who is 8 years old, a son Vincent, who is 10 months old, and has one on the way who is due for his first appearance in February. You can bet Brian will be there with his ubiquitous video camera! He was the video cameraman for the wedding, too, as if that is any surprise!

JD Myers attended with his wife Chris. I did not get the opportunity to speak with him, but understand he and Chris are the proud parents of twins. (Update from Karin on JD;) JD finished up an M.B.A. from Duke in '98, and is currently a management consultant in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry for PRTM (Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath). He and his wife, Chris (former Air Force officen but really cool nonetheless), have been married 11 years now, and they just had twin sons, Jake and Nick, on 17 August!

The entire family lives in Gaithersburg, MD. While in tiie D.C. area to attend Karin's wedding, I had the great fortune of staying one night with my old 34th Company roommate, Donna Stephenson. Donna was an NFO while in the Navy. She served as a Company officer at USNA on her last toun and got out of die Navy from tiiere.

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blocks from the stadium. She works with the FBI units in D.C. and Baltimore. She really should be one of those people that dress up in colonial garb and give tours of Annapolis, because I have never seen a house decorated so pro-Navy and pro-Annapolis! She is doing very well and loves her job as a Fed. We had a great time catching up and laughing about everything under the sun! She still is as energetic and fun as she was while at USNA! I got out of the Navy after the commitment, having served as an aircraft maintenance officer with VP-49 in Jax. I married Paul, a great and wonderful guy from my hometown of Spokane, WA, right before I got out, and moved to Phoenix for about year. We then moved to Denver, where we have been for the last five and a half years, and currently live in suburb called Highlands Ranch. I received my M.B.A. from Colorado State University two and a half years ago, and am currentiy employed as a project manager for Interlink Group, Inc., a software and networking consulting firm. I manage networking projects of various complexities for them. Paul and I have no kids and one cat which is good, because we are never home! We enjoy many mountain hobbies such as skiing, hiking, and mountain biking.

On another noteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;another Classmate from 34th Company, Andrew Craycroft, has recentiy moved to Denver He and his wife, Trina, live nearby.

They are due to have their first child sometime in the next few weeks and are looking forward to being parents. Andrew is a pilot for United.

Andrew's roommate. Bob Adams, is also due to be a dad in the very near future. Bob is on YORKTOWN as the Cheng, out of Pascagoula, MS. He and his wife, Regan, are enjoying the rural life in Pascagoula. That's about all for now! Take care!

Thanks, Bryn and congrats, Karin! In between the lively discussions flying around on the listserve, I snagged a couple of updates from Classmates that I wanted to share (with their permission of course)...

First, was the update from John Guandolo who, along with several others, completed an Ironman competition in support of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research via the organization that John founded called Destination Cure. Destination Cure is a nonproflt organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for M S . Awesome!

Team Destination Cure completed Ironman Florida in excellent fashion this past weekend (4-5 November). The nine competitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;John Guandolo '89, John Kainer '89, Doug Perry '89, Drew Kenny '89, Mark Thomassy '89, Ken Niederberger '90, Will Randall '90, Erik Lange (Duke NROTC '89), and Dave Councilor from Springfield, MA, all finished this 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run in the top half of the field of approximately 1,700 people. John Kainer, Doug Perry, and Mark Thomassy finished in under 11 hours. Erik Lange finished in ten hours and qualified for the world championships at Ironman Hawaii in October of 2001.

Members of various Navy and other military groups (EOD, SEALS, and a few drinkers from tiie Class of 2000/2001) were in Panama City Beach cheering the competitors on. A special thanks to Jim Clautice '89 for helping with much of our media preparations. And a huge thanks to Mark Sanders, XO of EOD det in PC Beach, who helped take care of the Destination Cure folks in many ways.

Thanks also for all of the emails, etc. supporting this endeavor It has meant a great deal.

For more information about this and other Ironman competitions, check out http;// ironmanlive.com.

For more information about Destination Cure, please check out the Web site at http;// www.destinationcure.com.

Go Navy! Beat Army!

Thanks, John and congratulations to all the guys who competed! Next note I shagged was a multiclassmate update that Tony Cox (office: -i-44 (0) 162 372 9183) emailed from the United Kingdom to the listserve...

(L to X,) front row: Roberta (Hahn) Sloan, Bonny (Morgan) Podiak, Karin (Klose) Kulinski, Steve Kulinski, Sara (Applegarth) Joyner; (L to n) l>ack row: Bryn (Johnson) Narcisian, Julia (Smith) Meade, JD Myers, Brian Caldwell

Greetings Classmates, It is Tony Cox (8) here. Updates on some fellow Classmates in the area as well as my update follow; I regularly hang out with Jim Holly, Jim Schroeder, Chris Cronk, and Beth (Wainscott) Cronk here in England. Jim Holly is over here setting up the United Kingdom operations of his company Cyveillance. Jim Schroeder is an Investment Banker with Lehman Brothers Intemational.

Chris, who recently pinned on majon transitioned to the USAF and now flies the FI5 at RAF Lakenheath. Beth is now flying 747s for Adas Ain Would you believe she is based in Anchorage, AK, and commutes from England? Beth and I are in the same Reserve unit, drilling at CinCUSNavEur in London.

I left active duty in May '98 and moved to England. My wife of eight-plus years, Kate, is from Nottingham, so we fliought we'd give the United Kingdom a try for a while, I hooked up with Perot Systems' European establishment and have now been with them for over two years. We have two boys, Brendan (will be three in February) and Cameron (tumed one in November).

Mike "Goody" Good was also here for about three years with Gillette, but I think he already went back to their HQ in Boston.

Would be great to hear from any of the Plebers from Delta 10 or fellow Skate 8 grads.

Next, I got tills update from the listserve widi more Classmate info submitted by Julien Grant:

Julia, Bryn, Bonnie, and Roberta enjoying the reception Shipmate, January-February 2001

'89: Greetings from Los Angeles 1 have been watching all tiiese emails fly back and forth like many people. It's been a lot of fun watching from the sidelines, at the same time hearing the news from people I haven't heard any news on for many years.

All the news inspired me to send out a quick update on what I am doing and a few Classmates I've bumped into. I got out of the Navy in '96 to attend business school at Northwestern University (Kellogg) in Chicago. Nick Etten was in my business school class and Frank Cardello graduated a year ahead of me. I lost track of Frank but Nick is in Northem Califomia working at a venture capital firm. I joined Goldman Sachs out of business school, spent 15 months in Switzerland and just transferred to Los Angeles a few months ago. I am not married yet but have entered the funnel...

People I have seen recently include Matt Wessel. now a pilot for Alaska, living in Portland with his wife and two kids. Pat Donnelly is flying for Delta and just got out to Califomia following airline boot camp in Atlanta. Joe Schweitzer is in the Annapolis area working at a telecom start-up.

I missed the ten-year Reunion because I was in Europe, hopefully I will make the next big one.

Thanks, Julien..."entered the funnel?" Sounds ominous...Finally, I caught two more birth announcements from Jim Keller and Eric Toweson adding two more little guys to the Class rolls...

Dear "89, Elie and I are proud to announce the birth of our second son, Kyle Michael Kellen He arrived 16 November at 2:27 p.m., weighing in at 8 pounds, 8ounces. Everyone is well; big brother Ryan is fascinated, and iron-will mom is eager to start running again. By the way, we will be packing up this Thursday and moving to Pittsburgh, where I will start a new job with Westinghouse on Monday. Whew!

And Eric's update: Just a quick note to announce the birth of our second son. Trace, yesterday morning 20 November 2000. Weighing in at 8 pounds, 5ounces and standing 20.5 inches tall, he looks to be a soccer player (from all the kicking he's been doing to mom). Lisa and kid are great. Tyler (five) and I expect to bring them home Thanksgiving moming.

Congratulations, Jim and Eric! Well, I guess that wraps up the updates for now. Thanks for the continued submissions, including the photos. Take care '89â&#x20AC;&#x201D;till next time, M L M R .

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Pres: Capt Robert B. Sofge, U S M C Sec'y: Eileen H. Laubacher 43 Willowleaf Drive, Littieton, CO 80127 h: 303-904-0806; w: 901-565-2120 e: laubacher3@cs.com Webmaster: Ron Surfield e: rsurfield@netrail.net Class Web site: www.usna90.org Hi there everybody! Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy. Sorry there was no article in last month's Shipmate. We have been having some computer problems, which have just been (hopefully) resolved. I got a great note from Carter Honesty (clhonest@aol.com), about the reunion so here goes: Greetings '90! The Ten-Year Reunion was a tremendous success despite Mother Nature's best attempts to literally dampen our spirits. Hearty congratulations are due to John Salkoff, Joe Kirby and the rest of the committee for putting Shipmate, January-February 2001

on a first class weekend of events. Friday began with threats of rain, but by the time the parade started it was sunny and humid. The Brigade looked impressive although it is quite a bit smaller now (30 Companies in a single line across Worden Field). Following the parade, I met a fellow Marine's son who is a Second Classman (90+12) and got all the scoop on the new rules and regs.. .to include Tuesday and Friday night libs for 2/C. Must be nice.

From there, it was off to the Crown Sailing Center for registration and the cocktail party. Everything was well-organized and (in my opinion) the event went off perfectiy. The food was fantastic, the beers were cold and it was great to see so many Classmates that I had not seen since May 1990.

During the cocktail party, we were treated to brief speeches by our Class President, Bob Sofge; The Superintendent, VADM John Ryan '67; the Alumni Association president, Mr George Watt '73; and finally, our surprise guests, RADM and Mrs. Virgil Hill '61.

Saturday, I attempted to buy a few things from WalMart.. .uh, I mean the Mid Store. That place is absolutely amazing. Now, if they could only do something about those Parent's Weekend/Reunion check-out lines at the registers. From there it was off to die Class elections. Quite a few of us gathered in Chauvenet 216 to discuss the bylaws and where we are going as a Class. For more info on that check out our Web site; http;//www.usna90.org.

Immediately following the Class elections, the rain came. It was not a good sign as we began to set up tables and chairs at the tailgaten But, the storm did not last too long and it finally stopped before game time. Once again, the food was fantastic, the beers were cold and familiar faces were all around. As Scot Somes and 1 were walking into the stadium, the entire crowd was treated to a fly-by of two F-14 Tomcats flown by members of the Classes of '94, '95 and '96. For those who were already in the stands (particularly the upper decks), you can testify that those guys were really low. It looked like they flew through the goalposts. It was an awesome way to start the game. Unfortunately, the Midshipmen could not get it together and they fell to my former school (before NAPS), Temple University.

Saturday morning came way too quickly for me.

But, I managed to get my butt outta bed for the 5K Fun Run. Many thanks to Pam Krahl and her committee for putting on a great event (running hungover at 8:00 a.m. I still think you should have postponed until 10:00 a.m.). It's amazing the things I'll do for a t-shirt.

After that, 1 got on the road and headed home to Philadelphia for the rest of the weekend and to watch the Eagles spank the Cowboys (what a beautiful way to start the season). So, I missed the picnic. But, if it was anything like the other events... it had to be superb.

As I sit here and flip through the yearbook, I can recall talking to or seeing the following people; Dean Asher, "Swede" Hansen, Pat McGrath, Cindy (Schultz) Miller, Linda (Slootmaker) Jaruzewski, Kelly Dobson, Joe Gugluizza, Mike Wallis, Al Zieglen Todd Hastie, John "Jack" Powell, Sal Rafanello, Mark Chenoweth, John Chimenti, John Guiliano, PJ Hogan, John Jackson, Steve "Sluggo" Marinello, Wade Reinthaler, Dan Cook, Tracey (Fuchs) and Steve Yeager, Barb Hundley, Steve Kolakowski, Mike Monaco, Bob Sofge and Adrianne (Cosby), Tim Callahan, Shawn O'Brien, Mike Rein, John Byington, Martin Culbreth, Van Emery, Maria Filonczuk, Rob Pryce-Jones, Peter Landauen Davida Nelums, Kevin O'Brien, Matt Coopen Chris Tipton, Kirk Simonian, Scot Somes, Tim Trotten Kim (Fowler) and Joe Luchtenberg, Karon (Lewis) Curry, Brian Lunn, Becky Moore, Don Bain, Deni Leadham, Alex Moore, Tom Tomsheck, Racquel (Williams) Johnson, Tanya (Worthy) Mihalov, Kelly (Duncan) White, Mike Gabriel, Ben Mansoun Barb Rapson, Don Gill,

John Jones, Mike Martinez, Tim Spitzen Greg Archbold, Brian Fitzell, Rob Gillette, Doug Hewitt, Tim Winand, Eric Zerphy and Sabrina (Bell), Matt Wilson, Ed Dewald, Christi Salazan Jason Adkinson, Mike Burns, Rob Cameron, Lynne Chapman, Keitii Erdman, Joe Heriihy, Mike Maien Caria Meyers, Bert Race, Warten Yu, Daron Fullwood, Karl Hines, Frank Bendik, Mike Malloy, Craig Fotster, Lynne Smith, Joe Daugherty, Steve Williams, Joe Czopek, Ken Georgi, Rob Lockwood, MaryKay (Wegner) Runyan, Steve Amiaga, Pete Clarke, Ernesto De LaRivaherrera, Pam Krahl, Colleen (McFeely) Shook, Gerard Shanley, Mark Johnson, Dave MacDonald, Kirby Scott, Lisa Kirkpatrick, Amy Jo (Oliver) Akin, Donna Pensabene, Bob Pragada, Eric Feaglen Rick Haberlin, Darren Morton, Scott Davids, Sean McHugh, Christy Johns, and Brian Keith.

I am certain that there are many more folks who were there...whom I probably spoke to. Bun the weekend went by in a blur... and the beers do not help my memory (then or now). I should have brought a pen and pad and played war correspondent. Lesson learned for the 15th or 20th. If I forgot to mention you or screwed up/forgot your married name, 1 do apologize. There are so many stories to tell about marriages, kids, and new jobs and assignments.. .but I'm not going to attempt it off the cuff.

For the Fourth Company, I will say that John Guiliano has made one of the most interesting career moves. He and his family are now living in Taipei where he works as the plant manager for a company that produces aircraft engines. He says he loves the work and the area. "Sluggo" Marinello and Wade Reinthaler are flying for Delta and United Express, respectively. And, I cannot remember what John Chimenti, PJ Hogan, Mark Chenoweth and John Jackson are doing (sorry guys). Although, Art Gibb could not make it home for the Reunion...his parents did show up. Art's father is a former economics professor at USNA. So, it was great seeing them.

Also, for Fourth Company, I recently corresponded with our former Company Officen LtCol Paul Evans '79 (EvansPA@newrivenusmc.mil). He just got done with a tour at MCAS New River as CO for H&HS. He has been flying C-12s for about 2.5 years and is planning on retiring soon. He and Lynn now have two daughters in addition to their two boys. His oldest son is a freshman at East Carolina (you know we're getting old). He would love to hear from '90.

I ran into Andy Devine in a bar in Fort Worth after the Reunion. He is a 727 flight engineer for American Airlines based out of Miami (living in South Beach.. .must be nice, Andy). He stated that he and some of the boys were getting together on 23 September to host a bachelor party for Everette Rochon. I'll leave that to him to provide details.

Andy said that Everette (former NFO) got his pilots ratings on the side and is now flying commuters for an east coast regional carrier Andy also stated that he and Hector Rodriguez share a place in San Diego (where A.D. does Reserve duty).

1 also ran into Marshall Stukes a few months ago at DFW Airport. He lives here in Dallas and works for Nokia setting up their communications relay stations world-wide. He was on his way to South America.

Okay, that does it for me. Once again, it was great seeing everyone. Sorry I didn't take better notes and more pictures. If anyone wants digital copies or prints feel free to email me. Semper Fi! Carter also mailed me a ton of great photos, which will be in next month's edition. Thanks, Carter, for a fantastic letten I can't wait to hear from more folks about the fun they had. Take care and God bless.

Eileen

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Pres: LT Richard Brophy, U S N Sec'y: LT John DeVine, USN 1701 Tyler Green Drive, Smyrna, GA 30080 e: jcdevine99@aol.com Ahoy, everyone. Hope this article finds you all well.

Our r e p o r t o p e n s w i t h a n o t e from D e r e k Granger. Derek reports having finished his division officer tour in March 1995, having served as DCA aboard HALYBURTON ( F F G - 4 0 ) . From there, he went on to serve as an instractor in the Damage Control Training Department in Newport. In Febraary '98, he began Department Head School, and then went off to Mayport to serve as chief engineer aboard SPRUANCE ( D D G - 9 6 3 ) .

While at Department Head School, Derek met his future wife, Lori. Lori is a native of Little Compton, RI, and the two were married there on 13 May of this past year, Derek's brother Scott Granger '88 filHng the bill as best man. The groomsmen included James Gomez and Brent McMurray. James left tiie Navy, and recentiy completing his M . B . A . at W h a r t o n , now lives in Hoboken, NJ, working in the telecommunications field for Deloitte Consulting in New York City.

Brent is still living in Virginia Beach, flying E-2s with FAW 120. He and his wife. Sue, have two sons, Christopher (a clone of Brent) and Jonathon, b o m in Octoben Brent picked up TAR and appears headed for Dobbins AFB in Atianta to fly witii VAW 77. Bearing swords in Derek's wedding were Mark Schweighoffer, Leo Albea '93, and John Ferguson '93. These three have all recentiy finished Department Head School. The priest for Derek and Lori's wedding. Father Hussey, is the uncle of our fallen Classmate, Brian Hussey.

Derek reports having ran into Brian Green in Newport this past July. Brian's wife, Sharon, is also a native of Little Compton, RI. Brian is finishing up b u s i n e s s s c h o o l at UVA. J u s t d o n ' t call him Hootie.

In September, Lori and Derek drove cross-country to Coronado, where Derek took command of ZEPHYR (PC-8). The orders were unexpected, but Derek is, of course, thrilled and thankful for the wonderful opportunity. Guests at the change of command ceremony included R A D M Olson (ComSpecWarCom) and Gen. Shoomaker, USA, (CinCSoc). While surprised at the level of attention, Derek managed not to trip on his feet nor forget his own name.

Derek reports that ZEPHYR is a terrific ship, with a remarkable 28-man crew. After his tour to the Caribbean (yes, PCs make six-month deployments), he would be thrilled to give anyone interested a tour back in San Diego. Derek's email on deployment is v b a @ s a l t s . i c p p h i l . n a v y . m i l (with LT D . B .

Granger in the subject line).

Derek r e p o r t s , finally, that he ran into E d Moninger while at die BOQ at NAB Coronado.

Ed is living in Seattle, working for Amazon. Thanks, Derek, and congratulations on the new command!

I was very happy to receive some mail from Debbie (Smetana) K r o n g a r d . Debbie acts as the 4th Company c o o r d i n a t o r and gets out an occasional newsletter for the group. I'll try to bring you up to speed q u i c k l y on some of our 4th Company Classmates: Deb—left Navy in December '99; moved to Southern Pines, NC, with her husband, Alex; 144

blessed witfi the birth of Benjamin Esser in February 2000; playing oboe in the volunteer county band, and starting a long-distance master's in intemational relations from Salve Regina.

Kevin Blenkhom—working on his graduate engineering degree at Harvard, and teaching at Massachusetts Maritime Academy; getting out of the Navy on 31 January; looking for work as a graphics programmer Mike Borgshulte—stationed at Camp Pendleton, serving as a Weapons and Tactics Instructor at Yuma for a few months; recently completed WestPac deployment.

Chris Davis—selected for 0-4 in the Reserve; he and Katie were blessed last year with their second child, Jacob Robert.

Dave Evans—left the Navy and working on his M.B.A., along with wife. Tracy, at Ohio State; recently returned from Milan, Italy, on an exchange program to SCA Bocconi.

Rod Flores—he and his wife, Barbara, recentiy blessed witii their first child, Brandon Michael; Rod finished a master's in management, and is now working as a pharmaceutical rep. in Hampton, VA, with Aventis; promoted to 0-4 in the Reserve.

Max Folkers—left the Navy in May this past year; took six weeks to drive through Mexico with dog, Teva; combined that with a climbing of Mount Whitney, along with some more golf, volleyball, and surfing; looking for work in the technical sales field; living in San Diego with girlfriend, Christa.

Dennis Hayden—married in November of last year to wife, Kara; completed his M.B.A. at Boston College; working with Commerce TV (preIPO) in Boston.

Chris Janke—recentiy serving at USNA as flag aide for ADM Ryan; now stationed on KENNEDY out of Mayport as catapult officer; heading for VP-30 (P-3 RAG) for reft^sher d-aining, tiien to department head tour; made 0-4.

Steve Jenkins—left Navy last year; working for Cintas Corporation, a uniform rental company, as a service manager; living near Disneyland; married and blessed with three children.

Ryan Johnson—working in Annapolis as a DoD contractor for a company called Telecommunication Systems; selected for 0-4 in the Reserve, and in same unit as Brian Woodard; volunteers at USNA doing radio and pistol team support.

Brad Kinslow—living in Maryland; recently started a new job with KPMB, doing accounting work for NavAir at PAX Riven Andrea Lemon—serving as an instructor for Department Head Course at Supply School in Athens; teaches Sunday School kindergarten, and also working for Habitat for Humanity; also promoted to 0-4.

Garron Morris—living in Jax, working with VP-30 (P-3 RAG); taking orders to ROOSEVELT in February; also promoted to 0-4.

Shawn Nisbett—stationed in Hawaii with LOUISVILLE, working as combat systems officer; now has two daughters. Tiffany and Nicole; promoted to 0-4.

Dino Pietrantoni—currently serving on JOHN MccAiN out of Yokosuka, Japan, as Combat Systems Officer; married in July '99 to his wife, Dana, whom he met while at PG school in Monterey.

Rob Preisser—left the Navy in June '99; working for Proctor & Gamble in Kansas City, as a process engineer in logistics; built new house in Missouri.

Jennifer (Rowe) Coleman—moved to Warsaw, IN, where Rod has begun his job as a financial planner; also built a new house; Jen is expecting again next spring. (Congratulations!)

Matt Stevens—finished tour with SDV Team Two and moved to Damneck, VA, with an NSW unit there; selected for 0-4.

Chris Thomas—moved this past year to Pacific Beach, in San Diego; working as a headhunten

Kes Tonsend—started year by getting engaged to Jodi Renee Litten, and planning marriage in May 2001; recentiy departed on six-month Gulf deployment aboard BONHOMME RICHARD; promoted toO-4.

Ines (Vial) Van Rooy—left Navy in '97 and moved to Horida; finished M.B.A. at Jacksonville University and worked for a while with Capital One in Richmond; married in May '99 to her husband, Ben, and moved to Spotsylvania, VA. Brian Woodard—left the Navy, and has been working as a systems manager at a nuclear plant; finished his M.S. in systems engineering and is working with a Reserve unit out of Baltimore; promoted to 0-4.

Thanks, Deb, for the update on Fourth Company.

It's great to see so many people moving up, out and around! It's inspiring to see the many things that our Classmates go on to do!

With that in mind, keep the news coming everyone! We've gone over five years without missing an entry into Shipmate—let's keep the ball rolling JDGGH

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Pres: LT Scott Hottenstein, USN Sec'y: Robert Pothier 63 Ashland St, Apt. #2, Medford, MA 02155 e: rbpothier@yahoo.com Class Web site: www.usna92.com Ladies and gents: Last month. Shipmate botched my colurrm (Ed. note: Indeed it's trae.) Due to an electro-magnetic ertor, they published a golden oldie instead of the tasty new one I submitted. The ink-stained wretches promised me, they'd publish my December column in this space, so I'm not going to ramble on too much here. Some housecleaning, though: Last montii, I published the erroneous fact that Larry Kennedy was still flying. Not so. Larry writes to inform me that he's an officer recraiter working at NRD St. Louis. His plan is to stay in, and eventually start flying again. Peace be with you, sin Derds, check this out: I'm sending this along for inclusion in the next Shipmate (or whenever you can include it).

I'm the Ops officer in COLE (DDG-67). I've been absolutely overwhelmed by the outpouring of support Heather and I have received since the 12 October attack on my ship. Classmates, old shipmates from PHILIPPINE SEA, friends who taught with me in SeaNav at USNA...die list goes on. For die purposes of tiiis magazine, thank you to all die grads who have been so kind.

My shipmates and I are enjoying a littie time off witii our families before we start rebuilding our ship in Pascagoula. I'm not going to recount any details of tiie attack here. If anyone really wants to know, tiiey can contact me at my email address. Let's just say tiiat, while deployment always makes me long to remm to tiie United States, I have never been happier to retum tiian 1 was when we landed in Norfolk on 3 Novemben Three weeks in Yemen is more than enough for me, thanks. That said, I'm staying in the Navy.

I don't often think about how dangerous our jobs are, but the attack has brought that danger into sharp focus. I believe in what we do out tiiere, enough tiiat I will deploy again, as hard as that will be. I'll deploy to tiie Middle East again. I've never been prouder of anytiiing in my life tiian I am of my shipmates in COLE. I'll never see some of tiiem again, and others will leave the service, but tiiey are an exti-aordinary group of men and

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women, I am privileged to serve with Uiem. Derek IVinque (tiinque@earthlink,net)

COLE (DDG-67) USNA grads standing (L to r); LT Debbie Courtney '90, Cheng; LT Joe Gagliano '96, WEPS; CDR Kirk Lippold '81, CO; CAPT Wes Philbeck, SMC '94, FAST Platoon Commander; ENS Kyle Tumer '99. ASWO; LT Derek Trinque '92. Ops; kneeling: LT Ann Chamberlain "96. Nav; Not Pictured; ENS Pablo Sierra "99, ORDO After a month of dimples, hangers, pregnants, Gorons, and get out the Bushes, I needed that. One final thing before I sign off—update your email addresses. Believe it or not, plans are already afoot for the ten-year reunion. Good LAWD. The December column: Ladies and dirks, the unthinkable has happened.

An Owl Gore presidency? Who knows. By the time you read this, we will. I ain't no soothsayen Right now it's the night of the second debate and political junkies like "yers" traly are looking forward to it in much the same manner that heroin addicts await the heated needle. Someone please pass me "mein bong" pronto.

No—what I'm talking about is the dryness of my electronic mailbag. Nothing, not a scratch, not a drop, not an electron, no bit of fuzzy math whatsoever What's with you people? Are you duller than 1 am? That is patently impossible.

Do you know how dangerous it is to give a quack writer a clean slate?

You want to hear honeymoon stories? I'll gladly comply, although if I tell you the truth about Amsterdam, I might end up in a federal penitentiary (note: All you FBI guys, just kiddin'. Ha ha!). But as many of you might know, Amsterdam is a magical land of tall, blonde businesswomen dressed to the nines for a day at the office, toting briefcases, utilizing cell phones, all the while navigating old-fashioned bicycles through heavy traffic with merely one hand on the handlebars. In such a land, a hedonist can find happiness. It's only a coffee bar away.

While sojouming in Paris, my wife and I did something I've always wanted to do. Well several of them actually, but the one I can write about here without offending Joe Lieberman was visiting the cliffs and dunes of Omaha Beach up in Normandy. If you're a rock like me, getting there isn't as easy as you'd think it would be. We hopped a train from Paris' Gare St. Lazare and got all the way to Caen before we found out we really wanted to go all the way to Bayeux.

The train station in Bayeux is a one-horse stone affair—something you'd find in the hinterlands of North Dakota. In Bayeux we hired a cab to take us to the coast. The whole shebang cost us about 400 franks, which in American terms is approximately the price of a bender at the local Sizzlen Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing more beautiful in nature than the Normandy countryside.

There are no real words to describe what I felt when I saw the rows and columns of white crosses and Stars of David that make up the American Cemetery there. Gentle readers, I am not ashamed to say that I nearly wept like a prom queen taking a Shipmate, January-February 2001

tum 'round the gym with a tiara on her head. Or else 1 would have, had my throat not been clogged with large chunks of my heart, and my breast not swelled by the awesome pride of being an American traipsing over such hallowed ground. I've never seen a battlefield before. 1 still really haven't.

Omaha Beach doesn't look like a battiefield. It looks like a wild, untamed set from a movie. In a crotch between two bluffs is an overlook hosting a diorama outiining the battle. You stand there on the overlook, and look down at the vegetation below—the rises and humps all choked with lush, green scrub thicker than a double-e prof—and you wonder how the eff any of those poor bastards from the 1 st or the 29th Division actually got up to where you were standing. 1 am eminently glad I made the trip.

Ok, so now I've been exposed as a history dork.

Wait a minute—the Howaya Bowl has a last minute player So much for my trip down Honeymoon Lane. Flash—from the bowels of a West Hollywood ghetto comes Mike Gallagher, formerly of 13th Company and the Supply Corps. Sing Michael, Sing: I got out in 1996, went back to get my master's degree in accounting and am curtently a CPA with Ernst & Young in Los Angeles. I've been with my significant othen Rick Riggs, for five years. He is a physician at Cedars Sinai here in LA. We have two dogs. Buddy and Clyde no kids, yet, but we have just started the process of investigating our options for starting a family Alors, la guerte est fini. Or else it begins anew.

Well, that's it from the commielands of the Northeast. If I don't get any mail from y'all by next deadline, I'm going to start publishing my book reviews. Joyeux Noel, Happy Hanukah, Blessed Be, and nothing but peace, love, happiness, joy, and prosperity for everyone out there in 2001. RBPjr.

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Pres: LT Matt Amy, USN VP/Treas: LT Matt Arnold, USN Treas: LT Efren Mojica, USN Sec'y: LT Jim Mills, USN Cort. Sec'y: Capt Shogo Cottrell, USMC 1405 SW Highland Dn, Lee's Summit, MO 64081 h: 816-246-4489; e: shipmate®usna93.com Class Web Page: www.usna93.com Greetings '93 and Happy New Year! What a wonderful end to the year—beating Army! I hope that everyone enjoyed their holidays and returned back safely. I've been traveling a little inmyjoband was recently sent out to Monterey, CA, for the DoD Common Access Card Developer's Conference.

While I was there, I met Bill Kohmuench and his wife for dinnen Bill, 1 have no clue how you can be doing all of those extra-curricular activities and still find time to study and get a master's degree! Almost sounds to me that NPS is the extra-curricular and the softball, volleyball, skiing, trips, etc., is the main focus! I also met Julia Lopez for lunch the day that I left. She's doing great and is excited to finish up her degree and move off to Hawaii next yean Both Bill and Julia mentioned that they've ran into several Classmates there in Monterey. 1 didn't take any notes and now I can't rememben but if any of you are out there, send in an update and we'll get ya published!

I received a short note from Cliff Carpenter that mentioned that Jon Halverson was named to the

Patriot League "all decade" soccer team. Congrats Jon on the selection. Another Classmate is also in the news: Matt Blunt was elected as the Missouri Secretary of State in the past election. Congratulations to you as well. Matt. If you ran for office or know of someone who ran for office, please let us know.

1 also received in my inbox an email from Sophie Hansen, who is martied to Phil Hansen. Since I just love to cut and paste, here's what she writes: Thought I would send a letter on behalf of my husband. Classmate Phil Hansen.

Since Phil graduated from the Academy it has been a hectic ride! We were married the day of graduation, 7 1/2 years ago. We traveled from east to west and had great adventures along the way.

Phil and I had to move every 16-18 months. Phil had become a DCA, AUXO and a temporary CHENG. Finally, in the last two years of his naval careen he moved to his home state, Colorado where he worked at Schriever AFB. In December 1999, Phil became a civilian and now works for Advanced Energy in Fort Collins, CO. That is why I am writing, as he is currently on a business trip in Europe. During Phil's last stint in the Navy, we had a baby girl, Sarah Ann, bora 21 August 1999, and she is just the greatest!

Hope this letter updates everyone on our whereabouts. Take care all.

Thanks for writing in. It sounds like life is good up there in Colorado. Glad to hear that Sophie's keeping Phil in line by writing in.

Next, I heard from Dave Slavish (stavishdj® hotmail.com) who even went through the trouble of making sure that Alumni names were in bold and even sent his input via rtf format. Thanks for making my job that much easier Dave! And, without further adieu, here's his letter: And so my first time writing to Shipmate has come at lasL It'sridiculousto think of all the times I meant to but never did. Better late than never I guess. I'm now about seven months into my shore duty instructing back at VT-28 in Coipus Christi, TX, and life is quite nice. I left sea duty at HSL43 in San Diego back in March, newly married to the former Jennifer Cranberry, and the big news is that we're already expecting our first child in April! We just had ourfirstsonogram, and everything is looking fine (we're saving the question of gender as a surprise 'til the last minute).

As for sea duty, pretty much the usual 1 guess.

Living in San Diego was as good as it gets, and I'm convinced there is no place finer on Earth. I was fortunate enough to have the exceptionally fine company of Doug Huntington and Paul Ostrowski to help keep me sane for three and a half years at HSL-43, without whom I never would have made it through.

It was great to get to see everyone who was able to make it for our wedding in March. I know trekking through the backwoods of Ohio to get there was no easy task, and it really meant a lot to both of us. Boat School Alumni in attendance were Chris Cassidy, Mike Pierce, Jamie Rauschen Doug Huntington, Paul Ostrowski, Bemadette (Neglia) Ostrowski, John Hellmann, Chip Merrill, Joe Beadles '85, Martha Dunne '92, and Andy Berner '96. Thanks so much.

In addition, planning the wedding wound up being a great way to get in touch with those who couldn't make it as well. To no one's surprise I'm sure, 1 continue to see that the list of '93 grads who work in the private sector only gets bigger as the days pass. Mike Pierce, Clay Trantham, Brad Gresham, and Tony Nave among those with whom I've had contact, it continues to leave me with great hope that there is plenty of life beyond the Navy.

Needless to say, there are plenty of '93 grads back here at VTs for instructor duty. Off the top of my head are Andy Williams. Sal Contreras,

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Chip Dewalt, Derek Wessman, Jeff Mulkey, Dave Schlessinger. Mike Mineo, Kjell Wander, and Wayne Giinther (I'm sure I'm forgetting a few). Duty here has been awesome, a bit to my surprise. On a serious note regarding leaving the Navy, it will be a great feeling to leave from a tour like this having at least tried to make a difference for the good of the Navy's future (in our student pilots). What a deal.

As a bonus to £dl of this. Paul Ostrowski and I even managed to swing a couple T-34s up to Annapolis for Homecoming this year in the name of "training" (Paul's doing the VT thing back in Pensacola). It was nice to make it back after so long to see a few old faces. The weather was awesome, and just right for a long aftemoon of tailgating.

For any 20th Company Alumni who happen to be reading, what I have heard from anyone lately that I can think of goes something like this; Rob "Dude" Berryman and Taku Kopp have joined forces to open up an animal shelter and sensitivity training clinic funded through Taku's magnificent generosity (no, that's not true, ha, ha), Jon Braiin is out of the Navy now (and I think living in Florida), Chris Cassidy is just settiing in with the family for another tour with the Seal Teams (in Coronado this time) after getting his master's from MIT, Jay Dryer is in San Diego working the submariner's version of shore duty, Tito Ganoza (who I acmally got to see during a deployment to South America back in '97) is in Peru with a new baby of his own in hand. Rob Goodson is back in Annapolis working with the Navy football team. Brad Gresham is out of the Navy in Missouri with a couple kids keeping him busy, Kyle Gordy and Jamie Rauscher are suffering through the results of my work as HT instructors in Pensacola, Mike Pierce and Brett Sweet are working through the M,B.A. program at Harvard.

Todd Rampey is still flying his Huey out at MCAS Camp Pendleton, and Clay Trantham is back in Arkansas working some scam I'm sure we can only imagine.

That should just about do it. Please don't hesitate to be in touch, particularly if you see yourself heading this way (not that South Texas is on the

way to much of anydiing); 13993 Fortuna Bay Unit C, Corpus Christi, TX 78418; 361-949-1163.

We're here 'til November '02, and then who knows where, but on goes the adventure. Take good care, and God Bless. And Clay, l-I-I-I see you baby!

Dave—congratulations on your marriage and the soon-to-be new addition to your family. Let us know when the baby comes! As always, it seems that we're always making baby announcements. So, I'm happy to announce that w e ' v e received an announcement from Stephanie and Joe Wiendl: To our friends, I apologize up front if I have been out of touch with many of you. Let me start by announcing that today is the three-week birthday of our first child, "Drew" (Joseph Andrew). Stephanie is recovering nicely from what I think was a relatively straightforward delivery. Stephanie has taken leave of ADP for at least a few months.

I am in my fourth month at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, FL. They are trying to teach a dumb sailor how to buy and sell companies. I like to think that this line of work is going to suit me well; everything looks real good so far. Besides, I'm just glad to have a sense of stability after so many years of bouncing around. And I'm thankful to be settling down in Florida as opposed to doing so in Manhattan or some other place that just wouldn't fit us as well.

I hope that most of you will respond by letting me know what's going on in your world, and by giving us your updated information if we haven't traded emails lately. All of our addresses/info is below. Our home is open to all travelers...

Warmest regards to all, Joe, Stephanie, and Drew; 3507 Harken Circle, Tampa, FL 33607, 813-282-7842.

And, what do you know, we're finally hearing from Tony Hatok (hatoka@saipan.navy.mil)! Tony writes to us by way of the Med. I'm sure that he's enjoying every minute of it. Tony, take it away, bud.

Hello from the Med. I am a first time writer but long time reader oi Shipmate and following up on the Class of '93...currently I am stationed on SAIPAN as one of the supply officers and I am almost finished with our 5.5 month deployment. The

only good thing about being on float is the great places you can bring your wife. Diana and I are now expecting our first child in June 2001 thanks to Venice, Italy, and Salzberg, Austria...! just reported to SAIPAN in June 2000 after finishing an internship at NavSea in Crystal City, VA. I was a contract specialist for NATO and also completed my master's degree in contracts and acquisitions.

Diana and I are currently living in Crofton, MD, but look to move to Chesapeake, VA, in the spring.

There are a couple of '93 grads onboard, Sean Quigley and Dan Houting, both flying for the Marine Corps, and some other grads getting ready for Navy to beat up Army. We only wish we were there in Baltimore to see it in person. I know Chris Beck and his wife, Tracy, are driving up from Jax to see the game. Chris is out and working for Orion International as an account executive. I also have been in touch with Matt Dunaway, who also bolted to CivLant and is living in Pittsburgh doing some consulting work for an engineering company. Well I hope this message finds all our Classmates and the boys of five in good health.

By the way, where's Waldo? I hope he still isn't roasting out in Yuma, AZ. Tony, thanks for writing in. Again, let us know when you have that little one. Our last update comes from Todd Hofstedt who is off to Kings Bay, GA. T h a t ' s all I'll divulge and let his letter speak for itself; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year one and all! Life just doesn't get any better than this. My family is complete! On 23 September 2000, my beautiful wife, Elizabeth, gave birth to our third child, William Grimberg Hofstedt. We're headed to Kings Bay. I'll be the Strat Weps on the Tennessee Blue Crew. I'm not only a proud paper I am also a proud new homeowner Elizabeth and I just bought a house on Amelia Island. Yes, everybody gets their own room and I only have to share a bathroom with one other person. Yes, life just doesn't get any better than this.

The Hofstedt Family; Todd, Elizabetii, Rosemary (3), Conrad "Chippy" (2), and William (1 montii)

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Todd, I've got to agree—life doesn't get any better than that. Congratulations to you and Elizabeth.

You've got a great looking family.

Thanks to everyone who sent in a submission.

Rememben we've got all of the articles on tiie Web site, plus they get posted tiiere at least a montii in advance of the paper copy. Thanks to all for keeping us up to date. Until next time...Shogo (Ed. note: unfortunately due to difficulties with some of the photos provided, we will have to ran them next month.)

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Pres; IstLt Scott K. H o m b u c k l e , U S M C PSC 556, Box 506, FPO AP 96386-0506 h; 011-826-11-737-0083 e: hornbuckle@hotmail.com Vice Pres/Treas: Kirk Clermont 103 Juliana Place, Saint Marys, GA 31558-3624 h: 912-576-1775; e: Clermont@eagnet.com Sec'y: Chris Williams 1050 USS Georgia Avenue, Kings Bay, GA 31547 h: 912-673-2739; e: csglt@subasekb.navy.mil Cort. Sec'y: Jim Keck 1735 Felch Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32207 h: 904-396-4008; e: Jkeck@usna94.com Web page: http://www.usna94.com Hello, ' 9 4 ! Happy New Year and welcome to the real new millennium. It looks as though some of you have made it your New Year's resolution to write Shipmate. I have here a number of lengthy and detailed emails to pass on to you. So, faster than you can tally a presidential recount in Florida (skipping the pregnant chads, of course), let's get on with the news.

Shannon (Guthrie) Perrin (jdperrin@msn.com) wrote on 11 October 2000: Okay, "94. I know it has been, well, forever, since I last wrote to Shipmate. I have intended to write several times but never did get it done. Now I have no excuse. I have heard from or about so many grads recently that I would be negligent not to write. I must also thank our esteemed Sec'y for submitting my family photo from the '94 Web site into the September issue. (You 're welcome!) If he thought it might encourage a response, he was right on. Be careful what goes out into cyberspace, you never know where it will end up. So, you asked for it, you got it. Here goes.

Jack is currently deployed to Okinawa as the aircraft maintenance officer for HMH-466. As one of only a couple NSIs and functional check pilots for the squadron he is usually quite busy, and happy that way. However, with the 53s grounded, he has been working hard at golf. Hopefully, by the time this is printed, he will be flying again.

More importantly, he'll be back home in early Decemben Our son, John Preston, turned two in Octoben I have been lucky to be home with him since I left the Navy in May of last year. Actually, I stay busy, and sane, with a little volunteer and part-time work. I hope to go back to work fulltime someday, but I'm happy right now being Mom. I also got the opportunity to fly to Okinawa to spend some time with Jack in Septemben There are several USNA grads on the Rock so I guess I better start catching you up on everyone.

In Jack's squadron are Ramzy Ayachi, Brian White, Chris Kuznewski, Brendan Collins '96 and Thomas Leahy '96. Brian is on TARAWA det and Thomas is with the 31st MEU. Brian married native New Englanden Patty, a couple years ago.

She works for NavAir and they have two large dogs to keep them busy. Chris is the flight surgeon for the squadron. His wife, Kristy Kain, is also a doc, the Ph.D. kind, and does research for Scripps. Can you believe our Class already has doctors out there? Also spotted about the island were Norm Bates and Chuck Dockery with VMFA-121 down from Iwakuni. Chuck is recentiy married (sorry I don't have any details). Pete Arrobio '96 is flying P-3s out of Kadena. Ray Hernandez '96 is at MALS-36. Andrew Chacko '93 is finishing his Navy career following the numerous typhoons pummeling the island this season as an oceanographer He plans on traveling and going to grad school after he gets out. Brian Grana '96 is at 3rd FSSG. He is enjoying his tour in Okinawa with his wife, Carrie, who is expect-

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ing their first child in March. Finally, Jack and I were able to spend an evening with Eric Peterson and his growing family. Eric is the S-4 officer for HMM-265. He finishes this tour next spring/summer at which time he heads to Army Command and Control School in Alabama followed by Pensacola. Enjoying the island life with him is his beautiful family: wife, Carri, Angela (7), Matthew (6), Josiah (3e) and Anna (I). Angela and Matthew were adopted from the Ukraine and all are very happy although looking for a bigger vehicle.

Back from my trip to Okinawa, 1 was graced with a weekend visit by Laura Herath. She is on her way to Test Pilot School via Corpus Christi and with a year in England. Laura was initially to attend PG school and had just checked in when she got the word she was accepted to TPS. She did spend a couple of weeks in Monterey where she hooked up with several others. Seiko Okano (with whom 1 regret losing touch a couple years ago!) transitioned from SWO to EDO and is in the space systems engineering curriculum. Aletha (WiUiams) Tatge is also at NPS and happily married to a guy named Brad. Scott Josselyn is in Monterey and will be getting hitched to Donna in Octoben Other info via Laura: Jason Hoeppner just completed DLI and is beginning a two-year tour in Chili. Sean Fahey is teaching Poly Sci at USNA (yikes!), and enjoying Annapolis with his wife, Jen. During Laura's visit, we hooked up with Sean McKamey, Amy (Beauman) Mares '95, and Jill Cesari '95. Sean recently arrived in San Diego with his wife, Trisha where he will start his shore tour as an instructor i,n the RAG, HSL-41. Amy is beginning her schooling at NPS in space system operations. She is married to Jeff, a Marine infantry officer stationed at Camp Pendleton. Jill did her first tour onboard the PreComm DECATUR as ordnance officen She then moved to the amphib world onboard CORONADO. She will soon be finishing up this tour and is still contemplating her shore duty. One who we were unable to pin down was Amy Bauernschmidt who must be keeping herself pretty busy here in San Diego.

Okay, I know this is getting long, but I am almost done. 1 think.

Todd Huber is flying 18s out of Oceana. He returaed from a Med deployment in August. He and his wife, Julie, bought a new home in Virginia Beach. They plan on doing some traveling so I hope their traveling takes them to sunny Califomia. (Hint. Hint.)

Brian Mecklenberg and his wife, Catherine (a Navy nurse), recently joined us in San Diego.

Brian is the surgeon for ComSubDevGru 5.

Greg Blake has been so good to maintain even limited email contact. He updates us with a transfer and promotion from Bogata, Columbia, to Ventura, Califomia. Seems his company deems him worthy of the position of manager of California operations. Way to go, Greg. His family includes his wife, Jen, son, Connor James (bom 11 April 2000), and a dog.

Ted O'Harrah was married in October to Miss Carrico Fox in Virginia Beach. Maybe he'll send in some pictures and stories to share with those of us who were unable to attend!

Frank Bronson was last seen about a year ago.

He's been at Whidbey Island flying P-3s. Periodically, he seeks drier land in SD. He still plays a mean game of golf and is doing great.

Chad Hixson called me the other night because he was in San Diego for a conference. Unfortunately, we were unable to get together but things are going pretty well with him. He is still stationed in Virginia.

I periodically run into Heather (Converse) and Mike Szilard '95 at church. Mike is out and working at Fuentez Systems Concepts, Inc. Heather is finishing her tour at TacTraGruPac. They live nearby with daughten Julie (one). Heather reports that Alicia (Lynch) Switzer just got out and is

looking forward to spending time with her two boys, Matthew and Ryan.

Julie (Rosati) Antonacci, who was in San Diego for the -46 RAG last year en route to Virginia, is now coming back to SD. Hubby Pete will be flying S-3s here so she finessed a co-located toun Good for you, Julie!

I have been in contact via email with Lori (Rickert) Dague. She is finishing her tour at Navy Office of Information, SW in Dallas. Husband, Chris Dague '93, has been out of the Navy for a couple years now and has a job he enjoys in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Lori will be getting out in March and looks forward to spending more time with son, Cameron (5). She also has been busy runningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;marathons. She ran her first marathon in Florida last January in support of leukemia. Run one for me, will ya?

Closest to home. Jack and 1 have been blessed with the opportunity to share our lives with Rob Konold and family. He and wife, Cari, moved to San Diego almost two years ago from Bremerton, WA. Rob reported to ComSubDevGru 5. Cari gave birth to their son, David Robert, in June of 1999.

Since then, David and our son, John, have become best buddies. Rob is completing his M.B.A. at SDSU this semesten He will be getting out in February or March of next year. Unfortunately (for us), his new job will probably take them out of the San Diego area.

Also deserting us here in San Diego are Katherine (Carter) and Alan Hem '93. They left in April and have established themselves in the San Francisco Bay area. Katherine apologizes to all for being out of touch since then. They just closed on a great house in the town of Martinez.

Once they are moved in and settied they will be back online and accessible. Alan is working for a Silicon Valley company, Solectron. Katherine is working temporarily until they move into their home at which time she intends to devote most of her energy to the family which will be increased by one come May. Congrats!

I guess that's about all the info I have. Jack and I will probably be in California for another two years so if anyone is in the San Diego area we'd love to hear from you.

Wow! Let's give Shannon a hand. The length and quality of her correspondence earns her the title of "guest columnist" this month. Thanks for all the news.

E r i c S m i t h is next in this e m a i l - b a g . In a message dated 28 Octoben he writes: I'm currently on a six-month deployment from hell'. (Or as the old-fogeys say, "Back when I was an ensign on my first deployment...") We have had one port since getting underway from San Diego back on 21 August. After evading tropical storms in the mid-Pacific and then "skipping" a port because one of our Hornet squadrons had "low" training ratings, we pulled into Jebel Ali for four days; even at that, we got underway four days before the COLE incident and there is no chance of a port in sight, except we definitely have Hawaii in early February to pick-up tigers prior to return to San Diego (for an eight-hour stop to offload the airwing) and then promptly back to Everett for POM. Warmest (ha, ha) regards from "the Gulf."

Thanks for the update, Eric. Keep in touch.

Joel Robertson (zbras999@juno.com) has the final email, dated on Friday, 8 Decemben What's up '94! Kimberly, MacKenzie and 1 thought it was high time we wrote Shipmate again to let everybody know what we've been up to in the past few months. Well, Kimberiy picked up Postgraduate School in May and is studying hard in both of her cirrocumulus! She is in a dual master's program in financial management/shore installation management so her free time is limited, as you can imagine. MacKenzie is with her mom in Monterey and spends time with her friends at the child development center and with her great147

grandma as well. Plus, she can't wait for Christmas! I'm in Newport for Department Head School (the weather is lovely) and I am a frequently flier back West to see my girls. Next year, I'll be heading to San Diego to be the first lieutenant on RusHMORE (LSD-47) so if any of you all are heading that way, let Kimberly and me know! Take care '94 and have a great holiday.

A last minute letter came in as 1 was writing this column. Rob Ballister (Rballis340@ aol. com) writes: This is my first letter since we graduated, and 1 won't begin to bore you with all the details of what's been going on, but real briefly, after graduation, got stashed at the Pentagon, then off to Pensacola and flight school, where NAMI and the Naval Hospital there had a race to see who could NPQ me first. NAMI won, and 1 am now a CEC officen just checking into shore duty after running all over the worid with NMCB FORTY. In my travels, ran into Dave Smith and Mike Carter while deployed to Spain. And one nighn while I was at an outside bar in Puerto de Santo Maria, who comes walking down the street but my old Companymate Johnny Meneses! Small world.

My current duty station is Andrews Air Force Base, where I am running the hospital renovation.

One Navy lieutenant vs. about a thousand Air Force officers. So far it's a tie. I keep in regular touch with Dave Smith (currentiy on deployment), Mike Carter (flying 53s in New River), and Noel Fagan (out in Washington State). Have also seen Brian Cellllli recently at our high school reunion (we're both from New Jersey), and occasionally hear from Mark Bluestein and Brian and Kimi (Shook) Fish.

Most recently, at the Navy-Army game, I saw Sean Fahey, Jason Walker, and Dan Emery (another Companymate). Everyone was smiling and doing well.

I liverightbetween D.C. and Annapolis, and have plenty of room, so if anyone needs a place to crash or is just passing through and wants to say hi, drop me an email. Best of luck to everyone. Special hello to my old companymates from 18.

Good to hear from you Rob. Same time in six plus or more y e a r s ? Ha h a . . . I appreciate you taking the time to write. Best of success to you.

In the "seen around town category": I ran into Larry Young and family at The Disney Store here in Jacksonville. 1 had the distinct pleasure of meeting his lovely wife, Christina and children Justin and Savannah. All are doing well and anticipating transitioning to CivLant soon. I talked Larry into signing into the Class List on the Web site, so you should be able to get in contact with him.

Grant Goodrich sent me a quick note. He is "knee deep" in language studies in Washington, D . C , and is starting to get ready for departure to Slovenia in July.

I'm hoping to hear from the Brills any day now.

Katie and my wife both shared the same due date.

My wife was the first to download. I'm blessed to announce the birth of our first child, Andrew John Keck, b o m on 19 November 2000 at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. (For those of you who are curious enough...! was the daddy that day, not the doctor!) Mom and baby are doing very well. As for Todd and Katie, 1 look forward to publishing the photos of their newest addition in the next issue of Shipmate.

Web update We now have 2,4648 hits on the Web site. The Class list posted a new high. We now boast 707 entries. Additions or changes to the Class list since 10 October include: Brent Gaut, Ed Stout, Mike Troup, Scott Vogt, Jeff Carty, Scott Koenig, Keith Hash, J. P. McDonough III, Michael Aden, Margaret Aden, Thomas Lenhardt, Charies Crase, Daniel Sameit, Julie Treanor, Patrick Burger, Gregory 148

Blake, Bill Tansey, Brian Hoffer, Jeff Leuenberger, Chris Dennis, Christopher Peterson, Jim Hicks, Bemadette Quattrone, Brandon Dominguez, C h r i s t o p h e r Frey, R u s s F i t z g e r a l d , D a n i e l l e McNaughton, Joe Krause, Chuck Selsor, Mark Spadoni, Dave Phillippi, Bobby Roberts, Matthew O'Brien, Patrick Turnen Michael Kim, Gregory Hryniewicz, Sam Taylor Ross Mackenzie, Damien Parker, Garth DeVries, Jim MacLaughlin, Paul Algoso, Jack Downes, Chris Williams, Joseph Soltis, Michael Nelms, Scott Josselyn, Kendra Bowers (Williams), John Kochendorfer, Ed Sirios, Laura Mannix (Kratz), Kimi Fish (Shook), Brian Fish, Francisco Valdez, Brian Pummill, Todd Hoot, Adan Craz, Colin Smith, Morgen Ten Hoopen, Dave Chlebnik, and Brian Hoffen Keep those emails and letters coming. I look forward to hearing from many of you in the coming months. The deadline for the April issue is 12 Febraary. Take care and God bless. C-ya...Jim.

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Pres: John Fleet p: 301-263-0384 Sec'y: LTJG Don Jamiola, USN Twin Pond Road, Topsham, M E 04086 p: 207-373-1459; e: djamiola@hotmail.com Hope the holidays found everyone in good spirits, enjoying time with friends and family. And if not, then enjoy some time when you get back. This is the first email article, so 1 guess it worked. The address is djamiola@hotmail.com. Some news from the homefront first, supplied by Gary Sullivan.

Rich Cochrane won the 2000 Marine Corps Marathon recentiy, finishing in 2:25:50, nearly 2 minutes ahead of second place. He dedicated his victory to LT Bruce Donald, who died in an F/A18 accident recently in the Persian Gulf. Once again, please keep Bruce, his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

Here's one from John Duenas (N4@EODMU5.

GUAM.NAVY.MIL): Don, guess that I'd have to send apologies for not keeping in touch with friends more often. Well, just wanted to send greetings from Guam.

Reported here in June and assumed the duties as supply officer for EODMU FIVE. Hey, if ever anyone pulls into Guam either to or from WestPac, feel free to call me at 339-8172, or write me via email. Anyway, hello to Annie and Randy Park at Camp Lejeune. Randy is expecting his first child, and I'm sure he's bouncing off the walls in anticipation. The world shudders at the thought of a little Randy running around. Congratulations also to Susan and Corey TXirner who are expecting their second. Now can someone tell me where Julie and Dan Hughes are these days? As for me, there aren't any little ones on the way as yet, just myself and my wife, Pam. For the '95 Lites crew, you may remember Pam as one of the U.S. students we met while in France over 1/C summen We were married in August of 1997.

In attendance were Randy Park, Corey Tumer, and Matt Piorkowski. Weather is great here in Guam (no typhoons yet, but I'm still hoping), much better than the cold weather of Japan were the wife and I were stationed prior to this. Hope that everyone aboard the good ship BLUE RIDGE is doing well. Just thought I'd write in to keep in touch.

Hope that everyone out there is doing well despite ThreatCon Alpha (or Delta depending on where you are).

One from Harry Gardner: Well I am glad to see our Class has finally moved into the 21st century and has an electronic method of submitting letters. Hopefully, now you will get lots of letters from our Classmates to help you out. I wanted to drop this note to you so that some of the recent events and older past experiences I have been in could get out to our Classmates. Right after graduation from USNA I went to The Basic School (TBS) at Quantico, but while there, I broke my left foot and was put back two cycles. I graduated in 1996 from TBS and became an adjutant. I did a little work with the Coalition and Special Warfare Division out of Quantico preparing counterdrug teams while I waited for my Adjutant Class. After that school I was sent to Marine Wing Support Group 27 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point as their Adjutant in 1997.

While there I ran into many of our Classmates in the VMAQ squadrons and out of MACG 28 units and many other graduates from '94 and '96. On 20 November 1999 I was married to Miss Sheri Lynne Gunnari of Portland. OR. Some of the 6th Battalion attendees included Scott Knowles, Carl Cox, Jon Reynolds, Alexandra BennettJohnson, and Ron Fite. I also had the privilege of going to Jon Reynolds' wedding back at Annapolis in April 2000, it was a wonderful wedding and great fun was had by all. For my Classmates of 33rd Company, if you all remember my fathen Col Phillip E. Gardner '60, USMC (Ret), he passed away this past 11 May at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer center in Seattle after fighting against leukemia. I ask if you could please think of him in your prayers. In September of 2000, I was transferred to my current job as the adjutant for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU). I will get to do two deployments and hope to receive orders to Career Level School following this job. We are currently in our workups for our summer deployment to the Med. I look forward to hearing from any of you via email, seeing any of you here at Camp Lejeune or on ship, or if you come down to Jacksonville, NC, and the Camp Lejeune area, I ask that you look my wife and 1 up. Semper Fidelis.

This is Aole Ansari, and I am writing you from B-school. I am in Charlottesville, VA, at the Darden Graduate School of Business. I hope to be on the street this summer working in investment banking. 1 got out of the Navy this past July

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and spent a month in Europe. Mark Williamson, on shore duty in Soutii Carolina, Byron Woodard, out of the Navy and working for Merrill Lynch, and 1 went back to old Annapolis for Homecoming and it was nice. By the way Jeff Webb is in school here too.

Jarrett M i l l s a p s ( j b m u s n a 9 5 @ a o l . c o m or jmillsap@utk.edu.) writes: Don, finally after more than five years I'm getting around to giving some input to the column.

Thanks for making your email available for this.

Greetings one and all. Here's a quick update on me. I left active duty on 31 August after spending a littie over two years at Special Boat Unit Twenty in Little Creek. My wife. RaeAnne, and I have moved back to Knoxville. TN. where I'm enrolled in the M.B.A. program at the University of Tennessee. RaeAnne took a full-time job with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and is enjoying it.

We've bought a house and are enjoying being back in Tennessee and being closer to our families in the Nashville area. We were able to host Jenny and John Smolen '95 in September for the UTFlorida game. Had a great time, but the result of the game isn't what we wanted. Fortunately the Volunteers have been able to redeem themselves the last few games—I'm hoping that the next couple of years will produce better results (especially since I get free tickets as a graduate student). I'll graduate from the program in May of 2002. Right now we're trying to stay in either Middle or East Tennessee, but the job market will dictate that to a large extent. Here's what I know from some fellow '95ers. I ran into Mike Flynn, Jake Daystar, and Jim Dillon (twice) on my last deployment to Rota, Spain, Mike and Jake are with VQ-2 in Rota, and Jim is with VQ-1 in Washington. He was passing through on his way to and from points east. Fate had a hand in bringing John Smolen, Dave Gardella, and me together in January while in Rota. Dave was on his way home from deployment and John MACed his way from Italy to spend some fast-paced time together on the other side of the Atiantic. Craig "nirner and Ray Lamas are deployed on ABE LINCOLN right now (I'm sure there are other '95ers as well). I believe they remra in February. Jeff Gallery is currentiy in North Carolina and is a member of CivLant as well. Anyone who is passing through the Knoxville area or just wishes to stay in touch can contact me by email, or give us a call at 865-539-0714.

Thaidcs again for your efforts.

Pat Olsen (thepno95@earthfink.net) types: Don, Hmmm, let's see, I saw you and Timmy Patterson down in Puerto Rico only about a year ago, and I asked for your email, and I'm finally getting around to using it. Now that's procrastination! Anyway, here's what little news I have; I checked off PROVIDENCE ( S S N - 7 19) in Groton, CT,

back in mid-February, and immediately headed down to Little Creek, VA, for seven weeks of Leadership Continuum Instructor Training. At my procrastinating besn I waited until the very last week I was there to get in touch with Matt Hill and his wife, Mandy, and got together with them for dinnen They were in the process of tearing apart their kitchen to have it entirely redone—hopefully all that was completed before Matt left on deployment. 1 believe a couple of other Companymates were in the Norfolk area, but I never had much luck figuring out who was there and where they were stationed—I apologize to those I didn't get in touch with. After graduating from the ever-sostrenuous leadership instructor course, I headed back up to Groton to report to Sub School in early April. Since that time I've been teaching ensigns going through the Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC). As one might expect, since the Navy sent me to a seven week school, I teach the Basic Officer Leadership Course, and I also teach Dive Systems (submariner stuff—how we make boats surface and submerge and control them underwater). I actually spend most of the time teaching

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the Dive Systems topics, with a two-week leadership Class coming through about every six to eight weeks. The officer portion of Sub School is in the process of moving into a new(er) building, which is turaing out to be a rather painful process. Along with the move we are transitioning to electronic classrooms, which will be pretty cool, but will also require an entirely new teaching technique and thoroughly revamped insttuctor guides. The next few months will be very busy as all of the changes are implemented. For those wondering what an "elecnonic classroom" is, basically every student (and the instructor) has a computer station, all of which are on an Intranet (at Sub School, all the classrooms will be on a common Secret Intranet, with access to the SIPRNET). This allows the instructor to do all sorts of interactive stuff, rather than just using the trusty old PowerPoint presentation at the front of the classroom. Like I said, it should be pretty cool, but there's going to be a steep teaming curve as we figure out what exactly we can do with the classroom and what the students respond to best. The highlight of my summer was 26 August, when 1 flipped my Subaru Legacy onto its roof while on a racetrack. If anyone is interested, I have it all on an in-car camera—pretty cool footage that 1 will definitely be keeping for posterity. Just email me. Anyway, USAA took a few weeks to decide, but they did cover my claim (the car was totaled). In case you're wondering how in the world 1 got that covered by USAA, I was not racing, 1 was participating in a High Performance Driving Event. Since the policy specifically refers to "participating in, or practicing fon a speed contest," I was safe. So0-0-0, I'm now in the market for a new winter car.

My "Midstang" is now entirely unsuited for winter driving (as if a stock Mustang isn't bad enough), with a lowered road-race-oriented suspension and over 400 supercharged horsepower Did I mention that I spend way too much money on my cars? That's about all from Connecticut. I hope everyone has a great holiday season, and please let us Beat Army!

J a s o n S c h n e i d e r (jjschneider@cs.com) had some help on this input: Dear Don, Just a note to update you on the happenings since graduation.. .Jason left NARWHAL in January 2000 after inactivation. His shore duty is with ComOptEvFor in Norfolk. He's traveling as a test director for Sonar division, doing great things with the new and old submarines. Unfortunately he's traveling quite a bit and it's even more unpredictable then a submarine schedule! He's also two semesters away from a master's degree in engineering management from George Washington University. Due to his crazy travel schedule, we were unable to make the Reunion. We hope everyone is doing well and will plan on attending the 10-year reunion. Jason's been in touch with a few good friends from the Academy. Jim McMullin is a ROTC instructor at Auburn University. He's doing well...and as always doing more then there is time in the day. George Lawlor is on his way to Naval Postgraduate School. He's now a dad...can you believe it? Thank you. Bonnie J. Rue Schneider Mike Davies with some info on the classic ArmyNavy game: Don and fellow'95ers; Unfortunately, not all of you were able to make it out to the Army-Navy game, either due to being on deployment or other obligations, but just wanted to share some Class of '95 news with everyone; Well...most of you saw for yourself in person that Navy was victorious over Army this year! We Beat Army 30-28!

For those unable to make it, hopefully you all will next yean In addition, we had a very successful Class of '95 tailgaten in which we deployed our new Class of '95 blimp, for "sea trials." It passed excellent in all areas and will be ready for commissioning at the first home football game next season! So, pencil the date in your calendar books

and ensure you are there to join in on the christening! I want to thank a few of our Classmates, who did a tremendous amount of work in helping me with the logistics for the tailgater; Thank yous go out to Greg Jones, who helped me with the Sam's Club run for the food and been Dale Heinken and Gary Sullivan helped transport, setup, and cook the burgers and hotdogs! Dan Morris and "honorary Classmate," Brian Vazquez (mech eng dept) volunteered to let us use their parking permits at PSINet to claim prime real estate right in front of the stadium for the tailgaten And a special thanks to my wife. Amy Jo Davies, for helping me stage all the stuff and help set up, as well. There were a lot of Classmates present for the game. Among the names are; myself (Mike Davies), Dale Heinken, Greg Jones, Grayson Morgan, Dan Morris, Debbie Roberge, Heath Epaloose, Gary Sullivan, Jim Mill, Kristie Kott, Mimi Cottrell, Omar Villegas, Mo Curran, Andre Coleman, Lynne Corso, Mike Davis, Kathleen Dunne, Rick Coe, Sean Fujimoto, Dan Hedrick, John Smolen, Jon Rembold, Christine Salonga, Eric Mulville, Amy (Sallness) Hubert, and many more familiar faces!

Let's see, '95ers who I know are here at USNA for their shore tours include; myself and Grayson Morgan, teaching naval leadership, Dan Morris, who was teaching naval leadership, and now in the leadership master's program. Dale Heinken, Patrick Brophy, Omar Villegas, Harold Blackmon, and Eric Thiel are teaching up in SeaNav. Debbie Roberge is working in professional programs. Greg Jones is Brigade training officer on Dant's staff. Marc Baca and Mike Arnold are working in admissions.

If anyone has pictures at the tailgater that they can send into Don for Shipmate, please do so. All I have are digital photos. Well, hope this email reaches you all in good health and spirits for the holiday season. For those on deployment, please come home safe and sound! Take care.

Mike's additional inputs for Shipmate: (those who are at USNA on their shore tours.) Rick Villareal and Jody Williams are teaching in SeaNav. Rick is also the coordinator for the SWO Career Information Program (CIP) on the yard. Sean Fujimoto is pursuing new recraits, working over at Admissions, Wynn Watson is the 24th Co. officen and Jesko Hagee is teaching in the electrical engineering dept.

Thanks, Mike So there you have it. Pretty easy to type in an e m a i l . Pretty easy for m e t o o . Keep the info coming, and if you can't get a hold of the actual Shipmate, check out the Class column archives on the '95 Web site (in work). Thanks and take care, Don

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Pres: LT Bart Phillips, USN 7980 Sevan Court, Unit D, San Diego, CA 92123 h: 858-278-2739; e: bartphillips@ibm.net Sec'y: Capt Tonya R. Barz, USMC 6416 Sugar Maple Court, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 h: 540-548-3344; e: barztr®tecom.usmc.mil Greetings '96 and a Happy New Year to you!

Anna (Lafferty) Boyd writes with some news.

In the four plus years she has been reading the column, she could never figure out why it took people so long to get their wedding info submitted (one of the greatest days of everyone's lives, right?)— until it happened to her! Well, after moving halfway across the Pacific and finishing her first WestPac, she is finally getting around to announcing (formally) her marriage to Patrick Boyd.

Ushers/swordbearers included Les Payton, Doug Gainer '98, Will Sands (roommate of Patrick's from TBS), and Doug Peterson (friend of theirs from Pensacola). Others in attendance were Tom Beckley (who is curtently in Rome in seminary school) and Michelle Vanyo (who will soon be finishing law school). Patrick and Anna enjoyed eight days in Tahiti before having to report to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and finally join the fleet! Patrick is curtentiy "wearing two hats" as regimental motor transport officer and maintenance management officer for 3d Marine Regiment, and Anna is aircraft division officer for her squadron, the HSL-37 "Easy Riders," having made HAC (Helicopter Aircraft Commander) in August. The two are enjoying all Hawaii has to offer (finally, since it took being there for over a year to have any free time) and having fun hanging out with the likes of Gina (Foltz), Les and Joseph Payton, Laura and Marty Fisher, Kim (Ard) and Gene Cran '95. Other '96ers in HSL-37 are John Dietter (and wife, Robyn) and Phil Whitmore (and wife, Jennifer). Patrick and Anna just retumed from some much needed leave back to the "mainland" and got to see some old familiar faces in West Palm Beach, FL, at Jennifer and Spires Nifakos' wedding. Knowing that any party that the Nifakos clan has a hand in is going to be a big crazy event (the two having attended Spiros' commissioning week party as well as his winging party in P-cola...and surprisingly enough lived to tell about it), this wedding was not to be missed.

Anna enjoyed seeing old 17th Company folks such as Andrea and Matt Schnappauf and Jason Eister, as well as other fellow '96ers Joe Ruzica, Dave Kurtz, and Chris Hoffman. Anyone wishing to reach the couple in Hawaii can jot them at: 906 Kainui Drive, Kailua, HI 96734; e: lafferty-boyd® hawaii.rt.com Thanks for all of the news, Anna. Best to you both!

Another update arrives from the TARAWA ARG via Andy Savery: TARAWA, DULUTH, and ANCHORAGE are out on a

Patrick and Anna (Lafferty)Boyd The two were married 3 July 1999 in her hometown of Bedford, IN. After hearing stories of "it will go so quickly you won't even remember it" and "things will go wrong, so don't freak out when they do," Anna admits that the weekend was the best of her life and went off without a hitch (that is if no one minded the brain-frying temperatures!).

Unfortunately, many of their friends were in the middle of work-ups and deployments and were unable to attend, but a small crowd of Academy and military family, some from as far as Okinawa, managed to attend. Jenny Drake '97, Walker Fitzgerald '96, Hova Risen-Robertson '98 and friend of Anna's from home, her sisten Allison, and Patrick's sisten Lesley, were her bridesmaids. (Gina (Foltz) Payton was missed—unable to make it from Okinawa to round out the group). Colin Day, Patrick's roommate from school, was best man.

Jack Berrigan, Chris Abraham, her two brothers Andrew and Adam, and Matt Thompson, a friend of Patrick's from high school, were all groomsmen.

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six-month WestPac. Chris Cline and Vince Tionaquio are on the Phibron 5 staff. Chuck Dwy and Brian Bisbee are on TARAWA as ship's company. Onboard DULUTH, Lawford Ricafort serves as the ship's navigator His next set of orders is to recruiting duty in Seattle. He's looking forward to going back home for shore duty. Lawford and I are the lone '96ers. Andy is currently the Special Boat Unit 12 RIB detachment OiC embarked on DULUTH. The ARG has had operations in East Timor and Operation Determined Response in support of COLE. He had the opportunity to go aboard COLE and meet with Joe Gagliano and Ann Chamberlain. They both are fine and doing well.

Joe served as weapons officer and Ann as navigaton Now the ARG is supporting the FBI investigation and standing by outside Yemen. Other Alumni on board are Tom Ogden '98, John Chau '98, Bridgette Ruiz '98, and Russ Lascink '98.

Others include John Boger '99, Stacey Gibson '99, and Rob Krivacs '91—mini Air Boss. The crew have had a good deployment so far but are looking forward to their February return home.

We appreciate your news from abroad, Andy. Our best to all of you!

Thanks for taking the time to share your news— please continue! I will sign out with a quote from General George Washington, "Perseverance and spirit have done Wonders in all ages." Until next month, '96... Tonya

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Pres: 1st Lt Tom Wagner, USMC h: 703-784-2036 e: towags@hotmail.com Sec'y: LTJG Mike McGreevy, USN 1869 Somersby Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 h: 757-430-7815; ceU: 757-343-4438 e: groovel997@hotmail.com First, let me ask the parents reading this column to please send me information about your sons or daughters. As you well know, they are often too busy to write me, or they don't have easy access to email, so help them out and send me an email or letter about what they're doing so I can make the column more informative for everyone, including parents.

On that note, my first bit of news is from Derek Brown's (dereck_brown@hotmail.com) dad, Cecil, who says Derek is now assigned to VP-47 located at Kaneone Marine Air Station, HI, where he is a P-3 NFO. Derek was winged in Aug. '98, completed upgrade training at NAS Jax, finished a deployment at Misawa AB, Japan, about a year ago and just left for a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf over Thanksgiving.

Andy Richards wrote me a few months ago from somewhere under the Atlantic where he is an engineering DIV-O on PITTSBURGH. Andy's CO is a grad along with shipmates Tony Magrogan '96, Britton Smith '98, and Brian Haggerty '98. Andy's boat spent a few months last year in drydock before working up with and deploying with the GW Battle Group which just got back with several other '97 fellas, including GW SWO Jason Brianas (due to be married in Annapolis in June), Natalie Caruso Good, an F-14 RIO, and Bernard Gauna, the ASW officer on one of the DDGs with the Battie Group.

Andy had good things to say about the beaches of Crete, touring the ruins of Knossos, Wild Wadi water park, golfing in Dubai, the Polish girls in Bahrain, belly dancers, and conning PITTSBURGH through the Straits of Gibraltar and Hormuz.

On the other end of the world, Bart Battista wrote from Camp Fuji, Japan where he's the range control officen Bart likes life in mainland Japan where he's seen Kevin Harbison, who is now deployed with 1st CEB to Kuwait. Bart also heard from Josh Clayton and Cory Martin, both of whom are flying Cobras at Camp Pendleton (Bart's not 100% sure about the Cobras part).

John Bruzza has spent a lot of time in the last six months hopping around the Middle East learning his trade as a USMC combat engineer John saw Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait, to name just a few places. Over the months he's been there John saw the temperatures go from 120 degrees down to a cool 90 degrees, and he also dealt with the heightened threat status in the wake of COLE'S bombing.

John got a nice break from the region last month when he got to attend a security engineering course school at Ft. Belvoir near D.C. before heading back to the desert after New Year's. John's awaiting orders with no idea where he's heading to next.

Ben Cheng (usna97@cyberway.com.sg) read Jim Drew and Bryan Clairmont's letter in the last column and felt obliged to write about what he's doing. Ben was a SWO in his native Singapore for a few years, but happily made the switch to NFO and now flies in the back seat of a Fokker-50 doing maritime surveillance over the South China Sea. Ben says his new job has better sleep, food, and

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C o r o n a d o , and the g r o o m s m e n included M a t t Percy (a 60B pilot in Japan who flew 48 hours to make Jason's wedding), Christian Jensen (in the 60F RAG in San Diego), and Dave Filanowicz (teaching Poll Sci at USNA while getting a masters from GW). Others at the wedding included Nicole Holloway '98 and Matt Holloway (Matt is in MS for jet training, Nicole a RIO student in Florida), Mike Darcy (engaged and driving the missile sub MARYLAND out of King's Bay, GA), Jamie O'Brien (SWO just back from Japan), Rob Coulter (in prototype in New York), James Watson (at 60B RAG w i t h C h r i s t i a n and L a u r a H o l t m e y e r ) a n d M i k e A n z a l o t t i ( m a r r i e d a n d flying E 6 s in O k l a h o m a ) . Jason also saw Rick L l n h a r t in Annapolis before Rick headed to a WestPac. He'll be back in March ' 0 1 .

'97: Jason Salinas"s wedding party. Alumni from 1 to r; bottom row: Christian Jensen, Mn and Mrs. Jason Salinas. and Matt Percy; [op row: Dave Filanowicz

LTJG Mike Anzalotti and the former Jennifer Flynn (of Chicago)

"97; L to T:frontrow: 2d Lt Troy McGrath. USAF. LTJG Augie Sciulla. LTJG Sam Wartell, and LTJG Scott Voglesonger: back row: 2d Lt Ted Sweeney USAF, 2d Lt Ryan Elofson, USAF, LTJG Christian Jensen, CDR Tony Jiles "80, LTJG Scott Buchan Jen and Mike, LTJG Steve Djunaedi, IstLt Dan Hajek, USMC, LTJG Greg Smith, Cadet Jeff Anzalotti, and 1 stLt Jeff Corriveau, USMC time at home (no more watches he says), Ben has seen plenty of visitors in Singapore over the past few years including Dan Tiirbeville, Jim Drew, Bryan Clairmont, Hal Kim, Ellie Jenkins, Jill Dintaman, and Brent Tawney. Ben writes: The Tawney Show is due to pull in again sometime soon and the girls of Singapore are eagerly waiting. For those of you who are heading out to the Gulf or returaing, you'll probably stop over here. Don't believe what they tell you in the port brief. We don't cane everyone who comes by, just Jimmy Drew and he loved every minute of it.

Please feel free to look me up when you're in town, especially the 4th Company yahoos, and I'll do my best to show you around. But do try and persuade your captain to pull in on a weekend, 'cause that's when it's kicking!

Ben wishes cheers and Merry X-mas to us.

Gary Montalvo, wherever you are in the world, LTJG Carlito R. Vicencio (cvicencio速 elcbalt. uscg.mil, 410-762-6514), at USCG ELC Quality Assurance would like you to get in touch with him so you guys can reminisce about school in PR. Tim Davis wrote from Whidbey Island, where he finished up at the RAG on 30 Sept. '00. Tim's going to V M A Q - 3 , the "Moondogs," in Cherry Point. Tim was property welcomed into the squad-

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ron by swigging a "moondog" (two shots of wild turkey, one shot of cherry brandy). Tim arrived in Cherty Point with his wife and kid only to deploy to Saudi Arabia in Decemben Fellow grads who finished the RAG with Tim included Ben Phelps andleff McKeel USMA, '96. Others who finished shortly afterward: Bill Parmentier, Dave Mueller '96, and Chris Georgi '96. Finishing soon are the newly married Dean Driskill and Gene Kramer.

Tim was preceded by Scott Taylor and Pat Cronyn, both now established at their fleet squadrons. Tim's cross countries brought him in contact with Brian Sinclair and Dave Fairleigh. Brian is on his way to east coast S-3s and Dave and G r e g M c G e e are already at their U S M C H o r n e t D s q u a d r o n s .

Tim wishes everyone well and says the Prowler is a party to go.

Jason Salinas sent me a letter and a picture from his wedding back in June to Susie Lorenzini, who graduated from St. John's with Jason. Jason got a grad degree from St. John's while he was teaching literature at USNA, along with roommate Dave Filanowicz. The two have been awaiting orders while on med holds. Jason finally got orders to flight school where he should be now. Dave should have orders soon himself. J a s o n ' s w e d d i n g was in

"Welcome to the Navy Mrs. Anzalotti!" LTJG Steve Djunaedi does the honors

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Locally (Virginia Beach for me) I finished S T T witii Billy Gallagher and Art Wills '95 about the same time as Dave Earp and Mike Ennor finished STT on the West Coast. Amanda MacAlpin extended at ACU-4 to fly LCACs until May 2002 and Dave Ricci is finishing BUD/S as you read these lines.

All you cats that haven't ever written m e , please send me an email or something. It's only ten minutes of your time, just do itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Groove

break through the ice in some better places, and "ice hberty" was a welcome break in the routine.

The picture you see here is most of our wardroom and part of the crew. USNA was well repres e n t e d . W e e v e n m a d e a s p i r i t s p o t for t h e Army-Navy game, but 1 didn't see it on TV, but what great g a m e ! O K , now to the letters from the fleet.

To start out, here's a letter from Nate Bailey: After getting NPQ'd from flight school last summen I redesignated to Naval Intelligence and attended Intel school with some other '98ers including J J . Maguire. Scott Barsczewskl, Jason Hurley, and Chris Savage: along with Sam Zager '97 and Anthony Toreillo '99. After graduating last February, J.J. became the Intel officer for a Hornet squadron in Lemoore and attached to CONNIE; Scott went to a Hornet squadron in Oceana and attached to TRUMAN; Jason to a Hornet squadron based in Atsugi. Japan, and attached to KITTY H.AWK; and Chris to JFK

homeported in Mayport, FL. I reported to the Blacklions of VF-213, a Tomcat squadron based at Oceana and attached to CARL VINSON.

Banu and Senay Solak from their August 2000 wedding

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Pres: David Forman h: 843-763-6458; e: DSForman@aol.com Vice Pres: John Chau Treas: Daniel J. Martin Sec'y: Shawn C . G e e Cort. Sec'y: Carrie Howe 44237 Websten Canton, M I 48187 e: Ljohowe@aol.com Hey great '98! The good ship RIVERS is back, and I'm back to writing Shipmate. I'd like to say thanks to Ian Schillinger for taking care of the last issue for me. Going to the North Pole was pretty fun. It's total darkness up there this time of year, but we did get to

Some other Classmates I have run into who are also stationed here at Oceana NAS include Tony Toma, Darren Sweeney and Sara Stires who are attached to VF-101, die Tomcat FRS; Brad Storey who just retumed from a Med cruise on IKE; and Erik "Larz" Erikson who is the Intel officer for VFA-106, the Hornet FRS. Looking forward to seeing more '98ers as they report here from flight school.

Thanks Nate, I hope you are enjoying the Intel community.

Here's one from the USMC, a letter from Robby Burton: I'm currently serving in 2d Tank Battalion as XO of Charlie Company with a few other alumni.

Travis Campbell is the platoon commander of the tank platoon that just got deployed on the MEU. Nate Langmack is our Bn supply officen Bruce Barker '97 is the Bn Comm Officen The S-3. Maj. C. D. Casados '86 Alunnus. and Romeo Cubas '00 (one of my Plebes; also another one of my Plebes Robin Sorrelis is in 1st Tanks) is a platoon commander in Bravo Company. Everything is kind of slow down here, and we're hoping Travis can stir up some trouble overseas. Yes the rumors are true. I'm engaged and am getting married 17 March 2001 here at CLNC. Another wedding! Best of luck!

On to a great letter from Adam Wieder: My wife. Erin, and I would like to announce the birth of our son, Ethan Daniel Wieden He came into the world on Thanksgiving Day at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, H-, weighing in at 7 pounds 13 ounces and measuring 20.74 in long.

I just finished my tour as DCA onboard CARNEY (DDG-64). After passing the torch on to Shelby Baecker. I'm headed to DEWEBT (FFG-45) as Ord-

nance officer with a good chunk of leave in between. As a side note, this summer Shelby got engaged to his girlfriend, Stacy, they are planning a fall '01 wedding.

Nichole (Loring) '99 and Rob Wickman are doing well in their new house here in Mayport.

Nichole is the quality assurance officer for AIMD on JFK (CV-67). Rob is at HSL^O finishing up die RAG widi fellow '98ers, Tim Davis, Steve Minihane, and Jerome Gussow. Steve and Jerome are headed to San Diego for the "unkown" SH-60 Sierra world.

Kevin Sproge recentiy finished his carrier qual on Big "E." He's wrapping things up in Kingsville, TX, and anxiously awaiting assignment to anything with a pointy nose. Mike Valenzuela is moving out to LaMoure. CA, to continue in the Hornet pipeline. Ian Hoag was recentiy selected for a lateral transfer to Spec War. He's leaving SIDES (FFG-14) 1 February for BUD/S. God Bless in this Holiday Season and the New Year.

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s on y o u r son, A d a m ! That's wonderful.

N e x t , h e r e ' s a n u p d a t e f r o m P h i l Dana (Pmdjaw@aol.com): The past Shipmate stated that I was slated to be WEPS on SHILOH (CG-67). My slate has been changed to HOWARD (DDG-83)...Cheng....which

will be commissioned 1 July and homeported in San Diego. It's a Flight II with the helo hangers in the back, very high speed. Email me and let me know whose out in San Doggy. Ran into Dean Balls today, going to be a NAV on A.NCHOR.AGE (nice orders), his wife is up for an EOOW board on JOHN YOUNG. GO Navy!

To hop over to the Army side for some of our Classmates, h e r e ' s a letter from Tony Ramos (Antonioram75@cs.com): I hope everyone is doing well. I was recently married to Courtney White of Carlisle. PA. We were married in Murrells Inlen SC, on 7 October 2000. We spent our honeymoon in Montego Bay. Jamaica. It was great to say the lease My old roommate. Jason Buckley, was able to attend the wedding. It was great to see him. He is doing well in Norfolk, VA, with an E-2 RAG. Things are going pretty well here in the Army. I am still stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, with the 82nd Airborne Division. I recentiy changed jobs, and I am now a headquarters company XO. This logistics stuff is a lot different from being a rifle platoon leaden My captain's board met on 7 November 2000. and I should know by the end of the month if I was picked up or not. I attended Jake Schmitters wedding a few weeks ago along with a few other "98ers. I'm sure Jake will write Shipmate soon.

Fair winds to everyone, and I look forward to all of your sea stories. If anyone has Brian Paters or Will Millets address, email, phone numben or some way to get a hold of them, please email me.

Thanks, All the way!

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A BLUE & G O L D OFFICER? Contact CDR PJ Bradfield (bradfield@gwaBail.usna.edu) or Don Nelson (dnelsonCÂŽ gwmail.usna.edu) in Admissions '98: Officers and crew of L. MENDEL RIVERS surfaced near die North Pole to show our support for Navy prior to the Army-Navy game

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Bernice (Javier) Alota and Giselle Princeton Alota '98: L to r: Ashley McCray. Jim Day. Master Chief .Albonetti. Kevin Cantee. Terry Vanecek meeting in Hot Tuna, Norfolk, VA Best of luck on getting 0 - 3 !

And now back to the Navy, here's an informative letter from A.J. McNiven: I thought I'd give you all an update on what's going on with the people I stay in contact with.

Joe Femenia is currently with SEAL Team 2 in Littie Creek. VA. He will return from a six-month Med deployment in mid-Decemben Seems to be enjoying things thus far. Mike Burks is in the Tomcat RAG. VF-101, and should finish sometime next spring. His wife. Sara Burks (formerly Minogue) is also living in Virginia Beach flying the H-3. Bart O'Brien is getting his Wings of Gold on 17 November in Whiting Field. He received orders to fly AH-1 Cobras out of New Riven NC. Tara Golden is an E-2C NFO in Norfolk with the Seahawks. She will be going on her first major deployment after Thanksgiving with the TRUMAN battie group. Kevin Canty is currently a division officer on MT. WHITNEY based out of Norfolk (one of the few S WOs I know who loves his job). I just ran into John Bear in Jacksonville.

He was getting his initial carrier qualifications in the T-45A. He should get orders sometime in Decemben Chad Schumacher and D.J. Lopes are in Kingsville, TX, flying the T-45 and should finish in early January. Good luck at the boat, guys!

Blake Door is currently on a minesweeper in Corpus Christi, TX, and will be rotating to a Cru/Des billet soon. Dan Moll is just about finished with the Hornet RAG in Oceana, VA. He should get orders to his first fleet squadron in January. Dan, may you have a full moon for those night landings! They're not fun, man. I've managed to stay busy these past few years. Got winged in January 2000, finished the Hornet RAG in September 2000 and am currently with the Marauders of VFA-82 in Beaufort, SC. I will be starting work-ups in January and going on cruise next September with the ROOSEVELT battle group.

1 live in Hilton Head, SC, so if any of you are in the area, give me a call. I apologize for those who I forgot to mention, but wish the best of luck to the entire Class wherever they may be.

Thanks, A.J. Great letten Lots of people have come a log way. Keep it up and good luck!

Here's a quick one from Jim Day: "I was actually in Norfolk for a one-month TAD school in info systems where I happened to bump into Kevin Cantee, Ashley McCray, Terry Vanacek, and, wouldn't you know it, none other than Senior Chief (now Master Chief) Albonetti all in the same ban Once again, small world when you come from U S N A . Jim a l s o k e p t in t o u c h with D a r r e n Salapka, and said that at one point in the Arabian Gulf, Darten, Amy Carson, and Jim were all in the same watch section. I believe it too!

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So that's all for the letters now. More to come next month. James Jones, Justin Anderson and I are now in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and working on pulling the reactor out of our boat. James will be heading back to RICKOVER in Norfolk, Justin to PHILADELPHIA in Groton, and I'll be heading out to CHICAGO in Pearl. Just this moming I ran into Todd Tavolazzi while riding back to my can He's stationed on RAINIER and is liking it up here.

Jeff Sowa is also up here and always, good for a bunch of laughs. Happy New Year to everyone, keep it safe and have fun out there. Fair winds.... DSF. The Raymond family

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Now onto the letters. Our first one comes from Julie Graham: Tom Kaess, Chris Locher, and I are all on Annual Membership: 5% Life Membership: 88%

Pres: Buster O'Brien e: obriencj@29palms.usmc.mil Vice Pres: Ben Adeyemi e: nigeriansteele@hotmail.com Treas: Jason Mendenhall Sec'y: Minh-tu Nguyen 6716 Stonecutter Drive, Burke, VA 22015 h: 703-644-7924; e: minhtu99@yahoo.com Hello '99, and Happy New Year! As this is the first column of the new year, I thought it would be appropriate to introduce some new additions to our Class. Giselle Princeton Alota was born on 20 October to Gervy Alota '98 and Bernice (Javier) Alota. In the photo she is with her mother, who says that her favorite things to do are eat and poopoo. Next is a picture of Dave Raymond, his wife, Susan, and their brand new daughten Lauren Faith, who was bom on 24 Octoben Dave tells us that she is the new joy in their lives and that she is definitely daddy's little girl. Also, I just received a note from Julia and Steve Duke saying that they are expecting a baby on 27 April. They are both out in Okinawa where Julia reports that Steve is enjoying his job and that she is cutting down on work to prepare for the new baby. Congratulations to all our new moms and dads!

iSABRD is Coming, See page 41.

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL ( D D G - 8 1 ) . We are sta-

tioned in Bath, ME, right now as our ship isn't commissioned until 10 March 2001, in Norfolk, VA, which will be our homeport. We've already had our first snow up here! Tom is the CommO, Chris the 1st Ln and I'm the FCO. My boss, the CSO, LT Chris Downey '92. LT Joe Chopek '97, TRO, is the only other Academy grad on board.

We are scheduled for Shock Trials next April through June, then leave for a three-month cruise in England from August-Octoben Chris and I were TAD on BARRY this spring and summen Chris spent three months on board and eamed his OOD letter! I was there for about a month. We hit La Maddalena, Italy, where 1 ran into my old Second Class, Jay Wicklund '97, in Haifa, Israel, then we pulled into Yemen to refuel, then Bahrain and finally Dubai. Before I got there Chris went to Ireland and partied it up there. We got to hang out with Derek Peterson, DCA, LT Dave Arning '97, Disbo, LT Ty Britt '92, Ops, and LCDR Vince McBeth '87, XO. It was a blast! 1 also ran into my old basketball coach from Plebe Yean LT Alvin Payne '95, when his ship. CAPE ST GEORGE was across the pier from BARRY. "The Warbler" was our spot in Bahrain! 1 visited my old Companymates, Steve and Larissa Coffee, in Newport a couple of weekends ago. They both had their orders switched and are now moving to Norfolk on the 17 Novemben It was great seeing them!

We had a blast at their GOP party!

Next we hear from Ed Ward: Hello from NAS Whidbey Island. I am getting ready to finish up my single site training here for the EP-3E before heading over to Rota, Spain, sometime during the first week of Decemben 1 am starting to see more and more '99 Prowler NFO's filter up from Pensacola, just one so fan Mehdi Akacem, but a new class just started this Friday and 1 saw several familiar faces. Aaron Shulski and 1 will be the first airdales of '99 to go

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on deployment with a fleet squadron. Aaron, VQ1, will be venttiring down to Soutii America somewhere, last I heard, for a couple of months starting sometime early next year. I will be deploying with VQ-2 for two montiis of fun in tiie sun on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Crete sometime in February. Keep tiiose per diem checks coming...

From Dan Beck who is curtentiy on deployment: I'm in San Diego on HIGGINS (DDG-76) with Classmate Derek Cedars. USNA is certainly represented onboard witii CO Bill Ault '82, XO Dave Schiffman '87, combat systems officer Sean Mclaren '91 and four other JO's allfrom'97â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jason Schwarzkopf, Brie Gallagher, Jerry Pilewski, and Katie Good. Since we have more officers than we need, they decided to put me in charge of die ship's LAN (local area network) even though I know nothing about computers. We're deploying on 9 November for the Persian Gulf, with a few stops along the way, to do Maritime Interdiction Ops to make sure Saddam doesn't get away with exporting any more oil than he is allowed to. 1 can't wait, it should be a great time!

I've been staying in email contact with a few of our Classmates in ten. Tom Messina selected helos down at flight school and he's living in the same apartment complex as Rich Rasmussen, who just got down there from Quantico.

Alex K o m is on STETHEM (DDG-76) and just got his EOOW (that's engineering officer of the watch for you non-SWO types) qualification. Mike Oar sends emails from Okinawa which he says is a lot Uke the Academy.

Autumn Kosinski sends us notice that Karen Castle, who just got back this past September from her deployment to the Arabian Gulf, came back with her S W O pin! "Just about six or seven months on her ship and she's gotten her pin, so congratulations to her! Go Karen!" Karen sent us a picture of her and Katie Bluemling on vacation on Thailand during their deployment.

Karen Castle and Katie Bluemling Andy Bosak writes to update us on some of the submariners in our Class: Finally! After a year of torture at Nuclear Power School and Prototype and 85 days of RandR at SOBC, the first installment of Class of '99 submariners will be joining the fleet! I thought I'd send a list of ships and homeports so that all you gray targets knew who was "shooting" at you; Living in the Great White North of Groton; John Killiia (PROVIDENCE), Dan Gorman (CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI), Andy Bosak (SEAWOLF), Pat

Saxton '97 (DALLAS), and Nate Schenk '97 (PHILADELPHIA).

On boats from Norfolk; Chris Vanwestendorp (OKLAHOMA CITY). John Manahan (MONTPELIER),

Craig Hempeck (ALBANY), Juan Hines (MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL), Mo Joy (HAMPTON) and our

medically disqualified/subs, nuclear qualified, SWOS validating SWOien Matt Sermon (RAMAGE).

Vacationing in San Diego: Eric Betanoff (PORTSMOUTH), Tim Lobner (PORTSMOUTH), and

Brad Davis (HOUSTON).

Hitting the beach in Hawaii; Rami Musallam

Doniger (KEY WEST), Ryan Lobato (KEY WEST), Colby Matthews (PASADENA), Anderson Perez (PASADENA), Charles Watson (ASHEVILLE), Joe

Falcone (SAN FRANCISCO), and Neil LaPointe (TUSCON).

Lobbing ICBMs from Bangor; Dan Walter (HENRY M . JACKSON-B), Will Famham (MICHIGAN-

G), Chad Hannah (FLORIDA-G), Mike Keehn (NEVADA-G), Jon King (OHIO-B), Jeremiah

Minner (GEORGIA-B), and Jason Weddingfeld (ALABAMA-B).

Deterring from Kings Bay; James Brooks (MAINE-B), Paul Chandler (WYOMING-B), Mike Delaney (MARYLAND-G), Rob Dirga (RHODE

IsLAND-B), Bryan Everitt (WYOMING-G), Ryan Hemminger (PENNSYLVANIA-G), Mike Howell

L to r: Chad Bepple, Brian Valenza, Jeremy Rich and Matt Tharp

(MARYLAND-B), Ben Brandt '97 (KENTUCKY-B)

and Dan Feliz '97 (MAINE-B).

There they are; the new Swift, Silent Steelyeyed Killers of the Deep from the class of 9906 (GCE)! We'll see you all out in the fleet in late Novemben A letter from Eddie Salazar: 1 thought you could use this info for '99's column in Shipmate. I just finished Naval Flight Officer training here at Randolph AFB and I get winged on 25 Aug. I'm reporting to VP-30 (P-3 FRS) in Jacksonville, FL, in October and then up to Brunswick, ME, sometime next spring. Lane Askew (P-3s Whidbey Island), Ken Kurz (E-6s Tinker AFB), and Pete Parbel (E-6s Tinker AFB) are also in my graduating class. That's pretty much it for now. There are quite a few '99ers here waiting to be winged in the months ahead so I'm sure you'll be hearing from some of them. Tinker AFB is in Oklahoma City, OK.. .the home of the Navy's E-6 airborae command post aircraft. I'm off to Jacksonville NAS (along with Lane Askew) for six months to do the P-3 RAG with Patrol Squadron Thirty. We have to leam all the systems on board the P-3 before reporting to operational units.

After that I'm off to Brunswick NAS in Maine (near Portland) and Lane will be off to Whidbey Island NAS in Washington. I've also heard from my old roomies Mark Haas and Mark Sand who are down at Kingsville NAS doing the jet pilot track. 1 hear they are having way too much fun down there than Ensigns should be allowed to have. (That's a bit of sarcasm there given that the main attraction down there is the local WalMart on a Sunday afternoon.)

Our last letter and picture comes from Jeremy Rich via snail mail: Here's some news from Norfolk, VA. There's a good sized '99 NFO representation here at the Hawkeye/Greyhound Heet Replacement Squadron, VAW-120 "Greyhawks." Ben Cote, Amy Doll, and Darryl Martin all started at the beginning of July and are well on their ways to becoming the new eyes of the fleet. Jim Hilton and I are just starting the trip, having started classes in August. Even more '99ers just checked in having recently finished paying their dues to the SERE School instructors at NAS Brunswick, ME. Dan Nieves, Matt Tharp. and Scott Weiner all started the FRS on 30 October '00.

Here is a picture of a small random '99 reunion.

I ran the Norfolk Half Marathon in October and spotted some of our Classmates. Chad just returned from a deployment to the North Atlantic, Brian is stationed in Little Creek Amphibious Base and Matt and 1 are at VAW-120. Both Brian and 1 have since run the Marine Corps and Richmond Marathons. That's all from hererightnow.

Good luck to everyone, both in the fleet and in the training pipelines.

That's all we have for this month. Thanks for all the letters, pictures and updates. Wishing everyone the best for this new year; until next month, take care, God bless and leaving you with one thought: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Minh-tu

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Pres: J.V. "Murph" McCarthy Vice Pres: Art Terry Treas: Nick Lalota Sec'y: Tim O'Connor 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 e: ShipmateOO@yahoo.com Shippies, By the time this hits circulation, I will be underway making way in the lovely Westem Pacific en route to the Gulf. I hear it's beautiful there this time of year. Yet as 1 write this, I am winding down my illustrious tenure up here in Newport, where SWOS c l a s s 140 p a v e d t h e w a y a n d w a r m e d up SWOScolCom for M i ' s all star team of surface warriors in training. The Class of 2000 is definitely represented up here, not necessarily in the scholastic sense, per say, but represented. Congratulations to ENS Erin Belanger, who graduated first in die SWOSDoc Class 140. Chandler King gave her a ran for her money all the way to the end and predicts he will make command before hen Something to watch for in the years ahead. Andrew Lynch was an instructor favorite, but came up short in the rankings. He looks forward to redeeming himself at Department Head School in a couple of years.

Craig Trent and Peter Giambastiani recently got engaged up here in Newport. (Not to each othen to their girlfriends.) Congratulations and good luck fellas.

Also, congratulations to Grant Whitmer who recently became the most famous Ensign in the Navy after contacting his C O with a letter that some might consider objectionable. Good luck out there Grant, you might need it. Several of our Classmates down in flight school got great news when they found out that they didn't have to play beach volleyball and golf while they waited for flight school.

Brian Lauber. Bobby Perez, and Keith Simms are all division officers onboard the carrier JOHN F. KENNEDY, a taxing tour with a whole lot of responsibility. To quote Bobby Perez: Everyday I wake up knowing that 1 am doing something important by contributing to the mission of JFK. Being on a carrier is like being on a big team. It's one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. And having Brian Lauber to guide me makes it a lot easien Keep it up fellas. Without further adieu, here is the segment I'm sure you were all anxiously anticipating, the Marine Corps M O S selections and word from Murph: T h e pilots and NFOs are all going to P-cola at least to start off with. The guys who got infantry don't know where they are going permanently yet eithen They just know tiiey will

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be in the woods for a long time at the infantry officer's coiu'se.

NFOs Pilots Infantry Oriando Corchado John Wilt Lance Day Rob Dyer Scott Weinpel Lucas Wells Scott Montgomery Drew Rundle Ron Diefenbach Mark Daigler Brian Davis Terry Heatherman Erick Hermann Piggy Parker Kyle Pitman Craig McDermott Jason Ford Pat Sise Jason Mcclain Dan Nolan B.J. Crawford Robert Leonard Chad Ulrich Slim McCarthy Jacob Venema James Reid Larff Hough Tommy Trimble Pat Sundy Billy Edwards Matt Page John Moore John Hall. Ground Intelligence (Ha Ha) Duty Station Jen Harris Carl Zeppegno, Camp Lejeune,NC Mike Digangi Jason Milbrandt, Camp Pendleton.CA Matt Daigneault Gavin West, Camp Lejeune,NC James Griffin Nic Wisecarver, Okinawa, Japan Dirty Devin Smiley Brian Wilson Kate Hendel John Norman, Artillery Duty Station Justin Woodruff Matt Schroen Camp Lejeune, NC Jedd Mosher Matty Eichmann, Camp Lejeune, NC Erik Sprague Matt Neely, Camp Lejeune, NC Stephen Mackey Dan Fettig, Camp Pendleton, CA John Wray Frank Grecco, Camp Pendleton, CA Grace Kelly Allen Wood, Camp Lejeune, NC Nicholas Wineman Jeffrey Banasz Camp Lejeune, NC Liz Okoreeh-baah Waylon White Camp Lejeune, NC Michael Kanatas, 29 Palms, CA Ben Laxton. 29 Palms. CA Ryan McDonel. 29 Palms, CA Lester Giles. Camp Lejeune. NC Logistics Duty Station Michelle Nance. Okinawa, Japan Erik Slaikeu. Camp Pendleton, CA Robert Lantz, Camp Lejeune, NC Mike Aldridge, Camp Lejeune, NC Jeff Groves, Okinawa, Japan Mike Kansteinen Camp Pendleton, CA Greg Gloven Okinawa, Japan Marcos Melendez, Camp Pendleton, CA Jamie neischhacker, Okinawa, Japan Lindsay Hawkins Communications Duty Station Carl Zindars, Miraman CA Sean Hurley, Camp Lejeune, NC Andrew Dausman, Camp Pendleton, CA John Wood, Camp Pendleton, CA Wally Hicks, Okinawa, Japan Mike Anthony Reggie Sinevet Ground Supply Duty Station Eugene Burrell, Okinawa, Japan Shawn Charchan, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Nate Daniels, Okinawa, Japan Mike Weinen Camp Pendleton, CA Matt Murray, Okinawa, Japan Kate Majewski, Okinawa, Japan Aaron Nichols, Yuma, AZ Aviation Supply Duty Station Adam Gravseth, Iwakuni, Japan Adjutant Tanya Gardner Combat Engineer Duty Station Adrien Thom, Iwakuni, Japan Human Intelligence Duty Station Jason Berg '98, Okinawa, Japan Signals Intelligence Duty Station Jason Morrison, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Aircraft Maintenance Duty Station Jason Hernandez, New Riven NC Adam Winslow, Miraman CA Shipmate, January-February 2001

Air Support Control Jen Fredricksen Air Traffic Control Duty Station Art Terry, Yuma, AZ AAV's Duty Station Tony Angelone Military Police Duty Station Lenore Kistinger TBS is about done for those of us who couldn't get a ridiculous length TAD this past summen We will all be very sad to leave here. Cheah. There have been some interesting things going on as of late.

Erik Hermann had his car stolen on a Friday night with all his dress uniforms in it. The Marine Corps b i r t h d a y ball was that next day. He c o u l d n ' t bortow one because everyone was going. He went to a crafts shop and sewed one himself and made it to the ball, perseverance Herm, well done.

In downtown D.C. some employees of an eating and drinking establishment had a word or two with Lucas Wells late one night and then began to use more than words to get their point across. Witnesses then saw the power of the "Liberty Buddy" concept. Well's buddy rescued him with a textbook right hand to the nose of one of the agitators. If you are perplexed to know who the buddy was considering the many men who hang out with Luke and are very capable of such heroics, think again. The bloody nose was administered by none other than Kate Majewski.

If any of you have fallen out of touch with Gavin West for a month or two, you are far behind. He has met someone and gotten married between issues of Shipmate. This is a Class record. Well Done.

Speaking of times...Blake Benke swam 2.4 miles, then hiked 112, and then ran 26.2 in ten hours and 18 seconds at the Ironman Triatholon in Hawaii. In his age group he was second in the nation and 11th in the world, not too shabby. Blake is now my hero.

Civilian Sector Update: Dan Jent is a Naval Architect with a firm in Arlington, VA. His hair is a reasonable length and he says he is enjoying what he is doing. I heard Brett Duthie is working in New York City for a bank and having an outstanding time surprise details to follow.

By the time this hits the press Will Wiley will have tied the knot down in Elberton, GA, pictures to follow in next issue. Coming soon the weddings of J a m e s Griffin, Ben Laxton and J a s o n G u s t a f s o n ( G u s t a f s o n to K a t e GrofTiza'Ol). Please send blurbs of all happenings to Shipmate00@yahoo.com.

I was privileged enough to spend time with our contingent down at the Naval Intelligence's School.

All is well, Chris Newberry is a fine host, Don Ferguson can cook like somebody you'd want to date and Chris Landon wishes they had a drill officer slot at the Intel school with parades at least once a week.

The only thing I have heard from the pilots is that A.J. Prebula, who went to Vance AFB, got jets.

They might have to supe up the engine of whatever bird Preb gets and widen the cockpit a wee bit, his call sign shall be cretin.

We have an update from then underwater warriors in Charleston. Reporting is none other than Dave Hummell.

Just a little note from the steely eyed bubble heads here in Chucktown; A few fellas just graduated from Class '05 and us here in '06 have seen our midpoint come and go, along with our social lives, physical prowess, contact with the outside world and of course tolerance for alcoholic beverages. Thank God 1 didn't just do this for the

money, or I'd really be miserable...right. We're studying hard and putting in more hours than we thought humanly possible. We live, breath and eat this nuke crap, but when we get out of the loony bin, we enjoy Charieston to the fullest. T.T.W. Bruner continuously amazes us with his airheaded genius, Kostas Hatzidakis has proven himself as the epitome of Grecian nuclear intellect (Socrates would be proud), and Heath Heist, well, he's still Heath Heist. Jim "Buddy" Farrow is in the Class behind us along with Chris Lindenau who try to balance their time between nuke school and their part-time jobs as exotic dancers at one of Charleston's more respectable holes. I'm chugging along after unwillingly establishing myself as class clown, causing many of the ROTC guys to wonder what really went on at the USNA. Well, from the world's largest toolbox, I'm signing off, for all of you surface nukes, the best is yet to come. ENS David Hummell waiting to hear from the guys at BUDS. Grad schoolers?

Here is the deal for e v e r y o n e getting their Shipmate.

Go to U S N A . c o m and update y o u r address to where you want it to go. Here is the deal for finding people, you can either cati the Alumni Association and ask or check our Web site which is finally up: http://www.usna.com/Classes/2000/ Default.htm. It is up to us to update this. Right now, I am the Webmaster This is not a good use of resources. We need volunteers to get our page up to speed. Send comments and tips to ShipmateOO速 yahoo.com as well.

Thanks, Hummell, for the update, to all...keep them coming. We won the one that counts and Baltimore needs us, Murph, Timmy, and Hummell.

"Touchdown" Doug Howard, Murph McCarthy, Tra Calish, Tim O'Connon Brandon Griffiths and Manny Pardo take a break from the rigors of the academic schedule during this summer's Cox Fund program and visit Toledo, Spain. Murph is distracted after seeing a McDonald's

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Chapti ALABAMA Birmingham Chapter Dr. Roy A. Smith ffl '73 530 Bayhill Ridge Circle Hoover AL 35244-3338 h: 205-979-8070; e: RoyS5564速aol The Alabama Chapters of the West Point Society and the Naval Academy Alumni Associations closed ranks to enjoy the Army-Navy football game around a large screen television at the Vestavia Hills Country Club on Saturday, 2 December, riding out Navy's dramatic 30-28 roller coaster victory.

Leading cheers for Navy was Chapter vice president Kevin Patton '85. Standing-in for president Dn Roy Smith '73 were his wife, Susan, son Justin and daughter Jennifen Traveling from Selma were Genie and Joe Walter '55, and Jim Pointer '78 joined the fun from Montgomery. Sitting at the official Class of 1960 table were Joan and Chuck Bailey, and Sandi and Rich Richey. Carol and Bob Beaty took the occasion to announce that their son Michael Beaty '00 and his new wife are expecting twins while stationed at the surface warfare school in Newport, RI. Dick Owens '58 was accompanied by his grandson Frank Hand (age 9) while Dave Prosser '69 had both his son, David, and daughter Svetiana with him to cheer on the Blue and Gold.

Alan Clark '52 told Jim Mickle '48, just before heading out to host an opera review party with his wife, Chris, that the season seemed a bit brighter with this Navy victory.

Gracious losers again this year, the West Pointers were led by chapter president Bill Haas and his wife, Linda. Rob Dodson '91 traveled all the way from Knoxville, TN, to cheer for his beloved Black Knights. Rounding out the Army ranks were Terry and Rich Richie, Linda and Mike McElhare, and Jay Patton '87.

The Alabama Chapter will next get together for a spring dinner in April or May. This was the fourth consecutive year the two alumni groups have gathered to enjoy this intense rivalry togethen

Huntsville Chapter LCDR Frederick N. Steiner '57, USN (Ret.) 1059 Teenajo Drive SE Huntsville, AL 35803-3907 h: 256-650-5423; e: navy57@aol.com The HuntsviUe Chapter's November meeting was held on the 9th at the Fogcutter restaurant. Attendees were: Bob Brown '49, Frank Tatom '56, John Harvilla '54, John Robbins '68, Tom Colman '56, Herb Woods '56, Tom Hartline '81, Hector Negroni '61 USAFA, and his guest Cadet Nino Baldachi '04 USAFA, and Fritz Steiner '57.

Informal discussions centered on the as yet undecided presidential election, the electoral college, and the COLE'S ttagic bombing and its aftermath.

The consensus was that the CO would be held ultimately responsible. In business matters, it was decided that we will hold our regular monthly meeting in December as usual on the second Thursday, with the exception that spouses and significant others will be our guests. We will meet again at Diamond's Sports Bar for the Army game. Once again we are going to try to have the area West Pointers join us. They have been notable "No Shows" over the past three years.

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To reiterate we'll meet on the second Thursday of the month at 11:30 a.m. at the Fogcutten Itinerant Shipmates who happen to be in the Huntsville area are always welcome! Beat Army'.

Fritz Steiner '57

ARIZONA Arizona Chapter Mr. William D. Morrison '57 11801 E. Juan Tabo Road Scottsdale, AZ 85255 h: 480-585-1867; f: 480-473-3262 e: billmort@quest.net Web site: http://www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona The Arizona Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association met at Aunt Chilada's Restaurant in Phoenix, on Wednesday, 11 October 2000. President Bill Morrison '57 opened the meeting at noon. He discussed the forthcoming All-Service Academy breakfast at Beefeater's Restaurant on Friday, 20 October at 8:00 a.m. The next Chapter meeting will be at Luke Air Force Base, on 5 November with a tour at 3:00 p.m. and a cocktail and buffet at the Officers' Club by 5:30 p.m.

The speaker was John Fears, director of the Carl Hayden VA Hospital in Phoenix. He told us how the hospital got its start after World War II in a former POW camp, moved to its present site, and recently was modernized and expanded. The function has changed from mainly hospital care to mainly outpatient care, with 43,000 patient visits in 1999. The busiest clinics are urology, dermatology and podiatry, which reflects the patient age group and local environment. Nurses are in short supply, endemic to Arizona. Surgeons and doctors with special skills are bortowed from local hospitals as required. Budgets are critical to ensure good patient care, and Sen. John McCain '58 has been very helpful in obtaining necessary funding.

Present were Ruth and Bob May '45, Art Kinneberg '46, Art Mehagian '48, Deke Harrison '53, Bill Burr '54, Chuck Horowitz '54, Jim Rothrock '55, Wally Hejhall '56, Bill Monison '57, Phil Moulton '58, Walt Peters '58, Ed Howard '63, Jack Cremin '64, Pete Reiniger '65, Lynod and Rich Wilmes '66, Ron Stoll '67, Skip Lind '75, Dave English '86, and Tom Short '91.

Chuck Horowitz '54 p: 480-837-4985 f 480-816-9404 The Chapter joined forces with the alumni groups from West Point and the Air Force Academies for a joint meeting, base tour and social event on 15 November at Luke Air Force Base, the world's biggest/busiest F-16 training facility. Over thirty ArmyNavy-Air Force Academy Alumni and their spouses met at Luke's Officers' Club for a close-up walking tour of the Base's F-16 operations followed by a presentation by the 56th Fighter Wing's Vice Commanden Col Ed Kasl, and then a sit-down buffet dinnen Following the Squadron toun die group received presentations from the base's sparkling F16 Engine Repair Squadron, and then sat in a F-16 cockpit out on the flight line amongst 200 other F16 aircraft. A most busy place! Later Col Kasl gave an interesting presentation about the many challenges involved in ranning a large military installation right

smack in the middle of a huge and growing metropolitan area. The Air Force is doing a tremendous job in producing some of the world's best trained fighter pilots in spite of old aircraft, manpower and dollar shortages, encroachment pressures, environment concerns and a myriad of other peacetime issues. The event made all that attended very proud of our active military.

Joint Viewing of the Army-Navy Game 2000 Our Chapter and the West Point Society of Phoenix joined forces for the seventh sttaight year to watch the Army-Navy football game. Over 125 Army and Navy Alums and their friends watched this year's exciting game in Leinenkugel's Ballyard Brewery right next to Bank One Ballpark in downtown Phoenix. Navy's Alums included members from the class of 1945 all the way up through 1995.

In addition, screaming members of both academies Parents Clubs were all in fine voice, along with active duty members of the Naval Recraiting District Phoenix. There were lots of bed-sheet signs, old B-robes, blankets, crasty uniforms and plenty of been Bloody Marys and brats to go around. Needless to say. Navy fans were both ecstatic and hoarse by game's end and hopeful that next year that Navy's margin of victory will be slightly largen The Woo-Poos had fun, but were very quiet at the end.

Puzzling? Beat Army!

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Bill Morrison '57

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Chapter CDR Alan B. Lerchbacker '74, USN (ReL) 131 E. Holly Street #213 Pasadena, CA 91103-3936 e: alerchbacker@taylor-dunn.com Cort. Sec'y: Dick Glasow '67 e: dickglasow@hotmail.com October Chapter Luncheon The October Orange County luncheon was held al The Revere House restaurant in Tustin on Tuesday, 10 October 2000. Jim Trotter '74, die executive officer of the combined NROTC unit at USC/UCLA, was our guest speaker Jim informed those in attendance about the present day NROTC program and how it is being administered at USC/ UCLA. He gave a very informative presentation as none of those present had any recent experience with the NROTC program. After Jim's presentation, we held a cake cutting to honor the 155di anniversary of the founding of the Naval Academy and the 225th birthday of the United States Navy.

Those in attendance at this luncheon included: Art Vamum '40, Gordon West '40, Ken Kloflcom '43, Walt Stevens '43, TR Johnson '47, Mort Richardson '50, Al Enderie '52, Si Kittier '53, Bob Lowell '53, Joe Zebrowski ' 5 3 , George Watts '58, Jack Bundarin '59, Joe Keeley '59, Danny Musselman '60, Rich Pace '63, Bill Cray '67, Dave Hackett '71, Alan Lerchbacker '74, Jim Trotter '74, Steve Shatynski '83, Tom Kymn '84, Joe Mandichak '89, Van Chappell '94, and Kent Parsons, Area Blue & Gold Coordinator (NROTC-UCLA).

November 2000 Chapter Luncheon The Orange County Luncheon Group gathered at The Revere House restaurant in Tustin on Shipmate, January-February 2001

Tuesday. 14 November 2000, for our monthly luncheon to celebrate the 225th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The video of die Commandant's birthday message was shown and a birthday cake was cut with a Marine officer's sword by the senior and junior Marines present in date of service entry.

Col Gordon West '40, USMC (Ret), and Capt John Peterson '94, USMCR. All die Marines present introduced themselves and gave their dates of service.

Our program consisted of our senior and junior Marines as well as Col Si Kittier '53, USMC (Ret.), giving a talk on their experiences in the Corps, It was exttemely interesting to hear about their varying experiences from 1940 to 1999, We welcomed first time attendees Buck Catlin '42 and John Richards '47, Alumni present included Art Vamum •40, Gordon West '40, Buck Catiin '42, Ken Kloflcom '43, Bob Rubel "44. Rich Crane '47. TR Johnson '47, John Richards '47, Lee Bendell '50, Bob Watson '50, Al Enderie '52, Mick Flynn '53 (visiting from out of state), Joyce and Pat Flynn '53, Si Kittier '53, Bob Lowell "53, Joe Zebrowski '53, Harold Hussey '56, Joe Koch '57, Jim Paulk '57, Dave Stiller '57, Bud Manazir '58. George Watts '58, Jack Bundarin '59, Joe Keeley '59, Dick Banister '60, Danny Musselman '60, Dick Lee '62, Rich Pace '63, Robert Johnson '66, Joe Mandichak '89, and John Peterson '94. Also in attendance were former Marines Leo Green, Tom Leach, Robert Ramirez, Jerry Sullivan. John Sullivan, Mark Wayland and Bob Young.

We will not have a luncheon in Decemben but will resume our monthly luncheons on the second Tuesday of each month at The Revere House in January.

Army-Navy Game Parties About 90 Navy and Army grads enjoyed a special dining out on Friday evening before the big game and breakfast on game day at the beautiful and historic Jonathan Club in Los Angeles. Navy attendees included: James Forbes '47, Wilfred Little '51, Richard Herkner '53, Clarence Summers '55, Frank Zechlin '56, Richard Booth '59, Richard Harper '60, Gene Mitchell '61, Richard Lee '62, Paul Pendorf '62, Richard Pace '63, James Kelly '66, Bill Cray '67, Steve Andres '67, Dick Glasow '67, George Caimes '69, William Conkle '69, Alan Lerchbacker '74, Peter Damisch '75, Brad Littie '76, Theodore Rasmussen '82, Steve Shatynski '83, and Andrew D'Ambrosio '89.

The joint Army-Navy party in Tustin was also a rousing success. The crowd of about 130 was evenly split between the two schools. Navy attendees included: Cy Blanton '52, Kimbrough Bassett '53, Si Kittier '53, Joe Zebrowski '53, F. Patrick Flynn '53, Bill Lutz '54, James Kelly '55, Charles Manazir '58, Steven Charies '60, Charies Cook '60, Richard Banister '60, Danny Musselman '60, Maurice Enderie '62, Tim Cook '63, Richard Pace '63, Hank Salemo '64, Don Brown '65, Jonathan Bromberg '65, David Robinson '65, Paul Donaldson '66, Greg Stiles '70, David Hackett '71, Randy Hartshom '71, Reuben Padilla '80, Jeff Hallin '83, Walter Hirsch '85, Joe Mandichak '89, Jeff Varanini '90, and Myra Bearman, widow of Richard Bearman '53.

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Monterey Bay Chapter CDR John J. Branson Jr. '50, USN (Ret.) 1281 Sylvan Road Monterey, CA 93940-4942 h: 831-375-8603; e: JJBransnjr@aol.com

Sacramento Chapter CW4 George R. Simmons '61, AUS (Ret.) 10785 Penstock Trail Auburn, CA 95603-9556 h: 530-888-0860; e: gsim®aub.com On Thursday, 5 October 2000, a beautiful 88 degree day in Sacramento, our Chapter met at McClellan Air Force Base for a longer than normal, but nevertheless enjoyable, luncheon session.

It was good to include Jean and SOPA Wally Nelson '35 again, looking hale and hearty. They were joined

by Joe Drachnik '43, Stan Hogshead '43, Bill Goode '43, Betty and Bill Spencer '47, Tom Hartigan '47, Bill Doddy '48, Barry Whittlesey '49, John Green '51, John Haynes '55, George Simmons '61, Larry Smith USMA '62 , Harry Hoffman '65 (MD), Connie and Dave McKie '66, Steve Berg '66, (Dn) Terry Brown '67, Frank Blake '68, and guest speaker Brace Janigian (UC Berkeley '72).

It was announced that MO Slater '42 was unable to attend due to hand surgery, so he was wished well in absentia. The annual potluck at MO's home last month was a huge success, due in large part to the gracious hospitality and charming personality that Carolyn Slater continuously exudes. Plans have commenced for the annual February joint meeting with the San Francisco Chapter at the "neutral" Travis AFB O'Club. Larry Smith reminded us of the annual Navy-Army game party at this very McClellan AFB O'Club, one of the last functions to be held here before shut down.

Dave McKie—in his last official act as program chairman introduced Brace J. Janigian, an accomplished and widely recognized intemational law speciaHst with the Weintraub law firm here in Sacramento. Mn Janigian graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley and the Hastings College of Law, later adding his LLM degree (intemational and comparative law) from George Washington University.

He served as Judge Advocate for the U.S. Navy in Spain and has belonged to more institutes and academies than we have space to mention. His biography appears in several Who's Who editions and he has won numerous community awards.

Our speaker began by describing our general discomfort arising from the fact that we are not focused on some realities of the changing global orden Needless to say, the room was filled with lively debate and dialogue after Mn Janigian completed the formal portion of his presentation. Questions added another 15 minutes to the session, during which time he expressed his opinion that we have become "too nice" as a nation, and allowed minor factions and environmentalists to stop progress and throw our major cities into turmoil. In answer to a final question, he suggested two recommended reading books: The End of History and The Last Man, and Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations. Mn Janigian was given an appreciative ovation at the conclusion of his presentation, and Dave McKie, who brought him to us, was also recognized with applause for his program work over the past several years.

In our next-to-last meeting at McClellan Air Force Base, on Thursday, 2 November 2000, 24 members and guests of the Sacramento Chapter

enjoyed an excellent meal, comfortably congenial camaraderie and a stimulating program. Again, Jean and SOPA Wally Nelson '35 led the parade, joined

by Larry Pierce '38, MO Slater '42, Cay and Joe Drachnik '43, Stan Hogshead '43, Bill Goode '43, Betty and Bill Spencer '47, Tom Hartigan '47, Lou Renz '47, Bill Doddy '48, Mary Lee and Ed Axtell '48, John Haynes '55, Tom Langley '56, Bruce Friederich '57, George Simmons '61, Larry Smith USMA'62, James Farley '63, Dave McKie '66, Steve Berg '66, and guest speaker Bruce Petty.

Former Sacramento Chapter president, John Haynes, reported on his recent board meeting at home office, and assured us that the diggers and fillers are still hard at work there. Apparently, all wings have now been renovated with the exception of number five, (which seems fitting in that I spent Plebe Summer there in Room 5107 with Fred Von Bargan of Long Island and Richie Bartles of Oklahoma). John said that most statements by Mids about the ethics and leadership courses are positive and they are "for" it. He also pointed out that Ron Beagle, our former All-America footballer and one of Sacramento's claims to fame, was absent in order to observe the promotion of his daughter to the rank of commanden back East. Woo Poo Larry Smith interrapted by yelling out: "We won a football game; Army is now one and six." He then went on to remind all of the Navy-Army game celebration at the McClellan O'Club on 2 Decemben Tom Langley brought us up to speed on the condition of Mike Madalo '62, who is hospitalized with heart difficulties. Mike is one of the Chapter faves, and all were interested in the news and concerned for his welfare. Mike was a Firstie when I spent Plebe Year in the Ninth Company, and he took all the friendly banter about being the oldest Midshipman at the Academy with grace and humon Since then, he has distinguished himself in the service and civilian life, and has earned the affection and respect of all of us.

George Simmons, our curtent (excellent) Chapter president, advised that the joint meeting with the San Francisco Chapter at Travis AFB in Fairfield has been rescheduled to Saturday, 16 June. USNA AA President George Watt '73's schedule precludes anything soonen and he is our speaker of choice. George Simmons also related another spaceavailable travel tale on a C-9 from Travis to Kelly in San Antonio and back, with numerous stops en route: "It's a good way to go and the price is right."

Tom Hartigan, the country's oldest ensign, told us about a restaurant on the moon that had great food but very little atmosphere...

Stan Hogshead introduced our speaken Bruce Petty, an author and oral history expert, who spent time in the Navy himself. He joined the Naval Reserve in 1962 at age 17 with VP-875 in Alameda, then served as ship's company on YORKTOWN, spending two years in the Gulf of Tonkin. In 1993, when he and his French doctor wife lived in Sacramento and she worked for Kaisen she accepted a job offer on SAIPAN. They lived there for five years, during which time Brace met many World War II vets on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Saipan and became even more interested in naval history. After having become acquainted with a number of residents who had fascinating life stories, he realized there was a book waiting to be written. One woman he met had been a young girl, one of ten children in the family when the war started, and turned out to be one of only three who survived.

He thought her story had to be told, and that's where his oral history career began. He researched, interviewed, followed leads and took notes. The result

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was his first book about to be published: SAIPAN— An Oral History of the Pacific War Questions and answers disclosed more interesting stories, and no one wanted to leave when Bruce finally had to wrap up his presentation. He was given very warm applause on completion and was chased all the way to his car by various Chapter members with even more questions that he hadn't had time to address inside.

San Diego Chapter LCDR Robert L. Rubin '82, USNR 10214 RueTouraine San Diego, CA 92131-2230 h: 858-271-1622; w: 858-271-5807 f: (w) 858-549-3058; e: rubin@nosc.mil Web site: www.san.rncom/alumni/ October Luncheon Dynamic is barely sufficient to describe our speaken CDR Michelle Howard '82, USN, commanding officer of RusHMORE (LSD 47). Dynamic, funny and smart are just a few of the characteristics CDR Howard displayed and she kept us on the edges of our seats and laughing as she regaled her dealing with the more conservative hierarchy. CDR Howard has the unique pleasure of commanding a "Smart Ship" that provides system developers, SYSCOMS and conttactors with a fleet platform to integrate and evaluate off the shelf technologies for future fleet applications. With confidence, humor and a record of qualification the hard way, CDR Howard has eamed her command of a "Smart Ship."

Attending the luncheon were: Art Fischer '39, Del Cummins '44, Ralph Frame '44, Ed Behm '44, Ed Ellis '46, Bob Gautier '46, Lou Guertin '47, Chris Christoph '48, Jim Gammon '48, Chuck Gorder '48, Chuck Howe '49, Andy Kremm '51, Howard Ruggles '51, Paul Tuzo '51, Earl Chinn '52, Dick Dietz '52, Corky Lenox '52, Bob Mortis '52, Will Hays ' 5 3 , Jim Rodgers ' 5 3 , Paul Abemathy '55, Hugh Webster '55, Jerry Fulk '56, Jeff Dennis '57, Harry Gimber '57, Mike Chappie '58, Tom Btilings '59, Jim Cartwright '59, Bob Byme '60, Bill Lloyd '60, Bob Stevenson '60, Don Grinnell '61, John Kelly '62, Jim Fontana '63, Jerry Harken '63, Charies Helsper '63, Chet White '63, Rich Belser '64, Marty Collins '67, Randy Bogle '68, Tom Hammons '71, Russ Stahlak '71, Ken Roey '78, Michelle Howard '82, Don Ringle '82, Bob Rubin '82, Susan Smola '83, John Kyle '87, and Tammy Adams '88.

November Evening and Dinner Meeting Our first Chapter dinner meeting at Tom Ham's Light House proved to be a roaring success. No small amount of that success is due to MGEN Charies F. Bolden '68, USMC, Commanding General 3rd Marine Air Wing, MCAS, Miraman With the experiences of space, 400 miles straight up, airspace over Vietnam, Plebe Year at USNA and myriad stops and duty stations along the way.

General Bolden captivated our and his audience.

There was no best seat in the house as the general strode between the tables and finally retumed to the lectern to field questions. He offered a few glimpses of the responsibilities of command, the art of always taking care of his people and some specific offerings of the spectacular performance of his pilots and those individuals without whom the pilots would not be as safe as possible to return in their aircraft. The general also recognized the hazardous tasks involved with military service as well as those associated with the streets and roadways encountered while trying to race back to duty upon completion of the always too short liberty 158

hours. Thank you General, we appreciate your candor, humor and spending some of your too short liberty hours with us.

Please look at the nearly sixty year separation of classes here in attendance. Our great audience consisted of: Art Fischer '39, Harriett and Ed Ellis '46, Arlene and Corliss Nugent '46, Lee Bolt '51, Dick Dietz '52, Ginny and Fred Kraft '52, Mary Jane and Chuck Moore '52, Will Hayes '53, Hugh Webster '55, Frank Zechlin '56, Mike Chappie '58, Judy and Jeff Horacek '59, Victor Krulak '59, Pat and Bob Byrne '60, Glee and John Schmidt '60, Don Grinnell '61, Sharon and John Hinkle '62, Carol and Jeff Clough '64, Joanie and Randy Bogle '68 and son David, Jackie and Charlie Bolden '68, Dick Evert '68, Jayne and Steve Haines '68, Laurie and Todd Hyde '68, Shiriey and Kent McQuerter '68, Candi and Ed Mulhern '68, Jim Schwertman '68, Fred Walburton '68, Lana and Tom Hammons '71, Bruce Nichols '71 and son Bryan, Robby Robinson '75, Drum McNaughton '78, Vance Moore '78, Charlie Booth '80, Chris and Bob Rubin '82, with sons Greg and Matt, Conrad Brown '84, Sharon and John Kyle '87, Rick Gesell '90, and Steven Carson '95.

Army-Navy Game Party With a win the game and party are always great affairs and this first win of the new century followed that tradition. More than 245 Alumni, sweethearts, significant others, parents and children had a wonderful time at Trophy's in University City.

Many thanks to Fred Gortis '72 for his excellence in artanging and partying. Was that an elective course some place Fred? On did you leam to set up, arrange and party all together? The party was great; Navy's win was an even bigger thrill. Thanks to all that enjoyed the game togethen we'll see you next year on 1 Decemben SD Chapter On-Line For access to Chapter information and scheduling, please check out our interactive homepage at: http://www.usnaaasd.com). For last minute luncheon reservations, etc. please call our hotiine at 858-279-USNA. Business and Career Networking Forum Forums are held monthly on the second Friday (7:00-8:00 a.m.) at Amber's on Miramar Road at the 1-15 interchange just to the east of MCAS Miraman Amber's is located in the Holiday Inn complex (9355 Kearney Mesa Road; 858689-7305 and there is plenty of parking. This is a joint service forum/network in company with the West Point Alumni and Air Force Academy grads also participate.

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Our Networking Coordinator is Dave Fennell '87. He is keeping up the work search/networking database for the Chapter and area. For those with Intemet access, please log on to the Chapter Web site listed above and view the online Career Web for our new and dynamic service. Another Web site to reach Dave is www.armtechjobs.com. Dave can also help you if you will send the following information directly to him: name, occupation, company, address, phone (work and home), email address, and what kind of work you are searching for! Get in touch with Dave if you are considering a career change or looking for a new career or a new job. email to: fennelld@mindspring.com. You may also use USPS mail to Dave at: ARMTECH, 3692 Fifth Ave, #108, San Diego, CA 92103.

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San Francisco Chapter CAPT Rick Voytek '77, USNR lOOWestElCamino, 61 Mountain View, CA 94040 h: 650-962-0622; e: mongov@aol.com Web site: www.navysfo.org Sec'y: Dennis Vied '60 e: Dvied@home.com

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 e: tenbears@silcom.com Sad News Robert N. Evans USMA '46, a long-time loyal opponent at the football gatherings and a friend to us all, lost his wife, lone, to a lingering illness shortly before this year's game. He was able, though, to again grace us with his presence. Our deepest sympathy.

Army-Navy Football The gourmet breakfast and gathering site was moved this year to the La Cumbre Country Club owing to the good works of Margaret and Larry Lovig '39. Larty was a perfect host, oversaw the planning, and shared the title of "indispensable man" with SOPA Tom Long '33 who once again imported an enormous projection TV and made it function (with substantial assistance from The Donna and her son, David Bolton). Total attendance was roughly seventy-five old grads, wives, families and guests: as usual there was too much motion and commotion to allow a perfect count.

The facilities were spacious, beautifully decorated, and wholly delightful and it was the sense of the membership that we should have the same venue next yean Eastern Chapters will be pleased to know that traveling to and from the game was perfectly comfortable with tops down.

Hart Kait '34, the eldest graduate and de facto originator of this and most other Chapter activities was also in residence. Hart's schedule and good works remain inspiring, and he will be sharing his experiences at Pearl Harbor with two local organizations at separate 7 December observances.

The Santa Barbara Chapter has a firm policy of always inviting widows of Alumni to all functions as guests of the group. The third senior person in attendance was the lovely Bernie, widow of John L. Nielsen '37, together with their daughter-in-law.

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Roberta; Bemie has her firm policy of always refusing to be indulged. Once again she had her way, but the secretary managed to get two hugs during the discussion.

Others celebrating: Betty and Bob Newcomb '40, Pat Murphy '41, Ginger and Bob Puddicombe '45, Jacque and Don Iselin '46, Bill Spangler '46, Nancy and John T\irnier '47, Phil Conley '50, Jartel and Fn John Fuller '52, Doug Haigh '52 (usually the power behind the scenes, Doug recently managed to put his motorcycle crosswise with an automobile and was out of action at the breakfast logistics), Chalys and Peter Stephens '52 with guest Liz Hibbard, Carolyn and Bill Britton '53 with guests son-in-law Gary Brewsaugh and grandson Alex, a Class of '05 wannabe, Barb Obinger and Ray Medeiros '55, Irene and Burt Munger '55. and Pinky and Norm Palladino '55.

Yet others: Jim Clark '56, Judy and Bob Quinn '56. Ben Short '56, Linda and Bear LaSalle '57, Fran and Vern Hanna '58, Betty and Jim Higgins '58, and Nancy and Bill Kelly '59, (the latter with an arm in a sling following extensive hand surgery) with Bill's mother Biddy and guests Sam Love, and Kitty and Chuck Steidel, Further notables included Homer Smith '63, Laundry Number 8073, wearing an original blue-rimmed Dixie Cup, Kathy and Treasurer Jim McClure '63, President Bill Stewart '63, Norma and Tom Morgenfeld '65, Patti and Rob Westberg '78 (an active duty officerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a scarce commodity locally), and Kim and Woody Clark '85 with guests Terry and Jack Musitano, Those not celebrating but far from silent were USMA Alumni Henry Huglin '38, Bob Evans '46, Anne and Lew Ham '54, Alvin Milder '54, and Heidi and CT. Taylor '79 (Colonel Taylor is the professor of military science at UCSB and is of a size to have changed matters if he had been in Baltimore rather than here).

We have all been taught that the rest of the football season can be disregarded if Navy prevails over Army. That seemed to be a bit of a sttetch this year, and even the manner of victory was less than perfectiy satisfying, but, hey! We'll take it. As Heidi Taylor of the opposition said, "We would have!"

Social Roster The 2001 edition will be mailed shortly after the first of the year: anyone desiring more than one copy should notify the undersigned.

Bill Britton '53 (f: and h:) 805-682-8590 bamacleSS @ home, com

COLORADO Colorado Chapter CAPT Daniel Branch Jr. '59, USN1 555 Apollo Drive Boulden CO 80303-5002 h: 303-499-0337; w: 303-966-4833 e: dbranchjr@aol.com Web site: www.usna.com/Chapters/US/Colorado/ default.htm

CONNECTICU Connecticut Chapter Mr. C. Thomas Hogsten Jr. 33 Hollister Drive Avon, CT 06001 h: 860-673-0033; e: thogsten@aol.com Web site: www.usnact.org The Chapter's November meeting was held on 17 November 2000 at the CT State Armory in Hartford. The meeting was held jointly with members of the Naval Academy Parents Club and also included a sizeable group of candidates who attended to listen to the guest speaken Col Dave Vetter "67, USMC (Ret), USNA Dean of Admissions.

Attendees included: Candidate Fowler Storms and his parents, James and Robin Storms, Candidate Mario Ferraro and his parents, Fred and Cindy Fertaro, Candidate Joe Perty and Bob Perry '81, Candidate Tom Dean, Candidate Brian Quirk, Candidate Greg Zelinski, Candidate Kaitlyn Gawron, and Patricia O'Connor, Candidate John Williamson and his parents, John and Jeannine Williamson, Candidate Amy Kisling and her parents Doug and Karen Kisling, Candidate Joshua Khoury, Candidate Mike Sammataro and his parents Anthony and Patticia Sammataro, George and Letitia Minukas, and Gil and Carolyn Russo from the Parents Club, Lortaine and Tom Maxwell, the State Blue and Gold Program Coordinator and Anne and Tom Hogsten '85, our Chapter President. Other attendees were: John Feeny '72, John Demlein '70, Chris Graves '93, Ray Boyd '73 and Samuel and Andrew Boyd, Nancy and Ted Lovely '56, Bemadette Figura, Scott Blundo '92, Mike Shanok '60, and Jonathan Houser '83.

We are most pleased to welcome Ted Lovely '56 as our new Chapter treasuren His stepping forward as a volunteer, relieves Tom Hogsten '85 from doing "double duty" as both Chapter president and Treasuren The position has increased in stature since the Chapter has surpassed its goal of "200 Members in 2000." As of 1 November 2000, there were 210 dues paying members of the Chapten Thanks, Ted. The Annual Army-Navy game festivities were held at Arch's Pizza in Rocky Hill. Once again the Navy rooters were successful in rooting on the Big Blue Team to a win over the Black Knights of the Hudson. The game (whose outcome was never in doubt) was enjoyed by the many representatives of both sides who attended. We look forward to next year when we have the opportunity to Beat Army Again'.

The Chapter has been successful in raising sufficient donations to have a locker in the Varsity Football dressing room in Ricketts Hall at the Academy in honor of our late President, Bob Figura '58.

Many thanks all contributors and to John Demlein '70, who directed the campaign to raise the donations from within the membership.

Dave Boyd '59

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Claudio A. Pacheco '64 Apt 4307-1000 San Jose, Costa Rica h: 506-224-4325; w: 506-256 e: cpacheco@sol.racsa.co.cr

DELAWARE Delaware Chapter Frank S. "Nick" Carter III '70 Delaware USNAAA c/o Nick Carter RO. Box 266 Lewes, DE 19958 h: 302-644-4838; w: 302-645-2207 e: sumrtan@aol.com

FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale Chapter CAPT William J. Aston '51, USN (Ret.| 659 Coconut Drive SW Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 h: 954-463-3047; e: saltysam@bellsouth.net' The summer heat finally yielded to the pleasant South Florida fall and winter weather and the day of the Army-Navy game was spectacular (the weather was nice, too). While we need not go into Navy's record for the season, the team did us proud with its victory over Army (no recounts or legal challenges were needed). In addition, we had a great time at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club. Where else can you mingle with such a select group of people while watching a good football game and, of course. Beating Army! Navy proved that it had the right j-rw/f outside the field also: attendance was roughly Navy-74, Army-46. BZ to our own Ed Clausner '51 and his wife, Betty, for doing an outstanding job helping set up the party and ranning the show the day of the game.

In other news, Luis Sologuren '53 has decided to take a well-deserved rest from his position as membership officen Over the years Luis has been instrumental in getting the word out about upcoming events as he diligently worked the phones with a flair that would put most telemarketers to shame.

Almirante Luis has done an outstanding job and we will miss his persistency and sense of humon We welcome volunteers to help us with this task, now that Sen. John McCain '58 declined due to the technicality that he does not live in the area and is otherwise busy doing, well, what politicians do when they're not counting pregnant chads.

The membership drive has come and gone and we hope you renewed (or initiated) your membership. The good news is that the annual dues have been reduced to $25/yean We use these funds in a very conservative way, mostly to pay for the "free" appetizers at our monthly events and for miscellaneous expenses (mailings, etc.). If you have not done so yet, please send your check at your earliest convenience to: Lee Appell '52, 50 Cayuga Road Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 When sending your check, please include the following information to update our files: you and your spouse's name, home address, phone number(s) (specify home, work and/or cellular), email address.

Finally, a reminder that we have changed our regular meeting place from Shirttail Charlie's to the 15th Street Fisheries at 1900 SE 15th St, Fort Lauderdale. Our meetings are on the third Thursday of every month, unless otherwise announced.

All USNA Alumni living in the area or visiting are encouraged to attend!

See you at the Fisheries!

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Gaines'dlle Chapter CAPT J. Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret.) 10424 SW 41st Place Gainesville, FL 32608 h: 352-376-6611; w: 352-376-3301 e: niickey@acceleration.net This fall, we featured luncheon speakers who are active duty officers that direct the ROTC programs here on the University of Florida campus.

On 19 Octoben LtCol Richard W. Sheppard.

Battalion Commanden University of Florida Army ROTC gave us some interesting facets and challenges of directing a highly charged, intelligent and spirited group of Army cadet students.

LtCol Sheppard, originally from Califomia, first entered the U.S. Army in 1973 where he served in various enlisted positions ending his enlisted service in 1979 as a NCO in Special Forces. In 1981, he was commissioned in ROTC as a second lieutenant, with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Florida. He later received a master's degree in 1992 from the University of Florida in Latin American Studies. From 1981 to present he has served in various command and staff positions at company, battalion, division and joint levels. As an officen he served primarily in Military Aviation and Special Forces Operations. He is curtently the Army ROTC Professor of Military Science at the University of Rorida. He resides here in Gainesville with his wife, Michelle, two daughters and a son.

USNA attendees included: Ben Morland '34, Al Vito '44, Mase Wells '47, Hart Stringfellow '48. John Smitherman "53, Miles Mixson '58, Larry Reid '58, Josh Dickinson '59, Mickey Smith '61, Joe Phelan '66, Skip Manasco '70, Sam Mutch '71, LaddTomlin '72, Ty Tyler '76, and Vic Pratt '84.

From USMA, we had: Bob Lutz '45, Charley HaU '46, Tom McBryde '46, Dick Boe '54, Bill Gager '54, Jack May "58. Lee Pardi '62. and Bill Gleason '66.

Our 30 November meeting was held at the newly opened University of Florida Conference Center and Hotel. The accommodations, atmosphere and menu were acclaimed at this meeting so that all future meetings, held generally on the third Thursday of each month will continue at this location.

Our speaker, Captain Nicklous J. Ross, originally from Ohio, eamed a degree in management from Miami University, was commissioned through the NROTC program and eamed his wings in November of 1974. He later eamed a master of arts in personnel management from Central Michigan University, is an MIT Seminar XXI Fellow and an Ancien of the NATO Defense College. He is a Joint Operations Specialist and has a subspecialty in Eastem European and Russian political/ military affairs. He spent several aviator assignments aboard NIMITZ, AMERICA, EISENHOWER,

ENTERPRISE and LINCOLN. Ground tours found him in Nova Scotia and Washington, D.C. in the DCNO, Air Warfare; the Joint Staff Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy; and with the On-Site Inspection Agency. Capt Ross commanded the Helicopter Antisubmarine Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and was selected to attend the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy in 1998. Capt Ross and his wife, Veronica, have two children.

Capt Ross emphasized the quality of ROTC Midshipmen here at the University of Florida. He indicated that they all carry an academic average over 3.0 and that their dedication and enthusiasm will carry over to produce excellent officers. He is extremely proud of their achievements and feels fortunate to be a part of this program. Many thanks, Nick for an outstanding presentation!

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USNA attendees included: Ben Morland '34. Al Vito '44. Hart Stringfellow "48, John Smitherman '53, Rick Childress '54. Jim Zimmerman '54, Jim Carr-'55, Miles Mixson '58, Larry Reid '58, Mickey Smith '61, Tom Tucker '61, Joe Phelan '66, Skip Manasco '70, Sam Mutch ' 7 1 , Ladd Tomlin '72, Ty Tyler '76, Steve Brasington '79, Arnold Alqueza '82 and Vic Pratt '84. From USMA, we had: Bob Lutz '45, Charley Hall '46, Tom McBryde "46, Dick Boe '54, Lee Pardi "62, and Bill Gleason '66.

On 2 December Toba and Mickey Smith '61, with great help from Margie and Ty T^Ier '76 hosted the Chapter at the Smith's home for the 101 st Army-Navy football game. Although Navy's win over Army was the highlight; the food and conviviality ran close seconds. Since Navy was so dominating the first half, we decided that during the second half we would (occasionally) cheer for Peg and Bob Lutz'45 Army team since they were the sole Army cheering section (we kind of backed off that during the 4th quarter) and this is Bob's last meeting with the group. Bob and Peg are moving to their new home in Flagler Beach in January.

Thank goodness, our help for Bob and Peg wasn't that effective! Good Luck, Bob and Peg, we'll miss you!

The Navy cheering sections included Mary and Ben Morland '34, Teen and Hart Stringfellow '48, Mary Lou and Rick Childress '54, Kirby and Jim Zimmerman '54, Grace Brasington and Jim Carr '55, Toba and Mickey Smith '61, Margie and Ty Tyler '76 and daughter, Mary Katherine Tyler '76, Cindy and Steve Brasington '79; and from Army, Peg and Bob Lutz USMA '45.

Our next meeting will be held on 18 January featuring the Air Force ROTC Commander at the University of Florida.

Jim Zimmerman, '54

The next meeting of the Jacksonville, FL, Chapter will be after the New Year.

Joel W. Febel '60

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Miami Chapter

CAPT Michael O. Boms '70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Sah Marsh Circle Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 h: 904-273-4714; w: 904-693-5630 e: usnaaajaxchap@usa.net

LT Douglas J. Ross '81, USNRR 16923 SW79tii Place Miami, FL 33157 h: 305-252-2379: b: 305-252-4904 e: rossfinl@bellsouth.net Secy: Zachariah R. Bell '89 e: zbell@cenetec.com

The November meeting was held at the Fleet Landing O'Club in Atlantic Beach during the evening of 3 November 2000. The guest of honor was RADM Lewis W. Crenshaw, Jr. '74, Commander Carrier Group Six, based in Mayport, FL. RADM Crenshaw was bom in Alabama and graduated from USNA with tiie Class of 1974. He and his wife, Marilyn, have two children. RADM Crenshaw received his wings in Pensacola, graduated from the Test Pilot School in Patuxent Riven MD, and flew A6s for the majority of his early careen He has 992 carrier landings, served in the Pentagon, became Carrier Wing Commander and was most recently became CCG 6 on KENNEDY. ADM Crenshaw spoke of the present condition of the Navy and its projections and needs for equipment and personnel. He also informed the audience of the recruitment situation and requirements. There were many Associate members. A slate of Officers and Board of Directors was presented to the members and voted upon for the 2001 calendar year. The following members were selected: President: Michael Boms '70 Vice President: Ed Waller '74 Secretary: Joel Febel '60 Treasurer: David Ward '45

Board of Directors: Bob Schaufller '45, Cathy Eberhart '83, Tom Faulders '46, John Gilchrist '70, Tom Heilmann '68, BUI Mcllvaine '57, Pete MiUer '76 and Bill Smedberg '51.

Those in attendance at the evening event were: Irene and Corliss Adams '42, Lois and Norman Berge '53, Meriwyn and John Berle, Assoc, Robin and Thomas Blount '66. Gaye and Don Boecker '60, from Pamxent Riven MD (guest of Joel Febel).

Mike Boms ' 70. Mrs. Ann Brown, Assoc, Juliet and James Brunson '48, Grace and William Carrier '45. Marilyn and Lewis Crenshaw '74. Beth and Robert Crowell '34, Virginia and James Dunford '37, Dennis and Catherine Eberhart "83, Mrs. Betty Ellis. Assoc, Mrs. Ann Farmer, Assoc, Patricia and William Famesworth '42, Bobbi and Thomas Faulders '46, Ambassador Marilyn McAfee Febel and Joel Febel '60, with Joel's mothen Stephanie Febel, Brett Feinstein '86, and guest, Gary Hall '40, Betty and Jack Holt '39, Bobbie Sue and Walter Honour '44, Mrs, Florence Hughes, Assoc, Mrs. Mildred Johnson. Assoc, Ann and Les Larson '46, Mrs. Betsy Lewis. Assoc, Gaye and John McCabe '59, Elisa and Grafton McFadden "51.

Barbara and Bill Mcllvain '57, Sue and Robert Mills '42. Frances and Robert Mink '43. Lyn and Griswold Moeller '42. Barbara and Thomas Moore '67, Evelyn and Les Obrien '38, Norma and Charles Pendelton '43. Nancy and Earl Piper '57. Mrs. Julie Rawson. Assoc. Kate and Bob Schauffler "45. Ann and Bill Smedberg "51. Mr. Gary Stasco '81. Katherine and Charles Styer '41. Kathryn and Carl Swenson '42. Mrs. Frances Vissering, Assoc; Betty and Dave Ward "45, Tina and Thomas Wolfe '41. Cynthia and Robert Zvacek '66.

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter Mr. William H. Vonier '51 2065 Imperial Circle Naples. FL 34110 p: 941-514-4031; e: bvonier@mediaone.net The first meeting of our winter calendar was held in the Casablanca Air hangar at the Naples Airport on Thursday, 16 November as a prelude to the Aviation Day program scheduled for Saturday, 18 Novemben Our host Alan Wright '61 was the grand Pooh-Bah of the entire Aviation Day program and artanged to surtound our luncheon tables with his own N3N and Twin Beach as well as a beautifully restored Corsain Against this backdrop we had as our speaker an outstanding Naval Aviaton ADM Leighton "Snuffy" Smith '62. Snuffy gave us an overview of the world's potential hotspots along with a frank analysis of the ability of our Navy to meet the challenges, and of the development of our future manpower needs. His humor and charisma charmed the more than 60 Alumni and guests, and his straight from the shoulder remarks were exttemely well received.

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Those Alumni in attendance were: Michael Abbott '76, John Alburger '71, Richard Ambrog '48, John Bailey Jn '44, Joe Bakos '46, C. Edwin Bell '39, Jerry Bennett '77, Steve Berger '57, Roger Betts '56, Floyd Bowdey '47, Heyward Boyce '57, Stephen Burgess '59. Rev. Dn Vince Cartoll, Lee Catalano '51, Paul Cortigan '48, Jack Cummings '47, Sid Davis '56, Harty Donahue '49, Stephen Duckworth '62, Dan Dunn '62, John Dwyer '46, Dan Evans '51, Harvey Falk '53, Karl Fischer '46, Earle Forsthoff "47, Joseph Frick '53, Charles Henery '52, Bill Jacobs '43, Robert Knowles '45, Bobert Lanier '44, Gene Lawler '47, John Lorusso '58, Jim Mintun '59, Stephen Neuman '72, Mac Phares '49, Ashby Reardon '51, Robert Reusche '69, Dusty Rhodes "62, Bob Shearer '58, Bill Vonier '51, Dave Wagner '53, and Alan Wright '61.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, 11 January at the Spring Run Country Club with CAPT George Watt '73 as our speaken The 2 Febraary meeting featuring ADM. Chuck Larson '58 as our speaker will be held at the Naples Beach Resort and Golf Club.

Bill Vonier, president bvonier@mediaone.net

Orlando Chapter LtCol George V. Rues Jr. '50, USMC (Ret.) 950 Kersfield Circle Heathrow, FL 32746-1936 h: 407-804-1308; e: georgeraos@aol.com The Orlando Chapter of the USNA Alurrmi Association had no regular meeting in October because of the Navy-Notre Dame game that was played in Orlando. In lieu of a meeting, the Chapter held a lunch at the Citras Club for guests. President and CEO of the Alumni Association, George P. Watt '73, USNR (Ret), Timothy Kobosko '80 and Richard Johnson. George Watt addressed the audience on the need for the USNA Alumni to assist in the selection and encouragement of youngsters to apply to the Naval Academy. One point of special interest: prospective Midshipmen should apply through the local Blue & Gold Officer before their junior year in high school. Local Blue & Gold Officers can be located through the Naval Academy Admissions Officer, Capt Kevin Hummons, USMC, 410-263-4448. Locally call Ms. Genne Samtost, 407-224-1641 (office) or 407-865-9599.

Local Attendees: Betty and Jerry Ball '41, Jim Borop '42, Mary and Bill Sims '45, Harriet and Curt Cordell '46, Joan and John Leslie '47, Bob Tiimage '47, Art Herbert '48, Aurelia Nugent (widow of Thomas Nugent '48), Eileen and Lou Branch '49, Shiriey and Walt Marquardt '49, Tom Mihok '67, Connie and Gary Warsham '71, J.D. Hall '83, Gerry Santos '83 and guests Joe Belinsky, Craig Corbert, Lloyd and Carol Femald, Diana Trees, Mark and Barbara Rushing and Bill and Gerry Tourgeon.

The guest list is probably incorrect because their names are not on the Chapter's rosten Corrections will be welcomed. We would like to know your Class, spouse (if there is one, widow or widower, address and telephone number).

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Palm Beach Chapter CAPT John A. Butterfield '59, USN (Ret.) 1130 Sugar Sands #190 Riviera Beach, FL 33404 h: 561-881-7512; w: 561-840-1104 e: jbsgma@aol.com Since our last writing, our stimulating monthly luncheons have continued having each one at a diverse and interesting location and theme. For October our group met at the Coast Guard Station.

We first viewed a videotape on Plebe Summer 2000 submitted by Anne and George Bole '54, whose son Captain Bruce Bole '78 was OINC of the summer program. Our hosts WO Chuck Kemnitz and POl John Roberts briefed us on the Coast Guard mission and showed us a video on their operations.

After a delicious steak lunch, POl Roberts took us aboard a 41 -foot craft for a quick run out the Palm Beach inlet into the Atlantic Ocean. Due to an emergency call, we were dropped off at the Sailfish Marina to be shuttled back to the Coast Guard station. POl Roberts and his crew rescued William and Laurie Link and their cat, Sasha. Their sinking catamaran was later towed in for repairs.

Those in attendance were: Rita and Gil Barbe '63, Irving Bobrick '49, John Butterfield '59, William Cliff, Jr. '54, Sean Fuller '89, Tim Goering '89, Betty and Al Haworth '57, Joel Jacobs '49, Robert Lees '69, John McNabney '50, Paul O'Neill '54, Art Osgood '44, and Diana and Walt Whipple '57.

For November our luncheon was held at the Old Port Yacht Club. Our guest speaker was Admiral Swoose Snead '47, who wrote an article for the September 2000 Shipmate. He spoke about his experiences in Iran in the '70s, and we salute the courageous service and leadership, which he has given to this country.

Enjoying the ambience of anchored boats and glistening waters on a clear day at this meeting were: Louise Barton '44, Irving Bobrick '49, Carole and Don Bowen '54, Priscilla and lohn Butterfield '59, Brian Cheslack '81, Bill Cliff '54, Dottie Coney '19, Tim Goering '89, Peggy and Hank Gorman '44, Beverly and Gene Gralla '46, Betty and Al Haworth '57, Julie and Joel Jacobs '49, Bob Lees '69, Lydia and John McNabney '50, P.X. O'Neil '54, Art Osgood '44, William Sawyer '48, Potsy Scoville '64, RADM Leonard Snead '47, Diana and Walt Whipple '57, and Natalie and Joe Wilson '47.

The December luncheon was our traditional Army-Navy Football Game Party. Everyone converged with their Blue and Gold colors at the Abbey Road Restaurant to root Navy on. There were a few stalwart West Pointers among us. Hank Gorman '44 organized a football pool, which coincidentally John Butterfield '59 won. President John Butterfield '59 led the cheers everytime Navy scored, and handed out many prizes for varying reasons, i.e., to Kim and Tim Goering '89 (present with their two daughters, Aislinn and Sienna) for being the largest family present, Dottie Coney '19 for being our faithful senior Alumni, and Joe Bidkowicz '52 got a bottie of Polish Honey Liquor for coming the farthest. One of our Army attendees got an Official Navy crying towel. Everyone celebrated the ending score with a resounding rendition of Navy Blue & Gold'.

Those present were: Gail and Ron Barnett '61, Louise Barton '44, Ames Bennett '45, Joe Bidkowicz '52, Priscilla and John Butterfield '59, Bill Cliff '54, Dottie Coney '19, Mary and Dave Fields '85, Kim and Tim Goering '89, with daugh-

ters Aislinn and Sienna, Peggy and Hank Gorman '44, Betty and Al Haworth '57, Julie and Joel Jacobs '49, Dave Kroupa '81, Charlotte and Bob Lees '69, with son Adam, Nelson McDermott '46, Lydia and John McNabney '50, John O'Malley '52, RX. O'Neill '54, Art Osgood '44, Dale Rugieri '79, Bill Sawyer '48, Waveriy and Jack Shirrefffs '59, Dody Sinclair '46, Betty and Swoose Snead '47, Nancy and Bob Tisdale '46, Diana and Walt Whipple '57, and Steve Dukkony from Army.

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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 Western Gate to the Sunshine State It's been a strange fall out here in the Panhandle.

It's early December as I write and it's been below freezing several times already. Four weeks after the election we still are not sure who our next president will be. One of the parties has been proclaiming they want every vote to count butâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has systematically eliminated military absentee votes from the equation. A strange world indeed...

What I do understand is that we've had several terrific sessions at Alumni gatherings in the past few months. We wandered to our eastern fringe in October and received a thorough brief on what was happening with the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) from our friends at Hurlburt Air Force Base. The Class of '52 pulled out all the stops and drew ten members to the outing. Well, done '52. Senior grad was John Brick '50 with Angela Brady '83 (our marvelous yeoman) the junior grad present.

In November we were privileged to have CAPT John Nawrocki '75, PCO of Iwo JIMA (LHD-7), presenting an overview of a wonderful ship under construction which will be commissioned here in Pensacola next June. More than 50 Alumni attended with the Class of '54 eaming bragging rights as most well represented. Senior class grad was RADM Jack Monroe '27, with Angela Brady '83 again earning the junior class honor One of our 2005 candidates commented after the lunch that the opportunity to sit next to ADM Monroe and discuss the Academy was a highlight of his life.

1927-2005...Quiteaspan.

The highlight of the fall was a terrific Army-Navy party with about 220 in attendance. Senior grad present was Gordon Snyder '43; who provided the Navy Goat to reign over the large screen TV. Junior grads were 70-plus members of the Class of 2000. (Plus eight candidates for 2005.) 2000 eamed the best represented Class with '99 coming in second (30-plus). BZ to the football team for winning a great victory and to the 100 ensigns and second lieutenants who joined the festivities with our Chapter.

We look forward to a most interesting meeting on Friday, 19 January when our speaker will be Federal Judge Roger Vinson '62. Hope everyone along the Gulf Coast can join us.

Fortune favors boldness!

Glenn Montgomery '71

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CAPT Peter C. Peterson Jr. '56, USN (Ret.) 401 Third Avenue Melboume Beach, FL 32951-2537 h: 321-952-2066; e: peteusna@aol.com The Space Coast Chapter held its October luncheon at the Phoenix Restaurant, Satellite Beach, FL. We consider the Phoenix as one of our favorite places to meet, and always schedule it at a time when most of our Chapter is in town. This was also a special occasion as Ray Harrell '27 celebrates his 95th birthday this month. We had a cake made, decorated with the USNA symbol and Ray's name.

We captured the event on film, with Ray cutting the cake.

Clifford P. Bermann '45 7979 S. Tamiami Trail #338A

Ray Harrell celebrating his 95th birthday Those attending the luncheon were: Ginnie and Jim Aldrich '44, Liz and Vince Anania '45, Phyllis and Dick Banks '43, Betty and Bill Budd '44, Pat and Milt Burdsall '56, Mayble Bowes (William A. Bowes '45) and guest Mary Emest, Betty and George Caimes '35, Lacy and Frank Clifford '45, Nancy and Russ Croft '44, Majorie and Bob DeTemple '46, Polly DeMott, Carolyn and Stan Dodd '48, Claudia and Howard Estes '50, Ginny and Jim Ferguson '46, Norma and Swede Hansen '56, Cynthia Holley (George M. Holley '30), Ray Harrell '27, Bill Hamaker '44 and guest Dn Livingston, Anne and Frank Keith '47, Toni and Chan Medwedeff '56, Maurice Oberton '45, Peg and Pete Peterson '56, Jody and Sam Powel '50, Marguerite and Ted Rodgers '40, Donna and Ed Speaker '50, Merle and Tom Schwartz '56, Betty Sullivan (Emmett J. Sullivan '27), Joan and Harvey Tattet '54, Jean and Warren Taylor '45, Kitty and Ken Wallace '43, Helen Ward (Russell D. Ward '42) and guests Steven and Amy Ward, Peggy and Bill Welch '55, Robert Young '44, and guest Fran Hutchens.

Tom Schwartz '56

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Sarasota, FL 34231 e: amorency@aol.com October Meeting Members and guests of the Florida Suncoast Chapter met for luncheon on 13 October at the Sarasota Yacht club. Hosting the lunch was Mark German '47.

Guest speaker was Dr. Mahaderan, executive Directon Mote Marie Laboratory, Dn Mahaderan spoke on ocean knowledge for sailors, giving us much to think about especially our past behavior towards the bottom of the harbors and oceans that we have traversed during our careers at sea.

The Sarasota Yacht Club's colors are blue and gold so we all felt right at home with "Navy decor" window dressing, china, selections, table clothes and napkins.

Among the attending the luncheon were the following: Nancy Dodson '37, Helen and Cliff Bermann '45, Jane Walt Small '38, Winnie and Ted Johnson '45, Betty and Bruce Rohn '40, Lynn Morrell '45, Emily and Louis Davis '41, Pete Perkins '45, Annadale and Snuffy Jackson '44, Jessie and Bell Petrat '45, Kathryn and Bill Kurtz '44, Bill Strong '45, Sue and Ed Mallick '44, Winston Abemathy '46, Jim Cummings '46, Ellie and Fred Tiemann '46, Nam and Mark German '47, Pat and Jim Moss '47, Pat and Dick Southwell '47, Jean and Jack Oberrieder '48, Dee Norman '48, Joanne and Hugh Albers '49, Bev and Jack Koach '49, Mary Virgina and Jim Morency '49, Lew Kessler '50, Thomas Ikelen '50, Margie and Hel Hester '52, Jane and Gene Geromime '54, Betty and Tom Murphree '58, and Mary Ellen and Bill Sherkenbach '68.

Our luncheon schedule through June 2001 should be close to the following: Date Location Host 8 Feb. Punta Gorda Roger Betts '56 12 April El Conquistador Lee Haines'45 7 June Venice Y C Lew Kessler '50 The big news was the two weddings that took place this past yean Our President, Cliff Bermann '45, married Helen Piombino of Sarasota and Hugh Albers '49 married Joanne Semacko, also of Sarasota. Seems like our bachelors are a very lively group.

2 December was the big game, lets do it again Beat Army.

December Meeting Members and guest of the Florida Suncoast Chapter met for luncheon on 2 December at the Bent Tree Country Club. Hosting the lunch was Mary Lou Schuly '45.

A great time was had by all forty-two attending.

A typical sunny Florida day, an exceptional luncheon and a great Navy win over Army.

We sweated it out for a while, which is typical of most Army-Navy football games, but the blue and gold came through in Navy fashion and we all went home happy.

Among the attending was the following: Bev Harlfinger '35, Mary Virgina and Jim Morency '49, Emily and Louis Davis '41, Jo Ann and Hugh Albers '49, John Frazier '42, Wally Bridgeman '58, Anne and Jim Trench '44, Sandy and Jay Grafton '60, Helen and Cliff Bermann '45, Maureen and Bob Kowall '60, Jackie and Lee Haines '45, Dick Fredlund '64, Genevieve and Pete Perkins '45, Coleen and Jim McCormick '82, Mary Lou and Emie Schuiz '45, June Moore '86, June and

CB Stephenson '45, Jessie and Bell Petrat '45, Ellie and Fred Tiemann '46, Nam and Mark German '47, Pat and Dick Southwell '47, Jackie and Bill Doc '47, Jane and Dick Ambrogi '48, and Al Derian '48.

President "Cliff' continued his practice of doing one "push-up" for each point the Navy team scored.

"Cliff's" performance was going great until he had to do thirty. At twenty-five points Helen, Cliff's wife of several months, put a stop to the performance.

Dick Ambrogi '48, corresponding secretary

Tampa Bay Chapter Ms. Kristi W. Hendricks '92 3905 Rolling Tertace Lane Valrico, FL 33594 h: 813-662-7325; w: 813-301-2092 e: khendricks@kpmg.com

GEORGIA Atlanta Chapter CDR Robert P. Bush III '65, USNR (Ret.) 4103 Madison Drive Atianta, GA 30346 h: 707-351-0008; e: bobbush65@mindspring.com Web site: http://members.aol.com/usnaaaa/usnaaaa/ President's Comer I recently had reason to visit the Web page of Georgia Senator Max Cleland and found, centered on his Home Page, the following, written years ago by an anonymous soldier: In times of war, and not before, God and the soldier men adore; But in times of peace, with all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.

Lately we have seen plenty evidence of that. On 17 November RADM John R. "Jack" Fisher '47, USN (Ret), National President of the Navy League of the United States, spoke at our regular monthly luncheon. Much of his presentation outlined the disturbing reductions that have occurted in our defense budgets and our military forces and equipment over the past ten years.

Equally disturbing to me are reports coming out of Florida of mass disqualifications of absentee ballots, most of them reportedly ballots of service men and women, volunteers all, serving on ships and foreign shores. Plenty has been written already, by authors far more eloquent than I, decrying the disenfranchisement of our soldiers and sailors, so I'll not repeat that outcry. I will say, however, that I have registered my concern. Have you raised your concerns?

1 am very proud of the Atlanta Chapten its local board members and the many volunteers whose work resulted in a great year for the Chapten I hope to see each of you at some event soon, but if I miss you, my best wishes for a Happy Holidays and many blessings in the New Yean RADM John R "Jack" Fisher '47, Speaks In November RADM John R "Jack" Fisher '47, National President of the Navy League of the United States, visited the Chapter from his home in Scottsdale, AZ. As a former resident of Atianta it was "a littie bit like coming home."

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of die freedom of the seas. Jack has been pursuing that mission in positions of leadership witii the Navy League for more than 20 years.

RADM Fisher had 34 years of naval service including Atiantic Fleet sea duty aboard aircraft carrier KEARSARGE and minesweeper PLOVER. He

commanded 8,000 Seabees of the 30th Regiment in Viemam in support of the Marines in I Corp and later commanded all Pacific Fleet Seabees. His military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal and two Legions of Merit with Combat "V." Jack spoke of his travels all around the world where local Navy League Councils regularly host U.S. ships.

One particularly interesting story told of how a local council in the Czech RepubUc had a member who was able to pave the way for U.S. Marine air units stationed in Himgary to gain clearance through Czech airspace toflyUN missions in Kosovo.

Much of his efforts revolve around bringing to the attention of Congress the disturbing reductions in our military strength and defense budgets over die past ten years. Much educating needs to be done as fewer than 25 percent of the members of Congress have had any nulitary experience, and that figure may be less than 10 percent for the new freshman class. In 1989 the defense budget was 8 percent of the GNP; it is now less than 3 percent.

A Quadrennial Review in 1997 called for 305 Navy warships including only 50 attack submarines.

While curtent funding doesn't even support that force stracture, the CNO, Admiral Clark, has determined we need 360 ships to meet ciutent national taskings. The Navy curtently has a 14,000-manpower shortfall. Battie Groups are deploying undermanned by 8-10 percent. In a recent visit to NAS Whidbey Island he leamed that only two squadrons of EA-6B's were not deployed, and their readiness was down to 20 percent due to cannibalization to keep the deployed units operational.

At home, the Navy League sponsors the Sea Cadets nationally. Participation in Sea Cadets educates both the Cadets and their parents on the sigiuficance of sea power to the security of our nation, and also encourages them to seek careers in the naval service. The USNA Class of 2004 has 24 former Sea Cadets, with about 80 in all classes currently, and 65 former Sea Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy.

We appreciate RADM Fisher taking time from his schedule to join the Chapter for lunch.

Annual GPTV Pledge Drive Atlanta area Alumni once again demonstrated team spirit and community support by manning telephones at GPTV's (Georgia Public) annual Pledge Drive 30 November 2000. The following donated their time: Carter Kristin Edge, Helena and Mike Herger '90, Gary Hoy '84, Al Jones'67, Matthew Kirby '94, Jeff, Helen Lewis, Michael Lores '74, Bill Rentz '55, Joe Solymossy '68, and Nina and Peter Dabbieri '67.

The Army manned fewer phones (9), but GPTV's new phone system seemed to favor those phones because they rang more frequently. We may have lost the monetary challenge but our spirit remained as strong as ever and we had a great evening.

Navy Triumph Celebrated at TJ's Our return to TJ's for the annual Army-Navy game meant good food and good times, not to mention another Vavy Win'. About 150 Army and Navy graduates enjoyed the game.

The staff at TJ's went all out to ensure a great day for all attendees. The buffet was delicious and the service excellent. Helena and Mike Herger '90 did a great job manning the reception table for Navy and Mike lead us in singing our alma mater after our victory.

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January 2001 Luncheon The 19 January 2001 Chapter lunch will host LT Eugene Wright '96, the newly assigned regional recruiter for the Academy and located in Atlanta.

All Alumni are welcome at our luncheons, which are held on the third Friday of each month at noon at Jocks N' Jills Sports Bar and Restaurant at 4046 Peachtree Road NE, in Brookhaven, a few miles northeast of Buckhead. You can readily get directions, as well as other Chapter information, from our Web site at www.usnaaaa.com.

Joe Solymossy, '68

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ILLINOIS Chicago Chapter CDR Frederick W. Weber '75, Ul 2134 Evert Court Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 h: 847-559-9381; w: 312-750-8899 e: fredrick.weber@rosshardies.com

INDIANA Indianapolis Chapter CDR Charles A. Rainey '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle Drive Carmel, IN 46033 h: 317-815-0575; e: crainey@fhlbi.com

LCDR Noel M. Enriquez '84, USN PO. Box 26849, GMF Barriguda, GU 96921-6849 h: 671-477-4382; hfax: 671-472-1966 w: 671-649-9629; wfax: 671-649-8870 e: nmenriqu@ite.net

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Michiana Chapter—Gunnar Jenson '56. Laureen and Doug Urey '82. and Tina and Pete Holland '83

CDR Nolan Villarin '82. President of Tokyo Chapter addressing the crowd at the October luncheon

VADM Jim Metzger '71 with the whole group at the October luncheon Michiana Chapter—Bill Haidler '50 and Fran, Pat and Russ Owen '46, and Sally and Jerry Hogan '73

Michiana Chapter—Pat Moore, Chris Culver '90, Joan and Chris Haizlip '72, and Wendy Clingan

JAPAN Tokyo Chapter C D R N o l a n D. Villarin '82, U S N R U,S. Space & Naval Warfare Systems PSC 473 Box 5, FPO AP 96349e: villarin@drs-tsi.com October Luncheon Minutes This month's luncheon was held on 12 October 2000 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Plum Sakura Room of the Yokosuka Officer's Club at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. The following Alumni were in attendance: RADM Robert Chaplin '70, VADM James Metzger ' 7 1 , CAPT William Mason '74, C A P T Michael Donnelly '76, C A P T Michael Seifert '76, Mr. Craig Harvey '76, CAPT David Ziemba '77, C A P T Eric Wright '77, CDR Barbara Geraghty '80, CDR Dave Pashkevich '81, Mn Nolan Villarin '82, CDR Alan Abramson '84, Mn Michael Chase '84, CDR Tito Dua '84, LCDR Jim Reich '86, LCDR Kirk Benson '87, LCDR Scott Herbener '87, LT Harold Katz '90,

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LCDR Renee Comett '90, LCDR Peter Smith '90, LT Brent Sadler '94, LT Jason Testa '94, LTJG Michael Monahan '97, and ENS Greg Adams '99.

VADM James W. Metzger ' 7 1 , Commanden Seventh Fleet was our guest speaken VADM Metzger commenced his talk by quizing all of us on our knowledge of Plebe Rates. Unfortunately no one knew the answer to the first one, so we were all enlightened on the distance between the front door of Bancroft Hall and Mars (20 feet). After reciting a few Laws of the Navy (and telling us how he recently introduced the SECNAV to their existence), he told us some amusing stories about the Class of '70. VADM Metzger then went on to talk about the importance of ttaditions in the Navy and how USNA influenced his careen He also spoke on the "big picture" of the National Military Strategy.

Upon conlusion of VADM Metzger's talk, lunch was served, which included: tossed salad, steamed herb chicken, green beans almondine, baked potatoes, and rolls (time, tide and formation wait for no one, 1 am now shoving ofQ.

Agenda Items Nolan Villarin then opened the meeting to discuss agenda items: Welcome New Members: The following Alumni became members of the Tokyo Bay Chapter at this meeting; RADM Robert Chaplin, CAPT Michael Seifert CDR Alan Abramson, CDR Tito Dua, LT Harold Katz, and LT Jason Testa, We encourage you to bring non-members to the next meeting.

Official Logo: We are looking for a Chapter logo that can go on our ofBcial correspondence and a banner to be displayed at official functions. The submissions will be voted on by Chapter members in attendance at the next meeting and the member with the winning design will receive a $25.00 gift certificate.

Base Beautification: Fleet Activities Yokosuka offers various locations throughout the base that are in need of sponsorship. Sponsors will be responsible for clean up of their specified area on a daily basis.

Sponsors will also have a professionally designed sign recognizing the organization in the vicinity of their area. CAPT Mike Donnelly asked for a specific list of available areas. This will be provided and discussed at die November meeting.

Mentor Program: We discussed contacting local area high schools to determine an interest in USNA by area students. Once located, we would like to encourage these young men and women and provide a place where their questions may be answered about die Academy. CAPT David Ziemba suggested we invite diem to our future luncheons.

December Meeting: It was decided that we would not hold a formal meeting in December due to the holiday/standdown period. However we do intend to participate in the Army-Navy Football Party that will be sponsored by MWR. Nametags: The topic of nametags was brought up. Nolan Villarin suggested once we have a Chapter logo, we could put it on nametags for members. A special BZ to CAPT David Ziemba for wearing his Midshipman issue name tag to the luncheon. Beat Army!

Kirk R. Benson '87

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KENTUCKY

Baltimore Chapter

(see also Ohio)

LCDR Steve G. Young '84, USNR c/o Morgan Stanley-Dean Witter: 6 Limb Court, Whitehall, MD 21161 w: (410)229-8206 e: Steven.G.Young@msdw.com

Louisville/Southern Indiayna Chapter CDR Gregory R. Reinhardt '79, USNR 712 Talon Place, Louisville, KY 40223-5575 h: 502-244-7707; e; airlgxr@ainups,com Sec'y: Jim Hibbler '87 h: 502-897-6917; e: jimhibbler@aol,com How about that Army-Navy game! Once again the Louisville Chapter had a great turnout for the aimual classic. We met the Westpoint Alumni at Jillian's for the first annual "Battle for the Cigars and Pansies," Navy's victory left us smoking stogies while the Army fans were left holding the potted pansies courtesy of the GE crowd.

Among those attending the festivities were Bill Toutant '46, Gayle Ballard '54, Joe Brendel '54, Eric Gordon "74, John Willis '76, Ron Thompson '80, John Weires '84, John Fusto '84, Derrick Dixon '86, Brendan Fahy '85, Jim Hibbler '87, Paul Radomski '89, Chris Beaufait '93, and associate member Don Sodrel. (Apologies to anyone omitted.)

Mike Stevens '59, from the RV Chapter also joined us and invited the Louisville Chapter to join the national come-around, which will take place locally next spring.

The January meeting will return to the University of Louisville Alumni club at noon on Friday the 5th. Cindy Sullivan, local gardening expert, will prepare us for spring planting. If you would like more information or would like to join the Chapter and receive the newsletten please contact me. Have a great 2001!

Jim Hibbler '87

LOUISIANA SE LA/SW MS Gulf Coast(foriiBierly New Orleans) Chapter

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter Jack Pappas '61 RO. Box 154 Dowell, MD 20629-0154 h: 410-326-5496; e: jpappas@erols.com http://www.navyalumni.org

MASSACHUSE Boston Chapter Mr. Michael L. Mowins '79 41 Mount Vemon Street #2 Gloucesten MA 01930 h: 978-281-5707; e: mmowins@aasp.net

St. Louis Chapter LCDR Ronald M. Hill '70, USN (Ret.) 1026 Parkwatch Drive Ballwin, MO 63011-3642 h: 636-207-9376; e: rmaxhill@aol.com Cort Sec'y: John Hueseman '78 h: 636-394-5302; w: 636-530-3432 e: Hhueseman@postnet.com The St. Louis Alumni Chapter made a contribution from our treasury to the fund that was set up to assist the families of the sailors who died and were injured during the cowardly attack on COLE (DDG67). COLE has special meaning to our Chapter, since it was named in honor of Sgt Darrell S. Cole, USMC, who was a native of Flat River (Park Hills), MO. Sgt Cole was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic action as a machine gunner on Iwo JIMA, where he was the first Marine killed during the battle at Iwo Jima on 19 Febraary 1945.

Sgt Cole still has family members who live in the city of St. Louis.

Below are some photos from our most recent picnic, courtesy of Julie Zavodny '95. If for some reason, when this is published in Shipmate, the photos are not there, then don't blame Shipmate, don't blame Julie (in fact thank her for taking them and digitizing them!), rather the buck should stop with your "technically challenged" cortesponding secretary! (Give me a break, I got a "C" in Plebe com-

MICHIGAN Detroit Chapter Arthur W. Bryant '66 ^^l^s i 1811 Hollywood Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 h: 313-885-2174; f: 313-881-2333 i ^ ^ e: lynorart@flash.net Web site: www.usna.com/Chapters/US/Michigan/ Dettoit/default.htm

CDR Rex A. Bent '76, USN (Ret.) 229 Blue Crane #1, SlideU, LA 70468 h: 504-847-9862; e: Rexuspa@compuserve^6ii CDR Joseph A. Grace Jr. '80, USNR 15 Allard Blvd, New Oleans, LA 70119 h: 504-486-9040; e: jgrace@notc.org

MARYLAND Annapolis Chapter CAPT Stephen K. Laabs '64, USN (RS 1937 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd.

Annapolis, MD 21401 h: 410-268-7709 xl04; e: stephen.laabs@usaa.com The Annapolis Chapter had its Holiday Confabulation at the Officers and Faculty Club on December 2000. It was our biggest event yet. More than 100 people attended! We enjoyed good food and drink, and most of all, the company of good friends.

We have tried to shake-up the venue this past year with significant success. We had 95 people attend a breakfast meeting, our Navy birthday event in October was an evening affair with a private tour of a new museum exhibit after dinner, and our Marine Corps birthday lunch with MajGen Terry Murtay '68 was a big hit.

If you have any suggestions for spring events, please feel free to contact Steve Laabs at 410-2687709x104.

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MINNESOTA Upper Midwest Chapter Darrel Gonyea '61 1053 Peninsula Point Road Shakope, MN 55379 w: 612-882-1112; e: GONYEALAND@aoicom

MISSOURI Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter Mr. Kyle E. Martin '74 16901 Meadow Lane Belton, MO 64012-4112 w: 913-498-8088; e: kmartin@mileposfrans.com Sec'y: Joe Spencer '92 e: jspencer@go-onpoint.com

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Metro New York Chapter

Mr. Michael J. Petrofes '80

St. Louis Chapter picnic participants puters; I was coimting on an "A" in LT Chuck Stout '70's Naval Science class to balance things out, but that is another story which I will happily tell anyone who has not already heard it!)

We beat Army, with a great attendance at our party at America's Pub at Westport. I promise that in the next column I will have all of the names of those Alumni in attendance, but I had to meet this deadline.

We look forward to seeing all of the Alunmi and their spouses at our next Alumni Chapter event.

John Hueseman '78

NEBRASKA Omaha Chapter CAPT Dennis R. Fox '79, 2113 Christine Stteet Papillion,NE 68133 h: 402-597-8862; w: 402-294-3722 e: fox79@hotmail.com Sec'y: LCDR Chris Verdoni '88 4605 Longview Stteet Papillion, NE 68133 h: 402-292-3230; w: 402-294-8309 e: cverdoni@email.msn.com

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.com

N E W JERSEY Monmouth County Chapter LtCol 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

1916 Momingside Drive NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 h: 505-255-4253 e: pettofes@flash.net We've been remiss in reporting our Chapter's activities and a lot of that is attributable to the fact that since most of us retired we find the time is not as available as we thought it would be.

Nonetheless, we started the 1999 Holiday Season with a great party catered at the National Atomic Museum on Kirtland AFB. The tumout included Alumni/ae, friends of the USNA and parents of curtent Mids. It was an interesting setting having dinner among the Craise Missiles, Lulus, Pershings, and B61s while surrounded in the museum yard witii a B 52, an ICBM, and tiie sail of the Polk.

Our next effort was a celebration of the end of The Dark Ages at a new Ristorante in Cortales, NM. The company was fun and the food spectacular. We took over the entire restaurant and the event certainly put the boot to Old Man Gloom.

Our major event of the year was a dinner reception for Admiral John Ryan '67 and his staff on a most appropriate day. Flag Day. Eighty folks attended including several families from the NM USNA Parents Club. The Admiral presented the latest info on USNA plans and programs and entertained questions and discussions on the future of the Academy.

It was a welcome shot of Blue & Gold.

Our next was the bus sojoum of twenty-eight folks to Colorado Springs to help the Goat over the goal line. We didn't make that goal but stayed the course through some pretty cold aluminum benches.

The group was there for the long weekend and enjoyed the tail gate party and the chance to get some great seafoodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in Colorado?

Although we were not much help to the team in Colorado we did our thing on 2 December when some 50 strong Alumni, spouses and friends invaded the local sports bar and buoyed with healthy tomato beverages and breakfast burritos scuttied the "Gray People."

We are supporting Casey Jones in his Blue & Gold efforts by funding his social mixers for new candidates. This year Casey is co-sponsoring a Holiday Party for West Point, Air Force and Naval Academy attendees, from New Mexico.

Our new Chapter president is Mike Petrofes '80; the new vice president is Gerry Weinstein '53; the incoming corresponding secretary is Alice Weinstein; Reed Mulkey '49 and Kip Paskewich '65 continue as tteasurer and recording secretary respectively.

We're looking forward to a banner year!

Don Rohr, outgoing Chapter president

NEW YORK Capital District Chapter

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RADM Henry F. White Jr. '68, USNR RO. Box 800, Bronx, NY 10471-0800 718-549-2177; e: hfwhite@iicl.org Chapter Hotiine: 1-800-234-USNA Web site: www.NAANY.org Western N e w York Chapter CAPT Nelson A. Blish '69, USNR (ReL) 3840 East Avenue Rochester NY 14618-3729 h: 716-248-9739; e: nelson.blish@kodak.com The Chapter has been busy with several events tills fall.

The Chapter recentiy hosted the Navy Birthday Dinner on 22 October 2000 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rochester to celebrate the 225th Birthday of our beloved service. Our featured guest was Congressman Tom Reynolds, 27th District of New York and a sttong supporter of the armed forces.

Congressman Reynolds was a good choice for a speaker as he reaffirmed his support for a strong military while increasing pay and benefits where needed. He is a former member of the Air National Guard, and achieved the rank of Sergeant. We had great coverage of the event from three local television stations, R News, Channel 13, and Channel 8.

Naval Academy graduates present were Nelson Blish '69 (Chapter president), Tom Bachmann '86, and Willard Clark '49. The event was also well attended by members of the Navy League, the Reserves Officer Association, and staff officers from the Navy ROTC unit at the University of Rochester The new commanding officer of the ROTC unit, Captain Gavin Lowder, was also present.

Our second event was the 2000 Army-Navy football game party. We had several dozen USNA faidiful gathered to watch Navy beat up on Army on Samrday, 2 Decemben The event was held at the brand new Center Ice Restaurant and sports bar in the ESL Sports Center at the Monroe Community College. After several successful years of hosting the Army-Navy party at the Distillery, we decided to try a larger venue. The limited space at the Distillery forced us to break up into small groups. Since we don't get together as a group that often, we decided to try a space large enough that we can all mingle togethen We didn't want the West Point Society to oumumber us at the annual Army-Navy party, so everyone was encouraged to bring a friend.

Beat Arm\\

Congressman Reynolds is standing widi Chapter President Nelson Blish "69 on his right

LCDR Thomas M. Owens '84, USNR 205 Colonial Avenue ^^H Albany, NY 12208-2404 ^ ^ h: 518-446-9278; e: owenst@bsk.com

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couple of you to help us fill out the Chapter officer team by volunteering to serve as vice-president and membership secretary. If anyone is interested in being on a list for "last minute" calls to get a group together to go out for an informal dinner some night (probably Friday or Saturday) send me an email or call and I'll put you on the list. We still have our informal lunch at Sheraton Four Points at noon on the third Friday of each month.

Tom Hutchins cthmph @ bellsouth. net 704-375-9046 Tom Bachman '86 is on the left of Congressman Reynolds and Willard Clark '49 is on the right

NORTH CAROLIN Charlotte Chapter Bryan Dolan '76

Piedmont Triad Chapter LtCol Gary L. Beaver '77, USMCR 10 Silver Oak Court Greensboro, NC 27455 h: 336-288-8792 e: gbeaver@adamskleemeiencom

This month's entry brings with it the happy feel5629 Laurium Road ing of a great Navy victory at the Army-Navy game Charlotte, NC 28226 in Baltimore. As is often the case, the game was h: 704-364-6451 exciting down to the last minute. Your cortesponOur Fourth Annual Veterans Day Golf Outing was dent, who attended the game, again was impressed conducted at the Regent Park Golf Course on Mon- with the pageantry and spirit of these great acadday, 14 November and was ably organized by Gabe emies. To the Army team who wouldn't give up and to the Navy team who showed great strength Gomez '87. Fifteen Alumni and eight guests parof character should go our greatest admiration. I ticipated with Dean Valentine '88 winning the Low Gross prize and Susan Valentine walking away with also must comment on what a wonderful site Low Net (based on Callaway System of handicap- Baltimore provided for this classic contest. The ping). That's two years in a row the Valentine couple new stadium with its great video system was has taken two prizes. Obviously they are spending exceptional. Baltimore City centen which is within too much time on the golf course and not enough easy walking distance of the stadium, provided a beautiful setting around the inner harbor with great taking care of their eight-month old son. Dean Jn Prize for "Most Persistent Golfer" went to Gabe's entertainment and accommodations. There should guest, Gary Green. I won't take the time or space be a strong consensus among Navy fans for a return engagement. to list the winners of "Closest to the Pin," etc.

Our Class of 1960 shipmates John Anthony, I saw Debi and Fred Johnston in the parking lot at the Wake Forest game in Annapolis. They had Gene Kesler and Mai Murray retumed to their alma mater in late September for their 40th Class laid on the most complete after-game tailgate you have ever seen for all the Mids from the Charlotte reunion. Activities included company parties ThursArea. I couldn't stay around to see how many day night, a post football event at Alumni Hall Saturday evening, branch at Alumni House Sunshowed up, but I can assure you if they didn't, they missed a real treat. For those who don't know the day moming, followed by a memorial service in Johnston family, Debi is a Blue & Gold Officer in the Chapel at 1:30 p.m. All three wound up staying our area, two of their sons are Alumni (one airdale at the Country Inn and Suites, which had been sold and one submariner) and the youngest son is in the out to the first one hundred Classmates. The beautiful weekend was marted only by a hard fought Class of 2004.

The Navy-Army football game TV Party was held Navy loss.

Scott Sears '66 who has faithfully served on the in the lounge of Bistro 100 in the Bank of America building. Attendees who helped cheer Navy to a Executive Council for the past five years recently win included Tom O'Brien '71, Carl Ward '89, has had to resign his position because of increased Kay and Bob Majeski '62, Caroline and John responsibilities related to his job. His work at GenPlyler '57, Bryan Dolan '76, Barbara and Curtis eral Dynamics will require much more foreign Lee '87, Maria and Mike Tobin '87, Jim Maloney travel making it impossible to contribute the time '82, Peg and Tom Hutchins '51, Miriam and Jeff needed for Council activities. Scott will continue Searcy '62. Dropping in on the way to their wed- to be an active Chapter member and support all of ding the following Saturday in Gastonia and her its activities as best he can. The Council wishes to thank Scott for all of his hard work and faithful sernew assignment to ABRAHAM LINCOLN were Kelli Hooper '97 and her fiance Ed Voelsing, a Notre vice and look forward to seeing him at future events.

Recently, word was received that Russ Maynard Dame graduate recently released from active duty '34 was admitted to Wesley Long Hospital in to the Naval Reserve. I think everyone who attended Greensboro for gall bladder surgery. Our best had a good timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at least we won! For next yean wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Russ and Paul Galentine '68 has offered to host the party at his house. In case you may not have seen the sched- his wife, Ruthie. An enthusiastic supporter of Chapule for the next three years, we will play Georgia ter activities his presence will be sorely missed until he is ready to retum to full activity.

Tech (home) in 2001, Duke and N.C. State (both home) and at Wake Forest in 2002 and no ACC Army-Navy Party Update teams in 2003. Noteworthy is the fact we will play The Chapter held its annual Army-Navy party at twelve games in 2003.

Damon's restaurant in Greensboro. Damon's has four huge TV screens and put the game on two of By the time you read this we should be beyond the cold weather for our area and jonquils may al- them for us. Sixteen Chapter members and sixteen ready starting to bloom. I am appealing again for a guests attended the party (at least that's all that Shipmate, January-February 2001

signed our attendance list). Attending were Jane and Gary Beaver '77 and son, Alex, Mai Murray '60, Stephanie and Ron Morton '72, Janis and Claude Lumpkin '65, Bobby Gene Craig '83, Lane Anderson '67, Wanda and Baker Melson '70, Tom Purdy '76, Margie and Wes Lindsey '49, Ruth and Ted Lide '49, Ariie and Pat Love '72, Marilyn and Tim Kirkman '65 and their sons, Rob and Jim, Teresa and Bob Kennedy '77, Erin and Brent Fulton '95, Michael Fournier '88, and Diane and John Palmer '61. Some of our usual suspects were missing. Teeny and John Anthony '60, Joan and Bill Gregory '72, and Dana and Bill Haggerson '67 all attended the game. Larry Moore '70 also indicated that he was traveling to Baltimore in an effort to get last minute tickets (hope he got them).

Also in attendance was local Navy Blue & Gold officer Bill Walke and his wife, Suzanne. In addition. Navy football's biggest (and in our Chapter, oldest) fan Russ Maynard '34 and his wife. Rule, were not in attendance this year because Russ had a gall bladder surgery two days before the game.

Russ normally comes to the games completely decked out in Naval Academy colors and is one of the most avid fans at the party. Russ and Rule assured us that they watched the game on television and that tiie surgery went successfully and he is now resting at home.

At the game we had a raffle of various Naval Academy and Navy items. The big winners were Wes Lindsey and Arlie Love. It seemed that every other ticket pulled belonged to Wes Lindsey and the two biggest prizes, a beautiful Naval Academy blanket and a pillow embroidered with the Naval Academy Chapel, both went to Arlie Love. At one point, the writer of this column was contemplating taking Wes Lindsey to Las Vegas with him for a ran at the roulette tables. As we always do at the Army-Navy Party, the Chapter members brought toys for the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. Thanks to all of the Chapter members who gave so generously to that tertific program.

The Chapter's next event is a Dark Ages dinner party at The Vineyards Restaurant in WinstonSalem on Saturday, 17 Febraary 2001. The Attitude Adjustment Hour will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinnen We had the same venue last year for our Dark Ages dinner party and the food, service, and company were outstanding. Any Alumnus who wants to join us, whether a Chapter member or not, should contact any of our Chapter officers for additional information.

Triangle Chapter CAPT William K. Gautier '67, USN (Ret.) 116 Birklands Drive Gary, NC 27511-8203 h: 919-233-7255 e: William.Gautier@jcbradford.com http://triangleusna.home.mindspring.com/ There is nothing like the warm afterglow of a victory over Army. On 2 December the Triangle Chapter gathered at Top of the Hill restaurant in Chapel Hill with our comrades in arms, the USMA Alumni chapter, for the annual battle. Scott Maitland, the owner and USMA alumni once again let us take over his restaurant for an aftemoon of good food, good beer and good rivalry. I'm happy to say that 1 have in my possession the official Triangle Army-Navy game ball, which has been marked to commemorate our latest victory.

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USNAAA Triangle Chapter Everyone had a fine time and if you didn't make the party, be sure to put it on the calendar for next time.

The following folks were at the party: Dawn and Chris Mendez '96, David Broolu '93, Mary and Jack Jakucyk '67, Tom Walter '61, Brian Van Metre '61, Mark Thomas '70, Victor Sharpe '48, Johnstone Scott '67, Bob Sager '81, Carl Olexik '75, James Mergner '61, Mary and Mitch Mitchell '64, Mary and Joe Matza '85, John Guibert '67, Doug Guthe '76, Bill Gautier '67, Andy Finlayson '66, Helmuts Feifs '66, James Breece '61, Jenifer Clement '81 and David Clement '80, and Stan Bashaw '81.

(the sponsor), NROTC, Navy Recraiting District, Naval Surface Reserve, Naval Air Reserve, NJROTC, Sea Cadets, and Marine Corps Reserve providing the crowd. USNA Alumni attending were: Corrine and Tony Konechny '79 (CO Navy Recraiting District Columbus), Wade Evans '91 and his date (XO, Naval Air Reserve Center), Lisa and Wayne Hallenbeck '71, and Pat and Roy Girod '53. The guest speaker was the Honorable Greg Lashutka, former mayor of the city of Columbus. Greg's other claim to fame was that he was a lieutenant USN in the UDT. It was a great evening, and the speech was very inspiring. Tony Konechny has received orders to the Netherlands for duty, with a detach date of 5 Novemben By the time this is read, he and Cortine will be in the Netherlands, doing a tour of overseas shore duty.

Tough, but, well, someone has to do it! They promised you "ttavel, education, and adventure," didn't tiiey?

with Chapter members prior to the dinner in a very informative Q & A session covering a wide range of subjects of interest. Tim spoke briefly after the dinnen and assured us that the quality of today's Midshipman is as high as even Jack Barrett '43 and Joe McMullin '92, representing the most senior and junior classes present cut the ceremonial birthday cake with Joe's sword. The evening closed with Tim and Jack leading the group in singing Navy Blue & Gold.

Ed Tipshus '54

Toledo Chapter Robert J. Lauer '45 3825 Sulphur Spring Road Toledo, OH 43606-2325 h: 419-536-4462; w: 419-475-2061 e: rionlauer@aol.com Mitch and Mary Mitchell Although Army-Navy is just past, and in only a week the Chapter Christmas party will be held (read all about it next month), we are already planning the spring golf toumament. Chuck Adams is coordinating that effort. Watch for email with details.

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 Cary. For the latest information on Chapter events, check out our Web site at http://triangleusna.home.mindspring.com. For membership information, call Mitch Mitchell at 252-478-2850.

OHIO Cincinnati/Northern KY Chapter Michael F. Simon '73 757 Maidstone Court Cincinnati, OH 45230-3827 h: 513-231-3174; e: msimon757@aol.com

Cleveland Chapter CAPT A. O. Rule III '50, USNR (Ret.) 90 Pheasant Run Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 h: 440-247-4379; w: 440-247-5100 x328 e: raleIII@aol.com

Columbus/Central Ohio Chapter CAPT Wm. "Mick" Taylor '68, USMC (Ret.) 1450 Abbotsford Green Drive Powell, OH 43227 h: 614-888-6774 e: wmtaylor@greatiandinsurance.com The Chapter had a joint meeting with the Greater Columbus Council, Navy League of the U.S., to celebrate Navy's 225th birthday. It was a dinner dance on 28 October at the Radisson Airport Hotel.

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Oklahoma City Chapter CAPT Charles C. Coley '34, USN (RetJ 41 lNW14tii Stteet Oklahoma City, OK 73103-3510 h: 405-235-0234; e: cccusn@aol.com

'Hilsa Oklahoma Chapter CDR Harry V. Rouse IV '77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 Place Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 h: 918-748-8650; e: HVRouse@aol.com

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Mr. M. Alexander "Tex" Harkins Jr. '67 4055 SW 48th Place Portland, OR 97221-3735 h: 503-297-0246; w: 503-297-0252 e: harkins @computenorg Web site: http://usnaaa-or-swwa.homepage.com

Cutting the Naval Academy birthday cake 1 to r; Joe McMullin '92, Jack Barrett '43, and Tun Halliday '69 November Luncheon The Chapter met for our monthly Luncheon on 8 Novemben Attending the luncheon were: John Besson '35, Veda and Shack Moore '43, Ken Lissy '45, John Frerichs '50, Jim Leiser '51, Don Beatty '57, Jake McMichael '58, BiU Moore '61, Jack Kohl '65, Don Haslett '66, Alex "Tex" Harkin '67, Ed Hepp '67, Cal Meek '67, Doug Bomarito '68, Joe Kavale '68, Mark Cooksey '71, Skip Phipps '73, Brace Thompson '73, Scott Fitzpatrick '80, Mark Middleton '81, Douglas Cooper '86, Susan Meed '90, Matt Wilson '90, Mark Sisinyak '56 USMA, Terry Connell '58 USMA, Paul Vanttire '58 USMA, Samuel Weiss '61 USMA, Bob Read '64 USMA, Bryan Stevens '66 USMA, Peter Staples '69 USMA, Craig Pierigeet '77 USMA, Tom Grace '78 USMA, Henry Johnson '79 USAFA, Jeff Curl '83 USMA, Greg Lund '83 USMA, Bob Mahoney '84 USMA, and Kevin Tucker '89 USMA. We were pleased to host as luncheon guests, 14 local U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy Alumni. Since there was no scheduled speaker, the meeting time was spent inttoducing ourselves to our guests, and they to us. John Besson '35, told the group how he had come close to attending USMA, his uncle was a graduate, but common sense prevailed. John even had his uncle's West Point yearbook from the Class of '07 along to show our guests. Everyone enjoyed the luncheon and the camaraderie of our fellow Service Academy alumni, even though there were some friendly barbs tossed back and forth, particularly about the upcoming game and the records of the two teams, quickly pointed out by the sole Air Force Academy Alum.

October Founder's Day Dinner The Chapter met to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy on the evening of 10 Octoben Attending the dinner were: Joan and Jack Bartett '43, Jean and Jack Boggess '46, Jim Leiser '51, Jake McMichael '58, Jack Kohl '65, Alex Harkins '67, Ed Hepp '67, Doug Bomarito '68, Joe Kavale '68, H. J. Halliday '69, Bruce Thompson '73, Scott Fitzpatrick '80, Matt Wilson '90, Ann Marie and Joe McMullin '92, and guest Linda Santee.

We were pleased to have as our speaker for the event, Tim Halliday '69, the Chief Operating Officer of the USNA Alumni Association. Tim met Shipmate, January-February 2001

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Board of Directors and was insttumental in writing our Chapter By-Laws. As a practicing attorney, he volunteered his time to file legal documents to incorporate our Chapter as a non-profit organization.

We will miss Lany dearly. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and son, Larry.

I have enclosed several pictures this issue:

Sandcastle Winery Tour with John Muhlenberg '39, Barbara Muhlenberg, Helene Bergeron-Smith, Henry Emmerling '53, Keith Smith '74, Jean Shanen Ann Molishus, Paul James '81, Lorraine Dipietro and a separate photo of Radm, Ron Denny '59, Joe Maxiam, and Beverly Denny

L/r: Terry Connell "58 USMA. chapter President Alex "Tex" Harkin '67, chapter VP Bruce Thompson '73, and Mark Sisinyak '56 USMA Army-Navy Game What a game'. This year's Army-Navy Game viewing party was hosted by the local chapter of die U.S. Military Academy Alumni. The venue for the party was the Columbia Aviation Association club house located south of Portland at the Aurora Airport. The "Black Knights" did a superb job of decorating and were traly wonderful hosts. Branch began at 9:00 a.m., and you cannot believe what you hear about Army cooks, the food was wonderful! With each Navy score, as the crowd went wild, John DeZell '55 and Nancy Olson '95 would drop for pushups. In the end, not only did the Naval Academy football team prevail over Army, but the majority of the door prizes raffled off at halftime were won by Naval Academy Alumni. The Military Academy Alumni even in defeat, were the consummate host, and remained silent while John DeZell '55, Gavin Amold '66, and Jack Barrett '43 lead us all in the ttaditional Navy Blue & Gold.

Old B-Robes—Jake McMichael '58 and Joe Kavale '68 The Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter meets for lunch the second Wednesday of every month at The Georgian Room Restaurant, Meier & Frank 10th Floor, Downtown Portland, 6th and Alden at 11:30 a.m. Please join us. Call Alex "Tex" Harkins '67 (503-297-0246) or Bruce Thompson '73 (503-292-8833) for any additional infonnation, or check our Web site.

Joe Kavale '68

Mike McMonagle '74, Elaine Donnelly and Jim Diehr64, USMA Photo with the following note: The Philadelphia USNA Alumni Association joined with the Philadelphia USNA Alumni Association and hosted a 3 May 2000 luncheon at which Elaine Donnelly was the featured speaken Elaine served as a member of President Bush's Defense Advisory Commission on Women in the Service. She is currently the director of the Center for Military Readiness (CNM). Elaine has appeared in numerous public forums and in media programs to address issues concerning military readiness and morale.

Elaine's message alerted members to the significant decline in readiness morale and retention in the armed forces in recent years. Elaine attributed this decline to the social engineering launched in the military, the poor response to this engineering by senior military leadership and the addition of numerous missions while shrinking the resources of the military. Elaine cited specific examples of such engineering to be the effort to force the military to accept open homosexuality and to place women in combat.

Philadelphia Mural Tour with Wayne Mihailov '93, Tanya Mihailov '90, Helen Chermack, David Brown '73, Joan Brown, Barbara Muhlenberg, and John Muhlenberg '39

Mr. Paul James '81 323 Minuteman Drive, Collegeville, PA 19426-3494 h: 610-666-1093; w: 610-669-6700 e: USNAPhil@Yahoo.com http://www.usna.com/Chapters

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Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '71 4105 Tartan Court Murt^sville, PA 15668-1045 h: 724-325-4281; w: 412-856-3500 e: Figaro4105@aol.com

PHILIPPINES Philippines Chapter CAPT Rafael V. Dacanay '76, PN • % * - S ^ Apt.FSEJOQ / - ^ i ^ Bonifacio Naval Station / jJjIM Makati City, Philippines .^ .VW h-632-894-4121; w/f: 632-815-3420 x6458 e: rvd76@yahoo.com Sec'y: LT Vincent Sibala '93, PN Hydrographic Center, NISF Bonifacio Naval Station Makati City, Phillipines Tel: 632-843-1833/632-812-7416 e: nomu@cav.pworld.net.ph

P E N N SYLVAN Philadelphia Chapter

Sadly, Lawrence Hence '47 passed away on 30 November 2000. He had battled cancer for the last several years. Larty served as Chapter President in 1971. He continued to be an active member of the

Kathy Fuse, Ray Green '80, Mark Fuse, Doug Fuse '80, and Kathy Green at the summer pool party

Dock Street Brewery Tour with Wayne Mihailov '93, Tanya Mihailov '90, John Muhlenberg '39, Barbara Muhlenberg, and Paul James '81

Vic Brillantes '56, making up for previous absences, hosted a small Philipines Chapter planning meeting for the 2000 Army-Navy football game reunion with the West Point Society of the Philippines at the Manila Yacht Club on 23 Oct. 2000 with Bobby Lim '42, Chuck Agustin '60, Vic Mamon '61, Ariel Abriam '74, CAPT John Taft USN (the US Naval Attache) and Raffy Dacanay '76 attending. Essentially, as host for this year, the Chapter was to decide on the details of the annual get-together.

It was then decided that the Army-Navy Game Reunion activities for this year would be held on 2-3 December at the Manila Yacht Club as follows: 2 December 2000 (Saturday) 1:00 p.m.—Golf (PN Golf Club) (won by Army) 8:00 p.m.—Cocktails and dinner at the Manila Yacht Club, Roxas Boulevard, Manila 3 December 2000 (Sunday) 1:00 a.m.—Proceed to die U.S. Embassy for the Uve viewing of the 2000 Army-Navy Football Game.

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The hosts for the affair were the members from Classes 1970 and olden Food was good and we all had fun. Most senior Chapter member present was Bobby Lim'42, and TY and Don Koch'53, coming in from Bani, Pangasinan they traveled the farthest to attend the event. Don passed around cards which said, "Don Koch '53 sez 'Beat Army 2000,' Bill the Goat sez 'old soldiers never die...they just smell that way." Even former president Fidel V. Ramos '50 USMA got a kick out of it, according to Chuck Agustin '60.

Unfortunately we did not get the Army-Navy Game party pictures on time for this issue.

Don also had his Christmas and New Year newsletter all laid out with pictures of him and TY in formal mess dress (with unmatched pants and moccasins?) for Christmas and the ttaditional Philippine "Barong Tagalog" for New Year (TY in Chinese cheongsam in both). Shown also were Don and TY's respective "CHOPs" (Chinese traditional calligraphy, picked up in Singapore in 1999, carved on alabaster blocks).

Don also reported that two weeks earlier he took TY to Singapore to see the fabulous Irish Dance Company perform "the world's most famous and most profitable stage show," as a birthday present.

We've been missing Edith and Max Ricketts '63 for some time now. The reason is they've practically moved to San Diego, CA, leaving the Manila (Makati) office of their realty firm to son, Christopher The 2 November 2000 issue of Philippine Star showed the picture of the couple taken at a recent dinner-dance in their home in Blossom Valley in San Diego.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE American Chapter

The Navy crew early in the week included Bob Miller '51, Denny Sloan '59, Marilyn Millen Mac MacLeay '54, Peggy MacLeay, Don Palen '63, Vic Sharpe '48, Faye Sharpe, and Thelma Baken and Jim Baker '54. Note the "AARP RULES" motto on the insulation!

The vinyl siding crew was all Navy except for Bob Ridings on the far right. Looks to me like Bob Miller 51 (second from theright)has assumed his rightful position as SOPA. I see Denny, Mac, and Jim on the left but can't find Vic Sharpe '48. Maybe he shifted his flag to another crew!

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CAPT James N. Roberts '59, USN (Ret.) 152 Springlakes Drive Martinez, GA 30907 h: 706-860-6430; e: jrobe92528@aol.com To join contact, Sec'y/Tres: LtCol Michael C. Stevens '59, USAF (Ret.) 900 Big Lick Hotiow Road New Haven, KY 40051-6211 h: 502-549-3610; e: mstevens@bardstown.com Shipmate inputs to: Mike Stroop '54 138 Cantebury Drive, Madison AL 35758 e: pstroop@earthlink.net Chapter Web site: www.clik.to/rvnews Come Arounds Here is a heads up for the Come Arounds planned for the next six months: •Key West, FL—2/8-11 Brian Van Metre •Kings Bay, GA (Triton Submarine Base) —3/28 through 4/1 Norm Mims •Louisville/Ft. Knox area—5/16-20 Mike Stevens Please understand that there is no way that Shipmate can keep any of us up-to-date with any changes that may occur in the schedule. We are working on several Come Arounds for the West Coast. They will happen, but you must check the Chapter Web site if you want to keep up-to-date.

Also, some of these require an idea of how many plan to attend and some, like Louisville, require advanced reservations and up front money. We plan to spend a day at the races at Churchill Downs so if you would like to do that with us, Mike Stevens needs to hear from you ASAP.

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Here are a few pictures from Mae:

House number 31 completed with the full crew and a proud new home owner In November Mike sent emails to all hands with a detailed Plan of the Day for the First National Come Around in the Louisville/Ft. Knox area. If you can only make one please try to make this the one. We would like very much for this to be a National Come Around and the first of a long string of annual events.

Habitat The Plains build with President Jimmy Carter was supported by the following Chapter members that all worked on the same house built on the original Carter family farm: Faye and Vic Sharpe '47, Marilyn and Bob Miller '51, Peggy and Mac MacLeay, Thelma and Jim Baker '54, Denny Sloan '57, and Don Palen '63.

The following is part of Mac MacLeay's report on their week in Plains: About 1400 people participated in the local area.

Five houses in Plains and thirty in Americus. All completed in one week. Contractors donated plenty of expertise as you can imagine since the house had to pass many inspections professional electricians, plumbers, drywall mudders, heating were used. Also carpet/tile layers. They worked at night while the innocent slept like dogs.

All in all a very rewarding and unforgettable experience. We all felt good about being there and formed some lasting friendships with our crew members from all over North America.

Our Web site For the life of me I can not figure why so few of our members visit our Web site. We only have two ways to communicate and both take some effort on your part. There is no way that Shipmate can serve to keep you up-to-date as plans are finalized.

We all got a boost last month when Jim Roberts '59 received an email from Hazel Buck, wife of Nick Buck '84. Hazel not only reads the Shipmate column but also visits the Web site not because the Bucks are RVers, but Hazels parents are fifth wheelers with plans to go full time soon. She finds good tips she shares with her folks and was "very impressed" with Gary Snyders Call of the Wild reports and the Skippers Log as well as the recap of expenses that Gary shared with us. Now that we have the "young Bucks" as readers lets hope that some day they will join us soon.

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My point is how about the rest of you joining Hazel on the Web. It doesn't cost anything more than a few moments of your time.

My New Coach Some of you may have heard that Annie and I have downsized from a class A to a class C. Our Monaco was sold over the Intemet as was reported last month and after searching we have bought a 2001 Born Free 24' Rear Bath Adapting to less space has been easy and the ability to go anywhere with or without a toad has been a big bonus. In just six weeks we have found that we can and will get more use out of the smaller unit. Since we rarely are gone more than two weeks at a time this has not been a sacrifice. In fact, as I off loaded my "stuff' to make the Monaco ready for the new owners I found things in the basement that I didn't know was there and couldn't figure out why I had it there anyway! Annie would make some smart comment about the above, perhaps with reference to my use of the blinker signal to illusttate her point, but it is something to consider for all of us. Maybe every six months or so we need to hold an inventory reduction exercise and get rid of things on board that we have never used and don't need.

Mike and Anne

RHODE ISLAND Newport Chapter ADM James R. Hogg '56, USN 2556 West Main Road Portsmouth, RI 02871 b: 401-841-2625 Those of us who were brave enough to leave our homes unattended for the evening gathered at the New^iort O'Club on 31 October to meet with ADM Stansfield Tumer '47 and to share his thoughts about America's Nuclear Dilemma. Admiral Tumen who was Director of the CIA during the Carter Administration, observed that in Tom Weschler '39's letter inviting him to speak to our Chapten the irony of the country's head spook meeting with us on Halloween was duly noted.

When you think of the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of a Saddam Hussein—someone who we think of as an irtesponsible despot, you must worry that one of those people will one day actually employ one. It may be a small scale—it may not be against the United States directly, but it would reshape the world Admiral Tumer expressed concern that our govemment is doing little to avoid this prospect. Almost all of what the government has done for the last thirty years is to negotiate treaties—treaties that have been quite successful in allowing us to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in our arsenals and in Russia's. We're down to less than half of what we had as a maximum at the end of the 1960s, but that half howeven is still immense. He opined that the reason we went so slowly was that during the Cold War, we didn't have a sense of urgency about this subject. We didn't really expect a nuclear war to take place.

He suggested that we need a sense of urgency because the problem is different now. There was a sense of stability between the Russians and us— Shipmate, January-Febraary 2001

we had Mutual Assured Destraction detertence, and while it was dangerous and undesirable, it was reasonably stable. But today, it's an entirely different situation. We need a sense of urgency today to discourage the proliferation of these weapons by the Iraqis, the Iranians and the North Koreans, and to do that, we as a country must set a much better example for the world. We are the most powerful conventional force and yet we're hanging on to over 10,000 of these nuclear warheads. We must get the support of the Chinese, the Russians, the Germans, the French and others who have consistently been selling the Iraqis and the Iranians components and materials that go into these weapons, or the technical skill to manufacture them. As long as we maintain large stockpiles, we don't get cooperation from them because they don't think we're taking this problem seriously.

Admiral Tumer's primary message was that it is time for a time-out with respect to negotiating more tteaties—they just aren't urgent enough. The current tteaty we're dealing with is START II, which was negotiated and signed in 1993. It's now 2000 and we haven't yet fully ratified it and if it were, it wouldn't be fully implemented until 2007. On top of that, it's probably dead since the Russian Dumas ratified it but put in a restriction on our ability to build a national missile defense system. It is highly unlikely that the U.S. Senate will get a 2/3 majority to ratify the treaty with that proviso in it.

Perhaps even more dangerous was the Senate rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. By rejecting it, the Senate simply told the world that we were not going to exercise leadership. It slowed the momentum we had with respect to the overall conttol on the limits on nuclear weapons. It just sent a very bad message.

What can we do? In a program, which Admiral Tumer terms Sfrategic Escrow; we would put warheads from ballistic missiles and submarine missiles into escrow—into storage. The President could take 1000 warheads off missiles and put them at least 300 miles away and invite the Russians to put observers at tiiat storage site. These observers would only have authority to count what goes in and what goes out—no control over the situation—just observers. What we would hope is that the Russians would follow suite and put a 1000 warheads in storage with our observers on site. In the course of four or five years, we could have the ready warheads in our arsenals and in Russia's down to less than 1000—not this Start II Treaty which won't start before 2007 and then still have numbers up in the 10,000s. We have to move more quickly and this is one way to do it. The biggest catch, of course, is would the Russians go along with it?

We happen to be in a most fortuitous position today, because the Russians' nuclear arsenal is inexorably going down steeply. The Russians built their nuclear weapons to last about 15 years. Their plan was that when the weapons became obsolescent they would replace them with new ones. It's been ten years now without any substantial replacement—they haven't been able to afford it—they can't afford it today. There is no way they could avoid a major drop even if they could find money to start building new ones today. It is estimated that today the Russians are down to about 1000 good deliverable warheads. We don't want to be in a position where we have 7,000 deliverable warheads to their 1,000. We don't need that kind of advantage and it wouldn't really give us any advantage, but they wouldn't see it that way. So, we have this splendid opportunity today to drive our weaponry down to their levels. We certainly don't need more

than they need, and if we don't do that and we end up with a big discrepancy between our two arsenals, what will they do? They will build what we call hair trigger alert—they'll be sitting there with their finger on the button, so that if they see our attack coming, they can launch out before they see impact of our incoming. That's a very dangerous situation—we do not want to drive them there.

Admiral Tumer suggested that we need to find a better solution than just negotiating more treaties and we, the United States must take the lead. We have the resources to do something about this today and we have that sense of responsibility that should put us in a leadership position.

Joining us for the evening's festivities were: Sid Merrill '34 and Brown Taylor '34 and Sid's guest Terry Winiarski, Trina and Tom Weschler '39, Cathy and Tim Moore '45, Benny and Ken Lyons '46, Dot and Fred Stevenson '46 and Fran Curren '46, Stan Turner '47, Wirt Thayer '47 and Mary Soares, Earle Trickey '47, Jean and Bus Cobean '47, Sarah and Stu Murray '47, Maggie and Frank Snyder '48, Jane and Dave Whelan '48, Muriel and Roger Buck '50, Phil Conley '50, Tom Lyons '52, Bob Connelly '52, Nancy and John Devereaux '53, Anita and Jim Conway '55, Jane and Howard Burdick '56, Link Mossop '56, Ann and Jim Hogg '56, Ben Katz '57, Bob Ceres '59, Barbara Ann and Joe Strasser '63, Joanne and Jerry O'Donnell '69 and associate members Mary and Jack Bumey USMA '46, Bushy Henry (Gene '39), Mary Rae (Bill '47), Liliana Kay (Howard '48), Charles and Betsy Jauss, Fred and Carol-Ann Lantz, and Jean Nott.

Howard Burdick offered the grace for the evening's repast.

For those passing through, we usually meet on die last Tuesday of Sept-Nov and Jan-June. Spouses, friends, and other service academy grads are welcome. While we encourage membership @ $15 ($7 for active duty), those who are only here for a short time are most welcome without joining.

Ed. Note: In the December issue, we improperly referred Ann Hogg as Jim Hogg's widow.

We are pleased to announce that Jim Hogg is alive and well, and note our erron Here's wishing Jim and Ann a long and happy life togethen —Mike Collins Ben Katz '57 becat@earthlink. net

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Chapter CAPT Joseph C. Gamboa '62, USNR (Ret.) 1672 Seignious Drive Charieston, SC 29407-9661 h: 843-556-5321; e: ananda6662@aol.com http://members.tripod.com/~mitt2/navy/ Army-Navy Game Victory Party On 2 Decemben Cathie and Dick Dalla Mura '51 hosted Chapter members, spouses, and guests at their lovely home on Rutledge Avenue in downtown Charleston to watch Navy defeat Army, 30-28. Navy fell behind eariy but rallied to take a big lead into the fourth quarten then held on to win its first victory of the 2000 season.

Highly partisan attendees were Audley McCain '43, Jerry Nuss '47, Lois and Bill Wright '49, Joyce and Gene Dunaway '50, Connie and Dave Emerson '50, Cathie and Dick Dalla Mura '51, Fuzzy Knight '53, Noel and Jim Blandford '50, Nancy and Don Lovelace '50, Nancy and Ed 171

Newbegin '50, Jim O'Hara '55, Nancy and Jim Flatley '56, Ed Parent '56 and Darleene and Bill Scott '56, Jackie and Jim Moore '57, Danielle and Jim Kenney '58, Bob Giuffreda '56, Susan and Ollie Oliver '61 with guests Donna and Don Smith (ex-NFO and USNA chemistry instractor), Dave Belton '62, Barbara and Bob DeMarco '62, Connie and Larry Fulton '62, Sylvia and Joe Gamboa '62, Jim Welsch '67, Sallie and Bill Nold '71, Patty and Dennis Simon '77, Athene and Bob Jordan '80, and special guest John Boykin, a senior at Bishop England and outstanding wrestler who will enter the Naval Academy in 2001 with the Class of 2005.

20 November Meeting Our guest speaker for the 20 November luncheon was Brigadier General Gerald A. Black, USAF, Commander of the US Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base. General Black presented an excellent briefing conceming the relationship of Air Force Reserve to the active force within the Air Mobility Command, missions performed by Reserve forces, and the history of operations where Reserve's have played a key role.

Of particular interest to Chapter members was that in light of active duty cutbacks, 71 percent of theater airlift and 38 percent of sttategic airlift are now the responsibility of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command. In ensuing discussions, most attendees agreed with General Black that this message and its implications need broader dissemination within the public at large.

Attendees were Walt Robinson '42, Jerry Nuss '47, Bill Wright '49, Gene Dunaway '50, Dave Emerson '50, Dick Dalla Mura '51, Mac Cramer '53, Jim Blandford '55, Jim Kenney '58, Ollie Oliver '61 witii guest CAPT Skip Vellom USN (Ret), Larry Fulton, Joe Gamboa '62, Bill Nold '71, Dennis Simon '77, Bob Jordan '80, Btil Dull (Associate '01), and special guest Dan Doherty whose son is coach of the USNA hockey "B" team (please see article below re USNA hockey in Charleston).

Navy Hockey comes to Charleston The first ever intercollegiate hockey game is coming to Charleston! The Navy "B" Team and Clemson University will face off at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, 14 January 2001, at the Ice Palace at Northwoods Mall.

There will be seating for 1000, so come on out and for three bucks, (yes, $3), we will cheer as the Blue and Gold make orange juice!

Chapter luncheons are usually held the third Monday of each month at the Omar Shrine Temple facility adjacent to Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant. No reservation needed, ff you are visiting from out of town, contact a member for directions and by all means come and give us the pleasure of your company.

South Carolina Midlands Chapter Rev. Aris P. Metrakos '78 9 Baying Hound Way Blythewood, SC 29016-8743 h: 803-786-8100; e: colagoc@mindspring.com Web site: www.members.aol.com/usnaaasc

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Palmetto Chapter William B. Swent '88 Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, PC. 100 E. Coffee Stteet RO. Box 87 Greenville, SC 29602-0087 w: 864-242-6440; e; WSwent@LWTM.com

Low Country Chapter Mr. Richard L. Weidman '63 5 Spotted Sandpiper Hilton Head, SC 29928 843-363-5216; e: Weidman@Digitel.net

TENNESSEE Chattanooga Chapter Mr. Charles T. Higgins '64 RO. Box 15427 Chattanooga, TN 37415-0427 h: 423-877-0776 ext. 11; f: 423-874-0852 r: 423-886-1111; o: 423-877-0776 ext. 11 e: chiggins@voy.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter CDR A. Jerry Popp '62, USN (Ret.) 23 Riverside Drive Oak Ridge, TN 37830-9001 h: 865-483-0258; e; PoppJ@patiiwayb.com

Memphis Chapter CAPT Edward A. Lyons '69, USNR

The North Texas Chapter also held its December Luncheon at the Lincoln City Club in Decemben Members welcomed guest speaker Colonel Mike Kurth, USMC (Ret), Navy Cross recipient and winner of the Alfred A. Cunningham Marine Aviator of the Year award and the John A. Lejeune Award for Inspirational Leadership. Those in attendance included: Jim Bethmann '77, Kurt Metcalf '91, Keith Tibbits '77, Rich Cudlipp '59, Ron Grover (guest). Bob Deputy '62, Tom Howell '65, Rick Lottie '69, Mark Lamright '73, Dave Young '73, John Wroten '65, Mike Huber '78, Byron Trop '80, and Steve Colon '81.

The Annual Blue Chip Dinner will be the culmination of December's activities. The North Texas Chapter is honored to have VADM John Ryan '67 speak at this event for a third consecutive year.

Questions regarding upcoming events should be addressed to Jim Bethmann '77, Keith Tibbitts '77, orKurtMetcaff'91 at 214-954-1834. Best regards, Kurt Metcalf '91

South Texas Chapter CAPT Michael Stoffel '54, USN (Ret.) 520 Nortb River Seguin,TX 78155 h: 830-379-2373; e: mstoffel@woridnet.att.net

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Lynn A. Wegner '65 6909 Northhampton Way Houston, TX 77055 h: 713-781-9932; w: 713-263-8001 ext. 265 e: lwegner@rectorseal.com

2557 Park Creek Cove Germantown, TN 38139 h: 901-755-1286

Nashville Chapter CDR John F. Ohlinger '69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Drive Nashville, TN 37220-2124 h: 615-370-1441; w: 800-242-8613 e: johlinger@worldnet.att.net

TEXAS North Texas Chapter LCDR James M. Bethmann '77, USNR 2203 Creekside Circle Soutii Irving, TX 75063 w: 214-954-1834; e: jim.betlimann@kortiferry.com Army hosted the annual Army-Navy game party at Friday's Front Row Grill at the Ballpark in Arlington. A strong Navy contingent helped cheer the Mids onto victory. Among those in attendance were: Jim Bethmann '77, Keith Tibbits '77, Peggie and Kurt Metcalf '91 (with sons Brendan, Patrick, and Brian), John Began (son of Robert Began '57), Sue and Tom Monaghan '59, Kent and Kris Densing, James Droste, Liz and Robert Deputy '62, Mark Samuels '89, Javier Roquebert '84, John Cox '88, Scott Callaham '93, Scott Ordich '86, Hylan Lyon '58, Tom Ferriso, J.J. and Rebecca Leonard, Amber and Jesse Hanger '93, Mark and Mary Alice Wilson, and Phil and Beth Graves.

Navy-Army game at halftime; standing 1 to r: Curt Gibby '61, Lynn Wegner '65; Hal Dantone '68, Rob Brown '65, Ed Klein '72, Royce Engler '73, and Chris Nichols '61; seated 1 to r: Andy Howard '75, Bruce Tyler '74, John Kendall '64, and Paul Marshall '65 December Luncheon Attendees The following shipmates attended the 1 December meeting: Jack Keller '44, John HoU '57, Arthur K. Smidi "59, Curt Gibby '61, Chris Nichols '61, Marty Block '64, Erik Woods '64. Bart Jealous '65, Paul Marshall '65, Fred Schlemmer '65, Lynn Wegner '65, Peter VanDeriofske '68, Jim Babb '69, Brace Potter '69, Tom Wojciechowski '69, Royce Engler '73, Steven Katcher "76, and EUiott Reagans "82.

December's Program and Chapter Activities Bill Sherrill spoke to us about his combat experiences as a Marine at Bougainville in WWII; plus, as a former member of the Board of Govemors of the Federal Reserve, he reaffirmed that the "Fed" is very apolitical and concemed mainly with keeping inflation down. Bill's remarks were very well received. The following day, we had over 100 fans (Alumni, Parents, and friends) gathered at SRO Sports Bar to watch the Navy-Army football gameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;enjoying every minute of Navy's 30-28 victory. Besides the local shipmates in attendance, Bruce T^ler '74 (bdtyler@upstream.xomcorp.com) Shipmate, January-February 2001

working in London for ExxonMobil, happened to be in Houston and joined us. Again, out-of-towners are always most welcome at our events. Elliott Reagans '82 and Yolanda (Williams) Reagans '83 (contact them at 281-633-2635 or email ereagans @aol.com; Elliott's work number is 713-658-1457) are now officially homeported in Houston with their ten-year old daughter, Jessica. Elliott is a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch and Yolanda has recentiy reported to NRD Houston as the XO. Elliott has committed himself to the Blue and Gold program and is anxious to get started. They spend what little free time they have with Jessica at dance class and basketball practice.

Michael J. Smith '67 Memorial Sword presentationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;5 January As diis column is submitted, we are looking forward to this event. Traditionally, the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter presents a sword each year at our January luncheon to die Midshipman 1/C (from our area) with the highest class ranking. As you rememben Mike Smith '67 was the pilot of the Space Shuttie Challenger when it exploded on 28 January 1986. He became the first Alumnus to give his life in the exploration of space.

This annual sword presentation to the deserving Midshipman, widi his/her family proudly in attendance, is always a memorable occasion Upcoming Events Our 2 February luncheon will feature our Chapter's "Second Annual Valentine's Event." This year, our keynote speaker will be LT Tamika Burnett '92, USN. LT Bumett, curtentiy stationed at the Academy, will join us to share her experiences (and female perspectives) in regards to her years at the Academy, and in the Fleet. As in prior years, our Chapter is planning a June dirmer for alumni, spouses, guests, and the USNA Parents' Club members. The date is expected to be Friday night, 1 Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;details to follow.

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). Our twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 7:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month at the Metropolitan Racquet Club. Visitors are always welcome. If you're interested, please call Bart Jealous '65 (281-362-8220), send me an emati, or visit our Web site (newly re-named to http://www.eacademies.net). Visitors are always welcome.

Chapter Meetings Chapter meetings are usually held on the first Friday of every month (2 February, 3 March, 6 April, and 4 May) at Brennan's Restaurant (11:30 a.m. refreshments, and noon-1:00 p.m. lunch). Our annual Chapter Dinner (for Alumni, spouses, guests, and the USNA Parents' Club members) will be held on Friday night 1 June. As in prior years, there will be no luncheon meetings in June, July, or August.

Of course, "lost" Shipmates, spouses and friends of the Naval Academy are always welcome at our monthly luncheons. Please join us! For any additional information on any item in this column, please call me at (713-750-8868) or send an email to kleinl985@aol.com.

Ed Klein '72

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UTAH/IDAHO/ MONTANA/WYOMIN< Intermountain NA Alumni Chapter Mr. J. Kevin Dolan '71 2415 East 10305 Soutii Sandy, UT 84092-4416 h: 801-942-7240 e: kdolan@foniX.t(

VIRGINIA Blue Ridge Chapter CAPT Roger C. Adams '70, USN[i ( R e t i ^ 6609 Fairway View Trail, Roanoke, VA 24018 h: 540-989-6198; w: 540-362-7389 e: radams3491@aol.com Central Virginia Chapter CAPT Anthony A. Hastoglis '55, USN (Ret.) 102 Shawnee Court Charlottesville, VA 22901-1034 h: 804-973-7846; e: Ahastogtis@compuserve.com

Hampton Roads Chapter CAPT Peter K. Glasier '62, USN (Ret.) 1105 Glenside Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23464 h: 757-467-7476; w: 757-340-6700 e: pete62@erols.com Chapter Social Events On 2 December 2000, Chapter members, fellow grads and guests mustered at the Breezy Point O'Club for the Chapter's annual Army-Navy Game Party. Historically, this has been the premiere event on our social calendar Usually, we draw a crowd of 200 or so. Regrettably, attendance this year was modest, at best. The proximity of Baltimore was reason enough for very many of our members to take in the game where it was played. Nonetheless, those of us in attendance at the party carried on. As always, we won the party. Our boys in Blue and Gold, at times playing with more heart than skill in a most nerve-wracking game, at least for us watchers, triumphed over the Black Knights of the Hudson. It was a hard-played game that so typifies the rivalry between our schools. But, even more so, the very ideals of dedication, teamwork and personal commitment that our two schools imbue in their graduates. Win or lose, we Mids and cadets always stand proudly togethen Fifty Chapter members and their guests were on hand for the party. We enjoyed a social hour prior to the game during which we were tteated to a superb buffet, including our traditional serving of Navy bean soup, and generous libations. All was a most convivial and enjoyable atmosphere. The kick-off found the following members and guests cheering Navy on to victory: Frances Stanard (Bill) '44, Marie and Bill Chipman '48, Betty and Andy Mclntyre '48, Audrey and Karl Thiele '48, Sue Van Kirk (Bob) '48, Nancy and Jack Magee '49, Jeanne and Ray Barber '50, Alice and Fred Edwards '50, Chariotte and Gene AUender' 51, Sue and Billy Earl' 51, Betty and Dick Black '57, Btil Kee '60, Page and Ron Bishop '65, Tom Martin '66, Tom Fowler '69, Emily and Dennis Plank '69, Frank Roberts '69, Pat and Dave Spriggs '69, Mike Cohen '71, Gary Reese '71, Jack Hughes '74, Dee and Jerry Rudd '74, John Galle '75, BJ and Jack Kasiski '79, Sonja and Tom Paulk

'80, Bill White '90 and Pat Gritio, 'A. Ishina and Paul Feld and Tom Young, West Point Grads, joined the party as well. Tom Paulk '80, a former Navy quarterback, organized this grand affair BZ, Tom! Chapter Information Complete information about Chapter events, as well as other gouge about the HRC, will be in The Main Mast, the HRC Newsletter. Also, look for The Gouge on tiie HRC Web site, www.usnaaahrc.org.

Membership in the HRC is $15 per annum or $40 for a three-year term. Sign on with us. Also, check your personal calendars and schedule some time to join us.

Jerry A. Rudd '74 blackshoe @ erols. com

Richmond Chapter CDR William L. Ruch III '68, USN (Ret.) 5707 Maple Brook Drive Midlothian, VA 23112-6320 h: 804-739-3664; e: wlr68@sprintmail.com S h e n a n d o a h Valley Chapter David V. Langfitt '74 125 Henrico Road Front Royal, VA 22630 w: 540-636-2138; e: davidlangfitt@netscape.net

Williamsburg Chapter Mr. Allen P. Whitaker '60 2304 West Island Road Williamsburg, VA 23185 h: 757-258-4628; e: apwhitaker@widomakencom

WASHINGTON Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter CAPT Edward G. Schwier '69, USN (Ret) 1196 Brentwood Avenue Richland, WA 99352-8540 h: 509-627-7288; w: 509-372-0176 e: egschwier@aol.com The Tri-Cities Chapter normally meets on the third Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m., however, we vary as required because of schedule conflicts.

If you are going to be in the area and want to spend some quality time with fellow Alumni, give me a call and we can artange an impromptu "meeting."

I received an email from Admiral Don Pilling '65, recently retired VCNO, advising that he will be in the Richland area 10-12 January 2001. We will have a special gathering, probably on Thursday, 11 January, to hear Don's perspective on where the Navy and USMC are going. I still have to confirm the date, time, and location with Don so call me at home or work for the details.

Fourteen of us gathered for our 9 November meeting at the Samovar Restaurant in Richland and enjoyed a wonderful "Tour of Russia" dinnen Attendees included John Bickford '71, Karen and Bruce Bowman '64, Mary and John McGuire '64, Tine and Ted Miller '79, Henry Richardson '44-'43 and Professor Jamie Zimchek, Jeanie and Ed Schwier '69, and Terry Terrass '48A. The Annual Tri-Cities Chapter Army-Navy Game Party was a rousing success. The guests artived early and were in good spirits anticipating a good game. They were not disappointed. We had a fine 173

tum out of local Alumni including Kathy and Robin Bushore '70. John Bickford '71, Nancy and Clark Gibbs '61, Kay and Dean Himiiphrys '86 and their children Daniel (9) and Cassandra (6), Mary Ann and Tom KeUey '64, Mary and Jerry McGuire '64, Bill Meader '79, Caryn and Dave Mears '79 (parents of Mollie Mears '03), and Jeanie and Ed Schwier '69. Other guests included our USMA reps, Michael and Joann Rung, our Notte Dame contingent, Phil and Linda Loscoe, plus good friends Sandy Johnson and Ellen Choyeski, and our dog Hannibal. Once again, to those who missed the function, such as Mai Wright '63 who has developed a passion for skiing in his old age, better luck next year. The food and drink were wonderful, but not nearly as much as the friendship we share. Halftime ceremonies featured the first annual award of the "This is you" article. The article for the inaugural presentation was a Navy cap that Jeanie and I found in the Mid Store (on sale) back in May. It isn't an ordinary cap. It was basic black with a goat and Ughteiung bolts and screamed, "I belong on Jerry "Flash" McGuire's head." Upon presentation, with appropriate ceremony, those assembled at Schwier's agreed that the hat was indeed Jerry.

That's it for this issue. Have a great New Year and Beat Army! You are always welcome to bring guests, particularly Alunmi of other service academies, to any of our functions. If you have information for our monthly chapter newsletter or a suggestion for an event, contact either of us by email at egschwier@aol.com, Edward_G_Ed_Schwier @ri.gov, or schwierif@aol.com. To join oitt chapter, contact me for an application form. Cost is just $10 a year.

Edward Schwier '69

Puget Soimd Chapter CAPT Colin H. Saari '60, USN (Ret.) 12503 Nintii Avenue NW Seattle, WA 98177 h: 206-361-1192; w: 206-543-1363 e: saari@apl.washington.edu Web site: www.usnaaa-psc.org SCENE: Fort Lewis Officers Club 8:30 a.m., 2 December 2000. Alumni of West Point and Annapolis meet to support their teams. Outnumbered, but not out cheered, the Puget Sound Chapter enjoyed the Army's food, the academy camaraderie, and of course the great performance by our Brigade and their team.

In the picture, and leading tiie way was the class of '60, including: Dean Angel, Bob Traister, and Tom Teal. Other stalwarts were Bob's wife Janet, Abbey and Tom Schuette '94, Eileen and Hank "Rirowski '71, Carol and Jerry Saber '63, Harry Headland '35, Joan and Mike Gustavson '64, Walt Fitzpatrick '75, Ed Groth, Jim Kautz '56, Mike Combs, Dale Peterson '71, Lou Mason '71, Linda Petersen, Tony Thome '88, Katiiy Tracy, Sandie and 174

Eric Anderson '72. We look forward to inviting our friends from the Point next year for their next exercise in humihty. The Washington State All Academy Ball was held on 29 December at the Bangor Officers Club. Family, cadets. Midshipmen and Alumni from all service academies gathered to share their hoUday wishes and good cheen A great job by the Parents Club and the Sub Base!

Eric L. Anderson earuierson @ artanderson. com http:/Avww. artanderson. com h: 360-479-5600; ft 360-479-5605

Pat McKay '74 wore one of his famous USNA Midshipmen sweatshirts to the luncheon. His Academy sweatshirt is the best I have ever seen! Pat mentioned he wouldn't be able to attend the ArmyNavy game party this year. Next year, Pat! That started a discussion about USNA football.

The West Virginia Chapter has held two regularly scheduled luncheons each year for several years, and will continue to do so. Mark your calendars for the first Friday in May and the first Friday in November for the luncheons. All luncheons will be at Cagney's until further notice in Shipmate.

Dan McCague '66

W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. AREA Greater Washington Chapter

WISCONSIN Wisconsin Chapter

CAPT Charles R. Grutzius '66, USNR 3221 Wildmere Place Oak HilkVA 20171-3920 b: 703-648-3810; e: elexsys.cg@worldnet.att.net

WEST VIRGINIA West Vii^nia Chapter Joe Dailey '51 1226 Mount Vemon Road Charleston, WV 25314-252^ h: 304-346-6193; e: josephdaile.y@excite.com The West Virginia Chapter held a luncheon at Cagney's Restaurant in Charleston on Friday, 3 November 2000. Attending the meeting were Chapter President, Joe Dailey '51 from Charleston, Dan McCague '66 from South Charleston, Mike Ferrell '68 from Logan, Steven Shumlas '69 from Hurricane, and Pat McKay '74 from Scott Depot. This was the first November meeting that we didn't have to elect a new Chapter President since Joe Dailey agreed to serve as the West Virginia Chapter President for an indefinite term.

At the luncheon, Joe Dailey passed out lists of West Virginia Midshipmen cturentiy at the Naval Academy. Ten West Virginians are in the Class of 2000, four in tiie Class of 2001, seven in tiie Class of 2002, and two in the Class of 2003. Good luck to all of West Virginia's USNA Midshipmen!

Dan McCague mentioned that Dn Jim Bums '74, had checked in via email since he relocated from Charleston to WVU Med School, Department of Pediatrics. He said one son is applying to USNA, one son is on the Morgantown High School football team, and his wife, Lela, has been taking some courses at WVU. Joe Dailey told us about attending the USNA Tenth Reunion with his daughten Kathryn Dailey '90. He said he felt like the oldest date there.

Mike Fertell mentioned he wasn't able to get tickets in time to attend the Army-Navy game, since the game is being played in Baltimore at a smaller stadium. Apparently the game sold out early.

Steven Shumlas discussed Marshall's M.B.A. Program. He also entertained us with some amusing stories about the Brigade when he was part of that illustrious group of Midshipmen several decades ago. Steven has that special ability to tell one funny USNA or Navy story after anothen Steven said he got to go to jump school one summer when he was at USNA.

Winston C. Williams '46 13350 West Bluemound Road #2 Ehn Grove, WI 53122-2538 h: 414-782-6645; w: 414-782-9410 e: winwill@execpc.com e: cook.phiUip@milwaukee.va.gov

UNITED KINGDOM Great Britain Chapter Susaime Saalau-Bethall '85 50 Aubreys Letchwortb-Herts SG6 3 England w: 0-1438-76-3419 e: ssb25133@GlaxoWellcome.co e: rbethell@netcomuk.co.uk

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Call Almond, John Warren Jr. '63 CDR, USNR 18 December 2000 Bangert, James Edward '57 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 1 January 2001 Boileau, Almerian Robinson '26 CDR, USN (Ret.) 26 December 2000 Burton, Lorenzo Grady Jr. '47 5 December 2000 Campbell, Gordon '26 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 5 December 2000 Casson, Robert Mackay '46 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 28 October 2000 Chambers, Kenneth William '45 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 7 December 2000 ChUders, Robert Burgess '42 CDR, USN (Ret.) 3 December 2000 Gulp, John BeU Jr. '49 6 October 2000 Davis, Allen Burch '50 CDR, USN (Ret.) 1 July 2000 DePrez, Richard John '44 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 28 December 2000 Dixon, Brewer Jr. '50 20 November 2000 Dudley, James Insley Jr. '60 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 10 November 2000 East, Jack Jr. '49 8 November 2000 Eldiidge, Edgar Ashton '44 CDR, USN (Ret.) 30 December 2000 Fox, Warren George '47 22 December 2000 Gambacorta, Francis Michael '35 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 1 December 2000 HaU, Perry '43 CDR, USN (Ret.) 23 December 2000 Hammond, Reginald George '66 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 25 December 2000 'Mte

Hess, Lawrence Eugene Jr. '47 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 30 November 2000 Holdeman, George Richard '58 Col, USA (Ret.) 3 December 2000 Hope, Herbert Arthur Jr. '54 CAPT. USN (Ret.) December 2000 Hoppe, Henry III '49 Col, USMC (Ret.) 2 January 2001 Howren, Harry E. Jr. 'SO 12 December 2000 Kirstein, Lee Andrew '46 Col, USMC (Ret.) 22 November 2000 Kneece, James Frank Jr. '51 11 December 2000 Latham, David Morgan '49 4 November 2000 Lewis, William Edward '36 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 7 December 2000 Logan, John Wesley '43 CDR, USN (Ret.) 14 November 2000 Loustaunau, Paul Emil '39 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 29 December 2000 Madalo, Michael '62 5 December 2000 Moia, Amold Charles '56 9 July 2000 Moore, William Vincent '48 11 November 2000 Nichols, Charles Hume Jr. '58 LtCol, USMCR (Ret.) 27 November 2000 Parks, John Edward '39 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 1 December 2000 Polk, Larry Joe '58 8 June 2000 Pollard, Eric Wilton '41 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 31 July 2000

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RALPH EARLE JR. '22 Vice Admiral Ralph Earie J r , USN (Ret.), passed away on 7 September 2000, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Jon Condoret, near Siler City, NC. He was 99 years old.

Born in Annapolis on 22 December 1900, Admiral Earle was the son, grandson and greatgrandson of admirals. His father. Rear Admiral Ralph Earle 1896, had served as Chief of Naval Ordnance in World War I, and later was president of Worcester (MA) Polytechnic Institute.

From 1908 to 1910 the family lived at his father's station at Olongapo in the Philippines.

His only schooling then came from an old Marine sergeant who gave classes under a tree.

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Railsback, Edward Forrest '31 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 24 October 2000 Raleigh, Robert '39 5 December 2000 Schultz, Ernest Gordon '52 Col, USAF (Ret.) 8 November 2000 Scull, Gifford '30 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2000 Seibert, Robert Turner '36 22 November 2000 Shanahan, William Francis '52 CDR, USN (Ret.) 3 November 2000 Simpson, Robert Emmett '45 29 November 2000 Slonim, Gilven Max '36 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 November 2000 Smith, Edgar MitcheU Jr. '50 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 26 December 2000 Smith, Robert Gerhard '72 1 November 2000 Stahl, Robert Bruce '42 CDR, USN (Ret.) 27 November 2000 Sterling, Stoughton Jr. '41 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 23 September 2000 Stevens, Ralph Stoddard Jr. '39 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 9 October 2000 Svendsen, Edward Charles '41 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 27 November 2000 Weaver, Roy Babbitt '46 CDR, USN (Ret.) 21 October 2000 WUber, James Roland '57 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 26 December 2000 Williams, Albert Paine Jr. '57 14 November 2000 Yeatman, Richard Preston '47 CDR, USN (Ret.) 7 December 2000

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Upon returning to the United States and obtaining a more formal education, he passed a competitive exam in 1918 to enter the Naval Academy.

After graduation, he served on a number of ships, including a gunboat on the U.S. Navy's Yangtze River Patrol in 1928, helping the Chinese battle river pirates. While crossing the Pacific on a cruise ship, he met his future wife, Audrey Saxby, a journalist from Santa Barbara, CA. They were engaged by the time the ship reached Honolulu, and were married on 31 May 1929, in Shanghai.

On 7 December 1941, he was skipper of RALPH TALBOT, a destroyer berthed at Pearl Harbor, and managed to steer the ship out into the open sea in spite of the Japanese bombardment and burning and exploding ships.

TALBOT later fought in the Marshalls, at Wake and Marcus islands and in the Battle of Midway.

Subsequently, he commanded Destroyer Squadron 45, and participated in major battles in the South Pacific. He received the Legion of Merit with Combat "V," the Bronze Star Medal, and a Commendation Ribbon with Bronze Star and Combat "V." While living in Annapolis, he headed the ordnance and gunnery department at the Naval Academy. Among other posts, he was captain of ToPEKA, professor of naval science at Duke University, chief of the Naval Section at the Joint U.S. Military Aid Group in Greece and commander of the Naval Base at Newport, RI. Earle retired from the Navy in 1957, and took an administrative job at Duke University. In the following years, he and his beloved Audrey were inseparable. They settled into a peaceful life of reading, organic gardening and world travel.

Audrey passed away on 22 December 1990. For the next decade Ralph Earle was tenderly cared for by his daughter, Joan, in her home.

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Last Ci Admiral Earle is survived by his daughter and her husband, Audrey and Robert Nevitt, of Washington, D . C ; his daughter and her husband, Joan and Jon Condoret, of Siler City, NC; and four grandchildren, Christopher Nevitt of Phoenix, AZ, Dorothy Nevitt of Eugene, OR, Brigitte Robindore of Santa Monica, CA, and Arielle Schechter of Chapel Hill, NC. Contributions in memory of Vice Admiral Ralph Earle Jn may be made to his favorite charity. The American Indian College Fund, National Headquarters, 83333 Greenwood Blvd., Denver, CO 80221.

Earle was buried with full military honors at the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday, 14 September 2000. As he directed, he has been cremated, and his ashes nuxed with his wife's in a bottle of Bacardi rum, with two ounces of rum left in it. The bottle will be interred with his favorite artifact, a small Japanese Buddha. excerpts from The (Annapolis) Capital, The Herald Sun (Durham, NC), & The Washington Post

WELLINGTON ANTHONY HAMMOND '27 Rear Admiral Wellington A. Hammond, USN (Ret.), died on 5 November 2000 at San Marcos, CA. He had been a resident of Califomia for 52 years and of San Marcos for 31 years.

Admiral Hammond was a native of St. Louis, MO, where he graduated from McKinley High School in June of 1921. After receiving an appointment to the Naval Academy, he attended Marion Institute in Marion, AL, during 1922 and 1923 to prepare for the entrance exams. He entered the Academy on 3 July 1923 and graduated and was commissioned an ensign on 2 June 1927.

Admiral Hammond served in battleships, destroyers, the submarine force, flagships and commanded an amphibious ship. He had shore duty at Mare Island Naval Yard in Vallejo, CA, and was assistant professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and served as administrative aide to the deputy and sub chief of Naval Operations.

Admiral Hammond was awarded a Letter of Commendation and a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service under fire of the enemy during World War II. After several extended hospital visits. Admiral Hammond retired in 1948.

Since 1959, Admiral Hammond had been very active with St. Mark's Catholic Church in San Marcos. He has been head of the lectors, served as an extraordinary minister, as a registered Caltf. Catechist, had been very active in the R.C.I.A. program, and was head of the Liturgy Committee. He was also a Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, St. Mark's Council No. 6979.

Admiral H a m m o n d ' s wife, Evangeline, passed away on 18 August 1988. He is survived by his sister, Ellen Tiefenbrunn, of Bethlehem,

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PA; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews; and great-great nieces and nephews.

Rosary and Mass of the Resurrection was held on 15 November 2000 at St. Mark's Catholic Church in San Marcos, CA. Interment with military honors took place at Holy Cross Cemetery in San Diego, CA. Memorial contributions may be sent to the United States Navy Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 96570, Washington, D.C. 20077-7685.

GEORGE FRANCIS BEARDSLEY '29 Vice Admiral George F. Beardsley, USN (Ret.), died in Palo Alto, CA, on 22 November 2000 after a short illness. He was 93 years old.

Born in Arlington Heights, IL, on 26 October 1907, Beardsley entered the Naval Academy in 1925. Following graduation in 1929, he served aboard LEXINGTON before volunteering for flight training. He became a naval aviator in 1931 and was stationed aboard SARATOGA and LEXINGTON before assignment as materiel and personnel officer in the assembly and repair department at Naval Air Station, San Diego, CA. Beardsley then attended postgraduate school in Annapolis, MD, and at the Califomia Institute of Technology, eaming a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from CalTech in 1939.

Following a year as senior aviator on SAN FRANCISCO, he retumed to shore duty as production control officer in the assembly and repair department of the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Beardsley served as assistant to the materiel officer and the fleet aircraft maintenance officer on the staff of Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet, from September 1942 to December 1944, for which he received a Letter of Commendation and Commendation Ribbon from the Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet.

In part, the Commendation cited "with outstanding ability and administrative skill, he aided in promoting and maintaining the high state of material readiness of our carriers, aircraft tenders and technical aviation material."

At the end of World War II, Beardsley became director of the fiscal division in the Bureau of Aeronautics, and received advanced training at the Harvard Business School. From 1949-1956, he served in engineering management positions related to aircraft maintenance and procurement in Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D . C , and Alameda, CA, returning finally to Washington, D . C , as first assistant and thenDeputy Comptroller of the Navy. Beardsley was promoted to the rank of vice admiral in 1960 and

became Chief of Naval Material, where he was responsible for the formulation of the Navy's procurement, conttacting, production, inspection, and material distribution policies. Upon retirement in 1963, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

In addition to the Commendation Ribbon and Distinguished Service Medal, Admiral Beardsley received the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.

Admiral Beardsley married Grace Cruce Willmott on 14 June 1933 in Glendale, CA. They had three children, Irene A., George F. Jr, and Robert C After his retirement in 1963, he and Grace lived in Menlo Park, CA, before settling in San Diego, CA. They became active members of the Rancho Bemardo Community Presbyterian Church, traveled widely, and built a second home in Jackson, WY, where they spent many happy summers fly fishing, gardening, golfing and entertaining fantily and friends. His hobbies included painting, walking and yoga. His wife of 58 years passed away in 1991.

Admiral Beardsley is survived by his daughter, Irene; son, Robert; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

ROB ROY MCGREGOR '29 Rear Admiral Rob Roy McGregor, USN (Ret.), died on 5 September 2000 at the home he helped to design and remodel in Point Loma, CA. He was 93 years old.

Born in Seattle, WA, in 1907, the young Rob Roy displayed a natural love of life and laughter, which remained with him to the end. A Navy Junior, he aspired to attend the Naval Academy and graduated in 1929. Although offered a movie conttact early in his naval career, Rob Roy declined, cast his lot as a submariner and remained with underseas craft for most of the next 20 years.

Assigned to the Philippines after a duty station in New York, he continued to woo Navy Junior, Mary Osborn. In 1940 they were married in Manila and remained in China and the Philippines, leaving just prior to America's enttance into World War II. Recognized for his war service, Rob Roy was awarded two Silver Star Medals and a Gold Star.

He was, according to Admiral Chester Nimitz '07, "an ace submarine commander.." noted for "conspicuous gallantty and inttepidity in action...

His conduct throughout was an inspiration to his officers and men." Rob Roy participated in the initial occupation of Japan, was present at the signing of the Japanese Treaty, and was charged

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Last Call with inactivation of the Japanese submarines in Tokyo Bay. In 1942, a son, Rob Roy J r , was born in Coronado, CA. A daughter, Bonnie, arrived five years later in Omaha, NE, where Rob Roy served as Inspector of Naval Recruitment for the Midwest. During this assignment, he successfully lobbied Congress to annex Fort Omaha as headquarters for the Naval Reserve and Midwest Recruitment, and raised the area's national recruitment standing to first place. He was honored to be appointed by the governor of Nebraska as an "Admiral in the Nebraska Navy."

Two years later, when Rob Roy took over as Commander Submarine Squadron Five of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, their daughter Gae was bom.

In 1952. he completed an M.B.A. from George Washington University and subsequentiy spent six months at the NATO Defense College in Paris. This prepared Rob Roy to serve as disbursement officer for ships to the NATO allies and the chief of the Navy's $2 billion military aid program in Europe. These years became relished memories of his post-war assignments. His final duty station took him back to a favorite city, Coronado, where he retired as a rear admiral in 1957.

Rob Roy looked forward to a productive civilian career using skills honed in the military.

He served as vice-president of a bank; was "recraited" as technical advisor for the acclaimed submarine film, "Run Silent, Run Deep;" was active in local environmental issues, as well as the San Diego business community; and founded IMPCO, a military finance and insurance company. In recognition of his civic achievements and in deference of his Scottish heritage, Rob Roy was named, by then-Mayor Pete Wilson, first official representative to Sister City, Edinburgh, Scotland. Noted for his warmth, excellent voice and splendid humor, he used these talents to regale the "friendly troops" at the many McGregor parties.

In his final years, he often mentioned how fortunate he was to have had such a happy life and to have shared it with Mary and his children.

Rob Roy is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Osborn McGregor; daughters and sons-inlaw, Barbara and John Rush of San Diego, CA, and Gae and Michael Melford of Mystic, CT; son, Rob Roy Jn of Colorado Springs, CO; and grandchildren, Caely and Colin Melford.

All who knew him will miss the gentiemanly and charming Rob Roy. Donations in Rob Roy's memory may be made to San Diego Hospice, 4311 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 or to Friends of the USD Libraries, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110.

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BAFFORD EDWARD LEWELLEN '31 Rear Admiral Bafford E. Lewellen, USN (Ret.), died on 21 June 2000, following a very serious and rapid decline in his health. He had recently suffered a stroke which left him unable to function as he desired. "Lew," strongwilled and in control of his mental faculties to the end, made a courageous decision to refuse any artificial means that would have prolonged his life. As he wished, he was cremated and services were held at Arlington National Cemetery on 22 August 2000.

Lew was born on 22 September 1909 in Florence, AL, to Bafford Simpson and Edna Sntith Lewellen. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1931. He graduated from Submarine School in New London, CT, in December 1935.

His decorations, medals and commendations during his more than 32-year naval career included: the Navy Cross with Gold Star; Silver Star Medal; Bronze Star Medal with Gold Star and Combat "V"; Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; American Defense Service Medal with Star; American Campaign Service Medal; Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with Silver Star and two Bronze Stars; World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal; Navy Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal with two Stars; United States Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Although his a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s , medals and commendations were many. Lew preferred instead to speak of lighter moments and humorous occasions shared with his naval comrades.

He was married to Anna Gould Reeves on 13 November 1934. They were later divorced and he married Anne Gerling on 27 December 1960 in /Arlington, VA. Anne preceded him in death on 1 November 1988. He married Georgia Wray Verplancke on 2 November 1991 in Encampment, WY. He was a member of VFW Post #6125 of Encampment, WY; Rawlins, Wyoming's Elks Lodge; Wyoming Sub Vets; and was co-founder of the Fly Fisherman's Association. He also belonged to the Wally Byam Caravan Club Intemational. He had also developed the ferry system through the Alaskan Inland Passage after Worid War II. Survivors include his wife, Georgia, of Encampment, WY; stepdaughter, Rita Craiger and her husband, Dennis, of Lead, SD; brother, Robert S. Lewellen and his wife, Jane, of Contoocook, NH; nieces, Becky Purves of London, England, Nancy Brigham of Boise, ID,

Mary Lou Griffen of Buckley, WA, Dominique Laloux of Liege, Belgium; nephews, Arthur Lewellen of Sanburton, CT, Richard Bunger of Prinston, MN, Jerry Lewellen of Chicago, IL, James L. Lewellen and John Lewellen of Hilton Head, SC; cousin, Lyla Lee Smith of Huntsville, AL; and several other great nieces and nephews.

The family has lost a mentor, the nation, a true hero, and the causes he supported, a champion. Lew counted his shipmates among his dearest friends. Those with whom he served, he remained close to all his life.

We shall sorely miss Lew, but he, one of "The Greatest Generation," fought his battles with the courage and conviction which carried him through decades of military service. We pray that his soul now be in that safe, eternal harbor Mrs. Georgia Lewellen

JOHN STANLEY MILLER '32 Stan Miller, known as "Jerry" to many of his classmates, died on 27 November 2000 in the A n n a p o l i s , M D , retirement community of Ginger Cove, after a brief illness.

Bom in Clarendon, TX,s on 2 November 1908, Stan became a midshipman after completing the Naval Academy Preparatory Course. At the Academy, he boxed for the legendary Spike Webb and cartooned for The Log. At graduation, unable to meet newly tightened eyesight requirements, he received a commission in the Naval Reserve and embarked on a career that alternated between private industry and federal serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;supervising the construction of armored turrets at the Midvale Co. in Philadelphia, PA, and serving as an inspector of ordnance for the U.S. Navyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; before joining the Bureau of Ships in 1940.

During World War II, he served as a naval architect in the new-construction program for destroyers, destroyer escorts and frigates.

From 1950 until his retirement in 1965, he served in the Office of Naval Materiel as the senior civilian in the Navy's standardization program, guiding the merger of Navy specifications and standards with those of the Army and Air Force. After his retirement from the Navy Department, he served as a design engineer in the Atomic Power Division with Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., during the construction of NIMITZ.

Ever remaining close to his classmates, Stan served as class secretary during the 1940s and 1950s.

He is survived by his wife of 68 years, the former Ruby Young of Annapolis, MD; two sons.

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Funeral services were held on 30 November at Calvary United Methodist Church with burial in Annapolis' Cedar Bluff Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Ginger Cove Friendship Fund, 4000 River Crescent Drive, AnnapoHs, MD 21401 or to the building fund of Calvary United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Colonel John G. Miller, USMC (Ret.)

JOHN M U N H O L L A N D '32 Rear Admiral John Munholland, USN (Ret.), died on 18 October 2000 at Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD. He was 89 years old. A Funeral Liturgy was celebrated at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Easton on 23 October 2000, followed by burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Admiral Munholland was bom in New York City on 28 November 1910. In 1932, he graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He served as commanding officer aboard several desttoyers including BENNER, DLTNLAP and MEADE.

He also served aboard the destroyer tender.

GRAND CANYON. He was a recipient of the Bronze

Star with Clusters, and the Legion of Merit.

Upon his retirement from the Navy in 1958, he made his home in Sevema Park, MD. He took a job at Westinghouse in Linthicum, MD, for eight years. In 1977, he moved to Easton, MD, where he was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Catiiolic Church; B.PO. Elks Lodge #1622; and the Knights of Columbus.

Admiral Munholland is survived by his wife, the former Jeanne Deming, whom he married in 1939; sons, J. Raymond Munholland of Albuquerque, NM, and Peter H. Munholland of Frederick, M D ; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by a daughter, Tina Marie Smith; sister Mary Ellett; and two b r o t h e r s , Herbert and Thomas Munholland.

CLYDE JAMES VAN ARSDALL JR. '34 Rear Admiral Clyde J. "Van" Van Arsdall J r , USN (Ret.), died on Sunday, 1 October 2000 at his home in Gulfport, MS. He was buried in the family plot in Indianola, MS. Van was appointed to the Naval Academy from Indianola and graduated with the Class of 1934.

As a junior officer. Van served in INDIANAPOLIS, GREER, SELFRIDGE, BARNETT, VINCENNES and

HERNDON. Then, during World War II in the Solomons Campaign as a lieutenant commander, he took command of the destroyer ANTHONY, participating in actions in the Mariannas, Westem Carolines, and Iwo Jima. While on duty on the famed "picket line" at Okinawa, ANTHONY survived numerous Japanese kamikaze attacks

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and was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation medal. Van was awarded both the Navy Cross and the Silver Star.

At sea. Van served extensively in desttoyers, commanding destroyers ANTHONY and PERRY

during, and immediately following. World War II, a squadron of anti-submarine escorts, a squadron of desttoyers, Desfroyer notilla One and ultimately, the Cruiser Desfroyer Force Atlantic Fleet. Ashore, he was involved in the development of young officers at the NROTC units of both the University of Oklahoma and Duke University, and later instructed senior officers at the Naval War College. Other assignments included Naval Attache in Paris, France, director of the Joint War Games Agency in Washington, D . C , commander of the South Atlantic Force and Commander Westem Sea Frontier/ Commander 12th Naval District, San Francisco, CA. Van retired as a two-star admiral after 39 years of active service.

After his retirement in 1973, Van was recalled to active duty in 1974 to assure the smooth ttansition and move of the U.S. Naval Home from its historic site in Philadelphia to its new facility located in Gulfport, MS. As governor of both the Naval Home in Philadelphia and the new Naval Home in Gulfport, he spearheaded every phase of the complicated move to the new facility and the disestablishment of the Philadelphia facility.

He retired for the second time in 1977 and established a permanent residence in Gulfport.

Van's first wife, Polly Aim, who was with him throughout his naval career, preceded him in death in 1978. He married Jean Carter of Gulfport, MS, in 1979. He is survived by his wife, Jean; three children, Anne Van Arsdall of Albuquerque, NM, Captain Clyde J. Van Arsdall HI ' 6 3 , USN (Ret.), of Amarillo, TX, and Robert Van Arsdall of Chapel Hill, NC; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

GEORGE ROBERT CAMERON '35 George R. Cameron of Piqua, OH, died on 27 October 2000 in the Piqua Manor Nursing Home and was buried in the Piqua Forest Hill Cemetery on 30 October following funeral services.

George was bom in Piqua on 24 October 1913, graduated from Piqua Central High School in 1931, and entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1935. He left the Academy at the end of his Second Class Year and obtained a teaching degree from Ohio State in 1936. He then taught at Wauseon High School and served as band director and coached sports until 1942, when he was commissioned in the Naval Reserve.

He married Eileen Kuechler of Piqua in April 1941. She preceded him in death on 12 April 2000.

After teaching midshipmen navigation in Chicago, he was assigned to the desfroyer LAUB in the Westem Pacific, followed by a tour on Guam until after the war ended.

Upon his retum to inactive status in the Reserve, George attended the Northern Illinois College of Optometry of Chicago, receiving his degree in 1948 and staying on at the college as an instructor In 1950, the Camerons retumed to Piqua and George established his optometry practice, wiuch extended for 32 years.

He was a member of the local Elks Lodge for more than 60 years, active in the local bowling league, and enjoyed playing golf at the Echo Hills Golf Club. He was a member of the Warren Masonic Lodge #24, the Miami County YMCA where he was past president of the "Y" Men's Club, the American Legion Post #184, and the Ohio State and the Northem Illinois Alumni Associations. He was a past-president of the Piqua Board of Education and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon. He was a past trustee and life member of the Ohio Optometric Association and past-governor of the Miami Valley Society of Optometrists.

Survivors include his brother, William Cameron of Piqua; sister, Margaret Butler of Fairfax, VA; and several nieces and nephews.

Jesse B. Gay Jr. '35

EDWARD CARNES McLEAN '35 Edward C McLean, Naval Academy graduate, businessman and specialist in the field of gas utility plants, died on 29 October 2000 in Redlands, CA, while visiting there. Funeral services were held in his hometown at the Winnetka, IL, Congregational Church on 11 November and he was interred in a private ceremony. He was predeceased by his first wife, Hedwig Zitzewitz in 1950, and by his second wife, Mary Ann Eidman, in 1997.

Ed was bom in St. Paul, MN, in July 1912 and entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1935, distinguishing himself as a member of the varsity crew for three years. Graduating with failing eyesight, he remained at the Academy as a passed midshipman orienting the Class of 1939 and then resigned to become an industrial engineer for Cutler Hammer Mfg. Co. in Milwaukee, WI. After a year and considerable study, he transferred to a machine tool manufacturing company as chief industtial engineer In 1938, he joined his new father-in-law as president and general manager of National Machine Works in Chicago, remaining in that position during World War II until 1945, when he became a consulting engineer and settled in Winnetka, IL. Ed formed his own company in Chicago, and after producing a "Cyclotton" for the University of Illinois, he engaged in constructing numerous gas utility plants for utility and commercial operations in the countty. He received numerous awards for his work in liquified pettoleum gas and in the utility field in power ttansformers.

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Last Call In his spare time, Ed was an ardent sailor on Lake Michigan and at one time purchased a boat on the West Coast with a friend and sailed it via die Panama Canal back to the East Coast. He was very active in the Red Cross and the Boy Scouts in Winnetka, and participated in the management of his Winnetka church. He was a lifetime member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and regularly attended the reunions oftiie Class of 1935.

Survivors include his son, Stephen C. McLean; six grandchildren; one grandson; sister, Elizabeth Kearney; brother, John McLean; and eight nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Hedwig; daughter, Jennifer Holbrook; and three grandchildren.

Jesse B. Gay Jr. '35

DONALD OWEN VAN NESS '35 Captain Donald O. Van Ness, USNR (Ret.), entteprenem, philanthropist, and founder of a USNA Memorial Honor Scholarship in memory of his Classmates lost in combat, died on 20 October 2000 at Pomerado Hospital, CA, of complications from a sttoke. He was interted on 31 October 2000 with military honors at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma, CA. Don was bom in Paterson, NJ, in November 1913 and attended high school in Kansas City, MO, where he was a lieutenant colonel in the ROTC. He graduated with the Naval Academy Class of 1935, but was commissioned in the Naval Reserve on inactive duty because of faiUng eyesight. His first civilian job was as a buyer for Montgomery Ward in New York City, where he met his future wife, Marie Oropall, whom he married on 1 January 1937. He became a sales engineer for Bakelite Corp. in 1936, and in 1940, shifted to general manager of a plastic molding plant.

In 1941, Don was recalled to active duty and spent the war mostly in Washington and at the Great Lakes Naval Station, playing an important role in the development and implementation of naval plans and policies for the induction, indoctrination and training of minorities in the Navy, rightfully earning the title of "King" among his associates. At the end of the war, he was assigned to Great Lakes, where he supervised the separation of officers from the Navy.

On his return to inactive Naval Reserve status, Don became executive vice president for the Atias Ftim Corp., and in his spare time, he developed a very profitable small flashing red and green light which was purchased by Quaker Oats. Using his profits, he retired, bought a livestock farm in Mundelein, IL, became an entrepreneur and gravitated into real estate and insurance. In the next 30 years, he was variously engaged in farming, real estate, insurance sales in Illinois and Western Europe, dry cleaning plants, coin-operated laundries in

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Chicago, laundry electronics manufacturing, a leasing company, and part ownership of a candy company.

In 1977, the Van Ness family moved to Rancho Bernardo, CA, and Don retired again, limiting his ownership to one dry cleaning plant and some rental properties, plus activity in the San Diego Computer Society and the American Association of Individual Investors. Sharing his wealth and expertise, he sponsored seminars on starting businesses and donated $1 milHon to Cal State San Marcos to support its programs for small businesses and entrepreneurs and endowed an Intemational Institute for Entrepreneurs. The Van Nesses also became major donors to the Zoological Society of San Diego and the Sharp Hospital Foundation. Don was a former member of the Board of Trustees, USNA Foundation.

He was very active in the activities of Rancho Bernardo, serving as a member of the Town Council, Chairman of the Recreation Council and as a member of the Planning Board.

Mrs. Marie Oropall Van Ness died in 1995, and Don has no survivors in his immediate family.

Jesse B. Gay Jr. '35

JOHN WEST CHAMBERS '38 John West Chambers, an administrative appeals judge who retired in 1990 from the Social Security Administration, died of cancer on 16 October 2000 at his home in Falls Church, VA. He was 85 years old.

Mn Chambers was a native of Washington and a graduate of Western High School. He attended Bullis Preparatory School. He entered the Naval Academy through the Marine Corps Reserve, was a member of the Third Battalion but left in the middle of his Youngster Year. He was a graduate of Columbus Law School, now part of Catholic University. He served with the Army in Europe during World War II. Early in his career, Mn Chambers was a salesman with the National Cash Register Co. and a traffic and sales officer with Eastern Airlines in Washington and Charlotte. Between 1951 and 1968, he was an investigator and trial attomey at the Civil Aeronautics Board's bureau of enforcement. He was a hearing examiner for Social Security in Nashville until he was appointed an administrative appeals judge in Washington in the 1970s.

He was a former vestryman of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Washington.

His first wife, Barbara Chambers, died in 1988.

Survivors include his wife, Jane H. C h a m b e r s of Falls Church, VA; brother, Richmond D. Chambers of Chevy Chase, MD; four stepchildren; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

ROBERT KLINK IRVINE '38 Captain Robert K. "Rab" Irvine, USN (Ret.), of Annapolis and previously of Seattle, WA, died of congestive heart failure on 3 November at Ginger Cove Retirement Community in Annapolis, MD. He was 85 years old.

Bom on 29 May 1915, in San Francisco, CA, Captain Irvine attended Stanford University. He entered the Naval Academy in 1934, with the Class of 1938. He was a member of the 10th Company, active with the track team, serving as manager his First Class Year. He also participated with the Masqueraders, and The Log, Trident, and Lucky Bag staffs.

Upon graduation, he reported to IDAHO, and subsequently served in BUCK, as commanding officer of GUSHING and ROBERT K . WILSON, on the

staff of ARDIV 16 ASW Group. He later served as executive officer of BOSTON with her missiles, commanding officer COMPASS ISLAND, and finally as commanding officer of CANBERRA during the Cuban missile crisis. He attended the Naval Postgraduate School and MIT, earning a master's degree in ordnance engineering. His shore duty included the Fire Control R&D Branch in BuOrd and the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. His final tour was in the 3 T ' s (Talos, Terrier and Tartar) M i s s i l e Development Program in BuOrd. He retired in 1968. He spent 12 years with Boeing in Seattle, involved in the production of weapons systems and hydrofoils, successors to which are involved in the Caribbean anti-drug patrols.

In retirement in Annapolis for 20 years, Rab was very active in the Class of 1938 affairs, contributing to every update of our Lucky Bag at 45, 50, 55, and 60 years; a committee member for the 50th Reunion, and a regular at Naval Academy athletic and cultural events. He was a member of St. Anne's Episcopal Church and enjoyed classical music and art.

His wife of 37 years, Mary, died in October 1985.

Surviving are two sons, Tim Irvine of Austin, TX, and John Irvine of Boston, MA; brother, George Irvine of Issaquah, WA; sister, Janet Holsinger of San Francisco, CA; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on 16 November 2000 at St. A n n e ' s Episcopal C h u r c h in Annapolis, MD. Burial followed alongside Mary in Arlington National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to United Thank Offering, 815 Second Street, New York, NY 10017-4594.

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Last C; BEN BROWN PICKETT '38 iRear Admiral Ben B. Pickett, USN (Ret.), died suddenly but peacefully after a brief illness on 24 October 2000 in Williamsburg Community Hospital in Williamsburg, VA. He was 85 years old.

Admiral Pickett was bom in Pocahontas, AR, and attended schools there through high school. After a year at the University of Louisville. KY, he was admitted to the Naval Academy in 1934. From a family of nine children, he was the second of three to graduate from Annapolis. Brothers Ludwell Rector Pickett "33 preceded him, and Bryan Severance Pickett '43 followed him.

Graduating in 1938, Admiral Pickett was assigned to the battieship IDAHO and soon thereafter was ttansferred to duty in ST. LOUIS, a light craiser being built in Newport News, VA. He was in ST. LOLTS at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack and was an eyewimess to the entire action. ST. LOLTS was the first heavy ship to clear the harbor that moming, and continued in actions in the Pacific throughout the war. She took part of the first retaliatory strike against Japanese forces, the Marshall and Gilbert Islands raid. Next, she was in the Aleutian Islands, bombarding Attu Island for the first time. This was followed by assignment to the South Pacific, where she saw action in the Centtal Solomons, including two night battles. In the second engagement, she was damaged by a torpedo and had to retum to Califonua for repairs.

It was while ST. Louis was at Mare Island in April 1942, that Admiral Pickett married Katherine Dimmock Lewis (daughter of Rear Admiral Mays Livingston Lewis 1918), of New York City and Norfolk, VA, in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Previously engaged, they had put off marriage, as it appeared that war was approaching. She was to become his friend, helpmate, wife, and mother of his two children for more than 50 years.

Pickett was ttansferred from ST. Louis to duty in VINCENNES, a 6-inch light cruiser being built in Boston, MA. He retumed in VINCENNES for one more year in the Pacific. He was then ordered to postgraduate school in Annapolis, and on to two more years of graduate study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The latter assignment culminated with a master's degree in electrical engineering.

Upon graduation from MIT, he took command of the destroyer WINSLOW and from there, was assigned to a series of staff duties with the Operational Development Force, the Naval

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Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, MD, and the Atiantic Mine Force. He retumed to duty at sea as commanding officer of the desfroyer GYATT, then as executive officer of NORTHAMPTON. Shore duty followed in the Bureau of Ordnance, and on the staff of the Commander Naval Forces Eastem Atlantic and Mediterranean, headquartered in London.

In 1962, he went to Boston for duty in connection with the conversion of the heavy craiser ALBANY from guns to guided missiles. This was the first Navy ship to be completely outfitted with guided missiles. Two years in command were followed by a year as commanding officer of the Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, VA. Promotion to rear adntiral brought command of Craiser-Desttoyer Flotilla Twelve and laten of Flotilla Four. Subsequent assignments to the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations brought his career to a close.

While on active duty, he was awarded the Legion of Merit and a Gold Star in lieu of a second one, the Navy Unit Commendation Medal, and various World War II area campaign and service medals.

In addition to graduate engineering studies, Pickett completed the courses of study at the Armed Forces Staff College and the National War College.

Admiral Pickett retired in 1972 to Gloucester, VA, where he and his wife, Kay, were active in community affairs. Kay died in 1992 and Admiral Pickett married Elizabeth Vanuxem Maynard Taylor, widow of H . C Kinsey Spotswood of Gloucesten She died suddenly in 1994.

In retirement, he served on the Gloucester County Wetlands Board for four years, as president of the Trastees of The Ware Academy (a private school in Gloucester) for 12 years, and as a trustee of the Long Bridge Ordinary Foundation, Gloucester, VA. He was also a trustee of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, Red Hill, VA, and a direct descendant of Patrick Henry.

For many years he was an active gardener in Gloucester and later served on the grounds committee of the residents' association at Williamsburg Landing, Williamsburg, VA (to which he had moved in 1995). While a resident at Williamsburg Landing, Admiral Picket volunteered as a mathematics mtor at Rawls Byrd Elementary School, eaming the lasting gratitude and admiration of several young students, their parents and teachers.

Admiral Pickett is survived by his third wife, Virginia King Beathard, the widow of Wesley C Morck Sn; son, Ludwell Lewis Pickett '68 and daughter-in-law, Martha Kurtz Pickett, of Gloucester, VA; sister, Mary Pickett Knauth of

Montrose, PA; and several nieces, nephews, and stepchildren.

Private burial, with military honors, was held in the cemetery at Abingdon Church in Gloucester, VA, on 2 December 2000. Admiral Pickett's remains were placed with love, respect and gratimde, alongside those of his first wife, Kay, and his beloved daughter, Courtenay, who had passed away in 1974. A public memorial service followed in Abingdon Chittch.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in memory of Admiral Pickett might be made to the Endowment Fund of The Ware Academy, P.O. Box 280, Gloucester, VA 23061-0280.

JAMES DONALD QUALE '39 Captain James D. "Don" Quale, USNR (Ret.), passed away on >/-1 6 October 2000 at his home in Pinehurst, â&#x20AC;˘' NC. He was bora in Springfield, WI, but moved to Pinehurst with his family as a ~ young child in the 1920s. He graduated from Lees-McRae College in Banner EUc, NC, and the Naval Academy, Class of 1939.

During World War II, Don piloted naval airships. One noteworthy flight occurred on 29 April 1945, aboard a K-114. A K-89 was tiie lead ship.

The first leg was fairly routine, flying from Weeksville to Bermuda. The second leg, from Bermuda to the Azores, brought a message that reported the presence of the German cruiser PRINZ EuGEN in the area. Both airships had been stripped of non-essentials for the trip. The closest thing they had to a piece of ordnance was a pistol for signaling, which is documented in the book Blimps and U-Boats, a book which details the many exploits of the pilots and the blimps they flew in the batties of the Atiantic. In 1997, Don received a long-overdue air medal in recognition of this flight.

After the war, he moved to New York, where he met his wife. Jean. They raised two children and he worked for the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank, where he was head of the mortgage department and was vice president. He was active in the Reserve (15 years) and was a member of the Rotary Club. After retirement, he and Jean split their time between Sarasota, FL, and Pinehurst, NC. Don is survived by his wife, Jean Nye Quale of Pinehurst, NC; and children, Christopher D. Quale of New Town, ND, and Deborah L. Quale of Pinehurst, NC.

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Last C EDMUND D A U G H T O N MASON '40 Enterprises. He was a professional speaker, Dr. Edmund D. appearing in 49 states and many free world counMason died of cancer at tries. For 20 years, he made a daily commentary his home in Columbus, on radio. He was an active participant in and OH, on 15 November promoter of The Freedom Foundation at Valley 2000. He was 85 yeais Forge. An Eagle Scout, he was active in the scoutold. A memorial mass ing movement. For many years he was an active was held on 25 Nov- member of the Columbus Chapter of the USNA ember at the Good Alumni Association.

Shepherd Chapel of Ed Mason is survived by his wife, Helen; son, the Rosemont Center Richard of Columbus, OH; daughters Cheryl in Columbus.

Schram of Knightdale, NC, and Carol Maroney Ed was bom in Washington, D . C , on 11 June of Columbus, OH; and three grandchildren.

1915. He entered the Academy with the Class of 1940, and before his resignation on 8 February 1938, was the chairman of the class crest WALLACE ALFRED UTLEY '40 C o m m a n d e r committee. He married his childhood sweetheart, Wallace A. Utley, USN Helen R. Stone, on 4 March 1938.

(Ret.), entered eternal After leaving the Academy, he earned a life at home, peacefully, bachelor of science degree in accounting from on 9 November 2000.

The Catholic University of America. He entered "Wally," as he was the FBI in a GS-1 clerical capacity on 29 July more customarily 1940, and was appointed as a special agent, GSknown, was born in 9, on 9 July 1941. He served as a special agent Oak Park, IL, on 26 in Philadelphia, PA, and in January 1942, was July 1916 to Dn Ralph assigned to Japanese matters in Los Angeles, C A. Emerson Utley, and In late 1942, Ed was assigned to F^I HeadElsie Bernice Smith Utiey.

The family moved to quarters for four years, where he supervised Harlingen, TX, when he was 4 years old.

1,100 people and researched material for Perhaps the close proximity of his new home to Dttector Hoover's articles. He was loaned to the the Gulf of Mexico first attracted Wally to the Army Judge Advocate General's office to set up a worldwide program to identify, investigate and sea, a fixation that eventually became a life-long prosecute World War II criminals, holding a rank love affair. During his boyhood days he served in the Sea Scouts. equal to a colonel.

Prior to entering the Navcti Academy with the In December 1946, he was appointed as a special agent in Savannah, GA. In 1952, he was Class of 1940, he spent two years at the Univerpromoted to chief inspector in Miami, FL. Ed sity of Texas studying electrical engineering. This was the youngest special agent in charge of a course of instraction was merely an extension field division, the youngest inspector, chief of his interest in amateur radios, a serious hobby inspector and assistant director to J. Edgar of his for more than 65 years.

While at the Naval Academy, Wally was an Hoover In that capacity, he was in charge of training for all FBI positions worldwide, the active member of the Radio Club for four years. management of 14,600 employees, and liaison He also joined the Boat Club and played tennis, with law enforcement agencies in the free world. another passion of his.

Upon graduation, Wally was assigned to WEST Ed frequently appeared on television and radio VIRGINIA (BB-48) as first division officer and shows to promote law enforcement.

After a 25-year career with the FBI, Ed catapult officer for the SOC aircraft. In November 1941, he received temporary duty orders to retired and joined the Columbus Dispatch on 2 August 1965. He directed the newspaper's radar school in Maine. His orders specified his public service department until 1977, when he retum to WEST VIRGINIA after training, but since was selected to head the newly-formed commu- the Pearl Harbor attack disabled the ship, he was nity relations department, serving as that ordered to fire control school and then to department's director, security director and vice MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) where he served as president of the Columbus Dispatch Charities. assistant CIC officer, intercept officer, and radar During those years, Ed eamed a master's degree maintenance officer In 1942, during leave between fire control in communications and doctorate degrees in U.S. school and reporting to MASSACHUSETTS, Wally history and management at Columbia Pacific University. He held Distinguished Service married Helyn Eda Maurer in her hometown of Awards from the Secretary of the Navy and Ohio Maple Shade, NJ. Shortiy thereafter, the ship State University, plus dozens of citations for civic joined the fleet and supported the landings in North Africa, bombarding the French battleship, and charitable causes.

Ed retired from the Columbus Dispatch in 1980 and became president of Ed Mason Shipmate, January-Febraary 2001

JEAN BART, and sinking her at her moorings in

Casablanca harbor. MASSACHUSETTS took two

shell hits from shore batteries and suffered minor structural damage, but no personnel casualties. The ship subsequently headed for the Pacific and engaged the enemy in the island hopping campaign, bombarding the islands of Ponape, Truk, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok. During his tour aboard MASSACHUSETTS, Wally received a commendation from Commander Battieships and Cruisers, U.S. Pacific Fleet for maintaining the ship's fledgling radar system in peak combat readiness condition, designing the ship's CIC, and training its personnel, all under arduous battie conditions.

In late 1944, Wally received orders to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Annapolis, MD. He was awarded a master's degree in engineering electronics in 1947 and, with the war ended, elected to change his designator from unrestricted line to engineering duty only.

Wally's subsequent assignments included: staff duty at ComServPac from mid-1947 to 1950; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as assistant repair superintendent for electronics and industtial relations officer from late 1950 to 1953; duty with the OpNav industrial and on-site survey boards and BuShips electronics division from September 1954 to 1956; industrial manager, 15th Naval District, Panama Canal Zone from 1956 to 1958; and finally, director. Navy Material Laboratory, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY. Wally retired in June 1960 and joined the Sperry Rand, Marine Navigation Division on Long Island, serving briefly as assistant to the chief engineer On leaving Sperty, he and Helyn purchased an inn-keeping business in south New Jersey. Due to the motel's close proximity to Philadelphia, it became a favorite haven for various Naval Academy Midshipmen and graduates on "Beat Army" weekends.

While managing the motel business, Wally begun teaching physics and electronics at Temple University, subsequentiy moving to Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania and finally, Camden County College in New Jersey. He retired as a physics professor in 1985, after a very satisfying teaching career that spanned 23 years.

In 1978, he and Helyn purchased property in Franklinville, NJ. In 1989, they relocated to Florida, eventually settling in the Fleet Landing retirement community near the Mayport Naval Station. As his health declined, he and Helyn moved back to the Franklinville, NJ, property where he spent an enjoyable last 16 months of his life near family and relatives.

Wally held life membership in the Naval Academy Alumni Association, The Retired Officers Association, the Quarter Century Wireless Association, and the American Radio Relay League. He joined Redeemer Lutheran Church of Vineland, NJ, the day before he entered eternal life.

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Last Call Terminal cancer, which was diagnosed only eight days earlier, ended Wally's voyage of 84 years upon the sea of mortal life. God called him at 2:30 p.m., slightiy more than halfway through the afternoon watch. Family members were present at his bedside when the Lord relieved him of his earthly duties and ordered him to report home.

Mortals often struggle with what the legacy of a late loved one's time on earth should be.

Perhaps the full significance of that life is known only to God. Nevertheless, Wally will be remembered by family and friends as a true gentleman of humble demeanor who fully accepted life regardless of what it offered him. His keen sense of humor, analytical mind, and service to others, whether it was to family, country, friends, church, or community, were other attributes that will be indelibly etched in the memory of those who knew and loved him.

A memorial service was held to celebrate Wally's life at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Maple Shade, NJ, on 18 November 2000. His ashes were then intemed in Helyn's family plot at Colestown Cemetery in Cherry Hill, NJ, with full military honors. Friends, family, and members of the Class of 1940 were in attendance.

Wally is survived by his wife of more than 58 years, Helyn; sons. Captain Wallace R. Utley '65, USNR (Ret.), of Momoeville, PA, and David P. Utley of Sunrise, FL; daughters. Bunny U. Tjaden of Rockville, MD, and Linda U. Vandy of Franklinville, NJ; six grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and an extended family of many friends, relatives, and 1940 Classmates.

The family suggests that any donations in Wally's memory be made to Hospice Care of South Jersey, 2848 Delsea Drive, Vineland, NJ 08360.

CAPT Wallace R. Utley '65 & CAPT William M. Carpenter '40

HENRY LEE G R A N T III '42 Commander Henry L. Grant III, USN (Ret.) of Toms River, NJ, died on 2 October 2000 at the Kensington Manor Nursing Home. He was 82 years old.

Born in Port Carmen, PA, he lived in Manhasset, NY, before moving to Toms River in 1995. He was a graduate of the Naval Academy Class of 1942. During World War II, he served in submarines and received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Submarine Combat insignia. He then transferted to naval aviation and eamed his wings as a naval aviaton He had worked as an editor of the U.S. Tool & Manufacturing Society and had his own photo business. Photo Graphics, for 15 years.

He was a member of the Masons and Knights Templar, Port Washington Lions Club, Manhasset Bay Sportsman Hunting and Fishing Club, the Upper Esopas Fish and Game Club,

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and the Appalachian Mountain Club. He was also very active in environmental affairs.

Commander Grant is survived by his wife, Mary; son, Henry Allison Grant of Miller Place, NY; daughter, Victoria Grant Axelrod of Manhattan, NY; and three grandchildren, Lauren, Roger and Daniel Henry.

He was inurned at the Episcopal Church Memorial Gardens in Toms River, NJ.

DOUGLAS FRANK GUTZMAN '42 LCDR Douglas F. Gutzman, USNR (Ret.), died on 18 September 2000. He was 81 years old.

He was bom on 21 August 1919 in Wimbelton, ND, and was raised in Crosby, MN. He was a graduate of the Naval Academy Class of 1942. After serving in several posts, he resigned from active duty in 1946.

He joined the U.S. Gypsum Co., where he remained for 36 years, retiring in 1983 from the headquarters in Chicago as chief engineer Commander Gutzman retired to Tucson, AZ, where he became active in the University of Arizona extension service as a master gardener, as well as with the Tucson Community Gardens.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Virginia Burgan Gutzman; daughter, Barbara Valk; three grandchildren, Dana and Lauren Valk, and David Cox, all of Calabasas, CA; and his brother. Glen Gutzman, of Crosby, MN, and Tucson, AZ.

WILLIAM EDWARD UNDERWOOD '42 Captain William E. Underwood, USN (Ret.), died on 9 October 2000 of natural causes at the home of his son in Memphis, TN. He was 80 years old.

He was a graduate of Perry County High School, Marion Military Institute and the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1942. Ordered to ARIZONA upon graduation, his orders were cancelled and he became one of the first officers to be trained in the use of radar. He served as radar navigation officer in VINCENNES during the Battle of Midway and when it was lost protecting the Guadalcanal invasion force against a night attack by Japanese destroyers. Serving in MOBILE, he participated in the Tarawa landing.

At the close of the war, he attended the Naval Postgraduate School and earned a master's degree in applied physics from UCLA. He commanded the minesweeper FITCH, and as commanding officer of ELLYSON, prepared it to be given to the Japanese as part of the rearming of Japan during the early years of the Cold

War and trained its Japanese crew. As weapons officer of GALVESTON, he supervised the installation of the Talos missile system. He commanded WiTEK during recovery operations for the eariy space missions and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

After retirement, he joined Westinghouse, where he worked with the electronic evasion devices designed to protect American aircraft from surface-to-air-missiles.

After his second retirement, he was active in the Navy League and The Retired Officers Association, often presenting the Navy League Award to the outstanding recmit at the Friday Recruit Graduation at the Orlando Naval Training Center A lifelong Christian, he was baptized at the Marion Presbyterian Church. At the time of his death, he was an active member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis. He played a good hand of bridge, enjoyed a cocktail with dinner and was always ready with a good joke.

He was the son of the late Hugh and Virginia Underwood of Marion, AL, and a descendant of the earliest settlers of Perry County. Predeceased by his first wife, the former Doris Camille Rolfs, and his second wife, the former Sophie Anne Duffy, he is survived by his sons. Bill Underwood Jn of Memphis, TN, and Jeff Underwood of Alexandria, VA; grandchildren, John, Sarah and Matthew Underwood of Memphis, TN, and Jeff Underwood of Columbia, SC; and brother, Dn Hugh Underwood of Selma, AL. Captain Underwood was buried with fiiti military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 26 October 2000.

TED NIER SWAIN '43 Ted N. Swain died on 6 October 2000 at St. Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville, FL, from respiratory failure. He had been a resident of the Jacksonville area for the past 30 years. A memorial service was held at the Naval Academy Chapel. Following the service, his ashes and those of his beloved wife of 55 years, Margaret, who predeceased him two years ago, were interted at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Ted Swain was bom in Helena, MT, on 31 July 1919; however, he spent most of his early life in the New York City area. Ted graduated from Mineola High School, and after a year at Sevem School, entered the Naval Academy. He was a member of the varsity football team, but due to several injuries, played on the varsity lacrosse team. He graduated in 1942 with the Class of 1943, and after attending Submarine School served a tour on S-48. Subsequentiy, he was

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Last Call assigned to PAMPANITO, completing six war pattols in the Westem Pacific. He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, being an integral part of a rescue operation in which PAMPANITO saved 73 British and Austtalian POWs discovered adrift at sea due to the sinking of their convoy which was in transit from Singapore to the work camps of Japan.

He attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Annapolis, and served as head of engineering at the Submarine School in New London, CT. He served as executive officer of ODAX. In 1953, he assumed command of PICUDA in Key West.

He resigned his commission as a commander in 1955 to join the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He spent more than twenty years with Westinghouse in various positions, many of which involved the Navy Nuclear Reactor Program. He relocated to Jacksonville, FL, in 1972 as the managing director of intemational affairs for offshore power s y s t e m s , a Westinghouse and Tenneco joint venture. He then joined Charter Oil Company as Vice President, Special Projects, until his retirement in 1984.

Ted was active in the local VFW, Navy League, Submarine League, and was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his son, Scott Swain '68, of Red Bank, NJ; and his daughters, Toni Marwitz of Arlington, VA, Meg Kintzing of Chesapeake, VA, Michele Corley of Jacksonville, FL; and his sister, June Hubbard of Cohasset, MA; as well as 11 grandchildren.

Contributions in memory of Ted Swain may be sent to the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Class of 1943, 247 King George Stteet, Annapolis, MD 21402.

HENRY ALDRICH MONTILLON '45 Henry A. Montillon's interest in archaeology led to several digs and to programs to help the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology in St. Paul.

Montillon, who was also a church volunteer, died on 13 November 2000 of cancer at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was 78 years old.

Born in Minneapolis, Henry Montillon received a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944. He received a second bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and later worked for a manufacturing engineering company in the Twin Cities. He retired in 1985.

He became interested in archaeology in the 1980s, and his first dig was in Illinois. In 1987, he went to Guatemala for three months for a dig.

When he retumed, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota and earned a third bachelor's degree in archaeology in 1989.

The next year he went to Ecuador and was a volunteer engineer, helping to modernize a seaport town. In 1992, he went to Bolivia and

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did consulting engineering and management work for two months.

In the mid-1990s, Montillon joined the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology as a board member and later was its chairman. During that time, he oversaw a for-profit subsidiary of the institute and helped in its successful management and sale. He also helped establish an endowment fund for it.

When he retired from the institute in 1999, Mn Montillon donated the tmnk that he had used on his archaeology digs to the Institute, because "he really cared about getting the message out to children."

In recent years, he also worked on four Habitat for Humanity houses in the metro area.

He volunteered for the Ramsey County Sheriff's literacy program for children. "It was very rewarding to him," his wife. Marge, said. "He was a giving person."

Many of the volunteer programs were through the Presbyterian Church of the Way in Shoreview. Marge said the church inspired him to volunteer Pastor Gene Orr of Shoreview said Montillon served on the church's elders and rrussion boards.

"He just had a great zest for life and was very deeply committed to the Christian faith and living it out."

Along with his wife. Marge, survivors include a son, Mark of Arden Hills, MN; a daughter, Laurie Ashbach of Arden Hills, MN; and three grandchildren. excerpts from Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) â&#x20AC;&#x201D;17 November 2000

Memorial services were held at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, followed by burial in Cedarville Cemetery in East Sandwich, MA. Memorials may be made to the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 6574, Silver Spring, MD 20716.

K E N N E T H LESLIE MORSE '46 Captain Kenneth L. Morse, USN (Ret.), died on 25 November 2000 at Moore County Hospital in Pinehurst, NC. He was 77 years old.

He graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Naval Academy Class of 1946 and served 30 years on active duty. He received his wings in September 1949 and served in n u m e r o u s aviation billets thereafter His first aviation tour was with VA-115 in combat in Korea the first year of the war.

During this time, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with five Stars.

Subsequent squadron tours included jet fighters and helicopters in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean. Other significant assignments included executive officer of LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CVS-39), Chief Navy Section MAAG the Netheriands, BuPers, Chief of Staff Third Naval District and Eastem Sea Frontier, and postgraduate school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he earned a master's degree in management and industrial engineering.

Upon retiring from active duty. Captain Morse returned to his home in southern Minnesota, where he assumed a position as director of engineering for a manufacturer of large electrical generators. He later worked as a commercial real estate salesman until he D O N N LANGDON ASHLEY '46 retired again to Pinehurst in 1988.

Captain Donn L. Captain Morse is survived by his wife, Ashley, U S N (Ret.), Elisabeth; sister, Marjorie Hill of Denver, CO; of Fort Wayne, IN, died son, Robert of Norfolk, VA; stepdaughters, on 1 February 2000 at Tatjana Durand of Mankato, MN, and Corinne his home. He was 78 Dettmeijer of the Hague, the Netherlands; and a years old. stepson, Robert Vermeulen of Singapore.

The C a m b r i d g e , Funeral services were held at the Village MA, native also had Chapel in Pinehurst, NC, on 29 November 2000. retired from Florida Mrs. Elisabeth Morse International University as director of the physical plant. He was a 1946 graduate of the Naval Academy and had retired in 1975 from the Navy after 30 years of service. He had also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Naval War College and had degrees in civil engineering and intemational affairs. His hobbies were railroading, stamp collecting and music.

Surviving are his wife, Nancy; daughter, Elaine Dodds of Fort Wayne, IN; son, Philip Ashley of Gwynn's Island, VA; brother, Dn Robert P. Ashley of Ripon, WI; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

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Last Call MARSHALL TERRELL STEVES '46 Marshall T. Steves, a member of a pioneering San Antonio industrial family, business executive, civic leader and one of the visionaries who made HemisFair '68 a reality, died on 30 October 2000 in Rome, Italy. He was 77 years old. He had been on an extended cruise of Turkey, Greece, and Italy with his wife.

Steves was the great-grandson of Edward Steves, who opened a lumber business in San Antonio in 1866 after emigrating from his native Germany in 1849 during a wave of German immigration to Texas in the mid-19th century.

The business he founded continues to thrive today under the name of Steves & Sons. At the time of his death, Marshall Steves was chairman of the board of Steves & Sons, one of the oldest businesses in San Antonio and the oldest building materials business in the United States ran by the same family since its founding.

A 13th generation San Antonian, Steves was bom on 25 Febmary 1923. A graduate of San Antonio Academy and the Texas Military Institute, Steves attended Washington & Lee University. In 1946, he graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis. After graduation, he served in submarines for two years, but resigned to retum to the family business.

Steves was an active participant in many of San Antonio's business, social, and civic organizations. He may best be known for his role in getting HentisFair '68 off the ground. He spearheaded the underwriting campaign that got the seed money and in December 1964, Steves succeeded William R. Sinkin as president.

Being president of HemisFair offered the "greatest civic challenge of my entire life," Steves said in an interview shortly after taking over from Sinkin. "Anyone who is as proud of his community as I am of San Antonio must necessarily be delighted to find that the community has faith and confidence in him," Steves said.

In June 1967, Steves took his family on a fact-finding mission to Canada and Expo '67.

Interviewed by Montteal newspapers, Steves said he was there to "spy" to "see what's wrong with Expo so the same mistakes are not duplicated in Texas." The fair opened in April 1968 and closed six months laten Called an unqualified success by organizers, it drew more than six million visitors from throughout the world.

After the fair, Steves tumed full time to something he and his wife had begun doing after they were married—collecting Mexican and Latin American folk art.

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grand Mexican hacienda style and furnished throughout with Mexican colonial details and the couple's extensive folk art collection.

It was the Steveses' affection for folk art that helped persuade visiting members of the Rockefeller family to donate most of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller's Latin American folk art collection to the San Antonio Museum of Art. The $11 million Nelson Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art was dedicated and opened in 1998. For years, the Steveses ttaveled to Mexico and Centtal and South America to purchase folk art for the museum's annual Bazaar Sbado fund raiser It was also a custom of Steves to take an annual trip to buy nacimientos and donate the Nativity sets for sale.

One year, he donated nearly 100 of the nacimientos for the bazaar.

In addition to his wife. Patsy, he is survived by three sons, Marshall Terrell Steves Jn, Edward Gait Steves and Sam Bell Steves II, all of San Antoiuo, TX; and six grandchildren. excerpts from the San Antonio Express-News —31 October 2000

JOHN DEN LANGFORD '47 Commander John D. Langford, U S N (Ret.), died on 29 October 2000 in Kearney, NE, after surgery for an aneurysm.

Bora and raised in Nebraska, Jack was appointed from that state, and graduated from the Naval Academy as a member of the 18th Company. He married Lortaine Lammers on graduation day, 5 June 1946.

After service in CHICAGO ( C A - 1 3 6 ) and

BAIROKO ( C V E - 1 1 5 ) , he entered flight ttaining, and having received his wings served in many flying assignments, ranging from seaplanes to heavy attack. He served in VP-27, was CO of Heavy Attack Squadron Five from 1957 to 1959, then operations officer for ComHatWing One from 1959 to 1961. He attended the Naval War College in 1961, and his retention there on the teaching staff from 1962 to 1964 changed his career path. He earned his m a s t e r ' s in intemational affairs from George Washington University, and after a three year tour on the London staff of CinCUSNavEur retired in 1968 to pursue an academic careen Returning to his roots, the family, now including three children, settied in Kearney, NE, where Jack became an instructor in political science at Keamey State College, and where both he and Lorraine became active in Republican politics, and both stood for elective offices. He retired from teaching in 1988.

In recent years they had divided their time between N e b r a s k a and a winter home in Longwood, FL. Lorraine died on Christmas Eve of 1999. He is survived by his son. Captain John Langford Jn, USN (Ret.); and by a daughter, Jean; as well as by six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. His other daughter, Tracy, predeceased him.

Military funeral services were conducted in Keamey, NE, on 1 November 2000 with the highly professional and greatly appreciated services of VFW Post 759, American Legion Post 52, and the National Guard, all of Keamey.

JAMES ALBERT STRICKLAND '47 Major James A. Strickland, USMCR (Ret.), died on 21 October 2000 at his home in Edgewater, MD, as the result of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

He was 78 years old.

Jim Strickland was born in Gradyville, GA, attended schools in Falmouth, MA, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the ranks, he attended NAPS at Bainbridge, MD, before entering with the Class of 1947. He graduated in the 13th Company, and was commissioned in the Marine Corps.

He saw service in Korea during the Korean War, and obtained a master's degree from George Washington University. His first marriage ended in divorce.

Jim left active duty in 1956, but remained in the Reserve. Jim worked in engineering fields with the Tate Technical Co., with Martin Marietta and with Vitto before helping found Logistics Management Engineering, of which he was technical directon He married Beverly Wigglesworth in 1976. He retired from the Reserve in 1966.

His principal outside interests in civilieui life were cabinetmaking and the refurbishing of antiques, and he enjoyed sailing, skiing, tennis and bridge. He and Beverly sponsored several midshipmen, and he achieved considerable success at "showing them the light," so that they opted for the Corps—and made it.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four daughters from his first marriage, Monica Eyler of Mesa, AZ, Victoria Cordial of Chesapeake, VA, Lisa Strickland of R o m e , Italy, and Claire Duschl of Baltimore, M D ; and four grandchildren.

His ashes were interred in Falmouth, MA, and memorial services were held at the United Church of Christ in Edgewater, MD.

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Last Call ROBERT HENRY TAYLOR '47 L i e u t e n a n t Commander Robert H. Taylor, USN (Ret.), died on 30 April 2000 in Annapolis, MD. Bob Taylor was bom and raised on the Eastem Shore of Maryland, near Greensboro.

He enlisted in the Navy when World War II arrived, and served as a gunner's mate aboard HORNET (CV-8) of Doolittle raid fame. He was appointed to the Naval Academy by SecNav and after attending the preparatory school, he entered the Class of 1947 and graduated with the 11th Company in 1946. He was a devoted yawl sailor while a midshipman.

Bob married the former Janice Walker of WiUiamstown, NJ, in November 1946.

His service career included service in England on the staff of CinCEastLant, command of RECOVERY ( A R S - 4 3 ) , and as commanding officer

of the U.S. Naval Communications Station at Balboa, CZ. He graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College.

Upon retirement in 1964, he taught high school math for several years, but decided that it was unproductive as long as the kids had only "rights," and never "responsibilities," so in 1975 he opened a real estate agency in Greensboro, his childhood hometown. Both this productive era and the subsequent retirement from it were pursued at a slow and easy pace, marked by pleasant living and collecting and restoring period furniture, while restoring the old home of his childhood.

Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years, Janice; two sons: Robb Taylor and Jeffrey Taylor, DVM; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ellen Zick, of Columbia, MD; and a brother. Captain Boone C Taylor '48, USN (Ret.), of Edmonds, WA.

EDWARD GALE WOOD '47 LCDR Edward G. Wood, U S N (Ret.), died of lung cancer on Wednesday, 22 D e c e m b e r 2000 in Springfield, VA. Ed Wood, a native of Pennsylvania, enlisted in the Navy and had found his place serving in submarines when he was appointed to the Academy by SecNav. After attending NAPS at Norfolk, he entered with the Class of 1947.

He graduated with the Class on 5 June 1946, a member of the 8th Company.

Upon graduation, he served in STICKELL (DD-888) until entering sub school at New

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London in 1949, then served in REDFISH ( S S - 3 9 5 ) , and MANTA ( S S - 2 9 9 ) from 1950 through 1954.

He married the former Joan Hadden in June 1950.

Ed was assigned as an instructor at the Naval Academy from 1954 to 1956. Returning to subs, he was executive officer of SENNETT (SS-408) from 1956 to 1958, then program officer for the 4th Naval Disfrict from 1958 to 1960. He commanded BURRFISH ( S S - 3 12) and then was CO of SARDA (SS-488) between 1960 and 1964, when he retired from active duty.

He entered civilian life as a designer at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. for two years, then went with RCA, where he remained in engineering design posts until full retirement in Springfield, VA, in 1984.

Ed was a faithful and participating member of the '47 community in the D.C. area, never missing any activity until his health became a governing factor He is survived, in addition to Joan, his wife of 50 years, by his son, Thomas E. Wood, of Springfield, VA; and daughter, Mrs. Patricia Wood Schmidt, of Fairfax, VA. Burial was with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

LLOYD ELKINS HARRISON '50 Lloyd E. Hartison died on Monday, 16 October 2000 in Fallbrook, CA. He was 72 years old.

Bom on 15 December 1927 in Midland, TX, he lived in Fallbrook for 11 years.

He worked for Hughes Aircraft and had served in the U.S. Air Force.

Mn Harrison is survived by his wife of 50 years, Dobres Harrison of Fallbrook, CA; sons and daughters-in-law, Frank L. Harrison of Middletown, Dan P. and Sue Harrison of Laguna Hills, CA, and Michael D. and Carol Harrison of Corona, C A ; daughter and son-in-law, Mary D. and Tom Hart of Murtieta; brothers, Patrick C Harrison and Frank Harrison, both of Texas; sisters, Ruth Ann Roberts and Mary Jane Hederson, both of Texas; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on 21 October 2000, followed by a private family interment at Eternal Hills Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to Vitas Hospice, 8880 Rio San Diego, San Diego, CA 93108.

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HENRY PAUL KILROY '50 Henry P. Kilroy of Pinehurst, NC, died suddenly on Friday, 29 September 2000. He was 72 years old.

A Mass of Resurrection was held at Sacred Heart Catiiolic Church in Pinehurst on 3 October 2000, with Father Robert Diegleman officiating.

M r Kilroy was a 1950 graduate of the Naval Academy and received his master's degree at MIT. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a business executive in the computer industry and was co-founder of Datamedic Corporation of New York.

He and his wife of 50 years, Marilyn, moved to Pinehurst five years ago.

He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and volunteered much of his time in the community.

Surviving are his wife, Marilyn; four children, Mary C McNamara of Washington, D . C , Kathleen Vacanti of Angola, NY, F. Joseph Kilroy of Gillette, NJ, and Henry G. Kilroy of Port Jefferson, NY; sister, J a y n e Doherty of Williamsburg, VA; and 13 grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 300 Silver Cedar Courf, Chapel Hill, NC 27154.

EVERETT DALE BIDDLE JR.'Sl Everett D.BiddleJn died on 1 October 2000 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL, from complications after having his second kidney removed. "Buck," as he was known to his Classmates, suffered from diabetes and was confined to a nursing home the last three years of his life.

Buck was born on 9 July 1928 in Decatur, IL, and was raised in B l o o m i n g t o n , IL, attending Western Military Academy for four years before matriculating at the Naval Academy in 1947. Buck was in the 24th Company and besides being a pugnacious football player, had a jolly wit and a sense of humor that endeared him to his Classmates.

The U.S. Air Force beckoned to Buck at graduation and he entered flight training in Hondo, TX. It was deemed by the Air Force that at 6 feet, 220 pounds, he was too big for fighter aircraft and instead, went through the advanced syllabus in B-25s. After obtaining his wings in August 1952, Buck proceeded to B-29 transition training at Randolph AFB, TX, where he was promoted to first lieutenant, and went on to Korean War staging at Forbes A F B . SAC

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Survival School was next in his training just before he picked up a rejuvenated B-29 and deployed to Okinawa as co-pilot in a crew of 13.

Buck survived 18 hazardous bombing missions over North Korea and, upon the cessation of hostilities there, he returned to Ellington AFB, TX, as an instructor pilot. In 1954, he was ordered to B-47 transition training, again at Forbes and was TDY to Alaska and Africa before enjoying a short stint as aide-de-camp to the CO of the 21st Air Division, where he was promoted to captain.

With his father in failing health. Buck made a difficult decision to leave active duty and to take over the family advertising business back in Bloomington, IL. He subsequently enlarged the business by branching out into real estate, insurance and catering—all while honing up on his golf game.

Buck sold his business empire to take early retirement and to indulge in hunting, fishing, flying and, of course, golf. But, he found retirement boring and retumed to the business world in sales and marketing until forced to again retire due to failing health.

He was married and divorced three times and is survived by three children from his first wife, the former Julie Crow of Hondo, TX; daughter, Terry Boone of Laekey, TX; and sons, Patrick Dale Biddle and Everett Michael Biddle, both of Bloomington. He is also survived by sisters Susie Carr of Chicago, IL, and Karen Davis of Maryland; eight grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. Buck was preceded in death by two daughters.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.

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ANTHONY STEARNS T H O R N E '51 Lieutenant Colonel Anthony S. "Tony" Thorne, USAF (Ret.), of Ijamsville, MD, died on 22 November 2000 at Iliff Nursing Center in Dunn Loring, VA, from cancer He was 72 years old. He was very active in Naval Academy Class of 1951 community and home-building enterprises until just a short time before his death. A memorial service was held on 15 December 2000 at the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, MD. A native of Williamsport, PA, he attended the Sevem School and Dickinson College prior to being appointed to the Naval Academy in 1947 from Pennsylvania. He graduated on 1 June 1951 in the 24th Company of the Class of 1951. He was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force and went almost immediately to flight school at

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Goodfellow AFB, TX. After eaming his wings, he flew in early warning radar aircraft (GR-121) initially, and later transitioned into the WB-50s (B-29). The Guam-based WB-50 operations included weather tracking penetrations of typhoons. In one particular typhoon. Colonel Thome flew 32 storm penetrations.

In August 1952, Colonel Thorne married Claudene Owen. They had three daughters, Stephanie, Leslie and Teresa "Terri."

After his operational flying days. Colonel Thorne was among the first Atlas missile crews and fired the second successful Atias launch from Vandenberg AFB. His launch experience led him to a key assignment at NASA in Houston, TX, where he worked with the space program for two and a half years.

His space and missile knowledge led to assignment to the Air Defense (NATO) Command at Ent AFB, CO, and finally to become Operating Command Program Director for the development and deployment of the Satellite Defense System.

After his retirement from the Air Force in 1972, he moved to Colorado and started his own custom home construction business. He later moved to Rockport, TX, where Colonel Thome became very active in the Rotary Club and Boy Scouts. In 1986, Colonel Thorne moved to the Maryland-Virginia area and started a home remodeling business.

In 1987, Colonel Thome married Rosemary Kinney, the widow of Naval Academy Classmate, Donald P. Kinney. Colonel Thorne was like a father to Rosemary's children, Paula, Stephan and Philip Kinney. Rosemary died in November 1992.

He will be remembered for his leadership, innovative development and fund-raising support for the 1951 Gallery of Ships at the Naval Academy Museum. Colonel Thorne was a leader in visualizing and executing the plans for the restoration and display of the historic and valuable Rogers' collection of ship models, which date back to the mid-1600s. These models are now on display at the Academy Museum. Among the final efforts of Colonel Thome's work was the planning and fund-raising for a major renovation of the presentation of the gallery by use of high technology presentations and devices to enhance the exhibition. His efforts in this regard will be commemorated in the museum display.

Colonel Thorne is survived by his brother, Ralph W. "Pat" Thorne of Montoursville, PA; and three daughters, Stephanie Hoke, her husband, Scott, and their children, Daniel, Rachel and Jared, of Springfield, VA; Leslie Carter, her husband, Lee, and their children, Shelby and Robert, of Littie Rock, AR; and Terri EastonPorter, her husband. Curt, and her children, Erin and Nathan, of Desert Hills, AZ. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Class of 1951 Fund at the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, P.O.

Box 6 4 9 7 8 , BaUimore, M D 21264-4978, so they may continue the work initiated by Colonel Thorne.

ELWIN FRANCIS LAMOY '52 Mn Elwin F. LaMoy died on 29 July 2000 after a gallant battie against cancer "Fuzzy," as he was known by his Classmates, was very much involved in the aerospace industry, having worked at various times for Douglas Aircraft, Lockheed Aircraft, Aerospace Engineering and General Electric.

While residing in Florida, he was both mayor and a volunteer policeman in Indian Harbon While living in Connecticut, he was active in the thespian group, the Curtain Players.

Fuzzy was both a member and choir director at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Mechanicsville, MD, and was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his wife. Rose Anne, of Mechanicsville, M D ; and daughter, Mary Michael Olsen, of Palmer, AK. Contributions may be made to Hospice.

GEORGE PATRICK PAYNE '52 Our Class and Academy suffered a great loss when George P. "Gup" Payne left us early Monday moming, 16 October 2000 after a valiant and quiet battle with leukemia.

It was quiet because he didn't want anyone to treat him any differently. That was Gup. He was optimistic 'til the end when MD A n d e r s o n Cancer Center said there was nothing else they could do. That was Gup too.

But let Gup tell his own story, written for '52's upcoming Golden Lucky Bag: "G.P. and "Guppie"and "CousinGup"have given way to "Pat" in the years since that hillbilly radio program on Bancroft Hall's WRNV, yet some would say the Kentucky country accent has, alas, remained. (The other hillbilly was "Uncle Bill" Zobel.) Pat and his wife, Clairemarried in Tennessee in 1958—are enjoying retirement and grandchildren in a Houston Texas suburb, and in cyberspace as ppayne@halpc.org. Four tears active duty—MISSOURI (BB-63) and TAYLOR (DDE-468)—were the best, followed by a 23-year engineering career with General Electric Company's air conditioning division.

At the same time, benevolent GE allowed two decades of USNR billets in Louisville, Jacksonville, Cincinnati and Houston. Also had a rewarding assignment as CO of ENGLISH (DD-468) Reserve Crew, and reached 0-6.

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Last Call Lately, well since 1979, Houston's propen- ARTHUR JAMES AMMERMAN '54 Arthur J. " J i m " sity for air conditioning has provided healthy A m m e r m a n , of Auself-employment in the consulting business. A life burn, NY, died at his member of the Alumni Association, a past-presihome early Tuesday dent of its Te.xas Gulf Coast Chapter, Pat served morning, 10 October a term as Alumni Association trustee. Daughter 2000, after a battle with No. 1 could have been in the first USNA class cancer He was 69 years with females, but a Te.xas A&M boyfriend did a old. He was cared for better job of recruiting.

0ft I ' ^ i ^ and surrounded by his Concentrating now on staying healthy, those loving family and had grandchildren, foreign travels, and bragging been supported by relatives, family and loyal about snorkeling all three of the world's largest friends from the Academy. reefs. It's been a good life.

Bom on 18 Febmary 1931 in New York City, But Pat Payne was much more than the Jim was the son of EUzabeth Droege Ammerman external ttappings of time, place and position. of Roswell, GA, and Arthur Chester Ammerman.

He was a loving and giving husband to his wonderful wife of 42 years, Claire, and the Jim was a 1949 graduate of Stuyvesant High loving and guiding father of three beautiful, School in New York City and a member of the talented and successful daughters, Terri, Kathy Naval Academy Class of 1954, 17th Company.

He was a Navy veteran and a member of the and Reecy, who account for seven grandchildren.

Pat was a consummate engineering profes- Masonic Order of Monroe, CT, Washington sional at GE and especially in his own business, Lodge No. 19, serving as past-Master in 1980. where he was a premier problem solver and en- He had resided in New York City, California, joyed a well-deserved reputation as a mediator Germany, Trumbull, CT, and had lived in between air conditioning conttactors and their Auburn since 1987. He worked for General unhappy clients. No doubt his stams as a regis- Electric for several years, followed by 25 years tered professional engineer in Florida, Kentucky, with IBM as a systems engineer, until his retirement in 1990. and Texas helped all parties to see the tight.

Jim wUl be remembered by all who knew him But Pat's real success was as a friend. A friend for his love of the culinary arts and his joy of of his business associates, a friend of his church cooking.

He celebrated diversity and culture, and its members, a friend of all his neighbors, appreciated music, loved animals great and small, a friend of all his Classmates, a friend of the and his most recent interest had been the Academy and all who passed through, and a study of his family genealogy. He will also be friend of his many r e g u l a r and Reserve remembered for his undeniable sense of humon shipmates. The 300 friends who attended his Jim was devoted to his family.

In addition to memorial service (including Rip Taylor '53 and his mother, Elizabeth Ammerman, he is survived myself) attested to that and much more. by his loving wife of 37 years.

Rose Rosa I was pleased to be Pat's friend from Plebe Ammerman; two daughters and their husbands.

Year (lst/2nd Company), Youngster Craise on Mo, hours helping his roommate, Tom Paris, with Amy and John Brennan of Wellesley Island, NY, the details for his "Salty Sam" column, as his and Marybeth and Joseph Schillace of Auburn, host in San Francisco (for three weeks!) while NY; two sons, James Ammerman of Auburn, NY, he waited for a MATS flight, the A-N Club, and and David and Crystal Ammerman of Aurora, NY; brother, Kenneth Ammerman of Roswell, reunions. In Texas, he became my best friend.

Gentlemen, we have lost a great Classmate; GA; and sister and brother-in-law, Jean and so those who knew him please join me in a Loring Pitts of Roswell, GA. Jim cherished his Makers Mark toast on 20 July to celebrate his six grandchildren, Jamie, Joseph, Maria, arrival and on 16 October to honor his memory. Melissa, Jonathan, and Gabriel. Other survivors include several cousins, nieces and nephews. He "To Gup, To Gup! Till We Meet Again!" was p r e d e c e a s e d by his father, Arthur Donations may be made in his honor to Ammerman in 1970. the building fund at his church: Windwood Those desiring to remember Jim may make Presbyterian Church, 11735 Grant Road, contributions to Champions for Life, P.O. Box Cypress, TX 77429 or Leukemia Research, MD 1228, Auburn, NY 13021 in honor of the virtues Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77297. that this recreational center instills in its youth 7. Val Smith '52 participants and by which Jim lived his life.

Jerry P. Holman '54

DALE ROGER GRAMLEY '54 Major Dale R. Gramley, USAF (Ret.), . - , | : t i ^ ^ ^ ^ H j j j i ^ died on 28 O c t o b e r \ i M i ^ H ^ n T l 2000 of kidney and r _ J I P H Q I I I ^ heart failure at the Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins, GA. He was 79 years old. He had been hospitalized for three m o n t h s prior to his death. His wife, Jane, and their two children were at his side when he died. Funeral services were held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Warner Robins and he was buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery with full military honors.

Dale entered the Naval Academy from Freeport, IL, after having attended Northern Illinois State Teachers College for two years. He was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force upon graduation. His first assignment was to Tactical Missile Training on the TM61 Matador missile and his first operational assignment was as a Matador crew commander at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Upon his return to the United States, Dale attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering and was assigned to the Minuteman Missile D e p l o y m e n t Office. S u b s e q u e n t assignments included HQ Air Force Systems Command as the Air Force liaison officer to the Army's Kwajalein Missile Range Directorate in Huntsville, AL. He concluded his career with the Air Force Logistics Command in 1975 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

Dale's second career was working for Macon College as an administrator in off-campus education programs. He retired from the position as director of programs in Wamer Robins in 1993.

Dale is survived by his widow, J a n e ; their two children, Michael and Susan; and four grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Westminster Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 303 Mary Lane, Wamer Robins, GA 31088.

CT. Lightsey '54

Ihere are moments in Cife, when the heart is so fdC of emotion Ihat if By chance it be shakpi, or into its depths Cil^ a peBSk 'Drops some careless word, it oveflows, and its secret, Spilt on theground lil<^ water, can never Begathered together. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;9lenry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Last Call RICHARD THARPE HENRY '56 Lieutenant Colonel Richard T. "Hank" Henry, USMC (Ret.), died on 2 September 2000 at his home in Fairfax Station, VA, from complications of Parkinson's disease, an illness he had borne for more than 30 years.

Hank was bom at the Quantico Marine Base on 22 May 1933 and spent his growing years at various Marine Corps posts to which his father was assigned, including Shanghai, China, in 1940.

Hank graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1956 and selected the Marine Corps. He completed The Basic School at Quantico in 1957 and was ordered to the 4th Marine Brigade in Hawaii, where he became the S-1, then Battalion Adjutant for the 3rd Infantry BLENNY (SS-324), JOHN MARSHALL ( S S B N - 6 1 1), Battalion. He was next ordered in as commandCHOPPER (SS-342), finally commanding TUSK (SS-426). Ashore, he served with the Bureau of ing officer Mcuine Detachment, CinCLantFlt in Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C, CinCPac Norfolk, VA. His family has a photograph from that tour of Hank together with President in Hawaii and the Trident Project Staff in D.C. He earned his M.B.A. from Pepperdine Kennedy, inspecting his troops. In 1963 he was University and following retirement from the ordered to be commanding officer of A Company U.S. Navy in Febraary 1977, he worked with of the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Battalion, Fleet Data-Design Laboratories in King's Bay, GA, as Marine Forces, Okinawa. While there, he made the on-site representative, then with Tracor, Inc. forays with his unit into Thailand and Vietnam.

He next had a tour as Reserve Selection OfHe joined the fully retired ranks in Northern ficer in New Orleans, LA. While there, he exVirginia in 1990.

Charlie is survived by his wife of 44 years, panded his horizons by qualifying as a Navy Nora Sheila of Vienna, VA; daughters Sheila diven He attended Army Pettachute Training at Hartig of Centerville, VA, and Laurie Zadd of Fort Benning, GA, and in 1967, was ordered as Mitchellville, MD; son, Patrick J. Zadd; and two commanding officer Force Reconnaissance at Camp Pendleton, CA. At that point a major. Hank grandchildren of Norfolk, VA. A Mass of Christian burial was held at volunteered for Vietnam, and in 1968 was sent Arlington National Cemetery to celebrate his life. to be deputy director. Intelligence Division, StudSeveral classmates were in attendance. Zany ies and Observations Group (SOG) at Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, a lieutenant Zadd will be missed.

Dick Morgan '55 colonel's billet. While there, in one operational test for evasion in South Vietnam, Hank was successfully snatched from the ground by a Fulton Skyhook-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft flying at 180 knots, then reeled into the aircraft.

CHARLES JOSEPH ZADD '55 CDR Charles Joseph Zadarozny (Zadd), USN (Ret.), died in his sleep on 26 August 2000. He was 69 years old.

He was bom on 26 October 1930 in New York City. He completed two years at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, prior to entering the Naval Academy from Connecticut. Charlie was in the 3rd company and was fondly known as "Zany Zadd" to his Classmates.

After graduation, he served in the Pacific aboard HENDERSON (DD-785).

Upon completion of submarine school, he served in the Atlantic aboard HALFBEAK (SS-352),

H^Tg out, unld Sells, to the wildslqi.

Theflying cloud, thefrosty light:

The year is dying in the night; 'Ring out wild Bells and let him die.

'King out the old, ring in the new, %ng happy Bells, across the snow: The year isgoing, let himgo; 'King out thefalse, ring in the true. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;!Alfred, JLord Tennyson

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His leadership and innovative skills were noted at this wartime assignment, and Hank earned a Bronze Star Medal with "V" for valor, as well as early promotion to lieutenant colonel.

About this time Hank was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He proceeded onward with his career attempting to ignore the disease, treating the symptoms as well as contemporary medicine would allow. From 1969 to 1971, he was commanding officer Company A, USMC Headquarters Battalion. In 1973, he eamed a master's degree in technology of management at American University. From 1976-1977, he was Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 for 3rd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces, Okinawa. However, the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease were becoming too severe to hide. After he completed

his overseas assignment in 1977, he was sent to be deputy director of Computer Services at Quantico, where, in November 1978 he was retired on disability.

Hank is survived by his wife, Betty; sons, Douglas and Paul; daughter, Alice Abt; sister, Barbara Coskun; and three grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Old Post Chapel in Fort Myer, and Hank was buried near his parents in Arlington National Cemetery.

JOHN DANIEL KELLY '56 John D. "Jack" Kelly died unexpectedly following a sudden stroke on 10 August 1999 in Palm Harbor, FL, surrounded by his loving family.

Funeral services were held at Sylvan Abbey Funeral Home in Clearwater, FL. Interment with miUtary honors followed at the Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater Jack was bom on 10 June 1933 in New York City, where he also later graduatedfromthe prestigious Regis High School in 1951. After a year at Villanova University, he was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1952, where he excelled in academics and graduated with distinction in 1956. Upon graduation. Jack was presented witii the Admiral William S. Sims Memorial Prize, which is awarded to the midshipman of the graduating class who stands highest for the course in leadership. Following graduation. Jack went on to become a student pilot (multi-engine) at Moore AFB in Mission, TX, and subsequently graduated from advanced pilot training at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, TX. His first assignment was as flight check pilot, 1850th AACS Flight, Hamilton AFB, CA, where Jack flight checked all Air Force controlled aids to navigation in eight westem states. In late 1959, Jack graduated with distinction from Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL. Following Squadron Officer School, he completed postgraduate studies at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, OH, where he eamed his MSEE. In 1965, Jack resigned his commission as captain, USAF; Senior Pilot/2200 hours, and prepared for a Federal Civil Service career with the Air Force. Not surprisingly. Jack rose quickly through the ranks, and in 1973, was appointed Chief (GM-15), Telecommunications Division, Directorate of Communications, Rome Air Development Center (RADC), Griffiss AFB, NY. During his tenure, he managed the activities of 50 to 60 scientists and engineers and directed research and development of communications networks to support Air Force requirements.

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Last C< Ultimately, Jack rose to technical director.

Directorate of Communications, RADC prior to his retirement in 1988.

During the course of his career. Jack eamed numerous awards, including the Air Force Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award and six sustained Superior Performance Awards.

After 36 years of govemment service. Jack realized a lifelong dream and retired to the Tampa Bay area in Florida with his wife, Violet, in 1988.

To stay active, he started a consulting business to provide engineering support services on defense-related and institutional telecommunications systems to private industry. And, while not consulting. Jack enjoyed his favorite pastime—being a full-time "Poppy" to seven adoring grandchildren.

On 9 June 1956, Jack married Marie "Violet" Dwan, who lived in nearby New York during their school years. "We had a great love for each other," said Violet, his wife of 43 years.

"We were childhood sweethearts. We've known each other since we were five years old. He was a great guy."

Jack is survived by his wife, Violet; three proud sons, Michael J., Patrick F. and Joseph D., all of Palm Harbor, FL; a proud daughter, Ellen Quackenbush of Tampa, FL; sister, Margaret Magrader of Maryland; and seven grandchildren, Sean, Patricia, Michael, Kevin, Kelly, Megan and Kristen.

Jack was a big part of the lives of his family, friends. Classmates and many people with whom he worked in his career. He will be greatly missed.

Michael J. Kelly

During his military service, he saw action in Vietnam, where he received two Bronze Star medals with Combat ' V " and the Vietnam Service Medal with four Stars. He also received the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantty with Silver Star, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.

He retired after 28 years of service and worked as comptroller for Striggle, Inc. in Baltimore and then for 12 years in the same position at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis.

His interests were golf, ttavel, and boating.

He was also an avid Washington Redskins fan.

Survivors include two sons, Ronald Kelly Smallman of Norfolk, VA, and John Edward Smallman of Lynn Haven, FL; two daughters, Barbara Jean Bassford of Arnold, MD, and Susan Ann Torney of Annapolis; sister, Margaret Gordon of Crisco, PA; and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son, Keimeth James Smallman, who died in 1967; and brother, James Michael Smallman.

A memorial service was held in St. Andrew's Chapel at the Naval Academy with burial on 6 September 2000 at the Academy Columbarium.

The Smallman Family JAMES ELWOOD ROYER JR. '57 James E. Royer Jn passed away on 27 June #^'NJIM^ I F H 2000 in his home in * %1FMK ^ B 1 Malverae, NY. His wife I ^ : ^ ^ H i h ' ^ H ^"'^ children were with 1*.

JOHN SMALLMAN '56 B^^^^H^^^H Lieutenant Colonel ^^^^^^^^^^^ John "Jack" Smallman, l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l USMC (Ret.), of Annapolis, MD, died on 1 September 2000 at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore of injuries suffered from a stroke at his home. He was 67 years old.

Bora in Brooklyn, NY, Colonel Smallman graduated from Harding High School in Bridgeport, CT, in 1950. He joined the Navy upon graduation from high school and entered the Naval Academy through the Naval Academy Preparatory School. At the Academy, his roommate, Ted Lovely, recalls that Jack was very popular with his company classmates. He was a good student, particularly in electrical engineering. He excelled on the Softball diamond, and could play a good game of bridge. Colonel Smallman received a master's degree in computer science from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, finishing first in his class.

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^if!!} JiJi§g^ ^..^ death. Jim had battled colon cancer for three years, and until the final six weeks of his life, had managed to fight this terrible disease to a draw. Even then, he made an effort to rally his farrtily by maintaining a unique sense of humor to ease their conceras. One of his favorite quotes was, "Give me my chemo at 8:30; I have a noon tee-time for golf today."

Jim was bom on 15 September 1932 in Baltimore, MD, but grew up around Philadelphia in Woodlyn, PA. He entered the Naval Academy via Wyoming Seminary. A standout in football, he was a starting tackle on the Naval Academy's Team Called Desire that won the Sugar Bowl in 1955. Upon graduation, Jim was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.

While stationed in Okinawa, Japan, he became the head coach of the Marine Corps' football team, an assignment which was the beginning of what would become a lifetime career at both the college and professional levels.

He resigned from the Marine Corps and spent the next ten years as an assistant coach at the collegiate level, including Navy, Tulane, Buffalo,

and Pittsburgh. After a brief stint as the defensive coordinator in the Atlantic Coast League, he moved up to the NFL professional ranks as the offensive line coach of the New Orleans Saints. Next, Jim joined the Washington Redskins as a talent scout and subsequently became a member of a scouting combine.

Finally, in April 1978, Jim became the director of Pro Personnel for the New York Jets, a position he held until he retired in May of 1995.

His primary responsibilities as director of Pro Personnel were assessing the potential of unheralded former collegians and players who had been cut by other teams. Jim's success in this position was attributed to his ability to integrate his experience with the intensity and pressure of play both on the field and the sidelines with a keen understanding of the NFL rales guiding the movement of players and the intricacies of their conttacts. By combining the gruffness and integrity of a Marine with a front office demeanor, he dealt fairly with players and their agents. Upon Jim's retirement, the Jets' president said, "He (Jim) was a key person in the development of the team over two decades."

Jim always put the same level of effort into his roll as father and husband as he put into his work so retirement enabled him to devote more time to family, fravel, and to golf. While he enjoyed his time on the golf course, his greatest pleasure was taking his wife to their favorite vacation spot—Cancun, Mexico.

Services were held at Holy Name of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Valley Streetm, NY, where Jim and his wife, Linda, were married and where the family worshipped. A mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Fn Peter Colapietro, a close personal friend of the Royer family. Interment was in Holy Rood Cemetery on Long Island, NY. In addition to his wife, Linda; his son, Brian of New York City; and his daughter, Jamie Elizabeth of Malverae, NY, Jim is survived by two sisters and a brother, Lillian Albertus of Wilmington, DE, Carolyn McKinney of Jay, VT, and Bob Harmon of Lansdale, PA. The family would like to take this opportunity to stressthe importance of a colonoscopy after age 50 and the need to support cancer research through donations to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) founded by Katie Couric.

Then sing, youth hearts that are \ fullof cheer, \ 'With never a thought of sorrow.

The old goes out.

But the gladyoung year Comes merrily in tomorrow.

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