Dr. Runyan retired from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, in 2017. He transferred from the Maritime Studies program to join the ECU Honors College Program, where he served as a Faculty Fellow and advisor. Tim Runyan is an esteemed mentor to his many former students from his long tenure at Cleveland State University, and later at Oberlin College and East Carolina University. He has guided countless college and graduate students through their academic programs and later in their professional careers. Dr. Raymond E. Ashley, President and CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, will present the award. Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his exceptional leadership as CEO of the United States Naval Institute, one of the most respected professional associations and thought leaders in the United States. Comprising more than 50,000 members, the US Naval Institute has served since 1873 as an independent, non-partisan foScholar-turned-scientific-diver: Tim Runyan bravrum of the sea services and their ing Alaskan waters to carry out maritime archeolprofessional, literary, and scienogy field work with East Carolina University. tific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense. The Institute organizes conferences and meetings to promote dialogue. Its publications play a crucial role in promoting and preserving our naval and maritime history. Through his oversight, VADM Daly has effectually elevated Proceedings as a professional journal and broadened its outreach. Prior to accepting the CEO post in 2011, Vice Admiral Daly served as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, US Fleet Forces Command. His US Navy career, spanning more than thirty years, includes command of the destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59); Command of Destroyer Squadron 31; and Command of Carrier Strike Group 11 – Nimitz Strike Group. During each of these commands, he deployed to the 5th and 7th Fleet Areas of Responsibility—participating in Operation Desert Strike in 1996 in USS Russell and as Sea Combat Commander for the Lincoln Battle Group in the Gulf immediately after the attack on USS Cole in 2000. As Nimitz Strike Group Commander in 2005, he led Task Forces 50, 152 and 58 in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and maritime intercept operations in the Arabian Gulf. Shore assignments include Executive Assistant and Program Analyst, J-8, Joint Staff; Executive Assistant to the Commander, Pacific Fleet; and Executive Assistant to the Commander, US Pacific Command. As a flag officer, he served as Deputy for Resources and Acquisition (J-8) Joint Staff; Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy; and as Deputy N3/N5 (Operations, Plans and Strategy) in the Navy Staff. Peter Daly is a life member of the Naval Institute and former member of the Institute’s editorial board. A native of Chicago, he is a graduate of the College of Holy Cross (A.B. Economics), receiving a regular commission through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He holds a master’s degree in Operations Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. George W. Carmany III will present the award. Vice Admiral Peter H. Daly, Deputy Commander of US Fleet Forces Command, walks through sideboys aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) during a ship’s visit to Haiti in 2010 as part of Operation Unified Response, the US military relief mission to assist after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on 12 January 2010.
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VADM Peter H. Daly, USN (Ret.) will receive the 2018 NMHS
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