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INTENDENT'S CALL

By Vice Admiral Rodney P Rempt '66, U.S. Navy

Academics in the Spotlight The Naval Academy's mission remains focused on developing midshipmen morally, mentally and physically into combat leaders of character for the Navy and Marine Corps. The effectiveness of our graduates as combat leaders depends, in part, on their intellectual ability to rapidly process information and make sound decisions on an increasingly technical battlefield.

our review sought to determine whether we are educating our graduates to meet the requirements of the naval service and whether we are doing so in the most effective and efficient way. In this column, I will highUght the key elements of our review and provide a summary of our progress to date.

By all measures the Academy is performing its academic mission in an outstanding manner. The average grade point average for the Brigade is over 3.0, and USNA remains extremely competitive with our country's top schools in producing Rhodes, Marshall and Olmsted scholarship winners. Midshipmen continue to distinguish themselves academicaUy. However, while we are proud of these accomplishments and continue to do a superb job of preparing our graduates for a life of service to our nation during peace and war, we cannot become complacent and overlook the need to better prepare them for serving in an ever more complex military environment. To this end, we must periodically evaluate our academic program to ensure relevance and effectiveness. Such reviews in the past have proven helpfiil in ensuring that our program remains aligned with projected Navy and Marine Corps needs, and that our academic program remains at the high level expected of a top tier educational institution.

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Consequendy, this past year we have been conducting a thorough academic program review—the first such effort in six years—to assess if we are on track or need to make an adjustment to our course. Focused on how we can improve an already excellent academic program.

Our academic program review has involved extensive participation fi-om our faculty and staff and consisted of concurrent efforts in two major areas.These include: an external review of academic requirements focused on identifying what the Navy and Marine Corps require in the education of their junior officers in the first 20-30 years of the 21st century; and an internal review focused on how well the Naval Academy is executing its academic program.

The external review is being conducted by a senior-level group led by Bormie Newman, former Executive Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and retired Admiral Dennis C. Blair, former Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command and President of the Institute for Defense Analysis. Their group is addressing whether the Naval Academy is educating its graduates to meet the anticipated requirements of the naval service. In addition to considering education preparation for future graduates, it was asked to determine how weU recent graduates meet Navy and Marine Corps expectations, and to recommend any changes in emphasis in our curriculum to better meet fiature needs of the service. Further, this group was asked to determine the degree to which Naval Academy graduates require a firm understanding of basic principles underlying the complex technologies supporting today's mihtary capabihties. Finally, the external review group is evaluating whether there is a greater need now than in the past for our graduates to acquire a broad understanding of the history, culture, geography, language and political structure of regions important to

our national security. This group will report out its finding and recommendations in early spring 2006.

The internal review is being conducted by Naval Academy faculty and staff who have been busy evaluating our academic program in the following four areas: curriculum; schedule/process; faculty/staff; and facilities.

The curriculum review has focused on the adequacy and effectiveness of our curriculum for our 21st century Academy. Since the most recent curriculum review in 1997-98, the Navy and Marine Corps have transformed to face the challenges of the Global War on Terrorism. In considering this ongoing transformation, this group was tasked to include in its evaluation a review of the core curriculum and its contents, an assessment of the need to expand or reduce otrr academic majors, how to improve the relation of majors to service assignment, the sufficiency of elective courses, and the adequacy of teaching.

The next area considered by the internal group was our academic schedule and processes. The guideHnes and assumptions used in scheduling and administration of the Naval Academy's academic and registrar programs have remained essentially unchanged since the introduction of academic majors in the 1970s. The group's task was to review our approach and processes to ensure what we are doing is most effective and efficient.

Among the issues being considered by the group are the ability to accompHsh all we are striving to do in a 4-year program, our registration process and student data collection support, the adequacy of our vahdation and credit acceptance process, expansion of international student and service academy cadet exchange programs, graduarion requirements, a review of the daily class schedule, the desirabihty of Samrday classes, and even the possibility of offering graduate level courses and awarding graduate degrees.

The third area being considered by the internal group is the adequacy of our faculty and staff. To remain a top quality academy, we must attract, develop and promote a top quahty faculty and support staff.

This review has as its focus the development of a Human Capital Strategy for the academic program and will include all faculty and staff positions involved in education. The analysis of officer and civihan personnel poHcies includes the effectiveness of hiring practices, adequacy of self enrichment research and sabbaticals, promotion and tenure pohcies, compensation comparison with other universities, administrative support, and faculty and staff workload.

Finally, the internal review group is conducting a fresh appraisal of the adequacy of our academic facilities, including our classrooms, laboratories and project space, meeting areas and faculty offices. With renovation completed on Maury, Mahan, Sampson, Luce, Chauvenet and Michelson academic buildings, and the extensive modernization of Rickover laboratories following Hurricane Isabel, it was time to reassess our renovation and construction plans. Among the many issues being considered by this group are to identify our most critical needs, determine the availabihty of excess or redundant space, ensure our adequate number of large meeting spaces and lecture halls, provide for greater smdent project space and faculty research areas, review the effectiveness of our maintenance approach in keeping our facilities top-notch and assess the degree to which ffiture construction and maintenance plans are directly hnked to curriculum needs.

Status Report During the academic program review, participants have recommended a number of changes to help move our great instimtion forward in the first part of the 21st centary. While many of theses proposed changes can be considered within the normal academic curriculum change process, a few recommendations have the potential for truly transforming the Academy's academic program, and thereby laying the foundation for decades of continued success. As Supermtendent, I have directed forther investigation of these worthwhile recommendations so

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decisions can be made this year regarding adoption and implementation. The recommendations undergoing final review and decision include: • Adjusting the daily academic schedule, for example, increasing from a 6-period to a 7-period standard academic day, and possibly instituting a 5 /2-day standard academic week with Saturday morning classes, • Considering a candidate's foreign language abUities as an additional factor in admission dehberations, • Identifying possible service assignment options for individual midshipman candidates prior to admission, and encouraging participation in tailored academic programs that woidd assist them in succeeding in specific service assignments after graduation, • Constraining the total credits required to graduate to no more than 138 hours, with 120 credit hours for academic courses and 18 hours for Officer and Professional Development curricula, • Redefining the core curriculum to include providing all midshipmen a general educational foundation, better compHmenting academic majors to provide the balanced education required by today's officers, and better preparing midshipmen for the mihtary career field they wiU choose, • Increasing flexibUity in the structure of the curriculum to ensure we remain in the forefront of the majors fields we teach, but permitting increased midshipmen exchange opportunities with other countries and other service academies, • Enhancing midshipmen knowledge of international issues and regions of importance to national security, and improving foreign language proficiency, • Exploring the pros and cons of scheduhng service assignment to occur near the end of 2nd class year, • Establishing a "mini-Trident" program to increase numbers of midshipmen conducting apphed research.

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Conclusion Our Navy and Marine Corps continuaUy adapt to changing operational chaUenges and environments.

Most notable have been the changes our forces have been undergoing over a relatively short period of rime since the height of the Cold War confrontarion with Soviet naval forces, to the Global War on Terrorism and its increased emphasis on advanced technology, special warfare and joint operations.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Educarion, which regularly accredits our academic program, defines Academic Program ExceUence as including: • WeU arriculated mission, goals and objecrives; • Adequate resources to meet requirements; • ExceUent leadership and governance; • Sufficient core of high quaUty educators; • Robust program of faculty professionals development • Best practices to enhance student success and • Regular assessment of student performance.

At the Academy, we wUl use our recendy concluded academic program review and this guidance as an opportunity to look comprehensively at our program and make any necessary course adjustments. The important decisions which result from this review wUl support evolving needs of the Navy and Marine Corps, and wiU aUow the Naval Academy to continue producing graduates who possess the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to excel as junior officers in the naval service during the 21st century. d>

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he w,iy in winch tlie U.S. N.ival Ac.ideiiiy acconiphshes its mission, to de\elop midshipmen "morally, mentally and physically." is reviewed with regtilaritv- to ensure that midshipmen graduate hilly prepared to ser\-e AS junior officers in die Navy and Marine Corps.

"The Naval Academy has the advantage of knowing who hires our graduates," said Dean BiU MiUer. Academic De.m for the Naval Academy. "We structure our academic program to prep.ire graduates for these careers."

Dean Fred Davis, Associate Dean for Academic Aliairs, said that the Nav;il Academy asks itself, "Is this the progr;uii that we

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want; are we achieving our end goal?"

And to find the answer, he said, "We ahvays ask our customers—the Fleet and Marine Corps—^if we are producing the officers they need."

This is the impetus for academic program review, one of which has concluded recendy. Academic program reviews are part of the business of academia. Dean Davis said. At the Naval Academy, the last review occurred in 1997-98 and they generaUy take place about every six years, he said.

The most recent review was initiated by a requestfix>mthe Naval Academy Superintendent and a desire to match the needs of the Fleet and Marine Corps, Dean Davis said. The needs of the Navy and Marine Corps are changing due to current circumstances—^theWar on Terrorism and other global threats, among other things.The Department of Defense has requested that aU miUtary academy graduates have a greater awareness of gjobal affairs and that aU officers have proficiency in foreign languages, especiaUy Chinese and Arabic.

"With the war in Southwest Asia, officers in aU the services have to have a greater appreciation of the regions in which they will batde," Dean MiUer said.

And, with the Defense Department mission going beyond battie into serving as a stabilization force, understanding cultures is essential, he said.

Findings From the Review hi short, the academic program review showed that the Navy and Marine Corps would benefit if the Naval Academy were to have aU midshipmen smdy languages and develop a proficiency in them. Also, offering studies of different regions of the world to aU midshipmen, especially those who are not political science majors, WTU increase the knowledge of global affairs

among future junior officers. (PoUtical science majors learn global affairs as part of the major coune of study.)

Dean Davis said that this academic program review wiU not result in significant changes in academic majors in the immediate future; however, the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law may sponsor a major at some time in the fomre and an honon variant on the systems engineering major wiU be developed.

Changes to the Academic Program Grander changes to the academic program wiU be found in the elective and core courses. Dean Davis said that the definition of the core may change. WTiere currently it varies somewhat fijom midshipman to midshipman depending on the major course of study, the core may become a smaUer group of courses that would be identical for aU midshipmen with the general education piece of the curriculum (i.e., electives) involving more choice.

Language Study. Presendy, midshipmen in just four majors are required to take four semesters of a language. Economics, English, history and poUtical science majors may choose from Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Other majors do not have any language requirement; but, starting in the faU of 2006, with the entry of the Class of 2010, four semesters of a language wdU be offered as an elective to aU midshipmen, Dean Davis said.

The goal is to provide aU midshipmen with access to language study, said Dean Mike Halbig,Vice Academic Dean at the Naval Academy. Now it is available primarily to those midshipmen majoring in the humanities and social sciences."It Continued on page 10

1951 An endowment to support three Faculty Excellence Awards—Civilian Facult/ Research Award, Civilian Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in honor of Professor Theodore J. Benac and the Military Faculty Teaching Excellence Award.

1956 Support for the Distinguished Chair in Leadership.

1957 Support for the Class of 1957 Chair in Naval Heritage in the History Department. Professor Williamson Murray joined the faculty in January 2006 and is the first chairholder

1960 Support for the soon-to-be-announced Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security, as well as the Class of 1960 National Security Affairs Speaker Series.

1961 Support for the Class of 1961 Leadership Education Chair, currently held by Dr. Donnie Horner.

1962 Future support for academic needs in support of midshipmen—^the 1962 Academic Enrichment Fund.

1963 Support for the Academic Center.

1968 Support for Academic Excellence.

1971 Current support and a future endowment for a Distinguished Military Professor in Leadership, Lt Col (Dr.) Joe Thomas.

1972 Support for the Distinguished Military Professor in Character Development, Captain Jim Campbell.

1973 Support for the Distinguished Chair in Leadership.

1975 Support for the Academic Center of Excellence and programs.

1977 Support for Ethics and Leadership instructional materials.

1979 Support for Academic Excellence.

1990 Support for the Information Technology program.

•imL 1998-1999 Academic Review: information Systems Following the last academic program review, the U.S. Naval Academy discovered that its graduates needed greater knowledge of information systems (IS). The Navy and Marine Corps are the largest users in the Defense Department of satellite communications, Dean Bill Miller, Academic Dean, said.

"The military frequently turns to junior officers as the most facile in this expertise," he said. And the Naval Academy, providing the junior officers to the Fleet and Marine Corps, needed to provide junior officers with expertise in this field.

To give all midshipmen the proficiency they need, the Naval Academy added a course in information systems to the core curriculum and an academic major in information systems (12 courses in the subject), housed in the computer science department but is separate from the computer science major, Dean Miller explained.

The Class of 2005 was the first to graduate with the IS major About 35 midshipmen completed this major, most of whom have not yet reached the Fleet because they are still in school. Feedback from the Navy and Marine Corps will be forthcoming.

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wiU be expanded to aU majors as an oppormnity," Dean Halbig said, "but it wiU be hard to fit in for some majors."

To aUow more opportunity for language study for aU midshipmen, the deans are reviewing the academic program to find areas of redundancy where courses may be cut back to allow room in the curriculum for new courses. Dean Miller said.

Global Affairs.With combat commanders and forces organized around regions (Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Latin America), "The question is: How can we generate sophisticated knowledge of the regions?" Dean MiUer said. There are some options to instaU new majors focused on regions, he said, but resource requirements have to be smdied and discussed with the Navy and Marine Corps.

This option is in the very early stages of development.

who participate in these programs enter the Naval Academy with a language background, often coursework completed in high school.The Naval Academy is expanding the language program to teach first and second year language courses for midshipmen who enter without a language background; and developing academic majors in Arabic and Chinese.

Dean Boyd Waite, Associate Dean for Faculty, noted that plans are also underway to introduce more formal smdies in languages which would include Uterature, cultural issues, anthropology and "anything else that might be found in a

language concentration at another academic instimtion."

To offer additional language counes— the majors programs, entry level language courses and more sections of aU languages—^more faculty are needed.

"We expect the growth of 12 new faculty members," Dean Waite said.The new faculty wiU teach the strategic and critical languages ofArabic, Chinese, Russian and Japanese. Funding for the expanded language faculty was granted

by Congress at the end of 2005 whUe the search for top quaUty professors who can manage a major began in the summer of 2005, he said.

"The quality of the faculty should be of equal quaUty to what we have currently," Dean Halbig said. "AU agree that this cannot be compromised," even though it is difficult and may take time to find high-quality, fuU-time professors because of competition with other instimtions looking for the same.

Global Affairs Programs Unfortunately, the global affairs program has not received the same expanded fiinding that the language programs have reaUzed. The Naval Academy presendy has faculty Ln the poUtical science and history departments with expertise in regional affairs. Deans Waite and Halbig said.

The economics program also offers concentrations in regions of the world. And, current faculty includes

Changes to Admission Requirements?

While no new requirements for admission are under discussion, it is possible that favor will be given to midshipmen who enter the U.S. Naval Academy with a strong

Language Programs

language background. When calculating the "whole person multiple," "credit" may

At this time, language smdy is an academic minor that involves four courses at advanced levels. Midshipmen

for Academic Affairs, said. Currently, language proficiency is not required for entry

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be awarded to those with a language proficiency, Dean Fred Davis, Associate Dean into the Naval Academy, but it is looked upon favorably.

regional historians and professors with foreign specialties.

Challenges of Change WhUe offering more smdies always sounds like a good idea, it isn't always possible.

"We're always balancing among needs, resources and priorities," Dean MiUer said.

"We are always up against the edge: money and time," Dean Davis concurred.

"Everyone fixim DoD to Alumni have good ideas on improving the Naval Academy, but to add one thing, something else has to be removed. Every facet is connected," the dean noted. So, whUe the requests of the Defense Department and the needs of the Fleet and Marine Corps remain at the forefiront of the academic review and the shaping of the academic program, implementing changes are not easy. Some of the major chaUenges the academy faces are costs and faculty size.

"Significant costs are involved in language learning," Dean Davis said.

"The best way to learn is to be a resident in cotmtry." In addition to the four semesters of a language smdied on the Yard, the Naval Academy sends midshipmen overseas during the summer for up to four weeks, costing a few himdred thousand doUars each year. This program is largely ftinded by nonprofit organizations, particularly the OUnstead Foundation. Increasing the number of midshipmen going abroad would require additional fiinding.

"We can envision a day when many midshipmen—^not aU, but many—^wiU spend a semester overseas," Dean MiUer said, in addition to the current exchange programs with the U.S. MiUtary Academy the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Continued on page 12

BBS^^'"''' 4 Rhodes Scholars Rhodes Scholarships are awarded annually by the Oxford-based Rhodes Trust on the basis of academics and character. The recipient is provided with two years of study at the prestigious University of Oxford in England.

Prior to attending the Naval Academy, Midshipman Nicholas M. Schmitz '06 enlisted in the Marines. Formerly Corporal Schmitz, he is now ranked at the top of his class as a double major in polifical science and economics, with a minor in Japanese. At Oxford, Schmitz plans to earn a M.Phil, in political theory.

Currently pursuing a master's in public policy at Harvard University, Ensign William R. Kelly '05, USN, will do a M.Sc. in Internafional Relations Theory and Research. Kelly plans a career in the military with a focus on international relations and diplomacy.

An English major at USNA, Midshipman Jacquelyn R. Hanna '06 plans study social anthropology at Oxford.

Ultimately, Hanna would like a posting at the Pentagon, or at the State Department, helping soldiers prepare for overseas duty.

Midshipman Paul J. Angelo '06 plans for a career in the Navy as a Foreign Area Officer for Latin America. To that end, Angelo is majoring in comparative government with a minor in Spanish at USNA. At Oxford, he plans to do the M.Phil in Latin American studies.

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FitzGerald Scholarship

The expanded overseas program would be through exchange programs with foreign service academies and civUian universities. Dean Davis said, but this, too, is "not without cost."

Ambassador William H. G. FitzGerald '31 created the W.H.G. FitzGerald Scholarship Program for graduate studies in the humanities in 1987 to enable scholars to study for two years at Oxford University. Scholarship recipients must demonstrate "scholarly attainment leadership ability and the capacity for devotion to a cause beyond self " It is with great sadness tftat Shipmate reports Ambassador FitzGerald died on 5 January 2006. A recipient of the Alumni Association's Distinguished Graduate award.

Ambassador FitzGerald was one of those special Alumni who gave much, and expected nothing in return. His generosity to the Naval Academy and Brigade of Midshipmen will always be remembered with the FitzGerald Baseball Clubhouse and the FitzGerald scholarships.

Midshipman Raphael Thalakottur '06, Brigade Chief of Staff, will attend Oxford in the fall as a Fitzgerald Scholar.

As a former Marine, his fleet experience combined with his commitment to athletics and academics made him an ideal candidate for the FitzGerald Scholarship.

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While midshipmen wiU be better prepared to be junior officers in the Navy and Marine Corps with the addition of a language requirement and development of a language proficiency, these smdies cannot be added without the elimination of something else. It is a balancing act, Dean Davis said. Changes in the core course requirements and electives offered wiU help maintain the minimum 140 credit hours required for graduation.

Established in 1989, the Pownall Scholarship was made

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Some changes in the language program will be implemented in the faU of 2006, Dean Davis anticipated. "A lot of work has to go into [program preparation] and many faculty will be working over the

Martin) in honor of Thomas G. Pownall '47.The scholarship enables midshipmen to attend Cambridge.

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Language study at the Naval Academy has its own associated costs, as weU, he noted. TypicaUy, language courses have fewer midshipmen per class to create an optimal environment for learning a language. Instead of the usual average 18 smdents per class, a language section would have 10 or fewer midshipmen.

This means that more sections of each language are needed to reach aU midshipmen, and thus more professors and more classroom space are needed.

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faculty members. With a Brigade size of 4,300 midshipmen, the goal is to minimize part-time faculty and increase full-time faculty to 570, Dean Boyd Waite, Dean of Faculty, said.

summer" to be ready when midshipmen start classes in the faU. Dean Halbig said that faculty are working a^nessively to prepare the majors in Arabic and Chinese to be up and running by 2007.This aggressive schedule includes the preparations of syllabi and bibUographies and the resolution of space issues for conducting classes.

Because of the net growth in course offerings. Dean Halbig said, the location of classes has to be determined.

Although some new offerings are expected to be available this faU and others next faU, the fiiU effect of the updated academic program wiU not be felt until die Classes of 2009 and 2010 graduate, the deans said.

While reshaping the academic program, the relationship between major courses of smdy and career paths must be considered.

Overall, the curriculum is designed so an academic major shouldn't determine a midshipman's career. Dean MUler said.

Midshipmen choose their majors as Plebes and they don't know much about the Navy or Marine Corps at that time, he said. Any graduate should be able to choose any academic major and any career path, he said.

Measuring Success With changes to the academic program occurring periodicaUy, it is important to know whether the modifications are achieving their goals.

Dean Miller said that assessments of smdent learning started at the course level six years ago, but occasional reviews take place at the course and curriculum levels.

"We are tending to value problem solving skills and thinking skills rather than content knowledge," he said, looking at four elements: (1) abiUty to gather information; (2) abiUty to criricaUy evaluate the informarion; (3) the abiUty to

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synthesize answers to complex problems; and (4) the abiUty to articulate diose answers.

In its first summer, the Class of 2008 was given a "test" to measure critical thinking skUls.The class wUl receive the test again at a later time.

Also, an online survey instrument wiU be launched soon for USNA graduates and their commanding officers to provide feedback.The Naval Academy is interested in looking at trends across classes and not individual performance. Dean MiUer said.

Feedback is also provided from officers who return to the Naval

Academy to teach. About 80 a year serve on the school's faculty.

The changes to the academic program are aimed at providing the Navy and Marine Corps with junior officers better equipped to serve under modern circumstance, but aU the whUe, the Naval Academy stays on course developing midshipmen "moraUy, mentaUy and physicaUy." ^i' Rachel E Goldberg is a freelance uriter living in Alexandria, VA. Previously, she served on the Shipmate staffforfour years, including a time as editor-in-chief

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Tailgates^Traditions and Touchdowns The 2005 Season Ends in Sunny San Diego B y L i e u t e n a n t Ken Kurz ' 9 9 , U S N

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Above: Bill the Goat waves to fans during the pre-game show for the Poinsettia Bowl.

Navy sold 20,000 tickets for the game and even more fans were in the stands. U.S. Navy.

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Right: Superintendent Vice Admiral Rodney P. Rempt '66, USN, leads Navy fans in a cheer at the Pep Rally on PELEUU. Photo by

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aving a spouse (Laura Kurz) who works at the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation is both a blessing and a curse. When I was "asked" about writing an article for Shipmate (about our trip to San Diego for the first annual Poinsetria Bowl), it was quite possibly the last thing I ever thought as a midshipman I would ever do. O n the other hand, Uving vicariously through her job as the Associate Director of Foundation Communications, has provided us both wdth greater opportuniries and experiences over the last couple years than I ever thought possible. So writing a few short words about our trip to San Diego the week before Christmas to interact with some of the Navy's greatest leaders, both current and former, reunite with old friends and classmates, and watch Navy trounce Colorado State tying a NCAA record along the way seems a smaU price to pay.

A complete shift in the weather from last year's Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, San Diego was sunny and 80 degrees the entire week. That and getring to play the Academy grad on vacation while the wife is working wasn't so bad either.

Outside of watching Navy beat Colorado State, the highlight

of the week was definitely being present during the five broadcast of the Go Navy Radio Show firom R O N A L D REAGAN, in port at NAS North Island.

The show is broadcast Uve over the Internet firom www.gonavyradio.com and is available as a Uve broadcast, can be downloaded as an mp3, or set up as a Podcast on your iPod. Nothing better to download and Usten to while cranking out the irules getting ready for the next PFT. One of Laura's responsibiUties for making the show go Uke clockwork is to coordinate with the aids or representarives of the show's guests, which read Uke a Who's W h o of Navy and Marine Corps leadership. For this show in particular, we were set up inside the Commanding Officer's In-Port Cabin which was fliU of memorabUia donated by the late President Reagan's family. Of the many items, this included the desk and chair he used while he was the Governor of California. Guests on the show included Vice Admiral Jim Zortman '73, Commander Naval Air Forces; Rear Admiral Michael MiUer '74, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven; Lieutenant General John Satder, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central and the Commanding General, First Marine Expedirionary Force, Camp Pendleton, CA;Vice Admiral Ed Martin '54, U S N (Ret.); Major General Terry Murray '68, USMC (Ret.); and Athleric Director, Chet Gladchuk. I also ran into another member of the Class of '99, Lieutenant Sonja (Hanson) Stone, Assistant PubHc Affairs Officer for Admiral Zortman, and someone 1 didn't expect to see, a good friend. Lieutenant Adam Hancock, Flag Aide to Admiral MiUer w h o m I flew with in Oklahoma while we were i n V Q - 3 .

Navy cheerleader at Ravens Stadium for the first game of the season against the University of Maryland. Photo by Carolyn Andros

President and CEO George P. Watt '73 hosted a special two-hour live Poinsettia Bowl Go Navy Radio broadcast from the nuclear powered aircraft carrier RONAU) REAGAN (CVN 76), berthed at Naval Air Station, North Island. He welcomed Vice Admiral Jim Zortman '73, commander of the Naval Air Forces and Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Chet Gladchuk, Naval Academy Athletic Director; Rear Admiral Michael Miller '74, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven and Commander, RONALD REAGAN Strike Group (pictured here); Lieutenant General John Sattler 71, Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command and Commanding General, Rrst Marine Expeditionary Force; and former Vietnam prisoner ofwar Vice Admiral Ed Martin '54, who served as Commander, Eastern Atlantic and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, as well as the past Alumni Association's San Diego Trustee.

To listen to the archived show, visit www.usna.com.

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Navy fans enjoy the Pep Rally aboard the PELEUU—a great kick off to the first annual Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, CA. Navy not only won the game against the Colorado State University Rams (51-30), but had a fantastic showing at the game with more than 20,000 tickets sold through the Naval Academy Athletic Association including more than 7,400 donated tickets for midshipmen as well as enlisted Sailors and Marines. Photo by Debbie Latta

The show went off without a hitch and was declared a resounding success when a connecrion was made between the Uve remote onboard the REAGAN and General Murray reporring Uve from the pep raUy onboard PELILEU. Geraldo embedded with the Third Infantry Division has nothing on the General and the job he did describing the action.

In a long Ust of things I never thought I would be doing as a midshipman, another would be visiting our Godson, Jack and his sister, Claire, the chUdren of my former second set Plebe summer detaUer and Second Class during the Ac-year, Lieutenant John CoUins '97. As a N F O inVQ-3,John was one of the pUots I spent a lot of rime flying with and was indeed my feared upperclass while at the Academy. To this day our wives are the greatest of friends. John and I have been known to golf a round or three and I think we're able to get along just fine now. They are currently stationed at NAS North Island, John, a C-40 FTS pilot in VR-57. So, a radio show on the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, reuniting with old friends, wasn't there a footbaU game going on or something?

In a long season of talk about the Heisman Trophy race between Reggie Bush, Matt Lienart andVinceYoung, and aU the hype leading up to the USC-Texas game, it was quite possible you could have bUnked and missed the first annual

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Homecoming— Midshipmen race across the end zone wall celebrating one of four first quarter touchdowns against Tulane. Navy rushed for a season-high 418 yards in its 49-21 victory over Tulane.

U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Morltz

Poinsettia Bowl in the midst of aU the other great bowl matchups to watch. With a 10:30 p.m. East Coast start on ESPN2, bUnking might have been exchanged with faUing asleep, but then again TiVo was invented for a reason, right? If you did, you missed one of this faU's greatest performances in Navy's defeat of Colorado State 51-30.

A footbaU game wouldn't be a football game without a great tailgate. There was a time when I knew of an aircrew that happened to be in town during a prestigious bowl game by luck of the draw. The story goes that they made sure they had the right tools for the taUgate in hauUng around a charcoal griU in the lower lobe of the plane for a week prior to just make sure they were ready to go when they got there. Many thanks to the NAVAIR engineers who made sure no details were overlooked in the latest modification to the aircraft to make space for the grUl. However, hands down, the 3rd Annual World's Largest Navy TaUgate was incredible. For those of you who are car enthusiasts, it rivaled the setup at the BarrettJackson auction in Arizona. For those who aren't, it was in one word, huge.

Inside there were booths seUing Navy gear, companies providing smaU gifts to the more than 1,500 midshipmen who made the trip during their Christmas leave, plenty of food and

Navy fans enjoy the Alumni Association tailgate before the football game against Kent State. Navy triumphed 34-31 over Kent State at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Photo by Debbie Latta

areas set up by the decade for classmate to congregate and see who else may have made the trip to the game. When we left the taUgate and went in to Qualcomm Stadium, we saw smaU pockets of Colorado State fans here and there, but once inside and the game started, outside of a couple sections, the stadium resembled Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on any other Samrday. The city of San Diego,fiirstand foremost a Navy town, mrned out in fiiU support of the midshipmen for the game.

Reggie CampbeU's NCAA record tying performance of five touchdowns in a bowl game has only been done by four other players, one of them being NFL legend Barry Sanders.

Navy peaked at aU the right times this faU, including a win over Army and defeating Colorado State. San Diego couldn't have been a better choice for the Poinsettia Bowl or for Navy With the win. Navy finished 30th in both the Associated Press and the Coaches PoU. After finishing ranked 24th last year, playing in their third straight bowl game and winning the last two. Navy football looks to be on the rise. It was the perfect end to a great season and who knows where we'U be next December. San Diego definitely works for me. 4>

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Today, the Foundation aims to provide sustaining and necessary support to enhance the entire Naval Academy experience for the Brigade of Midshipmen.

While the Campaign concluded on 31 December 2005, we recognize that we have only just begun to realize the potential for private gifts that transform the Academy. A number of post-Campaign fiindraising objectives that are direcdy aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the Superintendent and the Naval Academy have been identified.

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"culmre of philanthropy "were institutionalized among Alumni, parents and friends of the Naval Academy. The opportunities for excellence that private gift support affords have been demonstrated time and again throughout the Campaign, and our growing, engaged, dedicated cadre of volunteen has added significant leverage to our efforts.

Looking ahead, the Foundation seeks to strengthen this new culture of philanthropy and our growing network of volunteers as we pursue new initiatives in support of the Academy.

Several important near-term goals have been defined for the post-Campaign period.These include:

Grow the Naval Academy Annual Fund The Naval Academy Annual Fund is the Hfeblood of the Almnni Association and Foundation and the principal source of discretionary spending for the Superintendent.Without private gifts given to the Annual Fund every year.

valuable Alimini Association member services, such as the magazine you are now reading, would not be available.The Annual Fund is critical to the success of the Fotmdation.Without generous gifts to the Annual Fund, we would not have been able to secure more than S250 million in commimients to the Leaders to Serve the Nation Campaign. It provides the Foundation's operating budget which, in ttim, makes it possible to raise the myriad restricted gifts that together comprised the principal achievements of the Campaign, including major projects such as the renovations to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and the Academy's Center for Ethical Leadership.

Finally, the Annual Ftmd provides significant discretionary fimds each year to the Superintendent for his use wherever the need is greatest, enabling the Academy to fund emergent high-priority programs that benefit the Brigade of Midshipmen and the Naval Academy.

Center for Ethical Leadership Since 1998 when it was established by military and civilian leaders, the Center for Ethical Leadership (formerly the Center for the Smdy of Professional Military Ethics) has been changing the way ethics and leadership are taught to the Brigade of Midshipmen.

Through its Resident Fellow Program, the McCain Ethics Conference, numerotis lectures and other programs, the Center for Ethical Leadership serves as a resource in the teaching of ethics for the Naval Academy and the Brigade, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Nation.

The Center is primarily funded by private gifb. In the post-Campaign period, we will continue to support this integral program at the Academy.

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"The mission of the Naval Academy is focused on developing midshipmen morally, mentally and physically t o serve as combat leaders for our Navy and Marine Corps. The tremendous support of the 'Extended Brigade'—the thousands of Alumni, parents and friends of the Naval Academy—continues t o make a real difference in our ability t o produce leaders of character t o serve our nation. W e deeply appreciate all w h o help our young men and w o m e n succeed as future Navy and Marine Corps officers."

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and rugby have been scattered across and outside of the Yard. There has never been a consolidated area specificaUy designated for these sports, but within the next year, a new athletic complex designed to support these five sports wiU start the transition firom concept to reality.

The new Hockey and Tennis Center wiU be a single venue for hockey, tennis, golf, swimming and rugby. The 100,000 square-foot facility wiU feature an Olympic-size hockey rink, six indoor and six outdoor tennis courts, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a 40' X 60' putting green and wiU have two rugby pitches adjacendy located.

Other Strategic Initiatives In addition to the post-Campaign initiatives mentioned above, other strategic priorities wOl be aggressively pursued post-Campaign, including additional fttnding for the Academy's Academic Center; the USNA Museum renovation; a new Observatory; the BUderbackMoore Navy Lacrosse HaU of Fame at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium; and numerous class projects.

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hen Kevin Sharer '70 was a midshipman, he didn't aspire to one day be at the helm of the world's largest biotechnology company. In fact, the fundamental technology on which the industry is buUt wasn't even invented untU eight years after he graduated. But Sharer was drawn to the Naval Academy because of his desire to lead and to serve.

And the oppormnities and chaUenges that came his way at USNA helped him grow personaUy and professionaUy, giving him sturdy buUding blocks for future endeavors.

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like mission, values, strategy and aspiration are seen as not consistent with what reaUy happens. So we try in every way to make sure that the company understands that our mission reaUy is to serve patients. And that starts with at the very top. I spend time talking to patients. I go out with sales representatives.. .and talk to nurses and doctors and patients in the places they're treated... .We have patients who come to the factories and talk about how impoitant the medicines are. We try to bring patient focus and stories into everything we do."

Today, Sharer is Chairman and CEO ofAmgen and, together with its 16,000 employees, is dedicated to fulfilling the company's mission: to serve patients.

"I think that in many organizations despite the best intentions of the people who are there and the leadership, things

Sharer adds that Amgen aspires "to be the world's best human therapeutics company," and everyone in the company is very serious about this goal.The company has a foundational set of ideas that provide the basis for its high-performing, high-energy and optimistic culmre.

"We think about it, we measure it, we talk about it," he explains. "We've got a set of eight values that define how we're supposed to behave and we evaluate people on those. We survey the company to see if they're real We've got a list of attributes for how we expect our leaders to behave.And aU of these things—amission, aspiration, values and the leadership attributes—came whoUy firym within Amgen... .It's our authentic voice."

Under Sharer's leadership, Amgen has grown significandy. The company grew fiom a relatively smaU firm to the world's lai^est biotechnology company and a highly effective competitor in the marketplace. Sharer is proud the company has been able to grow and serve more patients, while remaining true to its values and mission. Amgen is no'w in its 26th year. When Sharer became CEO in 2000, the company had two medicines on the market.Today it has seven, five of which are blockbusters (an industry term for medicines that have at least $1 billion in annual sales).They are medicines that help people fight cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other serious illnesses. And the company has more than 50 potential new products in development. Headquartered in southern Califomia,Amgen is truly a ^obal company, with operations in 31 countries.

just nothing else is going to overcome that. We've had a good strategy of investing in science for the long haul. We've focused on innovation.We've persevered when we had to, when we were challenged.We've been able to continuaUy change and adapt to different circumstances as the company grew, while stiU holding on to our foundational ideas.

And, we've been a Htde bit lucky too.

Luck plays a bigger part in life than we probably aU want to admit. But you also make your own luck."

Throughout his life. Sharer has crafted his own success through ambition, hard work and a littie luck. He first dreamed of a career in aviation and studied aeronautical engineering at USNA on the misconception that it had something to do with flying. When he later failed his flight physical, he found himself at a crossroads in his miUtary career. He chose to enter the submarine force— a decision that brought him one of his most rewarding experiences.

Sharer was commissioning chief engineering officer on MEMPHIS

(SSN691)—a Los Angeles class ship. It was a tremendous responsibUity, but one that provided him with oppormnity to lead and bufld confidence.

"Up until this job (as C E O of Amgen), that was the best job I ever had," Sharer says of being commissioning chief engineer on MEMPHIS. "It was a

combination of chaUenge, responsibiUty, affiliation with great people and being part of something that reaUy mattered."

FoUowing his naval career. Sharer held leadership positions within several influential companies, including General Electric and MCI. His experience, however, had not included the healthcare industry. It was a willingness to take a chance and luck that brought him to Amgen.

Sharer says, "I was working in another industry and I got a facsimfle one day that said,'Do you know anybody that wants to be the president ofAmgen?' I had never heard ofAmgen. I had no idea wfhat it was. And I didn't have any background in the healthcare industry. It was a time in my Ufe when I was open to the Continued on page 26

"Otir objective as a company is to develop innovative medicines that change the practice of medicine and treat grievotis iUness," he says. "It's a young company in every way, and we're a science-based company. And it's a place with a lot of energy and enthusiasm and real dedication to our mission."

Amgen's transformation has come about through employees' dedication, innovation and a Utde luck, explains Sharer.

"Otir people are foundational," he says. "If you don't have the right people.

Kevin Sharer 10. Photo courtesy of Amgen

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possibflity. So I learned about the company and I said,'Yeah, me.'"

"I was interviewed, and my predecessor, my boss, my friend Gordon Binder was pretty courageous," he continues. "His big idea for the world's bluest biotech was to have the president come from the phone business, but that was not looked upon as the best idea that week. But I reaUy am grateful to him and everybody else who gave me the chance."

Binder's idea proved to be the right one. In 2005, Amgen was, for the sixth time, named by Fortune as one of its "100 Best Companies to Work for in America." It ranked 212th on the Fortune 500 Ust in 2005. Forbes named Amgen"Company of the Year" for 2004.

The company was included in Fortune's 2005 Ust of "America's Most Admired Companies" and in Science magazine's annual survey of top employers in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. And last year. Sharer was named one of Forbes'"100 Most Powerful People" and IndustryWeek's "CEO of the Year."

Amgen's recognition as a leading company is no surprise to Sharer. Amgen is a company of leaders, and the CEO sets high expectations for those in leadership positions.

"We expect the leaders to embody our values, to be role models," he says.

"We expect them to be able to chart the course in the sense that they can reaUy, in an authentic and effective and energizing way, communicate to others what we're trying to do, what the future looks Uke. They've got to be able to deUver resiflts.

You know talk is great, but you've got to deUver. And then finaUy they've got to develop the best teams. That's an ongoing process, and it means (you) pick the right people, coach them, develop them and, on those rare times we have to make

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changes, have the courage to make changes and do it in a way that's respectfid to people."

Sharer also expects Amgen's top leaders to "fundamentaUy be coUeagues and have a positive oudook." He doesn't tolerate infighting, helping to estabUsh a coUegial envirormient based on teamwork.

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"You have to have the courage of your conviction. You have to be a role model yourself. You can't espouse one set of right behaviors but then not do it yourself "You have to be somebody who has real self-knowledge.You have to seek selfknowledge and you have to be sincerely interested in maximizing your abflity and to be on a path that makes you continuously grow and be wflling to put yourself in places that are not necessarfly comfortable. That's the orfly way to grow.

"And you have to be wiUing to take a risk now and then."

Sharer says that his four years at the Naval Academy were perhaps the most important in his Ufe "in terms of the person that came in the place and the person that came out." His experiences at USNA and in the Navy helped him bufld confidence, face chaUenges and learn responsibflity—aU essential skills in his life today.

"I think there's a confidence that comes from going from somebody who has never reaUy gone through anything very difficiflt or chaUenging, to one who is able to experience, and be successful at, such a demanding place as AnnapoUs," says Sharer. "Then moving on to the submarine force, I had enormous responsibflity for someone in his 20s.

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Academy Alumni Look Hurricane Katrina in the Eye

By J a m e s W e l s h , NAVOCEANO Public Affairs

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE CROSS HAIRS W H E N INTO THE

H U R R I C A N E K A T R I N A SLAMMED

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n the post-hurricane weeks to come, those Alimini took on leadership roles as communities around the John C. Stermis Space Center (SSC) struggled to begin an arduous recovery.

Senior and junior officers aUke worked long hours for days on end after the storm. They conducted maritime surveys, located missing shipmates and co-workers, stood batde watches and coordinated activities with other agencies.Then they went into local communities with their civfl service counterparts to haul toxic mud out of houses, cut downed trees, remove debris and coverfracmredroofi with tarps.

"Some of their efforts were Herculean. They were just amazing," said Rear Admiral Timothy McGee '78, Stennis-based commander. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC).

Stennis, located nearly on the Mississippi-Louisiana border, is home to CNMOC. Other Navy units on the NASA site include the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Fleet Survey Team (FST), Special Boat Team Twenty-Two (SBT-22) and Naval SmaU Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS).

"1 stfll don't know where our house went," GaUaudet said,

Togedier, they account for about 1,700 miUtary, civfl service and contractor persoimel.

weeks after the hurricane.

'Like Being on the Moon'

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Captain Greg Eisman '82, USN, evacuated with his famfly to Horida before the storm. He returned to Mississippi five days later to find that Katrina had wiped out entire areas of homes and businesses. In the coming weeks, he woifld be working in the field helping hurricane victims whose homes were damaged.

In the hours foUowing the storm, Navy personnel sprang to fiU rescue and recovery roles, locating or accounting for SSC's Navy mflitary and civflian personnel. A team of community marshals was appointed from the uniformed and civiUan rardcs.They coordinated recovery efforts and worked with officials in counties and towns along the coast.

"There was nothing left" in many areas of the coast when he returned, Eisman said. "It was Uke being on the moon."

Captain Charles Martinek '66, USN (Ret.), technical director and ranking civiUan employee at NAVOCEANO said Academy Alumni and other Navy persoimel performed a wide array ofjobs in hurricane recovery and reUef. "The most amazing thing to me was that even though we have orfly a smaU cadre of officers, they fiUed numerous roles after the hurricane," he said.

Katrina dropped fiom Category 5 to Category 3 status before making landfall, but was stfll a hurricane of epic proportions. Wind gusts exceeded 200 mfles per hour and sustained winds of 145 mfles per hour blasted the Mississippi coast for hours.The storm surge hit 35 feet at Waveland, MS, and was unofficiaUy reported to be even higgler in other locations.

"The vater level was weU over 40 feet at my house," said Commander Timothy GaUaudet '89, who Uved in the Diamondhead community northeast of Bay St. Louis. His three-story, waterfront house completely disappeared in the storm.

The eye of the hurricane centered on Waveland, located just 15 mfles east of SSC. Katrina had an eye 32-mfles wideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than three times the width of eyes in past storms of similar intensity.

Behind her, Katrina left a miserable swath of destruction and desolation. Hundreds of homes collapsed and were washed out or blew away in the communities of Waveland, Bay St. Louis and Diamondhead, as weU as other areas to the east.

Academy Alumni and others also acted as Uaison with the himdreds of Marines, National Guard troops, Seabees and state and federal representatives who moved into the area.

Many search and rescue units from outside the area had no knowledge of Mississippi coast geography. Experts at NAVOCEANO quickly provided them with charts, maps and overhead imagery of the region, to help speed up rescue efforts.

The Navy's Heet Survey Team also swvmg into action and members deployed to Louisiana for maritime survey work.They conducted hydrographic surveys of portions of the Mississippi River as weU as the 76-mfle-long Mississippi River-Giflf Oudet, a major shipping channel.The teams searched with sonar for sunken storm debris, and their rapid survey mrnaround times helped enable the Port of New Orleans to resume operations with minimum down time. In less than a month, FST woifld deploy again and conduct surveys in southwest Louisiana after Hurricane Rita.

Heet Survey Team also suffered damage at its offices when the roof blew off its buflding during Katrina.

"We had major damage at the command," said Commander Todd Monroe '87, USN, FST commanding officer. "But the bottom line is that our officers assumed leadership roles and stepped outside their comfort zones. We plugged a lot of holes in the days after the storm."

At the same time, McGee noted, the Navy oceanographic community at SSC never faltered in its mission of supporting the warfighter.

Seabeesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;First Responders in the Gulf Coast Commander Dave Sasek '87, USN, took command of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN in late July-about a month before Katrina struck the Gulf Coast Because of their location, the battalion was among the first responders after the hurricane hit The initial response efforts, which began as soon as the all-clear was sounded, included clearing base roads, restoring the security fences and re-establishing the base security perimeter As the response effon matured, they worked in the Pon of Gulfpon in suppon of Coast Guard watercraft efforts, cleared roadways and worked in local schools.

"All told, NMCB-7 assessed over 1,500 miles of road and cleared over 525 miles of roads," reponed Sasek "We removed nearly 6,000 tons of debris and provided volunteers to man food/water distribution points-providing for an average of about 500 to 600 families per day " Photo courtesy of Commander Sasek

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"Whfle we were doing aU that, we provided operational products to the U.S. Navy," he said.

A Larger Effort Things retarned to nearly normal at Stennis Space Center within a few weeks. But in the surrounding communities, citizens woke up every day to the same devastated landscape: houses without roofi, black mold, giant trees on the ground, mounds of toxic mud, moldy pfles of wet carpet and water-logged drywaU. The Navy gave employees time off work to volunteer for hurricane reUef A team of about 30 active duty and Reserve Navy volunteers also arrived at SSCfiramJacksonviUe, San Diego and NorfbUc.They spUt into smaU groups and worked 12-hour days, cutting and clearing trees, placing tarps on fi:actared roofi, removing debris and doing other work for citizens whose Uves and property had been shattered.

"These volunteers came down here on their own, with no dog in the fight," said Captain Bob Kiser '82, USN, who worked extensively with the volunteers. He owns a smaU farm in the area and used his own tractor in tree and debris removal for hurricane victims.

"There was a lot of counseUng that went on, too," Kiser said."I thirflc the teams' upbeat attitade helped people get through this."

On one occasion, Kiser and a crew removed 80 downed trees from an elementary school walking path. The trees, some of them massive, were chopped and removed within a day. "The school had a quote for $12,500 to get those trees removed," Kiser said. "We were able to do it for nothing."

Eisman found the Navy's efforts remarkable. "There is no way anyone can be completely prepared for something Uke this, but our leadership came through in a big way," he said.

Martinek, who served as executive officer and commanding officer at NAVOCEANO and was also chairman of the Oceanography Department at the Naval Academy during his career, said the Navy quickly became a key player in post-hurricane events.

"We were aU part of a much bigger force," he said. "The work that was done out in the communities was just incredible. Some of our officers and civiUans have become the go-to people in the communities that were the hardest hit." ct fames Welsh is a veteran newspaper and magazine journalist ivho now works for Alpha Data Corp. Fie is assigned to the Public Affairs Office of the Naval Oceanographic Office,fohn C. Stennis Space Center.

Alumni Say Academy Life Prepared Them for Katrina Training received at the Naval Academy \ instrumental in helping USNA Alumni stai^ on track during and after Hurricane Katrina Many agree that their midshipman trainin| instilled the discipline to face danger durir the storm and then work long days afterward, in spite of personal crises inflicted upon them by the hurricane.

"Any time you're in a real storm at the Academy, you have to just kind of put your head down and keep trudging," said Lieutenant Ken Wallace '98, USN, flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral Timothy McGee. "One of the biggest things I learned from that place is perseverance," he said of the Academy.

Commander Timothy GaUaudet agrees.

The night before the hurricane, he evacuated with his wife and daughter to a motel less than two miles away from his waterfront home in Diamondhead, MS. The next morning, he stood on a motel balcony and saw waves white capping where buildings and parking lots had stood only hours before.

"It struck me thenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;my house is toast.^ It's gone," GaUaudet said After the storm, he and his wife, Careni GaUaudet '91, a former Navy diver, returnej to their property. All that remained of their home was a few shattered timbers.

"It was just surreal," Tim GaUaudet sa^ "We're still both at a bit of a loss. Where does a three-story house go?"

GaUaudet had left his Class ring in a nightstand drawer on the third floor of thej house. After the storm, his wife miraculoul found the ring lying by an upturned tree, a| full half-mile from their home.

HARRYS. TRUMAN (CVN 75) Commanding Officer,

Captain James P Gigliotti '79, USN, watches as Sailors assigned to the Deck Department secure an anchor chain stop in TRUMAN'S foc'sle, after weighing anchor TRUMAN was deployed to the Gulf Coast in support of Hurricane Katrina operations U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Eric S. Garst

Now, Tim GaUaudet believes their Academy backgrounds prepared him and Caren by giving them resilience. "It helps you deal with challenges and remain emotionally stable," he said. "The Academy prepared both of us."

After Katrina, Commander Monroe, commanding officer of the Fleet Survey Team at Stennis Space Center, drove into Bay St. Louis, MS to check on his house near the beach. All he found was a pile of rubble. The house and two cars had been destroyed.

"I felt utter disbelief," he recalled, "it's hard to get the brain to stretch that far, to imagine that kind of destruction."

Monroe wasn't alone. Of the 40 people in his command, 18 lost their homes to the hurricane.

Monroe credits Academy life for providing the inner strength he needed in the coming weeks. "Life at the Academy is your first background in Spartan living and adversity," he said. "It conditions you to reach and to stretch in these kinds of situations, and to bounce back from adversity."

Monroe's executive officer. Lieutenant Commander Christopher Sterbis '93, USN, survived Katrina by swimming in 18 feet of water out a second-floor window of his Diamondhead home. His family had evacuated to Missouri before the storm, but he stayed behind to protect their home.

Sterbis, too, remembers high winds and white caps on the water as he swam to safety at a neighbor's house. He reported to Stennis Space Center and resumed his duties the next day. In the coming weeks, he would work 18- to 20-hour days. Again, credit goes to lessons learned at Annapolis.

Counteracting Katrina: Rear Admiral Tim McGee '78 Creates Unprecedented Plan to Help Civilian Workers

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urricane Katrina brought a big problem 1 for Rear Admiral Timothy McGee '78. Many members of his meteorology and oceanography community at John C. Stennis Space center had sudderfly been rendered homeless by the brutal storm.

Of 1,700 uniformed and civflian Navy workers at Stennis, 460 famflies Photo courtesy of Ueutenant Ken Wallace '98 were left without habitable homes after 29 August 2005, when Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Many of their houses had been seriously damaged and others had simply vanished in the 35-foot storm surge and vicious winds.

In the days after the storm, famflies with the most extreme needs were placed in 50 travel traflers acquired by the Navy. That stfll left hundreds of famiUes without suitable housing.

McGee's problem was critical because more than 90 percent of the employees at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) are civiUan government workers.

Many of them have advanced educations and work as oceanographers, hydrographers, physicists, engineers and computer experts.

Many are also senior employees with years of experience and strong resumes.

McGee feared that civfl service employees who had lost everything to the hurricane might find Utde reason to stay at SSC unless they got into suitable temporary homes as quickly as possible.

However, soon after the hurricane, McGee said, it became apparent to him that civflian workers "were not going to get the same level of assistance" from the Navy as miUtary members. He immediately began devising a housing assistance plan that would treat miUtary and civfl service personnel equaUy. "We cannot afford to lose these valuable professionals," McGee said in armouncing his precedent-setting plan.

McGee proposed that the Navy provide temporary housing to civfl service workers as weU as active duty miUtary personnel. FamiUes receiving housing wfll be asked to pay a modest amount of the total cost.

Navy veterans at SSC say this is the first such program they've seen where the service provides for civflians as weU as Navy persoimel.

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In October, the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation presented Admiral Steve Abbot '66, USN (Ret.), President and CEO of the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society with a check for $21,000 to aid in the relief effort for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The donation was made by staff members who voluntarily donated the dollar equivalent of earned leave days to the relief effort.

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"Our work force took it on the chin," said Captain Andrew Brown, commanding officer of NAVOCEANO. "The Navy has reaUy come around in realizing that it's the civiUan work force that's the driving engine of this organization."

McGee shouldered his housing proposal up the chain of command. On three occasions after the storm, he and Hag Lieutenant Ken WaUace '98 flew by heUcopter from Stennis to Iwo JiMA, which was docked in New Orleans.

On board, McGee met with his boss, Admiral John B. Nathman '70, commander of Heet Forces Command and Adantic Heet. He also met onboard with Admiral Mike Midlen '68, chief of Naval Operations.

McGee's request was unusual but direct: He needed approval and assistance from the top to make his plan work. He punctaated his request to the admirals with a grim observation that the Gulf Coast economy had been aU but wiped out by Katrina. For the time being, federal agencies at SSC are among the strongest economic threads in the region.

"I told them we are the economy here on the Gulf Coast now," McGee said. "We have what no one else has, and that's jobs."

Nathman and MuUen both pledged support for McGee's unique plan to keep his work force together. "The chief of Naval operations said the Navy famfly includes active duty miUtary and its Department of Defense civflians," McGee said. "We also have substantial support from Fleet Forces Command." Admiral Nathman, he added, "has faith and supports us 100 percent."

McGee's solution has been a blend of programs. The Navy is purchasing as many as 100 modular homes to be placed for employees in Covington, LA. A second simflar neighborhood will be constructed in Pearl River County, Miss. As they are completed, the homes will be aUocated to qualifying famflies on a lottery basis.

A fuUy staffed Navy housing office was estabUshed at SSC and has been negotiating with area realtors to find other suitable properties to lease. McGee has also encouraged miUtary and civiUan famiUes to seek leased houses on their own.

When houses are located and one-year leases drawn, the Navy wfll pay up to $1,800 monthly in housing assistance, including utflity costs, for each famfly.

Veteran officers acknowledge that the Navy has historicaUy taken care of its own, but such treatment has ordinarfly been reserved for uniformed personnel.

"It's important to note that the Navy has stepped up in a big way to provide housing for civflian employees," said Brown. "This is a long-haul commitment. It's going to take as many as five years to get back to normal." vfc

Lieutenant Michael Hendnckson '90, USN, helps clean up the Greek Orthodox Church of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Hendrickson is assigned to the amphibious assault ship Iwo JIMA ILHD 7).

U.S. Navy photo By Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Christian Knoell

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Additionally, the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation took several steps to aid our shipmates, midshipman families and fellow citizens in those areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Immediately following Katrina, a broadcast email to nearly 40,000 of our constituency encouraged charitable donations to the American Red Cross and/or the NavyMarine Corps Relief Society. All fundraising calls and mailings into the affected areas were immediately stopped for an indefinite period.

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Navy played against Tulane (and won 49-21) at Homecoming in early November.

The NAAA covered the cost of the Green Wave's trip to Annapolis, a gift that definitely helped to relieve the financially strapped program. Navy arranged for The Wyndham Hotel in Baltimore to provide complementary rooms for the entire traveling party, airfare and free bus transportation for the team, dinner at the Academy on the night before the game as well as offered free tickets to all Tulane students.

iX^ O C E A N AWAY

By Commander Shauti Grenier '85, USN

TR's Naval Academy C/u^

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It's Been Twenty Years I have finaUy surpassed the 20-year mark. WeU, actaaUy it

vast airspace. U p o n completion, the batde group was

was in May, but a recent reunion reminded me of that

ordered to head east.

mflestone. For aU of you w h o have achieved that point

A few short days later we arrived in the

in your naval career, you know what a great feeUng it

Mediterranean and began the final stages of training for

actaaUy is. For those of you w h o have not, or better yet,

what would shortly be the beginning days of Operation

beUeve it is too far away, I'm here to teU you, 20 years

Iraqi Freedom. O u r squadron,VFA-201, successfuUy

feels pretty good. In those 20 years I've had many

integrated into an air wing and fought in the War o n

experiences—some great, some n o t so great. But I am

Terrorism. AU of the officers and enUsted performed

stfll glad I chose to go the distance.

Throughout aU these years I have occasionaUy crossed paths with other former classmates from 1985.

O f course, after graduarion, it was afl the rime—in fUght

exactly as they were trained to do. It certainly was a highUght to the past 20 years.

But, in addition to aU of this, Tom Marotta and I were very fortanate to share this enrire experience with

school or in the Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), at

six other classmates from our days at the boat school.

an officer's club, or in the exchange.

You see, with only one exception, every squadron on

T h e n years hit the double digits and the crossing of

board ROOSEVELT was led by an '85 graduate.

paths became more infrequent. Some had left the Navy

John Hefti ledVF-213 as the X O and then C O .

or Marine Corps. Others were simply scattered to the

Dave Morgan and Andy Lewis were both CO's of our

myriad of staf& w e seem to now have. So it was with

sister Hornet squadron's,VFA-87 and VFA-15. Vince

some surprise that in my 18th year of service, I v/ould

Bovvhers was C O of VAW-124 andTom FasaneUo was

be thrust into a history making expedirion with so

the X O of VS-24. And not to leave out our helo

many of my classmates in one place.

brethren, Steve Holmes served as X O of H S - 3 . It truly

T h e faU of 2002 was much Uke any other for me.

As the "FuU T i m e Support" X O of a Reserve fighter squadron, I found myself working with another '85

was an aU '85 leadership team.

So how did we do? WeU, we were the first ship and air wing team to skip almost aU of the workups and go

classmate, my C O , Tom Marotta. Within a few short

directly on cruise. And, of course, it proved to be more

weeks in early October, we both received the surprising

than just any cruise. We went to war and flew almost aU

news that our squadron would be mobflized and join

the night missions through Turkey, with horribly

C V W - 8 on board T H E O D O R E ROOSEVELT ( C V N - 7 1 ) .

dangerous weather, barefoot and uphill even. WeU,

I wfll admit that for the first couple of hours after hear-

maybe not the last part, but C V W - 8 certairfly

ing the news, the shock value was very high. But after a

performed above aU expectations. I was proud to be a

Uttle off again, on again message traffic, we caUed in the

part of it and proud to know that my partaers in crime

entire squadron for duty.

from 20 years ago were stiU there, serving our nation.

T h e rest of 2002 fiUed up with air wing training at

For aU of you w h o are beginning to wonder where

N A S FaUon and a carrier quaUfication before

aU your classmates might be, fear not, because they are

Christmas. T h e dawn of 2003 brought a few more

there, and when the time comes, you just might find

surprises. We left Norfolk in January with no real idea

them in unexpected places. By the way, our reunion was

h o w the next year would reveal itself. As the last carrier

a great time for aU of us to reminisce. It tarned out to be

battle group to conduct workups in the Puerto Rican

the largest reunion in Academy history. I suppose that is

operation area, we certainly enjoyed the weather and the

a chaUenge to aU w h o come after us. ci>

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BAG OF BOOKS

Breach

By Brooks Tucker Review hy MajorJames B. Woulfe, USMC

As our current conflict in Iraq conrinues to draw much of our attenrion, I think it's important to take a step back and remember the history of our mflitary involvement in the region. It is hard to beUeve that Desert Shield/Storm occurred 15 years ago, and even harder to beUeve that untfl now there has not been a novel written about the conflict.

In his impressive publishing debut, Brooks Tucker provides an inside look at the Marines who readied for war during Desert Shield and fought to Uberate Kuwait during Desert Storm. The novel Breach seems long overdue, and it is an exciting and compeUing piece that is sure to become a favorite of both veterans and miUtary enthusiasts.

Currendy a major in the Marine Corps Reserves,Tucker is uniquely qualified to write Breach, and his style provides a gritty reaUsm that is difficult to find in writings from other authors.

Born in Saudi Arabia as the son of an expatriate, he traveled to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates during his time in the region. Most important,Tucker was a platoon commander with the Second Marine Division and a combat veteran of Desert Storm, an experience that he obviously used to create the book's reaUstic characters and story.

Centered on a platoon that is led by a Ueutenant with a troubled past. Breach teUs the story of a group of men working through internal and external obstacles of miUtary life to prepare for the looming chaUenges of combat. The characters are just the type of individuals experienced Marines would expect to find in such a story, and they capture the reader's attention.The reaUstic mix of the unforgiving and sympathetic personaUties is a great portrayal of Marine combat units.

Tucker captures the fliU perspective of the conflict, especiaUy the organizational and preparation requirements before the commencement of combat operations. The storyteUing provides aU the detafls of combat in plain, easy to understand language that veterans or newcomers wiU find interesting and simple to understand. Spare a few distracring mentions of contentious social and poUtical issues that don't reafly add to the story itself, the flow of the novel is smooth and easy to foUow. Enough detail is provided to satisfy miUtary readers without becoming

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cumbersome and vulnerable to boring or confusing civflians.

Breach is an entertaining and insightful reminder of our miUtary involvement in the Persian Gulf region, including concerns about weapons of mass destruction and the stiU unanswered questions about Gulf War Syndrome. It helps frame the context of our current confUct, especiaUy the epflogue that reminds us afl of the looming chaUenges created when warriors retarn home from war. It is a reminder that is stfll very relevant today and would fit weU in reading Usts for our professional mflitary education programs—not orfly for its reference value, but also as a catalyst to motivate our Marines to write. HopefuUy we won't have to wait fifteen years for a novel about Marines in Iraq or Afghanistan.

MajorJames B. Woulfe, USMC, is the author of the books Into the Crucible and Against AU Enemies.

ISBN: 1420847333; 279pages; Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2005.

Revenge in Exile

By Scot McCauley

Deep in the unyielding rock of Promontorio Mountain in Sonora, Mexico, a powerful rime bomb is slowly ricking away—^whfle the entire country is sUding into chaos as the Mexican economy faces its worst crisis in a century.

From his vflla on the rugged coast of Portagal an exfled former Mexican president watches his country approaching a social meltdown.Victor Hidalgo is a figure regarded with suspicion and anger by power brokers in Washington and Mexico who betrayed him and forced him into exfle at the end of his term.

Wfll he return to power in Mexico and precipitate a constitational crisis? And what does Hidalgo reafly intend to do?

The venomous head of the Mexican Mafia—the Eme—^has underwritten a reign of terror and lawlessness, and Uke Colombia, has openly chaUenged the government for control of the country.

Fear and tension escalate on both sides of the border.

These questions are profoundly troubUng for David Andrews, the ruthless and ambitious U.S. National Security Adviser—a man who was part of the plot to destroy Victor Hidalgo poUticaUy—as he pushes his own secret agenda for a

dramatic change in U.S. poUcy toward Mexico.To succeed he must overcome the resistance of Secretary of State, Richard Snyder, who has his own plan for helping Mexico avoid disaster.

Andrews already has one person in place in the American Embassy in Mexico City, Dr. EUzabeth Cramer, a CIA officer who is reporting direcdy to him. But as the sitaation deteriorates, he pulls in a reluctant Cole Palmer, a close friend since the days when both men were serving together as officers in the U.S. Navy. Andrews had left the service behind to become a major player in Washington. But Palmer, devastated by the brutal murder of his wife in a senseless drug-related crime, has been engaged in his own private war against the major narcotic traffickers—^particularly those in Mexico.

Palmer joins Liz Cramer in Mexico City, where their working relationship, in the feverish atmosphere of a mounting crisis, soon tarns into something more complex and inrimate.

Both are aware that a highly secret and poUticaUy explosive joint operation between Mexico and America against the Eme is about to be launched—a ferocious paramflitary assault on the Mexican mafia's leadership.

Further compUcating matters is the imminent dedication ceremony of the nuclear waste depository that has been constructed inside Promontorio Mountain—^buflt there because the U.S. government has been unable to convince the American people to aUow such a faciUty to be constructed in any of the fifty states. Mexico has cut a deal with the Administration and agreed to be the host country for the prototype site.

As Hidalgo's newly established Independent Party threatens to overthrow the existing power structare. Palmer discovers that a series of major terrorist incidents that could tip Mexico into a revolution wfll include a massive explosion at the repository—on the day and hour of its dedication by the presidents of Mexico and the United States.

Andrews has put his friend in mortal perfl. PaUner, without fidly comprehending it, stands at the point where, in only a few days, the interests and plans of Hidalgo, the tottering Mexican govermnent, the drug lords of the Eme, and contending factions in the US government wfll coUide.

The time bomb is ticking away. And Palmer, with a smaU team of Navy SEALs and E O D persoimel operating inside Mexico on a clandestine basis, is the one man who can possibly stop the devastation.

Time is running out. Is there reason for hope.. .or cause for panic?

ISBN: 0843956305; 374pages; Leisure Books, 2005.

The first novel about combat Marines in the Persian Gulf War, Breach is a controversial and intriguing story of a grunt platoon's desert odyssey.

AA/wf\A/. b r e a c h - g u l f v\/ar. c o m

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Annapolis Autumn Life, Death, and Literature at the U.S. Naval Academy Bruce Fleming The New Press/$24.95

"If I'd read this as a mid, I'd have been angry. Reading it many decades later, I read it twice and couldn't put it down." USNA Class of '69.

"Fleming paints the institution not only in the usual blacks, whites, blues and golds; but in a varied palette that reveals volumes about those of us who are products of its education." USNA Class of '96 "In the classroom, Fleming strives to have the midshipmen think, not recite. Is the high command able to live with this?" Baltimore Sun www.bmcefleming.net

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USNA Alumm Assodation Board of Trustees 1 December 2005 Meeting Summary

T

he U. S. Naval Academy Board of Trustees met for its regular meeting in Alumni HaU on 1 December 2005.

Admiral CarUsle A.H. Trost '53, USN (Ret.), chairman of the Board of Trustees, acted as chairman of the meeting and Commander Lawrence Heyworth III '70, USN (Ret.), acted as secretary. A quorum was present.

The chairman welcomed the members, conducted a roU caU and asked for a moment of sflence for those who had gone before since the last meeting. In particular, the chairman acknowledged that we had lost two former leaders of the Alumni Association: Bfll Busik '43, who served 23 years as head of the Alumni Association, and Ron Marryott '57, who was also the recipient of the Alumni Association's Distinguished Graduate Award.We also lost three other DGAs: Slade Cutter '35, John McMuUen '40 and Jim Stockdale '47.

The chairman mentioned two actions that were approved since the May meeting: • A change to Appendix A-3 of the Operating Manual on the ineUgibiUty period.

• Approval of the Nominating Committee.

A review of the previous day's Executive Committee Meeting that included aU committee chairs was provided: • A discussion of electronic voting. There was no conclusion, but we wfll examine the possibflity of outsourcing this service for a futare election.

• Plan 2010 Mid-Term Review.

• Committee chair updates.

The Board received committee reports fium Communications, Admissions, House, Other Chapter Trustee Selection, Joint Finance & Audit, Joint Investment, Membership and Governance. AdditionaUy, a report was provided from the Councfl of Class Presidents.

The Joint Finance & Audit chair reported the audit was an unqualified audit, the highest level of report that can be provided by the auditors, and, for the first time since he has been chair, there was no management letter.

The foUowing were unanimously approved: • May 2005 minutes.

• The 2005 audit.

• Authorization to transact business for Hank Sanford and Gerrie Farmer • The original archway on the south side of the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium woifld be named, "Alumni Arch" in honor of Bfll Busik and aU Alumni, past, present and futare. The Alumni Association gift of

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$500,000 wfll be from unresriricted net assets payable over two fiscal years.

• Operating manual change (senior executive compensation) • Honorary membership for the Honorable Gordon England.

• Plan 2010 Mid-Term Review Precept and co-chairs, Dan Lear '68 and Perry Martini '71.The board wiU be asked to approve the remainder of the committee via emafl in January.

• Standing committee Ust. The proposed board composition change received 17 votes in favor and 12 votes against. The change was not approved because 2/3 in favor was required.

The Superintendent provided a state of the Naval Academy address and answered questions from the members.The chairman asked George R Watt, Jr. '73, president and CEO, for his report. He referred to his written semi-annual report that had been provided with the read ahead (wvvw.usna.com/About/ About.htm).There were no questions from the Board and Captain Watt commended and thanked the committee chairs.

Captain Watt provided an overview of the Leaders to Serve the Nation Campaign update he gave to the Board of Visitors on Capitol Hfll last quarter.

In place of the Nominating Committee report, the chairman announced that he was disestabUshing the committee. He stated that there was no violation of the bylaws nor was there violation of honor or integrity of any of the members in the conduct of the actaal meetings. However, there were violations of the procedure and process, which led to chaUenges as to the fairness and integrity of the process. The conmiittee chair recommended the disestabUshment of the committee and the estabUshment of a new committee. Therefore, the chairman of the Board disestabUshed the nominating committee without prejudice to those already selected. He wiU come foiward with a replacement committee for the Board's approval.The new committee is requested to report no later than 31 January to meet the deadUne imposed by the normal requirement.

The chairman then caUed on the vice chairman who expressed his deep concern about the behavior of a few members of the Board that, if aUowed to continue, could detract fixjni the Board's abiUty to effectively carry out its mission.

Having no ftirther new business, the chairman cafled on Art Bryant '66 to lead the Board in two verses ofNavy Blue and Cold before adjourning at 12:30 p.m. •i' - Lawrence Heyworth III '70, Secretary

•IB •• H A N D S

SAVE THE DATE— USNA MEN'S GLEE CLUB PERFORMANCE SCfLEDULE F O R SPRING T O U R 9-20 M A R C H 2006 Saturday, 11 M a r c h 2006 Voices Take Flight Concert P h o e n i x First A s s e m b l y Church 13613 N . Cave Creek R o a d Phoenix, A Z 2 p.m.

Naval Academy Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk with former Athletic Director Captain William Busik '43, USN (Ret) at a Robert Means Thompson Society Recognition Day Event

U.S. NAVAL A C A D E M Y A L U M N I ASSOCIATION DONATES $500,000 TO CREATE " A L U M N I A R C H " AT NAVY-MARINE CORPS M E M O R I A L STADIUM The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association donated $500,000 to the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation's Leaders to Serve the Nation Campaign to create an " A l u m n i A r c h " at the recendy renovated Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in honor of Captain William "Barnacle Bill" Busik '43, USN (Ret.), president emeritus of the Alumni Association and former Naval Academy

M o n d a y , 13 M a r c h 2006 Shrine o f the Most Holy Redeemer 55 East R e n o Street LasVegas,NV89119 8 p.m.

Tickets avaflable at the Church Gift Shop 702-891-8600

Friday, 17 M a r c h 2006 Sponsored by Phoenix Symphony O r p h e u m Theater Phoenix, A Z 8 p.m.

Tickets avaflable at www.phoenixsymphony.org or 602-495-1999

athletic director, w h o passed away in October 2005.

The funds for the arch are f r o m the Alumni Association's unrestricted assets and will support the on-going renovation and maintenance of the revitalized stadium and memorial.

"This significant gift, and the dedication of 'Alumni Arch' at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, will be a fitting tribute to a man whose nearly quarter century of innovative and enthusiastic leadership positioned the Alumni Association as a premier membership organization," said George P. Watt Jr. '73,

Saturday, 18 M a r c h 2006 Performance with the Phoenix Symphony O r p h e u m Theater Phoenix, A Z 8 p.m.

Tickets available at www.phoeni.xsymphony.org or 602-495-1999

the president and CEO of the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy Foundation. "It is also fitting to honor all Naval Academy Alumni—past, present and future—at the place where every midshipman officially transitions to a lifetime of service to the nation, the naval service and the Alma mater." The arch will be located at the south end zone of Navy-Marine Coprs Memorial Stadium.

Sunday, 19 M a r c h 2006 Yavapai P e r f o r m i n g Arts Center Prescott, A Z 2 p.m.

Tickets avaflable at 928-776-4255

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GIVES G I F T TO GOLF

The Navy Golf Team's Christmas gift came early with a check for more than $14,005 presented to Chet Gladchuk, Naval Academy athleric director, and Pat Owen, Navy Golf coach,

by George R Watt '73, president and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation. At the 27th Annual Golf Tournament more than 200 players supported the Navy Golf Team including BiU Morrow '42, tournament founder, and Ensign Bflly Hurley '04, USNR, one of the most decorated players in Navy golf history. Each year, the donation helps to support athleric exceUence for the Navy Golf Team providing for the best equipment and travel expenses for comperirion locaUy and narionaUy.

Fromleft, ChetGladchuk, Naval Academy athletic director; Pat Owen, Navygolf coach; George Watt '73, president and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation; and Roger Doyel, chair of golf tournament

Thank you to Our Raffle and Gift Donors Annapolis Accommodations - Personalized Luggage tags Anne Arundel Economic Development - Gift Basket American Craftworks - Hand Painted Martini Glasses Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits - Assorted Bottles of Wine California Pizza Kitchen - (2) $20 Gift Certificate Capital Gifts & Awards, Inc. - Tees, Divots & Balls Carrol's Creek Restaurant - Brunch for Two Chevy's Fresh Max - $10 in Gift Certificates Copelands of New Orleans - $50 Gift Certificate Duke's Golf Shop - Signed Golf Print Eisenhower Golf Course - Foursome Galway Bay - $50 Gift Certificates Garry's Grill - (2) $25 Gift Certificate Georgian House B&B - Overnight Stay on 11/18 Gateway Florist - $25 Gift Certificate G & G Outfitters - Golf Apparel & Items Ginger Doyel - Annapolis Vignettes Book GolfSmart.com the Bootlegger - Books Graul's Market Cape St. Claire - (2) $50 Gift Certificate Harry Browne's - (2) Sunday Brunch for Two Hilton Gardens Inn - Two-night Stay Kennerk Group/USNAAA Merchandise - C-Thru Putter Lebanese Tavern Cafe - $50 Gift Certificate Loew's Annapolis Hotel - Weekend for Two Let'sGoCruising.com - 3 Day Bareboat Charter Mills Wine & Spirits - Wine Modell's - (2) $10 Gift Certificate NAAA - Football Tickets for Navy vs. Temple Navy Golf Course - Free Golf Lesson with Pat Owen O'Leary's Seafood - $100 Gift Certificate Pelican Art - (2) Dixie Cup & Belt Matted Print Phillips Annapolis Harbor - (2) $50 Gift Certificate Pusser's Landing - Dinner for Two Radisson Hotel Annapolis - One Night Stay & Dinner for Two Red Lobster - $30 Gift Certificate Renditions Golf - One Round of Golf for Two Sheraton Annapolis Hotel - One Night Stay & Breakfast for Two Red, Hot & Blue - $30 Gift Certificate Reynold's Tavern - Afternoon Tea for Two Sandi's Flower Shop - Flower Arrangement Seaborn Canvas-TCS Pin Flags Scotlaur Inn/Chick & Ruth's - One Night Stay with Breakfast The Rockfish Restaurant - (2) $50 Gift Certificate Tin Can Allee - $25 Gift Certificate TGI Fridays - Dessert Coupons The O'Callaghan Hotel - Dinner for Two at the John Barry Restaurant Touchdown Club Charities - Golf Items USNA Alumni Association - Golf Packets & Suspenders W* Weems & Plath, Inc. - (2) Compass Chart Weight &(1) Weather Station Whole Foods Market - Appetizers Wine Cellars of Annapolis - Wine Tasting Party for 10

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From left. Bill Morrow '42, tournament founder; Linda Lee, USNA AA tournamen coordinator; Billy Hurley '04; and Pat Owen, Navy golf coach

Thank you to the following 27th Annual USNA Alumni Association Homecoming Sponsors Annapolis Bus Company, Inc./Towne Transport Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp.

Bailey Banks & Biddle Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits Capital Gifts & Awards, Inc. Class of 1967 - Dave Church Class of 1971 - Perry Martini Class of 1972 - Roger Doyel, DDS Class of 1980 - Tim Kobosko Coldwell Banker - Pat Baird Coldwell Banker - Joan Adrian Golfdom of Tyson's Corner Hampton Roads Alumni Chapter Historic Inns of Annapolis Katcef Brothers, Inc. Lindsay Cadillac of Alexandria, Inc. OB Prime Restaurant Post Haste/Mailing Service Reynold's Tavern Sean O'Donnell/Allied Home Mortgage Segway of Annapolis Sheraton Annapolis Hotel Short Hop Moving, Inc. Telecommunications Systems, \r\c.lSignature Sponsor The O'Callaghan Annapolis Hotel Touchdowns Club Charities ofWashington Whole Foods Market Wine Cellars of Annapolis Woodgoes Signs 1430 WNAV Zachery's Jewelers

NAVY NAMES BASKETBALL COURT AFTER DAVE SMALLEY

NAVY NORMANDY MONUMENT After 60 years following the largest naval operation in world history, the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, will be memorialized with a special monument. The model was unveiled at the Annual Surface Navy Association Symposium in January 2006.

Hundreds of ships and thousands of men were involved in transporting allied forces from England to Normandy in the largest armada ever assembled, in constructing and operating artificial harbors and in supplying the forces once they were ashore.

The finished monument, to be dedicated D-Day 2007, consists of three bronze figures about 8 feet high mounted on a four foot pedestal. The figures include a gesturing officer representing the planning, command and control of the entire operation; a man holding a projectile prepared for loading into a gun representing the heroic gunfire support which literally saved the day at Omaha Beach; and a man kneeling with a rifle representing the extensive underwater demolition work carried out.

The Naval Academy Athletic Association has named its basketbaU court at Alumni HaU after Dave SmaUey. Coach SmaUey has been associated with the Academy as a player, coach, physical education professor and administrator for nearly 50 years. The official dedication ceremony was held on Satarday, 7 January, when the Navy men's and women's teams played host to Patriot League rival BuckneU.

Coach Dave Smalley '57, along with his wife, Gerry, accepts a special plaque from Naval Academy Athletic Director Chet Gladchuck and Superintendent Vice Admira Rodney Rempt '66 during the dedication ceremony

"Dave is one of the finest gendemen and accompUshed professionals ever to serve our midshipmen," said Chet Gladchuk, Naval Academy athletic director. "He is respected, appreciated and loved by the thousands who have been fortunate to benefit from his friendship. He represents the qualities and values of the Naval Academy and approaches every day in the spirit of service to others before self."

A 1957 graduate of the Naval Academy, SmaUey won a combined six letters in basketbaU and basebaU, while earning four N-Stars against arch rival Army. He is one of orfly four midshipmen in the 99-year history of Navy men's basketbaU to serve as team captain for two-consecutive years.

SmaUey scored 856 points during his three-year varsity career and twice won the Charles Evans McDonough Memorial BasketbaU Cup. SmaUey was also a standout outfielder for the Navy basebaU team. He won the Blair Bat, symboUc of the Eastern IntercoUegiate BasebaU League batting tide, during his junior season with a league average of .419.

After five years of service in the United States Marine Corps, SmaUey retarned to the Academy in 1962 as an assistant coach with the men's basketbaU team and as a member of the Physical Education Department. In 1966, he succeeded Ben Carnevale as head coach of the Navy basketbaU team. Under his 10-year direction. Navy produced a 94-130 record and his Midshipmen teams were ranked among the top 10 in the country in team defense in three of his last six seasons.

In 1976, SmaUey left his post as the men's coach and later that year was asked to lay the groundwork for a women's basketbaU program. His first season leading the women, competing at the junior varsity level, he led the Mids to a 10-1 record and won the Maryland Al AW state championship. SmaUey's teams recorded back-to-back 18-win seasons in 1981-82 and 1982-83, and the 1986-87 team fimshed 18-8 and captared the ECAC South Division II Championship.

REMINDER TO VOTE! Elections for the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees will soon take place. Look for the ballot in the March issue of Shipmate. Remember to take part in the process and vote.

For a summary of the 1 December meeting, see page 36.

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J2^ '55: Dr. Ernst Volgenau has been selected as the Large Contractor Executive of the Year at the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards ceremony.

'59: Dr. J. Phillip L o n d o n has been named Executive of the Year by the Northern Virginia Government Contractors Council, Professional Services Council and Washington Technolog}' magazine.

196fls '62: Lt C o l Bertrand H u c h b e r g e r , U S A F (Ret.), has joined the advisory board of Bulldog Technologies, Inc. '64: William F. Quirk Jr. has been named to Health Discovers- Corporation's board of directors.

'66: C D R B r u c e L.Valley, U S N (Ret.), is founder, president & C E O of aerospace corporation, GLOBENET, Inc., of Alexandria.VA, which was recendy listed as #116 on INC magazine s annual FAST 500 hst of America s fastest growing small companies.

'68: R A D M Jay M. C o h e n , U S N (Ret.), has retired from active duty after more than 37 years of service to our country and our Navy.

C A P T A r n o l d R M o o r e , U S N R , engineering vice president at Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ship Systems sector, has received the prestigious 2005 William M. Kennedy Award from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. V A D M Paul G. Gaflaiey R, U S N (Ret.), has received the Educator of the Year award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. C A P T Michael L. Coats, U S N (Ret.), is the new director of the Johnson Space Center.

mik '70: Gerald G. E r m e n t r o u t is the recipient of the 2005 Akira Inoue Award for outstanding achievement in environment, health and safety in the semiconductor industry.

'72: Jeflfrey R. Beard is the new head of the International Baccalaureate Organization.

'73: Craig B. D a w s o n recorded his 100th victory as coach of the Squash Team at USNA. '74: Craig A . C h a m b e r s is the new president and C E O of Cermum, Inc. R A D M Miles B. Wachendorf, U S N , is the new chief of staff, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk.VA. R A D M Richard E . B r o o k s , U S N (Ret.), has joined Science and Technology as a senior vice president. R A D M Michael C. B a c h m a n n , U S N , is the new commander of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, CA.

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'75: Patrick O. Gottschalk E S Q , a partner in the Richmond,VA, law firm of Cantor Arkema, P C , has been re-appointed by Virginia Governor Mark R.Warner to a second term on the board of trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

C A P T J o h n R . W o o d , U S N and C A P T A n d r e w T. M a c y k o , U S N , have both been selected to lead major commands in Naples, Italy.

'77: D a n i e l F. Kaluzny has been appointed chief executive officer of PrivateTel. C D R Harry V. R o u s e IV, U S N (Ret.), is now of counsel with Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP in Tulsa, OK, practicing in estate planning, tax and probate.

'86: LtCol Carl R . Lytikainen, U S M C R , has been appointed vice president for Technical Services for PatchLink"" Corporation.

'78: G o r d o n K. H u n e g s is the new senior resident inspector at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, NY. Jon B. Kutler has been appointed to the board of trustees at Cal Tech. Kevin G.O. Liddy was elected to the Milford, CT, planning and zoning board for a 4-year term.

mm '80: C A P T R o b e r t M. H e n n e g a n , U S N , has completed a successfiil tour as commodore.

Submarine Squadron Eight and has a new assignment on the staff of the secretary of defense.

R A D M D a n "W. D a v e n p o r t , U S N , is the new director, assessment division, N81 and director, quadrennial defense review support office in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Dr. Charles I. Knapp has joined the periodontal and implant practice of Dr. Deborah S.Jones in Frederick, MD. C A P T Mark L. Bathrick, U S N (Ret.), has accepted an appointment to the Federal Government's Senior Executive Service in the position of associate director aviation management for the U.S. Department of the Interior. C A P T J a m e s M. S p e n c e , U S N , will take a new assignment as ComUSNavCent in Bahrain. He has been CAG since August 2004 with CVW-9 based in Lemoore. C A P T Michael T. Maliniak, U S N , was selected as a member of the National Register's Who's Wlio in Exeaitipes and Professionals in recognition of his professional expertise in command, control, communications and computer systems.

'81: L C D R Charles H . Church Jr., U S N (Ret.), is now the chief information officer for the new preparedness directorate of the Department of Homeland Security. John D .

R i e d e l was named as a partner for AccentureCorporate Development. R o b e r t D . Ravener was named as vice president of human resources for Starbucks.

'82: C D R Peter T. Brookes, U S N R , has published his first book, A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States and is now hosting "The Brookes Report" on Sundays on W M E T 1160 in Washington, DC. '83: C A P T Christopher R . Pietras, U S N , has been promoted to naval supervisor of Shipbuilding. Conversion and Repair at Naval Sea Systems Command in Groton, CT.

'85: Michael I. C h r i s t m a n was elected Ward 2 member of the Annapolis City Council.

'88: C D R R o d n e y A . Mills, U S N , is the new commanding officer of BoiSE (SSN 764).

'89: C D R Patrick D . H e r r i n g , U S N , has assumed command of Scientific Development Squadron One (VXS-1), Patuxent River, MD.

msi '91: L C D R Michael D . Schultz, U S N R , assistant manager rail engineering, has been selected as a candidate in the senior succession planning program at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority'.

'94: LT Brian E . W i n e k e , U S N , has been appointed market executive for the Orange County/Inland Empire market by the Private Bank of Bank of America.

'96: Capt Christopher J. B r o n z i , U S M C , has received the Leftwich Trophy for Outstanding Leadership for 2005 '97: LT R o b e r t D . Coulter, U S N , was awarded the Gary L. Bahr Memorial Scholarship at Roger WiUiams University School of Law as one of three students who earned the highest combined average in Contracts and Torts.

'99: C A P T T o n i o D . D e S o r r e n t o , U S M C , has been appointed a legal project intern at the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Mark A . T o m p k i n s was a first place finisher in the Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Championship. -

mm '03: LTJG Heather M . Garland, U S N R . has been selected as a finalist in the Miss Virginia USA Pageant. LTJG Jared R . L o S t r a c c o , U S N , received the award for "Country Single of the Year" for the song "Angel" at the Los Angeles Music Awards.

'05: E N S William R . Kelly, U S N , has been selected as 2006 Rhodes Scholar.

'06: M I D N Jacquelyn R . H a n n a , U S N ; M I D N Paul J. A n g e l o , U S N ; and M I D N T h o m a s F. S c h m i t z , U S N , h.we been selected as 2006 Rhodes Scholars.

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Clockwise from top: The Class of 2007 and tlie Class of 1957 formed a lasting bond wtien the gold from the '57 rings was melded with the '07 rings; the Naval Academy celebratedthe 100th anniversary of John Paul Jones'return to the United States and unveiling of a newly refurbished crypt; Midshipman Re^e Campbell '08 tied the NCAA bowl record with five touchdowns at the Poinsettia Bowl; the Commodore Uriah R Levy Center and Jewish Chapel was dedicated; Navy fans show their Navy spirit in Philadelphia at die 106th Army-Navy game; President George W. Bush gave the commencement address to the Class of 2005.

Background: Pre-game ceremonies before the Navy-Air Force game at the Rededication of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

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Geraldine N. Hainer, born July 22, 1917 in Remlap, Alabama and passed away May 16,2005 in DaUas,Texas.

Preceded in death by her husband of 39 years,WflUam M. Hainer; four sisters and three brothers. She was a longtime member of Central Christian Church of DaUas. Geraldine wfll be missed by afl who knew her. She is survived by her son, John M. Hainer and wife Lynda; two grandchildren, David M. Hainer and Stacy L. Hainer; brother, Leon Noel of Birmingham, Alabama; numerous nieces, nephews and a host offriends.Services were held at Restland Wfldwood Chapel on Thursday, May 19, 2005.The famfly received friends at Restland Funeral Home. In lieu offlowers,donations may be made to Meals on Wheels, 1440W Mockingbird Ln, DaUas, TX 75247.

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Life in the navy, prior to World War II, was reasonably predictable. Newly commissioned ensigns were ordered to battleships or cruisers where they coifld expect to serve for two years. After that they began to spread out to various new assignments. Some elected to go to submarine school at New London; others to fUght training at Pensacola and many

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were sent to destroyers. A smaU number found themselves orders to one of the major fleet stafis as communication watch officers, usuafly a one year assignment.

In June of 1934 a message was received aboard RALEIGH, the cruiser in which I had been serving, requesting two volunteers to serve as communication watch officers on the staff of Commander Scouting Force. Some one thought there were a lot of ensigns serving the destroyers and it would be easy to get two volunteers. AcmaUy the only ensigns in the destroyer force were the five in RALEIGH. FoUowing soUd navy advice, don't volunteer, none of us wanted the job so they just ordered the two senior ensigns aboard, Bobby Fiflton and I, to the staff of Commander Scouting Force aboard the relatively new 10,000 to cruiser, INDIANAPOLIS. Our transfer was as simple as a change of duty could be. Via motor launch in Guantanamo Bay. To be honest the assignment mrned out to be one of the best I had in the Navy and one thing which made it particularly fine was the fact that the admiral treated Bobby and I as regular members of his staff. Also the staff consisted of some of the finest officers I have ever known.

President Roosevelt was stfll in his first term as president in 1934 and being a great supporter of the navy, he apparendy decided that as long as the entire fleet was on the East Coast, foflowing fleet maneuvers to hold a formal review of the United States Fleet. The review was planned to be held as the fleet entered NewYork Harbor.

There were many dignitaries aboard INDIANAPOLIS on the day of the review. Any of whom would be considered a person of distinction but with so many "VIR's" in one place thy lost their individual importance.

1934 was stfll in the era of the old navy with afl the old traditions. With the president aboard the ship's officers aU were required to wear cocked hats, epaulet and swords along with our frocked coats. I might add that the uniform got to be very tiring after about 10 hours of wear.

I had the opportunity to observe the President as he boarded the ship. I do not believe that many people reaUzed how crippled he was as photographs were never taken of him moving. He made his way up the gangway, unassisted, and when he reached the deck he stood erect with his famous smfle and pictures were taken.

FoUowing the president up the gangway

were the very colorful mayor of New York, FioreUo LaGuardia, who was very short and Mrs. Roosevelt who was quite taU. The mayor had gained some national recognition by reading the comic strips over the radio on a Sunday when the publishers were on strike.

The President position to review the fleet was just in front of #2 turret and Bobby Fulton and I were assigned the job of preventing the President from being disturbed during the review and we were located just in back of the turret. Our orders were directly from the Commander in Chief to tow lowly ensigns, "No one was to see the President unless he sent for them." The orders were clear but no one explained how they were to be enforced and Bobby and I had our fingers crossed as to what might happen with almost the entire cabinet along with the other dignitaries aboard.

Bobby faced the first confrontation when Jim Farley, a close personal friend of the president as weU as the Postmaster General came up and asked to see the president. Bobby repeated his orders and fortunately, Farley being a good namred Irishman, smfled and said to teU the President that Jim Farley had stopped by.

Apparently the word had gotten out to the guests as nothing happened untfl later in the day when the attorney general and his wife approached me and asked to see the president. I repeated my orders and the attorney general apparently was ready to accept them but his wife interceded wath "do you know who this is?" I mentaUy thought of several repUes but I just repeated my orders. Fortunately the President's aide came to my rescue at that point. He stated the President was going to have his picture taken with members of the cabinet and it was alright to permit them to go ahead. Looking back on our experiences of that day, two very memorable, once in a Ufetime events stand out.

First how often does an ensign receive orders directly from the commander-inchief without an chain of command being involved and secondly we had almost as good a view of the United States Fleet passing in review as did the President.

The memory of the fleet, with their crews manning the rafl in dress uniforms, the firing of 21 gun salute is one that remains in my memory to this day.

It is with great regret that I report the death of Barry K.Atkins, a fine classmate and a truly outstanding naval officer on 15 November 2005 at his residence in Richmond,Virginia. I have always

appreciated Barry as a friend but I do not think that many fuUy appreciate his remarkable service in World War II. The start ofWorldWar II found Barry as Executive officer of RARJI.OTT (DD 218) a part of the ifl-fated Asiatic Fleet.

His ship participated in the successfiil night torpedo attack on a very superior Japanese force at Balik papan. This was the first naval action of the U.S. Navy since the Spanish-American War. Fortunately RARJI.OTT served the holding action which the Asiatic Fleet conducted in the Dutch East Indies.

FoUowing a very brief period of shore duty Barry was back in action in Guadalcanal as commanding officer of a torpedo boat squadron. For his performance in torpedo boats he received the sflver star. Next came duty at commanding officer of MELVIN (DD 680). In the battie of Surigao Straits MELVIN was credited with sinking a Japanese battleship with its torpedoes. Barry was awarded the Navy cross. In fiirther action towards the close of the war Barry received the bronze star. A truly remarkable career.

He wfll be greatly missed by aU who knew him and our condolences go out to his sons and daughters.

I received a telephone caU from Dick Lambert who recently moved from Hawau to Ashland, Oregon to be near his daughter. He sounded fine but did express some regret at not being able to get some of the oriental dishes that he had Uked in his 16 years in Hawaii. Dick's new address is 548 N Main #116. Ashland, Oregon 97520. Tel. 541 210 9594.

I also heard from Otto Scherini who caUed to express his sorrow at the news of Barry Atkins' death, for who he held the same high regard for Barry as a friend and a truly remarkable naval officer. PersonaUy he was doing fine but at least for the moment he is no longer participating in the senior track meets.

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The foUowing letter and photo was received at Shipmate from Captain Ralph E. Styles, USN (Ret.) of Sarasota, FL. I Dear Editor: I am enclosing a picmre of 3 graduates celebrating Navy Day here in Sarasota FL. They are from left. Cliff Messenheimer '37, Ralph Styles '33 and Lou Davis '41.

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CLASS N E W S retirement community here in Sarasota and I joined them for dinner.

We paraded through the cocktafl lounge, the informal dining room and the main dining room where we had dinner.

In aU we were weU received. Many questions, and applause, and a sincere appreciation that we had served in W W I I . I was amazed at how many older people had served either in W W I I , Korea or Viemam.

We aU three were able to dig up our fore and aft hats; although mine was pretty moth eaten. I think that Lou's class'41 was the last to be required to buy them. I wore mine several times in the 30s on boarding caUs, inspections and when the whole fleet passed in review for President Roosevelt in 1934; but I never wore it after W W I I .

Best Wishes—Ralph Styles '33 •

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Class Giving Via Book Royalties: "With the blessing of the Chairman, Councfl of U S N A AA Presidents (COCR)." In the November, 2005 issue I spoke here of the Heritage Class 1934's first year and legacy- posting one of 9 complete Class Histories and more Sea Stories on the AA's website than any other class. In the January/February issue I wish to announce another vision - pioneering the use of Shipmate's Class Columns to promote sales of books written for Navy people by Navy Authors wflling to give back their royalties to the AA's Foundation as unrestricted gifts. Conger Eel has the potential for a movie in the genre of " T h e H u n t for R e d October."

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mafl a low — cost gift bound to entertain him or her. "Conger Eel" is about submarine espionage in the year 1977 when the U S S R had to innovate a low-cost FBM submersible to avoid going broke. Its countermeasure was a large cruising saflboat, modified for ASW More later.

I self-pubUshed this book with AuthorHouse, a print-on-demand company that has served me weU for five years.You can log onto www.authorhouse.com and order one or more copies for $15.95 each.This includes a 30% royalty of $4.79 that I send to our Foundation. Each or aU books can be niafled to one or separate addresses of your choice. More detafls can be seen at their Book Store by asking for Book name: Conger Eel and Author name: Grayson Merrfll.

You can also order froniAniazon.com and other sources for about $26 each .

Amazon readers rate this book at five stars.

By far the best review of Conger Eel is by R A D M Robert H.Wertheim, U S N (Ret), '46, a D G A winner in year 2005 for his management of the Polaris, Poseidon and Trident FBMs. Here it is: • C O N G E R EEL B O O K R E V I E W

by Rear Admiral Robert Wertheim, U S N (Ret) Captain Grayson Merrfll's new novel, "Conger Eel", is set in a time when the US and the U S S R were locked in a deadly competition for nuclear superiority. T h e story is of a covert deployment to West Indies waters o f Y U R I , the prototype of a new Soviet undersea weapons system by which major US cities could be held hostage to nuclear attack. Its first opponent is FAREWELL, a civflian saflboat secretly modified by the US Navy to carry out a high tech ASW mission to find and c o u n t e r Y U R I . T h e American project, caUed 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, weU told. Like "Hunt for R e d October" it is a work of fiction, and Uke "BUnd Man's Bluff" it captures the flavor of the undersea cat and mouse games played during the Cold War UnUke either of these however, it has been authored by one whose professional background gives his story an unnflstakable mark of credibiUty. Grayson MerriU was one of the Navy's most highly respected technical officers.

W h e n he writes of baUistic and cruise

missfles, electronics and undersea warfare he is not repeating what others have told him, but rather what he knows fi-om his own experience. His descriptions of seamanship and navigation under safl reflect his years at sea on his own boats; the word picture he paints of saiUng through a hurricane compares weU with the works of Patrick O'Brian.AU of this he has woven into a thoroughly entertaining book.

Captain MerriU has endowed his central character. Lance Morgan, with much of his own professional and technical background; through Lance, Grayson expresses his own phflosophy, ethics and morals. In particular. Lance articulates a vision of a fiiture 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 capabflities which have successfuUy 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 US delegate, Bernard Baruch. 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 technicaUy credible and thoroughly entertaining advenmre story about a desperate undersea contest with mflUons of Uves at stake, but also a love story, and a phflosophical discourse on poUtical systems, the human condition and the future of nuclear deterrence. H Robert Merry's Christmas card R o b e r t Merry is a retired Navy enUsted Quartermaster with wriring gifts and feelings that nflght have come from Santa himself. I told him his card would appear in this column and added, "Thank you for sending me this Christmas card. It is precious because you wrote it from the heart rather than buy it at a store".

Here's his card.

I "Dear Captain Grayson and N o r m , In case you didn't know, I'm the guy w h o put " M e r r y " in Chrismias for you.

Judy and I would like to wish you a Merry Chrismias. We are aU growing older...I wonder how many more we wiU see. I suppose, at one time or another, everyone has had those sort of thougthts on their nflnds.

T h e foUowing is rather interesting. Just one more tiling in Ufe that we, as miUtary

men. should know about Ufe and the quarter deck. I always knew it was a place of reverence but I didn't know the true facts.

We no longer send Chrismias cards anymore but for sure I wanted to send you both a special Chrismias greeting. It is my favorite rime of year. You have both added something nice to my Ufe and I appreciate knowdng you better after aU these years.

Here's wishing you both a happy, contented and peacefiil N e w Year. May God Bless. I have made the print larger for the more senior eyes... mine included.

Bob and Judy Merry Stag O n e " â&#x20AC;˘ Ever wondered why it is cafled the "Quarter-deck"? That part of the upper deck of a ship which is abaft, or just to the rear, ot the mainmast, or where the mainmast would be if the ship was a sailing ship. In ver}' early EngUsh ships in medieval times, it was where a smaU reUgious shrine was set up, and so every man going by would take off his hat in respect or salute it as he passed. This was the origin for saluting the Quarter-deck which stfll persists today. It also became the place where the men vv-ere gathered to muster and receive orders from the officers up on the raised, or " p o o p " deck in the stern area.This was also the origin of the "Watch, Quarter, and Station Bfll, and also the origin of "Beat to Quarters", when drums were used to summon the cre-w to batde stations.

This also a clue to h o w the Quartermaster rate was named!!!!"

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Nutnber of descendents Despite reporting about the interesting experiences of members of the Class and at the same time focusing on their achievements the Corresponding Secretary has avoided inquiring into the total number of the third generation of our offsprings. T h e overaU extent of our great grandchfldren has come to the fore, however, with the obimary of JC Gillespie Wilson as pubUshed in the San Diego Herald Tribune. T h e paper reports that J C was survived by nineteen great grandchfldren. Nineteen! Quite possibly he was the champion in that category for '35. Perhaps he was the record holder for aU U S N A Alumni. Whfle too late to congratiflate him or his late wffe, Irene, deserved credit is due to his five children and thirteen grandchfldren for their essential contributions.

A longtime love of the United States A friend of the Corresponding Secretary has just remrned from a cruise in the Caribbean where he met a most intensely patriotic former immigrant, now a longtime U S citizen. That man's remarkable story warrants relating in this column.

During the intense struggle in Europe toward the end ofWorldWar II Herman Schultz Uved as a youth in a western suburb of Berlin. He was drafted into the

German army on the day in 1944 he turned seventeen. H e received a brief but brutal traimng, after which he was quickly transported to the Western Front and assigned to a platoon directly facing US forces. T h e company commander ordered his men to keep firing their rifles as long as they had rounds to expend. But they ran out of ammunition by the end of Schultz's first week on Une. With nothing to fight with and not desiring to wait to be kiUed he threw down his rifle, put his hands in the air and ran to the U S Unes to surrender. N o one harmed him as he crossed no-mans-land or thereafter whfle he was a captive. H e was sent to a U S operated ROW camp behind the Unes where he received three meals a day that in quality and quantity exceeded anything he had eaten either as a civflian or in the miUtary since the war began. Several months later when he felt somewhat sick he was immediately shown to the medical area and was kindly treated by an army doctor as weU as given medicine. H e decided then and there he wanted nothing more to do with Germany but to Uve the rest of his life in the United States.

H e hoped to emigrate as soon as he could. Although after the war ended he was freed and aUowed to remrn h o m e it took him three years to obtain a U S visa.

H e arrived here knowing no one and barely speaking EngUsh; therefore he decided to erflist voluntarfly in the US Army. During the war in Korea he again served in the front lines, although then he had plenty of ammunition. H e survived the war and perfected his EngUsh through contact with members of his Army unit.

After his discharge at the end of his

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CLASS N E W S erflistment he found a job with a manufacmring company in the mid-west. He worked hard and learned the business.

Within a decade he felt able to start on his own. He married an American girl and they have three chfldren. The company he founded struggled at first but then prospered. Now, years later, retired and weUfixedfinanciaUy,he cannot contain his enthusiasm for the US and the American way of Ufe. He talks about "this great country" with everyone he meets.

Naval aviation in the thirties Adjoining the column is a photo of the officer aviators of Bombing Squadron Two taken in 1939 outside their hangar at the Naval Air Station, North Island (Coronado, CA). As often happens in group photo sessions several of the squadron were missing and although two tarned up in the wrong uniform the squadron commander graciously permitted them to appear in the pictare. Only one of the ten seated in the front row is now Uving. The Class of '35 comprises four of that row. Those in the rear came into the navy as Aviation Cadets and at the time of the pictare had recendy been promoted to officer statas. Without a pubUshed register of that group being avaflable what has happened to them in the years since the photo is unknown.

The squadronflewreighteen dive bombers, normaUy in two divisions of three sections of three planes. Chance-Vought was the designer and buflder of the plane. SB2U was the letter designarion. The plane featared the advances in aviation of the late 1930s — retractable landing gear, a variable pitch propeUer and an internaUy braced wing attached to the bottom of the fiiselage. Air Group Two, integral to the carrier USS Lexington, consisted of that bombing squadron plus a scouting, a torpedo and a fighter squadron. The majority in the picture are wearing aviation greens, the normal dress of west coast aviation squadrons at that time. The two others, in aviation summer khakis, have cloth stripes on their sleeves, brown buttons and brown shoes. As World War II approached the Navy Department designed a khaki uniform for aU officers and aboUshed aviation summer khakis.

The new one had no stripes on the sleeves but as an indicator of rank utflized the shoulder boards previously worn on dress whites. In addition, the gold buttons from dress whites subsritated for the dark aviation buttons. The wearing of brown or black shoes was optional. The aviarion community continued with the brown

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shoes from aviation khaki and green; nonaviators clung to black shoes from dress blues. Thus began the dichotomy that has plagued the US Navy to this day — black shoe versus brown shoe officers. Aviation green uniforms with cloth stripes and dark buttons remained unaltered. (This copy of the photo languished for years in the archives of Art Giesser. His son, Chris, made it avaflable.)

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From The President The Havoc wreaked on the Gulf Coast States by Katrina is about the worst nataral disaster this country has ever had. It comes at a particularly bad time because our national resources, especiaUy the mflitary, are heavfly committed abroad. So let us do aU we can to support our troupes and also the victims of Katrina, even though it wiU face some belt tightening on our part.

Class Netvs On Satarday 3 December Gordie, our daughter Helen and husband Douglas Seaman and I had a great afternoon watching the Army-Navy game. It was a hard played, fast moving game with only a few penalties for tactical miscues and no personal fouls. Photos of the players showed a group of healthy weU developed young men with an obvious love of foot as played by Army and Navy. We watched the Georgia-LSU game that foUowed, but not for long. It was not a weU played but hard^M^/)f game interrupted by penalties.

The photos of their players showed a group of fat old men with little hair.

BiU Price sent the foUowing most amazing sea tale about life in pre-war Hitler Germany.

I Most of my classmates wfll remember my late, wonderful wife who died just before her 79'-" birthday after 56 years of marriage, on 27 August 1999. Not many know she lived in Germany 1932-1939. she wrote a lot about that period, but laid it aside for many years to work for people with disabilities because of our severely disabled son, Christopher. This work

brought her recognition and awards: The Myrde Wreath by Hadassah and a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine. After Chris died she resumed work on her writings about Germany and produced a book about that period in her Ufe just before she died.

Since then I have worked on getting it pubUshed, which required a lot of editing to meet publishing requirements. It is described as foUows.

As the Tvyig Is Bent - A Yankee Backfisch in Pre-War Hider Germany This memoir takes the reader through the teen years of an American girl forced to Uve with her divorced mother and grandparents in Nazi Germany beginning at age 12 in 1932 and ending when Hider attacked Poland in 1939. She became the lone American in a girls' school in Frankfiirt am Main, initiaUy speaking no German. She graduaUy becomes fluent in the strange language and is absorbed into the student body. She acquaints the reader with her girl friends in school and later with her boy friends. She teUs how students in her school were propagandized by the Hitler government in every facet of their stadies. She describes her personal exposures to the methods the state used to influence the young minds of the German youth: the marching songs, the Nazification of afl stadies, the ubiquitous greeting of "Hefl Hider," the glorification of aU things German with the corresponding denigration of aU things non-German — especially Jewish — hence quotation from Alexander Rope that gives the book its tide: "As the Twig is Bent, so The Tree's IncUned."

The book is written as if by a teenager, not as an adult reminiscing. It is not didactic, but it cannot be read without realizing that if a central government controls aU communications the mind of the youth of that country can be strongly influenced. I The Carmichaels surely do get about. On 6 October Gordie, our son Michael (the driver), and I departed St. Simons headed for Richmond,Virginia to attend the sixtieth anniversary of Gordie's class of 1940 graduation from Jefferson Davis High School. Gloria Thompson, the class president mafled detafls of the reunion to the alumni. The reunion was to be at the Wfllow Oaks country club but no address was given.The letter was lost so we could not caU for help. Gordie found Gloria's phone number in the 1940 year book and cafled for help that she was to send AAA

Distinguished Marines Stamps. Courtesy US Postal Service

dfrections: We ieft St. Simons with out hearing from Gloria and with no idea where we were going. Most of our famfly is devotees of the ceU phone, I am not, but on this trip I saw thefr value.

Michael ceU phoned his sister Carrie to get the directions. She internetted, got the directions caUed them back in less that an hour. We spent the night in Roanoke Rapids, North CaroUna. Friday we drove to Richmond and arrived at the Club in time for lunch. After the reunion we drove to Harwood, Maryland for a short visit -with John Court and famfly. On the tenth we retarned home.

On Tuesday 18 October my daughter Carrie (my keeper) and I flew from JacksonviUe, Horida to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for the Cleveland CL55 reunion at Gettysburgf Cleveland volunteen met those that flew in for the reumon and deUvered them to hotel Eisenhower near Gettysburg, some sixty mfles away. We registered and spent the rest of the day renewed old friendships. After the welcoming dinner an actor with a remarkable resemblance to Abraham Lincoln (But I thought him more handsome) walked on the stage to entertain us. He did not recite his presentation but spoke with the authority of Lincoln. He answered quesrions promptly and with certainty. It was an outstanding performance.

The 19'ath. ^ we toured Boyd's Bear Factory, an extremely large two story buflding. in which teddy bears were manufactared. On entry one is over whelmed by the display of these fiizzy wiizzies, from two inches to Ufe size that jam every inch of the buflding. AfiiUsize horse made of straw stood out amongst aU the bears The 2 0 * - We had afiiUday in the Washington area, the first stop was the World War II Memorial. It is located in the Washington MaU between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial a wonderfiil tribute to the 400,000 who gave their Uves for freedom.

Whfle Lunch at the Union Starion was satisfactory, the huge restaurant area crowd created such bedlam the atmosphere was not suitable for eating. To be avoided as the plague. We next toured the Air and Space Museum in Chantily,Virginia. I enjoyed seeing the ancient aircraft including World War types. We stopped for dinner on the way to the hotel where we arrives at 9:30RM, to 9:30 was the longest day.

The21st-A most knowledgeable tour guide led us through six thousand acres of battle fields. For Civfl War buffs the guided tour is a must. The state of the art of communication must have been madding in the terrain at Gettysburg; the speed of transmission was limited to flashing lights, signal flag and the horse. This contrasts with today's communications.

Data is transported in nano seconds, faster that the niach and super sonic numbers.

It is too smaU to be detected by humans.

Data is received by super speed computers that produce real time models of the sitaation upon which the commander bases decision. Forward turn forward oh time in thy ffight.

I was the second commanding officer of Basilone DD824 in the 1950s, the ship was named for Marine Master Sergeant John Basflone, who was awarded the Metal of Honor and other award .for unforgettable courage on Guadalcanal; He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for heroism on Iwo Jima. RhiUp E. Poplaski, who conducts reunions, caUed and told me that the Post Master General was going to issue commemorative stamps for four Distinguished Marines. Sergeant Basflone was one of the four. The first day of issue would be 10 November 2005.

He asked if I would Uke to attend. I RepUed absolutely. I received a green invitation from the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

My daughter Helen Seaman and I departed St. Simons 7 November, along with my v^fe Gordie and granddaughter Katie Cooper, for Harwood Maryland to visit John Court and famfly. On 10 November we attended a 9:00 am meeting of Shipmate correspondent secretaries.

There were about eighty present. (Helen is my editor). The Shipmate Staff presented a very fine informative program on what they went through to pubUsh Shipmate. I had another commitment to attend the first-day-of-issue ceremony for distinguished Marines commemorarive stamp at 1:00 pm. My driver dropped me at the Marine Barracks gate. I notified the Marines at the gate to let her in when she retarned. I did not know that our green rickets were for VIP seats. Helen got VIP parking in a garage. I walked into the parade ground bleachers area and found a seat. When Helen retarned from parking with our green invitation she was escorted to the VIP bleachers where the Basflone relatives and saflors were seated behind the Postmaster General and Commandant, of the Marine Corps and other dignitaries were seated. Marine units sharply marched onto the field, the Marine Band performed as has no band since John Rhflip Sousa and the colors were paraded. The VIP group descended upon the field. I had not seen Helen so I headed for the crowd where I found Helen searching for me. I met the Basflone famfly and saflors who made a January-February 2 0 0 6

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fiiss over me the only former officer present. 1 was embarrassed but admit it was nice of them. We retarned to Court estate and then on to St. Simons on Sunday.

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Most of the diehards of the area surrounding the natios capitol had their normal social meeting on the second thursday in November. These included "Swampy"andjean Lajaunie,CharUeand Mary Minterjack and Bess Slaughter with their daughter Anne and Elsie Mack.

Chuck and Jean Stein had to miss it as they were Uving it up in the CaroUnas.

There was the usual swapping of stories and exchange of the latest Scuttlebutt with Elsie commending herself on the timing of her visit to Paris. She had a great time carousing that beautiffil City and got out of France before the turmofl erupted..The diminished San Diego Group met for lunch at the Marriott in Coronado on 17 November. Present were: Bob and Thea ErlyRuss WaUace,Donnie Bringle,PrisceUa(Wescott) Huber and Joseph Huber,Tory (Harper) Flood and James Flood. T h e next meeting wfll be on the second Thursday in January at the Mariott in Coronado.EUie Wfldt thanks the Class for its gift to the Naval Academy Foundation in memory of Victor Wfldt. Eflie forther states 1937 is fflled with special people and their brotherly love and respect for one another is not often seen in these times.Thea Erly has reffirbished the interior of Bob Erly's sizaable Boat in which he is stiU competing in Timed Navigation Races out of the Coronado Yacht Club. Needless to add he is the oldest contestant.Tory Flood reports that her son,Talbot Harper Jr. died at the VA Hospital oin Loma Linda at the age of 59.Services wereheld on Nov 20th in Loma Linda. Internment was scheduled for ArUngton National Cemetery.

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A Pall of Sadness has struck the Class of 1938.

Deke has died.

There wfll be no President's Corner.

There wfll be no Class Corner. This wfll be a tribute to Captain Dennett CAPT Dennett Keith Ela Keith Ela U S Navy (Retired) w h o died in Grand Junction, C O at 1100 EST on the l l ' ' ^ day of the \1^^ month of 2005.

He died while your President was attending a SHIPMATE Corresponding Secretaries Conference in Alumni HaU, reporting that our Class Secretary was in hospital and not doing weU. Fate, indeed!

And note that our Class letterhead is down to our Vice President Phil Beshany and me. Frank Jones our Treasurer, and now, Deke, our Secretary, are gone.

Deke assumed the Secretary's mantle in July 1997 after B o b Carter asked to be reUeved because of eye problems. Bob is stfll with us, as noted above, as Chairman of the Washington Area. Deke was amongst a group of some half dozen '38ers who, early on, formed a Computer data exchange network, which he adapted to the Class by estabUshing our"ebutt" (that's electronic scuttlebutt) system whereby every computer user received instant notice of events significant to the class.

Concurrently, Deke set up the 1938 Web page within the Alumni Association Class section, and thus was a contributor to the new Class Presidents' web site as weU. Deke had a lifelong obsession with Leadership. He honed it during his 29-year Navy career, and encouraged it in innumerable ways as it grew to be an ever more vital element of the Naval Academy curriculum. H e attended every 1938 Leaders' Forum from its inception in 1983 with some 30 Midshipmen, through its expansion to aU the Service academies; and its conversion to a Leaders' Conference with no fewer than 15 CoUeges and Universities after the generous gift of Linda and Mitch Hart '56 in 2002.The

Leadership and Ethics Department has, for many years, devoted one page of its Conference program to words of wisdom from the Class. Deke, B o b McNitt, and your President addressed the conference theme with 60 plus years of experience.

Bob and I can only try to replace the wit and sagacious advice which came from, Deke's pen.

Deke was more than an accompUshed and highly respected E D O , one of many steUar speciaUsts in our Class. H e was a traveler beyond the reaUn of beUef. How many of you have been to observe the penguins in Antarctica,, cUmbed Mt. Fuji and Mt. Kflamangaro in Kenya, hiked the spine of N e w Zealand with Janet (that's their Appalachian Trafl), checked out the Sflk R o a d in MongoUa and visited Nepal, Siberia, and Russia where sleeping on airport decks was the rule, seen the Galapagos, Chfle, Norway, and Turkey more than once. H e spoke highly of his overseas Elderhostel trips both as to course content and the quaUty of the attendees (they were afl Uke Deke,).

O n e of Deke's proudest accompUshments was his annual participation in the lOK Bolder Boulder R o a d R u n . H e reveled in his annual first place in the 86-90 group because he had Uttle or no competition. But as he did that, he saluted Bob McNitt and his Senior Olympics 1500-meter power walking achievements and BiU Boykin's many swimming triumphs.

We wfll nflss Deke as a dear friend. We wiU miss him as one of 1938's best supporters. We wfll surely miss him as Class Secretary w h o reported passing of our classmates such as Colonel D i c k Weber, Captains Bill H u n n i c u t t , and George Reinhart. H e would want to me to teU you that the Class lunch held in AnnapoUs at our BayWoods of AnnapoUs was a great experience for the 16 w h o made the long journey from Washington.

It was always my task to give Deke a report on Washington lunches, especiaUy the Christinas affair. So, we report that we had 26 at A N C C from our nonagenarians to Phil Beshany's 4-nionth old greatgranddaughter, Megan. O u r special guests were the Acting Under Secretary of the Army, Ray Dubois, j r and his wife Helen.

H e moaned because he sat on the Army side at that great Navy victory on 3 December. Deke never failed to renund me that we have to talk sooner rather than later about the next Leaders Conference if we wish to get the word out before the Conference on

mm t February 2006.This conference wifl i nin entirely by the Midshipmen. '38 14 get a chance to say a few words, and jjior Deke's famfly who wifl be on ^id.AU '38 is invited. An obitaary wifl •ear in due course in Last CaU. .^ We can put out a caU for volunteers jiU Deke's very big shoes as Class retarv-.We do not expect to be . rwhelmed by the response !

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*.e 2006 USNA Class Trip of'39 to the ~-?rchant Marine Academy in Castine, line is scheduled for Sunday, June 25 u Thursday, Jvme 29,2006. We wfll stay rhe Leavitt HaU. 3'^'^ floor (adm elevator - iflable) — 25 rooms, 43 beds, 6 singles — ;t $65.00 per day for single occupancy d S75.00 per day for double occupancy, msportation (shutde) to and from the - port wfll be $110.00. Food wfll be - 40.00. You wiU supply airfare to ngor, Maine. We wfll need to have a le fi:ame for arri-vals because the drive is hours to the Academy from the port. As we gather more information, : will add it in the March Issue.

The Class of'39 donated the Atomic ock to the Naval Academy. Paul hratz was responsible for obtaining this : entific triumph. The mechanism is said work forever. However, when we itched to Day Light Savings Time, it nfused the clock when someone tried make the adjustment.

Bing GiUette has found the book with e "Presentation of the Atomic Clock to e Naval Academy".

1. Where is the clock?!? Find it!

2. Set the clock.

3. Rut the clock back where it was in hchelson HaU. 4. The Readout of the clock is now in le entrance of Memorial HaU. Does anyone know how to reset the ock so it wiU work the way it was meant ) - to keep "perfect time" indefinitely? erhaps it was not made to be reset for >ayUght Savings Time. A sign could be laced beneath the clock stating that the iewer must either add or subtract an our depending on the time of year.

Congratalations are in order for Marjorie Corle, who recently married -arry Caney from the Class of '43 in July.

We wish them a wonderfol new Ufe together. They wiU be celebrating their first Christmas on a Celebratory Cruise to the Caribbean Isles.

We had an interesting meeting and lunch in December v^th 14 attendees.

Sue WaUace joined Jim in the Great Beyond in November 2005. We wiU miss her wonderfiil personaUty and presence at our meetings.

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Departures Commander Roman Leo Brooks, USN (ret), died 6 October, 2005 at the Wetzel County Hospital, New MartinsviUe, West Virginia. No forther detafls were revealed. On retirement from the Navy he became an inspector for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Washington, D.C. He never married.

We have been notified of Captain Tom Gurley's death on March 5,2003 at his home in Bakersfield, CA, previously having Uved in Oceanside, CA for many years. He was preceded in death by his wffe of 51 years Patsy in 1999. At his request no services wfll be held. Burial at sea is planned.

We were especiaUy saddened by the notification of the death of our "padre" Dick Heath, O.P. on December 4,2005 at the Mohun Health Care Center of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. Ever loyal to his Naval Academy classmates, he deUvered memorial services for departed shipmates at many reunions.

FoUowing graduarion he became fll and instead of finishing his commission he was transferred to the hospital. Upon discharge he began his stadies for the priesthood.

After December 7, he attempted again to retarn to the Navy. Father Heath served most of his priesthood in the academic field. Assigned to St.Joseph's priory in Ohio, he served as afoUprofessor of phflosophy. He ako served as a professor at LaSaUe CoUege in Phfladelphia.

We have learned of the deaths of two non-graduates. W. Merril Backus Jr. died at Maplewood Park, Bethesda, MD, of prostate cancer on October 25, 2005.

After leaving the Naval Academy he stadied aeronautical engineering and was hired by Grumman Aircraft as a junior engineer. He married in 1939 and moved to Bethpage, NY. He also worked for John Hopkins AppUed Physics Laboratory in Silver Springs, MD, designing and improving equipment for the Navy and aerospace industry. George B. Haskins died on May 18,2005. No forther detafls are available.

Not to create news, nor report my own denflse, I must admit to having had a serious stroke on Nov. 30, while attending a Rotary meeting. I am free from the usual stroke compUcations though my speech is not perfect and a tendency to drool a bit. But otherwise I seem OK and hope to continue writing this column for some time to come.

Carmen and Maurice Baldwin

Annie and Dixie Howell

Social Events '40 family welcomes two new members through the institute of marriage. The two newly married couples made their debut at the recent reunion. Shown are Maurice (Baldy) Baldwin and his vivacious bride. Carmen. It is known that they met on a plane bound to the US from the Phflippines, were married in Las Vegas on May 23, 2005, and make their home in the Air Force ViUage West in RJverside, CaUforma. And we have Dixie and Annie Howell, charmingly arrayed.

We most warnfly welcome Annie and Carmen to the fold and congratulations to the grooms.

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West Coast Class Member, John Simms and friends watch the march on at the Stanford game on 10 September At Loews Hotel are Cliff Bundy Connie Carlson, Pat Clancy John Clagett and Baldy Baldwin, and sitting: Julian Burke, Swede Carlson and Jack Clare

'40 Reunion:Left to r, sitting: Bruce Rohn, Harvey Selm and John Sims; standing are: Dusty Rhodes and Bill Capenter

Inaugural Parade, Revisited In deference to needed space for the many photographs, we omit a feature story. Instead, we reflect on our travafl commemorating the second inauguration of FrankUn Delano Roosevelt three score and nine years ago. Many have put to pen their memory describing their participation in the parade honoring the president elect. Ben Frana gives his and Pat Clancy's experience at this auspicious event. "A midshipman made a tarn from Pennsylvania Avenue to E Street which led past the front of the White House.

The company c9omniander 9ordered, "Eyes left." There, sitting in the reviewing stand, was President Roosevelt. After that thrflling episode, the midshipman marched in the rain about three mfles back to the Bladensburg station and boarded the train. Happfly they removed their water-soaked topcoats. Although mot of the midshipman had been invited to inaugural baUs sponsored by the state organizations, they passed up the opportunity to take a later train, and boarded the earUer train for AnnapoUs. Rat and Ben had never been as happy as they had been that day as they marched through the Academy gate."

I take the Uberty of sharing my own rather unique memories of the event.

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At Loews Hotel, standing: Lyle Ramsey, Bob Kaufman, Jack Newbould, Bob Newcomb and sitting: Fred Karch, Stormy Karl and Dixie Howell

At the Loews Hotel, standing: Ben Frana, Phil Glennon, Ed Hayes and Lucian Hunt and sitting: Neo Garn Tom Elliott and Cros Croft

company standing forlornly alongside his buddies, not long removed from his native home in Hawaii wearing his button-up overcoat weighted down with rain and melted snow. Swaying slightly he dimly hears the sound of band music ahead and prays for the order to form up and start marching. The minutes rick on, and presendy black spots appear before his eyes. Now there are more spots that overlap the others. MercifuUy, he sinks down to the pavement level of Pennsylvania

Avenue. Classmates hustle him to an adjacent first aid starion where he is tenderly attended to by a bevy of lovely Red Cross lassies who provide him with hot chocolate and accessory refreshment Now another victim of the cold, rain, sleet, and snow is brought in. It is none other than Phogg's roommate Howard "Hiram" Walker of St. Ignace, an outpd on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Ultimately the pair is bundled into an ambulance to bring them to Bladensburg

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On the morning of 24 November we lost a Classmate who has been incapacitated for several years foUowing a severe stroke, Pierre Charbonnet. He escaped (com Hurricane Katrina and was Uving in Chestertown, MD in the home of his daughter, Bonnie. The famfly has had a rough year losing both Mary and Pierre and I know we share with the entire famfly of three generations the sadness of this loss. Pierre had many interesting experiences in his splendid Navy career.

One that I remember with amusement was when we were both executive officers, Pierre o( Forrestal and I of Newport News. On a rare day off in a Med deployment, Pierre and I went ashore to play goff in France and we both had cute, young girl caddies. Pierre crushed a sUce ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% into the distant jungle and his caddy LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 65% announced "Perdu, perdu!" (lost). With a C H M N & SEC'Y: CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) smfle, Pierre said, "It sure is and we're 760WatertordDr..#201 going to look for it." Pierre and Mary Naples. FL 34113 H: 239-417-9174: F: 239-530-0073 wfll be sorely missed and the entire famfly E: vdelano@1941.usna-com has our sincere condolences. We lost WEB SITE; www.usna.com/classes/1941/de&ult.htnil another good Classmate when Joe The 65â&#x201E;˘ Revmion in Annapolis is getting Easterbrook died in Miami, FL on steadfly nearer. The schedifle is a good one 11 August. I shafl miss hearing from him with interesting things to do and with with his news and views. He was indeed plenty of free time to enjoy each others a loyal contributor and I used to hear company. We afl have lots of catching up from him often. I know you afl join me to do. By now you should have received a in sharing this loss. On 19 October we letter from Rusty Crenshaw^ with the lost our one-time Classmate, Art schedule, a registration sheet and necesSherman, who left us at the Naval sary information for making your Academy and served in W W II, flying reservations at the Courtyard by Marriott in B-17 and B-29 bombers in the Army Air AnnapoUs. If you have not received this Corps. He retired from the Air Force letter, please let Rusty (301-994-0899 or Reserves as afoUcolonel and took up rscrenshaw(@eartlflink.net) or me (301dentistry. He is survived by a son, two 215-7532 or vdelano@1941.usna.com) daughters, 11 grandchfldren and seven know as soon as possible and another great-grandchfldren to aU of whom -we copy wfll be on the -way to you. This send our condolences. should be a great affair and the weather in Now for those glorious January and AnnapoUs is much better in Aprfl than in February birthdays. The Januarys are February. Recendy, I received a request supposed to get garnets for constancy and from C D R Tom Logue, '82, currendy the Februarys are supposed to get an instructor at the Naval Academy in the amethysts for sincerity. The Januarys are Computer Science Department.Tom and Hopkins, Luehman, McReynolds, Dick his wffe, both amateur astronomers, have MiUer, Morrison, Sta Jones and been so impressed by our observatory and Weyrauch. The Februarys are Burbage, the use to which midshipmen are putting Byrnside, EUiott, Lenz, Muirhead, PaUn, it that they want to erect a twin sister on Ray, Rebard, Moose Smith, Southard, ancestral land in Tom's home state of TrumbuU and Ray Welch.

Pennsylvania. In retarn for the use of the Tommy Cocke has a new edress plans of our observatory and our permistpoakland@eartlflink.net; Olga Durgin sion to proceed, they would like to make has a new address, 2511 SheUey Cir Urut a donation in honor of the Class of 1941 3D, Frederick MD 21702, phone 301to the Alumni Association. As you wfll 662-8566; Mac Nicholson has a new remember. Rusty Crenshaw was the edress macnicholson@verizon.net;Vic Project Manager for the observatory so he Rowney's new address is 1450 Post Street, is busy trying to locate the plans! Is not Apt. 1208, phone (415) 441-2357; San this request and its motivation something Francisco CA 94109 Ralph Shearer has of which we can aU be proud? where their regiment was to assemble at the conclusion of the parade. Going by the reviewing stand, they managed a feeble salute as the ambulance flashed by.

Examined and found fit by a Navy medic, Hiram and Phogg were released to the wflds ofWashington, D.C. Upon retarning to Bancroft HaU, the upper classman of the third batt did not take kindly to this unearned and aUegedly induced freedom.

The coincidence of two roommates passing out was too much to swaUow, and the two miscreants paid dearly for their hour of UberD,-. End of story.

And again we recaU our maxim, "Only '40 is 4.O.' Aloha. P h o ^

a new address, 525 Court Street, P.O. Box 987, Reno NV 89504-0987, phone (775)-329-4433; Burns Spore has a new edress gspore@cox.net.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 12% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES: VADM Gerald MiUer, USN (Ret.) 3101 Wheadand Farms Ct.. Oakton.VA 2212- 1941 H: 703-273-7184; E: gemco55@aol.com SECY: CDR R.S. Day, USN (Ret.) 2426 Chesmut St., FaEs Church.VA 22043-3052 E: hapday@erols.com

Welcome to a new year! After a two month hiatas, we have a bit of catching up to do as we wind up 2005 and think about 2006. First, the Homeconflng Dinner which was organized by Ann Beale,Vira Schoenfeld and Ginnie Smith (foUowing the "Duncan Plan") who were joined by Liz & Bob McWethy, AngeUque Kidd, Rat & Art Rawson, Martha Sims, Peggy & Ed Herndon, Peggy SmaU, Edie & Frank O'Brien, Rufe Porter, JoAnn & Jerry Mfller, Rita & JT Hfll, Betty & Jack Crawford, Joan & RJchard Curtis, Kiernan & Jack MitcheU, and Muff & Norman Nash. With the dinner foUowing the Taflgate arranged by the "Chflders Gang," which was weU attended, the day was a complete social success.

Also in October, Bill Montgomery, who is a devoted goffer and a mainstay of our annual Quantico tournament, decided that his game had gotten out of hand and something needed attention.

However, instead of going to seek an opinion from his friendly goff pro, he decided to check with his doctor. That tarned out to have been the right choice as after a series of tests he was advised that he had pneumonia. Fortanately, it is curable, perhaps much more so than a problem with a goff swing, and Bfll is up and running.

In an unrelated medical moment, a note fixjm my old high school buddy, Charlie Allsopp, reported that whfle he and Betty are doing weU they both had had eye surgery at the Basconi Palmer Eye Clinic in Miami. CharUe had cataract surgery, whfle Betty had a cornea replacement. Both having healed nucely, CharUe wanted to recommend them as the place to go ffyou have a serious eye problem as they are rated #1 in ffie U.S. with John Hopkins, ffie Cleveland Eye Clinic and three cUnics in NewYork City right behind.

LflUan Creecy, Dick's widow, passed away at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda on 22 November.

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Class of 1941 65th Reunion Wednesday, 19 April 06 Welcome Aboar(i - Arrival reception in Hospitality R o o m

Thursday, 20 April 06 Memorial Service in the Chapel Luncheon Cruise on CATHERINE M A R I E Dress Para(de by Brigade of Midshipmen Evening Free

Friday, 21 April 06 Welcome Talks by President of Alumni Association and Superintendent in Mitscher Auditorium Luncheon in Alumni Hall -with 12 Company Officers and Visits to Bancroft Hall

Saturday, 22 April 06 Visits to Naval Academy Museum and Observatory Lacrosse - Na'v^ vs Johns Hopkins Baseball - Na'vy vs Army Reception, Dinner and Ball - Banquet R o o m in Na-vy, Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Sunday, 23 April 06 Departure

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65th Reunion October 2 - 5 , 2006

SAVE THE DATE AND MAKE THE COMMITMENT Dig out the letter sent to the Class in October 2005 AND RESPOND. Sign Up Family Members to come with you.

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I and was involved in charitable work with I Independent Living for Handicapped.

I Nancy AUendorfer, Harry's close companion who had a great influence on his enthusiastic approach to everything, passed away on 1 December. She was attending a festive wedding event in Ohio when she suffered a mfld stroke. It progressed into a major problem and she passed on suddenly.You may recafl that at our 55 reunion Harry was quite weak and his daughter Nan took over for her father as the Master of Ceremonies at the banquet. AU that took place with the quiet, firm oversight by Nancy, a beautifol woman with grace as a star quality.

Norm Nash advises that his son.

Marine Major General Gordon Nash his submitted his request for retirement. I think this ages aU of us just a bit. We wish Gordon weU in whatever fotare pursuit he tackles.

On the afternoon of 11 December, 26 classmates, spouses and widows joined a host ofJoan & Richard Curtis's friends and famfly for their annual Christmas party. Next year, this wfll provide the orfly Christmas venue but they are very generous hosts and their grand home is more than ample for the occasion and the buffet is always a treat. The two photos, courtesy of Richard and his son are traditional. The classmates pictared are Simmons,

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MitcheU, Mfller, Smith, Day and McWethy in the top row; and MacKowan, Curtis, Porter, Rawson and Reed in the front row. The ladies reflect Schoenfeld, Ginnie Smith, Martha Jane Smith and Mfller standing taU with Sims, McWethy, Kidd, Crawford, Rawson, Griffith, MitcheU, Simmons and King in the middle with Reed and Curtis kneeling in front. Jan and Bfll Houser dropped in too late for the photo op.

On the 15 , our annual AnnapoUs Christmas luncheon was held in our reunion hotel. Under Vira and Ann Beale's guiding hands, this was the usual wonderfiil gathering, enjoyed by aU. Attending were Charlotte & Ken Simmons, Jerry Mfller, RusseU Flynn, Peggy SmaU, Rufe Porter, Peggy & Ken Haynes, Rat & Art Rawson, Bob McWethy, Jan & Bfll Houser, AngeUque Kidd, Kieran & Jack MitcheU, Nancy & Bfll Morrow, Martha Jane & CharUe Smith, Rita and JT HiU, Evelyn & Tom WflUamson, Martha Sims, Muff & Norm Nash, BiU Montgomery, Joan & Rachard Curtis, Betty King, Ginnie Ehreke Smith, Irene & Mac MacKowan, Peg & Jake GUck, Rene Griffith, Jack Hinchey, Reg Bergin, Barbara & Dale Reed, Frank Andrews, Ann Beale, andVira Schoenfeld.

We have been advised by the Alumni Association of the passing of two '42

non-grads, Martin Bowling and Dr. Charles Robert Shelton. BowUng died 3 March 2001 in Lake City FL, after a longfllness;Shelton died 3 November 2005 at his home in Solomons Island, MD. BowUng was commissioned in the U.S. Army after leaving the Academy and served with the 82^^" Arborne Division and the Americal Division. He received the Combat Infantrymens Badge and the Bronze Star. After the war, he served with theVA Hospital in Salem,VA, and then transferred to the Lake City (Florida) VA Hospital to serve as the chief financial officer. He retired from theVA in 1986.

Dr. Shelton was a prominent Washington dentist who grew up in Bethesda, graduated from Severn School and from the Georgetown Dental School after leaving the Naval Academy. During World War II, he was a Navy Dental Officer serving aboard USS Bonhomme Rachard. He joined his father's dental practice in Washington in 1946 and continued to pracrice for 33 years until his retirement to Skidaway Island near Savannah, GA, in 1979. where they Uved for 17. years before moving to Solomons Island.

October saw two of my BuUis classmates set safl on the eternal sea. Both Bob Reilly and Ollie Atkinson were submariners and after the war served in destroyers. Oflie had been fll for a number of years and had Uved with his daughter after his wife died in 2001. Bob had struggled with lung cancer for about three years, but continued his passion for goff and was a permanent member ofJT HiU's Aprfl tournament. OUie had served at the David Taylor Model Basin and finaUy ended his Navy career in 1962 at the Pentagon Joint War Games Agency. In his second career, OUie worked for ffie American Society ofTesting and Materials in association v^th the National Bureau of Standards. He finished his second career as Vice President of the Societ)'. Bob, whfle in command of USS Maury, charted the coasts and harbors of Vietnam. His final assignment was commander of the MiUtary Sea Transportation Service Adantic Area, in Brooklyn, NY, from which he retired inl972. He then moved to ArUngton and worked for the Department of Health, Education andWeffare from 1974 to 1980. In 1988, he moved to Carmel, CA, and a year later to Lady Lake, FL, where he died. His marriage to EUzabeth Ann ReiUy ended in divorce.

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a couple months ago. Whfle he and Carol were ffiking with a group in Canada, he feU. In excruciating pain, he was taken to a hospital near Stowe. There it was deterrffined that ffis shoulder was shattered and there was nerve damage. Several days later he and Carol flew back home where he remains, working on the physical therapy, wffich he expects to get him back on ffie goff course in the spring.

J.Wandres,JOC, USNR (Ret), is involved in the drafting of a bio on Paul Shulman, a deceased classmate. His address is: 624 RandaU Way, Aberdeen, NJ 07747. Phone: 732-566-7594 FOOTBALL This photo was taken at the Kent State footbaU game Tafl Gate party - from left to right: BiU Cosgrove, Bert Findly, Hub Davidson, Don Poe, Jim Cockrill, Ralph Steil, Chuck Gardner, Thad Taylor, George Ellis.

Kent State football tailgate party

Nov. 5 - Homecoming - Navy 49 Tulane 21 - Friday's R-Rade and Alumffi HaU Reception, produced offiy one Green Bowler Hat, Gus Swainson. Thad Taylor won the Run for Old Goats and Gus accompaffied him on ffis bicycle. The tafl gate produced more Green Bowlers and the Bowler flag was flying. Our pole had disappeared during the stadium renovation and thanks to BUI Hoover, VP for AnnapoUs, it had been restored. There was lots of food on a spread table. After the game, some 45 classmates, wives and widows (of the class of'45) enjoyed a very nice reception and dinner with members of the classes of'43 and '44. This function was, for the second year, held at GINGER COVE in AnnapoUs. Nov 19 - Navy 38 -Temple 17.The taflgate and game had us aU jumping around. It was much colder than anticipated and attendance was down.The game had us on the edge with a slow start and a 4th quarter wake-up caU kept us from leaving early.

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Dec. 3 - Navy 42 - Army 23. 69,000 in attendance.Very cold. Great game!

Sons In Retirement, Inc. (SIR) has elected Robert G. Curley to serve as its president in 2006. Bob Uves in Modesto, CA. SIR is an orgaffization for retired or senfl-retired men and is defficated to helping men retire with ffignity and respect and to enjoy themselves in the process. It consists of 165 Branches located in Northern and Central CaUforffia, extendingfi-omBakersfield to Redffing. BOB has held many management positions in CaUfornia industries wffich involve trucking since he left the Navy.

This is a photograph of NA'45 classmates/wrives taken at a reception for the President's Circle donor society in Annapolis on 21 October 2005. Shown left to right are: Carol and George EUis, Thad and Nancy Taylor, Jean and Dan Clements. Several other classmates are members of this donor society group; however, they did not attend tffis year's events or were not avaflable to pose.

George Watt NA'73 and his staff arranged a most interesting and enjoyable program.

Superintendent,VADM Rodney Rempt NA'66 addressed the group, expressing appreciation for gifts to the USNA Foundation and advised that he wifl continue to serve as Superintendent for an additional two years.

Gathering at Gerry Patton's home

Here is a "smafl world" story from BiU Cosgrove.

H Peg and I attended a Grandparent's Day event at Marymount High School in Los Angeles on 22 November. In a large crowded room, we were seated across from another grandfather and his granddaughter. She was asking ffim about the large gold ring he was wearing. Peg overheard some of the conversation and the word. Navy. So she volunteered that I was a USNA graduate. Class of'45.The other grandfather then exclaimed, "I am Class of'45, too!"With that, Pete Hustad and I shook hands and remembered each other happfly after 61 years. We were neighbors from Bancroft HaU as Pete was in the 3 rd Co. and I was in the 2 nd Co. The granddaughters have been school mates since kindergarten and Uve up the street from in Pacific Palisades.

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President's Circle donor society reception

Tffis is a smaU gathermg at Gerry Patton's home in La Mesa, CA wffich was a Sunday brunch for classmates and friends.These are: BiU Benson, Ken Longnecker, Gerry Patton, Pat Gowan and Tiny Atkinson, Others there were Anna Atkinson, Gwen Benson and Joann Raley. Gerry's new address: 5359 Aztec Drive #23, La Mesa, CA 91942 Is there a wedding or special occasion in your future? Consider using Alumni House!

ContactLyn Looft at 410-295-4020 for more Information.

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Bill Cosgrove and Pete Hustad with their granddaughters

Dan Clements and Jean are scheduled to embark in SS MARCO POLO of the Orient Cruise Lines for an eight day cruise in those most southern waters and visit several points of interest on the Antarctic Peninsula. They are fitting out with proper clothing, including boots, to walk on the ice, foUowing ferrying via zodiac boats, to observe the local penquins and sea birds if weather perrffits.

They wifl embark and disembark at Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the Western Hermsphere.

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Our Class of'45 website is operating jmewhat) wiffi latest notices, informa)n releases, emafl addresses, etc. added hen they become avaflable. They wifl be moved prompdy after the event/niemofl service/etc. are reached. Keep up to te wiffi ffie Class of'45 activities by affing the web site. It carries good 'perUnks to offier USNA sites as weU: upmate. Naval academy, USNA News ^rvices. Navy Times, Lucky Bag of Doks, USNA AA Events, and Naval sritates.AU of ffiese have a number of iks to ffieir items of interest. Check em aU out at wAVW.usna45.com (Tffis is e class web site and not the site reached rough ffie Alumffi Assn.) (Be sure to rn off your pop-up blocker to enter the /perUnks on the site.) I AN-NUAL M E M B E R S H I P : S^

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LES: VADM C.H. GriflBths, USN (Ret.) 429-14di St. Unit 8N, Ocean City, MD 21842 H: 410-289-1158 E: chuckgriffidis01@comcast.net CE PRES.: CAPT A. E.White, USN (Ret.) E: WH1ZZER0923@AOL.COM VEASURER: CAPT Wils F. Engel, USN (Ret.) 6807 Rosewood St., Annandale,VA 22003 H: 703-256-5832; E: wngel@benadantic.net CY: Clete Kennelly 7911 Sleafotd PI., Bediesda, MD 20814-4625 H: 301-654-7315; E: budkenneDy@aol.com DRR. SEC'Y: CAPT Ed Ellis, USN (Ret.) 5229 Barstow SL, San Diego, CA 92117-2202 H: 858-278-8665; F: 858-576-0979 E: thirteen22ed@aol.com EBMASTER.: CDR A.C. HANSMANN, USN (Ret.) E; hansinann@alum.mit.edu EB SITE: www.usna.coni/classes/1946

EFENDIRESPUBUCAM DOLESCENS, NON DESERAM ENEX he big news when tffis is being typed as the score of last Satarday's wonderfol rmy/NAVY game.- NA'VY 42 and rmy 27. It was actaaUy worse than that xause Army's last score was at the end of ;e game when the Winner was already idoubtedly determined. With the win, avy retained the Commander in Cffief's rophy.The score was reUshed by tffis irmer midsffipman who remembers rmy's "glory days" with Blanchard and avis mnffing away from us. fevertheless, it's very interesting to note lat when these two teams faced ichother in 2005, after 100 years of ^mpetition, each had won the same amber of games. Friendly competition

doesn't get any better than that. A side note - the First Classmen of 2006 have never experienced a Navy loss - Is this an omen of some sort? .

A lot of people saw the game in the stadium in Phfladelphia but a number of the "old folks" stayed home to watch:'46 had two such groups, one on each coast; in the Greater Washington, DC Area and, the other, in the Greater San Diego Area..

Al White (6) who Uves in Annandale,VA, opened his home to the "local '46" contingent in the DC Area. Fortunately, he was assisted by Patsy Skidmore, widow of Ed Skidmore (13), her daughter Shefla and granddaughter Tamara.who made the outstanding chffi, AdditionaUy, SheUa and Tamara ran the footbaU pool which gave each attendee four squares.

Prizes were given for scores at the end of each quarter with the grandprize going to the person with the final score. Winners were, by quarters: 1 - Lucky Jordan (16); 2 - Gordon Yeo (4); 3 - Clete KenneUy (10); and, 4 - Lucky Jordan (16), who also took the Grand Prize. (Now we know the origin of that nickname.

However, it's interesting to note that none of the ladies were identified as winners. A coincidence?) CarffiUe Metzger, widow of Bob Metzger (2), brought a huge tossed salad with her famous dressing wffich had been given to her years ago by an A r Force friend. The rest of the attendees brought various appetizers, breads and desserts. It was obviously an opportunity, seized by many, to show off specialties.

Most enjoyed the deUcious dips before starting in on the appetizers. SaUy and Wfls Engel (4) brought a fresh fruit plate but couldn't stay because Wfls who had faflen recently just wasn't up to it.

Additionafly DeUy and Al Bowen (10); Jean and Hal Hamberg (7); and, EUa and Sam Bassett (4) had to cancel and rffissed the fon. Attendees were: BG and Ash Asffiey (13); Mary and Larry Baldwin (15); Barbara Cox, without Chuck (8) who was away on business; and Tuck Huey (1) who came from Colorado to use up ffis free air miles before the airUne went beUy-up and to make up for the rffissed 60th which he spent on ffis back with pneumonia in the Sheraton.

Additional rooters in attendance were: Pris and Jim Foust (7); Chuck Hansmann (9) with guest Elsie Sommers:Jerri and Lucky Jordan (16); Ann and Clete KenneUy (10) with guest Cathy Clark; Dick Lyons (15); BiU MassareUa (13); Al Wffite (6), Gordon Yeo (4);and,Toula

and Lee Zeni (3). (Incidently, Lee reported that his Companymate Ed Goloway (3) who, was injured while a passenger, in a bad automobfle accident last July is recovering weU and may even be able to attend the December Luncheon.)

Here's some more information whfle Clete StiU has the floor. He's looking for more of the "25 Years After" books. If you're down sizing remember Clete has a home for some. He'U even pay the postage. On the subject of down-sizing, we, the Class Officers, but specificaUy Chuck Hansmann (9), are looking for more swords to present to outstanding graduates in the 6th Company. A particular need exists for Marine Officers' swords. Ship the swords to Chuck Hansmann, he'U have them refurbished before the presentation ceremony.

Also, we're stfll the Class supporting the Forrestal Lectare Series and, as a resffit, the Superintendent's Flag Secretary provides Clete withVHS and DVD copies of the lectares. If anyone is interested, Clete wfll send them a copy .The latest he has are of Roger Stauback '65, February 05; ADM Thomas Keatiffig'71 USN Commander NORAD and N O R T H COM Aprfl 05; Jon Graham Director of the Giraffe Project; and, the DVD of the Distinguished Graduate Awards Ceremony of our Classmate Bob Wertheim (7).

Also, Clete expects to get copies of the November 05 Lectare wffich featares Mr Porter Holyburton and Mr Fred Cherry, former Vietnam POW's who were ceUmates. (By coincidence, whfle I was preparing tffis column, I received word of the death of Vice Admiral WiUiam Porter Lawrence ('51) who was the semor POW in Vietnam.)

The Greater San Diego Group assembled at the home ofJo and Herk Camp (7) in Del Mar. Since we were there several years ago, they have removed the seaward facing waUs and replaced them with floor to ceffing plate glass which provide unobstructed views to the south and west from it'sffiUsidelocation.

Although Herk had set up 3 TVs in separate rooms, the ocean views, including surfers, seemed to attract the most attention. There were some ffie-hard rooters who kept the rest notified as the game progressed. Because kick-off was at 1130 RST there were a few ffibblers during the first haff but haff-time became lunch time and everyone joined in to partake of Watson's celebrated chfli. (I think the

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recipe originated on the East Coast but it has found its permanent home out west.

Harry Watson (7) assured the eaters that it was an authentic Barbara Ann cffiU and that his sole function in its preparation was the procurement of the ingredients from a Barbara Ann shopping Ust. Unfortunately, she wasn't present.)

T h e rest of the menu included sUced roast beef and roUs provided by Harriett and E d EUis (7), appetizers, baked beans, salads and desserts. (We, too, eat weU.) Like the East Coasters we also have a rafile based on the scores at the end of each quarter. O u r winners were BUI H e n n i n g s e n (16); Luke Maples (20); Harry Watson (7); and, Stan Zipser (4).

Continuing our practice over the years, the prizes were bottles of wine from B o b Gautier's CeUar wffich must be getting depleted because Bob went out of the wine making business a number of years ago. HopefuUy, the prizes wfll last as long as we do. Attendees were: Gloria Beutler, widow of A b i e Beutler (8); Chic BowUng (8);Jo and Herk Camp (7); Bert Decker (18);Jan and Ted Dibble (18); Harriett and Ed EUis (7); Fran and Bob Gautier (7); Bob Gorton (5); Bfll Henningsen (16); Luke Maples (20); CorUss Nugent (2);Lfl Thomas, widow of A Thomas (4); Lfly and Dan Walker (1); Harry Watson (7); Bob Wertheim (7) and ffis guest Joan Witt; Sffirley WflUamson, widow of Bob WflUamson (2); and Lfllan and Stan Zipser (4). Unfortunately, the latter two had to leave early because LiUan wasn't feeUng weU. RegretfoUy, Nancy andVince Bacon (11) had to cancel because Vince had faUen and wasn't able to maneuver weU. AdditionaUy, several wives were on the binnacle Ust and couldn't attend. O u r ages are catching up to us..

As is usual at our San Diego gatherings, E d EUis (7) our San Diego Coordinator and Class Corresponding Secretary brought us up to date on news of the Academy, the Class and local Chapter activities. He reported that the 4 recent Rffiodes Scholar selectees from the Academy included Ensign WiUiam KeUy 05 and M i d s h i p m e n 1 / c Paul A n g e l o , Jacquelyn Hanna and Nicholas S c h m i t z from'06.The three males were Political Science majors but, Mid'n S c h m i t z w h o stands # 1 in his Class also has a major in Economics.

Mid'n Hanna is an EngUsh maj o r This was remarkable; 4 selectees from one school out of a total of 32 selectees nation wide. Aso, this was the first time that four

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members from the Naval Academy were selected in a single year and brings the total number of Rhodes Scholars from U S N A to 43. Two of those were from our Class: the late BiU Sleznick (9) and Harry Watson (7).The most important local news was Navy's invitation to play Colorado State University in the inaugural Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Thursday, December 22.The invitation was extended weU before the Army/Navy game. LocaUy the word is: "It wfll be preceded by the 3rd World's Largest Taflgate Party 1600 - 1900."

Unfortunately, many Classmates had already made big plans for the holidays.

Also, I suspect that the 1930 kick-off time had something to do with the unenthustiac reaction to it. Although the days are sunny and comfortable here in the winter, it gets cold at night. It was 39 degrees F on our patio this morning and, as you know, us old folks don't handle that kind of cold very weU..

I deeply regret to report the deaths of the foUowing members of our Famfly: John Grissett (Jack) Boniface (1) died October 13,2005. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth (BeeGee) Boffiface w h o can be contacted at P O Box 308, Tierra AmariUa, N M 87575 - 0308. H e is also survived by one daughter, 2 sons, 8 grandchfldren and 1 great grandchfld.

Helen Davis Dietrichson, wife of Warren D . Dietrichson (9) passed away on November 22,2005. In addition to Warren she is survived by 2 daughters, 3 grandchfldren (One of w h o m is a SEABEE) and 2 great grandchildren.

The last address we have for Warren is 1955 DaUas H w y NW, Apt 320, Salem, O R 97304 Geraldine Sandeford, widow of WUliam HaU (Sandy) Sandeford (17) passed away on November 7,2005 in M t Pleasant, SC. She is survived by 3 daughters and one son. Memorials may be sent to USNAAA, 101 Cooper R d , AnnapoUs, M D 21402 or Hospice of Charleston, 3896 Leeds Ave, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405. Memorial messages may be sent to the faiffily by visiting their website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.

Loretta Treacy, wife of E d m u n d J. Treacy (2) passed away on November 4, 2005. In addition to Jerry, she is survived by 5 children and 6 grandchildren.

Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to Casa de los Pobres, RO Box 432256, SanYsidro, CA

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92143 - 2256.Jerry's address is 1432 Santi Marta, Solana Beach, CA 92075.

Charles D a v i d U U m a n (7) died on October 16,2005. H e is survived by his wife Louise UUman w h o lives at 3273 Land Harbor, Newland, N C 28657,3 son and 1 daughter, aU of w h o m live in \ Miami, and 3 grandchfldren. CharUe was' an avid horticulturist and the founder of^ HeUconia Society International.

D r Earl Edward (E Squared) Walker (17) died on November 3,2005 in Newark, DE. H e was predeceased by R u t h lies Walker on Aprfl 15,2003. Our records indicate that his last address was 235 Orchard Road, Newark, DE 19711 H e is survived by 3 married daughters and 6 grandchfldren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, c / o R.T. Foard & Jones Funeral H o m e , 122 West Main St, Newark, D E 19711.

T h e deepest sympathies of the Clas' are extended to the survivors of the foregoing members of our Famfly. Please refer to Last CaU for the obituaries of our Classmates.

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PRES: VADM James H. Doyle Jr., USN (Ret.) SEC'Y: Chester H. "Chet" Shaddeau Jr. 1972 Scott's CKJssingWay, Apt. #002 Annapolis.MD 21401 H:410-224-5890; F: 410-224-7613 E: stadir@erols.com TREASURER: CAPT Francis J. Readdy, USN (Ret.| 6251 Old Dominion Dr., Apt. 153 McLean.VA 22101 H: 703-534-5154; E: ieaddy^@msn.com

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T h e people organizing the game at Phfladelpffia this year adopted the "First to Fifty" slogan to emphasize the tiebreaking aspects of this 106th game, but what is reafly impressive is h o w many different ways, in how many ffifferent places, we have aU enjoyed it over the years. Your scribe was this year able to be there in person, padded, wrapped, and bunffied against the cold, like so many other lucky attendees. It may 'get cold ir Maryland, sir', but there is nothing Uke freezing in PhiUy! And then we talked by phone with R a n d y B o w l i n g and recalled how man times we aU sat up and enjoyed - or suffered - by radio as the drama was played out back home. We recaUed gam! heard aboard sffips in China and the Philippines, at 0200 local, as weU as game heard in Hawaii, Europe , and South

EEI CLASS NEWS with Disney, was involved in construction of the newly-opened Hong Kong Disneyland, and wiU probably head back to China in a few years when ffie Shanghai version is buflt... It was ffirough Bob's earnest detective work that yours trffiy finafly located Lou Marckesano.

Lou and EUen have relocated to Charleston, SC, and they should be acclimated by now . . . and Paul Gaddis gives us ffis new emafl Address — let us pubUcly thank him and ask of you aU ; when you move or change any locator data — PLEASE teU us, preferably ahead of time! Thanks... Correction: In a recent item about his widow Jinny's putting the Class crest on Barney Martin's headstone, I incorrecdy defined his burial place; although his ashes wdU rest in Ohio, he was a proud son of Salem, lUinois...

"Spike" Hewett reports that the Wall Street fournal recendy favorably reviewed Stan Turner's newest book Burn Before Reading John Snyder emafled to ad-vise that he attended the Veterans Day Banquet at Birmingham AL, where the principal speaker, MOH recipient COL LeoThorsness, USAF (ret), devoted much of ffis speech to praise for the actions of Sybfl Stockdale in prodffing the world into recognition of the situation of our POWs in Viet Nam. Good to know that others, outside our own Class, feel so strongly.. .Tom Jackson emafls from Australia that now that he has confirmation that ffis Reunion deposit has been received, he wiU concentrate on maintaining ffis health by traipsing up and down the beautifol beach outside his door, so as to be in shape for the trip . . . From aU over the country we received reportage, quotes, and news cUps regarding the approval with which the crowd and the nation have warmly welcomed the sportsmanUke , civfl, and healthy attitudes shown by both sides in the recent NavyNotre Dame meeting at South Bend...

See you here next month. CHS

Loyce and Walt Johnson visited Isreal and Jordan in November In the photo, Walt stands before the Golden Dome, known as the Dome of the Rock, on the Temple Mount ofMoriah in Jerusalem.

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seldom-'visited Mechaffics-viUe.VA (notfj from Richmond). rh • "To mark my 80"-", Jeanie treated us to a ride to England in Queen Mary 2 witl aU the pampering (and eating) that conif -with a Uner crossing. Calm seas aU the way. We were in London for the 200'" anniversaiy of the Battie ofTrafalgar A first for us was the London to Paris train though the "chunnel".The window of Two of its senior members welcome Dixon Caine our Paris hotel framed the Eiffel Tower, into the Octogenarian Club; LtoR Ken Sears, Dixon, which has added blinking Ughts for 10 and Chan Von Schrader minutes per hour of darkness. We had a ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% jarring return to reality with the normal * 1 LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% steerage class flight home." • SEC'Y: CDR Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr.,Alexandria.VA 22302 P: 703-549-8739; E: Sk48nioore@aol.coni

Welcome to 2006, with which you should be familiar by now. As this is written in December 2005,1 am stiU feeUng good and smug after attenffing the Army game, and look forward to the 06 season.

Some years back, I published over a series of columns, rerffiniscences of Plebe Summer, by Stew McLean, stiU of Baltimore, who had saved his many enthusiastic letters to his mother, a treasure trove of eye-witness accounts of that mflestone period. Stew has been quiet for a long time, and so I excerpt a letter just received, which is quite interesting. Stew attended the Temple game, and tailgated with'71, next door to '48'sTG location. It had been a long time since Stew hobnobbed with any Classmates. Let him teU it: H "I went over and introduced myself to a fine looking young fellow who identified himseff as Roger Carlquist. He was a littie skeptical of my Class affiUation, but just in case, he introduced me to Warren Graham, who wondered about me too, but Don Buhrer was there, and perhaps to be polite, said he remembered me! It was good to see these guys after 58 years, and it gave me some nostalgic moments. A 14 year old grandson was with me, and he reaUy enjoyed the Brigade marching by informaUy outside the staffium whfle receiving candy and water bottles from the crowd; the camaraderie in the parking lot with the taflgating and frienffiy spirit; the spectacular flyover, the stadium and the game itseff. It was a wonderful day, and made me wish I had been back to Navy more often." • This with good wishes to the Class from Ernie Casde, who resides in

In last month's column, although we had no detafl, I mentioned the death of Larr)' Marsolais whfle visiting AustraUa with hi; •wife, Leitha. I excerpt material taken fro the San Diego paper. Larry, born in April '23, was one of the oldest Classmates. A Chicago lad, he effiisted in the Navy righ after Pearl Harbor, becoiffing a yeoman ii a transport. His CO, recognizing talent, got him to NAPS, from which he joined 1948. From duty in a destroyer he becaiii a submariner. As a captain, hefiffishedhi career as Chief of Naval Technical Training, NAS, Memphis, and retarned t( the house He bought in Coronado in 1957. He fished, cooked, hiked, learned Spanish, traveled, and ffiscoursed learned! with friends. He married ffis second wife Leitha, in '82, and leaves 3 daughters, 5 sons, a sister, and 10 grandchflffien.

Anyone who knew Larry any where through his long life would not be likely to forget him.

On November 11, celebrating Anffistice (Veterans) Day, 43 Classmates and -wives met and lunched at the Army Navy Country Club, with gusto and goo chow. Next luncheon would be January, but you StiU can attend the March event on Friday, the lO"-". at the Country Club

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back m 50-52, USS Diablo (SS479). I •visited •wiffi many of ffie crew wiffi whom I served. We visited the Maritffiie Museum where USS Torsk is on e.xffibit (see photo) wffich is very simflar to Diablo. None of us went dirough ffie hatches ffie way weffida haff centary ago. As for Diablo, she was sold to Pakistan in '65, renamed Ghazi, and during ffie Inffia/Pakistan War in '70, whfle laying rffines at ffight in Inffian waters in ffie Bay of Bengal, ffiere was an enormous explosion, andffiverswent down to find ffie enture tffird of the huU opened up Uke a sardffie can wiffi ffie loss of aU hands. Inffia reftised to permit USN salvage. We found Baltimore a very mteresting town, and managed to visit ffie Navy Memorial m Washmgton. Those who brought ffiat memorial about deserve a great deal of creffit." •

• "It has been an active year for us. In February I took a smaU group to CaUforffia to one of the few spots that sea elephants come ashore in •winter to have pups and mate. There were some 2000 animals and the large buUs weighed in at over 5000 pounds. I'm not sure I'd do it agaffi as it poured during part of the trek.

In May, Ma^vis and I threw a ffinner party for 50 at our house to show our gardens.

It was about the peak of the season, and the rhododenffions and azaleas were especiaUy gorgeous. Late May found us in Houston attending the graduation of granddaughter, Lauren, from Race U In late June, under the capable leadership of Wffit Hansen '52,16 of us took off for Sitka and 3 days of deep sea fisffing for salmon and haUbut.We released a lot of fish, but I stffi came home •with 92 pounds wffich wdU keep the freezer stocked. Our granddaughter, Megan, was just starting her second year at Loyola of New Orleans when she left hurriedly a day before the storm. At home in Adanta, she and her parents settled a few weeks of research, and she wound up at Centre CoUege in Kentacky as a transfer student. In September, I gave a talk on the loss of the submarine, USS Scorpion, in 1968. It was a sequel to my article in the June '99 Naval Institute Proceedings. Though the audience was largely civffian, I was pleased by the reception and good Q & A session." H

to maintain a valid emafl address Ust, which is published securely in the Class website. Messages sent out to aU hands (those we "know" are on deck) result in many bounced addresses. Currently lost are:Ames, G.A.Anderson,Tim Braffiey, Ben Conroy, Bffi Conwayjoe Curl, Brad Daley, PJ Early, George Goodwin, Art HuU, Doug Lawler, Manganaro, Matia, Bffi McLean, Bob McGihon, Girard Moore, JR Warren, Dick Wheeler, Zimmerman. Hey! Give us and afl hands a break. Please contact me, Dave (sUpstk@aol.com), or Dick (rscott57@ edurostream.com) with your vaUd address.

Bob McCUnton, the bionic Classmate, reports an 8 November ffip replacement and subsequent colorfiil exercises at home, ten done twice a day, 18 to 20 repetitions, under the guidance of Gunvor (RN), who has done her usual masterfol job.

We have lost our colorfol and uffique marine, Keith O'Keefe, on 26 October 2005. In last month's column, I noted Keith and NataUe's move into "The Fairfax", the Army's retirement plaza at Fort Belvoir south ofWashington. They were married 55 years, and he leaves chfldren Shawn Klupchak, Gene O'Keefe, Kitty McFadden, and RD. O'Keefe, seven grandchfldren, and a great granddaughter.

There wfll be an interment at ArUngton Cemetery on January 11, at 11 AM. Keith was one of that joUy group of marines who fought through the worst part of the Korean War and came through •with their skins to fight another day, which they did.

He and Natalie were part of the faithfol DC area 48s over many years, and were always great fon to be •with. He is rffissed greatly. The famfly asks that memorials be made to Azheimer's Assn, 11240Waples Mm Rd, Fairfax VA 22030, or Capital Hospice, 6565 ArUngton Blvd, FaUs Church VA 22042. Natffie thanks the Class for the beautifol flowers and notes that, Keith loved the Academy and the Marine Corps. She notes that ArUngton is very busy, hence the late interment.

The Aumffi Association has received a notice of the death of Classmate, 15 Company,WflUam FW Reeve, in Horsham PA, July 18 2003. He was carried in the Register as address unknown, and essentiaUy dropped out of Class notice many years ago. He left 2 sons, 5 grandchfldren, and one great grandchfld.

Paul and Nancy Corrigan have moved again.

Now, we retarn to emafl addresses. Dave Carruth, Dick Scott, and I continue to try

• "After a book signing at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, we heard of an art

Not to be outdone by 7'-" Companymate, McCabe, Angus McDonald gives us a fine update:

viUage,Tubac, on 1-19 toward Nogales.We hastened to look at it and bought a new home in Rao Raco, rented commercial space over Long Realty, sold our house in Surprise in one day, and now operate Upstairs GaUery, Tubac, which is # 4 on the list of US Art Centers. 3500 feet, crystal clear air, 10 degrees cooler than Phoenix. We are at 121C Tubac Rd, PO Box 85646,Tubac AZ, 85646-4017. Emafl now pcorrigan@azpob.com." • If you are keeping Bobbie Bendel's address. Her previously reported house number is "7020", vice "720". My error, sorry.

Bffi OUn notes: • "Thank you for the wonderfol and beautifol flowers sent in my wife's remembrance. They were front and center at the •visitation, at our church memorial, and by the church for the Sunday service" •

This note is exemplary of the Class effort on behalf of our departed Classmates and famffies. The Wasffington Class orgaffization takes care of tffis, for the most part through the dedication of Bob Ghormley, who commufficates •with famffies, foneral ffirectors, clergy, the Aumffi Association, as required. The fonds come out of the local treasury, wffich is also used to j support the 24'-'^ Company, Bancroft HaU. I note that because of colunm space Umitations, some photos taken at luncheons, often of the usual suspects, and other good, sometimes stray pics, are being put on the Class Website. G O T H E R i . y^

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PRES: Harold E Tipton 18862 Colony Cin.Villa Park, CA 92861-4307 E: haldp@ix.netconi.com SEC'Y: RADM Ralph Ghormley, USN (Ret.) 1800 Old Meadow Rd.,Apt 405 McLean.VA 22102 P: 703-556-3918; F: 703-351-5864 E: rmghormley@msn.com

Secretary Note: Please note the change in postal maffing address to my home. I have rented the RO. Box through Mar 2006 after wffich I wfll close it out. If any one has a good reason that we shoffid continue to squander money, please ad'vise.

HOMECOMING. Tffis year we joined with the classes of | 1950 and 1951 to celebrate homecoming ' in the new Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium banquet room (Uned with bronze plaques Usting " N " winners, but no stars). UnusuaUy good weather and although we had been warned of January-February 2 0 0 6

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problems getting in, traffic at the stadium was weU controUed. The score was satisfactory (Navy scored 49 points, which we considered fitting).'51 did a great job on food and drink. Attendees/wives included: BARROW, BENNETT, BRADY, CALLAGHAN, CLAYTOR, DENNIS, FROST, GHORMLEY, GOEWEY*, GRABOWSKY HASKELL, JOSERHSON, KOEHLER, KRAUSE, MCVOY*, METCALE R i l H E R , RIEGERT, ROBERTS, ROOS (with two lady rffidshipman guests), SOMERVILLE,TRUEBLOOD (with Brother BILL),VOSSELER, WALLER, and WOLFORJ3. (Singles noted by *). Brief speeches, none by us.

WASHINGTON-ANNAPOUS The Washington group met for lunch 8 November. Attendees included the usual culprits, and included a guest sponsored

by CMC Jones, Dr. Dimitar Mihaylov, First Secretary of the Bffigarian Embassy who took ffis doctorate in Islamic studies and briefed us on the ffistory of Islam.

TIDEWATER Thanks to Arch Roos, who assumed the duty when Tom left: the Tidewater group met for lunch, election picks, and oft told sea and air stories, TRUEBLOOD, HUENERBERG, TRAIN, DENNIS, MAGEE, HAMILTON, and ROOS.

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CORRESPONDENCE: RHILVLADESSA writes: On a recent trip to Tinton FaUs, NJ, his granddaughter MeUssa Caprio, a NJROTC cadet at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology at Sandy Hook, marched in the Columbus Day parade. She Ukes the Navy and uniform and plans to enter USNA with the class of 2013. She is the one on the left. Having taken their 9 grandchildren on Tauck trips over the last three years, they now plan to take their daughters to Las Vegas for a long weekend m 2006.

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Beach to the ffinteriands. These pictures were taken at the spring meeting of the Naval Academy Foundation in the Banquet HaU where the Homecoming Dinner was held.

C R . (Bob) Wffite writes that he heard an interesting talk by Capt "Bud" Cole USN (Ret), now a Professor of International History at the National War CoUege, who discussed the rising threat from Chinese sea power. He included pictures of himseff departing H O R N E T and with Capt Cole Invitations recently addressed to the foUowing 49ers were returned by the post office. Anyone having any idea of their current whereabouts please advise me: Bffi GARY (Uca-{last known address}) Clearwater, FL), Cal N O R M A N (UcaMiami, FL), Harvey POENACK (Ika-Bethesda, MD), MRS. John MALLARD (Ika MarshaU, NC), Mrs. Howard STUART (Ika-Hayesvflle, NC).

FRED GRABOWSKY sent on these brief bios of our Class of 49 Memorial Honor Scholars for this year. ASHLEY C. TAYLOR of Richmond, VA, graduated from CoUegiate School with honors, was a 3-yr varsity letter wmner in lacrosse, basketbaU, and voUeybaU, captaiffing the latter two teams, served on the Judicial Councfl for four years, co-chairing it her senior year She interned with the Ted Lansing Corporation and the Richmond Navy Recruiting Office. MARK R ZITO graduated from Bishop Suffivan High School in Virginia Beach, where he was an active member of the National Honor Society, an Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow, and attended Northwestern Prep in Crestline, CA, and Tidewater Commumty CoUege.

Arch ROOS advised that BENOIT, GRABOWSKY, HAMILTON, McELROY PARSONS, ROOS, WALLER, AND WOOD attended the autumn meeting of the Atffietic and Scholarship Division of the Naval Academy Foundation.

Pete SWANSON write: "If anyone wants to read some fresh books of Naval Aviarion tales and memoirs, log onto •www. peterbbooth.com for more information."

LOSSES: Charles R McCaUum, of Las Cruces, NM, died 24 October 2005 in La Posada. He served as a Marine ArtiUery Battery Commander during the Korean War, then resigned and took a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Maryland. He worked for the AEC/NRC in nuclear energy programs.

His wffe, Marie, of Las Cruces, NM, ffiree daughters, two sons, 14 grandchflffien and 1 great grandchfld, survived ffim. He was buried 28 October at Ft. BUss National Cemetery. In Ueu of flowers, the fanffiy requests donations to ffie Navy Marine ReUef Fund at http://nmcrs.org.

RADM Lucien Capone ffied 25 Sep of compUcations foUowing open-heart surgery. He had conmianded HAMMERBURG, DAHLGREN. and RICHMOND K.TURNER, serving ashore as Director of ffie Command and Control Techffical Center and head of the Inter-American Defense CoUege. After reffimg Smm ffie Navy, he •was a seffior Vice President for Booz-AUen Hamflton.

He was a weU know piaffist who led ffie Naval Academy Jazz Band (ffie NA-10) and worked with many offier musical groups throughout ffis lffe. His foneral mass •was said 2 November. Survivors mclude ffis widow, Charlotte, two chflffien and four grandchflffien.

CHANGES: RAY AND MAY CHOTE: POSTAL: 8210 FLORIDA DRIVE, APT 116, PEMBROKE PINES. FL 33025;TEL: (954) 962-8951 BOB C O O N T Z : POSTAL: 4800 FILLMORE AVE, APT 505, ALEXANDRJA,VA.;TEL: (703) 9310383; E-MAIL: rcoontz@aaas.org MICKEY GUSSOW: POSTAL: 7290 HEARTHSTONE AVE, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33437,TEL: (561) 7365190; E-MAIL: mgussowassociates@ erols.com CHARLIE HASKELL: E-MAIL: DOLOR51 @COMC AST. NET CHUCK AND ANN SWANSON: POSTAL: 4389 MALL\ ST #563, HONOLULU, HI 96821; E-MAIL: channeS@aol.com ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: RADM Roy Snyder, U S N (Ret.) 3921 Colonel Ellis Ave., Alexandria.VA 22304 H: 703-823-2464; F: 703-823-4467 E: roydl3i4@aol.com CHIEF FUND RAISER; J. Richard PoweU Jr. 8123 Dunsinane Ct. McLean.VA 22102 H:703-893-4583 or 866-859-4362 EXEC. SEC'Y: Larry Hawkins 3916 Lmda Ln.,Annandale,VA 22003 H: 703-573-4256; F; 703-573-1661 (call first) E: llhawkinsl@juno-com CORR.SEC'Y: CAPT Wayne L.Jensen, USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Ct., Chula Vista, CA 91910 H: 619^21-6756; E: wayneljensen@cox.net

James Webb lectared at the Stockdale Leadersffip & Ethics Symposium at the

U. of San Diego during October and was interviewed by the members of the Uffion-Tribune's effitorial board. In response to ffie question, "You were secretary of the Na^vy in the last couple of years of ffie Reagan adnflffistration and you resigned over a matter of poUcy, specificaUy budget cuts wffich began puffing the Navy away from the Reagan goal of a 600-sffip Navy. Now we have about a 290-sffip Navy " He repUed, "And that's on a good day -what the Navy needs now are better outspoken advocates!"

In late October at the President's Circle at ffie Academy ffiere were ten couples from the Class. Durmg that time, Roy Snyder, Don Abright and Dick PoweU presented a check for 1.5 milUon doUars to ffie N.A. Foundation and thence to the Academy representmg the cuUmnation of our five year ffiive to estabUsh an endowment to support ffie renovation of the Naval Academy Museum. It was noted that there are 33 President Circle members m our class wffich is among the best of the number of members of any class. Those couples attendmg the President's Circle Weekend were Gerry and Skip Orem, Bets and Phfl Ryan, Margaret and Ames Smith, Gafl and John McNaUy, Terry and Law Kivlen, Fran and Dick PoweU, Juaffita and Don Abright, Bfll Matson, Mary and Frank Carter and Ann and Roy Snyder In adffition at the weekend the Class of'50 arranged to have a Class of 1924 Crest mounted m the GaUery of Class Crests in Alumffi HaU. Involved m the presentation were Roy Snyder, Don Abright, Dick PoweU and Law Kivlen. Adm. Short is the last survivmg member of the Class of 1924.

President Bush norffinated Professor Delores Etter of the academy's electrical engineering department to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition. On 28 October she was confirmed by the Senate. During Senate hearings she was accompaffied by four Miidshipmen that she sponsors. The senators requested her views on such as the JSF, DD(X), CVN(X), CVN21,Virgiffia class submarines and the FA 18 E&F. She says that teacffing Midsffipmen has kept her motivated and she wants the systems bought by Defense to continue to have the capabflity to complete rffissions safely.

She joined the academy faculty in 2001 and now takes a 3 year leave of absence to support Navy research activities but says it is very important for her to retarn to the

academy and resume teacffing. .We wish her weU and may her teacffings inspire today's Midsffipmen to get into the acquisition business and obtain the systems that wdU aUow a successfffi transformation of the mffitary.

SaUy and Chuck MuU boarded the SS Amsterdam for a five week cruise of the Pacific stopping off at Petropavlvsk wffich is undoubteffiy thirty years beffind our own in economic and social concerns.

Then it was on to Aomori,Yokohama, Osaka and Nagasaki, Japan and to South Korea and China.The stop in Nagasaki proved interesting with its atomic bomb museum but somewhat proffigate for Chuck in that he rffisjudged a step in an irregffiar walk and feU to the pavement incurring a bruised nose, knee and rib bones. He recovered slowly smce he was once again walking on the Great WaU in Cffina.With stops in Hong Kong and Singapore and with vi^vid descriptions of the days there, the Amsterdam odyssey came to completion. It was 5 weeks weU spent and a complete trip report may be perused at csmuU@blazenetme.net.

From Pete Carrothers '63 we have notice that Phfl Ryan who was C O . of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) m 1966-67 recendy received ffis squadron plaque wffich was one of few that survived the fire at Cubi Point O'Club.The plaque was then presented to the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola where it wffi remain over the door of the reconstructed Cubi Pomt Cafe at the museum.

Don Freeman of the effitorial staff of the San Diego Uffion-Tribune writing of ffis visit to Muffich, Germany m 1972 during the summer Olympics teUs of ffis visit to the Hoffirau Haus with Jim McKay of ABC sports and with Jim ordering the beer and pig knuckles with sauerkraut. Don asked the Brunhflde Uke waitress if he could have sometffing other than the sauerkraut to wffich she repUed "You vffi eat the sauerkraut," The reason I cite tffis is because simflar happened to me at that Hofbrau Haus m 1953 and I tffink it speaks to the fact that we are beginffing to better understand our German friends and our relations with the European Uffion. Freeman adrffits to now Uking sauerkraut as do I. In October, Carol and Birch DeWitt took a trip back east to see old friends, Fred Leder and Wfley Greer. JoAnn and Wfley Uve in a retirement commuffity in Lancaster, PA. They have a beautifol uffit and both are in good health and Wfley January-February 2006

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John Holmes writes that he was pleased to be selected by the British Officers Club of Phfladelpffia and the British Embassy to be in attendance when Prince Charles laid a â&#x20AC;˘wreath at the new WWII memorial in Washington D.C. The Prince laid the wreath, walked with Carffila around the fountains and then the two of them shook hands with MiUie and John. Charles was kind and Camila pretty in a matronly way and both talked opeffiy and honestly.

There were 50 British and 20 U.S. Veterans at the ceremony. It was an unexpected experience and a great pleasure for MilUe and John.

Meetingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; In AnnapoUs on 2 December and wondering what Bobby Ross would come up with at Army for the game with Navy, they gathered: John Cavanaugh, John Henderson, Ed McLean, Jim Oberholtzer,Tom Ross and Daryle Tripp.

Meanwhfle in the San Francisco Bay area at the Pleasanton Hotel there were Maury Condit, Martin Hardy, Frank Holcomb, Jim Kennedy, Dick Landes, Ken MoU and Joe Pausner plus wives and Dori Davi.

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How members of the Class of 1950 looked In 1948

Group met at Davi's house in DanviUe for brunch on 4 December.

At the 2005 Homeconflng in AnnapoUs plus dinner at the new dining faciUty at the stadium in conjunction with the classes of'49 and '51 there were 74 classmates and wives from 1950. In Washington D.C. for lunch on 2 December they had: BiU Diehl, Daryle Tripp, BiU Rockey, Larry Hawkins, Jack Ryan, Marsh Treado, Frank Sterner, Tom Bigby John McNaUy BiU KieW, Bob Shultz, BiU Simons, Dick PoweU, Bob Monroe, Ross Mulford, Charlie Cooper, Jim Usenby and Mflt Schultz. Out in San Diego on 2 December were:BiU Grimm, Debby and BiU Martin, Wayne Jensen, Dick Smith, Mark Frudden, Faye and Don EUiott, John MaUoy, Dean French, Frank Cassily and Dick Martin. Colorado State was to be a new chaUenge for the Big Blue Na-vy team come 22 December and it would be a night game. AU of Na^vy promised very good support for the team and the academy.

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The inurnment of Bob Muck on the 14th of October at the Columbarium in Annapolis was a professional affair headed by the Chaplain and a Na-vy Honor Guard with rifle voUeys, taps and a flag presentation to Betty. A buffet luncheon foUowed at the Aumni House. From the class in attendance were: Law Kivlen,Tom Noble.Tom Ross, Phfl Ryan, Roy Snyder and Fred TerreU. WiUiam John Ricci passed away on 20 November 2005 in Scottsdale, AZ. He had retired from the Navy in 1969 and started a successful career in real estate in Centerbrook, Connecticut. In 1976 he founded Ricci Investment Realty.

Services were held on 12 December at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix AZ. foUowed by burial at Phoenix Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, PhyUis, children,Wiffiam, Michael, Marianne and Raul and 6 grandchfldren.

Beat Army, Wayne.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 8 % PRES: RADM Guy H.B. Shaffer, USN (Ret.) 7101 B,iy Front Dr. #125, Annapolis, MD 21403 P: 410-269-6609; F; 410-295-5277 E: ghbs51usn.i@.iol.coni VICE PRES; VADM EJV."A" Burkhalter Jr., USN (Ret.) 206 King George St.,Annapolis,MU 21401 P; 410-263-3055; F: 410-990-9788 E: eburkh@aol,coni CORR. SEC'Y: CAPT H.T."Beau" Dietrich, USN (Ret.) 9508 •Wood)- Ln., Gte.it F.JLsVA 22066-2024 P: 703-759-5006; E: Beau9pnt5@.iol.com TREAS; CAPT John L.Woodbury Jr., USN (Ret.) 7515 Corinth Dr.,Alexandria.VA 22306 H: 703-768-3848; E: j.i>-\voodl(a^uno.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/dasses/dass51/5IaJitml

President' Comer.

The Memorial Service in the Naval Academy Chapel for our classmate BiUy Lawrence was trffiy impressive. M r Ross Perot, Senator McCain, the C N O and offiers made it clear ffiat BUly was one among very few heroes. The tarnout by ffis classmates exceeded the large space set aside for us to sit in a group. BUI wffi be remembered for ffis many accompUshments and ffie magrdficent manner in wffich he faced ffie many chaUenges that were a part of ffis Ufe. We •wffi miss him.

Please, please make it a point to inform your Class Secretary and the Aumffi Association (Anffiea CampbeU) when you relocate. Each time we attempt to send a mass maiUng to the Class, there are between 10 and 29 letters retarned as undeUverable. Others contact me to note they fafled to receive the mailing. It is an unfortanate fact, that in almost every case, the cause is an outdated or non-existent addressee in our records and those of the Aumffi Association.

For many rapiffiy developing simations, aU of the Class Presidents have ffie option of employing a broadcast E-Mafl taflored to their class alone. I have been making increasing use of tffis service.

It is very fast, much faster than a caffing tree, and very efficient. However, as in the case of mafl addresses, the system wfll offiy work if each '51er or widow that makes use of E-mafl keeps USNAA up-to-date on their E-mafl address. Many of us may frequently switch their Internet Provider .

Unless you advise the Aumni Association of tffis change, you wffi not receive any messages.You may prefer tffis, but my E-mafl indicates that many of you Uke the service .You can easfly change your E-mafl address by logging onto •www.usna.com and going to the puU down page "on-Une commuffity ".This wiU open a page that permits you to enter your new E-mail

adffiess. Better yet, consider routing your E-mafl through the Alumni Association. It is fast, FR.EE, convenient, and once you have made the switch, you wifl never have to update your address again, no matter how often you change your Internet Provider. —Guy Shciffer.

It was sad, sad news that BiUy La^wrence passed away peacefuUy in his sleep on 2 December 2005. A fuU and worthy obituary appeared in "The Washington Post" along with a good photo of him in his prime, probably when he was aVice Adiffiral and Chief of Naval Personnel. Several years ago BiUy suffered so severe a stroke that it should have kiUed him outright, as his lovely wife, Diane, described it to me afterwards. The stroke slowed BiUy down physicaUy but it did not ffirffinish his mental capabflities and he was a regular attendee at practicaUy aU of our class fonctions.

BiUy's foneral service at the Naval Academy Chapel on 14 December was thronged with UteraUy thousands of friends, famfly and adrmrers from aU walks of BiUy's out standing career. Giving eulogies were: Senator John McCain '58, H. Ross Perot '51, C N O Adm. M.G. MuUen '68, feUow POW Ned Shuman'54, et. al. Aso in attendance were some 25 or 30 former feUow POWs, incluffing our own Jim Mehl and Ed Avarez, the first Na-vy pflot to be shot down over North Vietnam.

The reception that foUowed was held in Aumni HaU because of the large number of attendees. The caterer did a fabulous job with the wonderful cuisine, several open bars and deserts. As H. Ross Perot said there," BiUy" wiU be happily smffing down in us afl". A Uttle known fact was that Ross Perot had been of great assistance to BiUy for years. When Ross asked aU those personnel who were also personaUy helping BiUy these past few years , about a dozen people stood up to be acclaimed, and that was exclusive of the Bethesda Naval Hospital's contingent.

BUly for years used to caU up Carol and Bruce Meader every day. When Carol broke her leg in an automobile accident, BiUy comrffiserated with her by saying, "I've been kicked, beaten, and tortured, but the worst pain I ever endured was when I broke my own leg tumbUng down the stairs at home a couple of years ago."

On a somewhat happier note, Nancy and Dick Dean had the honor and privflege of being invited to a Veteran's Day breakfast at the White House with

the Commander-in Chief. The White House was honoring POW-MIA faiffiUes and Nancy was the Korean War representative because her father. Col John R, LoveU, USAE class of 1927 at USMA, was shot down in a RJ3-45C (one of only four buflt) multi-jet spyplane flying over North Korea out ofYokota, Japan on 4 December 1950. Col LoveU was initiaUy classified as MIA but later declared to to be KIA- BNR (Body not recovered) , hence Nancy's entry to the White House.

Nancy has just had one of her ffips replaced and was offiy two days removed from Bethesda. She was navigating painfuUy with a walker, but absolutely refused to be photographed with the President except standing on her own two feet. President Bush noted aU of this and ably assisted Nancy by putting his arm around her waist to stabiUze herWffile aU of tffis was going on, the President puUed Dick into the photo-op and they spent 2 — 3 rmnutes making smaU talk. Dick marveled at how good the food was, too.

Tom McCreless wrote in that he and Nancy attended that graduations of grandsons Christopher Tate '05 and Thomas Klein, USAFA '05.Tom said they wfll be going into ffight traimng as soon as vacancies occur in the ttaiffing command.

Tom McCreless and grandson comparing class rings

Tex Meredith apologeticaUy sent your old scribe a picture of several of us at the '51 rffini reuffion in San Diegp the summer of 2003. Missing from the photo is Shirley Meredith because she took the picture.

Walt Boyer, Ron Davies, Tex Meredith, and Carol Boyer in San Diego at '51 mini reunion summer of 2003

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CLASS OF 1951 55TH REUNION Thursday, April 20 - Sunday, April 23, 2006

Reunion Headquarters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Loews Annapolis Hotel Wednesday, April 19: Early Arrivals Formal Parade Evening at liberty, no formal functions

Thursday, April 20: Golf Annapolis Tours Academy Tours Welcome Reception at Alumni House

Friday, April 21: Class Meeting - Mitchener Hall Auditorium Tour of Levy Center for Wives and Guests Addresses by CEO, USNAAA and Superintendent, USNA Luncheons Optional Activities Organ Recital on new^ Class of 51 Chapel Organ Social H o u r and Class Banquet

Saturday, April 22: Tail Gate Party Lacrosse Game vs. Johns Hopkins Battalion Parties

Sunday, April 23: Brunch in King Hall Chapel Services, Main Chapel Class o f ' 5 1 Memorial Service, Main Chapel Bay Cruise You shouU have received a mail-out with letter and registration form. If you did not receive one, please contact fean Martini, USNAAA Reunion Coordinator at (410) 295-4015, or email: jean.martini(a)usna.com For additional information contact Beau Dietrich: (703) 759-5006 or email: beau9pnt5(^aol.com 68

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Wake Stornetta noted ffiat he and Dave Ghysels were the offiy classmates competing in the 4 November 2005 annual homecoming golf tournament and that Dave won a very nice crystal bowl for low gross score in the seniors event.

Jack CromweU sold their home on the big island and have setded in a condo in downtown San Diego.

who were once considered inffispensable."

Maybe the 60th , Cal.

'51 Tailgate Party: Jim Winnefield, Anne Dietrich, Beau Dietrich, Elsie Adler, Fredda Winnefield L to right: Mary Wagman, Dave Soracco, Kelsey Sears, Buzz Bibby, Sara Soracco and Pappy Sears BobAderand Wake Stornetta with 16th Company midshipmen golfers: Scott, Luke, Dan and Paul

Esther and Art Ward are stffi saffivanting aU over the place even after taming in theff RV.They sUpped over to Rehoboth, Del. for a dinner with Lois and Al Johnson and Sanffi and Bob Innis. And that was after the Wards cruised tffiough the Panama Canal on Esther's birthday.

From there ffiey ffisembarked at San Diego and flew up to San Jose to spend time with their daughter, Cyntffia, and her famfly. Art says sheer grit and deterrmnation despite afl the Gffiradeffi chocolate, scrumptious food on the crffise sffip and home cookffig in CaUforffia, kept both of them from gainffig a pound. Way to go!.

Bob KaUsch wTites that at the Falcon's Landmg birthday party on 13 October, John StdUvan's son,John, Jr.'s tffiee-man band played for aU to enjoy.

The accompanying photo shows it aU except for Dee Brumfiel w^ho is recovering from a bad faU m the duplex that she and Tom picked out so many years ago.

Front row: Jane Kalisch, June Kaulback and Joanne Sullivan; Back row: Bob Kalisch, John Sullivan, Jr and John Sullivan

Sara and Dave Soracco flew out to Hawau and had a memorable Cffinese ffinner with Mary and Buzz Bibby and Kelsey and Pappy Sears. The Hawaii ranks have tlunned by the demise of Marv Duke, James P. MiUer, and Max LesUe. In addition , Louanne and

Just a few weeks before Dave Stockman ffied of Parkinson's ffisease inVieginia Beach, he was -visited by Sam Ginder and Jack CromweU. They took Dave for a long Uquid lunch of Dave's favorite, martinis. Accordmg to Sam, we looked Uke a bunch of bums , but the martiffis were exceUent!!

Please keep those E-Mafls, letters and photos coming in to Beau Dietrich, who is doing a heck of a good job in trying to keep us afl in Une. The next column authors are :January —A Raithel, February —Jack Hamflton, and March — Beau Dietrich Walt Boyes ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60%

Dave Stockman, Jack Cromwell and Sam Ginder

Perry Stephens chimed in from the Atlanta area saying he had been visited by ffis 15 Company roommate, John (J.B.) Carr and -wife, Sherrffi on their way from Kentacky to Sanibel Island, Florida. Perry noted that John Stark, Ed Flyrni and Walt Sheffield and he are fairly regular attendees at the Adanta Aumni Chapter luncheons.

Andy Kremm sent an E-mafl saying that Jim McNerney's foneral at Forrt Rosencrans National Cemetery was weU attended by classmates and friends.

Cal Hurd sends his regrets that he and Bee wiU not be able to attend our 55th reuffion. He Usted a whole slew of organizations, e.g.,The Sons of the American Revolution, the Masons, Cffiistian Science Society, etc. that require ffim and Bea to remain on the West Coast. I hate to say this, but I had a boss at NASA one time, who in trying to recruit a rocket scientist, was told that the guy could not be spared. He was too invaluable, etc. to which my bass sardofficaUy repUed, "Cemeteries are fiUed with guys

PRES: RADM James K. Nunneley, USN (Ret.) E: jkn52usna@verizon.net SEC'Y: CAPT Leigh Ebbert, USN (Ret.) 2514 Culpeper Rd., Alexandria.VA 22308-2133 E: lebbertl@juno.com -WEBMASTER: P.D. Sierer E: pdsierer@earthlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/class52/DefauIt.htni

'52 at Willow Valley

Happy New Year! The win over Army, retaiffing the Commander-in-Cffief's Trophy, and the invitation to the Poinsettia Bowl were great accompUshments. The Wffiow VaUey group cheered Navy with "cowbeUs" and "clackers" accorffing to Jerry Zacharias, "but neighbors didn't complain about the noise." A group photo (left to right): Dave Ackerson, Harry Spencer, Bob Jacobs, Jerry Zacharias, Mel Meltzer and BiU Rowden. Tom Lyons arranged for the Washington-AnnapoUs gathering to watch the game at the Harbor Hflls Yacht Club in Maryland.

Jim Nunneley reports.

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Tidewater Luncheon

M "Our class was weU represented at the annual lighting of the Aumni House Christmas Tree on a balmy 28 November eveffing. We have sponsored the Ughting of the Ogle House landmark cedar deodara tree for several years and it is always a festive kick-off of the Christmas season for AnnapoUtans. Attenffing: Bafleys, Mary Eshman and Tom Lyons, Pat Lock-wood, Nunneleys, Sheehans, Steins, Thawleys, Thomases, Troutmans and Wevs." For a good photo, Jim continues, "Go to usna.com and cUck on the Tree Lighting Ceremony." The Aumni Association's invitation included us as "The Caring and Generous Class of 1952.'" • The Annual Meeting of the Association of the Class of 1952 U.S. Naval Academy -wffi be held on 13 May at Fort Myer Officers Club. The Association Bylaws require tffis notice. A new class president wffi be announced.

On 4 November we played the George Vahsen Memorial Tournament as part of the Homecoming Golf Championship Round. Jim Sagerhohn won the trophy; Peter Barry had the low gross, and Charles McDonald, Leigh Ebbert, Jim Troutman, Gus Eggert, Frank Hannegan, and Dick Murphy '54 made two foursomes on a beautiful afternoon.

The Tidewater Chapter luncheon was held on 10 November at the Broad Bay Country Club. Muffie and Jim Nunneley traveled to Virginia Beach to join Regional Vice President BiU Sayer and ffis daughter, Elizabeth, who hosted some fourteen classmates, wives and widows. Jim reports, • "Before a deUcious crabcake lunch, I briefed the gathering on the state of the Naval Academy today, higffiighted the changes since we were rffidshipmen, and the status of the Class of 1952 as we hit rffid-seventies and beyond. We also congratulated BiU Sayer on his 80™

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birthday. He then surprised the guests with bottles of Naval Academy wine.

Thanks primarfly to Bfll's leadership, the Tidewater section continues to meet periodicaUy. WeU done, Bffi, and hearty congratulations." H A group picture from left to right: Tom Shoemaker, Majorie and Lee MitcheU, Legh and Rick McCarty, Dotty and Pete Maloney, Rosemary Barker, Muffie and Jim Nunneley, Rosemary and Ben Coski, BiU Sayer and Geri Madigan.

The Wasffington-AnnapoUs November Class lunch featured Eric Ruden, Seffior Associate Atffietic Director, as speaker. Attending: Vince Argiro, Gene AvaUone, Garnett BaUey, Al Bress,Jake Brown, PhU Case, Dick Denfeld, Hork Dimon, Gordon Engquist, Paul German, Jerry Hyndman, BiU Laux, Ed Leonard, George Lester, Walt Locke, Vince Manara, Charles McDonald, Jim Nunneley, Jack O'ConneU, Dick Pettigrew, BiU Ryan, Dick Smith, Red Stein, Tom Thawley, Jim Troutman, Jack Walden, Jack Young and Biscuit Wev.

Dick Gregory, Gus Eggert and Ed Paluso.

"It was special to gather and to celebrate Ed Paluso. After six exciting years as a jet-flying naval a-viator, he returned to his hometown of Charleroi, PA, owned and operated a large local hotel, and became interested in representing his neighbors and friends. For over 30 years he was a very successful pubUc servant, and office holder in Western Pennsylvania. He spent twenty years as a Wasffington County Commissioner, and almost fourteen as Mayor of Charleroi.

The local media lauded ffis numerous acffievements, as a benefactor to each commuffity.

"Ed and his wife Blanc wiU remain in Southwest Pennsylvania, enjoying their friends and neighbors there, but plan on spending more time at their lodge in Western Maryland.

"We aU toasted Ed on ffis successfol poUtical career whfle we played golf dafly and enjoyed remembering our midshipman days. Tffis annual outing wffi continue as long as we can. Thanks, Ed, for your civic service and hospitality at 'the lake.' '52—we aU have tough shoes to fiU!" • Thanks, Gus, and also for the pictare sho-wing Larry, Ed, Ken, and Dick in the back row and Gus and 'Del' in the front row.

Navigating the Canal

Rinky-Dink Reunion

A note from Gus Eggert, • "The fifth annual reuffion of the Class of'52 Rinky Dinks was held the last week of September at the Ed Paluso Lodge on Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland.

Attending: Larry Novak, 'Del" Delahunty.John Inman, Ken Weir,

Navigating Carcassone

BARGING ONTHE MIDI CANAL September in Southeastern France from Cassafieres to Casteinaudry, with Vera and Ron CampbeU and Angela and Glenn Driver. The photo pictures Une hanffiers.

Aigela and Vera at the ready, and Glenn notes, • "...Ron has the Conn whfle looking for ffie lockmaster's orders. I was the photographer and up lock Une hanffier.

"It wasn't aU sffipboard duties. The photo was taken at the gated entrance to La Cite at Carcassonne. With map in hand I was guiffing the group through the windmg stteets to the Restaurant Comte Roger....Leaving the barge,Vera and Ron visited Prague to search for Vera's relatives, and Angela and I coffidn't leave France without seemg and enjoymg Avignon and ffie rums of Les Baux.

"We rendezvoused to enjoy Copenhagen, and a day ttip by ttain to Malmo, Sweden across the new 24-mfle bridge over ffie sound. A great ttip -with good sffipmates" • Thanks, Glenn.

The Wffiow VaUey Reffiement Commuffities (WVRC) Class of'52 contingent continues to grow. Bob Jacobs WTites, • '"Fran and Dave Ackerson hosted a 2 November get-together for our '52 newly weds ' M C and BiU Fisher. Fran kept the bride busy with several of their mutaal gffl fi-iends whfle the boys ttied to "recaU days of old." Jerry Zacharias, our designated Recrffiting Officer, is keepmg WVRC very busy with new sign-ups. We are waitmg the arrival this month (December) of the Manaras, Meltzers, and Sheehans, and expect to hear of more as Jerry spreads the word.

"Bfll Fisher and ' M C were -visiting the Ackersons. Dick Scott Uves in nearby Coatesvflle, PA, and joined the group to welcome his old room-mate. Jerry, Harry, Dave and I actaaUy Uve here. Tffis keeps gettmg more compUcated everyday as Jerry gets more people to come by and then sign up. Jerry has proposed to rename the new Spring Run facflity here to Bancroft Hafl II. He may just have a good argument, more than a dozen USNA'ers here already." • From BiU Ryan, • "A cadre of'52 San Diego Boys gathered at Mary-Lm and Bfll Ryan's place in San Diego. The Group isfiUedwith chffi and beer and is contemplating the estabUshment of a Class chapter m San Diego." •

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 59% P l ^ S ; CAPT Christos Zirps, USN (Ret.) 1902 Toll Bridge Ct., Alexandria,VA 22308-2447 SEC'Y: Lt Col David B.Jones, USAF (Ret.) 6708 Pageland La., Gainesville,VA 20155 P: 703-754-4492; E: djlocker(@earthlink.net -WEBMASTER: Paul Dudley E; pauldudley53@earthhnk.net CLASS WEB SITE: -ivww.usna53.org

San Diego Boys

The Group from left to right, back row: Earl Chinn, Fred Kraft, Tom Luckett, Dick Dietz, Sam WaUcer, WaUy Numbers, and the front row: BiU Ryan, Frank Hannegan, Bob Morris, and BiU Drake.

At the Ryans

Lonffie and Red Stein hosted a gathering in October that was a deUghtfol opportaffity to -visit and catch up not offiy with area classmates, but also -with visitors, the Graggs, Liontases, Webbs and BiU DeWinter. Nick Liontas and Carl WebbfinaUyjoined the USNA Aumni Associarion and were presented their pins.

Lonffie told us of her plans for the two ttips for 2006: San Antonio in October and Aaska in June. BiU Ryan sends along a pictare of Walt Gragg, the Liontases, Mary-Lin Ryan and Judy Gragg taken during their stay with the Ryans.

Other classmates on the move: after Doug Payne's penultimate Annual Stadio Pottery Sale in November, he and Eloise visited grandchfldren in Japan over Thanksgiving; the Wevs were in San Diego over Cffiistmas; and the McCuUums have moved to New London, NH. We wffi miss them.

With sadness, we learned that: Mr. Lawrence H. Clarke, Jr. died on 27 August 2005 in Rochester, NewYork, and Maj Ted H. Beauregard, USAF (Ret.) died on 27 October 2005 and was interred at Offio Western Reserve Narional Cemetery. We also learned that LtCol Dwight E. Payne, USAF (Ret.) died on 29 June 2002 at home inVaflejo, CA, foUowing a long iUness.

It is three weeks before Christmas and the first snow of the year is faUing.We got a good early present last Saturday when Na-vy beat an improving (almost) Army footbaU team 42-23.That makes it four in a row which is something that hasn't happened often. Hope we can keep extenffing tffis streak in the upcorffing years. Even better news is that the team plays Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on 22 December. The recent Na-vy footbaU records are interesting. In the last ten years or so, before Coach Raul Johnson's arrival we lost a lot of games and even had a speU when we couldn't even win one home game in a year. Johnson's first year was a struggle but it has been pretty much aU upffiUsince then. A good coach truly does make a difference. Way to go, and let's keep bearing Army and A r Force!!

Joyce and Don McVay did their usual bang up job in orgaffizing our Annual Pre Army-Navy Game lunch with our 1953 classmates from West Point.

It was held at Fort McNair on Tuesday, November 29 .We were honored to have the new Commandant, Capt. Bruce Grooms '80 as our guest speaker. It was most enjoyable talking to ffim before the luncheon although he probably got tired hearing "we have chfldren older than you".The food and service were good and it was enjoyable knowing that we were favored to win the game. As most of us knew, whfle the Navy Team doesn't have much of a pass defense, they can score a lot of points—and they did!

Dedicating The Class of 1953 Memorial Plaza

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Sally and I and our family

The Cary Page Jones '81 Plaque

Astronaut Kay Hire '81 with two distinguished '53ers

On October 15™, before the footbaU game against Kent State we had dual deffications.The first dedication was of the Class of 1953 Memorial Plaza, wffich includes the entire north end of the Staffium, including our RaviUon.The second dedicarion was the garden in front of our Ravffion wffich SaUy and I dedicated to our late daughter Cary Page Jones '81 and to aU other women alumnae who have lost their Uves in the service of their country. Both deffications went weU. Admiral Rempt, Atffietic Director Chet Gladchuck and Aumni Association and Foundation President George Watt represented the Academy, the Atffietic Association and the Aumffi Association.

Carl Trost and Chris Zirps represented the class and I spoke for SaUy and I. Chet Gladchuck had many very nice things to say about '53 as did George Watt. Admiral Rempt spoke movingly, especiaUy to SaUy and me, about women at the academy.

Casey Reese '82 a friend of Gary's, read a poem that Astronaut Wendy La-wrence '81 had sent in honor of Cary, her Flying School housemate. Noreen McQuade Leahy '81 and Mary Andrews Gunther

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'81 good friends of Gary's also spoke. The weather had been grey and depressing for several days before the ceremony but tarned out to be one of those sparkUngly beautifiil AnnapoUs faU days.We think Cary arranged that. It was also very good to see Dianne and BiU Lawrence '51 at the ceremony. Particularly, since Bffi ffied quite unexpecteffiy on the 2nd of December. He had been the Superintendent when Cary was a Midsffipman. It was also nice to see Kay Hire also from '81 and also an Astronaut at the deffication. We introduced her to our 10 year old grand daughter and said to ask what she does. When Kay said I'm an astronaut, Mary's eyes got big and she said "COOL!" After the ceremony and before the game we walked around the entire '53 Plaza area. We found six special Plaza Garden plots that had been made possible by the generosity of the foUowing '53ers: Lou Ann and Michael R. Corboy, SaUy E.WaUner and Nicholas Wallner, T. Morris Hackney, Sarah B. Robson and Harry E. Robson, CorUss Cole and Charles W. Cole, and Patricia and Robert G. Dettmer. Tffis is an impressive performance by the Class— WeU Done Gendemen. The next time you go to a game check the area out. I'm runffing several pictures taken at the ceremoffies and one shot that shows Gary's and the Laffies plaque and wffi run shots of other Plaza Garden plaques in foture issues. It was a truly nice day and, oh yes, Na-vy won in a close game!

The sad news continues: Classmate Edward J Leavitt, Colonel USMC Reserve, Retired died on 15 October in San Diego. Ed spent ten years on active duty as a Tank Officer then resigned to stady law at UCSD He retained ffis commission in the Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a fuU Colonel. After getting ffis law degree he practiced law in San Diego for over 20 years. In adffition to ffis successfiil law practice he served as a judge pro tem in the San Diego Superior Court and was a judge on the CaUforma State Bar Court that tried ffiscipUnary cases against attorneys. AdditionaUy, he was a world class trap shooter winning numerous honors including National Senior Champion and Cffifornia State Senior Champion. Services for Ed were held on November 28'-" at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. We send our most sincere condolences to Ed's famfly.

On November 15™ Classmate John M.Johnston, LCDR USN Ret. ffied.

John spent 20 years in the Na-vy and then did contract work for DOD. He is survived by three chfldren and three grandchfldren. Services were held on November 26 in ffis old hometown of Ankeny, Iowa. John had been in the 7™ Company and I never knew ffim but I remember ffis face from the obitaary photo. Again we send our most sincere condolences to ffis famfly. With these deaths we now have lost at least 308 Classmates. It is heU getting old!

For those of you that plan ahead here is some news. In Jffiy 2006 the first Tuesday is on July 4'- .As a resffit for one of the few times in the last 40 some years we wffi not have a luncheon on the first Tuesday in Jffiy. Luncheons -wffi be held at the Fort McNair ' O ' Club on the first Tuesday of aU the other months in 2006.

New e-mafl addresses include: kim_bassett@verizon.net for Kim Bassett; <yttikl92@yahoo.com> and ebertl53@yahoo.com for Kitty and Scott Ebert respectively; and bbusna53@juno.com and <sirrobert94040@yahoo.com> for Bobby Baker. Bobby's new snafl mafl address is: 720 Morada Lane, Stockton, CA 95210 and ffis phone number is 209-477-6636.

On the good news scene Joe Thomas reports that Maria Concetta Luna Baker and he were married on October 11,2005, at St Anffiews Chapel at the Naval Academy in a very smafl private ceremony. They were accompaffied by their -witnesses Ursffia and Capt Warren Vosseler '49 who had introduced them in 2003. Joe says they expect to remain in AnnapoUs so ffis old adffiesses remain good. Congratffiations Maria and Joe. They sit in front of us at the footbaU games so we knew about tffis for awhfle.

Pat and George HaU have written a book: Comrffitment to Honor, A Prisoner ofWar Remembers Vietnam. I have just fiffished reaffing it and can teU you that reaffing it is inspirational. I flewT-29s -with George in Waco, Texas for four years and got to know him and Pat pretty weU as our '53 USNA cUque pretty well hung together. Time and -winds then separated us and in 1965 I heard the terrible news that George's plane was lost over North Vietnam. I tffink that was when I first started to actuaUy pray. It was several years before Rat actaaUy learned that George

had survived ffie crash and -was aUve in a POW Camp. And it was five years later before George was released. One of my bosses at the Pentagon was sent to Mississippi to participate in ffie debriefings of ffie former POWs that had been sent to Keesler AFB. He helped debrief George. When he came back he told me ffiat George had gone through a reaUy tough time. I now know what he was talking about. And Rat and the other ROW wives had it very tough as weU. Read ffie book. Thanks Rat and George, you are both real heroes.

Pictures tffis month include a shot of Carl and Cffiis with Chet Gladchuck and Adm. Rempt looking at ffie Plaque for ffie Class of 1953 Memorial Plaza, a shot of SaUy and our fanffiy at ffie plaque to our Cary, a shot of ffie Plaque we defficated, and a shot of Pete Conrad and Bruce Ogden with Astronaut Kay Hire of 1981. Don't forget class luncheons are on ffiefostTuesday of each month, except for Jffiy of tffis year, at the Fort McNair 'O' Club at 1130. Also don't forget our '53 Reuffion at Coronado on February 23-27,2006. One final reminder—do you remember Hurricane Isabel and its impact on Annapolis at our 50™ Reuffion?

AnnapoUs photographer David Hartcorn got a wonderfiil photo of downto-wn Annapolis underwater. He has made a 6 mch by 35 mch panorarffic print ffigitaUy stitched together from 5 separate shots. It is a great prmt. Ata Eddy has one filmed and says it is spectacffiar and brings back our reuffion adventare as notffing else coffid. ffyou are interested contact Mr. Hartcorn at 1501 Hunting Wood Road, AnnapoUs, MD 21403, or caU him at 410-268-5459. You can e-mafl him at davidhartcorn@comcast.net.You can see ffie pictare by going to www.davidhartcorn.com. We hope aU of you had a Very Merry Cffiistmas and also hope to see a bunch of you in Coronado. Beat Army and Air Force! , Dave

Officers and Faculty Club on the eveffing of Satarday, 5 November, to share in camaraderie, good cheer, and fine food and drink. The event was preceded by a satisfying footbaU win over Tulane, our second in a row homeconflng weekend victory. BiU Peery, with the able assistance of Dick HoUenbach, was once again ffie organizer and leader of this fine, traffitional. Class event.The attendees numbered 68: Joan and Dick Ager, Dora and Jim BeU, Lois and John Brashear, Betty Conboy, Marty and Wffi Croom, Jean and Jim Couffiard, Lee Curry, Suzy Deppish, Ernie Evans,JacqueUne and Gerald Gard, Mary and Bffi Gray, Peg and BiU Greeffiaw, Ruth and Jim Hay, Mary Jane and George Henson, Dick HoUenbach, AUson and Bffi HoUnan, Rat Hope, Anne Jordan, Rriscffia Kiffiey Gafl and Phfl Livingston, Kay and Buck McCleUan, Jean and Scott Mobley, Bettine and Bffi Montgomery, Lynn and Dick Murphy, Bunny and Ray Pavia, Dianne and Bffi Peery, Jane Roe,Audry and Dick Robey, Marion Scffienzig, Bob Sheehan, Dee and Bffi Schulden, Donna and Ned Shuman,A Slepicka, Eugene Stevenson, HoUy McAffister, Kathryn Rigney, Sandra and EdTipshus,Teri and Jack Tipshus, Mary Dee and OUie Shearer, Lee Wood, Faye and FitzWoodrow,Joan and George Zeberlein. Below is a sampUng of scenes shot by Offie Shearer at the pre-game taflgate that morffing.

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Philadelphia Chapter Founders' Day, 2005 Tffis annual Phfladelphia Chapter event, tffis one commemorating the 160 anffiversary of the founding of the Naval Academy, took place on the evening of 13 October at Eisenhower HaU of the VaUey Forge Mffitary Academy and CoUege in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

HighUghts of the program included presentation of the Shipmate oftheYear Award to VADM James Calvert, USN (Ret.) '43 and remarks by Guest of Honor MGEN Charles Bolden, USMC (Ret.) '68.

The Class of 1954 was represented by Lee Curry, Bob McCaffrey, Nancy Chuday, widow of Classmate Richard Chuday, and Mary Jane and George Henson. Dick Chuday had been a former officer of the Phfladelpffia Chapter for a number of years and recipient of its Shipmate of theYearAivardfor 1997. h wonderfol treat of the evening was the arrival of Nancy's son, John, coming from the Rffiladelpffia Arport after a ffight from the West coast, in time to join us at dinner. From left to right in the below January-February 2006

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Wives Luncheon Reg Greeffiaw sends the foUowing note and photograph to let us know that the ladies of '54 are not letting any moss gather under their roUing stones.'"54 wives and widows are enjoying wonderful lunches in the AnnapoUs area on the second Tuesday every other month. This is also the date the men of '54 schedule their get-together at the " O " Club. Let Annie or Marion know if you would Uke to join with us!" Left to right in the picture: Audrey Robey,Jean Mobley, Marion Scffienzig, Annie Jordan, Reg Greeffiaw, Jean CouiUard

Bill Land Sends 1. Delores and John Burcham, Ram and Bob Martin, and Kitty and I had a mce visit together at the Martin's beautiful waterfront home in Lewes, Delaware. For those of us who aren't aware of it. Bob is quite an artist, and his home is decorated with many of ffis original paintings. The accompanying picture was taken after lunch at the local golf course.

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2.Your reunion comrffittee reports that planning is weU underway for our next AnnapoUs reunion. It wffi be our 54 , and has been scheduled for 2008 from Sunday, 8 June, through Wednesday, the 11™. Make sure to put it on your calendar, to start saving those pennies, and to plan on being there for a great time with your Classmates. Loews Hotel wiU be our headquarters once again and we are happy to report that the room rate wiU be $22.00 LESS than last year! Look for a letter next spring outUning the events, venues, and other detafls.

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Army/Navy 2005 It was a bitter cold day in Philadelphia on 3 December but the "usual suspects" showed up to cheer Na-vy on to a heartwarming fourth consecutive win over Army at Lincoln Financial Field.Your scribe and Mary Jane were accompaffied

by Peg and BiU Greerdaw who came up from Severna Park to share the weekend with us, I did a bit of reflecting on the season and realized that this was the offiy

one in wffich I made every home game, including this year's opener with Maryland in Baltimore, as weU as the Army game. Here are a trio of shots that help capture the day.

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First from Denny SuUivan: • "By the time you read this, I wiU be home—stffi recovering but basicaUy as good as new. I want to thank aU who sent cards and made caUs and visits while I was in the hospital and in rehab. It was heartening to know that I had so many classmates puUing and praying for me.

They mad a big difference. My biggest regret is rmssing the 50 Reunion.

Visitors and caUers reported that it was a truly grand affair from start to finish that brought back old memories and that made them appreciate the cameraderie of the Class even more. I want to thank you aU on the Reunion Committee who made it happen and especiaUy those who stepped in at the last rffinute with finishing touches. I forther want to say that it has been a great honor and real privflege to serve as class president during the past 15 years. The class has done some grand things, both sociaUy and for the Academy.

You saw the sum and significance of those efforts at the reunion. I want to thank aU who contributed time and money to make these things happen. FinaUy, as I turn class affairs over to Hank and his officers, I wish them good luck and hope that they have the same rewarding experiences I have had over the past several years. Hope to see you afl at the 55™, Best regards, Denny • Fred ToUeson sent in the photo, in front of our Staffium Arch, of he with two graduates from his High School, Texas Mflitary Institute in San Antonio, They are now members of the Class of 2007, Vaughn ViUarreal was selected as one of the outstanffing Hispanic engineering students in American CoUeges last year.

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Fred ToUeson sent in the photo, in front of our Stadium Arch, of he with two graduates from his High School, Texas Mflitary Institute in San Antonio. They are now members of the Class of 2007.

Vaughn ViUarreal was selected as one of the outstanffing Hispanic engineering students in American CoUeges last year

Vance and Vaughn Villarreal with Fred

We have received information about the special activities of three classmates.

Ernest Volgenau has again received recogmtion for ffis work with ffis company, SRI, in the form of. Scot McCauley has recendy had ffis book of fictional adventure/inttigue in Mexico pubUshed, "Revenge in Exfle". Larry Wigley has also been pubUshed -with ffis fictional submarme terrorist plot book, "IVIission Complete". Both are now avaflable through book stores.

From Tom Kiefaber : • A jaunty group of 55ers celebrated homeconflng by attending a Le Grande Taflgate before and after the Navy-Tulane game. The menu featared Dick Morgan's Nathan (as usual) and a -wide assortment of other deUcious entrees.

Those in attendance included: John and Debbie Adams, Tony and Martha Bracken, Tom and Shirley Cann,Ace Davis, Ray Hine and Virginia Wyman, Jerry and Ann HoUand, BiU and Sabra Ketmington, Tom and Urstda Kiefaber, Mai and R o z MacKinnon, Tom Mclsaac and Joan ConneUy, Dick and Joan Morgan, practicaUy the entire Mustin Clan, Ted and Aim Parker, Wes Saunders, Gary and Margot Snyder, Tom and Margery Stallman,Jolin and Betsy Thune, Fred and Cyd ToUeson, Cal Weaver, Otto Zipf and special guest Denny SuUivan (recovering fficely from ffis debffitatingfaU). Denny was presented with with and inscribed ship model in recogmtion of his long stewardship of the class. •

Commandant gave a very interesting talk about the weU-being of Brigade and USNA. We were entertained also by the USNA Drum and Bugel Corps. Later, we visited with Bob Cabana and ffis wife, and had many pictures taken with them.

Saturday, we attended a taflgate and catered dinner at Rice Stadium prior to the game, also attended by CAPT Grooms and wife, about 1,000 Mids and many Aumffi. The game was great with Navy taking command early and dominating most of the game, ending with a 41-9 score. Sunday, Trudi served breakfast Burritos at the RV Park overlooking the lake. God bless. •

Sullivan receiving ship model from Ray Hine

It seems that there were footbaU game watcffings in many places tffis year including San Deigo for the Notre Dame game as reported by Ned Floyd and Lynne at their Coronado home, -with Tom Boucher, Tony Dopazo, Scot McCauley, MadeUne and Bud Summers, and Juanita and Scab Wade. In AnnapoUs, Ann and Wes Saunders and SaUy and Hartley Holte comrffiserated at the home of Sabra and BUI Kennington.

From Carl Peterson: (He was reporting on the RV Group get-together combined with the Na-vy-Rice game in the Houston area).

• We were blessed with great weather and a convincing win by Na-vy to end a very enjoyable "come-around" attended by "firstie"Trudi and Carl Peterson'55, Ruth and Art Carpenter '53, and Betty and Tom Monaghan "59. Thursday evening we enjoyed a meal in the party room of the Amost Heaven RV Park, also attended by Rat and Kent Drummond '55. Friday morning we toured the Johnson Space Center, saw movies of the ApoUo Lunar launches and actual spacecraft that have flown and Space Shuttle launches, the latter being narrated by weU known Astronaut, and now JSC Director, Bob Cabana '71. We then had lunch at the famed Kemah Boardwalk overlooking Clear Lake. Friday eveffing, we had dinner and a program aboard the batdeship Texas honoring the 160™ anniversary of the Naval Academy What a night!

Our group was asked to give the toast to our Commander-in-Chief the first of many toasts given in this traditional event.

CART Bruce Groom '80, USNA

RV Group get-together

Fred McLaren, deep sea adventurer, advises that he wiU be Uving in the DC area for about one year penffing completion of work on his home in Colorado.

He wffi also serve as "Study Leader" of an Expedition to Iceland, Greeffiand, and the Orkney/Faroe Islands next year, sponsored by American Museum and Natural History—Discovery Tours.

Pat and Paul Sutherland with Dreda and Larry Grimesnote class crest on the wall of our appartment

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CLASS N E W S • Greetings from Rat and Paul Sutherland. Pat and I moved to a retirement community (Tryon Estates) near Columbus last November. It was a great move for us and after aU theDownsizing and move, we are stffi on speaking terms!

We had almost 12 good years on the Outer Banks. When the place we wanted became avaflable, I resigned as Mayor of Southern Shores and we made the big move. In early October, Dreda and Larry Grimes -visited to look it over for a possible move from Pensacola. Maybe the fotare wffi see them as neighbors: as the saying goes, "wherever 2 or 3 shaU gather—". We welcome any classmates at any time, so if you are in the area please caU (828-894-2514). •

A terrific PBS TV special program "Race to the Moon" staring our own Valerie and BUI Anders was shown in November. It was a great recap of events leading to and during the ApoUo 8 Mission and a must see for classmates.

It is with great regret that we inform of the death of classmates Don Linehan and Ray Mara in November. Chic Cicolani was able to represent us at Don's funeral in New England. By the time you see this, Ray wiU have been interred at ArUngton. We extend our deepest sympathy to the famffies of both Don and Ray.

John Adams congratffiates son-in-law.

On September 1,2005, CAPT J. Dan Cloyd, USN, (husband of Susan Adams Cloyd— daughter ofJohn and Debbie Adams), assumed command of the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, CVN 69 at Naval Station, Norfolk. Dan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1979 -with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, is also a graduate of Naval test Pflot School and the Naval Nuclear Propffision Program, and is a ffistinguished graduate of the Industtial CoUege of the Armed Forces with an MS ffi National Resource Strategy. He was Executive Officer of USS Abraham LincoUi, CVN 72, CO of 2 F-14 Squaffions and the fast combat support sffip, USS Sacramento AOE-1 during the imtial phase of Operation Enduring Freedom. Shore duty included the FUght Test Division at Pacific Missfle Test Center, and with J-3 Joint Staff and Cffief of Staff, Naval A r Force, Atlantic Fleet. Dan has accumulated more than 4000 ffight hours, 800 carrier landings, and has been ffigffiy decorated for ffis service. The Class of 1955 wishes Dan and ffis farmly fair winds and foUowing seas.

CLASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMEN: CAPT Douglass F. Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) SEC'YS: Dave Swanson (4) 16 E. Del Ray Ave., Alexandria.VA 22301 P: 703-548-7240; F: 703-548-0272 E: hdswanson@aol.com Dan Garges (24) 1846 Greenplace Terrace RockviUe, MD 20850 P: 301-340-8197; E: Dan.Garges@filetek.com -WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1956

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50f^ Reunion: 3-4-5-6 November 2006 56 WEST ARMY-NAVY CELEBRATION 56 West again reports on our traditionally outstanding Army-Na-vy happening. Tffis year's game was in the lovely home of Liz and Jim Murdand [10] who have raised the bar of exceUence for hosting these annual parties. After some 25 years of watcffing Army-Na-vy from a classmate's home, we feel that we are getting it right.

Tffis year we included many classmates and spouses, as weU as select friends and neighbors. It was a fun event in wffich

we belted out Blue and Gold on cue and cashed in on another rout of Army. We hope our presence is felt in support of the team, the class and Navy. Classmates attending included Jennifer and BiU Auer [24], Bonnie and Jim Brunner [23], Kathy andTom Bruyere [24], Helen and Bruce Dolph [9], Eleanor Fournier [1], Carol and Jerry Fulk [9], Liz and Frank Ingram [23], John Karas [6], Heather and Mai MaUoy [10],Joan and Mike McBride [6], Kay and Dave Minton [18], hosts Liz and Jim Murtland [10], Carl Nelson [10] with Dolores Hansen [lOW], Dale and Jay Ransom [21], Peggy and Ned Roberts [7], Emily and Joe Talbert [2], George Textor [15], and Martha and Jim Thomas [9]. We are now preparing for the game and social activities relating to the first Poinsettia Bowl in late December. We hope that many out of town classmates wffi join us for our banquet as weU as the taflgate party and the game.

Ted Shultz (20) provided an input on the Army-Na-vy Luncheon" • "The luncheon was a success. We had 93 counting the band. We wffi host it next year on Thursday 30 November in the Koran Room at Fort Myer. And whfle I have your attention, I am soUciting your help in identifying a guest speaker. It is always a chore finding someone to speak so I need your help. Please give it some thought and let me know if you have a speaker in rffind.The sooner the better.

BEAT ARMY!!!! Ted Shultz" • Nancy and Pete Bennett (13) hosted their annual Army/Na-vy game party at their home inVienna.Virginia. It was a

From Ray Medeiros.

• Congratulations to Ernest Volgenau on having been selected as large contractor executive of the year at the 2005 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards (Ceremony). It is weU known that SRA was founded in 1978 "based on an ethic of honesty and service that has remained the cornerstone of its corporate culture". Congratularions Ernest and a great big BZ. I'm sure I express the sentiments of our entire class.

Once again, "you can't exceed '55". • Members of the Class of '56 at the Bennett's Army-Navy Game Party.

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huge success wiffi many classmates and ffieir wives and several neighbors in attendance and our super Navy team beating Army by a big score. It was great to share ffie afternoon and wonderfiil food wiffi so many old classmates. Check out ffie pictare, and see if you can match up with ffie names wiffi ffie faces — Anne and John Kirkpatrick (02), Kasey Kenaston (02), EUie and Pete Randrup (03), Lorraine and Bob Shumaker (03), Jan and Ted Lewin (04), Nancy and Jim Van Metre (04), Mary Jayne and Dave Swanson (04), Mary Lee and Rich Seesholtz (05), Devan and Gerry AudUet (06), Judith and Duane Heisinger (07), June and Jim Johnson (08), Nona and Fred Lippert (08), Barbara and Ken and Godstrey (11), Judy and D o u g Hayman (11), Budge and Russ Weidman(13),Jean and Ed Parker(13), Shirley and Dick Levendoski(13), Sandy and Pete FitzwiUiam(13), Beverly and George ConnoUy(15), Maureen and Ray Schreiner(17), LuDeUe and Leo Koerkemeier (18), EUeen and BiU Doemer(20), Fran and CarroU Franklin(21) Peggy and Dan Garges(24), and Joan and D o n Sacarob(24).

AUce Cannon, Anne Dyer, Jean Gaylor, OUve Johnston, ArUne Schulze: For the first time aU '56 -widows, or 100%, of those in the Tidewater/ Norfolk Area attended ffie annual Class Christmas Dinner. A big thanks to the efforts of Danny Michaels m making tffis happen and assuring each widow woffid be escorted to the event by a '56 couple. Tffis year's ffinner was held at the beautifffi and impressive Princess Anne Country Club on ffie ocean in Virgiffia Beach. It was mentioned at ffie dirmer ffiat we need to work on gettmg 100% offfiewidows to attend ffie 50ffi m November 2006 in foUowmg the lead of Danny Michaels and ffie Tidewater '56 Chapter.

Sammy Blanchard: After puttmg down roots in Hflton Head many years ago foUowing her marriage to Doc she has decided to make a big move to Ash-vffie, North CaroUna in 2006. She wffi then be near her daughter, who's involved in environmental work there, and Doc's daughter as weU. Sammy is a footbaU season ticket holder who makes some of the games and participates in class activities whenever she's in the Wasffington-AnnapoUs area and in Hflton Head where we have a sizeable number of'56ers.

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PRES; CAPT David S. Cooper, USN (Ret.) C O R R . SEC'Y: CAPT F.N. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Cir., Fredericksburg,VA 22405-2363 E: fiihusna57@cox.net SEC'Y: CAPT R.H. Scales, USN (Ret.) 129 Westbury,WiUianisburg,VA 23189 E: vkct@mindspring.com -WEBMASTER: Fred Dammann -WEB SITE: www.usna57.org Ernie Scheyder (14) - Longest Drive, Homecoming Tournament

WIDOWS CORNER Nancy Henry: Word just in that Nancy is headmg for Pasadena, CA in late December to be part of a team preparmg a float for the Rose Parade on 2 January.

She'U be workmg ffight and day for a week before the parade under a bridge for shade/cooUiess to keep the flowers fresh.

Don't think she'U be sleeping under the bridge though!! The float is about dogs and magic, hence the name "The Great Howldiffi". She's excited about it. Be sure to watch the Parade (as she may be riding the float too). On the other hand ff this Sffipmate issue comes out after the parade, we hope you watched and saw Nancy's hanffiwork on the float.

The winter has come roarmg in early and from our glass-enclosed nerve center we can just make out the last of the ttacks left by the Woops in their ffisorderly retteat back up to Cold and Gray on the Hudson. What was bffied as a near tffing was, weU, not so much in the end. What's certain is that they'U be back again next year, and the year after, and the offiy serious rffistake woffid be complacency.

Meanwhfle, by the time you are reading these words, the Gunfight at the Poinsettia (lyrical, what?) wffi also be ffistory and the ttoops wffi be back in Mother B, home from San Diego and deep into the new semester. What -with first term exams now completed before departure, Christmas leave must be just empty these days - not having to lug a

suitcase fofl of books home and spend afl those long hoUday ffights stadying whfle your budffies were out partying. How do you suppose the indoctrination in self-ffiscipUne is getting done now?

Whfle on the road over Thanksgiving I had the good fortane to find the mayor of the great city of Palmetto, Florida, in ffis office one day where he regaled me with "Mayor Larry" the current and choice on the local scene and bought the lunch at a deUghtfol (Manatee) riverside restaurant where they clearly knew "the Man." Larry Bustle, as we have mentioned here before, has been at the heUn in Palmetto for three years and change and, having just been reelected (without opposition), has another tffiee and change to go. If you'd Uke any dope on hurricane emergency operations or big time real estate developments in a smaU town you need to stop by and see Larry.

Back in October a note from Dick Stober appeared in our box wffich went Uke tffis:

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• Angela's parents were visiting from Cffina and her brothers and sisters coorffinated the parents' tour of Canada from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. Our conttibution: pick them up in Toronto, get them to Nova Scotia and then to NewYork, Phfladelpffia, and Wasffington, DC, where the famfly photo below was taken. Even -with the language ffifferences we had a wonderfol time and bonded weU, as can be seen. •

7. to r Angela s parents, Angela and Dick"

(Secty note:The other photo included with Dick's report was made during a low pass on the home of Anne of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island [Canada] — during which, e-vidently, visitors are January-February 2006

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given the opportanity to be photographed in pinafores, straw hats and pigtails [a la Anne]. Since tffis is a famfly magazine the decision was made to shield you from Dick in a pinafore as the more it was effiarged and cropped, the less atttactive it became.)

Short note from Jay Lindquist: • During the second week in October, Jay and Shirley Lindquist, June and Bob Foss, and Mary EUen and Ed Smathers enjoyed a great USNA Aumni Association barge cruise in the Ile-deFrance area. People from the classes of '46,'55 and'61 were also on the tour.

Neeffiess to say, the food and wines were reaUy great as were the sights and art ffistory we experienced. Here's a photo taken in the gardens of Napoleon and Josepffine's Chateau de Malmaison. Left to right are Jay, Ed, and Bob. •

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Some of the folks in Louisiana have had a tough time in the last several months but some others have been able to go about their business, hardly missing a beat. Here's a Utde sample from Dick Meaux.

• Bobbye and I have traveled fairly extensively throughout Canada (ten provinces and the Northwest Territory) by auto, van and RV For years we have of talked going to Churchffi to see the polar bears, and tffis past October we did.

On this trip we decided to take a tour due to the remoteness of ChurcffiU and the fairly complex travel and logistics involved. The group was smaU, about a dozen individuals and age-wise, we were in the midffie. The first haff of the ffineday jaunt took us to Winnipeg and a tour by bus of the southern part of Manitoba.

Lots of faU color and north woods animals (moose, eUc, deer, red foxes, bear and the Uke) and a Uttle snow as weU. At the rffidpoint of the tour we returned to Winnipeg to take the two hour ffight to ChurcffiU. Due to a mechanical delay with the aircraft we got to ChurcffiU after dark and thus had the opportumty to be

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"Chester, Principal Harding and two ofBurchett's finest"

treated to a tremendous display of northern Ughts over the dark tundra. We were fortunate in tffis regard as the area has lots of fog and is frequently overcast in the faU. Churchfll, Maffitoba, Ues on the western shore of Hudson Bay. In summer when there is no ice Churchfll is the closest port to Europe from wffich centtal Canaffian grain can be sffipped.The town of 2500 is isolated and is accessible offiy by air and rafl. When there, one senses that he is in the far north and surrounded by tandra Churchfll has the real feel of the frontier. In October the temperatare hovered about freezing and ice was fornflng.

Each faU the polar bears congregate waiting for the bay to freeze over so they can get out on the ice to hunt seals.The bears were originaUy attracted to the city dump, and even though that is being cleaned up, they stffi come — often roaming the streets of the viUage. We saw two bears during a heUcopter ffight and a number of others from our tandra buggy, a large bus on huge wheels with a balcony. Two bears came right up to the vehicle. Tourists are cautioned about walking about town, especiaUy alone at night. If it's absolutely necessary to go out you are encouraged to go with someone who runs more slowly than you do.

It was a quick, enjoyable trip.We not offiy saw a variety of affimals, but we were also treated to great displays of the northern Ughts. • Now I personaUy know two people who have ever been to Churchffi.Very cool.

To close the loop from a couple months back here's part of an official news release from the Spring (TX) Independent School District:

• From the presentation of the colors by six Burchett students to Principal Joan Harding's concluding remarks there was no doubt that students are the heart of the new school that opened in August on James Leo Drive just off Crypresswood.

First through fifth-grade stadents covered the floor of the auditorium where they were seated in front of parents and commuffity members who came to join in the celebration.

Chet Burchett, the school's namesake, was a member of the Spring ISD Board ofTrustees for ffine years beginffing in 1993. In adffition to ffis years as a board member, Burchett contributed to the district by volunteering time and leadership to the first Project Prom program at Wesffield High School and estabUsffing a FeUowsffip of Christian AtUetes chapter at Wesffield. He may be best known as the "Voice of the Mustangs" for the commentary he provided whfle serving for seven years as the announcer for Wesffield footbaU games. • Chester, after afl these years, you continue to do us proud.

Back around the midffie of November the folks who manage the work on your Shipmate aU day every day concluded that, after a brief hiatus of 20 years, it was time to convene the Corresponding Secretaries and give them a look at the professional staff, and vice versa. What ensued was a very useful morning ofjust that kind of exchange, wherein folks Uke yours trffiy got a gUmpse into just what happens to get tffis magazine in your hands after we mash the "send" button. Because we are (as usual) running out of time and space let me just assure you that the task of

smooffiing ffie work of fifty or more writers into an award-winning pubUcation is - to say the least - daunting. But ffiat's just what's done ten times a year by our staff. "Hats Off," laffies and gendemen, to this terrific organization.

Among ffie serious issues joined by attendees was the matter of the longstanffing proscription on photos not includmg a Classmember or widow. The eventaal consensus was that the rifle was not defensible and thus was expunged.

That decision permits inclusion of ffie foUo-wing conmiunique.

Harry Gimber reports: • "Tffiee Women's Works in Watercolor" -was ffie tide of an art showing in Anne and George Lanman's backyard in Coronado. The three laffies watercolor togeffier weekly and Jeff Dennis suggested ffiey show ffieir works for friends. The husbands put out the wine and cheese and a grand time was had by more ffian 150 guests. Two other wives.

Marge Rogers and Sharon Wffitrffire, have also painted -with the regffiars when visiting m Coronado. •

but understanffing the nature of such events, the rest of us keep watch on the horizon and "Journey On!" Na-vy football ended the season with a win over Army, and headed for the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. One of the reasons for the win over Army is provided

by Tom Keifer (17), who dropped in during Army's pre-game practice and provided some insights to Army Coach Bobby Ross. As Tom teUs it, "I talked with ffie enemy, took pictares of their secret plays, and passed them off to the Navy staff!" The photo he sent in lends some credence to ffis statement. One other footbaU photo from an away-game shows Gary Krause (13), Brad Stumcke (15), and Larry Higgins (15) taflgating in Riscataway NJ prior to suffering through the Rutgers game last October.

Monastery where the Dali Lama held court until forced into exile. Thousands of Tibetans make a pflgrimage there a couple of times a year and were certaiffiy in evidence. Probably my highUght was to travel the Yangtze and tour the Three Gorges Dam. It now has been partiaUy completed and the water level in the reservoir has risen some 90 meters, going to 175 meters when complete. One of two power plants with sixteen turbines is at fifty percent production. The relocation of one and a haff miUion people is progressing and the famfly we were able to visit has a quite adequate new home and is very satisfied in it, but what does a farmer do to make a living when his land is under water? My advice to any China traveler is carry lots of Pseudoephedrine because the air quality throughout Maiffiand China is abysmal. I know I don't have the flag in my photo of the red panda at the Panda Research Center, but it certaiffiy is a must on any trip to China.

'58 IS GREAT! Buff"^ The photo Buff provided atop the Great Wafl is shown here, the rest wffi be on the Web site when the Jan/Feb issue of Shipmate is delivered.

Tom Keifer and Coach Bobby Ross

(L to r.) Judy Dennis, Anne Lanman, Maxine Gimber

Not told this month are the stories of the Jerry Srffiffi Open, Sargent's report from CO or Army-Navy at the Roushes. Next time, prorffise. Carpe Diem. FNH ANNUAL AfcMBERSHip: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 52%

PRES: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) E: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.com SEC'Y: Col Warren S.Walters, USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Ln., Springfield,VA 22151-2430 H: 703-321-9586; E; wwalters@erols.com •WEB SITE: www.usna.com/aasses/1958/

Once again the thunderous crash of old calendars being discarded has echoed throughout the land, and we are off and cruising in year 2006, fifty-two years into the voyage of the Class of 1958. There have been long periods of smooth saffing, with interrffittent rocks and shoals, both individuaUy and coUectively. For many classmates, the voyage was saffiy too short,

Krause, Stumcke, and Higgins

ThettaveUngflagwas logging mfles as 2005 came to a close. To the Far East, accorffing to BuffWalter (11), who reports: • "I just returned from a 22 day ttip to China with Overseas Adventure Travel that caters to smaU groups of 16 or less.

We were able to take the road less traveled and experienced the changing face of Cffina. The attached photo covers my hike to the top of the unimproved Great WaU, which I cUmbed with no other groups around. What a magffificent construction project! In Tibet we visited a remote viUage, which was something different in Ufe style. The people are very frienffiy and have a colorfol national costume, very warm of course. Whfle there I was able to ffike up to the

Going east to Europe, the flag went with Ratty and Wayne Scott (16) to France.

As told by Wayne: • "Attached is a picture of Ratty and me taken along the harbor in Cannes, France.

Ratty and I rented a 300-year-old viUa in Bar sur Loup, about 20 minutes north of Nice, for 2 weeks with 6 other folks, mosdy from the Nuclear Regulatory Comnflssion, from which I retired in May of 2004. We visited (read: shopped in!)

Nice, Cannes, Monaco, and St.Tropez along the Med coast, and quite a few wondrous, medieval vffiages up in the Little Aps nearby. A great time was had by aU!" • Aso in Europe, sort of, were Barbara and Gary Minar (20*-"), who took the flag to Ireland. Gary's story is: January-February 2006

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JM CLASS N E W S • "We just returned from a 3 week trip to Ireland and Wales. Whfle in Ireland, we decided to look for the site of fflrffing for ffie BBC TV series, "BALLYKISSANGEL".

After a search we found the filrffing site for tffis fictional town in Avoca (also a place famous for hand woven goods, with an outlet in AnnapoUs!). Here is the '58 flag in front of the series famous pub, "Fitzgerald's". We also found the church where Father Peter of the series preached and took confessions. Ireland and Wales were both grand and we became more seasoned at driving on the left and fluffing good B&Bs. Classmates seeking info about Ireland or Wales, please contact me. We found some superb B&Bs and watermg holes. Gary"^

'58 in Hampton Roads

Byman was onffisfirstinspection tour of the Adantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in October I am the Base Operations Manager here, and in conversation with CART Byman, learned that ffis father is a classmate of ours, hence the picture. Marty" •

Patty and Wayne Scott in France Marty Hill and Mike Byman '83

Barbara and Gary Minar in Ireland

Meanwhfle, back in CONUS, gatherings of'58 classmates included the Hampton Roads Montffiy Lunch Group on 1 December. Shown in the photo, 1-to-r, are Dick Dunbar (15'^h),BUl Byman (2""^), Chris Naquin (10"^^) Carl Giese (15*), Mike Woodbury (7™), Marty Kuhneman (5 ), Georg:e Chafee (12*^1^),Jerry Larson (18™), Link MueUer (17™), and Joe Mansfield (13 ). The group meets on the first Thursday of each month at the Cypress Pomt Country Club in Virgiffia Beach.

And with Bffi Byman in the photo, it brings forth another "chance meeting" involving the '58 famfly, as reported by Marty HUl (24*): • "Attached is a picture of me with CAPT Michael Byman, USN,'83. CAPT

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News has come in from two of the laffies associated with the class. Marianne Degnan, widow of Tom Degnan (13™), was remarried in January '04 to a widower, John Jensen, and has moved to Clarkestown, a retirement commuffity near Baltimore. Her address is 717 Maiden Choice Lane, Apt ST401, Catonsvffie, MD 21228, and telephone 410-737-8325, emafl jensenmwd@ yahoo.com. Susan Poremba, widow of Stan Poremba (11™), was married on 29 December 2005 to a Na-vy man. No adffiess information at tffis time.

Congratalations to both these laffies, stffi '58ers, and best wishes for smooth saffing and happiness.

Lastly, some of the rocks and shoals.

On 3 November 2005,VADM GuiUermo "Zeke" Zariquiey, Peruvian Navy (4™) passed away as a result of a heart attack at the home of his daughter in Gaithersburg MD. He and ffis wife Mati had been staying with their daughter for some time, with Zeke enjoying being a Grandpa. Services were held in St. Andrews Chapel at USNA on 7 November 2005, foUowed by burial of ffis ashes in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Several classmates were in attendance at

the foneral, and Zeke's roommate, Barry Howard (4*), read the eulogy Zeke was a credit to the class and to the naval profession, serving as the Cffief of Naval Operations of the Peru-vian Navy and retiring as the Cffief of Staff. The class offers its condolences to Mati and the other members of the famfly.

Amost a month later, Sylvia Howard, the wife of Barry Howard, passed away after a lengthy ffiness with cancer Sylvia and Barry had traveled from their home in New Mexico to her daughter's m Punta Gorda FL seeking treatment, offiy to learn that her conffition was termmal.

She passed away in hospice care on December 7 , and services were held in Punta Gorda on 16 December. Sylvia's cremated remains -wffi be interred in ArUngton National Cemetery.

With sadness it is also announced that Sffirley Risinger, wffe of Bob Risinger (15*) passed away on 31 October 2005 after a very brief iUness. She was mterred at ArUngton National Cemetery on 6 December 2005. To our classmates Barry and Bob we send condolences on the loss of these two fine laffies.

Look for more news on the class web site!

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PRES: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) CHAIRMAN EXEC. COMMITTEE: Gerald G . Garbacz

E: gggarbacz@aol.com SEC'Y; Col J.H. "Tim"Tinsley, USMC (Ret.) 2207 Lomond Ct.,Vienna,VA 22181 H: 703-648-1774; E: tQnsley59@cox.net WEB SITE: viTvw.usna.com/classes/1959/usnaS9.html WEBMASTER: Dave Sullivan E: dsulhva9@cox.net

Tffis is a two-month's effition of Shipmate and there is a lot to report on class events and your messages (thanks!). By the time you read tffis our Na-vy footbaU team wfll have completed another -winffing season with wins over A r Force and Army to retain the Commander-in-CffiefTrophy for a tffird sttaight year, and a tffird sttaight

bowl appearance under Coach Raffi Johnson. Tffis was accompUshed with offiy six returffing starters from 2004, ffie fewest for any Division I footbaU team.

• Status Reportfrom the Chairman re Columbarium Project: "Tffis faU we have made an aggressive attempt to reach our goal of $1.5 miffion.

At ffie Aumffi Association's annual President's Cffcle meeting (of which over 30 '59ers are members by conttibuting annuaUy to ffie Foundation) VADM Rempt received a check for $1 mflUon from ffie Class of'51 for ffieir project renovatmg ffie Naval Academy Museum.

Inffisremarks he mentioned our Class's commitment to enhancing ffie Columbarium. We are in the final stages of preparmg a formal proposal to the Supermtendent and Secretary of the Navy to begm formal engmeermg plannmg foUowed by construction. We are stiU ainflng at completion of our project m time for our 50™ reuffion m 2009, but tinflng is critical. We currendy have pledges for $1,450,000, so we are at 97% of ffie goal. We stffi need support from every Classmate to push ffie baU mto the end zone. A field goal won't cut it.

Adffitional pledges, up to five years for payment, shoffid be made to the Naval Academy Foundation, 291 Wood Road, AnnapoUs, Maryland, 21402. Be sure to mclude ffi your pledge letter that the pledge is for Fund 6559, Appeal Y05CG. Anyone conttibutmg $2,500 m a given year quaUfies for the President's Circle.

Jerry Garbacz(23)" • Homecoming 2005: This year's homeconflng game was super m all respects, startmg with a lop-sided victory over Tulane. Around 30 Classmates, spouses,fiflendsand some of our Link ffi ffie Cham plebes and other Mids attended what must have been the best taflgate m memory (other than the major reuffions). Varied, deUcious and bountiftfl food was conttibuted by aU, complemented by Joe Flyim (6) grflUng his deUcious hamburgers and N o r m Bednarek (22) and D o n Chomicz (7) cookmg great kielbasa—Buffalo and Detroit style. Old reUable Marty Finnerty (10) continues to care for and coordmate erection of our famfliar blue and wffite striped taflgate tent. Looking ahead to the 2006 footbaU season, the Class wiU hold a taflgate social before and after each home game—same place, same format, rain or sffine. They are great— plan to jom in the fon and witness the

Classmates honoring retiring Executive Committee members

spirit of ffie Brigade and ffie rising footbaU fortanes of our Blue and Gold team.

Retiring Executive Committee Honored: Another large gathermg of the Class took place in AnnapoUs at a dmner on November 12 to honor our devoted retiring Class officers: N o r m Bednarek, Joe Flynn, Dan Truax (6), and Bruce NordwaU (6). There were 20 Classmates with their spouses on hand, •with Jerry Garbacz presenring Norm with a letter of appreciarion and Class plaque for ffis eight years as Chairman. The ffinner evolved mto a spffited '59 eveffing of good cheer, with after dinner speaking and many toasts. The dean of the Executive Comrffittee, Joe Flynn, was recogffized for ffis long years of defficated and productive service. Joe's tenure predates my records (back to 1991) and offiy he knows how much forther back it goes. Marmes attenffing were saluted with 230™ bffthday •wishes and serenaded with the Marme Corps Hymn. The eveffing was punctaated by a rousing rendition of the "Goat is Old and Gnarly", with aU joiffing in.

Jerry Garbacz presents Class plaque to Norm Bednarek

Fifteen Classmates gathered in October at the Army-Navy Country Club in ArUngton for lunch and comradesffip.

VDAM Gerald MUler '42, a USNA Distinguished Graduate 2004, spoke after lunch on the subject of comparing the Academy m ffis day with the Academy as

it is today. As a member of the USNA Board ofTrustees, President of ffis Class, and with a son in the Class of '05, our speaker was very weU quaUfied. It was interesting to reflect on then and now, and despite major changes it was surprising to note how much remains the same. It was also obvious that not too much had changed between 1942 and 1959. Jerry Garbacz served ably as emcee for ffis first Class fonction as Chairman of the Executive Comrffittee. FeUow Class President Frank Donovan (13) was among those gathered to hear VDAM MiUer's observations.

50^" Reunion Planning: Ted Alexander (18) wiU be orgamzing the team to plan and execute the big 50'' Reuffion m 2009. He is looking for volunteers for the various committees/fonctions to make it aU happen as successfoUy as in the past.

Contact him atTedBusmess@aol.com.

We learned of a RRJSfewswire-First CaU press release in October citing J.P. 0ack) London (15) as Northern Virgiffia Executive oftheYear. As Chairman, President and CEO of CACI International Inc.,Jack was selected by the Northern Virgiffia Government Contractors Councfl, Professional Services Councfl, and Wasffington Technology Magazine for CACI's accompUshments and expanded services m serving federal cUents, particffiarly in the homeland security and defense areas. BZ,Jack!

John MascaU (8) reports that our '59 basketbaU team members recently met for brunch and remiffiscing m San Jose, CA. Joiffing Diana and John were Joan and Ron Doyle (14) and Sara and Dick Johnson (6). Remember the big Navy •win in 1959 over North CaroUna in the NCAA tournament?

With more from the West Coast, correspondent Joe Keely (19) posted news of goff games for visiting January-February 2006

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CLASS N E W S Walt Szczypinski (18) with Art Merz (22) in San Diego and Joe in Newport Beach during CaroUne and Walt's •visit from Virgiffia to be with farffily as they celebrated their anniversary.

And continuing the practice of tracking our sea-going classmates, Kathy and Ron Trossback (11) have moored for the •winter in St Michaels, MD after a seven month trip to Maine in their new 36 foot Sabreffine Fast Trawler, SUNNESHINE. Arlene and Jerry McDaniel (11) provided a travelogue for a summer cruise originating in Malta, stopping in Sicfly, saffing along the East Coast of Italy, across the Adriatic to Croatia, with side ttips originating out of Dubrovmk to Veffice and other sites. Jerry plans to retarn to Dubrovffik for their boat next summer to visit favorite spots on the Riviera and then put the boat up for sale in France. We •wfll count on another report on those ports of cafl, Jerry.

The Danube Raver was recently weU traveled by '59. Cruising from Budapest to the Black Sea, Carol and Walt Wynn (11) and Jane and George Lehmberg (8) were deUghted to ffiscover they were cruising together. Note the "Rase & Sffine" banner in the accompanying photo! And from Vienna to Nuremberg (going in the opposite direction) KatUeen and Dan Branch (2) shared the waterway and sightseeing with Barbara and your scribe. Tffis cruise was sponsored by Joint Academy Travel, bringing together other service academy grads to enhance the travel experience. The 2006 Aumni Travel Program schedule of cruises and land ventures world-wide, incluffing those that are Joint Academy Travel, appears in Shipmate and is on the USNA Aumni Association website at •www.usna.com/ travel. Tffis program provides a great opportanity for Classmates to get together for a special vacation.

George Lehmberg and Walt Wynn on the Danube

Jack "Boomer" Glaeser (12) checked in from out on the road. He and Mary are stffi U-ving in their RV and traveUng

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this great country with a wish Ust of places to see and people to visit. He says he'U get it done!

From Linda Bednarek: • "Reif (5) and Joe Ford (15) are stffi grinning (or maybe gloating) after their respective flights in the 2005 Aumffi Goff Tournament held at the Naval Academy Goff Course on November 4™.. .and they point out they played from the WHITE tees, making their win aU the sweeter, sounffiy defeating younger alums in the same ffight." • Looking Back: Frank Young (12) kinffiy sent me copies of 1966 Shipmate Class columns. He suggested I use some of these columns for a look back to 40 years ago. Our secretary in those days was Lloyd Adams (23) through the May issue, and then the late Jack Machesky (23) and Dave SidUvan (2) alternated issues as East and West Coast secretaries for the remainder of the year.

Most issues featured news of one company in the spotUght. In 1966 Classmates were already serving their country with distinction in combat in RVN. Much of the news concerned the changes of duty assignments, of wffich there were many! Marriages and, in particular, growing numbers of chflffien ("stork news") were reported (now we count the grandchfldren). The PG School at Monterey was weU populated with '59ers as was USNA. About one-third of the Class was pursuing ci-vffian careers, many first acquiring impressive degrees at fine uffiversities, principaUy Harvard Business and Law Schools. The big Class business in 1966 was repeated appeals for payment of the then $3.00 annual Class dues. Not to worry if you are stiU deUnquent-we have not imposed dues for many years.

Tffis wffi be of interest to the large contingent of Classmates who attended Buffis Prep School. Our Buffis grads convened in Potomac, MD during October 21-22 to celebrate their 50 reunion. Having experienced the "Spartan simpUcity" of the old school in Silver Spring, it was with amazement that they returned to the modern facffities at the sprawUng new campus.This reunion brought together grads and some old friends who were casualties over our four years at USNA, Classmates aU, making it an extra special occasion. Attendees included Rowlette Bruce (10), Guy Curtis (9),John Ekstrom (9), Hal Grosh (10),John MascaU,

Jim McDevitt (3), Mickey McMiim (5),Jaime Sabater (9), Tony Studds (3), and Tim Tinsley (17).

In Memorium: It is with great sadness that I pass on a report of the passing of CART J. Michael Leeds, USN (Ret.) on 29 October 2005 in Virgiffia Beach,VA. Funeral services were held in Virgiffia Beach, •with burial with foU mffitary honors at ArUngton National Cemetery to be at a later date.

The Class extends our deepest sympathy to Mike's beloved wffe, Leda,ffissix sons and daughters, and five grandchflffien. Mflce was a member of the 12™ Company.

Upcoming Events Luncheons (ArUngton)—January 12, March 9, Aprfl 13, May 11 Valentine's Day Party (AnnapoUs)— February 10 (the USNA O'Club changed us).

Spring Goff (Wiffiamsburg)— Aprfl 25-28 Link in the Chain Events (AnnapoUs)—May 16-18 (detafls m March Shipmate) That's it for tffis column. A very Happy New Year 2006 to aU! Rise and Shine, Tim ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 1 % PRES: VADM Ed Clexton, USN (Ret.) 1000 Bobolink Dr.Virginia Beach.VA 23451 H: 757-491-2141; E: clexboeck@aol.com SEC'Y: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge Pl.,Midlothian,VA 23112-4337 H: 804-744-8808; E: bilewis@comcast.net WEB SITE: http://vpww.usna60.com/

I'd Uke to apologize to the Class for lack of a column tffis month. My heart and gaU bladder got in the way. I especiaUy want to thank Ed Clexton for letting so many know. A special thanks to aU those who sent emafls, phone and card messages.

I wffi be back in battery for the next column. —BillLeuHs ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 10% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 54% PRES: RADM ArUe CampbeU, USN (Ret.) C O R R . SEC'Y: CAPT Roger Onorati, USN (Ret.) 1756 Point-No-Point Dr. Annapohs.MD 21401 H: 410-849-3812; W: 410-849-2600 F: 410-849-2600 E: roger.onorati@1961.usna.com or rtrogero@comcast. net WEBMASTER: Howard Winfree E: \vinfree@1961.usna.com WEB SITE: -www.USNAei.org

Happy New Year, Gringos! I hope you afl had a great Christmas season. 2006 is a big year for us with our big 4 5 * reuffion

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not ffiat far away fix)m September 21^^ to 24*. I've been told that aU rooms at Loews are sold out, but there are stffi plenty of rooms avaflable at the Sheraton AnnapoUs Hotel located near the AnnapoUs MaU. Rhone number: (410) 266-3131.

Lots to report tffis month, so on to the nooze!

THE LATEST NOOZE. I talked to Jim HeUauer a few days after Navy's big -win over Army on December 3 , He said it was reaUy cold, reminiscent of the game it rained when we were 2" classmen. The day after the game Jim got together with some of his local 5'' company classmates for their annual dinner in honor of Buddy Flagg. In attendance were Jim, Chris Seelbach, Tony Dighton, and Tommy White.

Peter Moffett.

Navy beat A r Force ffiat made it even more of a special day for us, •

• Got some back issues from my first -wffe Jim Abbitt) on my way back home to Florida a few weeks back and came across Ned Kuhn's note in Jan-Feb 04 /Sffipmate/ about hiking the Appalacffian ttafl. I was retarnmg from a round ttip great cffcle ffiive to Anchorage (cross country the long way) and hearffiy recommend Aaska and the Aaskan ffighway m Canada for ttekkers of aU preferences who tffink CONUS is just gettmg too poUuted and crowded. I understand Aaska is stiU considered "overseas duty" by the Army. I was there for a post-race gathering ofTeam Aaska wffich had helped cycUst Ben Coutarier become the youngest fimsher of the annual Race Across America. Tffis was ffis rookie ride but my twentieth time crewing. RAAM is ffie offiy real world 24/7 endurance event I know of wffich encompasses a time frame comparable to nataral disasters, of wffich we've had plenty lately, or even round one of the cold war SIOR My interest was to see if there weren't better ways to feed and rest emergency responders to get the fatigue-effected stapid decisions down to a more acceptable number. Seems to be helping.

K-rations are now M R i s after aU. •

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• Attached are some pictares that Joe Matalavage (1960 team captain) sent and I know most of you wfll recognize some of the guys. The pictares are from the Navy/ Air Force game that celebrated the 45th reumon of our Orange Bowl team m 1961.

The Academy ffid a great job of makmg the reumon a very memorable occasion. Also,

none parted nor chafed. UnbeUevable!

Once south Florida gets back to business, we wiU complete a short yard period and head south to the Exuma islands for the winter. Next summer, Sarah and I wiU ride the Guff Stream north to the Chesapeake and the 45 class reuffion.

Sarah and I, and our four off-spring and an equal number of grandchfldren are healthy and doing just fine. • Don GrineU.

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• Today I turn 66. PRECEPT our 41ft sloop is securely moored in Raviera Beach, Florida. She survived almost three years in the Mediterranean, two crossings of the Atlantic aboard a DockWise floaton, float-off transport offiy to be welcomed back to home port by hurricane Wflma. She ffid herself proud with 26 mooring Unes and suffered offiy a smaU ding in a rub strip and the loss of two perfectly good wine glasses below decks.

Sarah and I were most fortunate. We weathered the storm at our son's town house in West Palm Beach. Fortune shone on him as weU asffisplace was unscathed.

As for the rest of the area, it is a major disaster. Houses, boats and businesses aU around are badly damaged or destroyed.

We returned aboard, to the offiy home we have had for eight years, when the winds died down to storm force to find ALL dock Unes stretched up to three feet but

• The first annual "San Diego welcomes the Spooners" party was held at the home of Mary and Joe Berkeley on Saturday afternoon, 29 October. EUen and Hal Spooner were passing through town en route a week in Hawafl. With just an overffight before an early ffight, Joe invited the locals with alumffi credentials from Columbian Prep and the Orange Bowl Na-vy team to spend a few hours visiting -with EUen and Hal visiting San Diego's oldest restaurant in Old Town.

We first gathered around the Berkeley's pool on a warm almost summer afternoon to enjoy a vast and deUcious buffet prepared by Mary to teU exchange memories, stories, with Ron McKeowm in attendance a be-vy of new jokes. Joe Matalavage brought along a folder of pictures he had taken at the reunion of the team that first played A r Force and that was celebrating the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Redeffication.With the approacffing proxirffity of complete and fuU retirements hopefuUy we'U have more -visitors to San Diego. Attending were our hostess and host, Mary and Joe Berkeley, along with Don GrinneU, Sandra and Joe Matalavage, Ron McKeown, Hanna and Jim Richardson, EUen and Hal Spooner, and Lou and Boyd Steele. • Dudley Moore.

• We had a group grope for '61 at San Diego Yacht Club for A/N game. Seethe nearby photo. • Mike McMahon.

• I have already made my reservations at Leow's and am looking forward to seeing you and the rest of our classmates next faU. I recently came across some information I wanted to share. John Kirtland has a key role in a prize-winffing fflm being shown on public television, "The Aeut Story". The fiUn is the story of the removal of the Aeuts from the Pribflof and Aeutian Islands in 1942 and their internment in very rudimentary camps in January-February 2006

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Southeast Aaska for the duration of WWII where more than 10% of them ffied. John represented them as their attorney starting in 1978 as they sought to obtain the same human and civfl rights wffich belong to afl Americans. It's a fascinating story that very few Americans know about. President Reagan signed a reparations act in 1988 wffich finaUy ended the long batde for redress. •

and famfly there, and about an equal number ofWest Point folks. •

Mike Gothie.

• Was just reaffing old saved mafl & thought I'd give an update on Kattina.

Ann & George Yarbrough and Affita & Chuck GaUagher Uved a few blocks apart m Waveland, MS and both their homes (along with most ofWaveland) were totaUy desttoyed. Chuck & Affita have moved closer to Rascagoola where Chuck works and I understand they have hot a new home. George & Ann have been in Umbo ttaveUng between Pensacola, Orange Beach and MS. They plan to rebufld on their lot in Waveland.

Our house in Diamondhead (just North ofWaveland) took a 10-12 foot waU of water and left us with a framed out structare with about 85% of the roof We are currently re-buflffing and hope to moved back in by early January. I must say that the medium has not reaUy pushed for sympathy in the right area. New Orleans just got wet - you have to reaUy be there to see the destruction wreaked on MS from Waveland to Bfloxi. Anyway, Ufe goes on and we wffi aU survive. • Joe Kavale ('68) sent the foUowing: • I have attached a photo of your classmate John Morris and wife Brenda that I took at the Oregon and Southwest Wasffington Chapter annual Army/Navy Game party.

Each year we get together with aU the local West Point Aumffi and celebrate the greatest footbaU game of the year. Tffis year's event started very rowdy from the Army folks, but they quieted down very quickly. We had about 65 Navy Aumffi

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Ed Stra-w and Ron Carlberg sent a great picture of Bffi 61st at Temple game.

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UPCOMING CLASS E'VENTS. Washington area Class luncheon on January 10th & March 1 4 * 2006.

PARTING SHOTS. "GET IT DONE WITH '61" ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% PRES: CAPT Richard J. Hayes, USN (Ret.) H: 703-461-3582; E: usna621@netzero.net SEC'Y: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) PO. Box 3380, AnnapoUs, MD 21403-3326 H: 410-974-1962; E: PlNSK62@aol.com WEB SITE: wivw.nampows.org/62.html

GREETINGS FROM ANNAPOUS. Dark ages, Shcmark ages. Not for the class of'62.We are always bright, happy and alert, engaged in many pursuits and travels. Besides, spring is here in offiy seven weeks.

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Na-vy had a good footbaU season tffis year with a record of 7 wins 4 losses including the 50th win over Army by a score of 42-23. Navy retains the Commander-in-Cffief trophy for the tffird straight year. As I'm writing tffis SHIPMATE issue. Navy is preparmg to meet and beat Colorado State Uffiversity in the Poinsettia Bowl, in San Diego's Qualcomm Staffium on December 22, 2005. GO NAVY!!

Our 48th Homeconflng party, held at the Academy's Officers Club after Navy defeated Tulane on November 5,2005 was attended by 68 classmates, wives and friends.Tradition Uves on!! Now for tffis months class news.

INMEMORIAM It is with great sadness that I inform the class of the recent passing of three of our friends and classmates. JAMES H. "JIMMY" BARNES died on October 30, 2005 in the circle offfisfamfly m Scottsdale, Arizona. At the Academy, ffis personal characteristics and smcerity brought him to the attenrion of classmates and superiors. Athough he'd fiffished offiy ffisfirstyear when the Saint Lawrence Seaway was opened in August 1959, he was selected to serve in the honor guard escorting Queen EUzabeth II of England to the Inaugural ceremoffies. Upon graduarion in 1962, the 11th Company was named the best uffit in aU-around acrivity at the Academy. As commanffing officer, Midsffipman First Class JAMES H. BARNES was selected to accept the Academy's colors as reward and that lead to ffis choosing the Color Girl for commencement exercises. He was a fine officer, assigned to a surface combatant in Long Beach, CaUforffia. His active duty was in the Pacific, wffich meant participation in the Vietnam War. JIM happened to be on shore leave in Japan when a North Vietnamese patrol boat fired upon the USS Mattox on August 2,1964. Gunnery officer BARNES immeffiately retarned to ffis post and found ffimseff engaged in combat soon thereafter His capabilities under fire were cited by superiors and he was recommended for promotion, but he ultimately decided against remaiffing in the Navy. After five years of active duty, he signed his commission. Once ashore, he spent more than 30 years in the Los Angeles area, where he married Diane VoUand in March 1969.Jim's career in civffian Ufe was with the IBM Corporation, Wang Corporation and Gould's Encore Corporation, where he

hanffied sales of main frame computers to ffie defense industry. Jim retired from Encore Computer Corporation in Torrance and moved with his fanffiy to Scottsdale,Arizona in 1998. In 2002,Jini attended the 40 year reunion of ffis 11th Company. AnnapoUs classmates and is remembered by them for a memorable adffiess he made. One of them wrote, "He always felt proud of the fact that whfle we had no real superstars, we worked togeffier as a company to succeed." Left to morn him are ffis -wffe, Diane, daughters - Nicole and MicheUe of Scottsdale.ffismother, Gladys Barnes of VisaUa, sister EUen Barnes as weU as uncounted famfly, friends and classmates irom Tffiane days and Na-vy Days.

Graveside services with foU mffitary honors were held at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.

Condolences can be sent to the famfly at 8507 East San FeUpe Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. Memorial gifis mJIM BARNES' name can be made to the Tffiane Historical Museum, P.O. Box 248,Tulane, CaUf 93275-0248.

NEIL CARLETON SAPP passed away on Thursday, November 3,2005, after an unexpected and brieffllness,surrounded by famfly and fiiends. NEIL graduated fiiom Mianfl Effison High School m 1957 and attended ffie Uffited States Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating with a degree in Aeronautical and Electrical Engineermg m the class of 1962. He served his coimtry prouffiy for five years as a Navy fighter pflot, attairflng the rank of Lieutenant, before retarrflng to JVliarffi to fly for National AirUnes. He became captam for National and later flew for Ran American and Delta, reffimg m 1999. He was active nationaUy m ffie Aff Lme Pflots Association, holding several offices. Whfle highly regarded m his profession, he was also involved m many other busmess ventares. Captam Sapp served his commumty m many ways. He was an active member of St.Thomas Episcopal Church and was the founding President of the U.S. Naval Aumffi Association of South Horida and a founder of the U S. Service Academy Aumffi Group. He was also a leader in the Riviera Country Club and the Surf Club and a volunteer for Informed Famffies and ffie national Red Ribbon Campaign.

Captam Sapp was an anchor for ffis friends and a mentor to many young people. He was able to set firm nJes and clear boundaries and stfll love unconditionaUy. He had an exceptional way of making people feel

safe. Around ffim, tffings were always under control. He shaped the Uves of many, mcluffing ffis daughters, Erin and Kerrie, who were ffie pride offfisUfe. A man of many talents, NEIL enjoyed flying, boating, buflffing, reaffing and dancing with ffis wffe, Peggy. NEIL SAPP is suivived by Peggy, ffis loving x'vffe of 44 years;ffistwo daughters, Erin (Mrs. Daffiel) Beldy and Kerrie (Mrs.Jeffiey) Lunsford; a brother, Alfred E. Sapp,Jr; a sister, Sylvia EUen Sap and seven grandchflffien (DaffielV,Taylor and Palmer Beldy and CampeU,Jeffiey Jr, Nefl and EUie Lunsford); and by a host of other friends and famfly. Services were held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5890 North KendaU Drive, on Monday November 7. In Ueu offlowers,donations may be made to Informed Famffies, The Naval Academy Aumffi Association, the Leukemia Foundation or the Humane Society.

JOHN AVERY HICKMAN died on November 23,2005 in Laurel, Maryland. John was retired from the National Security Agency. A CathoUc foneral mass was celebrated in the Naval Academy's St. Anffiews Chapel and he was buried at the Crowns-vffie, Maryland Veterans Cemetery. JOHN is survived by ffis lovmg wffe Darlene and chfldren.

Tammy and Cindy Hickman.

The class expresses it's sincerest s-ympatffies to the famffies and friends of our departed classmates: JAMES BARNES, NEEL SAPP and JOHN HICKMAN. CLASS NEWS BOB NERUP, our ever colorfol classmate, sends regards and a photo from Bremerton, Washington.

• For the last couple of years Seventh Company has been getting together. In 1994, we gathered at TOM MURPHY'S mountain top retteat in Virgiffia. The participation was great including such notables as TOM GUNLOCK, (stffi a character, he did not let us down) CHIP JUDGE, BILL GAGE, JIM PEARCE, DICK VOPELAK, RAY SISK, PJ JONES, TOM MURPHY, DAVE MULLINS, MIKE CORNFORTH and myseff.

Unfortunately, the pictures were destroyed. In 2005 we had GOA2 in Bremertown at the tree house of MIKE MALEY. Included in that group was MIKE MALEY, DAVE MULLINS, PJ JONES, MIKE CORNFORTH, BUFF CHACE, RAY SISK and myseff.

There were some wives at both gatherings as weU but can't recaU their names.

Enclosed is a picture of that gathering.

Seems a lot of hair was lost in the years gone by. Most, however, have aged weU except maybe RAY SISK who has definitely gotten ugUer. BUFF CHACE has gotten even stranger and became a world class bicycler (Ya sick) MIKE MALEY's hair on his back has turned gray, gross!

MIKE CORNFORTH and DAVE MULLINS are latent ffippies who are in fiiU bloom. I am normal, stffi a handsome seadog and learned enough to be the one who does the reporting. We are looking forward to many more gatherings but I may no longer be the reporter •

KEN DUCKWORTH, our southern Florida "correspondent" writes us tffis month.

• Obviously, I write with a sad heart from South Florida. What had been planned to be one of the great weekends of my Ufe, went from annoyance to ffisappointment to ttagedy. I had planned to be in Charleston, S. C. for my AF URT reuffion. BOB DiAISO, BOB DEMARCO and CARL N A R D O N E were corffing down to stay and we could spend some time together. Unfortanately Hurricane Wflma had other ideas. I had to put together a book of memories from the URT class , and since I was the sole surviving Na-vy guy, I was to give a Uttle memory for LAMAR HEISKELL and other guys would salute the others from our class who sacrificed. I sent up my Uttle eulogy for others to give and I know that they ffid a great job as LAMAR was loved and respected by afl of us. Wflma said no and that was a terrible disappointment. The disappointment turned to tragedy, when Peggy Sapp caUed to teU me that NEIL had passed away on November 3, 2005.Tffis was a total shock to me as I had seen NEIL in July and he was in perfect health. An arrangement was sent in the name of the class of'62. Fortunately, I could attend the service and it was overwheUmng. The '62 January-February 2006

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CLASS N E W S . graduates who attended the service were BOB DiAISO and Elaine, JIM FULLER and his wife, MARTY FARBER, BOB KUNTZ and DAVE WILSON who deUvered the eulogy. The were many other Academy graduates who attended from other classes. NEIL had been very instrumental in reactivating the South Florida Alumni Association, wffich had become rather defonct after a number of us had moved to other areas. Not offiy did Academy guys attend, but many other people from the South Florida area.

NEEL and Peggy were very active in programs to keep kids off drugs and as recendy as last March, they conducted a campaign to send various tffings to our troops in Iraq. I appreciated that very much, since my son is stationed there.

NEIL was a great friend, mentor, father, famfly man and also a fon guy to be with when the occasion arose. On a Ughter note, if that is possible, I was in Rhflly, (my home town) in July. I enclose a picture.

We ate ffinner at a South Phffiy restaurant and in the background was the mothbaUed Battleship "New Jersey" whose huU number is 62. With aU due respect to our other classmates from the other forty ffine, maybe we should be caUed "The New Jersey Class". â&#x20AC;˘

Class President, DICK HAYES,fiUsus in on the latest BOT meeting. â&#x20AC;˘ As your Class President, I attended the Board ofTrustees meeting on December 1st. Our class was weU represented.

Besides myseff, SNUFFY SMITH, CORBIN McNEIL, BOB "ZEKE" PARTRICK and JERRY POPP were at the meeting. The foUowing is a synopsis of the meeting.

The Board ofTrustees convened in Aumni HaU on 1 December with a caU to order and remarks by the Chairman, ADM C. H.Trost, USN (ret). He then asked for a moment of sflence remembrance for those alumni who have passed on since the May BOT meeting. Then he made a motion to recognize the many contributions of the late Capt W.S. Busik,

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USN (ret), by donating an arch in the Na-vy-Marine Corps Stadium to ffis memory from the Aumffi Association.

The motion passed. The rffinutes of the May 2005 BOT meeting were approved and committee reports commenced.

The commuffications comrffittee, reported by Chairman Dan Proulx stated that the principal commuffications mediums -SHIPMATE, web sites and Internet communications via "usna.com" were working weU. The adrmssions committee chair, BiU Rentz covered ffie quaUty and composition of appUcants and adrmssions. Inffisview (and that of the Superintendent) USNA is stfll receiving exceptional canffidates.

The house comrffittee chair. Bob Stevenson covered the repairs to Ogle HaU (Aumni House), incluffing the new roof and reffirbished fence, the cottage and 49 house. As weU Bob covered the process and statas of the Americans with Disabilities Act improvements to Ogle HaU wffich wffi provide elevator and bathroom facffities for the ffisabled. At the same time, this project is being worked, a new heating /air conffitiomng plant wffi be instaUed. The "Other Chapter" trustee selection was presented by Raese Simpson, who statedffiatthe Aamo, Columbus/Central Offio and North Texas chapters had been selected to take a BOT seat at ffie conclusion of the May 2006 BOT meeting.

The Superintendent,VADM Rodney P. Rempt, USN, then presented many aspects of adrffission, training and facffitating today's Brigade. He ffiscussed rffidshipman moral, physical and academic growth, ffighUghting some of the iffitiatives to bring more responsibflity to Midshipman leadership of the Brigade.

He addressed the moral character of the Brigade and the process to execute the Honor concept totaUy. Then he covered many of the construction/renovation projects: completed, in work and funded.

Possibly the most significant is the renovation of King HaU, which wffi necessitate using Dalghren HaU to feed about 2/3 of the Brigade for about 18 months. Tffis project wffi ultimately involve gutting, re-roofing and modernizing King Hall in two increments. King HaU has had no major renovations since construction. The Supe stated some desired projects where Aumni assistance stiU is needed.

President and CEO, George Watt, summarized his senfl-annual report. He additionaUy noted the performance of the

jomt Investtnent Committee, ffie error free auffit and the continuing investtnent growth. George stated that as we close the "Leaders to Serve the Narion" campaign, no new formal campaign wfll commence.

However, every effort -wfll be expended to meet the needs of the Academy to mamtain our margm of exceUence. He adffitionaUy presented an overview of the presentation he was requested to give the Board of Visitors in October, on Capitol HiU. Next, the vice Chair, CORBIN McNEEL, covered the Joint Finance Audit report. Of sigffificance were the facts that no accounting errors were noted and that no cover letter suggesting improvements to procedures were issued.

Hank Sanford covered the efforts of the Joint Investment comrffittee. The report noted continued investment growth, currendy near $125M. He addressed the performance of our principal investment firm (Hirde, CaUahan & Co.), specificaUy it's performance versus expectations and the ongoing competitive process to deterrffine the correct firm to manage these assets. The search process for the correct firm has narrowed the field from 48 canffidate firms to 2 and a final selection is expected tffis month.

The membersffip committee chair, Dan Lear, reported an association growT:h to nearly 51,000 members and the efforts to find and enroU alumffi not now active.

He announced a Ust of 22 Associate members and a motion to approve passed.

Dan also norffinated the Honorable Gordon England(SECNAV,DERSECDEF norffinee) as an honorary member, and tffis nonflnation was approved.

Dan Lear continued as co-chair of the Plan 2010 as-hoc re-view committee, -with the other chair, Dan Proulx and covered the procedures they wffi utilize to stand up the comrffittee to review the Association's strategic plan.

The class president's report was given

by RADM Ray Snyder. He described how the councfl of Class Presidents has organized comnflttees within the councfl to assist other association comnflttees with their tasks.

Ray, as chair of the governance comrffittee, presented a plan to change the composition of the BOT. The plan caUed for 6 elected Directors, 6 chapter Presidents and 6 Class Presidents to provide equal representation on the BOT. After a somewhat contentious debate, a motion to approve the plan was made and although there was a majority vote in

favor, it ffid not win approval since a 2/3 niajoritv' vote is required to change the Aunmi Association By Laws.

The nonflnating committee was ffisestabUshed by the Chairman, due to some procedural nflstakes.A new comnflttee wiU act on nominees for Chairman, Mid Adantic and Western Regional Trustees in ffie near fotare. Elections -wffi be held on schedffie.

The BOT meeting ended with the singing of Navv' Blue and Gold. • TOM and WENDY B R A N D O N had qmte an adventare ffiese last eighteen months. TOM writes.

• As you can teU fix)m ffie adffiess on ffie envelope, our address has changed again. In August we bought a new home in Guff Bieeze proper. The hurricane sitaation has finaUy moved ffie Brandon's off Pensacola Beach. I-van ffit Sept. 16,2004. We moved in wiffi our son Mflce and famfly unffi March 2005, when we moved mto a FEMA trafler, parked m the ffiiveway of our empty lot on ffie beach.Yep, our home onffiebeach was torn down. We lived(????) ffiere unffi Jffiy 10 when Hurricane Denis ffit Pensacola Beach and tamed our trafler over. We agam moved in wiffi Mike unffi August 29 when we moved mto our new home m Guff Breeze. Hurricane Katrina ffid no damage to our new home, although it brought lots of ram and 3 more inches of sand to Pensacola Beach. We were lucky to get our old telephone number back. It is 850932-7619 and the adffiess is 508 Dracena Way GuffBreeze FL. 32561-4606. • CAPand MARGY BEYER send their hoUday regards to aU classmates.The BEYERS Uve in Jupiter Iffiet Colony Florida. They sent along a letter to the editor of the November 19,2005 WaU Stteet Journal, written by our classmate and former Navy Surgeon General, HAL KOENIG, regarding the use of DDT to stop the spread of Malaria. HAL and DEENA Uve m San Diego, but he serves as Chairman and President of the AimapoUs Center for Science Based PubUc PoUcy m AnnapoUs. That's our class news for the combmed January-February winter issue of SHIPMATE. The plea for class news is never endmg. Send in the news along with photos any way you can. Your classmates reaUy look forward to hearing from you. Keepffitouch. Untfl next rime...

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 5 3 % PRES: CAPTW. Spencer Johnson FV, USN (Ret.) SEC'Y: Michael H. SheUey 25 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 H: 828-862-4245; E: nst.ar@citcom.net WEB SITE: www.USNA63.org

We begin tffis monffi's report with the sobering news that two members of ffie Class of 1963 famfly have passed away recendy. George Nolan ffied on 29 November whfle in PlacerviUe, CA, for a famfly reuffion. He had been batffing colon cancer wiffi courage and grace. I want to share tffis photo of George and Bonffie wffich was taken a few months ago.

Jennifer and Bffi Earner, Anne andTom O'Brien, Sharon and Bob Forster, Lynn and Raul Tobin, and Lisa and Jim Metcaffe. At the game earUer that day I saw Arlene and Forrest Siburt, Mike Bracey and wife. Fern and Ian Sargent, and Pete "PJ" Chaney. Aso visiting our taflgate party was Spencer Johnson '93, Harvard Law '01, who is back in the DC area and looking for employment for ffis considerable talents. •

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At the end of November I also received the sad news that Suzan AUtt had passed away. Bruce and the famfly ask that any memorial conttiburions be made to the USNA Class of 1963 Foundarion in her name.

If you are reading tffis for the first time in February, remember that each of our Sffipmate columns appears first at •www.USNA63.org. Tffis text was posted there in nfld-December. Because of severe length restticrions for the magazme, the web version is usuaUy much longer. Tffis month, for example, it contains several addirional news items and many more photos. Our web site conrinues to be busy: about 6,000 •visits are logged each month.

We have a good variety of'63 sports news tffis month. The first comes from Jim Metcalfe, who sent tffis account from Homeconflng weeisend at USNA in November.

• Again tffis year, Carla and Jeff MUes hosted the Class of 1963 Homeconflng party at their lovely home in AnnapoUs. It was a good, lively crowd composed of Sandy and Ron Klemick, Carol and Bob Harper, Jan and Pete Quinton, Spencer Johnson, Mike Croffin, Chester Wffite, Fran and Tom ReemeUn, Larissa and Bruce Webb and daughter Elena, Linda and CharUe Stabbs, John KeUy, Jan and Phfl Rooney, Kate and Jim Ring,

Here is a photo of a ghost from the past — Midsffipman Spencer Johnson in working wffites with Dixie cup on ffis head and name stencfled across the front of ffis unfform. He is flanked by our hosts Caria and Jeff. That's Tom O'Brien m the background.

Na^vy's fourth consecutive footbaU victory over Army was enjoyed by our classmates at the game in Phfladelpffia and at several parties across the country. Let's begin with PhiUip Marsden's report from the largest annual 1963 party.

• The 2005 Class of'63 Army/Navy game festivities •were a two-day event hosted by Karen and Steve Hoy at their beautifiil home in the Bear Creek development in Murietta, CA. On Friday, 11 classmates played the chaUenging Bear Creek course. The winffing team anchored by Bffi Hughes, Roy Warren and David Moore edged out the outstanffing team of Lew BlackweU,Jim Thornton, John McCabe and John Dolby.

Left weU out of the money was the Goat Team comprised of Steve Hoy, Mike Krause, Glenn Takabayashi, and Kit Karson. FoUowing the golf, the intrepid golfers enjoyed cocktafls and dinner together with their wives.

On game day Satarday, our loyal band of supporters watched Na^vy beat Army at the Hoy's Bear Creek home. The Hoy's graciously hosted ,the game this year, giving June and Chuck Stone a year off after hosting the event for the last 10 years. In attendance were Helen and Dick Anderson, John Dolby, Sue and Bob Easton, Rat and Jim Fontana, Maureen and January-February 2006

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Meanwhfle, on the East Coast, Sherry and Don Freese watched the Army game with a large group of Na^vy fans at Ricky T's Sports Bar in St. Petersburg Beach, FL. One of the co-owners of that estabUshment is Jack Krayffiak, son ofJack Kjrayniak '63, who ffied of cancer in 1988. Don took 1960-1962 Lucky Bags to the party so that young Jack could see the photos offfisdad. Don subnfltted some pictures taken at Ricky T's. He also sent a photo offfimseffwith ffis two cars; they wear Florida Ucense plates NAVY 63 and 63 NAVY. See them on the web.

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during their time there, but they were at USNA for offiy three years. Thus, '63 was the first class to see Na^vy beat Army four years in a row. • Steve Coester won the Gold Medal in the tennis men's 60's singles competition Tennis champ at the Florida Steve Coester Seminole County Golden Age Games in November. He also teamed with a high school classmate to take the Bronze Medal in doubles. At the State finals in December, Steve advanced to the second round of singles play before losing 6-2,7-6 (7-5).

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To the north, several DC-area classmates watched the game from the Army-Navy Country Club in ArUngton.VA. Our class Vice President Jim Ring reported, • We had a pretty good turnout for another Navy win —Janice and Dick Kuntz, Fran and Tom ReemeUn, Mike Cronin, Kent Maxfield, Forrest Siburt, Frank Edrington, and me. The Class of 2006 joins the USNA Classes of'63,'64, and '77 who were at USNA to see Navy beat Army aU four years. The Classes of '43, '44, and '45 also saw Navy beat Army 88

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• It's been a whfle since I dropped a Une to Shipmate. I want to share this photo, along with both Terry's and my happiness in having our son Chris,ffiswife Vivian, and our two granddaughters move near us for the first time. They transferred to Maine and NAS Brunswick in May, where Chris is the safety officer forVR62. The squadron, flying C-130's, provides rapid response, global air logistics and support to U.S. Maritime Forces. Since comrffissioning in 1993, he has Uved far from ffis roots in New England. We love the fact that he and his family are offiy an quick two-hour drive from our home.

We look forward to enjoying their time up here and spoiling the litde girls whenever we can. •

The web site version of tffis column includes additional reports from Glenn LauryJJ Calande, Peter Carrothers, and WiU Setde, plus an interesting article about Bflil Haslet's wife Chauffi. Take a look!

Thus ends another good report, thanks to the guys •^^ho suppUed the news and images for me to share with you. As I say again and again, it's YOUR turn!

Many of you who are regular readers of our news exchange have never contacted me with news about yourseff. Stop procrastinating! You're reaffing tffis magazine during the Dark Ages, so you should be able to find time to •write. We'd love to hear from you.

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Greetings to the Great Class of '64. As I write, the Na'vy footbaU team has just produced a most satisfying win over Army and many, certaiffiy incluffing the Plebes, are stffi basking in the reflected glory of that win. Na^vy's imnflnent 22 December (past to you readers) Poinsettia Bowl Appearance against the Colorado State Rams promises to be a fitting ffighUght to a fine 7-4 season. For those that went to San Diego or supported the bowl tickets sales, thanks. Na^vy has earned a fine reputation in the CoUege Bowl community and wffi be a favorite foture pick thanks to your support. Other items at the old school include hosting President Bush's speech on Iraq and completion of service selection. As of 2 Dec, Firsties know their service and community, but won't have locations, or units untfl February. Among these Firsties are three Rhodes scholars. They, along with one USNA type who is already commissioned represent a record for Na^vy in four Rhodes selections in a year, are the largest number selected from a single US coUege this year and represent four of offiy 32 scholarships awarded.

There is also plenty of sad news dfls time. The Extended Brigade mourns the loss ofVadm Bfll Lawrence, USNA '51, Korea andVietnam pflot with 175 Combat iffissions, three Sflver Stars, two Purple Hearts, ROW from 67 to 73, US Tffird Fleet Conmiander, and former Academy

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Supermtendent. As a class, our ffioughts and sympatffies go out to Diane and the Lawrence Famfly. Our Na^vy conmiuffity wfll nflss tffis hero and inspiration.

As a class, we also mourn the loss of one of oiu: own. Louie Mauney, 1 9 * Company, 20 year Na'vy Pflot, and recendy fix)m North Myrde Beach SC, died on 19 November at Duke Uffiversity hospital. He lost ffis batde with Mffitiple Myeloma as he was undergoing tteatment at Duke. Wayne Arny, class and company-mate was visiting at ffie time and so pro^vided some immeffiate support.

Lome was a man of great integrity and fim, having proclaimed ffimseff ffie Myrde Beach Town Character. He wfll be missed byffielocal volunteer orgaffizations he so weU supported (Board of Directors of local Humane Society and Volunteer of ffie year for ffie North Myrde Beach Chamber of Commerce), by us and ffis many friends, and by ffis survi^ving Famfly.

Our condolences and best •wishes go out to his •wffe Betty, son Loffie A. Mauney II, daughter Michele Deffise Mauney, and sister Deffise Houston.

Offier sad news among the class, is the death of Sue Jordan, Bob Jordan's wife.

Jack Geraghty sent the foUowing note: "Sue Jordan, wffe of Bob Jordan (7th Co.),ffiedon November 11, 2005 after a baffie with lung cancer. She originaUy had surgery m June 2004 but suffered a relapse this year. Sue was interred at Fort Rosecrans, Pomt Loma in San Diego. Bob and Sue had tffiee chflffien and several grandchflffien. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Bob and the famfly.

We have several classmates and classmate famffies doing weU whfle doing good. John Howland sent a Washington Post.com article •written by Laura about Jerry Evans' wife Marty (Marsha actuaUy) current head of the American Red Cross. In part it reads:" In tffis year of hurricanes and floods, of tornadoes, flu pamc and creeping global measles, in a year that Marty described as "just one big disaster," the Red Cross president — imploring television viewers to give blood and money — has been the pubUc face of care. But when Marty comes home, she opens the door to a private space, where she is the one cared for."

"I'm the power beffind the throne says Jerry a retired Na^vy pflot who golfs and has cafled ffimseff a house spouse for over twenty years".The article goes on to say that in the midst of the stress and chaos of ravaged area visits, Marty does beading for sttess reUef whfle Jerry pitches in to see

that aU is weU on the home front. "She may outrank me quite a bit," Jerry said, smfling, "but I'm the commander in chief at home," Marty looked at him."

Sometimes," he said". It was a nice article about the Evan's great works. Ed Conant sent an arricle by Andrew Blair of Virginia Golfer on Tom Flory.Tom, 15 Company and Captain of the 1964 USNA Goff team, spent many successful years in mo^ving and storage and commercial real estate and has always kept up with his Goff. He was ranked as ffigh as fifth on the senior tour nationaUy won the 2001 Virginia seffior amateur, has often (even usuaUy) been Virginia's number 1 ranked senior amateur and has been Virgiffia seffior player of the year many times. Tom and Rriscffia now Uve in Madison in centtal Virgiffia. In adffirion to ffis goff, Tom has always kept up with ffis good works. The arricle focused on Tom and Rriscffia's taking in needy women including orphans, widows, battered women, and even the homeless.Tom and Rriscffia may have as many as six of these extended famfly members U^ving in their home at any one time. In Tom's words from the article," Goff wffi end but tffis is us" Great work,Tom and Rriscffia.

There were plenty of gatherings of classmates during Na^vy/Army footbaU game time. BUI MaUn sent the foUowing on the Na^vy/Army gathering he hosted in Atlanta: • " Sue and I did not have to enjoy the game alone. We -were pleased and fortunate to have four classmates and their wives join us for the game with dinner afterward. We enjoyed the pleasant company ofJohn and Linda Andrews (3rd Co.), Mike and Shefla Blackwelder (16th Co.), Clark and Rachel Jones (19th Co.), and Terry and Dianne Ward (16th Co.).

Clark, Terry and I Uve on Lake Oconee in Georgia and John and Mike came over from Adanta to enjoy the game with us.

It was just like old times, five of us in the home theater with the wives in the famfly room. They told us they didn't need to watch the game because they just Ustened for the roar from the other room when Na-vy scored. Take it from me, five seasoned Navy veterans can stffi make a pretty good roar watching the plays Navy put up against Army. Sue and I finished buflding our current home in June of tffis year and we have almost completed getting setded. Having our classmates in for the game was our first official opportunity to entertain and we are absolutely deUghted with the results.

I seriously doubt any other group could have done as good a job christening the bar in the famfly room. The Class of "64 StiU knows how to have a good time and enjoys doing it. The enclosed picture shows everyone except Sue who was beffind the camera taking the picture." •

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Andrews are foreground left, Blackwelders background left, Bffi at the bar, Jones foreground right and Wards, background right.

Farrell at Trophy Hills

Ed FarreU celebrated forthcoming Na-vy/Army activities on the goff course.

This from Ed: • "From left to right (Ed Note: in the picture below) is John AUch, Ed FarreU and John Gorman on the Hffis Course at Trophy Club in DaUas on October 24.

Our class was weU represented at the 13 Annual Service Academy Golf Classic, a unique NCAA sanctioned goff tournament featuring head to head competition between Cadets and Midshipmen from ArmyAr Force, Merchant Marine and Navy. Gary KeUner was there, too, but was not avaflable for the photo-op.

Cadets and rffidshipmen are paired with alumni and friends to help raise money for the atffietic departments of each academy. The weather was incredible, the golf great and we had ample time to for old tales to be retold. The youngster who teamed with us on Sunday wanted to know if we had classes on Saturday. We told ffim offiy untfl noon meal formation!

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The USNAA Commuffications folks, who put together Shipmate met with us corresponffing Secretaries November 10 .1 found out Sffipmate is one of offiy a very few alumffi magazines nationwide that pubUshes 10 times a year. To keep it relevant and interesting, the class columns need your input. Due dates I have to meet for electtoffic submission for the next few are 19 Jan for the March issue, 16 Feb for Aprfl, and 16 March for May. So if you have sometffing, please get it to me a few days before these deadUnes. Thanks.

That's it for this time. Take care classmates, and as always, remember those in harms -way S/ Jim Shanahan ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: LIFE MEMBERSHIP:

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With aU the GR^AT news to report and exult in — our 40 Reuffion and the marvelous victory over Army in footbaU, I must lead with the sad announcements of the passing of two of our classmates.

Captain Jim Morford, III passed away on 10 November. Jim was born in Wflmmgton, DE on 28 July 1940 and prouffiy served ffis country for over 30 years, retiring in 1991 as a Vietnam Veteran. Jim is survived by ffis loving wife, Gafl; daughter, Debbie Calderwood; stepchfldren, Debbie Fauss, Dawn Swiatkowski; sister, Peggy Pendergrass, and five grandchfldren. Comrffittal Service with MiUtary Honors were held on 17 November at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego Bruce Liska attended and reported, • "With NAS North Island in the backdrop and planes and helos in the air it was a fitting traffitional tribute to Jim with ffis famfly and friends in attendance. At

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the same time as the ceremony the USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) was conducting a change-of-command ceremony whfle tied up to the North Island quay waU. I had not seen him in recent years at any of our San Diego area gatherings so am not sure how ffis health had been. I ffidn't see any other classmates in attendance so felt I shoffid share tffis info with the rest of you." • Our prayers go out to Jim's famfly.

Aso on 12 October 14, Thomas J. Heiselman, 62, ffied at his home in RaceviUe, KY.Tom attended the U.S. Naval Academy and then Loma Linda Uffiversity. He practiced anesthesia at South Pittsburg Hospital, Fort Sanders Loudon Hospital and Woods Memorial Hospital. He is survived by ffis wife, Linda HeiseUnan, of Racevffie; one son, three daughters, two sisters, and six grandchfldren. Memorial services were held in Chattanooga.

JuUe Megan Burdette (Dick's daughter), also wrote on 22 Nov to let everyone know that on 14 Nov the governor of Nevada dedicated a new geothermal power plant in her dad's (and our classmate's) memory - the Richard "Dick" Burdette Geothermal Rower Plant at Steamboat,Washoe County Nevada, if you have would Uke to contact JuUe, you can caU her at 775-443-0887 or contact her -via emafl at imxc@nvbeU.net.

On to some Reumon items:.You may have noticed from the 40 Presentation/ CD that I'd compfled from those responffing a few interesting statistics: Those classmates staying in to retirement: 48%; Those mefficaUy discharged/retired: 3%;Those out between 4 and 9 yrs: 46%; Those out between 10 and 15 -yrs: 4%.

A good number — I'd estimate about 33% of those out prior to retirement joined the reserves.

Pete Gness sent this out to everyone — with warm appreciation to aU who worked many hours to make the Reuffion another smashing success: • Dear Classmates: I just want to send a note thanking everyone who participated in our 40th reunion. From survey reports coUected

by Phil it was a fon time for aU. I also want to recogffize those whose participation in the organizing and activities for the reunion made it the success that it was. If you see any of these great people, they deserve a weU earned thanks. Lloyd Abbot; Dave and Judy Anderson; John Bishop; Doyle and Joan

Borchers; Larry Brady; Mike Epprecht; PhU and Linda Ferrara; Pat and Carrie Fitch; Sted and Robin Garber; Hap and Kayleen Hadd; D o n HaUwachs; D o u g and Sharon Katz; Ted Krauss; DoUy I^wis; Arnie McKechnie; Clem and Betsy Meehan; Chip MiUer; Jim and Diann Minderiein; CharUe Morrison; Tom Murphy; Chip and Mary Seymour; Roger and AimameUa Smith; Dave and Geri Vigrass; Denny Wedekind and Debbie MaUow; Dick Zinrmerman. There also are many classmates and their wives who contributed financiaUy or donated air mfles to enable less fortanate classmates to attend the reuffion. To these we owe a debt of gratitude and wffi maintain their anonyrffity.

And lastly, a special thanks to Phfl Ferrara for aUffisextra support and time spent to assist me on tffis reuffion. I know I've forgotten someone, but please forgive me tffis once. • Thanks PETE Our other Comm weeffie, Gary "Zoo" Rezeau, wrote on 9 November ffis -views on the Reuffion wffich I ffiought pretty weU summed up the -views of most aU of the attendees: • Classmates, because I have offiy attended a few homecomings, I was very excited and filled -with great expectations for our 40th. And as most of the feed back infficates, not offiy were our mffi-vidual expectations met, they were overwhelmingly exceeded across the board.

As a class we have been blessed with a cadre of classmates who have somehow managed to sacrifice a great deal of ffieir "free" time whfle maintaiffing both fanffiy and professional lives to conceive, plan and execute a long weekend of uffique events that were both fun and emotionaUy satisfying to our classmates, spouses and children. To be able to craft such an event attests to the skffi, work ethic and leadership of the team of involved classmates at aU levels in the process. That the m-yriad of detafls were aU folded into the grand plan so weU is another mark of excellence. Having our o-wn command performance from the Scottish Pipers and the appearance of the Supe with the cheerieaders to lead us in our own pep raUy made a memorable day even more special.

A round of sincere thank yous to: • Pete & Melanie Gness and the reunion staff whose modesty is offiy exceeded by their accompUshments.

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• AU classmates and spouses who by ffieir attendance added depth and enriched our reunion experience.

• CharUe Morrison, Doug Metzger, Chip MiUer, Claude Lumpkin, Rich Harden, and Chaplam Baker for making ffie tnfly one of a kmd event so special as we gaffiered as a class to celebrate and remember our deceased classmates.

• Mike Epprecht and ffis team of conttibutors for producing The AnnapoUs Reuffion Times. Tffis book is the perfect compamon to T H E R ^ I WAS...., and wffi be a lasting tteasure of memories.

• Doug "WaXer" HaUwachs for bemg so gifted at commuffication ffirough art and humor • Dave Anderson, who in adffirion to his years of class service as our Secretary, produced the CD contaiffing a wealth of informarion on classmates that extends ffie reuffion with each vie^wing.

• Denny Wedekind, Debbie MaUow and Denny's broffier Chuck for keeping ffieir store open long hours and foUo^'Aing ffie class around AnnapoUs so the we aU had a chance to improve our warffiobes.

And last of aU, a special ffiank you to ffie widows and chflffien of our deceased classmates for attendmg. Having you ffiere was a remmder to us aU of why we need to make the effort to stay in touch.

Your husbands and faffiers were aU contributors to makmg our class into a group of special men, who worked hard, acffieved much and Uved exemplary Uves. To have you -with us, ff offiy for a few days, was both a privflege and in a way brought some closure to our coUecrive loss.

In closmg, my offiy regret is that I ffid not get a chance to speak with more classmates and spouses. But I look forward to a fotare opportaffity to do so at our next reuffion. Zoo • A few photos (avaflable on BuU's Directory — see above) from the Reuffion:

On to other news ...

Ted Nanz, on 13 Oct checked in with some exciting news: • This morffing MeUza deUvered a beautifol 3 pounds, ffine ounces baby girl, premature at 7 months. Baby is kicking vigorously which I determine is a sign for a soccer proffigy! Ted and MeUza Nanz • Pete Gness, Judd Halenza, Phil Ferrara, Ron Bancroft

He's a lock for our oldest pappy of a newborn. Congrats,Ted, to you and MeUza!!

From Rand Case, 20 Nov

Herb and Fran Barnett

Arnie and Carol McKechnie, Tom Murphy

Jim Sexton, Arnie Soderman, Chip Miller, Frank Wilson, Pete O'Connor

• Classmates: We wanted to let you know about a project we are working on to provide a sheU to the crew program in perpetuity. The boat wiU be named CLASS OF 1965 MEMORIAL and wffi be dedicated to the memory of Bffi Boles, Dave Driver and Dick Pierson, our classmates who rowed crew and gave their Uves in the service of their country. We are raising $100,000 of which $30,000 wffi be used to purchase the initial sheU and $70,000 wffi be invested by the Naval Academy Foundation. When the initial sheU has served its usefol Ufe it wfll be sold and the proceeds along with the earnings of the invested funds wffi be used to purchase a new sheU; we envision that tffis process wffi continue indefinitely thus continuously proviffing a CLASS OF 1965 MEMORIAL sheU to the crew program. We have a memorandum of understanffing with the atffietic association and the foundation so this is an official Naval Academy Foundarion project but it is not an at large class project; we have soUcited offiy those members of our class who rowed on the crew. We thought however that some of you who were friends of Bffi or Dave or Dick rffight want to participate and we would love to have you. If any of you are interested please contact one of us and we wffi send you forther information as weU as the appropriate forms. Best Regards, Sted Garber and Rand Case • From Ron Bancroft, 24 Oct

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• I am just back from attending the festiviries that commemorated Nelson's masterfol •victory It was a memorable weekend that I shared with Kevin Sharer '70.The highUght was a black rie dinner on the lower gun deck of the Victory on the 21^'-. The Brirish Navy knows how to celebrate such events, and they did themselves proud. Ke^vin and I tried to hold up the best traditions of the US Na^vy as it appeared ( oddly) that no active duty US Naval officers were present. • January-February 2 0 0 6

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jVQiTjil C L A S S N E W S From D i c k Z i m m e r m a n , 16 Nov • Please remember that there are stffi lots of copies of our class sea story waiting to be snapped up as Christmas or Hanukkah presents. At $35 for one copy, or $25 each for more than one, it's as good a bargain as you're going to find out there tffis season.

Let me know if you need the detafls of the ordering info. Dick • O n 27 Oct, Joan Borchers, as a proud wife, reported on the results of an inspiring project inspired by husband Doyle's leadersffip when he was C O of the Carl Vinson. It is a magnificent eagle m o n u ment - "Enduring Freedom", a seven-foot ffigh tribute created to honor the men and w o m e n of the Uffited States Armed Forces — which was a brainchfld of Doyle's, and now, after completion, wffi have a permanent home in the lobby of the Pentagon From CharUe Morrison, 05 Nov • I bet you did not know that Roger Staubach is involved in N A S C A R . The below Unk to a Sports lUustrated dot com article detafls the 2006 HaU of Fame (HOF) team of Staubach and A k m a n (yes Troy A k m a n ) with two time N A S C A R champion Terry Labonte as their first driver for 2006. WeU ifJoe Gibbs could do it — why not two former DaUas Cowboy QBs. Check tffis out (if SI is stffi retaiffing it on their website): SI.com - Racing - Labonte, Raines join new H O F Racing team - Thursday November 3,2005 9:17RM • From T o m Crowder, 06 Dec • AU, In case you nflssed it, there was an interview with CharUe Morrison on December 2nd that he is too modest to direct your attention to: http://wrww.dcmiUtary.com/na^vy/trident /10_43/sports/38571-l.html. Warm regards,Tom • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: LIFE MEMBERSHIP:

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I decided to start answering my own beUs. I'm excited and looking forward to new ventures. There is much to cover, so let's get to it.

You may have heard about the Class sponsoring a resolution on Tom Kimmel's quest to have his grandfather's rank reinstated. It's been a Ufe-long quest ofTom's.

Here is a letter from Class Executive Comiffittee Chairman, Clay Spikes, describing the circumstances. This, the Ad H o c Comnflttee resolution (.pdf), and the rffinutes from the three Executive Comrffittee meetings for 2005 are posted on the Class web site for review.

• 9 December 2005 From: Chairman, Class of 1966 Executive Comiffittee Subj: CLASS O F 1966 R E S O L U TION REGARDING RADM H U S B A N D E. KIMMEL, U S N A N D M G E N WALTER C. S H O R T , U S A 1. In February 2005, our Classmate, Tom Kimmel, requested that the Class of 1966 provide a resolution supporting his efforts toward his grandfather's rank being restored to fuU adrmral. H e pointed out that he had already secured such resolutions from the foUowing, among others: • U.S. Congress • Pearl Harbor Survivors Association • Naval Academy A u m n i Association •Veterans of Foreign Wars • Adnflral Nirffitz Foundation • Six (6) former C N O s • Two (2) former Chairmen of the JCS • O n e (1) former Director of the CIA • Thirty three (33) four-star admirals (7 included above) 2. The Class of 1966 Executive Comnflttee (12 voting and 2 ad hoc members) and Class President debated the issue of such a resolution and agreed that the majority of Classmates would consider this as something our Class's two elected boffies coffid address on behalf of the Class. That is, rather than go out to the entire class for comment, the Executive Committee and Class President would take responsibiUty for this.

3. In May 2005, the Executive Comnflttee Chairman, Clay Spikes, asked the Class President to form an ad hoc group to address Tom K's request. Mike Haskins formed the group, which included Mike KeUy, Russ Hale and Tom Eubanks. I beUeve we could not have convened a more balanced and qualified group of Classmates to review the substance, procedure and politics of this saga, and recommend on Tom K's request.

In fact, more than haff of the group started with very suspect attitudes. They spent over 150 hours of personal meeting and study time, including several hours of intensive questioning ofTom K in coming to a recommendarion.They did not agree on everything, but they stand by their product to the Executive Committee.

4. In October 2005, based on the dehberations of the ad hoc group (including their interview with Tom K and input from other classmates), Mike Haskins provided a draft of the resolution to Clay Spikes, w h o distributed it to the Executive Committee for review.

5. U p o n concurrence by the Executive Committee, our Class President signed the resolution on behaff of the Class on 5 November 2005. Given that a total of 17 Classmates from a very broad cross-section of attitudes, interests. Naval careers and poUtical convictions regarffing tffis issue managed to agree on the action, we felt comfortable with Mike Haskins doing tffis. We had planned on reporting on the resolution in Shipmate and it wfll be in the Jan/Feb issue.

6. T h e signed resolution and the rffinutes from the 2005 Executive Comnflttee meetings are avaflable on the Class of 1966 Website (www.usna66.org).

Appropriate rffinority views on the resolution are welcomed and wffi be retained for Class of 1966 posterity. In the fotare, this vefficle wffi be used to keep the entire Class informed of actions by the Class Executive Comnflttee and President, and to soUcit comments w h e n appropriate. //Clayton H. Spikes// • Kevin " K C " Cassidy ('72), sent the foUowing open letter top the Class. It's weU worth reaffing. I sent it to the Class emafl Ust, but I beUeve it merits re-pubUshing here.

• "Signs of Faith and Courage from a Friend: This is an open letter regarding CART Morris " M o o s e " C. F o o t e U S N (Ret), U S N A class of 1966. It is a letter to him through the SHIPMATE so that I can teU him and anyone reading tffis what a truly remarkable human being he is. I know this first hand as I have Uved in Morris and Cheryl's h o m e for aUnost 13 months [September'04-October'05].

Cheryl is Morris' beautiful bride and my bride's best friend for 20+ years. I have come to know Morris as a great gendeman, a devoted famfly man, a wonderful friend, and an amazing h u m a n being.

Through his strong character and ffisplay of courage in the face of huge ffifficffities,

Morris has helped me get closer to my Higher Power, whom I caU God, and appreciate my many blessings. For those of you who may not know, Morris is batffing prostate cancer and at this point ui time has few good days. But through it aU he has remained more concerned about me and my dafly batde -with alcohoUsm than of his o-wn sitaation. His constant encouragement for me to "stay ffie course" has helped me remain focused on my program and reffize how fortanate I am to be able to see positive resffits and a bright fotare. Words fafl me when I try to express my adrffiration of him, hence, tffis open letter.

Morris and Cheryl offered (actaaUy insisted) ffiat I stay -with them in their beautififl home in September 2004, as my job wiffi ffie federal government was moved from Norfolk to the Wasffington Navy Yard. Despite the pain and ffi sideeffects of ffis tteatments, Morris never made me feel that I was a burden or an mtruder m theff home. Often he woffid wait up for me to come in from work or a late meeting to just have a few rffinutes to talk together. He has no way of knowmg how much that effort on ffis part and ffiose -visits meant to me. I have thoroughly enjoyed our time and conversations together It was also good sometimes just to sit quiedy together and watch an old war movie re-run on the TV. Conversation then was unnecessary, as we both knew who would eventuaUy wm and offiy spoke to critique the battle plans! Other times, when he rffight not be feeUng very weU and our -visit was short, I could count on gettmg a smfle from him when I respond to ffis questions with, "No matter what my response is, it is not going to be right because you say that '12 didn't have

a plebe year". His smfle always Ufted my spirits and I hope my teasmg lifted ffis.

In operflng ffis home to me, he also opened ffis heart. He forgave my past less-than-steUar behavior when we were together before I went mto recovery, and we have become good friends. Morris is a very private person, but he aUowed tffis flawed man to share ffis and Cheryl's home and enjoy their unUnflted hospitality. I have had the immense pleasure of wimessing Morris' great love for Cheryl.

Their devotion to each other is inspiring and beautifol to behold. I get courage from just being in the same room with them. She is a tough and deterrffined fighter for ffis health and weU-being and he is an able warrior. Between the two of them I beUeve ffis disease has met its

match. My recovery is also a dafly batde, but when I get down, angry, or feeUng sorry for myseff, I think of Morris and ffis positive attitude and my pity party quickly ends. I am enormously grateful for the time I have spent with him and for the example he sets for aU of us who are fighting a ffifficult batde for our health.

On 21 October 2005,1 returned home to my bride and to the Norfolk area in a new job -with the same Navy orgaffization. Whfle I am thrffied to be home, I wffi never forget those 13 months -with tffis remarkable man. I freely and prouffiy adrffit that Morris is my idol. I cherish his friendsffip and I miss ffim now that I am home. I wffi never forget the lessons he has taught me and ffis character and strength. I can offiy hope I was able to give ffim some enjoyment, and maybe a Utde corffic reUef, whfle I shared ffis home. I wish to especiaUy thank Cheryl for aUowing me to have this open letter to Morris pubUshed. She is an amazing lady." • Chris Glutting sent me an emafl stating that Maria Victoria Donaldson had sent ffim an emafl that Raul had had a heart attack and ffied. I asked Steve Hoxie to confirm tffis, since Raul's last address is in the Pensacola, FL area. Here is Steve's reply: • Mflce—Saffiy I can confirm that Raul Donaldson died on Friday, 9 December.

His remains have been transferred to Madison, Florida, wffich is, I beUeve, near where he grew up. Services are at 11 am Tuesday, 13 December at Beggs Funeral Home, 235 N W Orange Ave, Madison, FL 32340. Burial wffi be at Beffiah Cemetary, wffich is about 10 mfles from Madison. I asked about special arrangements and was told offiy that there would be a mffitary service. Maffison is east of TaUahassee just off I-IO. Regretably, I wffi be unable to attend—Steve • My thanks to Chris and Steve. Again I extend the prayers and condolences to Maria Victoria and Raul's famfly. I wffi provide adffitional information as it becomes avaflable.

John Earhart forwarded an emafl to me regarding Bffi Johnson's wife, Mary.

BiU states, • "I did want to let you know that the love of my Ufe, Mary, died this morning after her brief batde with cancer. She developed several severe infections that she was not able to combat. She passed away peacefoUy and with her whole

famfly by her side. The support of our fanffiy and friends has helped support us during this terrible time." Bffi forther responded to my emafl that "Mary and I met the summer after our plebe year, feU in love, and then had 42 wonderful years together Our memories of the Academy were special, and we were looking forward to the reunion next year. I wffi defimtely be there to represent both of us.

Mary was a wonderfol -wife, mother, and grandmother, and I wiU love her for the rest of my Ufe." • I know you join me in conveying our prayers and condolences to Bffi. Losing friends and relatives is hard, but losing your best friend is the hardest.

Some of you may remember John Adamson ('68). He began with us, then had to leave during Plebe year due to famfly problems. John re-entered with '68 and graduated. Here is a brief notice that appeared on 15 November 2005, in the Wasffington Post.

• On Monday, 14 November 2005 at ffis residence in Aexandria,VA, beloved husband of Kristina Tabb Adamson; father ofJohn, Andrew, and Matthew Adamson; brother of Emfly Carpenter of Massey, MD. He is also survived by one grandchfld. Brent Adamson. A funeral service wffi be held at Heritage Presbyterian Church, 8503 Ft. Hunt Rd., Aexandria, VA on Saturday, 19 November at 11 a.m.

Interment wffi be in ArUngton National Cemetery at a later date. In Ueu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Adamson Famfly Endowment Fund, c/o Waynesburg CoUege, Waynesburg, PA 15370. • An also note the Last CaU article in tffis issue regarding the death ofJim Sanders.

We learned ofJim's death during our quest to get as many Classmates to participate in the reuffion Yearbook as possible.

Jim ffied in 1995.

And, in that vein, planning for the 40 Reumon continues. Be sure to keep watch on the Class web site. I wffi have information on footbaU tickets, hopefuUy for the next article in March. The maflbag is empty for this issue, so untfl March—^AU the best—Mike!!!

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I received word from the Aumffi Association that Bob Friel, 3 4 * Anyway, EUzabeth and I are weU. Company, passed away on 20 November We're past the emotional upheaval that 2005. Accorffing to the Palm Beach Post, he comes with so much personal loss. Now had been a resident ofJensen Beach, FL we're retrencffing and rebuflding.We were since 1994. He retired after having been a gonna remodel the kitchen anyway, so foreign service officer for the Department now it'U be partiaUy subsidized, huh? of State. Bob is survived by ffis wife, There are a lot of famffies who are a lot Gerda, two sons, and four grandchfldren. worse off than we are, so we are gratefol The offiy other irfformation I have is that that our losses were offiy material. We conttibutions can be made to the Hospice thank aU our friends and famfly for their Foundation of Martin & St. Lucie, 1201 continued prayers and best wishes. • S.E. Inffian St., Stuart, Fla. 34997. I'U pass Mike said ffis boat looked OK, so on any forther word I find out.

Taiffiooker should be ready get back in You may also have received an e-mafl business. Rosemary and Don Priest also from Dave Church reporting the death of took affit.They'd bought a house near Tom Farmer who passed away on 10 Key West in August to move m and November 2005.Tom was in 1 5 * remodel tffis -winter. Padre's account: Company Plebe year and was mefficaUy • We had 4+ feet of water on our stteet, ffischarged the foUo-wing summer He and 2 feet inside and lost aU appUances, graduated from the Uffiversity of Aabama what forffiture, few clothes, books, and in 1967, subsequently working for stuff we had moved down there in Westinghouse untfl he estabUshed ffis own August, with no contents coverage for accounting firm 1987. He is survived by flood (who knew?), but we do have sttucsix chfldren. ture insurance to put it back together. So And just when you thought the aU that Mike said about drywaU, appUhurricane news had subsided, along came ances, etc. is the same 3 mfles up the road Wflma making her pass through Key from ffis place where we are. We have a West. Tffis from Mike Currie: crew removing paneUng/cabinets/floor• Aas, after dodging Denffis, Katrina & ing/drywaU/etc. We wfll get it fixed, but Rita tffis summer, one of'em finaUy dang, getting late in the game to go caught up to us here in Paradise. Whfle through tffis. No hurricanes where we away on a 3-week trip of weddings, footcame from in Park City, UT! • baU games and relatives, Hurricane Wflma Bumped from the last column, here's a paid the Keys a pretty nasty visit. We note I got from Don Fraser: decided to hunker down with Joan and Don Geismar in HoUywood, FL, instead • Had the pleasure of orgaffizing a nflffiof trying to get home ahead of the storm. reuffion of a few A-6 types fromVA-196's Three days later, after the seas receded 1969-1970 cruise. We began that cruise from US 1 and enough of the road debris with four Classmates: Dick Deuter, Jay coffid be cleared, we drove home thru SandUn, Pete Young and me. Dick's what looked Uke a 180-mfle war zone. aircraft was shot down and he wasn't What greeted us was a very sad home that recovered - several months later my A-6 had 3 feet of seawater, yard debris and zigged when it should have zagged and I seaweed throughout. So, that's what we've spent a night in beautiful downtown been doing for the past 3 weeks...hauUng Tchepone, Laos before the A r Force JoUy aU 7 appUances out to the street, ripping Greens arrived to take me home. out the drywaU in the entire lower Meeting up with Pete Young again section, throwing out over 150 books, half started with e-mafl remembrances and the forffiture, the Honda station wagon, finaUy an eyebaU reuffion in Pensacola in most of the garage, chopping the entire October 2005. Pete and I were founffing landscaping back by 75% and helping members of the J.O. Bunkroom AKA B.O. neighbors cope with the same tragedy in Junkroom aboard the Ranger Maru in their homes. WrestUng with insurance 1969; and Pete can stfll raffie off the frame compaffies and replacing appUances, aU number of that stateroom - wffich was A N N U A L MEMBERsmp: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP:

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Beer (including some San Miguel) was consumed at the reconstituted Cubi Point Bar at the Naval Aviation Museum, and we noticed the prices had gone up in the ensuing 35 years. Anyone else remember the 5 cent (and 6 for a quarter) Bloody Marys avaflable at the Cubi Pool on Sunday mornings those many, many years ago? One participant sUd a buck across the bar in an attempt to pay for to two San Magoos but was rounffiy chastised by the barmaid.

After vie-wing some old sUdes and photos we decided the government truly erred in aUowing such young looking folks, chfldren reaUy, to operate their multi-mflUon doUar macffinery We toasted those whose early sacrifices aUowed us to gather stffi in freedom. The plan is to meet again, soon — location TBA — heck, ff we pubUshed that you could hear the fighter pukes already caUing "tanker posit". • It's fon to look back, but lest we forget, our chfldren's generation is at the same point in their Uves that we're remembering in ours. Tffis note came from Doug Ogden: •Yesterday, Deffise and I attended an Army-Na^vy game party at the MCAS Officers Club here m Beaufort, SC. I had a nametag on •with name and Class, as usual, and after a few nflnutes, a taU, probably 6'4 young man walked up to me and said " Excuse me, sir, but you are Class of'67?" I said yes and then looked at ffis nametag. It read " Scott Creed '91". Neeffiess to say I was iffitiaUy at a loss for words, but recovered, and we had a nice, long conversation about ffis Dad (who he reaUy does not remember). I ffidn't know Bart weU at aU, since we Uved on opposite sides of the world, but I shared what I coffid.

His wffe had made CannonbaUs for the party, and I had a pictare taken of the two of us holffing the ttay It will probably be in the report for the Low Countty Chapter. Scott has just completed a deployment tour and is currendy assigned to the staff of MAG-31 here in Beaufort, with orders to the Pentagon next summer Just for grins for the party (probably knowing that some of us "old dogs"ffisgrunded old graduates) would be there, he was wearing ffis original overcoat,

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• On 28 October, I had ffie honor of pinffing Navy pflot •wings on my son, LT (jg) John CraighUl '03 at NAS Whiting Field.We are now proud to have a Na^vy Rotorhead in ffie famfly. John •wffi be headmg to HSL-41 in San Diego for ffis RAG assignment, ffien PCS to an HSL squadron at North Island. Being a SWO, I never had the experience of being a JO in Pensacola. I defiffitely rffissed out. The whole famfly made the ttip and jomed in ffie celebration. •

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Cross Country Championships at nearby Offio Wesleyan Uffiversity. Our daughter Meghan (Springfield CoUege, Massachusetts) fiffished 8™ in the meet and was named an AU-American. It was a great weekend reunion for aU of us As an extra, I was in the stands for the November 3rd A-N sprint footbaU game at West Point. Deep in Woopoo country, we were struggUng unffi the tffird quarter, when the Mids went to work. Enffing regulation play at 16-16, we went on to take a 3 point •victory after the second overtime. Plenty of excitement; the 150's stffi pack a lot of waUop. It was great to sing a victorious "Na^vy Blue and Gold" in Micffie Stadium. • That's aU the room I have. I even have to leave talk of Beating Army and going to the Poinsettia Bowl to someone else!

Next time I'U have news of wedffings (2 of'em!), some retffement updates, and more photos.That's it...Goodffight!...Jim ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 50%

A proud moment for the Cralghills

Not to be outdone. Jack Young checked in wiffi news of a great weekend m November to Columbus, OH. And he sent photos, too.

Pete & Jack at the finish line

Ellen, Meghan, and Kevin Young

• Jan and Pete White were the perfect hosts when EUen and I along with son Ke^vin attended the Division III NCAA

PRES: James Niehus 1422 Pennington Lane Soudi.AnnapoUs.MD 21409 P: 410-349-2361; E: jim.niehus@viasat.com EXEC SEC'Y: Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401-1061 E: leo.kuehn@1968.usna.com P: 410-266-6821 C O R R . SEC'Y: CAPT Gordon I. Peterson, USN (Ret.) 7994 Hidden Bridge Dr. Springfield.VA 22153 P: 703-913-5404;W: 202-475-3023 F: 202-267-4020; E: gpeters621@aol.com WEB SITE: www.usna68.com

Happy New Year! Once agam Navy's "Big Blue" tteated us to a convincing win in December's Army-Navy game to go ahead in the total number of wins and earn a ttip to the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. The Mffitary Channel aired a special two-hour Uve broadcast from Lincoln Financial Field for the 106* contest. We had the special opportuffity of seeing Cffief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike MuUen and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Mike Hagee conduct a pre-game interview during the program. They also took time to visit with combat-wounded service members invited to the game by Gordon England, the acting deputy secretary of defense. For anyone who nflssed the game. Navy has now won the past four Army-Na'vy batdes to go ahead by one game in the aU-time results for the series at 50-49-7.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Mike Hagee conduct a pre-game interview during the Military Channel's live broadcast at the Army-Navy game.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera

November brought the news that retired Vice Adm. Paul Gaflffiey, president of New Jersey's Monmouth Uffiversity, received the Educator of the Year award from the Research & Development Paul Gaffney president Councfl of New of Monmouth Jersey. Raul was University, cheers for his football team. Photo honored for"... courtesy of Monmouth extraordinary University. accompUshments in forthering the advancement of research and development tffiough education." Raffi has made great progress during ffis first two years in office enhancing Monmouth Uffiversity's science and engineering curricffium.

Congratulations, Raffi!

I attended the homecoming game -win over Tulane in October -with my famfly and was pleased to see the Class tent and taflgate tradition continues as strong as ever at the beautifoUy renovated and improved Memorial Staffium.

Jim Niehus and Stormy Hicks man the grill at the '68 tailgate following October's homecoming win over Tulane University.

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11 CLASS N E W S It was good to catch up on news -with a ffice tarnout of classmates, incluffing Becky and Dan Lear. Becky, Mike Lagow, and I appear to be tffis Mike Lagow proudly year's tffiee fiffishers wears his finisher's from our Class in medal following the 3Cf'' annual Marine the Marine Corps Marathon. "I started Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C, in out -with the gold October wave," Becky related, "and for the first five mfles I was right on pace for a 5-hour finish. After I took a header into the pavement on Rock Creek Parkway at Mfle 6,1 tossed out my 5-hour goal and just focused on enjoying the experience. The weather coffidn't have been better. The support from the "regular" folks along the course was great and I can't say enough about the Marines (and their few good men/women Na-vy Corpsman) who took care of us every step of the way. Dan managed to wind his way around the course to cheer me on at four different spots—a bit exhausting for ffim, from what I heard!! The last hffi was tough, but I crossed thefiffishUne runffing, -wiffi a smfle on my face at 5:28."

Mike ran the Marine Corps for the second year in a row and, one month later, also ran in the Las Vegas Marathon— breaking ffis 5-hour goal byfiffisffingin 4:52. Impressive! Way to go, Mike! I completed my tffird Marine Corps as a member of the St Jude Chfldren's Research Hospital. Thanks again to the incredible generosity of classmates, famfly, friends, and neighbors, I raised $6,239 for the chfldren's cancer treatment and research at the hospital as part of more than $350,000 our team raised by running this year's race.

Rev John McKee and Tama Sue, Hong and Jim Webb, and Catherine and Terry Murray

October also saw Hong and Jim Webb joined in marriage. Jim's Marine son, "young Jim," was his best man, and ffis

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brother Gary (a former Marine Huey pflot) piped them in with Scotland the Brave. Rev. John McKee performed the ceremony, and Catherine and Terry Murray were among the guests. John's wife, I was interested to learn, is Jim's sister,Tama Sue! Jim Kiffer reported that ffis son, Jimmy, completed the H-60S Fleet Replacement Squaffion training program in San Diego in December. He and ffis new -wife, Jessica, were home for Christmas on leave and then departed for HSC -25 in Guam for a three-year accompamed tour. Jim coffid not stay away from the cockpit foUowing retirement a year ago as a pflot with Delta. "I am enjoying flying the King A r for a local charter company (Baer A r Charter),"Jim said,"and Janan is stfll doing referrals in real estate. Our daughter isfinaUyjust about fiffished with coUege at the University of South Florida." Jim forwarded a photo foUowing a recent wedffing. "It was great to get the uniform out again for the sword ceremony," Jim wrote.

Jim and Janan Kiffer with daughter in law Jessica and LTj.g. Jimmy Kiffer

From Florida, Dave Steere (dcsteere@ dcsteere.com) reported a '68 rffinireunion in October at the time of the Expeffitionary Warfare Conference in Panama City, Fla. "Classmates that I know were here included me, Pete Buckley, Joe Conway, and two of our better known members—CNO Adm. Mike MuUen and CMC Gen. Mike Hagee," Dave wrote. Speaking of the two Mikes, Dave wrote: "Clearly, we are aU observing inspired and dynamic leadership from the top. During their joint presentation, they both mentioned strong bonds of friendship that started during Plebe Year and were forged into a powerfol team over the 41 years that have ensued since 1964."

November 14 brought the sad news that Jack Adamson passed away foUowing a courageous fight with cancer over the past two years. A memorial service

held at Aexandria's Heritage Presbyterian Church a week later was attended by hundreds ofJack's friends, classmates, and famfly I reported on Jack's recent activities in my column in October's Shipmate.

Please see MUes Staley's narrative in tffis issue's Last Call. Interment with foU mffitary honors is scheduled at ArUngton National Ceremony on January 6.

Classmates may send a donation in Jack's memory to the Adamson Famfly Endowment at Waynesburg CoUege, Waynesburg, PA 15370.

"My brother Matt and Mother (Tina) were with him," Jack's son, Andrew, related. "He ffied at home, wffich was his wish. He had been diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in September 2003. He had a long fight and aU the whfle kept a smfle on ffis face. He was the emboffiment of faith and whfle facing terrffinal ffiness he continued to be a Ught of hope. He eased our worries more than we could ease his. He purposefoUy Uved everyday of ffis Ufe with ffigmty and compassion."

"Prevention is stiU the best tteatment for cancer," Andrew said. "If you are 50 years old or older you shoffid have a colonoscopy. If you have a ffistory of colon cancer in your famfly you should have one sooner. Do it."

I received an informative update from Denny Young describing his 15-day Hawaii-CaUfornia saffing adventure onboard Jai/a', a 48-ft. AustraUan-buflt catamaran, skippered by Rich "Evan" DiU '67. I'U save that for my next column along with what I hope is a report on classmates gathering for our win over Colorado State in San Diego as 2005 drew to a close.

Best wishes to aU classmates gathering in JacksonviUe for the winter goff classic and to those meeting in San Diego in February for the West Coast reunion. I wish everyone health and happiness in 2006. As a reminder, the Class of 1968 Dark Ages West Coast Reunion wffi be held in "America's Finest City" of San Diego from Feb. 17 to 19. Please contact Steve Haines (www.StephenHaines.com <http://www,stephenhaines.com/> ) for the latest schedule information and other news on the event. Perhaps a few of you wiU resolve to submit a long-overdue input to your class column! "If it's not written down, it's forgotten!"

AU the best, Gordo

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Next Brock McMunn sent some photos of the hearty USNA supporters that got up at 0430 on a rainy Sunday, 4 December morning & traveled to The New Sanno Hotel (DoD run R&R hotel in downtown Tokyo, Japan) to watch Army get ttounced .

Ed Moore sent some photos of the tailgater at the Temple Game. We had the Eleventh Co. show up finaUy to share the -victory.

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Greetmgs aU, not lots of news but lots of photos...but first a plug for Mike Novak's efforts to WTite a class ffistory. If you have Sea Stories or memories of the four year togeffier by ffie Bay, or what has happened smce then even, let ffim know at: <MichaelJ.Novak@irs.gov>. I for one want to see Derf s "You're a Duck" story preserved for posterity. Now then, let's

Rick and the Daiquiri Whacker

M ^' Ed tells of the last Plebe year

Royal & Melinda and the Chocolate Fountain

A horrible shot of Melinda and Royal and next semester's Brigade Commander

Cheerleaders

First, Carl Weiscopf wanted to share photo of two fotare Navy cheerleaders Charlene and ffis two granddaughters Emfly (2) and Makena Kai (1). Emfly already knows how to say "Go Navy" Now it is Go Navy, Beat Colorado State He wiU be there with both their fathers.

Charlene -wffi be grandkid sitting.

Lynn Widener and staff

FinaUy, for those f you who missed the "fon" of sitting and watching the A r Force game, photos of the taflgater, courtesy of Rick Heaton

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CLASS N E W S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 48% PRES; CAPT Perry Martini, USN (Ret.) E: pjmartini@comcast.net SEC'Y: CAPT Mike Longworth, USN (Ret.) 1145 Birks Ln.,Vii^ima Beach.VA 23464-5826 E: duke.longworth@1971.usna.com -WEBMASTER: John HoUand E: John.holian d2@verizon.net -WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1971/usnal971.htm

Wow! Na-vy over Army four years in a row! The game results were exactly what we hoped for. Last time Na-vy won this many consecutively was during the tenure of George Welsh. I lived up to my comrffitment to attend the game - a first for me since graduation. I tffink the temperatare at the field was about the same — wind chffi was in the teens. I bunffied up weU and stayed warm for the game — although the sight of warm bridge coats had me wisffing I had mine on.

Now, ffyou are Uke me and haven't attended a game in decades, next year is a great time to start. The teams are eveffiy matched & the excitement is fon. Navy leads 50-49-7. Army wffi be hungry for a win in '06. By the way, John Eldridge Homecoming 2005 was there with several famfly members.

Both of us had our sons for tffis special event. Our good friend, Pete We wffi start a membersffip campaign in Masciangelo, a retired R-3 pflot and January to see if we can boost our Ufetime former CO of KEARSARGE, was with membersffip closer to 71percent. Aumffi us in the stands. Pete is working hard to Association wffi give us a break tffis year recruit ffis famfly members for USNA. in that Ufetime membersffip fees for 2006 Part of what makes the game fon is the (prior to reumon) wffi be $371 (vice the association with classmates. I managed to normal $490 for 35th year). have dinner after the game with Jean & "Tom Gross gave a thorough Perry Martini, Terry & Dave Vandover, presentation of corffing events for the Joyce & Dave Laws, Peggy & JT Morris 35th reunion to be held in October 2006. and Steve Dmetruk. A former employee OnUne registration wiU commence in of Steve's now owns a superb restaurant m January 2006 and wffi be preceded by a Rhflly so we were treated to a special mass maffing. Comrffittee is meeting menu and some special after dinner frequently and getting geared up for the drinks. As you can imagine there were final planning in early to nfld 2006. "sea tales" told and even a few sea stories.

"Perry ffiscussed standing committees AU except yours truly attended pre-game for Class of 71 Executive board. festivities Friday ffight where they were Comnflttees wffi be formed from among joined by Jan & Chuck Boyer and Sandy the members of the Class Officers and & Mike Hecomo-vich. The weekend in BOT and wffi start to operate in 2006, Rhflly is lots of fon fflled with good The Legacy Gift Comnflttee wffi be actifeUowsffip. My encouragement is for you vated in early 2006 in preparation for next to join the fon! push for fund raising campaign for class The annual class officers meeting was leadership endowment, held on Homeconflng weekend at the "Guest speakers at lunch were CAPT home ofJean & Perry Martini: The Lee Sonnenberg '83 of the Leadership, meeting highUghts foUow, thanks to Perry: Ethics & Law Dept at USNA and our own Class of'71 DMR LtCol Joe Thomas, • "The treasury has enough money to USMC (Ret.), Lee gave an overview of pay this year's bffis and to sUde into 2006 the LE&L program for the rffids, while with a moderate amount of seed money Joe spoke eloquently of current iffitiatives to start the reunion cycle and planning. he is undertaking -vis-a-vis his newly

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appointed position as our class DMR. AU in aU, it was very enUghteffing to aU of us that we have a true professional representing us in the leadersffip department and we were aU encouraged by the motivation to go forward to fiffiy endow the program/bffiet.

"Mike Hecomo-vich and Dave La-ws presented an overview of where we stand regarffing our class gifts. The stadium arch has been paid for (once folfflUnents are complete in 2006). There was a lengthy ffiscussion on getting to the next level in order to endow the program and many good recommendations were made for how to get to the next step and how to maxirffize our marketing and communications efforts in 2006/7.

"The meeting was adjourned at 1400 and aU met at OB Prime's for eveffing social hour and ffinner. On Saturday, many classmates joined the executive board at the annual homeconflng taflgate hosted by the AnnapoUs Taflgate Comrffittee. There were 71 (plus 2) in attendance this year. Na-vy then proceeded to kickTulane's butt 45-21!" • Here's a photo of your Class Officers & the Board ofTrustees: The fuU rffinutes are posted on our Class website. Aso, you can read the proposed rffission & bylaws. IncidentaUy

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Nice job, John.

Speaking of Homeconflng, I was pleased to attend another Navy win! The best part of the game was the time wiffi our classmates, several of whom I hadn't seen in many years. Pete Zaudtke was ffie photographer extraorffinaire for the event. Last time I clearly recaU seeing Pete -was June week '71. Pete looks great & had a very nice ffigital camera wffich does wonders for ffie photo bug. You can see aU 115 photos at ffie Class website.

Included is a photo of many of us at our tent along wiffi ffie USNA cheerleaders.

As Perry mentioned above, there were 71 (plus 2) of us there, so I won't Ust aU ffie names; however, one name I wiU mention is Skip Wilhelm. I hadn't seen Skip smce last year, so I was glad to chat wiffi boffi he & Jane. We were friends at boat school, in Pensacola for ffight trainmg, and again in Jackson^vffie where ffis daughters attended my •wife's dance staffio. I think that afl who knew Skip were, Uke me, quite shocked to learn that he passed away a few days after Homeconflng. Perry Martiffi sent along the foUowmg note: • "Skip was always involved •with volunteermg and helping our class out on the class reuffion comrffittee and was the kind of person who woffid always ask "what can I do and how can I can help" with joy. hs an AnnapoUs resident, he was just always there when we needed ffim and he Uved a ftJl Ufe as a selfless leader who gave of himseff constantly to ffis famfly, ffis commuffity, and to our aUna mater. We owe a debt of gratitade and give tribute to the lffe and memory of Skip WflheUn who wore ffis ring proudly and tnfly set the standard of our motto - Duces Virum.

We know ffis famfly wffi greatly miss him, but to many of us in the great Class of 1971, we too have lost a loyal member of our famfly as weU.We can rest assured that he can now accept his just and lasting rewards. May he never be forgotten." • It's a tough transition from commenting on a good friend who has sUpped the surly bonds of earth to sending along good news. But, that's what I need to do. So, what foUows are several notes from classmates: I received a note from Mario Summa just before the Army - Na'vy game: • "Mike, Just read the '71 page in the latest Sffipmate and I thought I'd drop a

line. Stffi married to Sue and living in Louisvffie flying for UPS. My two sons, Greg '98 and Dan '01 are serving in southwest Asia. Greg's flying Hornets and Dan is aboard the San Jacinto. My daughter, Tracey, is a new employee at Macy's in NewYork. Looking forward to next year's reunion. Semper Fi, Mario." • That is awesome, Mario. I know you are proud that your sons serve our great nation. I'd love to be Greg's wingman.

Next note is from Mack Nave: • "Hi Duke, I don't think we know each other but my memory could be nflsleading me. I graduated in 1971...30th company. I am trying to locate a roommate of rffine, Ed Beck. He was living in Marco Island, FL but has moved. Can you help me? Thanks...Sincerely, Mack" • Here's the foUow up from Ed Beck after the two connected: • "Thanks Mike. TaUced to Mack last ffight. My wife and I are corffing up to our first Army-Na^vy game since 1970 next month. Wffi attend with my old roommate Jeff Simpson and his wife.

'VT^,Ed"^ Nice to hear classmates getting together.

We need more of tffis! I didn't see Ed or Jeff; however, we were in the same stands soaking up the Na^vy victory!

My good friend, Dick CheUras, sent the foUowing note: • "Thanks Mike. It has been too long since I dropped you a Une, even after you ran into my wife in a Wal-Mart or someplace about a year and a haff ago. My apologies. Been too busy being "Captain Planet" for SRSA (Director of Environmental and Safety—but my daughters dubbed me with the alternate hanffie) and not leading a Ufe of my own.

Worse than when we were on active duty! I read your column reUgiously in "Shipmate" and enjoy the news you always pass along—thanks for your efforts there.

"At any rate, you work with Bob Fawcett '69 (16 Company)? He was one of my squad leaders first set plebe summer ("F Troop") and then in my squad in 16™ Company during Acyear.

Did ffis best to bust my butt, but made a respectable Mid out of me. If you see him, teU ffim I said heUo. I'U try to emafl ffim too.

"Perhaps I wffi see you Sat at Oceana.

First time I have been able to make one of these events, and my wife is out of town

on business. Oh weU—no designated driver, but I wiU survive. Hope to see you there, Dick," • I didn't attend the Oceana event as I was in RffiUy for the game. Thanks for the kind words, Dick. I remember the saffing tales Dick told about ffis adventure to the Yucatan Peninsula on his own boat! That was some trip, Dick!

Army — Na'vy game provided the impetus for the foUowing note from Mike Cohen: • "Hope you have fon at the game. I decided back when I was a nfld that, even though I have lots of famfly in RffiUy, I would never fight the traffic to go to the game - maiffiy because the mids and cadets get aU the good seats anyway.

But I do rffiss the fon of aU the action in and around the staffium." • WeU, Mike we'U have to work on the detafls of game attendance. I've done some research and deterrffined that the good seats go to NAAA members who purchase just two tickets. So, for a mere $25 membership, good seats & the heated concession area is yours! You'U have to try it soon.

The next note is from Joe Kavale '68: • "Mike, I have attached a photo of your classmate John Bickford and ffis wffe Lela that I took at the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter Army Navy Game party. John and Lela are wintermg over on their saflboat in Scappoose, Oregon prior to starting out on a dream cruise down the West Coast, and mto the Caribbean. The party, an annual event, was attended by about 65 Na-vy Aumffi and famfly, and an aUnost equal number ofWest Point Aumffi and famfly. It was great catching up with John, since he was a plebe in 32nd Company when I was a firstie. Joe Kavale." •

The Bickfords

As you rffight imagine, I get in on some company-mate chatter This is a note from Garry Holmstrom to Mark Horgan: January-February 2 0 0 6

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CLASS N E W S • "Mark, Anders is enjoying the experience, chaUenges and the friends. He reaUzes what a world class campus (yard?) he has the privflege of attending. But, he is in the Sophomore fonk; stffi working hard but amazed at how hard double E can be. He's taking EE and Digital Circuits, plus Physics, Calc, etc. So, it is much Uke we have told him; hang in there and things wffi come together. AU in aU,ffisgrades are pretty good.

"Beyond stadying for finals, he is psyched for Beat Army spirit week. Take care and enjoy the game. Garry." • As it turns out, Mark's son is thinking of applying for an appointment to USNA. I certaiffiy wish him aU the best.

WeU, I'm out of space. Many thanks to those who send along the notes. I have protected a few of the innocent, so I know they are happy their names are mentioned.

I'U ffig that up for the next issue.

I'U close -with my encouragement for aU to pray for the success of our missions in Iraq & Afghaffistan. Please do keep our classmates on active duty in your prayers for wisdom as the pressures wffich they frequently face caUs for strength and courage.

I hope you had a Merry Christmas & a Happy Hanukkah. Happy New Year, too!

Duces virum, Duke

back m Nuc Rower School and prototype ttaiffing. Look at that picture. Can't you just seeffieseflireeguys.. .sla-vmg over the books.. .workin' those sUde rffies.. .sweatin' the next exam...? Nab, me neither.

Crane, Dempsey and Pottschmidt

Speaking of reunions, Don Drurrun {dondrumm@comcast.net) sent the accompanying picture of a recent 3rd Company get together in Chattanooga. Don, who Uves in Signal Mountain, TN, is a manager with the TVA. PhU Bishop is a professor at the University of Aabama and Uves in Tuscaloosa. Jerry Harvey Uves in Kingston, TN, and is a supervisor at the Oak Radge National Laboratory. Thanks for the info, Don!

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Happy New Year, ladies and gents! Hope your HoUday season was a great one, and that 2006 is a joyous and blessed year for you and your loved ones.

We were saddened to learn recently that Greg Whelan passed away in July 2004 after a long struggle with cancer.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to ffis mother. Marge Whalen, ofYuma, AZ. We also want to thank ffis cousin, Cheryl Spohnholtz '80, for notifying us.

So, how about that Army game?

Never one to let a party opportunity pass him by. Perry Dempsey provided the accompanying photo of some ne'er-doweUs at an Army-Na-vy gathering in Cincinnati. Dempsroc reports that he, Dermy Crane, and Fred Pottschmidt not offiy had a wonderfol reumon, but they renflffisced about the good old days

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Don and Jane Drumm, Phil and Brenda Bishop, and Jerry and Pat Harvey

Ken Smith was kind enough to pass along an article from the Dallas Mormng News last October, regarding Joe Glover's son. Josh '01, whose heroism as a Marine officer during combat operations in Iraq in 2004 resulted inffisbeing awarded the Sflver Star. Congratulations!

Curt Kemp {curtis.kemp@fiavy.mil) provides the foUowing: • "The Kemp famfly has been in much exciting transition as of late. Daughter, Casey graduated from WflUam and Mary in May and was married in June to a wonderful young man, LT Joseph Slaugter, '99.They have transferred from Norfolk to Annapolis where Joe wffi work on his Masters at the University of Maryland, and then teach for two years at USNA. Sounds Uke a great way to start out a marriage. Son Ian, who graduated 2

years ago from WflUam and Mary, started OCS in Pensacola shortly after ffis sister's wedding. He's doing weU, [was] commissioned on 10 November, and hopes to fly fast aff planes. As for the senior Kemps, Ann continues to remain quite active, incluffing volunteer Navy and church activities. As for me, I have just finished my tffird year as the head of the INSURV Board and am planffing to retire tffis March. It has been a great career, I love our Navy and its Saflors, and I'd do it aU again without bUnking an eye. As for future plans, I intend to pursue a seffior leadership position in ffigher education. If that does not work out, I may look at the non-profit world. Exciting times but we press on with confidence and are thankfol for our many blessings." • Thanks for the note, and best of luck, Curt!

The ever-vigflant Eric Anderson put an e-mafl out on the 1 7 * Company Ust server a couple of months ago that went sometffing Uke tffis: • "Sandie and I just retarned from a business conference in Athens. Security was reaUy tight at the resort, couldn't figure it out, thought maybe it was someone important. Then we found out the truth...."

The photo, as they say"...is the rest of the story."You just never know who you're going to run into jet-setting around Europe these days. • That's it, the maflbag's empty. Drop me a Une with a HoUday photo—we'U print 'em! More to come. D O. Tried and True With '12.

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Classmates, We are aU very happy with the outcome of Army-Navy. Here are some interesting facts about the series:

The game has been played since 1890 wiffi about 10 years not played. The series is 50-49-7 in Navy's favor. If you add up aUffiepoints ever scored by each team and ffivide by 106 ffie ffifference is 2.0 points, in Navy's favor. I don't know what it is for USC-UCLA or MichiganOffio State or any offier major rivaffy but a 2 point average spread over a centary seems tight to me! By ffie way, do you know why it's caUed the Army-Navy game and not the Navy-Army game?

Because ffiey play ffie -wmner's song last.

On to the news. Dave Haefiier passed to me ffiat Mike Harris was able to contact him Sept. 19 for the fint time smce Kattina ffit. Mike and famfly are Uving in Bay St. Loffis, MS, wffich was the epicenter of Kattina's landfaU. He and ffis famfly are ffiankfiffiy aU right. Their house is stffi stanffing, but had 28 inches of water on ffie ffist floor. He sent along ffie foUowmg m early November.

• I have just gotten back from spenffing a monffi in Loffisiana and Mississippi. I was able to get over and spend a week m Bay St. Loffis helpmg Mary and Mike Harris put ffieir home back together. The devastation m Mississippi is beyond words and encompasses 800 sq. mfles. Mike and Mary were lucky m that theff house is stffi standing and ffyou can caU ha-vmg 30 inches of water m your house lucky, but compared to others, as Mike says, they are cadillacmg it. My days started at 7am -with Mike and I gomg to the shelter for breakfast. Mflce woffid have a project for me and he woffid go off to work. He woffid get home about 2 m the afternoon and we woifld contmue to work to about 10 or later. It has been 10 weeks since Kattina roared m and Mike and Mary are able to sleep in their house beginffing yesterday.

They have a jury rigged refrigerator as they wait for the parts to fix the cooUng fan and are waiting for a motor for the dishwasher and a new oven that is on order The main batffioom is close to bemgfiffished.We ffid carpentry, painting, electtical, phone Une repair, more painting and plumbing whfle I was there. Truly a humbUng experience, and one I hope none of us ever has to go through. •

Bob Adams

Bob Adams sent along a short note announcing ffis retirement. Dr Adams joined the honored ranks of retired class members foUowing a ceremony with the 82nd Arborne Division in Ft Bragg N C tffis week. He wiU be starting private practice in Fayette-viUe, NC as a famfly practice doc taking care of many of the same soldiers and famffies he cared for on active duty. On behaff of the entire class let me thank you. Bob, for your service to the RepubUc.

acffieved when Margaret and Skip Wiegand joined us for dinner in New Hope where "old tales were retold again...but with more bravado and vigor this time". Athough it was a very short AOM, a great time was has by aU. In addition to flying a fofl line of flying, Ron is a check airman and instructor for ArTran Arways in Atlanta. Nancy is now a director of development for the main street area of FayetteviUe, G A. Skip flies for Arborne Express and commutes to ffis base in Wflnflngton, Ohio. Margaret is clerking for a Federal District Judge in Phfladelpffia. I'm stiU flying the 757/767 for Continental out of NewYork. Mary Anne is a homemaker, community volunteer and occasionaUy accompanies me on my trips to Europe. Mary Anne and I also had the opportunity to join Mari and Mike Zimet in Stoney Point, NY the first week of Oct for a smaU voyage up the Hudson Raver on their 39 foot "dinghy," appropriately named the Mari-Me. Mike gave the "whoops" ample harassment on his "buU horn" and 73 was aptly represented in tffis necessary ritual. Mike is a "hea-vy" -with Office Max out of New Jersey and Mari is teacher in NewYork. Shown in the picture are Mary Anne Stacy, Nancy Price, Ron Price, Margaret Wiegand, Skip Wiegand, Dave Stacy. •

Tri-Service race

Jim Chapman sent along a short note and the picture of his 'crew.' USNA was weU represented at the annual Tri-Service race in Norfolk. Mark Golay,Jim and ffis wife Susie and Ed O'Brien '79 are pictared. They fiffished 21 out of 48.

Jim said they often safl with Rat and Mark Golay as weU as Kathy and Bob HartUng. Dave Stacy sent along a newsy note.

• Nancy and Ron Price flew up to PA from Adanta to stay with Mary Anne and me for a quick re-fresher on kids and grandkids. Coordinated Ops were

Mary Anne Stacy, Nancy and Ron Price, Margaret and Skip Wiegand and Dave Stacy

Dave, thanks so much for the news.

Sounds Uke you get around!

John Cotton sent along a nice note with a picture • Photo attached for Sffipmate from AU Flag Officer meeting at USNA. We were

Dave, thanks for the note and thanks for helping out a classmate. I have heard from others who witnessed the aftermath and aU agree if you haven't seen it you reaUy can't grasp the magnitude.

All Flag Officer meeting at USNA

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CLASS N E W S on the way to T-Court for noon meal formation and a motivating lunch with the Mids, and stopped for a few rffinutes at our '73 Leadership Bench. Missing from the picture but attending the meeting were Jim McGarrah, Roger Nolan, Hugh Blackwood and Bob WiUard.

Pictured are (1 to r) Steve Oswald, John Harvey,John KeUy,Jim Zortman, Gary Roughead, Chuck Munns, Dave Architzel, Tom KilcUne, John Cotton • A fine and distinguished group if ever I saw one; however, can you imagine what the Mids in the background were thinking. Let's do a little comparison: Class of 2006 is to Class of 1973 m 2005 as Class of 1973 is to Class of 1940 in 1972. AU of a sudden my recoUection of those 'old guys' has changed!

That, folks, is what I have for you this month. I actuaUy have a Uttle left over but •wffi get that out to you next time. Thanks so much to those who contributed. I am open to receiving more from the rest of you. Keep those cards and letters (and most of aU emafls) corffing.

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Just finished a weekend in CaUforma where Dan DriscoU and I watched Na'vy trump Army once again! We watched it in the Rhflosopher's Club, which is owned by Dan's ffigh school friend Tom Donohue, shown in the picture with another friend Gerry CUfford. CharUe Miletich had visited the same place with Dan for the ND game and they told me they can stffi here ffim screaming at the game!

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Now, from our truly high flying class mate, BiU Readdy.

• "I bumped into several of you at the '74 Taflgater before Navy-Temple game in AnnapoUs this past weekend and it was Uke emerging from a time warp and in the process reaUzed that I'd not updated folks for a long time — " N o excuse, Sir!" As many of you know the last several years have been tough ones for NASA and the human space program.

Returning the shuttle to flight foUowing the loss of our comrades on the Columbia in Feb 2003 was as tough and daunting a task as any I could imagine. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say "Thank you!" to so many of you who have offered your thoughts, prayers and kind notes of encouragement from time to time. It meant a lot and certaiffiy helped us keep going when the going was the toughest.

Under ordinary circumstances three years in charge of space operations would have been a longish tour. Given that the last couple years have been anything but 'ordinary' it was clearly time for new 'legs', ideas and enthusiasm. So I turned over the 'reins' of NASA Space Operations and retired just about a month ago after a dozen years in the the Fleet and another two decades at NASA. As for what's next after NASA, for the next couple months I'U be taking some long overdue leave to get reacquainted with CoUeen and the kids. I'm looking forward to having more time to spend getting 're-blued' and back in touch with so many of you, and of course, watch Na'vy sports — including a big Navy footbaU victory over the 'Woops' in Phfladelphia in December. Professionally I've formed an aerospace consulting firm.

Discovery Partners International in ArUngton,VA, am doing some phflanthropic work and serving on a couple boards, as weU as doing the occasional 'speechifying' and coUaborating on a leadership book. Once again, thanks for afl your support. God bless you aU. RespectfuUy Reads 747175." • Thanks BiU, and we wish you the best in your new career!

Now, from Western Pennsylvania, Jim Higginbotham provided the foUowing.

Dan and friends

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• " Married 31 years now to Kathy, my high school girl same one whose picture adorned by desk at USNA for four years! We have been blessed!! Two grown chfldren, Dave Jr., a photographer and Erin EUzabeth - finisffing undergrad at

Edinboro University of PA, near Erie, PA. Kathy and I live in Pittsburgh, have since 1992. Kathy teaches at North AUegheny Intermediate High School and I amVR Sales and Marketing for a "start-up" bioremediation company here in Pittsburgh — if you have an ofl spffi, give me a caU!!

Trying to grow the company in aU levels of industry, government!! Wish us luck!!

Work a lot with our smaU Southern Baptist Church (would you expect any other kind of Baptist for me) play a Utde golf when I can, travel a good bit with the job and reaUy hate getting older!! AU the footbaU injuries are now corffing back to haunt me and it's no fon!! I know you have Unflted space John, so I'U end it here.

Hope to make it over some time for a game maybe Army-Navy tffis year if I can get some tickets! Take care! Dave Rhone: 412.788.2444," • Jim GaUo and several of ffis 22nd Company mates and wives gathered at a BWI airport hotel for a weekend of feUowship and a Navy victory over A r Force.

• "We also experienced a good soaking.

The photo shows us at a Greek restaurant in downtown Baltimore, now dry and happy. From left to right are: Dave Herther (Indiana),John Scherrer (Tennessee),Jim GaUo (Virginia), and Ross Schmidt (Colorado). If you've seen tffis shot on the 74 website, Ross sent it in. Such a good time was had that we plan to repeat this in Colorado Springs next year for foiir-in-a-row." •

22"'^ Co Mates

• After showing up at the 30th Reuffion last year, I decided to try and find out where the rest of 5th company was, since offiy about 7 of us showed up for the party. In the last year we have uncovered a few more, so I'll try to get it right. For the record, at the 30th were Scott (Wizard)White and Andy White, who has been working for the CIA for the last 25 years; Debbie and Dave Langfitt, who owned his own bowUng aUey before

he sold it and went to work for the State Dept. doing construction work (I find the words State Dept and work in the same sentence nfllffiy amusing). Jim DeGoey showed up with his daughters - he Uves and works for an electtonics company in Neenah,Wisconsin (I am not making tffis up!). Ernie JoUy and wife Uve in New Jersey -Ernie is a Business Developer, Lectarer and Executive Consffitant. Mary and John Harrison live in Virginia Beach, where he is a teacher; and Faith and Dave Stone - Dave was the head of TSA (yes, the airport security people) but was getting ready to jump ship. If I messed any of this up, blame the martiffis on Satarday ffight. They were wonderfffi.

Since the reuffion, I have heard from some other 5th Company sttagglers.

Bruce Kenyon is working for an insurance company in NewYork; Susan and Doug Crowder - a 2-star commanffing a Carrier Batde Group out of Puget Sound (at least that's what he's teffing his •wffe); Jean and John Mahon - works for a government conttactor in Virginia Beach; Jeff Cole does the same but Uves m Adanta; Anffie and Scott Peecook own an B&B in the hffis of North CaroUna; Debbie and Jerry (Fruit Ix)ops) Stenovec works for Boeing out m San Diego; and Su and JC Cox, who owns an mvestment company m North CaroUna. BUT, the real prize for post active duty jobs goes to Cary and Louie Desaro, who after commanding several sffips m ffie Na^vy is now the Deputy Commandant of the New Mexico Mffitary Institate - or as Louie ffimseff says: "a six year (four HS and two Juffior coUege) boardmg school where 80% of the Stadents want to be here and the rest are sent here by theff parents, a judge or the probation authorities in Texas. It's like bemg the First Lieutenant on a nonnuclear carrier. The superintendent is a retired two-star na^vy R.ADM - Dave EUison. Everybody else tffinks that they are stiU in the Army. They blow horns aU the time, they caU them bugles. It's very confosing." As for myself, after having done 13 years on active duty flying heUcopters, I decided I wanted to see my kids grow up, so I puUed the plug and went out and got a real job. I worked at a prmting company in southern Minnesota for a year and decided that this particular job was N O T what I wanted to do when I grew up, so I headed back south and went to work for BeU HeUcopter. Did two years as an Accident Investigator for BeU, runffing around the world looking at

smoking holes in the ground and trying to figure out how they got that way.

Then I moved over to the Sales side of the house, working Midffie East and Africa. Been there for the last 14 years and love it. I am now the Director of Marketing and Sales for Midffie East/Africa, spending most of my time working northern Africa and the Middle East, Most of my travels lately have been to Pakistan, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi and Ageria. Al of them are fairly nice places except Ageria — no golf courses.

Sue, my obviously better haff, works at keeping me in line when she is not off umpiring or leaffing professional tennis tournaments. Two kids, Ben (married to MoUy and working for Lockheed Martin) and Kristen, who just returned from 2 years in the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan.

So that's the quick and ffirty on the last 31 years. If you happen to be passing through DaUas/Fort Worth, let us know.

Best Regards,Dane Pranke. • FinaUy, Larry Olson reporting from Cfficago, where he, Becky and famfly have been for the past 20 years.

• " I reUnquished the Presidency of the 900-member Midwestern Association of Forensic Sciences at our annual meeting in October in St. Louis. (This group, Uke many a Naval uffit, works hard AND plays hard.) Tffiee of our members were interviewed on a caU-in NRR station about what working in forensic science is R.EALLY Uke (no high heels and Capri pants - at least not during working hours). (If the Unk is stiU active, it's at -www.mafs.net, under "Members on NRR.") In anticipation of extra leisure time, I've joined a running group and a men's chorus.

Eldest daughter/son-in-law Jen & Tony Heeter stiU work a variety of jobs revolving around the water and tourism on Santa CataUna Island off Long Beach.

Jen tarned 30 this summer, at wffich point we deducted 5 years from aU their ages, as we're too young to have a kid that old...

Younger daughter Whitney also moved to Avalon in April to work in tourism, but she has come back here to winter back here in Cfficago (is she crazy?) .Youngest son Andrew graduated from high school in Jan., got his Ucense and started community coUege aU in the same week. Older son Jon, the late bloomer, started at Columbia CoUege downtown in a fflm and photography program in Sept. He's been living the life of Rfley since high school, working winters at a Tahoe ski resort and summers in Avalon.

Becky's taken on a couple of coUateral duties in addition to accounting and enabUng the men in her life. She became a certified life coach looking to assist drifting 20- and 30-somethings. On a related note, she also got involved with an activity group that has adventures aU over Chicago. Whfle finding lost 30-somethings, she became so popular at breaking the ice and making introductions that she's been voted event leader of the month two out of the last four months! • That's afl for now but there is more coiffing next article. Have a great 2006!

Roamer sends.

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A l I have to say is,"WOW!" It has been another exciting year for Na-vy FootbaU -with a victory over Army and A r Force and the team being selected to another post-season bowl game. We also had a great season for taflgating again this year averaging over 60 persons for each game.

Special thanks go to the intrepid tentmeisters, JD Engels and Mark Moore who faithfuUy put up and took down the tent for every game. JD was heard to remark,"It's much easier to do tffis when you've had a few drinks!" He is working on his training regimen in the off-season accorffingly. Look for us again next year; we're trying to get our Plebes, the Class of '79, to setup their taflgate in the spot next to us. Additional thanks go out to the foUowing whose efforts have contributed to the success of our taflgaters: Barbara and Ke-vin Stone, Karen and Peter Varsanyi (who coordinated the ArmyNavy tailgate and the scrumptious post-game victory dinner at Bistro LA Baia), Jayme and John Bickings, and to the caterer, Graul's Market.

Speaking of the Army-Na-vy game, several of our Classmates braved the wind and cold temperatures at FDR Park in Phfladelphia to gather for the Class

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CLASS N E W S taflgater prior to kickoff. Lenny Mokan, accompaffied by ffis daughter, Asffiey, ffiove down from Corffing, NY, to be there. Aso present were Fred Byus and ffis son, Fred, and also Keith Tommy Gardner Laser and ffis son, explains his strategy on Timothy. We had how to beat Tulane some of the season regffiars show up, too: Tom Bakke, Angie and Mike O'Loughlin, Mary and Terry Tielking, Keith Champion, Karen and Peter Varsanyi, as weU as Barbara and Ke-vin Stone. Sprinkled m the mix were several famfly members and friends. Peter's brother arrived -with ffis famfly and Karen had her son, Mark, and ffis girlfriend, AUsha. Susan and John Hubbard '71 accompaffied my -wffe.

Barb, and me to the taflgater/game. My younger brother, Ke-vm, and ffis two chflffien, Erflc and Emfly, took the rafl from ffis home ffi Manayunk to jom in on the fon.

I had planned on putting many pictares of the last tffiee taflgaters in tffis column but reaUzed there wasn't enough room. So, if you haven't done so lately, please check out the Class website at http://-www. usna76.com which has been updated by Gary Greenfield -with recent pictares wffich are in color (cUck on the "Events" Unk).

I thought I'd play catch-up, so I am incluffing pictares from the Temple and Tulane taflgates.

During the Thanksgi^ving weekend. Barb and I had a chance to visit Melaffie and Jim Doherty at ffis parent's house m Haddonfield, NJ. Their infant daughter, Bobbie, has done a lot of growing up since her Jffiy birth!

Doc Doherty and daughter, Bobbie

I received an update from my one of my 26th Company mates who I hadn't heard from in a long time, Eric Kimura: Bruce Petit & Family afe|ba

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Tom Bakke, Timothy & Keith Laser, Lenny & Ashley Mokan

• Hi Guys! It's been a few years smce I ran into TK and Keith Champion here in Hawaii. Good to see that you are aU ffive & kicking. Been working at Pearl Harbor Naval Sffipyard for the last 22 years and stffi am a nuke. I spent most of that time in the Nuclear Engineering Department up unffi about 4 weeks ago. I spent a couple of weeks in Guam after San Francisco ffit the seamount and have been pretty busy since. I get the pri^vflege of going back to Guam next week. Been married since 1986 and have one daughter, 14 years old attenffing ffigh school.

Got a house in Mffiaffi with the typical big mortgage. Oh yeah, got an article pubUshed in the Jffiy issue of Proceeffings, got a whole $152.00 for it. Give a caU when you are in the area! • I also heard from PhU Wilhelm, whose wife, Bonme, hosted a taflgate for a number of Midsffipmen and cadets during the A r Force game:

Mark Moore makes a great uncle!

• My •wife, Bonffie, put out a great spread for about 40 rffids and cadets at our taflgater. We had such a great time. I ffidn't send a pictare with Bonnie since she got

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SO soaked and ffidn't look her best. My broffier, Bruce WflheUn, is a 1978 grad of West Point. He and I played lacrosse against each other wffien we were at the acaderffies. His ex-wife, Emfly Harman, my sons' aimt, is a 1985 grad of USNA, was captain of ffie women's basketbaU team. •

At ffie rime of ffis deaffi. Ken was resiffing in Augusta, Georgia, •with ffis wife Deborah, and chflffien Brett, Maggie, and Katie. Ken opted for nuclear power after graduation, with ffis iffitial tour on L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN 686).

After completion of active duty. Ken and Deb moved to Georgia where Ken worked for Southern Nuclear Aways known for ffis great ffisposition and easygoing attitade.

Ken wfll be gready rffissed.

On a final note: I wish everyone a Healthy and Happy New Year!

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PRES: CAPT Richard "Rick"White, USN 11 Porter Road, Annapolis, MD 21402 H: 410-295-0089; HE: rick.white@1977.usn3.com SEC'Y: Bob Sanderson Alex Wilhelm '08, Bruce Wilhelm USMA 78, Emily 210 Aunimn Chase Dr.,Annapohs.MD 21401 Harman '85, Phil Wilhelm, John Wilhelm USAFA '09 H:410-571-6267;E: bob.sanderson@1977.usna.com

Don't forget, ffie 30th Reumon is schedffied for September 1-3,2006. The hotel is ffie Loews AnnapoUs on West St m downtown AnnapoUs. The room rate is $185/ffight and you can make your reservatiom now by calling 410-263-7777; make sure you mention ffie USNA Class of 1976 30ffi reuffion. The tentative schedffie is as foUows: Friday, September 1st: 7pm tiU ??? : Evenmg reception/ffinner/dance at Loews Saturday, September 2nd: Momffig: Class meetmg & elections in ffie Yard Afternoon: Taflgate inside the staffium grounds ('Class Rmg Norffi') Evenmg: Na^vy - East CaroUna, kickoff about 6pm, there wffi be block seating for ffie class nearby m the new IflU seats; more tailgate afterwards Sunday, September 3rd: Company events Options TBD (goff, saffing) The comrffittee is up and runnmg makmg the detafled plans; ffyou have any comments or want to volunteer drop Kevm Stone (kstone@anteon.com) a Une. Look for detafled registration information via emafl, in your maflbox, and in a foture Sffipmate. Please note: if you move or change your emafl and don't update your info at the Aumni Association we wffi not be able to contact you about the reumon!

Agam, it is my sad duty to report the loss of two Classmates. Our hearts and prayers go out to the famffies of Damon Loveless, who passed away on 28 October 2005, and Ken Holmes, 30th Company who passed away on 16 October 2005.

From the Yard Just another typical year of Na'vy footbaU (a win over Army, the CIC Trophy, and a bowl game); I just hope that •we don't get too bored wdth these kmds of resffits year after year. Who knows, maybe one of Raffi Johnson's teams wiU be the first to beat Notte Dame smce 1963; we can always ffieam. Enough about footbaU and on to the Dark Ages; I hope some of the mafl this month Ufts your spirits.

Dianne and John Gerhard cut the change-ofcommand cake

From the Mail Bag John Gerhard assumed command of Naval Hospital Lemoore on 12 August 2005. Joiffing John in the celebration were Dianne Gerhard Qohn's •wffe), Katherine Gerhard '06 (ffis daughter), and classmates Mike La^viano and Monty Sooter. Belated congratalations to John on ffis new command!

Whfle some people are assurffing new commands, others Uke Cffiis Cain are easing into retirement. Much to Nancy's reUef, Cffiis retired on 6 October 2005 after 28 years of service (have we reaUy been around that long?). He's no-w working for Imagine One Technology and Management m ArUngton,VA. Best of luck in those retirement years!

Katherine Gerhard continues the USNA legacy of her father, John

Checking out the sights at Baltimore's Inner Harbor after the Navy-Maryland Game: Bob Vogel and his friend, Belinda

Celebrating John's new command (L-R): Mike Laviano, Monty Sooter, John Gerhard, and Dr Ken Kawahara (one of John's classmates from Harvard)

Roommate Reunion: Bob Vogel and Bob Sanderson

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CLASS N E W S Bob Vogel came up from Adanta. GA, for a couple of Na-vy game weekends again this year, which gave him a chance to visit with ffis Godson, who happens to be my son, Aec (prospective USNA Class of '26), as weU as one of his sffipmates from ffis submarine days, Keith Simpson. His first -visit was for the Maryland Game, which was somewhat disappointing, but aUowed us to enjoy some great weather and post-game camaraderie. On the other hand, the A r Force Game was increffible to watch, and even made the nflserable and rainy weather a lot easier for us to bear Hope to see you (and BeUnda) up here again soon!

Looks Uke we have ourfirst3-star in the class; here's an excerpt from the 4 October 2005 effition of the Navy Times: • RADM Patrick M.Walsh, an aviator and former Blue Angel, wfll take the heUn at 5th Fleet and Naval Forces Central Command, accorffing to a 4 October 2005 announcement from the Defense Department. Walsh has been norffinated for promotion to Vice Adnflral. He's to take over command of Na-vy operations in the Midffie East from VADM David Nichols, who wffi become deputy commander of U.S. Central Command under Gen. John Abizaid. Currendy ffirector of the Navy's Quaffienffial Defense Review, Walsh graduated from the U.S, Naval Academy in 1977.

Accorffing toffisofficial biography, his last flying assignment was command of Carrier A r Wing One aboard the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy during Operation Southern Watch. Fifth Fleet is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain. • Andy WUson, who is the official 12th Company Historian, noted how interesting it is that our first four flags were either brigade commanders (Sam Locklear and Dirk Debbink) or were named Walsh (foeWalshandPat).

Our heartiest congrattflations to the three-star!

Several months ago, Jim Berger noticed I hadn't had much material for Shipmate and was thoughtfol enough to provide me with some "fiUer" material (Utde did he know that I had plenty of material but I just wasn't able to write the column). In any event, he provided me with the foUowing photo of his boys, WiUiam and Henry, who were born on 20 February 2004. Jim and his wife, Stacie, are Uving in Iowa. Stacie is a physical therapist and Jim is the Director

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A legacy in the making (potential Class of '27): Stacie and Jim Berger and their sons, William and Henry

Class Communication Rick White provided the foUowmg iffiormation on recent (and not-so-recent) happeffings around the AnnapoUs (and Lake Tahoe) areas: As you know, we sponsor the 12th company, and have been meeting with the firsties and their Company Officer A GR.EAT group of folks again this year.

Here are some events they are planning to share with us: l.Any time any of us are in town, they're more than happy to host us for lunch in King HaU. Contact the Company Officer, CAPT Mary Beth Bruggeman '99 by emafl mantonel@usna.edu. Make sure you give her a day or two in advance, and copy me on the emafl as weU. 2.They are planning to have another ffiffing out during the Dark Ages and wffi invite us to join them.

3.They've been doing some work in the wardroom and hope to have a ribbon cutting and -wffi give us a yeU to join them. They are most appreciative of what we do for them. Last year we bought them a grffi for taflgating - they got a good deal and are using the extra for a freezer (to keep the taflgating food in) and a new nflcrowave. They are putting together a wish Ust of stuff for us to help them with this year as weU. We had a great weekend celebrating the deffication of the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel. As an etffics teacher here, I can't begin to teU you the impact of tffis wonderfifl adffition to ffie Yard. Laura and Jerry Mfller are due special thanks for their hard work and deffication in bringing tffis project to fi'uition!

If you are in the Yard at any time, please feel free to knock on our door here

on Captain's Row. The house is easy to find - got the name right on the porch and if you forgot your glasses, our crest prouffiy hangs on the porch as weU. Planmng for the 30th is getting underway Tom "Soup" CampbeU has the beginffing of what looks Uke a great weekend. He is always looking for ideas and help. His emafl is: tom.campbeU@ longandfoster.com.

Don't forget to contact Mike "Duck" Laviano at laduckiano@aol.com if you're interested m the "LAKE TAHOE COME AROUND" scheduled for 10-12 March 2006 (see last month's issue for additional detafls).

Closing Remarks That's afl for now; keep in touch.

Go Navy!—Bob Sanderson ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 2 % LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 7 5 % PRES; Glen Woods SEC'Y: Vince Balderrama 3402 Van Wie Dr. East, Baldmnsville, NY 13027 E: vince.baldenama@lmco.com WEB SITE: usnal978.org ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 90% PRES: LCDR Sean Cate, USN (Ret.) E: Sean.Cate@1979.usna.com SEC'Y: LCDRJohn"Wiz"-Withers, USN (Ret.) 22445 Bluebird Ct., Leonardtown, MD 20650 H: 301-997-1980; W: 240-556-0637 E:JDWithers@1979.usna.com "WEB SITE: www.usna79.com

Greetings, 79!

Wow! Welcome to 2006! Tffis is one of those great occasions where I have more stuff to print than space to print it, so let's get right to it!

Karen and I were "working" at a local wine festival (reafly!), and one afternoon I found myself pouring a glass for Donna and Tom "T.P." Phelan. We ffidn't have too much time to chat, but T.P. told me he had just retired and was enjoying some time off before beginning the job search process. He had just completed a twoyear tour as the Commander, Naval Test Wing Adantic in Ratuxent River, MD. At the time he wasn't sure what industry he would be pursuing, but infficated he planned to stay in southern Maryland.

He is looking forward to more time on the golf course and motocross ttack.

CAPT Larry Rice (ricel@ cvn65,navy.nfll) sent along a photo of something you don't often see: three aircraft carriers steaiffing together {see the "Photo Gallery"on the class web site). But what makes tffis photo reaUy unique is

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ffiat aU the conmianders are '79ers. First, ffiere's E^^rERPRISE, which Larrs' commands. Aso embarked is RDML Ray Spicer. the conmiander of ffie ENTERPRISE Sttike Group. The second carrier in the photo is HARRY S.TRUN4AN, conmianded by CAPT Jim GigUotti.

Rounffing out ffie pictare is DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, conmianded by CAPT Dan Cloyd. From Larry: "Notably absent was NIMITZ. conmianded by CAPT Ted Branch, w ho refosed to safl aroimd South America for the photo op.

We'U catch you next time.Twig!" Now just think about ffiat: four carriers commanders and one sttike group commander iiom ffie same class — at ffie same time! Don't knowfl"ffiat'sa record, but even ff it's not, it's stffi one phenomenal acffievement!

Pete Parsons (peter.s.parsons@ boemg.com) has packed up and left ffie nfld-Adantic for more souffiem climes.

Here's Pete: • I have accepted a new position \^^th Boemg (I've been wiffi Boeing for 17 years now) on the Groimd-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program in HuntsviUe, Aabama. I moved down m July, Leanore foUowed after our house in Philly sold m September. The GMD program is very complex, implementing contmued improvements on the GMD interceptor s\'stem Boemg put in place last year to shoot down potential incorffing baUistic missfles aimed at the U.S. or our AlUes. HopefiiUy this system wiU take leverage away from "unfriendUes" who could threaten U.S. and Affied territory wiffi missfle attacks now and m the fotare.

Leanore has retarned to the same office in PEO Aviation that she left m February to jom me m Phfladelpffia. Leanore has 27 years of government service - so we're reaUy glad she could contmue to work as a government civffian. She knows everyone in Army Aviation - and even Ukes a few West Point grads!!

We love Hunts-vffie! We now have 15 minute commutes in exttemely Ught ttaffic - as opposed to the 60-rffinute sttessfifl commutes we had in Rhffiy Our real estate taxes are 25% (yes, that's not a typo!) of what they were in Rhffiy. The recent BRAG wffi bring 4500 more jobs to the area - creating upward mobffity for government employees who are affeady here and mcreasing the econorffic base for the growing City of Huntsvffie and surrounding areas. Real estate is very reasonable here, stfll.

And, of course, you can't beat having the opportunity to play golf twelve months out of the year! If any of our classmates are being faced with lea-ving the WDC/Northern Virgiffia area and moving to HuntsviUe due to the BRAG I woffid suggest they take a HARD LOOK at moving with their jobs to Hunts-vffie before making a career or job change. I was raised in the Boston area and have lived in Atlanta, Phffiy, and other big cities. Huntsvffie is not the "Aabama backwater" that some people might think it is. It compares very favorably with those offier "big cities" from a quaUty of life perspective.

If any our classmates do decide to head South, I just took deUvery of my USNA 79 tag for the car so that one's taken!! Take care! Pete. • Good luck with the new job, Pete! And thanks for the update.

Whfle I'm tffinking about it, I want to say thanks to the Navy footbaU team and Coach Raffi Johnson for another exciting year. Tffis year marked the fourth consecutive -victory over Army, the tffird consecutive Commander-In-Cffief's Trophy, and the tffird consecutive year of post-season bowl eUgibffity. A couple notes on the CIC Trophy: accorffing to "Na-vy sports ffistorian" and class VicePresident Fred Gerheiser (FGerheiser@ AUenShariff.com), tffis was the first time since 1996 (and offiy the sixth time EVER) that the Army-Navy game decided the outtight winner of the ttophy. Also, for the ffist time in school ffistory, Na-vy won the trophy outright (i.e., beat both Army and Air Force) for each of tffiee consecutive years. It certaiffiy was a year to enjoy.

And speakmg of our class VR, Fred sent along ffie foUowing'"79 Taflgater Report": • Taflgaters for Na-vy home footbaU games are going quite weU and growing in popularity with some of the local classmates (and then some) from around the area. Starting with the Maryland game in Baltimore through last weekend's game against Tulane, the regffiars Qanet and Sean Cate, Kathy and Nick Harris, Chris and Dave Jackson, Jean and Dick Tobey, MaryeUen and Lyle MueUer, Karen and Chuck Dixon, Chuck Wright, Jean and Dave Krueger, Mike Doyle, Kevin Sinnett (waving to us as he escorts people back and forth to the stadium m ffis goff cart) and yours ttffiy with Valerie) have represented the class weU with hot food, cold beer, munchies, and the occasional stolen cfficken.

We've also had occasional visits by Tim Blue, Rick Marrs, Bob "Butts" Buttrick,Joe Ciano, Scott Gray, Steve McKenzie, Bob Burns, and, yes, for you 16th Company alums. Ken MacGibbon USMA '79, our Woop from up on the Hudson. I know that I rffissed some of you here but, hey, the beer tastes good at 0930 in the AM as weU! In any event, our "Uttle" taflgater a couple of years ago with maybe a haff dozen of us (on a good day) has grown to around two dozen or more classmates, significant others, and kids/friends.

By the time tffis reaches aU of the class, it wffi be time to start planning for next year Remember that Navy has Notre Dame and Army in Baltimore for 2006! With Dave Jackson's new taflgater canopy (navy blue, I may add) and the class flag flying prouffiy, you can't rffiss us.

With any luck, we'U even have a permanently assigned taflgate space for next season. O/V, Fred • Thanks, Fred! Karen and I were part of the weU-attended taflgater at the Temple game. I spent some time taUdng with Chuck Wright, who is looking at retirement in the next year or so. Chuck currendy is working at the Pentagon in Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE). I also had a great conversation with Dave Jackson, who is the Director ofBusiness Development (Homeland Security) for DRS Technologies m Gaithersburg, MD.

Dave Dennis' Wedding: (l-r) Sam Dennis 75, Doyle Thomas, Dave & Kelly Dennis, John Green, Bill Metzger '80, John Doswell

Next up is tffis update from John DosweU (jmdosweU@megafab.com): • On the weekend of 8 October, a few of us got together to -witness the Last of the Mofficans depart the ranks of the singles and enter into marital bUss. I know tffis may come as a shock to many of our classmates, but Dave Dennis is now married! His bride, KeUy, is a fantastic gal who also ffies for Federal Express. I'm not sure when they met, but they've UteraUy had a round-the-world romance, often January-February 2006

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milM CLASS NEWS flying together as Captain and First Officer on internationalflightsand enjoying those extended "crew rest" days in exotic locales on the company ticket (there ought to be a law). For the wedding weekend, we ([ohn Green, Doyle Thomas, Tod Hirt, Tom Strader, R.A. Brant, and Sam Dermis '75) started on Thursday near AnnapoUs (actuaUy over on the Eastern Shore) at the home of Doug and Karen Salter Doug was one of my "unofficial" sponsors in 79, saw his daughter through (Hope HaU '89), officiaUy sponsored Matt Lear '93, and has hosted many '79 events over the years. We played a round of goff at Queenstown Harbor and then stumbled our way through the evening at Doug's.

Since nobody ffied, we caUed it a good eveffing (bachelor parties for "near 50 year olds"just aren't that exciting).

On Friday we road-ttipped to Jersey/east PA and continued the frivoUty at Tom and Barbara Ann's where Margo Green and Kris DosweU joined up with us. For the wedding on Saturday we were joined by Robin and BUI Dennis '77, Sam's wife Bonme, and BUI Metzger '80 along -with more famfly (aU but one of Dave's ffine sibUngs) and friends. It rained Uke crazy, but we were aU cozy in the church and at the reception at the Black Bass Inn on the Delaware Raver (which -was rising fast). Truly, a good time was had by aU and real honor for me to serve as best man. Dave and KeUy reside in Anchorage, Aaska.

Doug Bartlett should have made the event, but he was in Texas that weekend, winning the US. National Acrobatic Championsffip (Intermediate Division).

Doug (-who must have a death wish) has moved from gymnastics to skydiving to acrobatic flying in his SU-29 (Russian built high performance plane). He placed 7th in the Rower Sportsman ffivision in ffisfirstnational competition last year, and took the national championsffip at the higher. Intermediate Level tffis year Look for ffim on the National Team very soon.

Oo-Rah! Doz out. • Thanks, Doz! And a big "'79er Congratulations" to KeUy and Dave!

And now, courtesy of Kirk Michealson, here's this month's instaUment of'The Ever Popular and WorldRenowned Tidbits and Snippets Section": Mike Mahon was promoted to Rear Admiral on 11 October in the HaU of Heroes (Pentagon Concourse).

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Ken Panos (kpanos@wbbinc.com) accepted a position as Manager, Financial Analysis and Strategy with Wffitney, Braffiey & Brown, Inc. inVienna,VA. Ken retired last summer at USNA, with ffis eldest son MIDN Mike Panos '07 having a part in the ceremony. Rusty Mirick, Stan Hudson and Scott Gray served as sideboys. Dave Morriss and Dale Nees also attended. Ken also reported that he was ffired just a few weeks after Ke-vin "KC" Albright began working at WBB. George Franks has estabUshed the Franks Consffiting Group, a management consulting and leadership coacffing practice in Bethesda, MD. CUck on -www.franksconsultinggroup.com. George also reported he had the privflege of attending the Change of Command ceremony forffisformer roommate Mike Johnson at the Wasffington Na-vy Yard, where Mike took a new command at NavSea. And with that, I have just enough space to say,"See you next month!"

Omnes Viri!

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

By the time you read tffis the Christmas season wffi be long gone and we'U be in the "Dark Ages," wffich -wfll be much brighter with our great win over Army.

One thing you can be sure of is that it wffi be that much grayer up at West Point this winter We wffi also have played in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. Don't think I'U be able to make it to the game, but hopefoUy at the time of your reading this we wiU have been victorious.

Speaking of Army Na-vy, I'm sure there were tons of parties out there. Alan PortiUo, gaijin@san.rrcom sent in a photo from the one of our more active groups of Classmates — at the San Diego Army Navy game party. '80 classmates in the photo are, clockwise from bottom left: Dan Archer, Tom Sloan, Karl Bunker, Dave Ray, Rich Carlquist, Jerry Nies, Alan PortiUo, and JiU Votaw. HopefuUy he'U have an equaUy large (ff not larger) shot from the Poinsettia Bowl.

San Diego Army Navy game party

Sherri and the kids came up to stay on the boat for a few weeks whfle they were ffisplaced from New Orieans - so there were here for the game. After scrounging around for tickets - we were reafly lucky as I was assigned as the seffior officer for a group from Bethesda Naval Hospital that was donated a suite as gratitude for their service. It was certaiffiy a wonderfol "warm" way to watch us stomp Army.

IncidentaUy, they are heading back to New Orleans tffis week from Topeka Kansas where they have been staying. We wffi rebufld the city - and they want to be a part of that transformation. Thanks for aU the wonderfol thoughts and prayers.

Don't forget that we had a bunch of Classmates affected by the storm. Tffis means that Mardi Gras -wiU go on as scheduled — and the Grace "mansion" -wfll be open for any and aU visitors!!!!!!

COME O N DOWN! We saw Dale Lumme up at the game and heard a few offiers were ffiere too. In fact, here is a note from Mike Ales AesM@USMMA.EDU who is stiU teaching up at the Merchant Marme Academy.

• Joe, Heard you had great seats at ArmyNa-vy. I was up in section 210 (3rd level in the east end zone). It wasn't as cold as the '77 game, but I was a lot younger then. I ffid see a few classmates. Maureen and John Coleman were there with their daughter. John's son is a 2/c mid. I also saw Jean and Jim Huck. Jim's son is a 1 /c nfld going subs Uke the old man.

Jim and Jean met at Fleet Week in NYC in 2002 and have been married about a year, Ron Jones bafled me out when I needed a ceU phone whfle trying to ttack down Jim. Ron's son is also a 1/c mid who, if I remember correctly, is going surface warfare, I was lucky to get tickets at aU. I gotfivefrom Ricky WUUamson '85, who decided to go to his daughter's dance recital instead. (There's my norffinee for Father oftheYear!)

I'm up for tenure tffis year. Other 8th Co. news: Sharon and Ed Spear are up

inffieTwin Cities, where Ed's wiffi an IT company and teacffing coUege on ffie side.

Ed had a healffi scare last year, but he has fiflly recovered. Mark Guidoboni just toreffisACL helping ffis son wiffi ffis Eagle Scout project (anoffier defficated dad) and wiU be off work for a few monffis after ffie suigery. Take care. Mike • Maria O'Shea. w ho manages Sffipmate for ffie Aimrni Association, and does a ttemendous job, sent in a BRAVO ZULU in ffiat CAPT James M. Spence is being reUeved by COL Douglas P. Yurovich, USMC. The change of conmiand is for CVW-9 wffich is based m Lemoore. He has been CAG smce August of 2004. His next command wffi be COMUSNAVCENT in Bahrain.

Guad, aUas Captam Mark Guadagnim, mark.guadagniffi@na-vy.mfl who is now at NAVPERSCOM Rers -43, sent m this update: • Joe, A qffick note, as I have been roanflng aroimd Uke a wild person. Bemg a Human Resources guy is a tougher Ufestyie than I ever imagined. Hard to beUeve that guys Uke Moose, Size, and Trapper now caU me wiffi actual concern ffi ffieff voices...concern over ffieff next sets of orders. Trapper Spence's change of command is m Januan,- of 2006. He ffid a superb job as CAG, leadmgffisAff Wmg ffi combat operations over Iraq. He is headed to Bahram to work for COMUSNAVCENT as the Plans and RoUcy Di-vision Director. Moose is up m Newrport at the Strategic Staffies Group, thinking heavy ffioughts for the CNO. Size is on cruise with J.R Haley, domg the enforcement end of American foreign poUcy Joe Edwards is workmg for EDS ffi NorffiemVffgiffia. I got to spend some time with Scott Stewart in Rax River recendy. He is absolutely exceffing as the Commander of the A r to Air Missfle Program office for the Navy. KeUy McBride is working for WBB in the Virgiffia Beach office, wffich just opened this year. I run mto ffim at ffigh school basebaU games every spring, as both of our sons play (albeit for rival ffigh schools) in VA Beach. Dennis Watson is working for Joint Forces Command in Norfolk.

He had a superb command tour on USS Nashvffie. Talked to Jeff MiUer a Utde whfle ago. He is stffi inffisJoint tour up in DC. Played phone and emafl tag with Smitty and Ann StencU, but ffid not foUy connect to get the gouge. COL WiU GUdner is the A r Attache in

London. He, wife, Ann, two daughters 17 and 12, are enjoying their overseas tour but looking forward to returning home in due course. He had Steve Matts and Charles Le May over to dinner last recendy. Steve is the Commander Naval Activities UK and is engrossed in shutting down the Na-vy presence in the UK. Charles you remember was a Chilean exchange stadent in our class and is now the Chflean Defense Attache in London, at altitade, Guad • I had reaUy been hoping to make Greg MisUck's grffisUck99@yahoo.com, retirement out in CaUforffia (Sorry Greg!).

Unfortanately, Navy and Marine Corps Mefficme had a different idea of where I needed to be during that period. As an aside, ffyou have sometffing going on that you want announced to the Class such as a reffiement or major event, please let me know and I'U do my best to get it out on ffie Ust serve or via Class E-mafl ff it's appropriate. Here is ffis e-mafl: • Joe, Greetings from Tarifa, Spam! Am happy to -write that I had my reffiement ceremony on 18 November at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

Classmate Matt Boensel was my MC, and a good time was had by aU! Am celebratmg my new facffity position at NPS (startmg m January), and the rerirement, on a one month ttip to Russia, Spain and Portagal. St Petersburg was gorgeous, and it was uffimaginable that any of us could visit Red Square in Moscow when we graduated from USNA in 1980. Hope aU is weU and Happy HoUdays! If any classmates are passing through Monterey, Matt and Scott Jasper and I are permanent fixtares here at NPS. Give us a caU at 831656-3113. Greg • Randy Stefanovic, of 27™ Company, rstefanovic@beUsouth.net sent m a Cffiistmas update: • Dear Joe: WeU Cffiistmas time is here and I am preparing to enjoy it with my famfly. I sriU Uve in sunny Florida and I have a great wffe (Tammy) and tffiee great kids (Nick / 12 yrs old, OUvia / 9 yrs old & Matthew/ 3 yrs old).

On the professional front I started another new company. It's caUed SOURCE MEDICAL, Inc. I am in the meffical supply space. Take care and God bless. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! GO NAVY! • Michael Fitzgerald, responded to the note about VADM Lawrence. He is working as

an analyst at NAVSEA working with the Sea Shield Task Force, Michael.j.fitzgerald@na-vy.mfl.

• I sent out a note in my request for information that relayed very sad news and that was the death of VADM E-a-wrence. He was an incredible American Hero, a significant part of our youth and a true friend of'80. His wife Diane is an honorary member of the Class and wifl always be special to '80.

Our deepest sympathy go out to her and the Lawrence famfly and our thanks for sharmg him with us for a whfle. • In addirion, I received a note from Ken Bergman, Ken.bergman@us.army.mfl who reported the death of another Classmate, BiU BlackweU in December of last year. Bffi was working as the Chaplain at West Point at the time of ffis death representmg the Southern Baprist campus rffiffistry. I'm not sure how we were not aware of Bffi's death, but you can rest assured that the Class -wffi now contact the famfly and see if there is anytlflng that they need. Our sympathy goes out to BiU's Famfly.

I also received a caU from Adnflral Vic See who had some very sad news for our Class.

• "It is with a very sad heart that I report that on 22 Nov, Ann Petro, beloved wffe of George, of hardcore 24, passed away in Virgiffia Beach,VA of heart compUcations. In attendance at the services on 28 Nov. and the foneral on 29 Nov. were CART Jim Ransom and ffis wffe Anne, Steve Benson, Col Jim Jamison, and RDML Vic See and ffis -wife Moffica.

Those of us who knew Ann and her bigger than Ufe personffity wdU nflss her dearly. She was a wonderfiil gi-ving and generous person. Our thoughts and prayers go out to George, ffis daughter Brianna, and son Daffiel." • We send out our deepest sympathy and heartfelt support to George and ffis famfly!

As we enter another year, m spite of aU that is going on in each of our Uves, I hope that this finds each of you healthy, happy, and wiser today than yesterday.

Take a few rffinutes to renew a friendsffip, caU a Classmate and remember what is precious — Here is -wishing you and your Famfly a wonderfol hoUday season, a beautifol new year and much happiness.

Thank you agam for the privflege and honor of being your Class Secretary. As always, BEAT ARMY AGAIN - J o e .

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CLASS N E W S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 97% PRES; Jim Ahlgrimm 1948 Friendship PI, Falls Church.VA 22043-1542 H: 703-848-0793; E: jim@ahlgrunm.net SEC'Y: Dave CiccareUi 1545 Meadow Branch Ave., Winchester,VA 22601-6702 H: 540-665-0366; 0:540-751-1888; F: 540-751-1899 C: 703-431-0240; E: dave@lmainc.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1981 CLASSWIDE MESSAGES: usnal981@yahoogroups.com

The hoUdays are over so it's back to the news and plenty of it.

Lee Cohen '82 - Sat next to Bob Grabarek at a recent LA Chapter ffinner. Bob recendy move from the East Coast to "The O C " (if you don't know where that is, ask Bob Grabarek your kids). He's tan, fit, and clearly not working hard enough.

Go Na-vy!

Jeff Freeman - Late of the "Hard Core 24" 4-some at the Homeconflng Goff Outing (w/Nelson Moe, Mike Dzieciolow^ski & Henry Azklar). I stiU keep in touch with Steve Steckler (Southwest ArUnes) and Jim Heffernan (ASN I&E EA). I recently got promoted toVR Maritime & Homeland Security Systems for DRS Technologies (Crystal City).The photo is tffis past summer with two of my sons, Peter and John. I coached their ffigh school and youth rugby teams.

Peter is an NROTC Freshman at GA Tech. Jeff (mffittos@mindspring.com) Homeconflng conference caU attendees: Jim Affigrimm, Dave CiccareUi, Bffi McGuinness, Bob Schulze, Noreen Leahy, Nelson Moe, Chuck CoughUn, Bob Kennington, Bubba Turman, Dennis Murphy, Otto Statz, Denffis Murphy, Bob Schulze, Scott FrankUn, Cecfl Davis, Mike Harbor, Ed Tucholski. Topics included 25-Year Reuffion Planffing, merchandise.

Treasurers report, honorary classmates, 2006 events (goff outing, lunches, picnic), website-photos, book of exceUence, new class officers, perhaps a Shipmate audition for Class Secretary.

Steve Hampton - Photo to document gathering in NORMANDY and to show how young we reafly look. HeU — I think we look the same as our Mid pictares. Missed some other reaUy good looking classmates — Bruce Curry had a last rffinute comrffitment, and Ke-vin Taylor, who owns aU maintenance in Norfolk as the MARMC Czar was also

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busy. Left to right is Dave Lannetti, Gerry Horton, Dave Mutzabaugh, Steve Hampton, Mike Carucci, Gerry Huber, and Dave Thomas.

Military guys — Gerry Huber is Commander of Regional Support Orgaffization Norfolk. Dave Thomas is COS for Commander Second Fleet.

Private Sector guys — Dave Lannetti is a la-wyer working at the World Trade buflding in Norfolk. He is a WiUiam and Mary grad too! Gerry Horton is civilian working for Joint Forces Command at JTASC in Suffolk. Mutz is Navy Accounts manager for GTSI in Tidewater. Mike Carucci is Uving near Mt Vernon (about three blocks from the Huber house) and works for IBM. Steve Hampton, Commandmg Officer — USS Normandy, hamptons@normandy.na-vy.mfl, Phone (Inport) 757-444-5143, Phone (at sea) 757-443-8023/443-8025

Bob Ravener - I have just started -with Starbucks asVR of Partner Resources for the Eastern half of the US. I'm stiU based in Adanta so the famfly won't have to move, I know there are a lot of Starbucks fans out there so I proiffise not to mess with the formula, BiU Hlopak - New home email address is pb,hlopak@comcast,net. Rat rffight be using a separate e-mail address for her Juice Plus business, BiU Hlopak, ETTR Technical Support Manager, BNG America, 804 South lUinois Avenue, Oak Ridge,TN 37830, Office: 865-241-9902, Fax: 865-241-9974, CeU: 865-405-2567 Ted Carter, Is that your flight jacket in the Snflthsonian? To which he responds . . . It is in fact nflne. It was put there in

1998 and has remained there ever since. I was the CO of theTophatters and have even been asked over the years to update the ready room exhibit with my flight jacket but the Smithsonian said they would have to keep it so it remains (on me). I am surprised it is afl stffi there.

Recently, Tim Fleischer made significant support pledges to both the Class of'8rs Ethics Department Chair project and the USNA Annual Fund.

With the gift to the Class Project, the VADM Lawrence Ethics Award wifl now be secure in perpetuity.

Deffication of the Cary Jones Memorial Garden at the north end of the stadium - Aong with Col and Mrs.Jones are Tim Disher, Noreen E^ahy, Katherine Engleman,Jolm Fisher, Kay Hire, Mary Gunther, Randy and LU Ex)vdahl.

Congratalations to RADM (Select) Frank Thorp:The President has norffinated CAPT Frank Thorp IV for appointment to the grade of rear adnflral (lower half). Frank is special assistant to the chairman. Joint Chiefs of Staff for PubUc Affairs.

CharUe Church just became the CIO of the Preparedness Directorate of Dept for Homeland Security.

Chris BobUt - In August I attended the nuptials of our iUustrious Anchorman, Dick Duffett and his new bride Brenda. (Doctor) Phil Hedrick also mustered, as weU as CharUe Grandjean and Jim (Pet) Pietrocini '80.

BeUeve it or not, tffis was Duff's first trip down the aisle! We aU offered Brenda our heartfeh hopes for patience and understanding. Friends and fanffiy lost money on the "book" though; Duff made it to the church on time! (Thanks to Chaz).

Congratffiations M r & Mrs. Duff]

Wasffington Post last Monday. It noted that he ttied to know every midsffipman by name. I remember passing him on SttibUng many times. He always knew my name. We have lost a great man. On behaff of the Class, I extend our deepest sympathy to Wendy and her famfly.

Later, Cffic.

Bob Kennington -When you get pictares (or ffyou have old ones), post ffiem to our class web site by emailing ffiem to -wiffier48new@photos.ffickr.com or go to our web site, http://-www.usna. com/classes/1981 and cUck on the Emafl Photo Unk. Give it a try. Right now, many of ffie pictares ffiat are there are ones ffiat I have posted, so ffiere's not much ffiversity.

Mutz sends Attached are 2 pics fir)mffieHampton Roads Aumffi Association Goff Event at Litde Creek on October 2 0 * .

The first is Joe Murphy's near hole-m-one on a 165 yd par 3.Then, L to R; Joe Murphy, Steve Hampton, Mike Hamele, Ted Carter, Otto Stutz, Mike Carucci, and your humble correspondent on the 18 green.

We were awarded prizes and accolades too numerous to detafl here, but 'Most Creative Use of the Muffigan' was one. We have deterrffined that there are at least 30 81ers in the NorfoUc/VB area. If anyone else wants to get on distto, emafl me at dave.mutzabaugh@gtsi.com. (Secy note: Apparently, '81 reached now levels of Unks creativity by seffing Muffigan options) Terry Kraft - I took over RONALD REAGAN here in San Diego, Coronado Naval Station to be exact, on 17 November. I'm at krafiy81@earthUnk.net.

And now, a win and a loss. First,ffie•win.

Nelson Moe Army Na^vy Party - One of many '81 photos you wiU probably see with an A-N game theme.

Left toRight: Jeff (Danno) Freeman, Henry Aszklar, Mike Dzieciolowski, Chuck Smith, Jon WaU and Nelson Moe. Ted Carter Army Navy Party -Just look at the pix. Even Bud Womer flew out from the west coast.

Tex Taylor - The game was better in person. Cold, Uke an Army Na^vy game shoffid be, and a great spectacle - first time for me since 1987. The Mids and Woops aU look so young. Lincoffi Financial field is a great venue. Went to the taflgater at McFadden's restaraunt & bar. Saw Mike "Crusher" Carrucci, Stretch Moran, BUI Peacock, Gary Slyman, KC O'Cormor, Patty (Crandlemire) Murphy, Jim Shannon, Mark Hyman, Tim Disher, Bob Ravener, Al Thomas, Ed Tucholski, Gene Juba, BiU Johnson, Scott Waddle, and a few I can't remember Now, the loss.

Vice Admiral WiUiam Porter Lawrence '51 passed away on 02 December. No doubt, there wffi be extensive coverage in Sffipmate. I saw ffis obit in the

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: CDR Dan Proubt, USN (Ret.) H: 410-280-5282; W: 410-260-5030 E: daniel.proulx@ngc.com VICE PRES: Matt Moury H: 410-263-7640; E: vicepresident@usna82.org TREAS: CDR Terry Benedict, USN H:703-913-7183;W: 703-607-1036 E: treasurer@usna82.org BUSINESS SEC'Y: David BaUt 1722 Gemini Dr. Sykesville, MD 21784-6230 H: 410-795-7621; W: 410-345-4774 E: dbalk@acm.org C O R R SEC'Y: Ward CarroU 40813 Meadow Dr., Leonardtown, MD 20650 301-475-7220; E: •wardncarrie@aol.com -WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1982

Happy New Year! It's already 2006? That means we offiy have one year unffi our 25'' reuffion. And many of our classmates know that it's never too early to get in shape for that type of event, and so they made it a point to show up for our 23 reuffion, wffich was coincident with USNA's homeconflng weekend. As always, along -with our good friends the great rffidsffipmen of First Company,

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CLASS N E W S hosting the event was our o-wn Goat One, Dan Proulx. Joiffing him were Mike QuiUan (who just swdtchedjobs with the same company and now Uves in Adanta), Linda Postnereider (fresh from Sonoma with some of her prints on ffisplay), Tyrone Hughes, Mike Jacobson (stffi USNA's ProDev),BUl Dawson (stiU USNA's Suppo), BUI Boeh, Frank Koye (more detafls later in the column), Tim Krese (U-ving in Columbia, South CaroUna), Matt Moury, Matt Cissel, Davey Jones, Paul Denham (U-ving in Charleston but working in NYC), Pat Cole, Brendan and Jenny (Po-weU) Ofi-iel, Dave Belt (now in DC after having command in the Pacific Northwest), Romero Eral, Mike Reiuiie, Kurt Kunkel, PhU Salinas, Gary Sandala (working at NSA at Fort Meade), Brian Ga-wne (working for the C N O in the Pentagon), Ken Carkhuff (U-ving in Chesapeake).

Later some of the gang rendezvoused at Midffieton's and ffid the forbidden dance with each other's -wives in between dowffing oyster shooters (Bffi Dawson's favorite). And after that most everybody crashed at Goat One's place in West AnnapoUs, wffich wffi most certaiffiy be the ffiffi for a lot of us at the 2 5 * . For my part, it was a pleasure to sleep next to JVIike Quffian once again. He's as huggable as he ever was.

In offier ne-ws,Jim "Bugs" Bugle-wicz checked in from acrossffiepond: • "WeU, it's taken over 23 years (and your compeffing pleas), but I'm finaUy -writing a letter to Sffipmate! I'm in Stuttgart, Germany working as a PoUtical / Mffitary Analyst in the Information Operations Di-vision of the US European Command Headquarters (EUCOM). I retired m January 2005 after 22 years, 7 months and 5 days in the USAF where my last assignment was working as a Crisis Planner (focused maiffiy on African nations) since 2001 in EUCOM. Our daughter Sophia Grace was born July 27, 2005. In attendance was Col. (USAF) Steve Irwin and ffis wife Erin, who are Sopffia Grace's godparents. They are stationed just north of us at Ramstein AB, Germany and we have been able to hook up for some great times in Germany with others ahead of us stiU! The famfly shot is from my retirement ceremony last October.

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underwent pflot traiffing in Columbus, MS, with our classmates Steve Irwin, Chuck Kirby and Rick Vandegriff and stayed there to perform T-38 insttuctor pflot duties unffi 1986 when I left for Luke AFB, AZ for F-16 traiffing. From 1987 to 1990,1 flew F-16s at Shaw AFB, SC, and participated in Operation DESERT SHIELD, flying out of the UAE. I continued flying the F-16 during a one-year remote tour in Korea in 1991, ttaveUng around the Pacific. FoUowing Korea, I spent 2 years at MacDffi AFB, FL, and 3 years at Luke AFB, AZ, flying as an F-16 insttuctor pflot in both assignments.

In 1996,1 went to EgUn AFB, FL, to fly Operational Test and Evaluation on the F16, developing fotare weapon systems and fighter tactics for the Combat A r Forces in the 28rh Test Squadron, then across the street to being the Operations Officer for the 85 Test and Evaluation Squaffion the best job I had in the USAF During my 4+ years in EUCOM, I was involved in the planffing for US response to crises and contingencies in Liberia, Afghaffistan, Nigeria, Cote d'lvoire, Centtal African RepubUc, Burunffi, Mauritaffia,Turkey, Ageria, and the Democratic RepubUc of Congo. I'm now involved fighting the Global War on Terror tffiough Informarion Operarions as a government contractor and am happy to be able to contribute. My -wife, Reeda works at home raismg Joseph and Sopffia.

Nicole is in her 2"^*^ year of coUege in DubUn, Ireland. Kayla is a ffigh school seffior tffis year -with us here in Germany and is lookmg forward to attendmg coUege somewhere back m the US next year We've gone to about every "Fest" known to man sampUng beers and wmes from across Europe, and we love Germany.

Other classmates I've stayed in touch with or run into over the years include the Ukes of Ron Bethmann, Brad Conners, BiU Flynn, Tommy Garrison, Jack Davidson, Tom Tack, Mike Fiero, Dave Belt plus a bunch of 4 * Co. grads I saw at the 1 0 * and 2 0 * reuffions. I look forward to our 25 in 2007, and wiU most Ukely be Uving back in the states by then. In the meanrime, if anyone's in Germany over the next year or two, drop me a Une and stop in - my home is your home.

I'd love to hearfixjmaUffie82 grads who cross-commissioned to the USAF on what your careers and Uves have been Uke. Maybe I'U -write a book (or at least consoUdate it aU mto an article some day). I think there were around 18 total, of which around 12 went off to ffight school." •

Great update. Bugs; thanks. Pete Brookes was wasting time in the Fox News Green Room and sent tffis: • "I'm stiU at The Heritage Foundation, a Wasffington, DC-based conservative tffink tank (www.heritage.org), where I'm a Seffior FeUow for national security affaffs.

I've also been writing a weekly (Monday) column for America's 6th largest paper, the NY Post, for the last two years. StiU domg regffiar TV commentary, and recendy ffid my 400th TV appearance on the Ukes of FOX, CNN and MSNBC. The big news is I just pubUshed my first book: A Devfl's Triangle:Terrorism,WMD and Rogue States. Check it out at http://www. peterbrookes.net I've also just started doing some work m raffio and am now hostmg a raffio taUc show, "The Brookes Report", on Sundays 2-3 pm on WMET 1160 (-www.-wmetll60.com) m Washmgton, DC. I've also done some raffio guest hostmg m PA, CT, and NYC." • Thanks, Pete. You're a busy boy. Now as prorffised, tffis from Frank Koye: • "I retarned from 7 weeks vacation m Abania with my famfly wffich was spent mostly in the capitol,Tirana, at my inlaws, but also included a week at a -viUa on the Adriatic Sea in Durres, and a week at the NewYork Hotel inVlora on the loffian Sea at the Strait of Otranto. My -wife, Ina, is an international human rights lawyer. We estabUshed the Abaffian Center for Missing and Exploited Chfldren in the US and a sister foundation in Abania. Kids ffisappear off the stteets as assets in ffie sex and human organs ttade. My -wffe, Ina, negotiated memorandums of agreement with the Abaffian Miffistry ofJustice and the Ombudsman (a rffiffisterial level position to address ci^vfl rights and human rights) whfle we were there, besides cutting tffiough the red tape to get stood up, we stayed for the elections, wffich she moffitored. My proudest accompUshment was teacffing our daughters, Laura (5) and Fiona (3) to swim - which took about 3 days and they were off and swimrffing.

When we returned we learned she was accepted to American Umversity Washington CoUege of Law for a doctorate of law program. So this month I wfll Remember or Honor a loved one in Alumni Hall.

Call 410-295-4163 for more information.

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have one spouse in school for her doctorate, one daughter entering kindergarten, one sonfiffisffingffisBS in Computer Science at ASU, and one son starting ffis end year of coUege at Scottsdale Conmiuffity CoUege. I sffifted from engineermg support to ffie Na^vy (NAVAIR) to supporting a non-DoD federal customer, stiU withm BAE Systems workmg m downtown DC." • Increffible, Frank. Congratffiations.

One final note. Tune into, "Survivor Panama, Exfle Island." airmg 2 Feb. to see Terry Deitz compete wiffi 15 offier contestants for ffie tide of "Sole Survivor".

WeUffiat"sit for now, classmates.

Keep m touch. — Ward ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: C D R James H . F b d e y rv, USN 618Vanderbilt.-\ve..Virginia Beach,V.A 23451 H: 757-963-7353; W: 757-836-4780 HE: flatmingo5@aoLcom WE; seamus.tlade\'@aol.com WE: t4jflad@ci-iv5.na\ymil SEC'Y: Angela Roth H; 713-432-0069; E; chrisangelaioth@sbcglobal.net WEB SITE: -www.usnaSS.com

Joe McQuade passed on one more photo ffiat says it aU. I smcerely hope he pubUshes his journal some day, soon.

1 received a head's up that there's a great article on our classmate, AXTUie McCool, m the Dec 2005 issue of Runners World.

From the long suffering Gordon MoUer: • Back ffi late August my wife Kathy and I hosted a Utde weekend long reuffion BBQ for some 28th Company mates and infamous "WEF" weekend veterans here

at our place in Grapevine, TX, in the DaUas - Fort Worth area. On Friday afternoon Rich Whelan flew in from L.A. and D o n Emerson froniVA Beach, On Sattirday Kevin BedeU and George Carter ffiove up together from theff homes in the Houston area. AU were completely surprised and deUghted when Jack &: Lois Feick, who were AnnapoUs area sponsors for Don, Bach, me, and occasional other 28'ers, showed up after flying in from BWI. Pictared are: Don Emerson, Kevin BedeU, Rich Whelan, Jack &: Lois Feick, Kathy MoUer, Gordon MoUer, & George Carter Here's the obUgatory update. For the 20 year Navy types: Rich retired after 20 as a SupO and Uves m ffie L.A. doing a GS job at Rt. Mugu whfle stiU part timing on ffis HoUywood acting gig. See www.richwhelan.com for details. Don retired from ffis 20 years m A-6s and F-14s (one heU of a reffiement party; I can testify to that) and is now working for a government conttactor m Chesapeake,VA. Kevin BedeU fiffished 20 as affiver,EOD guy, and oceanographer and moved to Houston with ffis famfly He recendy resigned from a lucrative consffiting gig to become a NJROTC msttuctor m the Houston ISD. He wfll be great teacher and role model for lots of inner city kids.

5 and outers: George "Diode" Carter got a law degree after leaving the Corps and has been practicing in the Houston area for quite a whfle. And I'm stiU trying to figure out what I want to do -when I grow up, and bidmg my time doing ffigh tech business staff tfll then.

It is amazmg how Uttle we seem to have changed m 20+ years. Rich is stfll the class clown and Ufe of the party. Just like back on 6-4, he remains a source of constant entertainment. Now, however, ffis gag portfoUo is much bigger -with aU ffis HoUywood experience, and he kept us roffing with an enffiess series of great celebrity impressions and stand up comedy bits, mixed with plenty of that usual Rich mttospection and bizarre seffpsychoanalysis. Don stffi faUs asleep in the rffidffie of thmgs when drinking, on our Friday evenmg together he managed to do it in my pool for over an hour -with offiy ffis head and arms resting on the side! Diode Carter is stfll the biggest drinker and womanizer in afl of 83/28, constantly knocking back enffiess beers and Ritas whfle chatting up girls on the web on my PC aU weekend. And Ke-vm?

WeU, Kevin's stffi in great shape, and just like m the Lucky Bag, he stffi somehow

managed to work ffis way into every photo taken over the weekend. And me, weU, despite getting up at 5 AM to start smoking brisket, ribs, and pork shoffiders, I stiU managed to drink the nights' last beer alone as the last man standmg. Other than the extta pounds and gray haffs, it was pretty much just Uke old weekends back in AnnapoUs, trying to avoid the Maryland State PoUce and make it back to crash in Jack & Lois Feick's bunkroom!

We had a grand time, with enough BBQ, beer, and Margaritas for a battle group. We had enough stories of earUer decadence that I'm stffi explaiffing to my kids 3 months later how that staff was reaUy aU instigated by Don, Rich, and various other moraUy chaUenged Sffipmates. I just came along because of my sense of duty to try and keep them out of ttouble! Don has posted some adffitional photos on the company website ff anyone's interested. Gordon MoUer, CeU: 817-480-7299 Emafl: gl9moUer83@comcast.net • John Scanlan was sa^wy enough to send me my very own copy of ffis book. Dink Gadink. Yes, it proves once and for aU that Marines can read and write, very weU! (I never doubted that fact, but many seem defensive about it!) I had to fight my husband over tffis book. We both enjoyed it, immensely. It was fon sharing my o^wn experiences as the book progressed, too.

Yes, I am suggestmg aU of you go out and get your own copy and give them as gifts for aU occasions. The ISBN number is 0-9755405-1-3. www.atlasbooks.com/ marktplc/10149.htm Bruce Ricketts checked in •with a quick update (jbricket@niac.com):

• Hi Angie, My son Scott and 1 participated in a Boy Scout camping ttip at the Aff Force Academy in October ... seemed Uke a great time to show the Na^vy colors at various spots around the campus. The zoorffies just kmd of gawked and we got some good natared ribbing (no bruises).

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CLASS N E W S our Na^vy garb, since the prior week was that Utde last-second field goal Navy win over the Falcons, What the heck, "He who wffi not risk, cannot win!" My wife Jamie, Scott and I are aU doing great here in Colorado. We've been here since 1997 and it's just a great place to live. I retired from the Naval Reserves last December and am a Senior Director at Sun Microsystems leading Sun Federal's IT Services business. A big "Hi!" to everyone

in'83! • Mike Simmons sent in this:

• Attached is a photo from my retirement ceremony at Memorial HaU on 5 August. Pictured are the 2nd Company contingent - John Croce, Chip Walter, Andy GaUop, me (Mike simmons) and Mike Parra. We had a great ceremony, John Croce was the MC and Andy GaUop was one of the sideboys. I officiaUy retired from the navy on 1 November and am now working for General Dynarffics Advanced Information Systems as a CapabiUties analyst at JFCOM,J9 in Suffolk,VA. John Croce and Chip Walter were both selected for 0-6.John is currently in Read Harbor, HI where he is COMSUBRAC O S O Chip is at the Pentagon. Andy GaUop is retiring soon in Va Beach, where he is an instructor at the last F-14 FRS. Mike Parra retired last year. The ceremony was a great rffini famfly reunion for my famfly with my wife , Ruth, kids , Thomas and CaroUne, my mother and brother and sisters attending as weU as most of my extended famfly. My farffily was glad we were able to stay in Chesapeake after I retired. • Pete Stitt sent in an update on Leo McKay. • Integrated Coast Guard Systems Welcomes New President Dr. Leo Mackay.

Dr. Mackay also serves as vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors' Coast Guard & Homeland Security Systems Une of business.

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responsible for the corporation's performance on the Deepwater program, and for capture of homeland security opportunities in the maritime domain. About Leo Mackay Dr Mackay's career spans more than 20 years of service to rmlitary, government and industry. He most recently was chief operating officer of ACS State Healthcare in Adanta. In this position, he had profit and loss operational responsibiUty for $650 nflUion in programs including Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) in 12 states and the District of Columbia and 25 Pharmacy Benefits Management (RBM) programs in 21 states. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Mackay served as deputy secretary at the Department ofVeteran Affairs, the nation's second largest cabinet department. He was appointed to the position by President George W Bush, and during his tenure led several successful reforms, such as a business process redesign in the Veterans Benefits Adnflnistration that resulted in a 30 percent reduction in ratings claims pending during an 18-month period.

Prior to joining Veterans Affairs, Dr. Mackay held executive positions with BeU HeUcopter Textron in Ft. Worth,Texas. Dr. Mackay's mffitary career included service as rffiUtary assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for international security poUcy from 1993 to 1995 and as a Top Gun qualified F-14 pilot with Fighter Squadron Eleven out ofVirginia Beach, Va., from 1986 to 1989. He is a 1983 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was awarded the Secretary of the Na^vy Distinguished Midshipman Graduate Award. He earned a master of public policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in PoUtical and Econorffic Analysis from Harvard University in 1993. • Many of you wiU be happy to hear that USNA wiU name its basketball court at Aumni HaU after Dave SmaUey, who has been associated with the Academy as a player, coach, physical education professor and adnflnistrator for more than 50 years. I caUed Coach to let him know I would be there to honor him. Hope you aU made the January 7™ dedication. AU for now, keep those emafls zooiffing in, Angie.

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Happy New Year! First of aU, thank you thank you thank you to Navy FootbaU for doing such a good job beating West Point.

The outcome of the game takes on a whole new meaning for the sole USNA grad living on the free world's largest army post. I'm SURROUNDED by woops. Lots of news this month so let's get gomg.

Derek Hudson wrote with news of his life. Derek was unable to attend our 20'' reunion because he was doing some studio recording in Orlando, Florida where he now resides with his wife Sharon and their son Jason. Derek arrived in Orlando a few years ago foUowing his last Na'vy assignment in San Diego where he served as Supply Officer at the Deep Submergence Unit. Derek had a convoluted naval assignment as a surface warfare qualified supply officer who was stationed at Naval A r Station North Island and attached to a unit reporting to SUBRAC. In Central Florida, Derek and his feUow musicians (to include his wife) have been performing at various venues incluffing area art festivals and the City of Apoka's 'Jazz in the Park" event. You can check out music from Derek's Cffiistmas CD at •www.cdbaby.com/inspiredjazz. Pictared on the cover are Sharon and Derek. Their other CD is at •www.cdbaby.com/ dshudson. When not perforrffing, Derek is a PubUc Information Project Leader and Program Manager for Global-5, a pubUc relations firm in the Odando area. He is also nearing completion of ffis MBA degree at RoUins CoUege in Winter Park, Florida. Derek and Sharon's son Jason is a seffior at the University of Centtal Florida and is enjoying an internship •with Sun Sports, a subsiffiary of Fox Sports. Derek also reports that he has been in touch with Mike Strano and was able to attend ffis assumption of duties as C O of USS Bl^ADLEY (FFG-49) in Mayport.

Jeff Bartkoski was also able to attend.

Speaking of musicaUy talented classmates, Mike CoUins adds that he's heard through the grapevine that Lenny Price is a professional musician as weU.

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Lenny plays sax wiffi Earl Edugh among offiers. Mike suggests an '84 jam for the 25 reunion may be in order!

Back in November, LCDR (Ret) Mike PurceU and LCDR (Ret) Gary S^wain were awarded the Bronze Star in separate ceremonies. Gary and Mike each led a four-man detachment supporting a Joint Task Force during Operation Enduring Freedom. Mike works now at Joint Forces Command and lives in Chesapeake.VA. Gary works at NAVAIR and Uves in Leonardtown, MD. Congratffiations, guys, on your award and on your retirement.

We want to thank EVERYBODY for your support and kindness! Please keep Pete's faiffily in your prayers. •

Steve and Hamp

4:20:19. By the way, anyone who would like to make contributions to these funds can send checks to his home: 183 Pike St., Lemoore, CA 93245 made out to the VFA-125 Officers Mess. Way to go, Ross.

In trying to get more information on Ross' efforts, I caUed his office and accidentaUy got old 27'-" Company Mate CART Hal Murdock on the phone!

Last October, Hal took command of Strike Fighter Squadron 125, the west coast F/A-18 training squadron. It is a combined squadron that trains both Navy and Marines which is why Marine LtCol Ross Baker is the XO. I think we can say that '84 is in charge of ensurmg the F-18 community is getting the best new aviators. Hal, wife Stacy, and their three chfldren are happy to be back in Lemoore.

Mike PurceU

Andy Ponsiego wrote and sent along some great pictares: • I just wanted to ffiop you a quick note on our funffiaising event for Pete Oswald.. .On October 30, Hamp Oberle, Steve Peters and I ran the Marme Corps Marathon. (Steve Young wanted to run the marathon but was mjured during ttainmg). We had two goals m nflnd. The first was to raise money for Pete Oswald's famfly and the second was to fiffish the 26.2 mfle course.

We accompUshed both.

Our fondraismg goal was $5,000. As you know Pete was kflled a couple of years ago in a ttainmg exercise. He left beffind a •wffe and tffiee girls. We soUcited donations from our friends and famffies to try and reach our goal. The generosity was overwhelrffing! As of tffis writing we have coUected over $5800.00 for the "Pete Oswald Chfldren's Fund". Dusty Rhodes ('85) even donated runffing gear for aU of us from his sports apparel company. Pro Active Sports.

Hamp and I have run previous marathons but Steve had not. We trained aU spring and summer to get in shape to fimsh the race. Neeffiess to say the toughest part of the marathon was the traiffing during the long hot and hurffid summer.

In the end we aU fiffished! Hamp ran the fastest at 3:51,1 ran a 4:04 and Steve ran a 5:05. It was a lot of fon but painfol. We repleffished our carbohydrate levels at Chip Lindsey's corporate sponsor tent after the race.

Andy and Hamp

Great job guys and thanks so much for sharing your efforts with us.

Here's more news on outstanffing classmates doing great tffings for others.

Ross Baker ran the Marine Corps Marathon on 29 October in honor of two Marine Corps friends, LtCols Kevin Shea andTim MaxweU, Kevin was an A r Force Academy graduate where he was a member of the AFA footbaU and rugby teams and accepted a commission in the Marine Corps. He graduated from NPS in 2000 and was posted to the Naval Academy as a EE prof He coached rugby and was the footbaU O'rep. He had such a profound impact on the Midshipmen that he was voted by the class of '03 as their honorary classmember. On 14 September 2004, his 3 8 * birthday Kevin was kffied in Iraq. His wife Aiffi and their two chfldren live near Camp Renffieton. Tim is a Texas A&M grad who was severely injured in Iraq and faces a long road to recovery. He is currently working with the Corps to help other injured Marines.

His inspirational story can be read at http: //•www.boston. com/news/nation/ articles/2005/09/04/battle_scarred_marin es_on_a_rffission_to_help_comrades/.

Ross asked friends to contribute $1 per rffile for a fund for Kevin's children and for Tim's work with the Semper Fi Injured Marine Program. So far, Ross has received contributions amounting to $2145, Ross completed the marathon in

Ross, Tom and Vernon

Ross WUhehn wrote after a decade of sflence. Ross reports that he usuaUy lets classmate and feUow Whidbey Island resident Sam Bovington do the writing for him! Ross recently had a "roommate reuffion" with Tom Nolen and Vernon Martinez in Phfladelpffia while Ross was on business travel to DC. The trio got together to drink beer, eat wings, and watch the Seahawks nearly beat the Redskins in overtime. Ross reports that Tom is Uving in Dunmore, PA with his wife Flo and their three daughters. He is teacffing coUege at two different PA schools and Ross speculates that Tom enjoys inflicting on his students "the same sort of suffering that I experienced during Plebe Calculus!" Vernon is working as a defense contractor with SRS Technologies. He is working, among other things, on the navy's master targets and ranges plan which involves a lot of travel. When he's not on the road, he lives in Annapolis with wife Deb and their daughter. As for Ross, he claims that whatever bucks he gets as a defense contractor are aU going to Arizona State University where his daughter is a sophomore. Ross works for Anteon buying tactical training courseware on behalf of NAVAIR for Prowler, EP-3E, January-February 2006

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classmates on the Aviation, Surface, and Submarine Major Command Screen Usts.

Our apologies to any names we have onfltted: Thomas Calabrese, David Kriete, Brian Mcllvaine, Charles Melcher, David Ratte, John Stewart, Kevin Andersen, Patrick Buckley, Daniel Doster, Michael Moran, Kerry Canady, John Funk, Paul Lluy, Hal Murdock, Alan Abramson, John Cordle, Steven Lott, Mark Cedrun, Pete DaUman, Donald Schmieley, Alex Casimes, Lawrence Cree^vy, George Lancaster, Dave Steindl, Tom Dowming and PhiUp Ho-we.

Congratulations to you aU! WeU, that's it for this month. Wisffing you aU a very peaceful New Year.

Talk to you later. Karen.

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20th Company roommates CAPT David Ratte and CAPT S. Kurt Scott celebrate another year of rooming together (sanctioned by their wives)

Kurt Scott wrote and sent along a pictare offfisfareweU from OPNAV back in November The picture shows left to right RDML Harry Harris ('78), "Sponsor Mom" Linda Cangin, Kurt, 20™ Company roommate CART Dave Ratte, Linda's husband Bob Bennett, and CART Tim Sprague ('79). By now, Kurt is weU instaUed in ffis new job at JFCOM SJFHQ (CE) in NorfoUc. What do those letters mean???

Idean Fortune has recently relocated back to Northern Virgiffia after spending the past two years in her home state of New Jersey. Idean was working in Cherry Hfll as a member of a P.A.C.T. team. PACT is a multi-disciplined sevenmember team that works in the community -with the severe and persistently mentaUy fll. Despite how difficult this job sounds, Idean enjoyed the experience and reports it was her offiy civffian experience that even remotely rffirrored her mffitary experiences — LOTS of crisis management. Now in Virginia, Idean is a Continuing Care Counselor at one of the Fairfax County alcohol/drug treatment faciUties. Thanks for writing, Idean, and good luck with your new job.

FinaUy, more great news about the continuing awesome professional accompUshments of our classmates. Ke^vin Andersen sent along the names of our

PRES: Bob Smith W: 502-432-2365; E: airbusfo@bellsouth.net C O R R . SEC'Y: CDR Dave McDonneU 88 Bowyer Rd.,Annapolis.MD 21402 W: 443-995-2467; H: 410-626-0347 FIE: david_555@comcast.net

A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to aU. There is snow on the ground in AnnapoUs as I write tffis in nfld December. The MIDs are getting ready for their finals to be foUowed shortly by the Poinsettia Bowl for the footbaU team.

The Army-Na-vy game was a huge success. Thanks to Bryan Caisse (8) and aU those that helped in setting up the taflgater in Rhflly. BZ! A Uffie bird told me recently that Richard Bro-wn (15) just completed a very successful tour onboard the SULLIVANS. He must have been a better CO than dart player asffisnew adrffin assistant consistendy kicksffisbutt in darts.

Dan Yurovich (23): • Brian Yurovich, the son of Becky and Dan Yurovich (23), was accepted to both the United States Naval Academy and the Uffited States Coast Guard Academy.

Brian accepted adrffission to the Coast Guard Academy and has just made it through his Swab summer and first footbaU season! At 2-7, it was a rough footbaU season, but sitting in the stands and watcffing him play coUege footbaU was a proud time for us both. •

June 29, 2005. John reported immediately to first Naval Construction Forces Command in NorfoUc,VA without respite. In attendance were Tom Bourbeau (4), C O ofVX-30, Greg Garcia (15) and Woodie Clark USN (RC)(12).^

John's Change of Command

Pete Booth ('56): • I'm Uving in Pensacola, Our next door neighbor is Kathy McCartan (5): In that I'm most always getting some grief for being so old and crotchety, she gave my nice wffe and me a smaU Na-vy plaque (above the welcome) wffich she got when in AnnapoUs for her 20th, on the eve of the AN game, with the inscription: "One beautifiil person and one old Na-vy goat Uve here." •

Kathy and Pete

Stan Newton (25): • Here's a picture of Greg Morro-w (25), Tim Hoh (25) and myseff at the Na-vy-Duke game. We hadn't seen Greg since graduation and he was caUed away for work at the last rffinute so he iffissed the reunion. He's married and has two beautiful daughters and runs a marketing division for a Swiss company. •

Woodie Clark (12): • John Edwards' (12) change of command in sunny SOCAL from the Naval Construction Traiffing Center, Port Hueneme, CA was executed flawlessly on Stan, Greg and Tim

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time you're reading this, many of you wiU have been on hand to see Navy hanffie Colorado State out in San Diego. I wish I coffid join you, since San Diego's a good spot nicer than Abany NewYork around Christmas time, Aso by the time you read this, we should have aU of the registration information up on the class website for the 20th Reuffion events.You wfll be able to buy tickets to aU of the planned events, order geedunk, and make hotel reservations via the class website. Hit it soon, since we offiy have a Unflted number of hotel rooms in our block at the BWI Marriott. (And to answer a question that some of you have asked us: Why the BWI Marriott instead of a downtown hotel?

Because they have given us a great group rate, were very good hosts to us at the 15th reuffion, and provide a famflyfrienffiy, relatively quiet base of operations for the entire weekend . , . and we're guessing that by Sunday, you'U be gratefffi for that!)

FinaUy, on the news front, class elections are complete and our new class officers for 2006-2001, effective at the 20th Reumon, wffi be J. Eric Srffith (President),Jeff Hornberger (Vice 1985 Football Players—Back row: Bob Goodman, Ken Heine, Nap McCallum, Eric Rutherford, Marc President), Anne Hammond Groves Alexander, Bob Dill, Steve Kowalkoski, Chris Weiler, Ron Zaieski, Dale Ormond. Front Row: Paul Rosmilso, (Secretary) and Tom McGovern Mark Stevens, Eric Wallace, Rich Clouse, Gregg Sears, Joe Papetti, Mike Moore, Doug Rhodes, (Treasurer).Thanks to everyone who ran and Rick Jordan. and everyone who voted. On a personal note, I appreciate your confidence in me and look forward to continuing to serve the class to the best of my abflities. Now . .. on with the news. As always, edits are rffine, and made for space reasons offiy.

From Dave Hostetler: • "I traveled to Rhffiy for 'the game' for the second year since transferring to Na-vy Recruiting Command Headquarters in MiUington, where I work for Tom Crew Team—Left to Right: Coach Dreyfuss, Coach Clothier, Rob White s widow w/2 children, Ben Wright Pat Piercey, Bruce Thompson, Pete Schnorr, John Walters, Mike Siewertsen, Stan Newton, John Beach, MartyButerbaugh '82. A great job that I would Medve, Doug Volgenau, Kevin Patton. have never expected having after a long career driving Frigates and Amphibs. I ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% brought my oldest son, Cffiistopher (11, LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 98% USNA Class of 2016), for his second game. Na-vy is 2-0 under his watchful eye.

PKES: Daniel H.-White E: dhwhite@cablespeed.com; daniel_wliite@ml.com My two younger boys, Michael (10) and SEC'Y: J. Eric Smith Robert (8) have yet to see the Ught of E: gnhn@yahoo.com Navy footbaU, I also met my three brothWEB SITE: http://www.usna.com/classes/1986/ ers again so they could continue to appreciate real coUege footbaU. I ran into It's a cbflly, early December morffing as I Terry McElroy and ffis wife Mary ('87) adrffire a fofl inbox of news from you aU, and their famfly, as weU as Sherrie and after enjoying a great footbaU weekend in Wright McLeod and their girls. They wffich Navy beat Army for the 50th time, mentioned that Tom Kolongowski was at held on to the Commander in Chief's the game, too. Unfortanately, I wasn't able Trophy and earned its third straight bowl to exchange pleasantries with him. Sorry, Jim and John Winkler bid. Good stuff, aU around. I'm sure by the January-February 2006

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CLASS N E W S Kongo. Next time. Any of you '86ers who are commg to MflUngton shoffid give me a shout (I'm on the Non-Mission Capable Inttanet, and there's offiy one of me), and the BBQ •wfll be on me." • An update from T i m AUen: • "Soffia, Daffiel, and I are settled down after Katrina. I went to New Orleans a month ago to pack our possessions into a truck. My ttip to New Orleans was an eye opener. If someone teUs you that the city is going to be back to normal soon, they haven't -visited recently. New Orleans is a mess, and a lot of folks are wandering around in shock. I have pictures posted at http://-www.timaUen.org/blog.Those who are on their feet have a long road ahead. The recovery from Katrina should be a ffigher national priority. That said, we are very gratefffi to the people of Phfladelpffia for aU they have done for us." • Harvey Winters sends the foUowing news: • "After the passing of our classmate and aU around great guy, Dave Greene, we vowed to get together once a year for a goff tournament. Thus was born the 1st Annual Dave Greene Memorial Goff tournament. On the weekend of September 17th, a group of 33rd Herdsters gathered in AnnapoUs for a miffi-reuffion and a Utde goff. In attendance were Mark Barth, Dan Beldy, Bob Black, Gardner Jackson, Wayne Flood, Kurt Goeser, Dick Olsen, Gerry Sherman, Drew Tanner and me. After some casual visiting and reminiscing, the tournament began at Queen's Harbor on the eastern shore. Drew fired a 68 was the winner of the tournament. Gardner, Dan and Dick fiffished in a tie for second with identical 75s. For the afternoon, we grouped up in teams and played another 18. (WeU, offiy 16, actuaUy, as the sunUght seemed to go away or the beers flowed too freely and we slowed down such that we could no longer see the baU as soon as it left the tee). Saturday evemng, we ravaged Jimmy Cantler's and I think we ate them out of crabs and drank them out of beer. On Sunday, some of the group ventared south and played another round prior to breaking up from our reuffion.

We aU had a great time and we wfll be doing tffis again and again." • News from Chris AtweU: • "Our oldest daughter,Jessica, a freshman at the University of Central Florida, was recently in-vited to play on

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the women's soccer team at UCF.With it being a local school, we're looking forward to seeing her play again.

Meaghan, our 17 year old, is continuing to hammer out her seffior year at Lake Brandey HS. She's planmng on attending either UCF or Florida State to stady Forensics (yikes) after graduation, so she is busy taking SAT's, ACT's, and writing coUege adrffissions essays - fun! Bobby, our son, is halfway done -with ffis sophomore year in HS and is counting the days unffi both ffis sisters are away in CoUege so he can get into the bathroom. He's playmg varsity lacrosse at Lake Brandey HS and is also enjoying ffis national development lax team. Bobby goes with me to the local Orlando USNA Aumffi Chapter meetings and has been adopted by the group as an unofficial member of the USNA class of 2012.1 am stiU enjoying my work at Disney-MGM Staffios, doing a lot of research on what our guests expect from us when they -visit. My wife Patti is starring to be able to 'coast' a Uttle more now that our kids are getring older.

She keeps busy doing a lot of renovarions around our home; sometffing she is reaUy

good at!" • Nathan Moore sendsffiefoUowdng update: • "It's been about a decade since I checked in last. I'm stffi remodeUng kitchens. I've been quite the busy bee since Hurricanes Ivan and Denffis ffit Pensacola, where I've Uved since 1992. It took me a few years to find a career that suited me. Last rime I may have mentioned lasting offiy four months with Motorola as a supervisor. Man, I just could not adapt to that corporate cffiture.

I figured the two years I ffid as a Uaison officer with the A r Force would have eased me into it, but it reaUy ffidn't help.

Then I sold Saturns for a six months. I made fifth runner-up for salesman of the month for two consecutive months, a feat for wffich I'm rightfffily proud. My comrffissions were $1600 in July, but quickly went down to $0 by December.

That year,Jami had to get our kids' Christmas presents from garage seUs. That's when I decided that I would never again aUow my fate to be in someone else's hands. I started my Utde kitchen remodeling business and never reaUy looked back.

Life is good now! My rffid-Ufe crisis struck right on time. Instead of divorcing my wife, lea-ving my kids, and buying a Corvette, I decided to take up the electric guitar. Pretty innocuous compared to other rffidUfe crises I've heard about. I just

want to play lead in the church band.Jami is the only female voice in the band and it takes her away from us quite a lot. So, I thought it woffid be a cool tffing to join her as the angry overly-influenced-byAex-Lifeson lead guitarist ripping out on-fire solos for the Lord. I know that Phfl MacLaughUn and Todd Wagner, especiaUy would get a kick out of the thought of me playing Rush for a couple of hours every day before work. By the way, Todd, I can no longer sing Uke Geddy Lee, but I can play '2112'! Being the type person I am, I couldn't play anyone else's guitar; I had to bufld my own. So I bought about $1500 worth of lutffier tools and dove in.

Despite two hurricanes, it offiy took me 14 months to bufld tffis breathtakingly beautifffi bird's eye maple Les Raffi electric. That led into a guitar buflffing and repair sideUne that I reaUy do for fon. As mentioned, I'm stiU happfly married, going on 12 years. My oldest is MoUeigh (9). She is a wonderfffi Uttle gal and very beautififl, too. I ffiead the day that she starts blossoming. My other is a boy's boy; he's aU into karate, basebaU, soccer, guns, kffives, bugs, kiffing terrorists, and playmg the guitar. He is seven years old. We named him Geddy. Is any one reafly surprised? I saw Todd Ladeucer on TV a couple months ago. He's a lawyer here m Pensacola. Todd was my on--wmg inTA-4s atVT-86." • A few short reports to close out the arricle. First rime correspondent Francisco Herreros wrote that he and James Tatera ran the 30 Marine Corps marathon together m October, 20 years after doing it as rffidsffipmen in 1985. Francisco Uves and works in ffis home country of Chfle; he and Raquel, ffis wife of 14 years, have three chflffien. Jeff Durand has been ffired into a new posirion at a company cafled SupplyScape in Woburn, MA, heaffing up the professional services group. Woody Dunstan and ffis •wife Gussie reported ffie birth of their tffird chfld and first son, Harrison Fleetwood Dunstan in November, and shared news that Angela and Curt Brown's son Clyde was born in March. Woody is C O O of a technology startap cafled InteffigentVoice Research and Uves in Sewickley, PA, just west of Pittsburgh. The comrffissioffing of the USS FOREST SHERMAN was delayed

by Hurricane Kattina, reported her CO, Michael VanDurick. LesUe and AUen Walther had their first chfld, Declan AUen Walther, in October; they Uve in Brooklyn. Bob Bazan ran into

Damon Bateson at USNA in August, and got to meet Damon's oldest son, who is in ffie Class of'09.

Andffiat'sit for this monffi. Keep ffie news commg. and check ffie class website regularly for updates on Reuffion planning.

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PRES; Jim Matheson E; jmatheson@ 1987.usna.com SHIPMATE COLUMMNIST: Craig Branchfield 326 Pahsades Ridge Ct.. Eureka, M O 63025 E: Craig.Branchfield@1987.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna87.o^

Greetmgs '87! Tffis column comes to you just days after anoffier tffiflUng victory over Army! For ffie first time in almost ten years I made the pflgrimage to Phfladelpffia to partake m ffie festivities wiffi Aex, Sarah, and Linn in tow. In spite of ffie freezmg cold and twenty mfle per hour winds we aU managed to have a great rime watcffing Na'vy run the baU up and dowTi ffie field almost at •wiU. We were fortunate enough to have some seats direcdy above the Brigade and as we were watcffing ffiem celebrate one of ffie six Navv touchdowns my son looked up at me and said that some day he hoped he could watch the game as a member of the Brigade. Neeffiess to say my heart grew not one, not two, but tffiee times its normal size (hey - its Xmas time. I'm just trymg to stay with the season). As we left ffie staffium, with our fingers and feet numb from the cold, afl the kids coffid talk about was how much they were lookmg forward to retarnmg for next yean game. AU m aU an exceUent ttip and an exceUent game!

whole event is amazing to be part of so I urge you to try and make it next year.

Thanks to Eric Wood, Roy Ledesma and the enrire Taflgate Team for making the party a great one. We had numerous classmates in attendance and thanks to Andy Gordon's parents for sharing their RV with us.

During the nfldffie of aU ffie ArmyNa^vy preparations we received some news from Russ Smith's wife Erin inforrffing us that Russ, who was serving in Iraq wiffi ffie 22'^'i MEU out of Camp Lejuene, was injured when and lED exploded near a humvee he was riffing in on 25 November. Below is another excerpt from Jim's e-mafl pro^viffing the latest on Russ' injuries: I am happy to report that Russ is doing weU in Bethesda after undergoing sigffificant surgery on ffis damaged leg.

He is doing weU and is undertaking ffis RT and fotare surgeries with the grace and spirit of the Marine he ttffiy is, and Erm is by ffis side the whole way.

Thanks to Dave Buckley, Jason Hardebeck and the Huns of 19th Company for theff wonderfiil support of Erin, Russ and Famfly. See that attached photo of a card that many of us signed at Army-Na^vy and wffich Dave deUvered to Russ on Sunday along with other ArmyNa^vy goodies. Aso, Jason was able to work some back channels and was able to coorffinate getting Roger Staubach '65 to surprise Russ with a phone caU during the Game. And I know the Huns are doing aU sorts of selfless and quiet support for the Smith Famfly.

It is tffis type of friendsffip and service to one another that makes being a USNA Grad such a uffique privflege!! •

used to reforbish their wardroom. Scott was kind enough to pass along the foUowing note from the 3 0 * Company wardroom rep MIDN 1/C DanieUe Garcia '06: • The wardroom looks great! We have new couches, a nflcrowave, tables, and a new grffi. Everything is working out perfectly thanks to the help of you and your class. Thank you so much for the donation and support. If you would Uke to see the wardroom, just let me know. We would love to have you and your classmates take a look.You are always welcome in 30th company. •

Jim Matheson(l) and Scott Herbener(r) presenting a check to MIDN 1/C Danielle Garcia, Ronald Bess, and Forest Banks of 30^^ Company

Next up is some more exciting news from the command front! Last month Rob Douglass wrote to let us know he had taken command of A L B E Q U E R Q U E (SSN-706). Shortly after I submitted that column he sent along the foUo^wing adffitional info:

Rob with Brad Skillman '86

The Branchfield clan at Army-Navy

Of course we weren't the offiy members of'87 represented at the game. Class President Jim Matheson sent out an emafl about the '87 gathering in Rhffiy I'U repeat it for those not on the e-mafl Ust: • What a great game against Army, the first I have been to smce graduating. The

Dave Buckley delivers well wishes from '87 to Russ Smith, safely returned from Iraq

Back in November's column I passed along a short note about the Class Arch Dedication Ceremony that took place at the Navy-Stanford game. During the ceremony Jim and Scott Herbener presented a check to 3 0 * Company to be

• I spent my tour before R C O / C O in London at COMUSNAVEUR working submarine issues (most busy for flow of forces east for OIF). I was in the current ops shop with a few other grads, notably Wes Huey (Ar Ops) and Chris Thomassay (took over A r Ops after Wes left). I know Wes is off Commanding an F18 Squadron out of Norfolk and Cffiist has command of N R D PITTSBURGH. Nuclear PCO pipeUne keeps you pretty busy as does the submarine command course. Andy Buckon January-February 2 0 0 6

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Mil CLASS N E W S (feUow submariner from 16) who was my roommate at grad school (Umversity of Micffigan) was able to make it up for Change of Command from the Wasffington DC area as was Chuck Muggleworth. Chuck and I were department heads together on PITTSBURGH here m Groton back in the day and worked SSN acquisition issues when I was at OPNAV N87 and he was at NAVSEA. Both of them are domg great and it was super to catch up •with their wives (DaffieUe and Stephaffie respectively) and famffies.

The attached photo mcludes me and my broffier m law Brad (John) Skillman '86 from 34 Co. Brad is currendy CO of RCU NEW ORLEANS out of New Orleans. Brad andffisfamfly got out before Kattma ffit and are one of the lucky ones •with no major damage to ffieir house.

NEW ORJ.EANS was not damaged and is back on bufldmg schedffie. • Tim Wolf reports that Chris PoweU took command ofVFA-82 on 2 September, Sean Blochberger took command ofVMA-214 on 15 July, and Stephen Smith took command ofVQ-3 on 13 June. Tim also sent a note from Dave Welch who is in command of C H U N G - H O O N (DDG-93): • It's an honor to take command of CHUNG-HOON, and Mercedes (li^wiski) and I are lovmg our second assignment here in Hawafl, Logan Jones (REUBEN JAMES) and Jim Duke (O'KANE) are also in command here on the wateffiont, as is Brian Humm (BUFFALO). AU is weU mdeed. Good sffip CHUNG-HOON is currendy nflred m a mamtenance period, but it's a pre-deployment avaflabffity so there is an operational Ught at the end offfieshort tannel. • Walt Keays send along the foUowing update from he and Jim Byrne, both of whom are currently stationed in Baghdad: • Hi it's Walt Keays (14), just a few words to check in and say heUo from Baghdad.

ActaaUy, a funny tffing happened on the way to I am over here on "loan" from The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) for the next year (thru AUG of 2006); I wffi then retarn to San Diego and to DAU to be an Associate Dean again at that time. In the mean time I wiU be here in Baghdad working for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR). My role is to provide the auffiting staff over here with Program Management expertise in

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reviewing the 2500+ projects and over $18 Biffion appropriated for reconstruction efforts. I'm working out of the Old Presidential Palace in the International Zone (IZ) so if any of our classmates are corffing through, stop on by room SAl or M202 and say howdy! If anyone else would Uke to contact me the best way is to send emafl to: waltman555@ yahoo.com. Oh yeah, stffi single and no kids that I know ofl LOL As it tarns out, I ran into another of our classmates, Jim Byrne (27), who also works for SIGIR. Jim came on board in July, a month ahead of me, and is the SIGIR General Counsel (SES equivalent position). Jim was over here for a few weeks to meet the SIGIR Baghdad group and to meet with several of the CoaUtion and Iraq orgaffizations. Jim wdU be traveling back and forth as need be between DC and Baghdad. He, Becky, and the kids (Rachel, Mic, Dan, Sarah, Hannah, and Gabby) are Uving there in the DC area. Jim can be contacted at: James.Byrne@SIGIR.MIL. SIGIR actuaUy reports to both the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State. It is uffique in that way, but necessary to carry out its over-sight role.

SIGIR is charged with the independent and objective conduct and supervision of audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations fonded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made avaflable to the Iraq ReUef and Reconstruction Fund (IRJ^F). Anyone interested can check out the website at: www.sigir.mfl. SIGIR is always looking for quaUfied personnel. If anyone has questions they should feel free to contact Jim or myseff. You rffight even see SIGIR tasked •with a simflar mission in the Guff States area to oversee the Katrina and Rita rebuflffing efforts.

At any rate, we hope everyone is domg great. Go Na^vy Beat Army (Agam)!

Take care, Walt &Jim •

WeU that takes us to the end of my aUotted space. If you haven't had a chance to visit the class website lately please try to find an opportuffity to do so. There is a lot more news about '87 including a GREAT article about '87 in the Yard wffich IS much too long to reprint here, but reafly brings back some memories.

AndfinaUy,if you haven't taken the opportuffity to get your contact info into the Class Directory please do so. It's quick and easy, and can be done from the website. That way you can be sure you'U be copied on e-mafls from Jim Uke the ones above wffich get important news about our Class out to everyone much quicker than I can with the colunm.

Thanks to aU of you for your notes and for making my job so easy!

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HeUo '89, Some awesome updates tffis month •with some great pictares — please keep ffiem corffing. Shipmate deadUnes are typicaUy nfld-month.

Thanks, E, Dieter Jobe writes:

• I've attached a picture of myself, Dieter Jobe class of 1989 (15 Co), Craig Rogerson '92 (28 Co), and Amy (MizeU) Ulrich '02 (25 Co). We are aU currently serving in Iraq •with 2"*^ Marine Arcraft Wing Forward at A Asad Arbase.

I am the G-2 for the Wing, Craig is my deputy, and Amy is one of my operations officers. We have afl been here since August 2005 and are looking forward to our redeployment in February 2006. As Jim Byrne (27) and Walt Keays (14) in the IZin you can see by the picture, we're stanffing Baghdad, Iraq at the Crossed Swords parade grounds

next to ffie world famous Botde Water Tree found inffigenous offiy to the A Asad region. We're gearing up for Christmas and woffid Uke to •wish aU of our fanffiy, friends, and classmates a Happy HoUday season.

Semper FideUs, Dieter '89 LtCol Dieter Jobe 2d MAW(fi.vd) G-2 A Asad Arbase, Iraq DSN (318) 3411-201 NIPR:jobedg@acemnf^wiraq.usmc.mfl

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MicheUe La Duca wxites: • This is a picture from Camp Eggers Kabffi, Afghamstan of the smafl but motivated USNA alumffi group. Pictared are CDR JuUenne Almonte, '88; C D R MicheUe La Duca,'89;LT Jason Chung, '98: LT Garrett Rowe, '00 and LT Zach Tano '01. We also made a Go Na^vy Beat Army •video •wiffi aU ffie Navy sffipmates we coffid round up. HopefiiUy I can get a copy to send, ff not we are dependmg on ffie RAO staff to forward to ffie powers that be to maybe get it on during ffie game.

Take care, MicheUe •

I had daughter #2 last November, Asffiey Morgan Gffiies.We're picttired here with my 3-year-old, Suzanne, aU red, wffite, and blued for the 4ffi ofJuly.

Tffings can be pretty busy with a kid around the house when both parents are working, but my 9-year old stepdaughter, Taylor also came to Uve with us about a week after the baby's arrival. We also had an au pair move in about the same time, so we went from a nice quiet house of tffiee, to a zany 6-person tffiee-ring circus in about 10 days! The 3 girls reaUy keep us hopping, but I woffidn't have it any other way.

Found out earUer tffis year that Fish Uves nearby, on Geo-bach orders. We've had him over several times and have reafly enjoyed catcffing up on what he's been up to. He's out in ffie Sandbox now, however.

He and I are racing to see ff he retarns home before I finaUy ffiink aU of the beer he brought over and left in my fridge.

Coffid be a close race!

I've been staying m contact with JuUe (Anyan) McShea. She's been working on a fantastic Sffipmate update for nearly a year now. HopefiiUy she'U send it on to you soon!!! She Uves in Clo^vis, CA, has 2 beautifiil smart chfldren, and is a catde rancher now. She came to visit us about 10 days ago (I had to lure her to visit with prorffises to take her to our favorite seafood restaurant... 1 good tffing about U^vmg on the SOCAL coast!) Little ffid we know, the place burned down right before she got here! We had a great visit, anyway.

That's about it for now. Happy hoUdays, everyone! •

work for Pfizer pharmaceuticals. The Pfizer job had me here in Tampa seffing medicines for hypertension, cholesterol, etc but in June o f 98, they launched a new drug caUed, "VIAGRA."You guessed it....Carl worked as theVIAGRJV guy unffi Jan of 99 when I got picked up by NOAA. And for the record, plebe year was great preparation for entering retirement commuffities with $20,000 ofViagra in the trunk. Old people are fast!

My wife Amy and I celebrated our 15-year anffiversary tffis year and we have two great boys (Christopher 11 and John, 8). Tffis pictare of Amy and me was taken last faU in the Main HaU at USNA. We were •visiting with Tony Menzl (35) and ffis wife.

For the last year, I've been Uving near NAS Rax River, MD and wffi be fiffisffing my tour with the Na^vy Research Lab's R3 ouffit as a R-3 pflot — I transitioned to the front seat about 7 years ago — it's a long story but a lot of fon. I'm doing an exchange tour with the Na^vy, of sorts — basicaUy, it's a reuffion with old friends. I finish up in Rax around the December time frame and •wffi join my famfly back here in Tampa - I'm •visiting them for the weekend since I'm a geo bachelor in Maryland. We just moved them back to Tampa in late June. Can anyone say kitchen remodel and new floors?

I woffid love to catch up with anyone in the DC area for the next six months.

Best Regards, Carl •

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Cathy (McCann) GUhes: • I'm OIC of the Port Hueneme Reserve Center, and lovmg it. It's reaUy interesting being an aviator m the SeaBee worid, but I have a great staff who doesn't mind ttamlatmg whenever I need it.

Seriously, I reaUy enjoy the position and the responsibffities it brmgs. I am also looking forward to headmg back East next summer for more adventares, so we're waring to see what the Navy brings us.

Cathy, Ashley and Suzanne

Carl Newman writes: • I left the Navy in 97 afterfiffisffinga tour as an FRS insttuctor (VR-30).Whfle I was there, I met a group flying R-3's into hurricanes — the NOAA Hurricane Hunters based out of MacDffi AFB, FL (Tampa). Tried to get a job with them in '97 but had no luck — but I got lucky in '99 and I've been there ever since. In the interim, I took a job with SAIC out of DC — lasted 8 months, then went to

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PRES: LCDR Rich Brophy, USN 75 Ravenglass Way, Colorado Springs, C O 80906 H: 719-576-1007; E: usnal991@aol.com WE: richard.brophy@northcom.mil SEC'Y: LTJohn De'Vme, USN 17246 SE 46di St., BeUevue,WA 98006 E; John_DeVine@mckinsey.com

'Yet anoffier new year underway! I find it amazing that we're on our 15 year since graduation, but you know what that means—reumon! So start tffinking about AnnapoUs in the faU, and we'U lay out some critical detafls at the bottom of tffis e-mafl below. In the meantime, let's hear a shout out from Djibouti, Africa. We have one letter in the maflbox from Cid Sybrant. Cid writes...

• I'm one of those guys who's never written in to Sffipmate, & IfinaUyran out of excuses not to.

Somehow or another, 5 of us '91ers wound up in Djibouti, Africa at the same time. (L to R: Scott DiUon, Mike Capuano, Dave Blackwood, Cid Sybrant & Brent Goodrum). Dave is m "Baffiain casual" in preparation for retarnmg to ffis duties as our LNO to NAVCENT. Honest, (weU, sort of) he dresses up for work - polo sffirts are req'd attire at the club, I mean, office across from where he's bffieted. He regales us with ffis woes about ha'ving to put up •with the stewardesses, I mean, secretaries who are frequendy there! (When he's here, we usuaUy have a pity party for the "poor" smgle guy.)

Djibouti is one of the 10 hottest places on the globe, & the country's tourism authorities actaaUy advertise that the biggest tourist atttaction here is the lack of tourists. Tffis aU explams why the Marine Corps couldn't wait to get here!

I'm stffi undecided as to whether I'd rather have repeated aU my Plebe year "tours" on Red Beach, or to have spent the last 7 months here...

Our activities in the Horn of Africa (look at the continent's shape rffidway up the east side) have been described by some as "the Lord's work", & for the most part, they'd be right. We're elinflnating the conditions wffich breed terrorists by bringing water to the desert (weUs), buflding schools & cUffics, immuffizing people & Uvestock, etc., & keeping our eyes & ears taned to finding the bad guys.

BasicaUy, we prove that what the exttemists are saying about us is a Ue. What've I been doing the past 14 years? At TBS, I was lucky enough to

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earn an a^viation contract, wffich led to me ha^vmg a blast flying CH-53Es on the west coast. Two pumps to Okinawa, a year as a FAC at 1st Marine Di^vision H Q in Renffieton (one of our CGs was a gendeman by the name of Hagee), then an JVIBA on my active duty twffight tour as a T-34C insttuctor in Corpus Christi,TX. I continued flying T-34s as a Reservist for a whfle, then affiUated •with an artfllery regimental H Q for a 2nd ground tour. I was working my way back to a cockpit when tffis mobffization caught up with me. Aong the way, I managed to do a few tffings right, principaUy marry a great gal (Claire), & we have a 9 yr-old son (Chris) & a 6 yr-old daughter (Quinn).

We Uve near Ft. Worth, TX, where I work for a defense contractor.

Semper Fi, Maj Craig "Cid" Sybrant, USMC; elcids5899@aol.com.

Thanks, Cid •

Comrffittee, consisting of 9rers in the AnnapoUs area, has convened twice with montffiy meerings starring in January 06.

The comnflttee chose an off-homecorffing weekend to maximize hotel space and receprion locations. Reuffion irfformation wiU be posted and updated on the 1991 class website at www.usna91.com.

AU maffings and emafls wifl be based upon the contact irfformation maintained through the Aumffi Association's website, so please update your contact mformation at •www.usna.com. Company representatives are also being soUcited to help spread the word. Anyone interested in being a company representative please emafl Raffi FaUace at pjfaUace@leggmason.com.

I found our tenth reuffion weekend a terrific experience, weU attended and a ton of fon, and I expect tffis one to be even better. So don't miss it! Book you ffights and hotels soon and we'U see you in AnnapoUs—JD • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: Christopher "Cush" Newman SEC'Y: Robert Pothier 77 Colby Street, Bradford, MA 01835 E: rbpotliier@yahoo.com "WEB SITE; www.usna92.com

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Thanks, Cid, for dropping us a Une, and stay cool! We hope you'U make it to the Class of 1991- 15 Year Reumon-just around the corner. With that, our fearless leader, Rach Brophy, drops the foUo^wing note: • Please reserve Thursday, September 7th - Sunday, September 10th on your calendars for our Class Reuffion and Na^vy footbaU vs. UMASS. JeffWoodbury and Shane Baldino co-chair the 15 Year Class Reuffion scheduled late next year, and after a fantastic job arranging our 10 Year Reuffion, look forward to planning an even better 15th! The Reuffion

Dear Sffipmate Magazine, I am a regffiar Shipmate Magazine reader, and I never thought sometffing Uke tffis woffid ever happen to me. I am a graduate of a smaU nfld-Adantic coflege, and every year, my former roommates and I ttavel to a major city on the Eastern seaboard to attend our alma mater's biggest footbaU game of the year. Tffis year was no different. Tffiee of us—two of my old roommates, "Drew K." and "Lance S.", and I—set out from ffie Boston suburbs m a Chrysler Town & Country. The ttip down was reaUy excitmg. Lance S., a strappmg, blond-haffed, CaUforffia surfer-type, kept us in stitches -wiffi tales of movie stars and rock musicians from ffis home town of Laguna Beach, CA. You rffight have heard of it—I guess MTV is filmmg a tele'vision seriesffiere,and it's aU ffie rage. I dffrflk; ffiey've even asked Lance to appear on it, but let's just sayffishead is far too big to captare on your average television screen.

Drew? WeU, let's just say he's stfll ffie "adffit" of the tffiee of us. And even though the Town & Country wasffis,he stiU kept us afl rockmg to that crazy punk music he loves. Some tffings never change—and to tffink he has a buttoned-down job and everytffing!

Anyways, when we arrived in this city (I may as weU say i t . . . Phfladelpffia) we

met up wiffi our offier old roommates, "Lumpy" and "Dr Feelgood." After slugging down a few adffit beverages, we hopped into ffie Recreational Vefficle we rented to "taflgate" at ffie big game, and we headed towards ffie staffium. We were stack m traffic when aU of a sudden we saw ffiem—dozens of ffiem: some were blonde, some were dark, some, even, were reds—^it was as ff we had struck the mother lode! Our mouffis started to water—especiaUy Lumpy's.

"Talk to ffiem," Lance dared Drew.

But Dr. Feelgood is our group's lady's man. He stack ffis head out ffie wmdow, "Warma come wiffi us to ffie game?" he asked, flashmg ffis trademark grin and ffippmgffisforelock.

"We sure do."

"AU of you?"

"Why—^why sure!"

"Do you have space for us aU?" "Of course! Tffis is an RV, after aU!" So ffiey aU pfled m, and neeffiess to say,ffielook on aU our faces was one of ffieer surprise, and . . . weU, you know how it is. Lance, who was ffiivmg, tffiew m one offfismix tapes, and soon ffie RV wasfiUedwiffi groo-vy music. In no time at aU we were at the staffium.

"Are you ready to party?" said one of ffie blondes.

"We sure are!" -we afl said—^in uffison.

"WeU, let's go." But just as tffings were about to get mterestmg, there was a knock on ffie door.

"Who coffid that be?" said Drew K— always ffie impatient one.

"Why don't you go to the door and find out," I said, eymg one of the darker ones lasci-viously.

So Drew K. went to the door, opened it, and to everyone's surprise, there were more fiiends of ours at the door! There was Jay J., a horse dentist; GlenV, wearmg his pflot's jacket; ffis brother Harold V, wearing an old footbaU jersey and out-ofdate pleather gloves; Andy L., wearing ffis ttademark shades; and Jerry D , an ex-Blue Angel who no'w was working as a rookie bookie on WaU Stteet.

"Got any room for us," said Jay J., and he peeped over Drew K.'s shoulder so he take m the fuU bounty inside our Recreational Vefficle.

"Why . . . why . . . I'm not sure," said Drew. "This rffight not be a good time.

We were just about to ..."

"Nonsense!" tittered one of the blondes.

"There are plenty of us to go around!"

Drew wasn't convinced. "Are you sure? We're—weU—a hungry crew."

"Of course," said one of the reds.

"The more the merrier," giggled another "WeU, okay then," boomed Lance from the dark recesses of ffie RV, where he was tacking away with a blonde.

"Come on in and shut the door—this cold weather's kflUng my sensitive skin."

"Yee-haw!" screamed Jay J., who was sometffing of a rustic. "I'm in the mood for a copper!"

The next tffing I knew, everyone had pfled in the R.V., and that's when tffings got real interesting. One guy grabbed a blonde, another a red, another a dark—'• there were plenty to go around. And in no time at aU . . . ., we'd gone through as much beer as any seff-respecting Na-vy man woffid quaff at a typical Army/Na-vy game. Btffiy, eh?

Where'd you tffink I was going with that?

You aU must remember your Youngster reaffing reqffirements too fonffiy.

In any event, Uke I wrote to James Joyce earUer tffis week, Thomas Woffe was fiffi of merde: you can go home agam, and I've had the good fortane to do so now two years in a row. For attending an Army/Navy game in person is trffiy a step back in time, and though it's sad to tffink I now consider that Godforsaken Mother B one of my homes, it's undeffiably true. I don't know about you guys, but I hated that place with a passion I ffidn't think I had the sttength to conjure—that is, unffi I got divorced and ffiscovered what ttue hatred was. Ha! So right now I raise a glass of home brew to those who kept me young and immatare for at least one more weekend: Andrew Kettering, Lance "La Cabesa Grande" Shoemaker, Dan "Lumpy" Holsberg, Sean Murphy, James B. Joyce ni, Jerry Deren, Glen Viado, Hank Viado, and aU the rffids to whom we passed out free brews (aU those rffids were of age, of course. They had firstie boards). Andy Lynch,too—^longtime, no see.

The line-up at a dork convention: Dan "Lumpy" Holsberg, Lance "Pumpkinhead" Shoemaker, Drew "Fine Klelne"Kettering, R. Bernard "ElGuapo" Pothier,"Glenn "Rabbit" Viado, Sean "Dr Percocet" Murphy, Jerry "Golden Boy" Deren, and Hank "Pleather" Viado.

Because of poor planffing on our part (i.e., we had to sleep off the ffight before), we weren't able to park our RV nearer to the class epicenter, so I rffissed out on seeing and-slash-or talking to others who made the trek. Please accept my humble apologies, and bask in the knowledge that you were spared my useless banter and cheese-eating grin. If any of you have kinffiy Army-Navy memories you'd Uke to share tffis year, by aU means, send them in. Like Mr. Lynch, I'm aU ears!

In any event, I'U leave it at that for tffis month, and retarn -with a more normaler/less sffiy column next month.

Peace and love to you aU, and bravo zulu and God's speed to aU of you brave men and women out there in harm's way.

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What a great year we justfiffished— beating Army was ttuly icing on the cake.

I hope that everyone is domg weU — we've been qffite slow on the news lately.

I'm sure that some people have noticed the change in the website. Our old site was hacked and unrecoverable, so I've been working on a new web portal and hope to have everytffing restored over the next few months. My biggest project is my basement and I'm working hard on the "mud and tape" phase right now hoping to have my new home theater completed in time for Christmas.

We offiy have one update tffis month from Winston Heron: • It's been ages. Just wanted to drop a quick Une to you and feUow classmates.

By tffis point we aU know first hand how rime ffies by. Stfll active duty serving as the S3 for HQSVCBN in Quantico after serving a second tour in the sandbox. I am blessed to be in one piece and stffi married with two chfldren: a 6 year-old boy and 1,5 year-old girl. I have spoken with Troy Turner, Mickey Walker '94, Devin LasaUe and Earl Checkley since my return and they aU are doing weU. AdditionaUy Mike Da-vis '92 and Greg Martin are stationed here in the same uffit. Being in Q-town, I bump into classmates and other alumffi fairly regffiarly and as I do it reinforces just how blessed we are to start where we ffid and have ffie January-February 2006

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Semper FideUs - Winston Heron. • Beat Army (again)! Semper Fi — Shogo ASwuivL MiSiBERSffip:'0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 9 8 %

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HeUo, 94! I pray you've had a blessed start to your New Year It has been a Uttle whfle since I've taken to the keyboard to give you afl an update. I'm happy to report that since our last rendezvous, my anemic maflbag has been cured. I appreciate you taking the time to emafl. So let's jump into it.

Ozcan Atunbulak sends us his thoughts from ffis homeland in Turkey:

(Groomsman). The wedffing was ttemendouslyfon,getting to meet both extended famffies and friends and exchanging stories from our times together m both AnnapoUs and in the Navy (censored, of course!).

Perhaps the capstone of the wedffing was the Tango, wffich Chet and MicheUe performed for their first dance; they practiced for almost one year prior to the wedffing! Chet, I never knew you had such a knack for fine music and dance, beyond Nirvana (just kidffing). Here are a couple of pictares of the weddmg, wffich I wanted to pass along.

It was great catcffing up with the 29th company gang again; the last time we were aU in Colorado was for the Na-vy/Ar Force game in 1990! Chet is now working at Capital One Financial Services in Virgiffia; Sakura is with the FBI in Boston, MA; Jim is practicing law for the US Government in Chicago, IL; Mike is working in Austin, TX in coUege placement and consulting, and I am working in IT consulting with Perot Systems in Houston,TX. I'm defimtely looking forward to catcffing up •with everyone again in 2009 at the 15 year reuffion, or hopefoUy sooner!

Best regards, Eric [e_ridffie94@hotmafl.com] •

• Just wanted to ffiop a note to let you aU know how much friends and I here in Turkish Na-vy feel sorry for the terrible storm. I hope the US heals the wounds quickly. Please give me a caU when m Turkey for any reason: (90)(533)743 3943. • Thanks for the emafl, friend.

Eric Radffie is next up on the docket, with ffis inaugural contribution: • Greetings '94. WeU, tffis is my fost subrmssion to Sffipmate.. .1 guess 11 years is better late than never First and foremost, I had the wonderful opportaffity to recendy attend the Chet RUey and MicheUe Mudge wedffing, Chet married MicheUe m Casde Rock, CO on August 20*.

MicheUe Mudge-Rfley is a physician by ttainmg, and is currendy working on her Masters in Health Admimstration atVCU in Rachmond,VA. She is also an avid marathon runner, with several long-run victories, and even a 3rd place at the Shamrock Marathon in Virgiffia Beach tffis past year USNA-alumffi (class of 1994) in the wedffing party included Sakura Okuri (Best Man), Mike DavUa (Groomsman), Jim HaU (Groomsman), and Eric Riddle

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Elsie and Reggie Hammond Waikiki Beach.

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Riley-Mudge wedding. Chet Riley married the lovely Michelle Mudge on August 20,2006 in Castle Rock, CO.

Elsie Hammond took some time right before Turkey Day to send us an update on her husband Brandon and their famfly:

• I'm writing for my husband, Brandon S. "Reggie" Haimnond (12th Co),The first and last time he has conttibuted to Shipmate was six months after he graduated from USNA to talk about ffis marriage to me. After graduating, he got married, got stashed in ArmapoUs for six months, and then went to P'cola for ffight school. He gotffiswings in '97 in Meridian, MS, and moved to Oceana thereafter to start flying F-14 tomcats. In 1999, he and I moved to Japan where he served his first fleet tour withVF 154 Black Knights. Another '94 guy stationed with my husband with the Black Kffights was David "Max" MaxweU. His wife, Babette, and 1 have been good friends since then. In 2001, we moved back to the US and moved to Lemoore, CA. Brandon transitioned from the tomcats to the superhornets. His second tour was as an instructor withVFA 122, where "Max" was also instructing at the same time •with ffim. (Litde side note: Max is currendy stationed in NorfoUc,VA. He now has

three adorable Utde boys. His •wffe and I StiU remain in contact on a weekly affiiost dafly basis not offiy because of our friendsffip but also because we run a business togeffier We co-founded Mffitary Spouse magazine.)

Reggie is currendy a LCDR (can't beUeve how times ffies and how old we're gerang!). He is serving his department head tour wiffi VFA 41 Black Aces, and has recendy retarned from a six-month deploy-ment wiffi ffie USS Ninfltz. He has been married to me for over 11 years, though we have known each other since ffigh school. Lasdy, he is a proud papa of a 10-monffi daughter named AesdsT. Hammond, or Lexie. Attached are recent photos of his Uffie famfly. One of ffie photos is offfiethree of us taken aboard ffie USS Ninfltz m front offfiejet Reggie ffies m ffie squadron.The offier famfly photo is taken at a luau m Paradise Cove. The photo ofjust me and Reggie was at Marriott Resort and Spa on Waikiki Beach.

Reggie can be contacted at Brandon.Hammond@na\'y.mfl. Shoffid any of his classmates find themselves lost m ffie midffie of nowhere caUed Lemoore, caU him up at 559-707-2510. He'U be more than happy to pomt you towards ffie right direction after a ffice meal and cold beer.

Cheers and have a pleasant day!

Elsie Hammond. • [While Elsie probably didn't intendfor me to print it verbatim, I could not have personalized it any better than her ..thanks, Elsie.]

BaUister Wedding: Rob and Ivy

Rob with the Honorable John Dalton

Last up for today: Rob BaUister: • Greetings 94! Wanted to drop a quick note and pass some news. First, I'm happy to announce that I just recendy married ffie lovely former Miss Ivy Bardey of Reffiands, CA. We were wed 1 October in the chapel. In attendance were Mike Carter, Noel Fagan, Greg Hryniewicz, and Dave Smith. Aso in attendance were Chris BaUister '83, Matt HeUman '86, Miguel Dieguez '97, and Jason Fahy '02. The day after the wedding. Ivy and were stroUing along ffie sea waU, and ran mto none other than former Secretary of the Navy John Dalton '64 (see photos)! Second, I am almost as happy to announce that after working on it for ffine years, my book "God Does Have a Sense of Humor," has finaUy been pubUshed! In it I apply my warped sense of humor to the events of my Ufe, mcluding my time at USNA, my career, and my bout with cancer (wffich happfly I won). It's avaflable on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com, and is also avaflable in the Midstore. If tffings go weU, it may also be avaflable in some of the AnnapoUs bookstores and some of the San Diego Mffitary Exchanges before too long. Tffird, I recendy changed jobs but am stfll in San Diego, and wffi be for the next two years, so if anyone is passing tffiough drop a Une ffyou need anythmg (rbaffister@ san.rrcom). I^vy and I just bought a new place and we have fixed up a pretty decent guest room. Best of luck to aU of you! • Congratffiations, Rob and I^vy.

As many of you have affeady heard, our class lost two classmates tffis past FaU. On Thursday Sept. 15,2005, LCDR Brody Lynn "Taco" Prieto passed away at Naval Meffical Center, Portsmouth, after a 3 ? year batde •with Lou Geffiig's ffisease.

Just 6 days later on Sept. 21,2005, LCDR Scott "Bitches" Bracher ffied during an S-3B Viking Crash whfle making an approach to land at NAS Jacksonvffie, FL. Both men have been (or wffi be) fittingly memorialized in Sffipmate, in a way better than I can. Please keep their famfly close in your prayers. Scott and Brody, we consider it an honor to caU you our sffipmates, classmates, and friends. We'U rffiss you, but never forget you.

With that, let's hold each other a Utde closer in our thoughts and prayers as we start tffis new year. Tfl next time, '94.

C-ya.. .Jim.

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WOW! That's all I can say, as we just watched the Na'vy game on AFN Sports.

Aways a good morale booster to see Na^vy play Uke that no matter where you are in the world. What else does tffis mean? Army-Navy game parties, of course, wffich means there wffi be plenty of pictares and stories corffing in, right?

Anyway, let's head straight to the letter of the month from Frankie Delgado.

• Howdy from Africa! I am currendy serving as an activated Marine Corps Reservist with the Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa. The detachment I'm with arrived in Djibouti, Africa in September foUowing our ffight from the path of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and later OphyUa in North CaroUna.When I got the word I was being activated I immeffiately became disappointed that I was going to nflss our 10 year reuffion, but I'm glad to do my part. My wffe Valarie and my two chfldren,Travis, 5 and Made 15 months, were reafly looking forward to •visiting AnnapoUs tffis faU. I've included a photo with them at my promotion in New Orleans. Travis got to pin on my oak leaves. I've run into a lot of USNA Grads, but none from our Class. In my detachment there are four of us "boat schoolers," Colonel Kathleen '80 who is serving as the JAG for CJTF-HOA, LtCol Kurt Van Etten '88, who's serving in the J-2 shop, IstLt Sam WickUne '03 who's serving m the J-5 and myseff serving as a Country Desk Officer in the J-3 for several of the countries in our AOR. I'm senffing a pictare of us together shortly after our arrival to Camp Lemoffier in Djibouti City. I'm proud to say that I've never served with a greater bunch of officers; I've learned a lot just in the four months we've spent together. In my preparation for deployment I did some traiffing at the Joint Warfare Fighting Lab and had Eric Derus as one of my instructors. I was lucky enough to have a ffice dinner with ffim,ffiswife Jenn and their two beautifol daughters. I also ran into my old Battery Commander, Major PhU Shevis '87 serving there as an instructor. Here's a run down of whom else I've been in contact with.. .Our Classmate January-February 2006

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Garrett MiUer just escaped HOA before I got here. In New Orleans (pre-Katrina) my famfly and I enjoyed a dinner with Ray Hernandez the weekend of ffis promotion to Major. He's a reservist serving with 4'' MAW He's Uving outside of R-Cola playing •with other people's money in the banking industry. I stfll hear from Eric Wagner every now and then; last I heard from him he was serving m northern Iraq as a Marine Reservist traiffing the Iraqi forces. I got an e-mafl from Dave Andersen just before I left CONUS. He and ffis wife Stacy just welcomed their second daughter home. Just last week my wffe forwarded me an e-mafl from Amy (Hutchison) Dubois from my plebe summer sister platoon Sierra 36. It's a smaU world; Amy, in preparation for the reumon, ffiscovered we offiy Uve about 30 minutes from each other. So we are already planffing for a famfly gathering upon my retarn. Last, before I began my work up for my deployment to the HOA my famfly and Doug Ross' famfly spent a great weekend at Disney World together I wish y'aU the greatest time at the reumon. I'm keeping aU you guys on the "pointy tip of the spear" in my prayers. Be safe and make a difference! Semper FideUs—LIVE IT! Frankie P. Delgado •

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Carrier A r Wing Three staff attached with the USS Harry S Truman. Photo is courtesy of FUghtl Photography My pflot was Jack "Rocco"Tangredi (Embry Ridffie '96) and a former squadron mate of rffine inVF 154. Rocco is on the left, Smokin on the right, this was taken immediately after we finished the demo on Sunday •

Joe Ruzicka ('96) on left and Jack Tangredl (Embry Riddle) on right

Thanks, Joe! Les Glosby also writes to share some newsfiromPanama City, Horida:

Camp Lemonier in Djibouti City

Thanks Frankie! It truly is a smafl world.

Best of luck and be safe out there.

Unfortunately, I do have some bad news to pass on. David G. Rapp, a Midshipman for some time with our Class, passed away on November 10 , Please remember him, his friends, and his famfly in your prayers. Untfl next month, later, Don. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 98% PRES: LT Bart PhiUips, USN 724 MillsWayAnnapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-263-4672; E: bphiUip@usna.edu SEC'Y: Capt Tonya (Barz) Bush, USMC 749 Howe Dr., Carmel, IN 46032 H: 317-581-0305; E: tbbush@tcco.com

Greetings, '96!! A note greets us from SmokinJoe Ruzicka: • I guess everyone gets a "once in Ufetime good deal", so I have already used rffine up! I was fortunate enough to fly the last ever F-14 Tactical Demo at the 2005 NAS Oceana Arshow on Sept.

18th. It coincided with the ffisestablishment ofVF 101, the former Tomcat RAG. The F-14 wiU be retired next summer when the last two F-14 squadrons (VF 31 andVF 213) return from cruise. I am currently in Virginia Beach with the

• Heflo one and aU, As most of us continue to move through our career intentions, I too have made a lot of career moves in the last couple of years. As many of you know in 2002,1 became an Engineering Duty Officer, and began my journey through Naval Postgraduate School. It was an incredible experience. Not offiy did I get a chance to meet many of you again at NPS (I wish I could have seen more of you, but many of you left the quarter before I got there), but I also had the opportunity to prove what I was reaUy capable of WeU, after two years at NPS, I received three Master's Degrees (Software Engineering, AppUed Physics, and an MBA), completed an Ironffistance Triatffion, and somehow stffi left Monterey with my •wife (Susan) stfll considering me a good husband and father My hat is stffi off to her for being so patient and understanding.

WeU, after my time at NPS, I transferred to Naval Diving and Salvage Traiffing Center to become a Na^vy Diver.

As many of you already know, being a Na-vy Diver has been something that I have been interested in since enlisring in the Navy back in 1989. I have seen a lot of Aumffi here. I saw the arrival and departure of Carl Parks ('95 - now ED Diver), Ben Pappas ('96 - now Marine Combat Diver), Jay Young ('98 - now ED Diver), and Jeff FarUn (fly down from RAX River). I also got the chance to see the class of'04 come through and go through the EOD Diver curricffium.

WeU, after a year of being in Panama City

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and being away firom my wife and fanffiy (did I aUeady mention how wonderful my wffe is), I wiU be returning to San Diego to Southwest Regional Maintenance Center I look forward to putting my techmcal knowledge and ffiving experience to good use (alffiough I don't know ffi reaUy needed three Master's Degrees and completion of the Saturation Diver course m order to apply myself), and Uving wiffi my faiffily again. If anyone is inffiearea give me a buzz, I would love to hearfiromyou.

Just to give you an idea of how wonderfffi my wife is she was also recendy honored as ffie "person of the monffi" for Mffitary Spouse magazine. In ffie last year along she has been the Cffief Marketmg Officer, Cffief Operating Officer, and President for various companies...ffid I mention ffiat she was a single mom wiffi two kids for ffie last year?

WeU, I look forward to hearing from aU of you (leglosby@aol.com). • Appreciate ffie update Les! Some of us are just ffied readmg it!

We hope everyone's hoUdays were terrific after our great W I N over Army!!

Look forward to a few stories and photos from Army-Navy next month. Send ffiem my way! Wffi close -with a quote from Abraham Lmcoffi, "Nearly aU men can stand adversity, but ffyou want to test a man's character, give him power."

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PRES: Tom Wagner E: twagnerl@san.rr.com Sendniws to: CAPT Aaron SheUey, USMC 2830 Escala Circle, San Diego, CA 92108 E: apsheUey@hotmail.com

Hey 97! Let me start off by saying what a great Army-Na-vy game we had tffis year!

With a 42-23 victory over Army, Na-vy improved to 7-4 on the season and soUdified their spot versus Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl on 22 December in San Diego. Navy has won four straight games and six of the last seven games against Army to take a lead in the overaU series at 50-49-7. On top of that, the Commander in Cffief's Trophy wffi remain in AnnapoUs for another year We had a good time out here in San Diego for the game. Moondoggies, a bar in Pacific Beach, was absolutely packed with USNA alumni, including a couple of people from the Class of 2005! Among the alumffi there were our classmates: Chris Benson, Mike Gagnon,

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Pete Feher, Darcy (Stewart) and Shea Thompson, Chance Mims, John Kiefaber, and more. It was fun to see aU of the old uniforms being worn again.

Classmate Jamie "J.J." Bancroft writes.

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• Amy and I went to Mike McGreevy's services at ArUngton [21 Oct]. It was a cold, dreary day, but that did not stop about 200 friends and famfly from paying their respects to Mike. There were about 5-6 other ser-vices going on at the same time. Mike had the largest crowd by far.

The most poignant moment was when Laura McGreevy spoke and said goodbye to her husband. She summed up Mike's Ufe perfecdy wiffi ffis motto of "Do justice.

Live humbly. Love gready." She asked us to do the same to honor him. We were aU amazed at her sttength and poise durmg tffis difficffit moment. After the services we ran mto Travis WeUs, Heiffi and Paul Felini with baby Sopffia, John Tinning, Dave Wolynski and Brian Wood. We met up agam later Fridayffightin AnnapoUs and had dinner at Griffin's.

Travis was staying with Cffiis Browffing so Cffiis joined us too. It was good to share memories of Mike and see some guys we hadn't seen mfiveor so years. • I received an emafl from Tony Holds recently: • Hey everybody, sorry for the mass emafl, but I wanted to let everyone know the detafls on my upcorffing episode of LAW & ORDER. It's tffis corffing Wednesday, November 9, at 10pm EST on NBC (I guess check local Ustings if you don't Uve on the east coast just to be sure). I play a drug counselor with a murdered girlfriend and nflssing baby... in short, he's having a reaUy bad month. Should be fon. Check it out if you get a chance. • Tony, some of us saw you on that episode.

ExceUent performance.

JeffWidenhofer, also up in New York, writes, • My wife Jenn (Fraser) and I just celebrated our one year anffiversary. We met over four years ago when we were

both flying helos in NorfoUc. AU sorts of alumffi graced us with their presence at the wedffing .. Tony Holds ('97), Ryan PhUUps ('97), Sean Foss ('97), Nate Shenck ('97), Cory Christensen ('97), Jeff and Summer Chiow ('97), Chris Irwin('97),Tara Golden,('98), Steve MinUiane ('98), Sara Burks ('98), Lora Anderson ('99), MeUssa HUer ('99), and D o n Fraser ('67). Together,Jenn and I take up a large portion of the NROTC bfllets around NewYork City. We don't run across too many classmates where we Uve m Queem, but we're proud to represent. If anyone needs a place to crash when you •visit NYC, give us Jeff and Jenn Widenhofer a hoUer • Here's a picture ofjeff and Jenn at their wedding last year.

From Abe Bradshaw, now Uving in Brooklyn: • I've been a civffian a lot longer than most of our classmates. The arthritis in my ffips was so bad that they took me off of my sffip and then promptly gave me a medical discharge out of the service about 4 years early (in late '98!). They let me get out early because they knew I was going to have artificial ffips before I was 35 years old. IfinaUygot a gig working at BMG Distribution for a few years... then I moved over to Sanctaary Records for a couple. In June, I left there to go off and form my own record label. It wfll be a roots-rock label focusing on singer-songwriters and its name is 00:02:59. My website wifl be up in mid-October at www.2rffinutes59.com and my first release wffi hit the streets nationwide on January 31, 2006! • Best of luck in the music business, Abe! John Bruzza checked in last month as w^eU. • Life is busy here atTQ [ATaqaddam].

I don't get out much, since I'm stuck in another office. I just get to carry a gun to work every day. We saw the referendum through, and now the next big push along the road is the elections in December.

HopefoUy, those wffi go off as weU as the referendum did. The battaUon is busy everyday, fixing roads, buflding support infrastructure for the Iraqi Security Force, and aU we have at the end of the day is a January-February 2006

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JSl CLASS NEWS Beck's NA beer. We filmed a "Spirit Spot" for the upcoming Army-Navy footbaU game. The CG out here is a '79 grad, so you might actaaUy see me on TV durmg the game. Here's a pictare is of me, Trbd Dienhart, and James Richardson. JRich is the Assistant OpsO at CLB-8 and Trbd is the Engineer Detachment Commander for MWSS-372. WeU, I hope to hear from everybody soon. •

John Bruzza, Trixi Dienhart, and James Richardson

LCDR Erica (Museler) Kraft, USN sent me an emafl in late October. Erica, thanks for the update! She writes, • Just to give you some background on where I've been recendy, I returned from a tour inYokosuka and Atsugi, Japan in February and got married to Scott Kraft '93 and we Uve in Virgiffia Beach. Scott is getting ready to become XO of MDSU2 in Little Creek m December, he heads for P-XO school in Newport next week.

I'm the Operations Officer for the Naval Aviation Forecast Center in Norfolk, METOC. Prof Guth and Prof Smith rubbed off on me, METOC is great! I w^ork with several other grads, Cyndi (Viernes) Morgan '93, Wendy (Towle) Chicoine '95, and Amy Heck '99 to name a few. I know that most folks don't Uke the Hampton Roads area but I ran into 10 people I knew from past tours and USNA the first week I retarned, so it felt Uke I wasfinaUy'home' in a sense after leaving AnnapoUs 'o' so many years ago. • Congratalations to Erica and Scott. Here is a wedding photo of the newlyweds.

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Thanks for your inputs everyone, and I look forward to hearing from more people soon. I hope that you aU have a happy hoUday season and Beat Colorado State! S/F,-Aaron

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May I spoke with Mike Harvey, he and ffis famfly are domg quite weU. I currently Uve 2 rffinutes outside of Wasffington DC in Tacoma Park MD, ff any one wants to stop by for a visit, drop me a Une. LT Jonathan W Sims •

PRES: David Forman H: 831-224-3490; E: DSFornian@aol.com VICE PRES: John Chau TREAS: Daniel J. Martin SEC'Y: Shavm C. Gee E: shawngee@msn.com CORR.SEC'Y: C.B.Johnson 1430 Commonwealth Dr., Suite 102 Wihnington, NC 28403 P: 910-328-2556 E: cbjohnson@1998.usna.com

Great '98!

I confess that I've been VERY remiss in my duties as the corresponffing secretary and can offiy offer an enthusiastic "No Excuse Sir!" My apologies to you aU. A smafl bit of news on my own homefront, my wife Carissa gave birth to our second on September 2 of this year.

Oran Walker Johnson weighed in at 91bs 5 oz and hasn't stopped eating yet. Mom is domg weU and we're now on the other sUde of the mandatory 3 month sleep deprivation traiffing usuaUy associated with new additions.

Here are some other updates from around the world: • HeUo 1998, I guess it is time for an update! Currendy, I am a Deputy Cffief of Enhanced Mobfle SateUite Service at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in ArUngton,VA. I was in Panama City Beach, FL at the Navy Dive School when I met my wife Deborah. Our wedffing was officiated at sunset on the beaches of the emerald coast Memorial Day weekend.

During my tour in Panama City, Warren Baugh, Mike FUes, and Aleksei Razsadin stopped by the house for a •visit and to catch up on the "peanut gaUery".

I caught up with Mike FUes again a few weeks ago in NY for dinner and a show. Warren is currendy the president of a trucking company m Pennsylvaffia. After changing my designation to the Information Professional (IR) commuffity, I also ran mto Charles Fisher at an IR conference.

During a house-hunring stop at BoUmg AFB, I ran mto Gerald WUson who is in the reserves and working in the private sector He is m the process of moving to Adanta due to a job transfer During a busmess ttip to CaUforffia •with my wffe m

Todd SawhilL Ashley Augostini '01, Jay Hildebrandt '05, Jay Consalvi '02, Shane Groover '02, Tavis Powell '00, Michael Witt '01, Cameron Collier '01

Todd SawlflU has sent m some great words as weU as some good pics: • What's going on 98, hope tffis finds everyone doing weU! Lots of outdated news on the home front. The know was in fact ried back on May 7th m AnnapoUs. Blair EUzabeth Cooley became Blair EUzabeth Cooley SawlflU - scary isn't it? She's a spectacffiar woman and I coffidn't be luckier to have her (AND she ffidn't run away even after seeing my unhealthy obsession with coUege footbaU and Southern fried foods).

Several 98ers were able to come in for the wedding as weU (Pat Faye, Dave Baas, Dave Cox, Fumi Adeyemi, and Matt Sladky...plus Jay HUdebrandt '94, and Jay Consal^vi '00). The day was perfect, and we can't wait to see everyone at a game sometime for proper introducrions.

In other news - despite rumors I had gotten out, I am stffi in as the Spy forVF 'scuse me -VFA-32 out of Oceana for the last year and it's been a blast. We ffid our srint in the NAG for OIF operarions from October to Aprfl with CVW-3 and the Truman. We were paired up •withVMFA115 the whole deployment, so were managed to stay very entertained and busy aU the way through the elecrions, and tried to keep ourselves entertained as best as possible when we could Uke for the Army / Navy game (pictured clockwise from top in aU their mustacffioed glory-Todd SawlflU, Ashley Augostini '01, Jay HUdebrandt '05, Jay Consalvi '02, Shane Groover '02,Tavis PoweU '00, Michael Witt '01, Cameron CoUier '01). It was a great privflege to

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be ffiere to help support ffie democratic evolution of the Iraqi government poUtics aside it's a great effort going on over ffiere and we aU had a sense of pride when crffise was wTapped up. We had some port caUs in sunny (i.e. HOT) Dubai, Bahram, and Crete.. .and managed to spend 5 days m London causmg rffiffimal property damage and without being harmed firom ffie nation so aU in aU it was a success. Right now we're m ffie midffie of transition to the Super-Hornet, and every day wffien I go to Sttflce-Fighter Weapons School I see ffiat its tamed mto a veritable class reuffion with Greg Malandrrno, Becky Adams (Dowling), A.J. McNiven, Chris PacentrUU, Matt Maloney, D.J. Lopes, and Chris Delgado.

Any time y'aU are do^wn in Virginia Beach,look us up.. .ffiere'U always be a spare bed forffiemiscreants and n'er-do-wells!

Merry Cffiistmas.. .See y'aU m PhiUy, and BEAT ARMY!!!!

Sawdawg •

Fortanately, everyone I know got out of town, although many people lost ffieir homes and belongings. I spoke to my lanffiord a couple of weeks ago and learned ffiat my apartment offiy had rffinor roof damage (although tffis was pre-Rita, so who knows now). The plan is to start back at Tffiane for the Spring semester Thanks to everyone who was able to get in touch with me and who offered help and support. I coffidn't have gotten tffiough tffis without you aU. Tffis has created the opportuffity to catch a few Na^vy games, especiaUy Homecoming - Navy v. Tffiane.

Hopefiffiy wffi run mto a few of you there! Beth •

Of course you are aU aware of the devastation brought about by Katrma and Rita this faU. I've heard from Beth Thorowgood but not any of our other classmates/sffipmates from the area:

PRES: Capt Chris "Buster" O'Brien, USMC E: heybustah@msn.com VICE PRES: Ben Adeyemi E: nigeriansteele@hotinail.com TREAS: Jason Mendenhall E: GLandJason@aol.com SEC'Y: Minh-tu Nguyen 11710 Old Georgetown Rd., #608 Nordi Bethesda, MD 20852 H: 703-928-2524; E: minhtu99@yahoo.com WEB SITE; wwTV.usna99.com

•Just wanted to put some information out there b/c I know some people have been trymg to get in touch with me. My Tulane emafl address isn't working and I had to change my ceU number b/c New Orleans numbers aren't working.

So here's what's happened: I left New Orieans the Satarday before Katrma with my cats and enough clothes to last a week, expecting to be back the foUowing Friday. 5 days later, the semester had been canceUed and I had no idea what happened to my apartment.

Right now I am staying at Josh Lafferty's place with one of my cats and another law stadent from Tulane, making Josh tmly awesome for taking us in.

We're visiting at American for the semester, just hoping to graduate on time in May.

Again, my apologies for the delays m getring your entries out for classmates to read. Please forward them as I'm not back on ttack and ready to correspond.

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HARRY 2006! Thanks for another great year! Looking forward to aU the news of promotions, marriages, and famfly additions throughout this next one. We've got lots of pictures and a couple of updates for you tffis month so let's get right to it and open with a message from Buster: • 99ers- I just want to say thank you for such a resounding response to our Class Project so far. It is truly awesome to see.

We are doing great and I wffi update our progress to the class via our website (usna99.com) and through the next edition of Sffipmate. If anyone has any questions or issues regarffing the project or any other class business, feel free to

contact me. As I said in the letter to the class, I do beUeve in supporting the institution that has done so much for me, my friends and classmates, and tffis country.

Many of the seffior classes are having an incredible affect on the rffids of today and leaders of tomorrow by putting their resources into the Academy and we wffi too - in ways that make both an impact and our classmates proud. And speaking of making 99ers proud, for everyone serving away from home over the hoUdays, patroffing •with an M-16 in Iraq, standing duty on your ship in Japan, or slugging away fighting the bureaucracy on some staff somewhere, thanks, we're proud of you. At the end of the day, you doing your job and taking care of your Saflors and Marines aflows most of the rest of the world to have a safe hoUday. Beers wffi be raised to you. Happy HoUdays, Buster • I hope some of you were able to find the 99 arch at the Staffium when you came for the home games. It looks reaUy great!

Speaking of home games, it was great to see aU the people at the Homeconflng game. We managed to get some people together for a group picture but there were plenty of other people there who ffidn't make it into the group shot.

Cffiista Brown and her brand-new husband were able to make it to AnnapoUs, bringing along Dave Burns, who had flown into Norfolk for Christa's wedding. Dave Burns introduced a friend from Austrffia to DTA shenaffigans and Na^vy FootbaU, aU in one weekend.

Cameron Chen, who had UteraUy just returned from Iraq days before the game, was able to make a side ttip out to AnnapoUs from San Diego to catch up with Dave Paz, Dave Hardy, Vic Sheldon, Steve Taylor, and Jessica Fox, whose brother Tim Fox is an 04 grad.

Dave Paz is currently fiffisffing up ffis last year of medical school and was able to make it out to the Homeconflng game by planffing ffis Raffiology residency inter•views around that weekend. Dave Hardy, who is slowly transitioning out of the Na^vy into foU Hawaiian pirate Ufe (with foU beard; eye-patch, peg-leg and hooked hand are slowly emerging), was able to make it out to the game after he convinced ffis brother to get married in Virginia the weekend before the game.

Steve Taylor recently made the transition back to the States after spending two years in Atsugi, Japan, as part of the Kitty Hawk battle group. He recently bought a swank bachelor pad in N W Wasffington, DC, and is currently working day-to-day with January-February 2 0 0 6

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JSmm CLASS NEWS work. Then after 26 months in Japan I ffisestabUshed the squadron and helped transpac the jets back to San Diego. Whfle there I was surrounded by some of our guys: I was in the squaffion •with Jay "Shady" Degroot. OUie Stormer and Steve Taylor were in the E-2 Squadron next door with Brendan Stickles in the prowler squadron across the way. After retarffing from Japan I setded in atVT-22 in Kingsvflle teaching in the T-45 for six months before being sent out to Bahrain for a 6 month TAD. Down in Krock there were offiy a couple of our Bubba's I was Homecoming 2005 in the squadron with Jack Stewart and Chris Rapin was teacffing down the haU. Here's a pictare and a Uttle note sent to us George W ffimseff in the Wffite House as Other than that out here in Bahrain weU a Naval Ade, along with Jay Siembieda, from Ryan SturgiU: it was hot as heU aU summer as we are aU '98. Vic Sheldon, who was the Naval weU famffiar with the sand box these days.

Academy's Security Officer for the past Out here there are a number of notables. two years, is now on ffis way (probably Ran into La-wrence Nance when the already there) to Ne^wport, RI, for Nimitz was in town and Amanda Department Head School. Wife and classBorngen is also out here at NAVCENT mate Katie (BluemUng) Sheldon is stffi along with a host of others from various in the Na^vy for now, •working at the classes. One more tffing to add my roomAcademy in the RE Department. mate from 1/c year Tom Weaver got Here are some pictares taken from married back in Sept to ffis lovely wffe Homeconflng weekend: AUson, they are Uving inVA beach where First Row, left to right: Ryan Sturgill ('99), Jessica (Janus) Jorgensen ('97), Mark Haney ('99), Milton he is flying Hornets. WeU that pretty Troy COO); Second Row: Cole Woodman ('05), Brianmuch catches me up wiffi you....

Blair ('04), Eric Rolfs ('04).

Brendan Stickles is stiU with the Kitty Hawk Batde Group out in Atsugi, Japan, • I've been in San Diego for the past year along •with Jason Higgins and Joe Cuba.

- I'm the SUPPO on the USS They were aU recendy joined out there MCCLUSKY (FFG 41). For the past 4

by Jo Nguyen, who has her hands fuU months we've been on a Countertaking care of them as their Narcotics deployment in the East Pacific. ffight surgeon. • One day we decided to take the obUga(L to R): Cameron Chen, Jessica Fox, Dave Burns' tory "old school" wardroom photo, and Here's a note and great famfly pictare sent friend from Australia, Dave Burns, Christa Brown, since •we've got a very ffigh number of Christa's brand-new husband, Dave Paz to us by Jeremy Freeman: Academy grads (proportionally, for a • I've been meaning to send an update on frigate), we decided to take tffis one with the famfly to Sffipmate since ffie bffffi of the hopes of seeing it in Shipmate. The my second son, George Isaac, on ffie 25ffi picture goes as foUows • ofAugust. We've been U^ving ffie good Ufe Here's a Uttle update sent from Des m Cape Girardeau, Missouri, smce October Bowens aU the way from Bahrain: 2004. There was a Navy Reserve Center that needed a CO and I ffidn't even have to • Buster,Hey great piece on Rat.,,,We are give my left arm for it! BeUeve it or not, I going to miss him, I've been off the radar / ' • meaning to write and never ffid, but here • : % actaaUy grew up across ffie stteetfiromffie (L to R): Cameron Chen, Steve Taylor, Jessica Fox, buflffing when I was a kid, Neeffiess to say goes a quick summary. I'm in Bahrain on Minh-Tu Nguyen, Dave Paz I've been enjoying myseff royaUy...shore a temp fiU on the 5th fleet staff. Can you duty doesn't get any better than diis. Been drop me a Une and let me know what's able to fit m some fisffingand hunting, and up. Anyway for me I left school headed to the Center works weU for parkmg my boat.

Monterey with aU the other folks for grad Bought a house for ffie first time, and are school then off to Pensacola a year later fortanate to have boffi sets of famfly just a for ffight school with stops in Corpus few hours away Fiffished up a Masters Christi,TX and Kings^viUe en route to San Degree last summer via O D U to pad a Diego for the S-3 FRS...Spent 7 months civiUan resume. We're here on 2 year in So Cal and then headed to Japan to Fly orders, however thanks to the BRAG deal forVS-21. Whfle I was there we got sent (L to R): Vic Sheldon, Jessica Fox, Cameron Chen, I wffi be looking for a civflian job sooner with the Kitty Hawk Batde group to Dave Hardy than later...stffi waiting to find out how Support Op IRAQI FREEDOM, spent a soon. Like Brit Bischoff says. Cape is fun 99 days at sea and did a lot of good

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For those of you who attended the reunion, I hope you have by now recovered. Friday night in the upstairs of Riordan's was a splashdown on speed.

The place was waU to waU 2000 and it was stiU packed when they were trying to close the place. As for Satarday, the weather was perfect, we spanked Tulane, the Gheckos tarned in another spectacffiar staffium-side performance and we drank a ridicffious amount of beer. The smack talking at the beer pong table demonsttated the competitive spirit has 77ie Freeman family not faded at aU, even five years later. The attendance was phenomenal and a good Congrattflations to Ricardo Roman time was had by aU. I think it rffight be who was married tffis past October in almost 50/50 -with those that showed as Carmel, CA, to Meghan Butier, Jim far as who is stffi in and who got out.

FarreU's cousin. We're stffi waiting for an Some people had haircuts that made it update and pictares from Racardo but we'U setde for tffis great pictare of grads at immediately apparent they were no longer in the service (way too long) and ffie weddmg sent to us by Jim's dad, some people rffisled others by getring out Ed FarreU '64. and no longer having a hair on their head, voluntary or not. Notable facial hair first prize was undisputable, Carl Zepegno is out and hides the lower part of ffis face -with what can be cafled a "Hedgehog" goatee. A Hedgehog is a very forry African rodent in case you aren't into that sort of tffing (I am not as into it as I used to be). Our taflgater was kickin/packed from mornmg tffi ffight and thereafter. A Pictured here (L to R) Mike Martin '96, Chris Brianas select group even made it back to the '99, Ricardo Roman '99, the new Mrs. Roman, her cousin and best man Jim Farrell '99, Alyssa stadium and our tent after last caU in the Donovan Farrell '99 and Ed Farrell '64. bars early Sunday mormng to tap a keg that the caterer had tacticaUy ffid in the Congratalations also to Matt Warke and beer trafler so we woffid let them finaUy his wffe Emfly, for the new addirion to go home earUer that evemng. There was a theff famfly: Emmerson Maxwefl "Wefls" descent amount of nfldgets in stroUers Warke. Matt and Emfly moved back to under the 2000 tent so the shore duty the States, and out activity seems to be very productive/fruitof the Na^vy tffis fol for the class. I am not even going to past summer after try to name who was in attendance so spending two years check out the website to see the pictares m La Maddalena, to get an idea.

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They recently bought a lovely house in Bethesda, MD, and Matt is UteraUy getting ffis hands dirty with renovating the place.

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Navy spanked Army once again and the commander in chief's trophy belongs to us for the tffird year in a row. Whoever's idea it was to hire Paul Johnson deserves one of those huge soap and bath ofl baskets with canffies that smeU deUcious.

A tradition has been started offiy 5 years out of the chute. There was a 2000 taflgater m Phfladelpffia, it was quite festive and it had a giant 2000 flag atop an RV ripping through the Rhffiy December wind and yes a beer pong table. At one point late Satarday ffight, the parking lot was about empty, it was below freezing, and yet the beer pong continued weU into the night.

Around the Horn: Travis Inouye is now stationed in Oak Harbor, Washmgton and so is Mike Strauss and ffis wife Amanda. Travis, however, is currently making rounds between A Asad, Iraq and CVN-71. Alan Patterson and Bryan Gunkel are with ffim enjoying the A Anbar Province.

Dennis Woodfork is now in Colorado Springs. John Baker and Joel Uzarski are at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey. Brian Puskas is in Kaflua, Hawafl. Joy MiUer is now Joy Watkins and Uves in Columbia, MD. WUl Knochel checked in -with an FRO address, to bad for him. Andrew Conner is in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Maurice Karagiorgos is residing in Kirkland, Wasffington. Kristy Nistler is now Kristy Kamarck at the London School of Econorffics and soon Tata "Touchdo-wn!" Da-vis wffi be at the Wharton School ofBusiness at Penn. I don't know where BUly Edw^ards is right now but I can teU you that he was in D.C. for the Marine Corps Marathon and ran it in 2:35:33. I heard a rumor that his performance in D.C. prompted a urinalysis at his command and was less than two weeks after completing the Ironman triatffion out in Hawaii. An Ironman is no big deal reaUy just swimrmng a couple of mfles, biking about a hundred and twenty something of them, and then

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IlinilrJ CLASS NEWS runffing a marathon.. .BACKTO BACK. It is the Mount Everest and Superbowl of endurance sports. It is also one of the few places you can get away with wearing a speedo in the U.S. outside of a swim meet. Grant Whitmer is aUve and weU. I am not sure where he is right now either but I can teU you that he fought in the Total Combat 10 match and won.

Check out the pics and you can see a bunch of Grant m action at www. mma-fighter.com/gaUery/Total_Combat_ 10_Fight_Rhotos

Grant Whitmer takes his opponent to the canvas

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sightings. Jerry Tae Woon Kim and ffis lovely bride Tracy are in Monterey for NPS. Frankie "Gio" Greece is in Qtown, working in M&RA, but we are plannmg for the occupation of "Pattol Base Manhattan" sometime next year and the ensuing shenaffigans. Blake "Ironman" Benke is also in NYC, attenffing Stern Business School at NYU and planffing for another soUd performance in Kona, Hawafl tffis Oct. I ran into Jeff Banasz and the Mrs. in Canton, Bawknore and he was on ffis way out of the Gun Club. My former C.L. roomrffie, Al Wood checked out of the Corps and returned home to TN (word is that Pappa John's in J-actionvffie has subsequendy experienced a recession of record proportion.) I got to watch the Yanks play tffis summer with Frank Monterisi (99') before he crossed the LOD into much hated Red Sox territory bound for Harvard Business School. Aso, enjoyed many a pints with Jeff Beelaert ('99) at McSorleys before he departed for 3rd CAB in Oki.That is aU for now from the boogie down Bronx. Look me up ff you're going to be in NYC. S/F Brezler (yanksfan2000@excite.com) • That's it for this month. I leave you with tffis fact: Chip KeUeher's old ceU phone number now belongs to a "lady of the ffight," if you wfll, in JackonsviUe, Florida.

So if you give Cffippy a caU and his voice seems a bit ffigher and he wants to talk money and a place to meet ffim, be advised. Send us the latest to SffipmateOO@yahoo.com !!!!!!!!! —Murph

Tom, and ffis groomsmen were Jeremy FonvieUe '03, Ricky Lang '03, and Rush Hffi. My maid of honor was Sarah Morin and my bridesmaids were Troy's sisters, Tracey and Tricia Treaccar. Our sword bearers were Josh Stephens '01, Denise Vasel '01, Travis Weber '02, Mike Bower '02, D o u g WaUer '02, Justin Smith '04, and Troy's sffipmate from LSD 42 C W 0 2 Pat O'Neal. Our ring bearer was LCDR Kerry HoUenbeck's (LSD 42 Doc) son, Holden.

And our junior bridesmaid and flower girl, Nicole and EUzabeth Graber, are granddaughters of a famfly friend. Also in attendance were Ben and Lauren Carey Langis ('00 and '01), Brooke BeU WaUer '02, Sarah Atwater Abbott '03, Lindsay Bartel '03, and Paul Kepner's '04 wife, Paige.

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• Greetings Warriors! Tffis is my first contribution to Sffipmate. I departed the beloved Corps in March in order to join the famfly business. I'm a fireman for the FDNY and assigned to Ladder Company 58 in the heart of Da Bronx. Many flashbacks to plebe year have resurfaced during my time as a "probie." Minus chow caUs, the two iffitiations are very simflar I'm wearing green on the weekends though -with 2nd Bn, 25th Marines under the command of LtCol Ralph Dengler '88 and the logistical expertise of S-4 Maj Tom Adissi '92. Here are some "around the horn" notes from my recent sffipmate

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Dear'01, Hope tffis finds you doing weU.. .Beat the Dark Age! I write tffis a few days before Cffiistmas. I hope many of you were able to make it to San Diego for ffie Roinseffia Bowl, and our ffioughts are wiffi those who are deployed over ffie hoUdays.

Maura McGovern Treaccar writes: • Happy Holidays '01! On November 5 , Troy Treaccar '03 and I married at a private hacienda on the Sea of Cortez in beautifol Los Cabos, Mexico, We were increffibly lucky and honored that so many classmates, famfly and friends could join us! Troy's best man was ffis father.

We had the perfect combinarion of fon, ffice people and a beautifiil location.

FoUowing the wedffing Troy and I honeymooned at an increffible jungle resort in BeUze , the Blancaneaux Lodge.

I finished my service in the Navy last September, and Troy serves onboard USS GERA4ANTOWN (LSD 42). We are going to continue to Uve in San Diego.

Right now we are looking forward to the Poinsettia and HoUday Bowls! We wiU be attending the Poinsettia Bowl with our famfly and Doug and Brooke BeU WaUer and Ben and E^uren Carey Langis. Go NAVY beat CSU! • Daryl Hffi and ffis wife had a baby gid Violet on November 3rd at Bethesda

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Naval Meffical Center m Maryland. She weighed 81bs 5 Oimces and was 20 mches long. Daryl also sent m a group shot firom ffie Navy Aff Force Game that was attended Tyson StaM 05,JasonWoff 99 and from 2001: Bobby Reeder, Hoot Stahl, Dan'l Hffi, Chris Lepore, Justin Jordan, Bflly Hubbard, Josh Hffi, James O'MaUey, Brad, JuUe and Jake Wimsatt, and Mike Cunrflngham.

AtrForceGame-2column Congratffiations to Paige Davis who completed her carrier quaUfications durmg her deplovTnent on NIMITZ. We are working to create a class website and data base to prepare for our five year reumon m that wiU be held homeconflng weekend of October 13-15 2006. Please send your updated emafl adffiess to andrew.henwood@navy.mfl so that we can keep everyone weU informed.

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were addressed by the Supe, the Dant, and Colonel Ripley USMC (Ret.) After receiving their words of wisdom, we headed downtown together to celebrate each others' assignments and fotares.

The opeffing of the "Firstie Club" in Hubbard Hafl tffis faU has proven quite popular. Firsties now have a place to sociaUze on Monday and Wednesday eveffings, ffights wffich we do not have town Uberty. The Club hosts ffifferent themes each ffight, incluffing an '80's ffight. Western ffight. Toga ffight, and a Costame night on HaUoween. With the help of C D R Cuthbert, 5 * BattaUon Officer and O-Rep for the Class of 2006, the Firstie Club has been a hit. Sharon Wfldberger and Jeff Foulds have been the two Midsffipmen m charge of keepmg the place runffing smootUy. The 2006 Class Officers taflgated -with their Unk-up Class of 1956 before the Kent State footbaU game. Good food, good drink, and good company were shared by aU.The Class of 1956 -wffi participate in many upcorffing Comrffissiorflng week events for the Class of2006.

We cheered on our Navy footbaU team to its -victory over Army on 3 December 2005 at Lincoffi Financial Field in RbfllyThe team has decideffiy defeated Army four years sttaight, every year that we've been here at USNA! A bunch of us wffi ttavel to sunny San Diego to support the team at the Poinsettia Bowl, where the team wffi take on Colorado State.

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After three and a haff years at USNA, we received our service assignments on 15 November 2005.The evening began with a ceremony in Aumni Hafl, where we

Pictured here are the five firsties on Team Bill, tending to the goats at the Army/Navy game. From left, Jake Womble, Shawn Talley Abby Brandon, Paul Truog, and Jamison Lupo.

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Alabama Alabama Chapter Phil Griese '75 1906 Shades Crest Rd., Birmingham, AL 35216 H: 205-822-9470; E: phil@flagshiptradinginc.com

HuntsviUe Chapter LCDR Frederick N. Steiner '57, USN (Ret.) 1059 Teenajo Dr., SE, Huntsville, AL 35803-3907 H: 256-650-5423; E: navy57@aol.com

I am new at tffis and want to ask that aU of our members please help. What can you do? WeU first read this and second please help me locate new members in our area.You know how to find them, I do not.

We had a great time at the Army Navy game even thought we were out numbered by the West Pomt guys and gals. Just remember that once we graduate that we are aU on the same team and we aU serve one country. I for one look forward to meetmg -with those guys more often. Ho-w about the rest of you. I firnfly beUeve that we should get together three or four times during the year with wives, chfldren etc Sometffing good to do that w^e can enjoy.

I want to -wish aU of you a happy hoUday.

Mike and Cricket Stroop

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Secretary: Ed Howard '63 E: Ehowardl963@cs.coin

The December meeting was held at Cooperstown in downtown Phoenix. It coincided with a Na-vy victory over Army and everyone enjoyed the multiple wide screen TVs and refreshments. N o t sure Army alums enjoyed it as much as we did.

Many thanks to Pete Lumianski '65 for ffis outstanding efforts in bringing together overy 200 alumni, parents and guests.Those attending with their guests were WaUy Bigler '56, R o b e r t B o y d '55, Ke-vin Browm '01, Ed Brzezinski '85, R o b e r t Clancy '45, BiU Danjczek '98, R o g e r D r e w '51, Dave EngUsh '86, Greg Fine '81, Guy Grafius '55, D e e k Harrison ' 5 3 , T o m Hayman '71,

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Walt H o c k e t t '91, E d Howard '63, Skip Lind '75, Pete Lumianski '65, Eric Mantion '92, D o n Marquart '73, B o b May '45, B e z a n Morris '99, Ralph Orr '48, Walt Peters '58, Pete Reiniger '65, R o n StoU '67, Lawrence Van Loan '74, and Tony ViUanueva '88. O u r January and February meetings wffi be back at Aunt Chflada's the second Wednesday of each month at 11:30.

Please positive R S V P to Skip Lind '75 for the January meeting.

Ed Hoivard '63

California Los Angeles Chapter LCDR Richard R. Pace '63 USNR (Ret.) 6443 BixbyTerr. Dr., Long Beach, CA 90815 P: 562-493-4106; E: rpace@mmnt.com; richardpace@dslextieme.com

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SAVETHEDATEVALENHNES DAY DINNER FEBRUARY 10^^, 2006!

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We wfll hold our annual Valentines Dinner at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club on Friday February 1 0 * , 2005.

E-Mafl Nick Madigan '81 for detafls!

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ORANGE COUNTY ARMY-NAVY GAME WATCHING PARTY Over 140 alumni and friends gathered at The Corner Office in Costa Mesa for Y E T A N O T H E R "Senseless KflUng" of the Black Kffights of the Hudson and til Na-vy's 50 victory of the series! Fittingly, Na-vy had the bulk of the crowd with close to 100 in attendance. The Corner Office upgraded the food this year and we had positive feedback from many of the guests. We joined with our Army comrades a game's end and Ustened to the U S M A A m a Mater but lost the sound for part of Navy Blue & Gold. Otherwise, a great Navy day! â&#x20AC;&#x201D;join us next faU at tffis great footbaU watching venue!!

LOCAL BOARD MEMBER VIOLATES JOHN WAYNE AIRSPACE (GETS FRIED) As those w h o have attended wiU attest, the Corner Office A / N Party is a key LA Chapter " B D O " or "BUmp Deployment Opportunity", What we learned last Saturday was that erstwhfle submariner.

LA Chapter Board M e m b e r and U S N A BUmp O I C C D R Lee C o h e n '82 is really a frustrated Naval Aviatorl Arri-ving secretly at the venue hours early, Lee fiUed and launched the bUmp coverdy; -with offiy ffis chfldren helping (tffis assumes ffis plan included the assumption that ffis chfldren have to love him, even if he is an eUtist aviator type). Giddy -with the prospect of hours of surreptitious aviating, Lee fafled to reffize that the seerffingly enffiess airspace has its Unfltations.As he gleefoUy cUmbed through 850 feet, departing pflots from John Wayne Airport reported the ffigh flying bUmp to the tower (obviously A r Force bus driver types scared out of their wits by the nflghty Navy airsffip).

Lee unwittingly continued to let out the tether untfl the arrival of ground and airborne uffits of the Costa Mesa PoUce Department and the FAA!! T h e authorities were calmed by assurances that Lee woffid be ordered back to ffis tube and asked to submerge. AdditionaUy he was issued a Form 2 for tanffing unbecorffing a submarine officer. Lee, remember; aviation is extremely ffifficult and shoffid be attempted by elitist professionals offiy.

PASADENA DECEMBER LUNCHEON T h e San GabrielVaUey contingent of Los Angeles Chapter met for lunch at Mirffi's Cafe in Monrovia on Beat Army Thursday, 1 December 2005. Attenffing were T i m Mahoney '49, Bob Rogers '54, Bud HiU '59, R o b Bolster '62, and GlennSffinffier '64. We meet at Mimi's the 4th Thursday each month except for November and December. For detafls contact Glenn Shinffier '64 at gshinffier64@eartWink.net.

ORANGE COUNTY NOVEMBER LUNCHEON T h e Orange County Luncheon was held on November 8, 2005, at the Santa Ana Elks Club. O u r speaker for this month was L T C O L Kefl Gentry U S M C '86, the Conmianffing Officer of the 2"*^ Battalion, 1 1 * Marines, the Marine BattaUon which the Los Angeles Chapter supports. Kefl told us of how today's Marines match up with the Marines of W o d d W a r II, Korea, andVietnam by giving incidences of valor in the three previous wars plus Iraqi Freedom. H e brought 5 of ffis Marines with him to talk

to us during ffie meal. As ffie ranking Marine present, C O L Lee BendeU U S M C (Ret) "50 read the 2005 Conmiandant's Birffiday message. T h e Marine birthday cake cutting ceremony had the earliest serving Marine present, L T C O L BiU McReynolds U S M C (Ret) ' 4 1 , making the first sUce. Capt Jeanne Daffion U S M C R '98, the most recent Marine USNA grad, making the second sUce, and the newest Marine present. LCRL Sttouth USMC, making the third sUce. Those attenffing the limcheon fficluded: Bfll McR^evTiolds ' 4 1 .

Walt Stevens "43, Bob R u b e l "44, T R Johnson '47, Jim Kffkpattick '47, Lee BendeU '50, John Snyder '50, Bob Watson "50, Man,- Kay a n d T o m Gffien ' 5 1 , A Enderle '52. Bob LoweU ' 5 3 , loe Zebrowski "53.Vince Jarffison '57, Joe Koch "57, Bob Lutz "57, J o h n C o b b '58, Bud Manazff '58, George Watts '58, loe Casasanto '59.Joe Keeley '59, Rich Race '63, Glenn Sffinffier '64, Skip Storey '65, Dave Hackett ' 7 1 , RL Hartshorn ' 7 1 . Mflce Mahoney '82, Tony St. Clair '84,Walter Hfl^ch '85, LTCOL Kefl G e n o y '86,Joe Manffichak '89, LTCOL Matt Cooper U S M C '90, CAPT Chris Perkins U S M C '97, Jeanne Daffion '98, Bffi Bafley West Point '60, MAJ S t o u t e n b o r o u g h ' u S M C , SGTMAJ Tanner U S M C , \^^ Sgt Armeta U S M C , LCRL Sttouth, and former Naval Officer BiU Meddmgs.

Monterey Bay Chapter President: John A. Alich '64 Corr. Sec'y: Ralph Norm Channell

Capt. Charles B a r t h o l o m e w ' 6 1 , D e n n y Joyce '61, D a v e M o o r e '63 (from La Quinta, visiting his granddaughter). Jack Everett '64, Steve B e r g '66, and Terry B r o w n '67.

As we took tarns inttoducing ourselves, the local membersffip was pleased to hear from Dave Moore '63, w h o was •visiring from La Quinta. Dave had Uved in HoUister, CA for four years prior to m o \ i n g to the Palm Springs area in order to reaUy enjoy the winters. H e is visiring ffis granddaughter in the area and injected some humor and zest into the meering. H e was parricffiarly pleased to see that Donna Bartholomew was m the house, as he had served under her deceased husband CharUe when ffie latter was X O aboard sffip. Dave shared a few jocffiar sea stories about stencflmg everytffing in sight during a period when tffings kept ffisappearing from one ffi^vision area and reappearmg somewhere else.

Chapter president Denny Joyce was able to finaUy break away from an important telephone caU just in rime to rffiss inttoductions and the pledge of aUegiance.

H e rermnded us that the Na^vy-Army game party wfll be held at Lions Gate, the former " O " Club at McCleflan AFB. Navy League members wffi attend, as weU as the local West Point Social Club.

John Haynes briefed us on current events surroundmg the various comnflttees of the U S N A Board ofTrustees, and pointed out that he wffi nflss our local N - A game fesrivities, but wffi instead watch the game in person.

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Sacramento President: Mr. Dennis P.Joyce '61 P: 916-631-8110; E:djoycel961@honnail.com

Vke President: Dr. Terry Broum '67 P: 530-676-0327; E; t\vbro\\'n@innerdte.com

Secretary: Mr. Steve Berg '66 P: 916-359-8811; E: reelberg;@surewest.net

Tteasiner: Mr. BiU Doddy '4S E: wdotty@surewest.net

Loc: Hof Brau Restaurant, C o r n e r Watt and El Camino Whfle StiU pleasant, the weather exffibited a distmct autamn flavor, with shifong winds and scattered clouds, as the Sacramento Chapter members ffied mto ffie Hof Brau Restaurant for the November meering. SOPA M o Slater '42 was recognized as our Gray Eagle; others attendmg included Joe Drachnik '43, Tom Hartigan '47, E d AxteU '48, John Haynes ' 5 5 , J o h n T a i t '60, Donna Bartholomew, w i d o w of

Jack Everett '64 and John Tait '60

John Tait, J o h n Haynes and Denny Joyce spoke about their experiences as members of R e p . Dan Lungren's service acaderffies' selection team, and how it compared with those they shared with other local-area legislators in the past.

Denny also ffighUghted the fact that Navy is paying $200,000 in cash, benefits and discounts for the Tulane footbaU conringent as it heads north to play the Midshipmen this Saturday. Navy AD Chet Gladchuk, w h o had served in the same posirion at Tulane 15 years ago, acted

as ramrod, with the blessing and support ofVice Admiral R o d R e m p t '66, U S N A superintendent, "We just want this entire ttip, except for the 60 minutes on Saturday, to be very enjoyable for the Tulane folks," Gladchuk said.

Since there was no formal speaker, several of the members persuaded Donna Bartholomew to relate the upUfting and heartwarming story of her daughter's track and field experiences. Susan WiUiams, Donna and CharUe's daughter, trained for two years to prepare for the 2000 Ol^ympics in Sydney, Australia, at which her event — triatffion — would first appear in the Olympic Games. She finished second in one of the three trials, but fifth in another, and ultimately fafled to quaUfy for the U S. team. She had discovered two days before that race that she was pregnant. So the U S. team headed south •without her, but the next spring she gave birth to a healthy daughter. Susan named her Sydney, after the Olympics site, of course, and stated, "Tffis sweet chfld is M Y gold medal!" She was not fiffished, however, as Susan made the decision to train for another four years and try out for the 2004 Ol-ympic Games in Greece. In the trials, she was one of the three 35-year old w o m e n w h o quaUfied for the U S. team, and flew to Athens with the rest of the American track and field conringent. Donna and ten other farffily members and friends also made the ttip to cheer her on. It obviously worked, as Susan w o n the bronze medal and estabUshed herself as one of the tffiee best women ttiatffietes in the world! Wherever he is, you can bet CharUe is bursting with pride. Imagine: an Olympic medal! It just boggles the nflnd. A supportive and enthused chapter membersffip gave Donna a great ovation for her inspirational relating of the story.

Denny led the group in the singing of "Navy Blue and Gold," and the meeting was adjourned at 1320 hours.

San Diego Chapter President: Mr. Chris Cooke '81 C: 619-972-4283;W: 858-526-8593 E: chris.cooke@gat.com

Corr. Sec'y: Heidi Maley Gutierrez '89 E: heidi.gutierrez@heUerehrman.com; W: 858-450-8422; Web site: www.usnaaasd.com

DECEMBER 2005 O u r guest speaker at the November luncheon was Rffil M c C o n k e y Class of '79. M r McConkey was a member of Navy's 1978 HoUday Bowl Championsffip Team. H e flew CH-46's

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Mr. McConkey's talk was both inspirational and ffigffiy entertaiffing. H e told us about ffis upbringing in Buffalo, N e w York, where ffis devoted father, a Buffalo poUceman, worked three jobs so he could go to a good high school, wffich ultimately got ffim to the Naval Academy. H e renflffisced about his Academy footbaU teammates, w h o m he affectionately referred to as "the Gang of 12" and "the twelve guys w h o refosed to lose." And he shared m a n y great stories about ffis time -with the Giants, and playing under coach Bffi RarceUs. W h e n M r McConkey was offiy twelve years old, he put pen to paper and declared ffis goals. H e had two: fly heUcopters, and play in the Super Bowl. H e acffieved both, and he ffid it through increffibly hard work. A o n g the way, Mr. McConkey made some important observations. H e noted a commonffity among aU ffigffiy successfiil people:They are aU tough comperitors. H e forther noted the importance of teamwork and character. As he put it, "Teamwork and character beat talent any day of the week."

It is apparent to us that Mr. McConkey has aU of the above in spades.

We were deUghted he could join us.

San Francisco Chapter President: LCDR Chester M. Kolley, USNR 686 Portofino Ln., Foster City, CA 94404-2938 H: 650-573-7802; E: cmkolley@comcast.net

Vice President: James Ryan '86 E:janies@peisales.coni

Secretary: Jeff Petrie '89 W: 415-750-7648; E; jspetrie@hotniail.com

Santa Barbara Chapter Pres: CAPT Homer F. Smith '63, USN (Ret.) 1925 Eucalyptus Hill Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93108-1830 H: 805-695-0033; E: hohohosniidi@cox.net

Secretary: Gary Minar '58 P: 805-688-7957; E; gh58niinar@verizon.net

We are pleased to report on our ffigffiy successfffi Army-Navy Game party on December 3,2005, by the Santa Barbara Chapter. T h e site was the beaurifffi La Cumbre Country Club, where a deUcious brunch was arranged by country club members Margaret and l^arry E^ovig '39, with large screen projecrion TVs. T h e game day was that perfect sort of weather (though chilly at about 60 degrees F.) that makes Santa Barbara special, and the view over Santa Barbara was just Uke a post card-crystal clear air so that you coffid almost count the Spamsh roof ffies on the houses.

T h e attendees w^ere: Donna and T o m Evong '33, Berffice Nielson (John '37) and daughter-in-law Roberta Nielson, Margaret and Larry Lovig '39, Pat Murphy '41 and guest Pat Gebert (Wes '42), Rusty King '44 and MoUy J i m Gayle '45 and Mary, Ginger (who is recovering from knee replacement) and B o b P u d d i c o m b e '45, EUzabeth and B u d Ursettie '45, D o n IseUn '46, Gini and BUI Spangler '46, PhU Conley ('50), Rosalie and Dr. BUI Stewart '50, Jarrel and Fr John FuUer '52 with guest Brendan Estes, 8 mo (potential class of 2027), Carolyn and BUI Britton '53, Ram '79ers Mike Mowins, Phil McConkey and Chris Cooke A m m e r m a n (NeU '54), CeUna and NAVNET E d M c H a l e '55, Ray Medeiros '55 and N A V N E T is a networking venue for guest Barbara Obinger, Irene and U S N A grads, as weU as anyone else.

Burt Munger '55, Rinky and T h e group convenes every third Friday N o r m PaUadino '55, Suzy and at Treffises Garden Grffi in the Town & J i m Clark '56,Judy and B o b Q u i n n '56 with guest BiU Hflderbrand, Country Hotel & Resort on Hotel B e n Short '56, Vern Haima '58, Betty Circle. It's "come as you are" and "pay as and J i m H i g g i n s '58, George Jones you go."They average 30 + for breakfast, '58, Barbra and Gary Minar '58, so if you are in the market for a new B o b H a r m u t h '59 and guest Lucy career or a motivated "new ffire," check Maguire, Nancy and BiU KeUy '59, it out. For information, contact LiUian and J i m O s b o r n '59, Tom Hammons '71, phone E d R a n s o m '60 and son Ed J r , Marirose (858) 538-9824, emafl t)hammons@aol.com. and Karl Kozak '63, Kathie and J i m McClure '63,Jean and H o m e r S m i t h '63, BUI Stewart '63

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and guest EUzabeth Truesdafl, N o r m a and T o m Morgenfeld '65 with brave guest B u b P i c k u p U S M A '65, Mary and Steve GenstU '68,Jim O l d h a m '78, Ratri and R o b Westberg '78, new members Lisa and C A P T Steve "Wirshing '83, C O at theVentara Cy Naval InstaUation (formerly SeaBee Base), and Chris Burns '99 and guest Kim Primerano. N o t e that Chris Burns dutifoUy did the pushup routine after every NAVY score, harffiy breaking a sweat!

It was another grand Santa Barbara U S N A A A Chapter event with about 75 guests, ffighUghted by the Na-vy footbaU victory. Old tales were indeed retold.

We renewed our friendsffips, toasted to the team, the coaches, the Corps and BrigadeOf course it was a special moment when our Santa Barbara Chapter aU joined the Brigade singing Blue and Gold, It doesn't get much better!

BiU Stewart '63 brought a lot of fine Uteratare from his Blue and Gold program, including the ffighUghts of the Class of 2009 - talk about Cream of the Crop! Bffi Stewart also wrote a very informative article in the Santa Barbara News Press about December 7, 1941, wffich can be found in their arcffives.

O u r Santa Barbara Chapter is planffing a 2006 Dark Ages event and business meeting, detafls to be announced, but it wfll probably be at the Montecito Country Club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; another beautifiil spot here on the left coast.

Those alumffi w h o are located in the Centtal Coast of CaUforma are always invited to contact us for detafls on forthconflng social events.

New members Lisa and Steve Wirshing '83, Chapter Pres Homer Smith '63 and Bob Quinn '56

Colorado Colorado Chapter CAPT Daniel Branch Jr. '59, USN (Ret.) 555 Apollo Dr, Boulder, C O 80303-5002 H: 303-499-0337;W: 303-966-4833 E: dbranchjr@aol,coni Web site: www.usna.coiii/Chapters/US/ Colorado/default.htm

Colorado alumni enjoyed the Bafl held in Colorado Springs October 14,2005 to

celebrate ffie 2 3 0 * birffiday of the Uffited States Na\y. Attendees included Chuck RiersaU '83,Jim Ryan '58 and Doreen, ScottVasina '82, CarolVasina '87, Jim Savard "65 and Karen, Dan Branch '59, Chapter President, and Katffieen, Joe Nowak '80, Debbie Nowak '85, Mike McGrath '62 and Marlene, Joe Procopio "62 and guest Dawn Harris, Dan Good '46 and Gloria, Tim Keating '71 andWandalee.

United States Navy 230th birthday celebration

United States Navy 230th birthday celebration

Cake cutting

Dan Good '46 was honored as the most seffior and experienced naval Officer by Rear Admffal Steven Maas and Adrffiral Tim Keating '71 (Commander, NORAD-USNORTHCOM).They are shown cuttmg the traditional Navy BaU buthday cake. Tim Keatmg '71 was guest of honor and speaker.

Connecticut Connecticut Chapter LCDR David H. Stryker '61, USN (Ret.) PO Box 670; New London, CT 06320-0670 H: 860-536-3636;W; 888-447-0512 E: ML8632@aol.com

Happy New Year from the Connecticut Chapter Officers. May 2006 bring us aU health, happiness and another -victory overARJVlY!

AU regular readers of this column, (both of you) know how I consistendy extol the -virtues of our amiual Affiiflssions Meeting. Our meeting in 2005 was no ffifferent. Held at the Coast Guard Academy Officers Club in New London on November 10th, this meeting once again provided those who attended, the opportuffity to be „up close and personal%o wiffi many of the canffidates for the Class of 2010. As was the case with pre-vious meetings, it was impossible to be an-ytffing but impressed with the superb quality of the young people seeking adnflssion to USNA today. About fifteen canffidates and ffieir parents attended the meeting as weU as aU the Second Class Midsffipmen who were participating in the Exchange Program with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Our guest speaker for the eveffing was CART Karen Frye, USN, who serves as the Director of Adrffissions at USNA. She made a formal presentation wffich provided statistics, explained procedures and made personal comments about enttance to the Naval Academy. Upon completion of her formal presentation, she opened the floor for questions wffich eUcited an enthusiastic response from the attendees. We were also able to celebrate the 230th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps at the meeting. The oldest marine in attendance was our Chapter Chaplain, Sam Baez,, 57. The youngest marine at the meeting was RFC Tflnothy Wrenn, USMCR, USMCR, a canffidate and resplendent in ffis dress unfform. Sam and RFC Whenn cut the birthday cake and led the group in singing the Marine Corps Hymn. The success of tffis meeting -was due in large measure to the extraordmary, „beffind the scenes efforts%o of our Ombudsman, Bernadette Figura and Tom MaxweU, the Connecticut State Blue and Gold Program Director Thanks Bernadette and Tom for your good work and continued support. Graduates at tffis meeting included: Sam Baez, ,57 and Marianne, Jim Botten, ,53, Dave Boyd, ,59 and Joan, Ray Boyd, ,73, Bob Brown, CE74, Dave Candler, ,67, Manly Church, ,80, Dave Coleman, ,72, Dana Cook, ,88, John Demlein, ,70, Al Doim, 61, Dave Grim, ,82 and Dee, Tom Hodgson, ,83 with Maria and group,Tom Hogsten, ,85, John Hughes, ,83, Larry larmotti, ,52, Alan Judelson, ,66, Sean Kent, ,90, Clarence Maynott, ,70, Paul McConneU, CE67 and Sally Mike McLane and Cindy, BiU Nadeau, ,72,

Wayne Olsen, ,66 and Kathy, Chris Pierson, CE81 and Deffise, Chris Pietras, ,83, BiU Sheehan, ,63, Dave Stryker, ,61 and Sharon, Dana Swenson, ,70, and BiUYalen, ,79.

The evening was perhaps most aptly described in a comment made by Tom MaxweU,s wife Lorraine, when she said, „tffis seems Uke a big happy farffily reuffion.%o Here are a few tidbits from the Chapter Board meeting held on November 13,2005. A foU slate of „Decade Representatives%o has been assembled.

Prior to 1950 Contact wffi be made

by Board Members: 1950,s Mflce McLane, CE58 1960,s Dave Canffier, CE67 1970,s Sam Fox, aE77 1980,sTom Hodgson, CE83 1990,s Christine Salonga, CE95 2000,s Jonathan Bernard, GE04 Our search for new members conrinues! We currently have a chapter membership of 147 people. We are able to reach 515 USNA grads using e-mafl addresses avaflable to us through the auspices of the USNA database. Much thought and discussion has been expended in trying to get more of the 515 to join the ranks of the 147. Our board members are addressing this subject in earnest and it wffi be a topic at the next meering. HopefoUy, acrion wffi offiy require selecting from the many approaches presented by the board members. As always, they welcome any suggesrions or recommendarions from the many grads resident witffin the state.

Events currently planned for 2006 are as foUows: Dinner meeting m March ' Raffi Boyne and Stephen Johnson speaking on „The Solurion to the USS SCORPION Mystery%o Dinner meering in June ' Speaker not yet confirmed.

Jffiy 11, 2006 ' Rarriciparion in the 2006 Annual Inter-Service Golf Outing September 30,2006 - NAVY/UCONN FootbaU Taflgate Party " East Hartford November Adrffissions Meering ' Venue not yet selected.

Detafls on these events wifl be made avaflable on our website throughout the year.

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CHAPTER NEWS Costa Rica Chapter Claudia A. Pacheco '64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica H; 506-224-4325;W: 506-256-3855 E: cpacheco@sol.racsa.co.cr

Delaware Delaware Chapter Mr. Frank S. "Nick" Carter III '70 PO. Box 462; Lewes, DE 19958-0462 H: 302-644-4838; E: nick.carter@verizon.net

Florida Fort Lauderdale Chapter President: Col Birney T. Pease '63, USAF (Ret.) 5555 N. Ocean Blvd.., Apt. 19 Lauderd.-ile By the Sea, FL 33308-2352 H: 954-941-0561; E: twopznpod@juno.coni

Secretary: Telmo W Ortego '59 E: w32422002@yahoo.coni

Birney Pease '63, Luis Sologuren '53 presenting Commodore Bainbridge photograph to Cdr John Dory '86

Three weeks ago Wilma visited our shores and stroke Broward County especiaUy hard. There was a tremendous amount of damage at aU levels, including Port Everglades, where the commissioffing of the U.S.S. Bainbridge D D G 96 was to take place. T h e high voltage transnflssion lines and switchyards of the electrical power grid in South Florida, wffich were touched lightly by the previous hurricanes, suffered a great deal of damage with Wilma and power was not available

Ft Lauderdale, Florida USS

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Commissioning The fifth ship to be named in honor of Commodore WflUam Bainbridge was comrffissioned on November 12,2005.The Ft Lauderdale USS BAINBRIDGE commissioning

Chapter and the PaUn Beach

Chapter celebrated the comrffissioffing of USS BAINBRIDGE (DDG 96) -with a week of events.

Walter "BiU" Dukiet '67, Ft Lauderdale Chapter, generously provided a car to enable the officers to enjoy the area. It was a big hit and they continuaUy thanked the chapter for proviffing the car Kevin Smart '93, yacht captain, provided an aUday tour of the Inttacoastal Waterway and N e w River with sun, fon, and beverages for a few Bainbridge officers The Honorable Delores Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition remarked that it was ffice to have the U S N A Aumffi Association participating in the event.

Each chapter adopted five U S N A graduate members of the crew into the respective chapter for a period of five years. Chapter presidents provided certificates to the new members at the post commissioffing reception.

T h e PaUn Beach Chapter and the Ft Lauderdale Chapter presented a framed photograph of Commodore WflUam Bainbridge to the Captain and crew. Birney Pease '63 presented the memento with the able assistance from Luis Sologuren '53 and Walter TeUno Ortega '59 at the Commanffing Officer's reception stressing the importance of the crew's exceUence.

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throughout South Florida untfl recently However, there was never a m o m e n t of hesitation among the members of the U.S.S. Bainbridge C o m m i s s i o n i n g C o m m i t t e e that the ceremony would go on as scheduled. O u r Chapter had a top of the Une participation from the initial meeting aU the way to today's ship departure, back to her homeport of Norfolk, VA, I acted as Sub-Conmiittee Chairman for Navy Liaison, which included establishing contact and processing correspondence with prospective contributors, including H . R o s s Perot, U S N A '53 as weU as other personaUties of the USNAAA and the civffian society. T h e management of Port Everglades did a superb j o b in bringing the faciUties back to fuU operational level witffin the short time avaflable and the comrffissiorflng proceeded smoothly from beginning to end. T h e Bainbridge arrived to Port Everglades as scheduled on November 7 and her officers and crew were treated to a fuU program of activities, beginning with the AU Hands Party and T h e AU Hands Picnic, fishing cruises, night cruises, attendance to the Mianfl Heat basketball and Dolphin footbaU games. AU hands were grateful for the hospitality, which included a fuU size automobfle for the Junior Officers for the whole week, courtesy of BUI D u k i e t '67 and a deep sea fisffing trip complete with boat, bait and beer courtesy of Kevin Smart '93.

The West Palm Chapter contributed money to purchase a photograph of C o m m o d o r e Bainbridge, which was presented by President Birney Pease '63 during the Commanffing Officer's Reception at the Nova South Eastern University. This is the least that a grateful society can do in recognition and thanks for the service and sacrifice of their sons and daughters, w h o made alive the latest in the class Arley Burke A e g i s Destroyer, the most advanced and competent warship in the worid, under the command ofJohn D o r y '86. November 11 ,Veteran's Day, Brian King, his girlfriend and I attended the ceremony of remembrance of such a significant day at the Tamarac Veteran's Park. O u r own Colonel Scott Slater '80, Commander John Dory Assistant chief of '86 and family Staff U S M C Forces

South was ffie keynote speaker and delivered an emotional and pattiotic speech. Let's put together a fuU attendance next Veteran's Day. BEAT ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gainesville Chapter CAPT J Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret.) 10424 SW 41st PI., CiinesviUe, FL 32608 H: 352-376-6611; W: 352-376-3301 E; niickey@;icceleration.net

The Service Academy Aumffi Club of Gainesvffie held its montffiy luncheon meeting on Thursday 17 November 2005 at GriUmaster's Restaurant.

Naval Academy alumni in attendance were B e n Morland '34, A l V i t o '44, Mase WeUs '47. J i m Z i m m e r m a n '54, Rick ChUdress '54, our newest member Frank Graham '56, RusseU Henderson '58, Mickey S m i t h '61. Jerry K e n n e d y '61, and Hansford Tyler '76, Attending from the Mffitary Academy were Jerre Wffimngton "46, and CharUe HaU '46.

Attenffing from the Air Force Academy was DarreU McCorrffick '74.

Our speaker was Dr. Gary Cooper, carffiologist, associate professor at the Umvenity of Florida's Shands Teaching Hospital and founffing m e m b e r of one of Gaines-viUe's prerffier fiifl-service carffiology practices. In a free-form question and answer period, he answered the questions wffich aU of us should be asking our physicians. H e gave advice on routine meffidnes, told us of n e w tteatments on the horizon and suggested that losing weight and getting exercise was a best thmg to do. In Ueu of a December meeting, an Army-Na-vy footbaU game party is planned. Attendees wffi include representatives of the other acaderffies w h o wffi cheer during the march-on, but wffi become quiet as we Beat Army! again carrying h o m e the C o m m a n d e r - i n Cffief's Trophy. O u r meetings are at 11:30 am the tffird Thursday of the m o n t h at Grfll Masters, 7750 West Uffiversity Avenue in GainesviUe. Aumffi and their famffies, current and foture midshipmen and cadets invited to attend.

Jacksonville Chapter CAPT Michael O. Borns '70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Salt Marsh Cir. PonteVedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-4714; W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mborns@meridianmgmt.com usnaaajaxchap@usa.net

The last meeting of 2005 was held November 1 8 * at the Joe Coleman Center of Fleet Landing. T h e guest

speaker was Commander Bffi Byrne, USN, Commanffing Officer of USS Halyburton (FFG40), h o m e ported at N S Mayport.

C o m m a n d e r Byrne was Quarterback of the Na-vy footbaU team from 1984 1986. His remarks and information were very weU received by the

Miami Chapter RicltardW Ogden '66 5590 SW 92iid St., Coral Gables, FL 33156 H: 305-665-9641; B: 305-663-5860; E: billo@kcl.net

Sec'y: Sergei Koivalchik '61 E: sergei@bellsouth.net

Cdr. Bill Byrne, Commanding Officer, USS Halyburton (FFG40), addresses the Jacksonville (FL) Chapter

A u n m i and guests present, FoUowing his presentation. Commander Byrne entertained questions and participated in discussions with Chapter Members. T h e oldest graduate in attendance at the meeting was B o b Cro-weU '34 while the youngest was D o u g T e n h o o p e n , '87.

Those in attendance included: Marvin Alexander '52, Mr. & Mrs. R o b e r t Awtrey '44, Chapter Vice President, T o m and Carole Barry '65, Chapter President, Mike B o r n s '70, M r & Mrs. E d Clausner, ' 5 1 , E d C o o k e '46, Mr, & Mrs. B o b CroweU '34, D o u g C o n k y '84, P h a o n D e r r '45, Chapter Secretary and Mrs. BUI Farnsworth '65, A n n Farmer Assoc, T o m Faulders '46, Stephanie Febel Assoc, M r & Mrs. D o n Fisher '49, Mr. & Mrs. Pete Garfield '60, Mr. & Mrs. B r u c e HaU '58, Mr. & Mrs. T o m H e i l m a n '68, Merilyn HeberUng, Assoc, Mr. & Mrs. Walt H o n o u r '44, Mr. & Mrs. LesUe Larson '46, Betsy l^e-wis Assoc, Mr. & Mrs. Grafton M c F a d d e n ' 5 1 , M r & Mrs. D o n MUler, 44, Mr. & Mrs. R o b e r t MiUs '42, M r & Mrs. R. O. Mink '43, Mr. & Mrs. John Park '48, BUI Payne, '44, C h u c k P e n d l e t o n '43, Scott PoweU '74, Clifford R i g s b e e '51, Mr. & Mrs. Maylon Scott '44, Mr. & Mrs. B o b Schauffler '45, Mr. & Mrs. John Snyder '83, Mr. & Mrs. Courtney Stanton '59, M r & Mrs. Richard Stratton, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Styer '41, Mr. & Mrs. D o u g T e n h o o p e n '87, M r & Mrs. Dave Ward '45, Mr. & Mrs. T o m Wolfe '41.

The next regffiar meeting of the Chapter is scheduled for February 17,2006.

Greetings from Mianfl.

I begin this column saying fareweU to a great alumnus and friend. O u r Chairman of the Board, past President and the man most instrumental in the reactivation of the United States Naval Academy A u m n i Miami Chapter - NeU Carleton Sapp, U S N A 1962, November 22, 1939 - November 3,2005, w h o m we lost after a brief iUness.

In his Ufe, Nefl was everything any man could possibly aspire to. Husband, father and grandfather extraordinaire; Naval Aviator, F-8 driver, airline captain, businessman and entrepreneur without peer; leader and example in aU aspects of his Ufe. However, I suspect that if you were ever to have asked Nefl what he considered his proudest achievements, he would answer that after his wisdom (and good fortune) in marrying Peggy and their raising such an incredible famfly, it was being a graduate of the Naval Academy. For the record, and as an example of his love for the Academy, in addition to re-activating the Mianfl Aumffi Chapter, Nefl was the driving force that initiated the (now widely observed) celebration of the founding of the Naval Academy.

Through Nefl's efforts, the very first one was held right here in the Mianfl Chapter five years ago; it was then cafled Anchors Aweigh Day and no-w Founders Day. To insure an auspicious launch, Nefl was also able to convince the then Superintendent,VADM John Ryan '67, to join us as the guest of honor.. .and as they say, "the rest is history," If there was ever someone deserving of the ultimate Ready R o o m accolade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "an aU around g o o d g u y " - it was Neal.AU of us w h o knew him are so much the richer for it.. .we rffiss ffim and wiU always remember him.

NAVY 42- ARMY 23; another great game!

And yet another superb gathering with our comrades-in-arms from West Point at HooUgan's Rub; life seldom gets any better From the pre-game festivities, to the appropriate cheers, to the singing of fight songs, to the push-ups, to the razzing, to the singing of A m a Maters, warm camaraderie reigned supreme.

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CHAPTER NEWS Tffis year, there even occurred one of those chance events that makes you scratch your head, and wonder if there isn't some "telepatffic force" that permeates the land on this day. In attendance was JuUe SeveUus (SheUhase),West Point '97; what is so unusual about that, you'd be correct to ask?

WeU, for the past few years, JuUe has been in charge of planning the Tampa gathering for Army-Na-vy, and ffid so again tffis year; however, she and her husband (who is from Mianfl) had come to Mianfl for the Dolpffins game the next day and would miss the Tampa party.

They decided to go to a bar to watch the A-N game, and her mother-in-law picked HooUgan's at random, no knowledge of our event; imagine their surprise upon arriving.., Do you have any idea how many bars there are in Miami-Dade? Coincidence, perhaps; I chose to beUeve otherwise.

Those attenffing tffis year's festi-vities were: Wendy and Michael Rounds '81, sons Byron and Brandon; James Goidd, parent of class of '09; Mark Mineo '90; Paul Sugrue '67; Mario Sanchez-Carrion '56; Hal Garrigues '77 and his guest Kay AUred; Jovan and Robert Chester '68; Manny Pine '50 (seffior USNA member present); Frank Martin '59; Sergei Kowalchik '67 and his bride MarshaU Byrum; Scott Dudley '66; Ed McKenny '70; Dan Friedman '07; Alfred Bunge '88; Kevin Otway '02 and RusseU Otway '02 (twdns); BUI Siegel '65; Zach BeU '89; JuUe and BUI Ogden '66; Mel Meinhardt '80 and his bride Lauren Smith.

Craig Corbett '73, Joan and John LesUe '47, BUI Forbes '55, Marflyn and Art Herbert '48, Peter Kucyk '53, Rick Lecky '75, George Ruos '50, Peggy and Nick Peterson '86, Mercy and Dave Peterson '62, Charles Hargrove '75, Efleen and Lou Branch '49 and Gary Washam '71.

President, Nick Peterson '86 opened the meeting with the "Pledge of AUegiance".The group viewed a short segment of the Naval Academy ffistory on video tape. Everyone was reminded of the Veteran's Day celebrations in Orlando in order to remember aU those who comrffitted to the defense of our great country. The group agreed to again provide a donation from out dues to the USMC Toy for Tots program. Charles Hargrove '75 ffiscussed a date for the annual Christmas dinner and wffi report to the group when the venue has been selected and reserved. George Ruos '50 rerffinded everyone of the annual Army Navy celebrarion at the house ofWest Point graduate, Gary Hyde. At least 20 members of the group plan on attenffing to help cheer on the Na^vy team and celebrate the victory. George also reported on the recent renewal of the Navy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Notre Dame footbaU conttact for at least another 10 years.

Joan and John LesUe '47 talked about their recent trip to San Diego to attend a conference. Whfle there, they learned of a new monument erected in honor of aU those who served on the USS San Diego (CL-63) during its short but acclaimed life during World War II. The San Diego saw action in numerous battles in the South Pacific during the war and was the first sffip to enter Tokyo bay after the Japanese surrendered. John served about the USS San Diego during the war before transferring to NAPS to prepare for ffis time at the Academy. John's name is carved into the marble monument m San Diego and wffi always remind visitors of the great ser^vice of its many crew members during the war.

Rick Lecky '75 briefed the group about his recent trip to AnnapoUs for Navy's homeconflng game and about the dramatic upgrades to Chauvenet and Orlando Chapter Michelson HaU as part of the hurricane President: LCDR Nick L. Peterson '86 USN repairs at the Academy He also reported 5679 Pond Fine Point, Oviedo, FL 32765 diat ffie upgraded staffium is breaffi-takmg H: 407-365-6707; E: iiick.peterson@1986.usna.coni and inspuring asffievenue for Na^vy football.

12 November 05 Nick reported that the group may Members present: meet on our regular date in December Efleen and John Long '55, BiU Sims subject to the date chosen for the annual '45, Sffiriey and Wah Marquardt '49, Christmas party.

our troops have made on the Iraqan people and how weU they have been received by the majority (the majority that the media does not report on).We had 72 shipmates and quests in attendance incluffing Roy ANDERSON, '52, Jack BAILEY, '44, Jack BARRY, '92, A BEATEICE, '70, Heyward BOYCE, '57, Floyd BOWLEY, '47, Bffi CASEY, '46, Jack CUMMINGS, '47, Chuck DAVIS, '61,Vern DURY, '47,Jack DWYER '46, Glover ERICKSEN, '59, Dan EVANS, '51, Harvey FALK, '53, Earle FORSTHOFR '47, Lynn FOWLER, '46, CUvie GOODWIN, '58, BiU GRIFFIN, '60, Grover HIGGINBOTHAM, '35, Bffi JACOBS, '43, Bruce LAKEFIELD, '67, Glen LERUM, '58, Herb Mandel, '38,Jim Mintan, '59, Dick NAEDEL, '68, Jim NEAL, '60,Tom POLLACK, '61, Bob REUSCHE, '69, Roger ROTONDI, '57, Ned SARNO, '66, Bob SHEARER, '58, Don SHELTON, '55, Boyd SIBERT, '48, Alan SLAFF, '45, Frank SOULIER, BG, Wayne SMITH, '61, Bffi THOMAS, '51, Dave WAGNER, '53, BfllVONIER, '51,Jet TIPTON, '62, Chuck WATERMA, '66, and Henry WILSON, '48. On Satarday, December 3 ' 62 Sffipmates, spouses and friends gathered at the Quad Creek Country Club and watched Navy run thru Army for their fourth consecutive victory over Army and their tffird Commander-in-Cffief trophy. Classmates mcluded Mflton ALEXICH, '52, Jack BAILEY, '44, Floyd BOWDEY, '47, Heyward BOYCE, '57, Steve BURGESS, '59,Jack CUMMINGS, '47, Chuck DAVIS, '61, Harry DONAHUE, '49,Jack DWYER, '46, Harvey FALK, '53, Kari FISHER, '46, CUvie GOODWIN, '58, Rat HANNIFIN, '45, Berry HOWARD, '58, E L KELLEY, During haff-time, our President, Bffi '44, Bruce LAKEFIELD, '67, Les LEMKE, Ogden, led us aU in a toast to Nefl (Sapp).

'61,Terry MAGRJVTH, '58, Tffi the next one.. .and BEAT Russ MASTERSON, B&G, COLORADO STATE!!!

Vince OBSTINIK, '59,Walt ROSE, '45, Sergei Roger ROTONDI, '57, Ned SARNO, Naples-Fort Myers Chapter '66,Ted SMITH, '50, Frabk SOULIER, President:Jack Cummings '47 B&G, Bffi THOMAS,'51, 255 Monterey Dr., Naples, FL 34119 Jim THOMPSON, '64, BffiVONIER, H: 239-3533406; E: jackcum@aol.com '51, Dave WAGNER, '53, and Sec'y: CAPT Harvey Falkjr. '53, (CEC) Joe WINKLER,'62.

USN (Ret.) P: 239-498-2012; E: HAFALK@aol.com

We kicked off our 05-06 Luncheon season on Monday, November 14 at the Audubon Country Club and were honored to have Col John Mayer, USMC, give us the rest of the story of our troops activities in Iraq. The rest of the story that doesn't appear in the media. What an inspiring report on the positive impact

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Next Monffi, N a w Beats Army-Dec 3.

Nick adjourned the meeting Join us every 2"^" Satarday at the Holiday Inn, A t a m o n t e Springs, FL. 8:30AM. Go Navy!

Palm Beach Chapter CAPT Walter Whipple '51, USNR (Ret.) 1UX) M.irine WV. West. #A3L North Pahii Be.-ich. FL 33408 H: 561-624-3051; E;WalWhip@,iol.com

We roared through another busy hurricane season in Souffi Florida, brighterang our spffits by cheering for Navy FootbaU and wimessing a staring ship commissionmg ceremony. A casualty of Hurricane Wilma was our Founder's Day Jomt meetmg wiffi the Ft. Lauderdale Chapter on October 27, wffich â&#x20AC;˘wffi be re-schedffied for 2006.

FootbaU gaffiermgs at DUFFY's m Norffi Palm Beach mcluded: Nov. 5 Tffiane 12 Notte D a m e 19 Temple Dec. 3 Army In attendance at one or more of our festive gathermgs were: Paul Alexander '83 and daughter Meghan, Barbara & R o n Baker '57, R e y n o l d s B e c k w i t h '49, Ann & G e o r g e B o l e '54, J o h n CaUa ' 7 1 , T o m D i e k m a r m ' 6 1 , Cathy & Steve Etter '68, Mark Foley ' 7 1 , Pegg\- & H a n k G o r m a n '44, Betty & M Ilaworth ' 5 7 , Liz & BUI H a y e s ' 5 8 , Bertha & Paul HoUich ' 7 7 , Chariotte & Bob Lees '69 and son & guests Matt, Adam, R o b Setde, Affita & Frank Marano '75, Marc Pearson '74 and son Justin, Mary & J o e P i d k o w i c z '52, John Quinn '04, Bruny & Ivan R o s a '84, John R o m i n e s '88, Stephaffie & Dan Shields '87, Nancy & B o b Tisdale '46 and dtt. Kim, Grace & Mike WaUis '90 and son Liam, Diana & Walt Whipple '57 and d t r Margaret and grandsons Stephen & Michael; Alexis Wise '04 and parents Blaine & Diana and bro. Afton & sis. Blaine; from U S M A we had A a n Aker '68,Walt Downey '63, Denms Fadden '70, Bertha & Donjacobo^vitz '77, Stephen Kuo '00, G. Jerry Merges '65, and other Navy associates were JuUe & Joel Jacobs, Carol & Bfll K r a u s , A D M T o m Morris, Eddie & Dick Reed, Stan Shanck.

Both the Ft. Lauderdale and Rakn Beach Chapter provided support for the commissioffing of the USS Bainbridge

( D D G 96) in Ft. Lauderdale on N o v 12, 2005. Several Palm Beach Chapter members also attended the comrffissioning. T h e two Chapters presented a portrait of A D M Bainbridge to be placed in the wardroom. We have a great Joint Army/Na^vy meeting schedffied for January 18,2006, with featared speaker, G E N A b i n Irzyk, w h o solffiered with G E N George Patton and authored "GasoUne for Patton."

Happy N e w Year!

Wah

Whipple'57

CDR Mike McCrabb '18, USN (Ret.) 5944 Moors Oaks Dr.; Milton FL 32583 H: 850-995-4110; E: jbmccrabb@cox.net

National Trustee: CDR L. Lee Price '18 7387 Wilkins Creek Ct., Spamsh Fort AL 36527 H: 251-625-2474; E: orion781@mchsLconi

Space Coast Chapter Milton E. Burdsall '56,

Tampa Bay Chapter CAPT John S. Kamen '11, USN (Ret.)

Pensacola Chapter

LCDR

Rat and Dick SouthweU '47, Steve Stephenson '45,Jane and Bffi Strong '45, Bob Stuchey '55, Ralph Styles '33A, Mary Virgiffia '49 and Elsie and Philip Valdessa '49.

Looking ahead to 2006 we are having a luncheon at the P U B in Sarasota on Thursday, February 23. Detafls wfll be sent to everyone in early February. Let us afl look forward to a great and busy 2006 for the Suncoast Chapter.

Bill Cartwright '58

USNR

1195 StarUng Wy.Viera, FL 32955 H: 321-504-1050; E: patandmilt@hotmail.com

Suncoast Chapter Clifford P. Bermann '45 7979 S.TamianiiTri., #338A, Sarasota, FL 34231 E: plcwec@aol.com

A terrific group of Chapter grads and friends met at the Sarasota Yacht Club to watch the A R M Y / N A V Y game! We aU were a bit nervous at the beginnmg of the game; but, neeffiess to say, it tarned out to be a fantastic W I N and makes our P O I N S E T T I A B O W L game even bigger.

T h e Army/Na-vy game gave CUff Bermann '45,Warren R o t h m a n n ' 5 1 , Butch Klemeyer '95, guest Jim LeBaron, Jon Neary '65 and A Burda '68 a real hea-vy workout after each score! Just think of aU that weight they lost! The enthusiastic group that attended the festi-vities were: DickAmbrogi '48B, Effie Atherton '45, Phyffis and Louis Balestta '67, Rick, Helen and CUff Bermann '45, SaUy and R o g e r Betts '56, Bettye and Charles Boyer '53, Kate and A Burda '68, Charlene and Walter Carlson '56, Rat and Bffi Cartwright '58, Emfly and Louis Davis '41,Jane Diebold '33A,guest, Rack Drawneck '72, SeUna and Tom Dyer '52, Lee Haines '45,Winffie and Ted Johnson '45,Biem andWffiem Kampen '45, Bob Klemeyer '95,guest, Jim LaBaron, Sue and Ed Maffick '44, Betty andjfln McKinney '60, Alfred Morency '49, Carol and A e x Morris '56, Kay and Jon Neary '65, Jackie and Bffi Patterson '67,Jessie and BiU Petrat'45, Warren R o t h m a n n '51, Brenda and Freeman Shaw '60, R o b SoUenberge '44,

1105 Culbreath Isle Dr.,Tampa, FL 33629 H: 813-288-9548; E: kanienj 1 @socom.mil

Secretary/Communications: Steve Swift '81 E: sswift@1987.usna.com w\vw.usna.com/Chapters/US/fl/tampabay/

What an unbeUevable Founder 's Day event -with 123 people. Thanks to aU that assisted, from A D M Trost '53, guest speaker, to Nikolai MuUigan '92 w h o organized everytffing, to R A D M CoUins w h o presented the award for Capt Dabney and to aU fotare canffidates that ttaveled far to attend our 160th anffiversary of Founder's Day. Attendees included: R o o & Nikolai Muffigan '92, Helen & CUfford Bermann '45 (Sarasota Chapter President),Judith & Bud A e x a n d e r '56, Chuck Greenwod '50 Performed Invocation, Sue & Joe House '57 West Point, Loretta & J u n Aldrich '67, Chris Heath '72, LflUan & Tom Dabney '36 Spirit Award Recipient, Tee & R a n d y Gustafson '84, Kris & Steve Swift '87, AUce & Adm Bffi MerUn, U S C G A , Margarita & Skip Witanski - Na^vy League President, Sandy & John Kamen '77, Adrffiral CarUsle A.H,Trost '53 Former C N O , Guest Speaker, Jane & R A D M LeRoy Coffins '56, Dr.Tom H e r m a n - Sponsor University Club, Marflyn & V A D M Eric Olsen '73 Deputy Commander, S O C O M , Lefla & Tony Gray '92, Marcia & Mark Krivonak '71, Mrs & Keith Kans '88, MicheUe & Brian Schffitz '95, Beth & Ryan & Bud Sawyer '74, Dwight Hambroski - C O sea cadets. Sea Cadets - David Gurr, Layne Harrod, Charles Rogers, Anna Davis, Susan & Staffiey Gray '77, Tina & Capt Larry Fagan - Area Coordinator # 213, Dick Ardavany ' 6 1 , Joe Weindl '93, Rachel & Brian Donovan '75 U S M M A , SaUy & R A D M Bffi Haberymeyer '64 (4-6 guests including R.ADM Byron Holderby U S N C H C (ret), Barbara Holderby, Bffi Habermeyer (son), Fraser Habermeyer, Karl Ramfeldt,

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CHAPTER NEWS Bjorg Rimfeldt), Sean & Mike Patrick, Karen Irwin & Chris Bencal '86, Mrs. & RJVDM Joe Kernan '77 - SOCOM OPS, Jessica & EricThiel '95, Mrs, & John Sarao '76 - XO, NROTC, USF, Michael & Ms JiU Wilde, SaUy & Roger Betts '56, Sean Bubernak & Dennis Hansen, Andrew Mathes and Mrs & Mr Mathes, Kathy and Don Haertel, NARC President, Sam & Liz & John Calaway, Mrs, & General JB Davis '58, Ms. Janice Sladzinski & Conffie Stevenson '56, Rat & Don CoughUn '62, Doug & Theresa & John Walsh, Mrs. & Dennis Holt - School District HiUsborough County, Donna & Rachard Dick '73, SaUy & BGen George Flynn, USMC, SOCOM, Ann Burns & BiU Sena '95, Samantha & PriciUa & Kirk Goethe, Dave & Janel Brown '97, Val & Gary Rolansky '69, Michael & Daniel Melzer,Andria Logwood & John Kyrch, Cameron & Denise & David Adffision, Patricia & Mrs Vincent, Charles George '72.

Sea Cadets with ADM Trost

RADM Collins presenting to Tom Dabney '36

We attended the Notre Dame game at the Press Box (tough loss) - smaUer but boisterous crowd (thanks to Mark and company!) - Ron Seits '88 and George and Mack; Kris & Steve Swift '87;Tee & Randy Gustafson '84 and Andrew; Marcia & Mark Krivonak '71; Rriscflla (girlfriend) & Matt Poage '94; Cris de Mier '91; JJ. Phelan '95.

Great time at our November monthly meeting. Sorry we were a Uttle rushed, however they were moving us out early from Barnaby 's.They prorffise that everything wffi be ready for us next time, so we

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wifl continue to hold it here. As long as they have 2 for 1 beer and can set us up in a separate room!

20 total folks - great diversity on classes represented - '56 and '73 win with most people - 2 folks from each class (nflght be a first for '73!) - look at the list '36, '56 (2), '60,61, '66, '69,73 (2), 75,76, 77,78,84,87,88,92,94,95

Georgia Atlanta Chapter

CDR Steve Frederick '12, USN (Ret.) 1031 CockreU Dr., NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152-4766 H: 770-419-9224; E: stevefred@beUsouth.net

Secretary: CDR Paul Borer '10, USNR w: 770-364-4332; E: pjborer@niindspring.com Web site: www.usnaaaa.com

MONTHLY CHAPTER LUNCHEONS: When: Third Friday of each month Where: Jock's andJiU's Sports Bar and Restaurant in Brookhaven, 4046 Reachtree Road Rhone: 404 816-2801 My editor and publisher, Paul Borer '70, was kind enough to give me until the last rffinute before the article subnflssion deadUne, so that I could wait untfl after the historic victory over Army last Saturday to •write my newsletter article.

We had a large crowd at TJ's Sports Bar in Apharetta on Saturday and a great time was had by the Na'vy fans. There was a particularly large contingent ofWoops in attendance as they apparendy had bought into the theory that Army had closed the talent/performance gap with Na^vy and that the game would be close. Whfle it was apparent that Army had in fact improved since last year, so had Navy, and the result was another impressive victory.

Matt Kirby '94, along with is Army counterpart, did a great job of coordinating the event.The food was great, the camaraderie was exceUent, and the game was highly enjoyable. If you did not watch the game in PhiUy and were not at TJ's, you nflssed a great time.

Our November luncheon was weU attended on the third Friday of the month. Unfortunately, our guest speaker had a death in the farffily and had to cancel at the last rffinute. Fortuitously BiU Rentz '55 and Carl McCaUum '60, our Regional and Chapter Trustees respectively, were in attendance and briefed the attendees on the issue of alumni representation on the Board of Directors of the Aumni Association.The issue is an important one and one that wiU affect us as individuals and as a

Chapter in the future. Bffi and Cari presented both sides of the issue in a factual and informative manner - we are extremely lucky to have such qualified and respected Trustees representing us on the Board of Directors. Attendees at the luncheon included: John Stark '51, Fran Stark (John's better half),Wak Sheffield '51, BiU Rentz '55, Peary Stephens '57, Frank Roescher '59, Cari McCaUum '60, BiU Holmes '64, Lorie Moore '64, Bfll WiUiams '65,Joe Frazer '65, Stew CaldweU '65,Jon Barton '66, Dick Borowiec '68, Steve Frederick '72, Lidden Rate '82, Mario Maddox '85, Rob Burger '86, Dennis Maloney '88,Tony Yannone '98,VflmaYannone (Tony's better half).

By the time you read tffis, we wifl have had our Chapter HoUday party and watched or attended the Poinsettia Bowl.

Please plan to join us for our social fonctions in early 2006. Please join us to hear the USNA Gospel Choir perform at the Ebeneezer Baptist Church in downtown Adanta over the Martin Luther King hoUday weekend. The Choir comes to town each year to celebrate Dr. King's birthday, and as those who have attended in the past wiU attest, it is a truly inspiring event.

AndfinaUy,join us for our Founder's Day Party in February (or March.) Visit our website (•www.usnaaaa.com) as information wffi be published as soon as arrangements are final.

As we aU gather with friends and fanffiy at this special time of year, take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices being made on our behalf by armed services men and women around the world. We are so increffibly fortunate to be citizens of the greatest nation in the history of mankind, and to be defended by some to the greatest men and women to ever wear uniforms. OccasionaUy, it is tempting to think that we live in terrible times and a sometimes cruel and evil world. But when we stop and look at the good that is being done by the men and women of the U.S. rmlitary around the worid in our name, it can offiy make you proud and thankful.

Please keep our peace keepers in your prayers and thoughts during this season.

Beat Army, Steve Frederick '12 Atlanta Chapter President Guam Chapter

CDR Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR PO. Box 26849, GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 H: 671-472-9629; HFax: 671-472-1966 C: 671-777-9629; E: NME@1984.usna.com

Hawaii Honolulu Chapter CDR Alan B. Lerchbacker '14, USN (Ret.) 1350 Alaniona Blvd., Ste. 2203, HonohUu, HI 96813-4618; H: 626-644-6452; E: Alerchbacker@aol.com

Aoha from the Hawaii Chapter! We have had a busy and exciting year here in paraffise! 2005 saw the election of a new Chapter President, C D R A a n Aerbacker (ret.) ('74) andVice President Captain Steve Colon ('82).The board has made every effort to make contact with alums on ffie island and have found there are over 700 of us — at least on record, so ff you are reaffing tffis and we have not contacted you, you are nflssing some GREAT events!!! W e are updating the roster dafly.

We kicked ffie year off •wiffi a ffinner at ffie Kaneohe Bay Marme Corps O-Club. The overwheUiflng support and enffiusiasm lead to mondily events mcludmg luncheons, happy hours, goff tournaments and footbaU get-togethers.

The ffighUght of ffiese was ffie maugural Foimder's Day Dinner held on September 17 at ffie USS B O W F I N Memorial at Pearl Harbor. T h e black tie event kicked off wiffi cocktafls, Uve music and a chow caU aU ffie way from Bancroft HaU! A local favorite restaurant catered a deUcious gourmet Hawaflan-style meal. We were honored to have A D M G a r y Roughead C73) as our keynote speaker. We were able to recognize at this black tie event the Naval Academy's most recent ffistmgffished graduate A D M Ronald Hayes ('50).

In December, over 200 West Point and Academy grads accompamed by parents of midsffipman, met at the Kaneohe Bay Marme Corps Officer's Club, (sponsored by the R-3 guys at K-Bay) to watch Navy take home the Command-in-Cffief's ttophy.What a great day! It was a lot warmer from where we were watcffing!

We had a great time rejuvenating the chapter and look forward to bigger and better events in 2006! We wffi enumerate each of these events in the next sffipmate with names and pictares.

We have purposely left out the resffits of the second annual Army Navy Goff tournament sponsored by Navy held December 2 , 2 0 0 5 , the results were lost in transrffission!!! Sometffing to do •with a 6-0 route by Army, but hey, we w o n on the day it counted!! BEAT A R M Y ! ! O h yeah, we did!!

Idaho

Louisiana

Northwest Chapter Col. Kenneth W Moore '66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., PO. Box 2020, Hayden, ID 83835-7059; H: 208-772-7494; E; i35hawk@sisna.com

New Orleans Chapter Captain Thmas E Nagelin,Jr. '14 USMR 3510 Mimosa Ct, New Orleans, LA 70131-8305; H: 504-392-2076; C: 504-352-7922; E: tom.nagelin@cox.net

Maine

Illinois Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick WWeber '15, USNR 2134 Evert Ct., Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381;W; 312-750-8899 E: f\veber@ch.'ipiiian.com

Portland Chapter Jeffrey Peters '85 1 Sumac Dr.,Brunswick ME 04011 H: 207-729-7306; W: 207-443-5576 E:jpeters@preti,com

Maryland

Indiana Indianapolis Chapter CDR Charles A. Rainey '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle Dr., Carmel, IN 46033 H: 317-815-0575; E: crainey@flilbi,com

Annapolis Chapter President: CAPT Owen Thorp '11 1037 Bayberry Dr., Arnold, MD 21012-1650 H: 410-626-7002; E: owen.thorp@1977.usna.com; thorp@usna.edu

Secretary: CDR Dave McDonnell '85 Michiana Chapter President: CDR John (Chris) Haizlip '12, USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr, Granger, IN 46530 H: 574-273-2939; E: CHaizlip@aol.com

Japan Tokyo Bay Chapter CDR Nolan D. Villarin '82, USNR Off DSN: 315-243-8034; F DSN: 31-243-7143; Off Comm; 011-81-46-816-8034; Fax Com; 011-81-46-816-7143; SIPR: n63nv@c7f.navy.siiiil.mil; viUarin.nolan@cnrfe.navy.smil.mil

Kentucky

(see also Ohio)

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Captain Gregory Reinhardt '19, USNR (Ret.) 712Talon Place, LouisviUe,KY 40223, E: captaingreg@insightbb.com; H: 502-244-7707

O n 12 November, the local alumni of N o t t e Dame and Na-vy gathered at the Fox and Hounds Restaurant to watch Notre Dame extend its streak to 42 over Na-vy. That wasn't reafly our intent, but that's the way it worked out.

There's always next year.

Representing our Chapter were Luly and Greg Reinhardt, '79, Sue and Mario Summa, '71 with their grandson Sam, a prospect for the class of 2026, Jo Brendel, '54 with his son Greg. A s o GregTreitz, '76, and BiUToutant, '46. Attendance would have been better if offiy we had a few more people named Greg.

BiUToutant, '46

E: mcdonnel@usna.edu

T h e AnnapoUs Chapter hosted a luncheon on 9 November. 55 people attended. O u r guest speaker was Mark H y m a n ('81) host o f ' T h e Point Mark Hyman, host of "The Point" with Mark Hyman", a commentary program appearing dafly on dozens of Sinclair T V stations -with a dafly household audience of more than two and one-haff mflUon viewers. Mark provided an entertaiffing discussion on the relationsffip between the mffitary and the media.

Baltimore Chapter CDR Steve G.Young '84, USNR c/o Morgan Stanley 11311 McCormick Rd., Hunt Valley MD 21031 W: 410-229-8206 E; steven.g.young@morganstanley.com

Eastern Shore Chapter President: Mr. Sam Trippe '51 8585 Northbend Rd, Easton, MD 21601 H: 401-763-8719; E: rktrippe@dmv.com

Secretary: Mr. Frank L. Gunsallus E;flgiii@hamptonroads.com

Frederick Chapter John M. Heiges '59 13502 West Oak St., Mt. Airy, MD 21771 H: 301-798-0045; E:JMHElGES@msn.com

Secretary: Dan T.Altomare '88 E: AltomareDT@worldkitchen.com

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter CAPT Michael Dougherty '13 USN (Ret.) 23585 Town Creek Dr. Lexington Park, MD 20653-6343 H: 301-866-0484; E: michael.dougherty@navy.nul http://ww^v.navyalumni.org

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CAPT William E Malloy Jr. '80, USNR 31 Wildcat Ln., NorweU, MA 02061 H: 781-659-9484; B: 617-742-3311 E: wiUiam.malloy@1980.usna.com

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter LCDR Bryan J Didier '91, USNR 13022 Carter St., Overiand Pk., KS 66213-4636 P: 913-239-0327; E: bryan.didier@aquila.com

Secretary:John Williamson E: John, wilhanison@dfas.mil

Several members of the Boston Chapter and their famffies celebrated Navy,s great victory over Army at T h e Exchange Conference Center on Boston,s waterfront. T h e „Taflgate Rarty%o was sponsored by t h e W R S N E ' WooPoos to you and me.

In true Army footbaU fasffion, the big screen in the event room on the first deck was exttemely snowy and almost unwatchable. So the Center personnel sent us up to the tffird level to watch the game on regffiar screen TV,s in much smaUer conference rooms. By the end of the first quarter, the Boston Chapter,s mtrepid Great Leader, new Chapter President BiU NeiU , 7 5 , had strung a cable from a working T V to the big screen three decks below and solved the problem.

Navy wins afl around.

AU N e w Englanders be sure to check our website, Unked tffiough •www.usna.com <http://www.usna.com/> / C h a p t e r s / U S / M A / B o s t o n for fotare Chapter events and happenmgs. Happy N e w Year to everyone!

Pete Seibert '65

Michigan Detroit

Chapter

Arthur WBryant '66 1811 HoUywood Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H: 313-885-2174; F: 313-881-2333 E: lynorart(^2Jcomcast.net

T h e Kansas City Chapter has been busy of late with two events to report. O n October 16th, the chapter hosted a K C Cffiefs taflgater at Arrowhead Stadium.

Thanks to Jack Rush '73 for proviffing a flagpole to mark our location. T h e Navy crowd helped cheer the Cffiefs to a •victory over the Redskins. Pictares of Bffi Simmons '89 and John Wiffiamson '86 are below.

For our October montffiy luncheon, RepubUcan Congressional Candidate and West Point graduate Chuck Ahner spoke to the chapter.

Chuck ouffined ffis iBIII Simmons platform for his '06 run against Kansas 3rd District incumbent Denffis Moore.

In attendance were: JeffKranz '74, R o n Wisdom '98, John O w e n '52, John Brennan '54, John Williamson Jim Fee '78, cooking Mike Gocffis '90, W m Stacy Butts '82, Shogo CottteU '93, Joe Spencer '92, Jack Rush '73, John WflUamson '96, and Matt Hermstedt '89.

St. Louis

Chapter

President: Tim Noonan '88 765 W. Kirkham Ave.. St. Louis, M O 63122 P: 314-963-7776; E: tininoonan@hotmail.com

Vice Pres. & Corrs. Secretary: Mike Broum '88 4207 Humphrey St., St. Louis, M O 63116 E: tarynb@swbeU.net Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/MO/StLouis /default.htm

T h e St. Louis Chapter held its ArmyNavy party tffis year at Maggie O'Brien's next to Uffion Starion in downtown St. Louis. AUnost 60 folks attended to cheer Na^vy on to its •victory, and to experience the fon and camaraderie of swapping sea stories in the presence of tffier spouses (who adnflrably held the eye-roffing to a rffiffimum).BZ to Bffi Cocos ('71) and Tim Noonan ('88) with Jay Butka ('90) for his newest Rowan ('27) coordinaring the event. This year's oldest grad in attendance was Mike Ames ('48), and the youngest (for about the 3 year in a row) was Megan Srffith ('95).We even have an outof-towner in attendance, Jeff Sanffier ('76), from Mflwaukee, w h o was •visiting over the weekend and found us out.

Megan & Chuck Smith ('95/93) with Rock Harris ('88)

Minnesota

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Upper Midwest Chapter David C. Berghult '91

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6628 Parkwood Rd., Edina, MN 55436-1073 W: 952-953-5353; E: berghultdc@bernstein.com

Mississippi South Mississippi

Chuck Aher Chapter

Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV '88, USNR PO. Box 1792. Gautier, MD 39553 H: 228-497-5050; E: esgarrett@aol.com

Secretarry: Harry J.Rucker E: navynomad50@caldeone.net

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Chapter upcorffing events can be found at: www.usna.com/chapters/us/kansas/ kansascity/

Larry Meyer ('67), Tom Burch ('62), Jim Checkett ('64), and Phil Saunders ('62) enjoying the game

T h e St. Louis Chapter's next event is the Dark Ages party on February 25th.

It wfll be at C J Muggs in Webster Groves (same place as last year). Afl alumffi in the St. Louis area shoffid check out http://usna.com/Chapters/US/MO/ StLouis/default.htm for more details on upcorffing events.

Nebraska Omaha Chapter CAPT Alan R. More '62, USN (Ret.) 2510 Notdngham Dr.. BeUevue, NE 68123-1959 E: alan.more@1962.usna.com

Secretary: LCDR Chris Verdoni '88, USN 4605 Long\iew St.. PapiUion, NE 68133 H; 402-292-3230; W: 402-294-8309 E: c\*erdoni@emaU.msn.com

Nevada Southern Nevada Chapter James R. Koehn '63 2864 Sumter VaUey Cir., Henderson, NV 89052-6876 H: 702-232-3317; C: 925-736-9642 E;jkoehn@niindspring.coin

New Terse)' New Jersey Chapter Mr. Patrick J Hurley '81 192 .^shknd Rd., Summit, NJ 07901-3244 H: 908-598-0512; E: patrick.huiley@gs.com

New Mexico Albuquerque Chapter Keith S. Jones '60 63 Woodlands Dr.,Tijeras, NM 87059-7826 H; 505-797-3578; E; casesjonesabq@earthlink.net

Secretary: Herb Richter '59 E: herbertrichter@msn.com www.usiia.coni/chapters/us/nm/

The Army Navy footbaU game get togeffier was one of our biggest ever, even ffiougb our traffitional meeting place went out of busmess and we relocated to Spectators. Over 80 members and guests and current Midsffipmen famffies were m attendance to celebrate mamtairflng the Commander-m-Cffiefs ttophy Whfle ffiere, money was coUected for senffing midsffipmen to the Poinsettia Bowl. O u r final donation came to $700, though an appreciable amount above and beyond was donated before tffis event dffecdy to ffie Asociation.

Some of the members m attendance who we have seen less frequently included Rich Hoke '75.James Bier '50,John Adams '84, C h u c k Kiger '60.en Longway '64, Brad Eichorst '63 and larry Moffiar '53. O u r Poinsettia Bowl game get togeffier wfll be a Uttle different as we â&#x20AC;˘wffi jom with aU of the local Na^vy c o m m u mty at the U p t o w n Sports Bar and Grffi as they are wiUmg to serve us afl untfl the game ends, close to nfldffight.We're just glad we aren't competing for loyalty with Umversity of N e w Mexico as at last year's bowl game.

We look forward to increasing involvement m managing our chapter as election of new officers approaches with

an attendant thorough review and updating of our bylaws. We welcome your expression of interest in serving either as an officer or on our appointed board of ffirectors.

Jan Funkhauser; Norbert Holderle, Navy League; Suzanne Kievit;Jane Redersen; Mark Preston; Capt. DenzflTffies U S N R (RET); Gary & Judy Thompson; and R o y Tobin.

Capital District Chapter Gene W Griesau '15 216WoodlawnAve.,Albany,NY 12208 H: 518-482-3370; E; g;wgriesau@gocontec.com

Central New York Chapter President: CAPT Steve Erb '68 USN (Ret.) 16 Hurd Street, Cazenovia, NY 13035 H: 315-655-5957; E: SteveErb@aUtel.net

Secretary: Michael T. Keville E: iTiickvl@twcny.rr.com

Metro New York Chapter (NAANY) President: Robert Black '63 NAANY, PO Box 1812, NYC, NY 10185-1812 P: 212-551-1437; E: RABlack@1963.usna.org

Sec'y/Treas: Dave Ricci '91 C: 646-773-2829; E: dricci7591@aol.com

Webmaster: Tom Williams '88 E:Tom_2500@msn.com; Website: www.naany.org; HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (-8732)

Western New York Chapter CAPT Nelson A. Blish '69, USNR (Ret.) 3840 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618-3729 H: 716-248-9739; E: nelson.bUsh@kodak.com

Capt. Brian Chontosh, U S M C was the speaker at a chapter ffinner on Friday, November 4th at the Irondequoit Country Club. Capt. Chontosh received the Navy Cross for exttaorffinary heroism whfle serving as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd BattaUon, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 2 5 , 2 0 0 3 . Capt.

Chontosh ffiscussed many of the positive tffings that are happenmg in Iraq that are not found in the news media.

T h e "joint services" exercise included guests from the M O A A , N R A , Navy League, West Point Society, Blue & Gold Officers, Parents Club, R O T C , and others orgamzations mterested in the U S mffitary.

Left to right: Capt Willis Neff USNR (ret), RADM Roger Triftshauser USNR (ret). Blue & Cold area coordinator, Capt Brian Chontosh, and John Funkhauser '57

T h e next chapter event wdU be a luncheon at ESL Sports Center on December 3rd to witness the footbaU Na^vy victory over Army.

North Carolina Cape Fear Chapter Stanley R. Roman '61 2044 Montrose Ln.,WUmington, N C 28405-6208 H: 910-256-0502; E: SRR1961@aol.com

Secretary: CDR Geoffrey A. Losee '85, USNR H; 910-350-1516; E: giosee@ec.rr.com

T h e months of November and December were busy for members of the Cape Fear Chapter, O n 17 November, the Chapter held its second annual meeting wffich included the election of new officers for the next two years.The meeting was held at the Pine VaUey Country Club in Wflnflngton and was attended by 70 people. Included in the guest roster were eleven prospective rffidsffipm e n canffidates. T h e meeting featared a presentation by CART B r u c e Latta U S N '78, Vice Dean of Adrffissions m wffich CART Latta addressed the current state of adrffissions at the Academy.

Prior to the formal annual meeting the Board met and ffiscussed the results of its second year against the goals iffitiaUy set for the Chapter. Substantial progress has been made in efforts to assist Blue and Gold officers but much remains to be done. A measure of tffis progress is that 11 young people w h o are interested m the Academy were invited and expected Capt Mark Pedersen USNR (Recording Secretary), to attend the annual meeting. T h e Boa rd Nelson Blish '69 (President), Capt Chontosh, Dick agreed to sponsor a luncheon with area Kievit '61 (Treasurer) Blue and Gold officers to deterrffine whether a coordinated action plan coffid Other inffividuals attenffing the dinner be developed. Stan R o m a n '61, outgoincluded: Sharon Stffier; Dr. Barry ing president, re ported on the extensive Culhane, executive assistant to the efforts to support the Sgt. Eugene Asffiey president of R I T ; R o b e r t Disch; Transition Center for homeless veterans.

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CHAPTER N E W S T h e Chapter has made significant progress in arranging meffical, particularly dental assistance, to veterans utiUzing this center. T h e board has decided to make overtares to the A&N party push-ups local Na'vy League organization and the local chapter of the Association of Naval A^viators to encourage joint acti^vities. Final arrangements were agreed upon for the 3 December Army-Navy game party.

FoUo^wing the Board meeting, refreshments and hors d'oeuvres were served to aU annual meering attendees.

Stan R o m a n '61 began the meeting •with ffis final president's report wffich was foUowed by the nonflnation and election of new Board members. T h e meeting attendees ele cted as Board members.

President G e o f f Losee '85, V i c e President Walt FUppin '75, Secretary Mike v o n Radesky '61, Treasurer D i c k CecU '64, Board m e m b e r Frank B o u s h e e '48, Board m e m b e r Dave Scheu '67, Board m e m b e r J i m Welch '52, and Board m e m b e r emeritus Stan R o m a n '61.

After the meeting formalities were concluded, CART E^tta spoke about the Academy poUcies concerning adrffissions exceUence. His presentation was most informative and directed both to alumni interests as weU as to prospective canffidates and their parents. After the conclusion of ffis comments, CART Latta answered a number of questions both from alumni and canffidates, met with inffividual canffidates and joined aU of them in a group picture.

Capt Latta and prospective candidates

T h e chapter hosted its third annual ArmyNa^vy game party at the Cape Fear Country Club. It was a festive crowd of over 60 people including five Mflitary Academy graduates and spouses. Several alurrmi wore Block N sweaters—and two 146

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of them made sure that everyone knew how proud they were to stiU fit into those sweaters. O n e Army B-robe from '64 was in evidence-worn prouffiy. Food was plentiful and one large screen and two smaUer screens were available to foUow the progress of the game.

Chris Comstock and Ashley on the bffffi of their second son (he was the youngest at the A - N T V Party at about 3 weeks old); (3) By the time you read tffis you may have already received a letter from our Chapter President, Ryan Stone about Membersffip and other items of interest.

Just remember we need to pay our dues in order to carry on the Chapter activities.

Pre-game luncheon

Charlotte Chapter President: Mr. Ryan M. Stone '96

A&N party Toys for TOTs

17235 Georgian Hall Dr., Charlotte, NC 28277-1775 H: 704-540-4354; E: ryanmstone@carolina.rr.com

As scheduled, our annual Veterans Day Goff Outing with the folks from West Point (no USAFA players this year) went off without a ffitch thanks to the efforts of Chris Comstock. Because there were not enough players to have a true "match play" format, a decision was made to award points to the top three members of each team, based on 6 points down to 1 point. Unfortunately, the Army guys won this year. Even so, everyone enjoyed the day and look forward to another go at it next year.

Tffis year's T V party to watch the Na^vy win over Army was the best get together in many years. There were about 85 attenffing, incluffing 35 alumni and two parent famffies. As evidenced by the photo, the Class of 1962 had the largest representation. We excused aU attendees with Class numerals below '80 from doing pushups after each score. In adffition, two Marines in uniform from U S M C 4 * Maintenance BattaUon in Charlotte were invited to join us to receive our coUection for the U S M C "Toys for T O T S " annual campaign. In the accompanying photo you wiU see (L to R) Mike Fournier '88,Jack Meckler '62, Corp. Chaves U S M C , Sgt. C. M. Brewer U S M C , Chris Comstock '00 and Ryan Stone '96, Chapter President. T h e coUection for "Toys for T O T S " wiU be continued every year at the Na^vy-Army FootbaU TV Party.

In the nflsceUaneous category: (1) Anyone interested in being a "Blue & Gold Officer" should contact Joe Steiner at 704-365-8044 or e-mail at runnerdoc@ caroUna.rrcom; (2) Congratulate

A&N party Class of'62

Next issue we wffi give you a report on the Annual Midshipmen Luncheon that •will have been held in December. To see many more pictures taken at the A - N T V party, and check on other activities, •visit the revamped Chapter Web site for news and event schedffies by putting tffis address in your browser http://www.usna .com/chapters/us/nc/charlotte/default.htm.

Tom Hutchins; chmph(@helbouth.net 704-375-9046 Eastern North Carolina Chapter President: Bill Ritchie '53 324 Plantation Dr., New Bern, NC 28562-9507 H; 252-633-2396; E: ritchiewh@alwaysonline.com;

Vice President: Rob Skrotsky '67 PO Box 778, New Bern, NC 28562 H; 252-514-0299; E; crskrotsky@eartWink,net

Secretary:Tim Marvin '59 PO Box 731, Kure Beach, N C 28449-0731 E; toiarvin@eardilink.net

Treasurer:Jim St John '53 601 Dotal Ct., New Bern, N C 28562 H: 252-636-1977; E: saindink@always-onhne.com

T h e Chapter's chartered bus departed from N e w Bern via Jackson^viUe at 8:15 on October 1, for Durham and the Duke Navy Game. Prior to the game members, spouses, and guests participated, in the Navy tafl gate. Guests of the Chapter and the Parents Club of N . C . consisted of young Navy and Marine returnees from

,..v,.?>,..„^csa.

Iraq. T h e skies were clouffiess, ffie temperatare was 85, seats were on the 45 yard Une, the winds were calm. A good footbaU game was anticipated. N o one was ffisappointed. G o Na^vy!

Owing to the O ' C l u b at Lejeune being commandeered for a classified briefing, ffie chapter held its montffiy meeting at 12:00 n o o n on Wednesday, 19 October 2005, at the Officer's Club New River M C A S . After a buffet lunch, ffie Chapter acknowledged the passing of Mr. Frank MuUer, our speaker in June, a WWII veteran of the Cffina-Burma-Inffia (CBI) Theater, w h o ffied whfle attenffing ffie final reuffion of ffie CBI group. R o b Skrotsky '67, the chapter •vice-president, gave a report of ffie ffinner ffie ffight before ffie Duke-Navy game •wiffi the Supermtendent, President of the Aumffi Association, and the Midsffipmen Glee Club, and hosted by ffie Raleigh Chapter.

R o b reported ffiat the Superintendent discussed a •wide range of current iffitiatives at ffie Academy mcludmg emphasizmg leadership at ffie Midsffipman levek.The Midsffipmen scattered at ffie dinmg tables seemed qffite enffiusiastic about ffiese iffitiatives.The program wffich foUowed consisted of a •video produced for the USNA's Founders Day, as weU as anoffier •video of the 2005 ceremony for the Distmguished Aumffi. Both were exttemely weU received.

The chapter held its monthly meeting at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 November 2005, at the ReUcan Point Clubs, M C A S Cherry Point, N o r t h CaroUna. T h e meeting was preceded by a gmded tour of the Aeronautical Institute of ffie Craven C o u n t y Commuffity CoUege, led by Mr. Jim SwindeU. It was agreed that the tour of the Aeronautical Institate was exceUent and very informative. Its role m the traiffing of a^viation techfficians of various ffiscipUnes is n o t e worthy with respect to its relationship to MCAS and the civffian airports in Eastern North CaroUna. For those Aumffi spouses, friends, guests and sigffificant others in the Jackson^vflle area, w h o couldn't make it to Phfladelpffia on the 3 * of December, the 8th annual Army-Navy Game Party was the next best tffing to being there. Gary Herbold '79 and Bob Dupuis '79 were our hosts. Sywanyks Scarlet and Gold Traffitions Club was again the location for this outstanding event. Gary and B o b outffid themselves. Sixty avid Na^vy fans showed up for what proved to be a great afternoon of food, comradery and Navy

footbaU. Bob's halftime show was again a hit as he recognized: the senior member present, the junior member present, oldest class represented, youngest class represented and he also gave a R e e f Points quiz, A vote was taken in support of donating tickets to the Poinsettia Bowl for Midshipmen and enUsted Marine and Na^vy personnel, Jeff Falcone '91, won the game pool and donated the winnings ($125) to purchase additional tickets in the name of the Chapter. Bravo Zffiu!

Last year's bash was touted as "it just coffidn't get any better". It just ffid. O u r thanks to Gary and Bob, T h e Eastern N o r t h CaroUna Chapter meets alternately the third Wednesday of each month at M C A S Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune.

Piedmont Chapter President: Col Gary L. Beaver '11 USMCR 10 SUver Oask Court, Greensboro, NC 27455-1481 H: 336-288-8792; E: gbeaver@npaklaw.com

Secretary: LCDR John Chilson '91 USN E: John_Chilson@eUiswinters.com

Triangle Chapter John M. Scott '61 836 Shadylawn Rd., Chapel HiU, NC 27514 H: 919-968-1337; E: pelorus@beUsouth.net

Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter CAPT Gerald R Mod USNR (Ret.) 9825 Gateclub Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45241-3827 H: 513-769-4556; E: gerrymod@fiise.net

Cleveland Chapter CAPTA.O. Rule IU '50, USNR (Ret.) 90 Pheasant Run, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 H: 440-247-4379;W: 440-247-5100 Ext328 EE: rulelll@aol.com

Columbus/Central Russell A. Puppe '66

Ohio Chapter

242 Crossing Crk., North Gahanna, OH 43230 H: 614-418-5024; E: rpuppe@columbus.rr.com

Columbus and Central Offio Chapter RusseU Puppe '66 President 242 Crossing Creek N o r t h Gahanna Offio 43230-6123 (614) 418-5024 CeU: 614.561.4146 rpuppe@columbus.rr.com Chapter members attended T h e Navy League of the U.S. Greater Columbus Offio Councfl luncheon on Monday, October 17,2005.The meeting was held at the Confluence Park Restaurant (overlooking where the Olentangy river meets and feeds the Soffio river that continues on down South to fiU the grand Offio river).The Social hour began at 1115 foUowed by lunch at 1145. Once sated, the program began at 1215.The guest speaker was Captain Dennis Sinnett, Uffited States Na^vy, Commander, Patrol

Reconnaissance W i n g 11, N A S JacksonviUe, Florida, Captain Sinnett is a 1982 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Some of the main points made

by Cdr. Sinnett were that the Patrol W i n g VR squadrons woffid continue in existence because of the Chinese submarine threat. They are charged with the capabflity to destroy 35 Chinese submarines within 2 hours of an attack. T h e Cffinese threat is much bigger than the terrorist threat. By 2012 they wifl be converting to modified Boeing 737 as their main aircraft. They wifl also continue to add unmanned aircraft as weU.They did provide hurricane film coverage to assess damage. Their one command before Katrina ffit was that the President better get their pictares before he saw the damage on C N N . They accompUshed the rffission. T h e speaker also made presentation to the O S U R O T C earUer that day.

About 40 were in attendance; those spotted in the crowd from our chapter were RusseU P U P P E '66, Cffip W A L S T O N '78, Anthony K O N E C N Y '79 and David M c C U R D Y ' 8 1 .

Chapter members are elated over being selected as one of the smaU U S N A A A Chapters for A u m n i Association representation and Trustee Membership! O u r ffiustrious and hardworking president Russ P U P P E has been elected by unaffimous nonflnation and agreement to be our representative (he wffi assume a seat at the May 2006 Board of Directors Meeting).

Chapter members gathered together for the 106th playing of the Army - Navy footbaU game on big-screen T V at the Buckeye HaU of Fame Cafe* 1421 Olentangy Raver R o a d on Saturday, December 3,2005. *Where Offio fans gather and honor OSU, revere the late Woody Hayes, and harffiy acknowledge the greatest rivalry in the East A N D the USA! We started sociaUzing early, and by kickoff time at 2:36, were weU primed. It was Navy's turn as sponsor, and we "did it up good."We had a Cash Bar, wffich included soft drinks. Beverage prices were reasonable. Fountain soda prices included free refiUs aU afternoon, A great (and reasonably priced) sandwich/salad menu was avaflable throughout the game. T h e "Buckeye" has an extensive game room, so those that brought their Na^vyjuffiors (or Army Brats) were provided with a buflt-in place to park their offspring and not worry about a sitter. Parking was free, uffiess you choose valet parking (although at that time of day on a n o n - O S U January-February 2006

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Army fans were very excited; as they seemed sure they were going to get the Commander In Cffiefs Trophy. Some of us were taken in early by aU the Army hype, and were a Utde concerned. T h e first quarter ffid not ease our concerns, as the old alumffi had seen tffings go "upset" in the past. However; our grand team soon quieted the Army fans a bit, as Na^vy gained conttol in the second quarter, and it was never in doubt after that. By the fourth quarter, our second and tffird sttingers (those players w h o were going to be our stalwarts in ffie corffing years) got to play. Army was able to garner another touchdown in the course. T h e score was 42 to 23; or, from a long-term look, offiy 50 to 49, •with 7 ties!! H o w about that for a great and close rivalry? We now look forward to our Poinsettia Bowl game with Colorado State Uffiversity on 22 December.

Those sighted rooting for Navy were: Aumffi; R o y & Pat Gffod '53, DickYantis '54, Bfll Foffiman '58,Jerry O'DonneU '61, Scott McCasland '62, Jim Cowarffin '66, RusseU & Debbie Puppe '66, Chuck & Carole Hoffinan '69,Wayne & Lisa HaUenbeck ' 7 1 , Cffip & Susan Walston '78,TflnJeweU '83,J.R & DianeYantis '83, Dave Goins '84 & son Kyle, Todd EUsworth '94, Trent Douthett '96, Andy Savery '96, Andy Johnson '97, and Matt Wood '05 with Guest, & Mother Meg, Parents; Dick & SaUy U h d e (son Jeff'91 & dau Kim '94), D o u g & Marge Dixon (dau Stephaffie '92), Mike &Joan MasteU (dau Megan '99), D o n & Cyntffia Paynter (son Andy '99),Jack & Cffiis Kane (son CoUn '01), D o n & Sue Hagan (son Kevin '03), Chuck & Patti Cooper (son Chad '04), and Dan & Raffia Yates (son Eric '09). Other Navy Supporters included John Augenstein - B&G coorffinator.

Dean Bolton, Bffi FenneU — Navy League, Tom Foos — U S M C , Rick Givens — Navy League, Ken Heaps, T i m Kujawa - Na^vy League, John Lebeu, C D R CUff Scott & Muffi SC U S N , and Herschel & Pat Starms — Na^vy League. Army fan head count was around 50, wffich made it a crowd of over 100. Yours truly attended the game, and ffid not start to thaw unffi Na^vy got hot on FrankUn Financial Field.

Afterward, there was offiy an occasional sffiver that was aUeviated by roars of approval and hand clapping. T h e singing of Army's song and Na^vy Blue and Gold was the climax of another ttuly great CoUege FootbaU Ravalry. BEAT A R M Y !

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Toledo Chapter Mr. David B. Pucken '63 5051 ChadiamVaUey Rd.,Toledo, OH 43615-1107 E: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chapter CAPT Stuart A. Merriken '58, USN (Ret.) 1113 Riviera Dr., Norman, OK 73072-7612 H: 405-360-3876; E: samerriken@aol.com

Tulsa Chapter

Joe '45 and Gloria Henson

CDR Harry V Rouse IV '11, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 PL.Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 H: 918-748-8650; E: HVRouse@aol.com

T h e Tffisa Chapter attended an ArmyNavy watch party hosted by W C . (Tiny) Tomsen, U S M A '54.The party was almost as satisfying as the game's result. Many of the Woops had departed by the end of the 3'-'^ quarter, but the Navy fans stayed to hear West Point's very ffice aUna mater song played first (as is the custom for the team that fiffishes second), foUowed by Blue and Gold.

George Carradini '84 doing the required number of pushups following each Navy touchdown.

Obivously, George has kept in good shape!

Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter CAPT R.Tim Myers '64, USN (Ret.) ilbb Lanewood Rd., Lake Oswego, O R 97035 H: 503-697-0865; E: tobymaggiel@aol.com http://usna.com/Chapters/US/OR

November and early December were fifll of events for our Chapter.

November Luncheon W.C. "Tiny" Tomsen, USMA '54 and Tulsa Chapter The Chapter met for our montffiy President, Harry Rouse '77 Luncheon on the 9"^ of November 2005.

Attenffing the luncheon were: Jack Barrett '43, Ken Lissy '45,John Frerichs '50, Jim Leiser '51,Jerry Rosette ' 5 1 , Jake McMichael '58,John Morris ' 6 1 , Butch Bewick '62, Ray Kutch '63, T i m Myers '64, A e x "Tex" Harkins '67, Ed Hepp '67, Cal Meek '67, D o u g Bomarito '68,Joe Kavale '68, Skip Rffipps '73, D o u g BaUard '74, Clark Gooffiett '78, Lee HaU '80, Mark Cooksey '86, D o u g Cooper '86, Father Scheller is a Dave Reif with Jason Morris '92, and guest John Lord. special Navy fan who granddaughter Keeley There was no speaker schedffied, but has recruited and sent 15 Tulsa area youth to "the" event of the luncheon was the the Naval Academy. celebration of the Marine Corps Birthday As such, he deserves Jason Morris '92 read ffie Commandant's our gratitude and special recognition Birffiday Message, and ffien surrounded by former Marmes in our group, cut ffie Birthday cake, serving ffie first piece to ffis D a d , J o h n Morris '61.

Our Army hosts served "goat" meat at the game watch party. Navy responded by sen/ing some of George Carradini's '84 real MULEdeer summer sausage!

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¥ Ltor.EdHepp '67, John Morris '61, Jason Morris '92, Doug Cooper '86, Doug Ballard '74 and Guest John Lord

Navy-Notre Dame Game The Navy / Notte Dame game provided an exceUent opportuffity for ffie Chapter members m ffie Portiand area to travel over ffie mountam and spend ffie day wiffi Bend area alumffi. Since ffie monthly luncheons are normaUy m Pordand, it is a great time when ffie West gets to •visit wiffi ffie East side of ffie motmtam.The day started at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, a former school ffiat has been con^verted mto affieater,hotel and restaurant by ffie McMenimm famfly. 48 flumm and famfly showed up for a buffet breakfast and a very large screen presentation of ffie Notte Dame game.

Athough Navy ffid not break ffie 42 year old losmg record, ffiey acqffitted ffiemselves qffite weU, m a game enjoyed by aU.That evenmg, the group got together for a ffice dinner and a great rime was had by aU, with the prorffise to do it aU agam m ffie next six months or so. Attendmg ffie party were: Betty & Bffl Pattenon '43, Sffirley & John Frerichs '50, Ruffi & Jock Craig '53, Kay & Don Beatty '57, Dianne & Jake McMichael '58, Sherry & Lee Mink '58, Fran & Roger Nuttmg '58, Judy & Sam McKee '60, Suzanne & Paul Revere '63, Mary &Tfln Myers '64, Roger Demaris '65, Marky & Jim Hough '66, Sherry & Ike Eisenbach '67, Cecfly & Aex "Tex" Harkms '67, Jean & Doug Bomarito '68, Carmel & John Holewa '70, MerUe & Bruce Thompson '73, M.L. Norton '78, Duncan & Cffiistine Hart '87, Jason Morris '92, and guests Marcie Bomarito, Asffiey Hart, Brooke Hart, John KeUer, Sue KeUer, Jeff KeUer, Rob Kennedy Nick & Evelyn Nicholson.

Army-Navy Game As. we have for the past few years, the Chapter's Army-Navy Game viewmg party was held at the Columbia Aviation Asociation club house located south of Portland at the Aurora Airport. As in the past, a combined effort by both school flumffi resulted in a great party. Jack Kohl

'65 once again volunteered to help organize and decorate and come up with a great assorttnent of door prizes for the haff-time drawing. A thank-you and BZ to Jack and his crew for a job weU done.

Attenffing the event were: John Frerichs '50,Joyce & Barney Greisen '54, Kay & Don Beatty '57, Dianne & Jake McMichael '58, Brenda &John Morris '61,Joe Broz '62, Don Grant '63, Ray Kutch '63, Bert Mackaman '64, Mary & Tim Myers '64, Bertie & Bffl Bafley '65, Joan & Jack KoU '65, Genya & Gavin Arnold '66, Cecfly & Aex "Tex" Harkins '67, Fran & Ed Hepp '67, Jan & Joe Kavale '68, Butch Grover '70,John Holewa '70, Lela &John Bickford '71, Jim Ha^^rt '73,MerUe & Brace Thompson '73, Doug Steuffier '76, Clark Gooffiett '78, Susan Mead '90, Matt Wflson '90, Jane & Jason Morris '92,ToddWashbum '93, RusseU Lascink '98, Brett Baumarm, Eric Hoss, Garth Lascink, Effie Lascink, JuUe & Jim McCarmey ConweU Morris, HoUand Morris, Efleen O'Rourke, Gloria Sowefl, Anthony Tinsay, Liz Tudor, and Ted Wflson.

Bend - Notre Dame Game - Bill Patterson '43 and Alex "Tex" Harkins '67

The Oregon and Southwest Wasffington Chapter meets for lunch the second Wednesday of every month at The Georgian Room Restaurant, Meier & Frank 10th Hoor, Downtown Portland, 6th and Ader, at 11:30 AM. Please join us. CaU Tim Myers '64 (503-697-0865) for any adffitional information, or check our website.

Joe Kavale '68

Pennsylvania Philadelphia

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LtCol V.M. "Corky" Gardner III '11, USMC (Ret.) 121 Glenn Rd.,Ardniore, PA 19003 H: 610-645-5361; E: president@usnaphil.com members@usnaphil.coni; events@usnaphii.com webmaster@usnapliil.com; www.usnaphil.coni

Shipmate News Input: Brian Degnan '98 E: degnanb@yahoo.com

Aumffi, sweethearts, parents, and supporters (and one foture member of the Class of 2026?) gathered in Eisenhower HaU at the VaUey Forge Mffitary Academy and CoUege, to celebrate Founder's Day on Thursday, October tffirteenth, with dinner and a program that featured the presentation of our annual Shipmate oftheYear Award to VADM James F. Calvert '43, U S N (Ret) and remarks by MGEN Charles Bolden '68, USMC (Ret).

VADM Calvert is renowned for ffis acffievements as a submariner in WWII, as the skipper of USS SKATE when she surfaced at the North Pole, as the Superintendent for four years, as an author, and as a staunch supporter of the Naval Academy and Midsffipmen of aU ages.

MGEN Bolden was an attack pflot, a NASA asttonaut on four shuttle launches (and the deployment of the Hubble Telescope), Deputy Commandant, and Commanffing General, Tffird Marine Aircraft Wing. After presenting sUdes of aircraft — and spacecraft — he had flown in ffis career, he rerffinded us aU of that we have many reasons to be proud of the Academy and of our being alumffi of the Academy, and that we have a responsibflity to continue to be leaders and role models. His message was weU-timed as we celebrated the birthday of our alma mater.

Founder's Day

Army-Navy Game - Jack Kohl '65 and Joe Kavale '68 - Hard at work manning the door

BRAVO ZULU to PhU Katauskas '68 and AUan Davey '67 for orgaffizing tffis event, and for arranging a tnfly afl-star cast

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CHAPTER N E W S Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '11 4105 Tartan Ct.. Murr>'svme, PA 15668-1045 E: figaro4105@aoLcom

Philippines Philippines Chapter Jose "Roy"Roilo Golez '10 4/F Crowntop Condonunium Ortigas Ave.. GreenhiUs, San Juan H:726-8134 917-539-5095 (NSC) 927-6271; fax: 928-6029 E: gogo@golez.com

Secretary: Vincent Sibala '93 O / N - l H Q Phihppine Navy (pma92) 2335 Roxas Blvd., Mamla P: 919-354-5846; E: pastilan@hotmaU.com

Gettysburg Come Around October 2005

We were able to watch Uve on TV, courtesy of the U.S, Embassy m Manfla, the massacre by ffie great Na^vy footbaU team of hapless Army. Shown here making ffieir •victory cheer are AnnapoUs grads from the Phffippmes led by R o y Golez '70 (President of the USNAAA RlflUppine Chapter),Jun Bucayan '85, MeUssa Golez (wife of Raymund Golez '03),Rea Dacanay '05, Commodore Ferdmand Golez (father of Raymund Golez '03), Hanna Aerta '04 and Rafiy Dacanay '76.

deadUne. N o member wffl forget immeffiately the hea^vy toU Hurricane Kattina and others forced on Guff and Adantic waters last season. For the first time since the RV Chapter was formed, we have to change our plans for the Key West C o m e Around. W h e n Wflma came along, we were notified by M W R at Key West of the urffikely possibffity of camping there in any of theff several facffities unffi repairs are completed.

Navy victory:

Maryjane and B o b M e t c a l f ' 6 1 were on watch, though, and the new location was quickly estabUshed for what is now caUed the Jacksonvffie C o m e Around.

O u r Firsties have arranged arrival on 7 February and departare 13'- at the Flarffingo Lake RV Resort. Twenty sites are reserved there, along with the clubhouse for our meetings. Please let Bob know ASAP if you plan to attend and caU Flamingo Lake at 800 782-4323 to get your space reserved. We don't have room for the R O D here and you can catch it on the RV Chapter web site http://hey_frankl6.tripod.com/rv.Aong with the usual happy hour fonctions plus board and business meerings, the Metcaffs' plan invites tours of a perfome factory, a brewery, Fernanffina Beach, the Jackson^vffle Zoo, and St. Augusrine using car pool and bus. For those w h o are too skinny, coffee and doughnuts •wffl be served by the Firsties on Sunday,

Prior to the game, the AnnapoUs alumffi had their traditional get-together •with West Pointers and had frienffiy banter

Recreational Vehicle American Chapter CAPT James N. Roberts '59, USN (Ret.) 152 Springlakes Dr., Martinez, GA 30907 H: 706-860-6430; E: jrobe92528@aol.com

Sec'y:Charlie Norton '62 E: charles.norton@1962.usna.com

Treasurer: Glenn Shindler '64 4530 Lasheart Dr., La Canada, CA 91011 E: gshindler64@earthlink.net

Shipmate inputs to:Terry Sutherland '54 1632A Firetower Rd., Chipley FL 32428 E: terry.sutherland@1954.usna.com http://hey_frankl6.tripod.com/rv/

Your scribe nflssed tffis important change to the winter schedule for 2006, wffich rffight have been caught in the December issue were it not for an early column

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T h e previously reported Gettysburg C o m e Around, hosted by Susan and CharUe N o r t o n '62, deserves a group photo set up by CharUe. For those w h o ffid not have recent sea rime, it was appropriately staged.

Once again, for the fifth rime, J i m C o n n o r s '74, has successfoUy hosted the last C o m e Around in the faU -Watts Bar,TN, winning five stars on ffis hat. It is the favorite meering of the year for

many of the old hands. Most of these members have passed more Ughthouses than telephone poles, worn out more sea bags than socks, flown tffiough more hay stacks than a neeffie.The most relaxing rime of our season with camp fires, faffing leaves, and fish leaping, goff, and secret seafood restaurants.

Those w h o coffidn't stay away were: Marie and Jim Roberts '59, Mary and Jack Glaeser '59, Susan and CharUe N o r t o n '62, Marion and Frank Conery '58, Deanie and Squid Sutherland '54, Margo and Gary Snyder '55,Jimmy (The Boy) Connors "74, Lynn and R e d D o g Cannon '53, Rosemary and Lee Hubbard '53, Gloria and Karl Keay '59, Kaffiy and Merrick Bayer '65, Maryjane and Bob Metcaff'61, Mary Lou and Mike Stevens '59, Karen and Bud Gaston '65, Faye andVic Sharpe '48, Lynn and N o r m a n Mims '60, Nancy and Denny Sloan '57, Rat and John Snyder '47, AUce and Britt Britringham '44.

FoUowing Jackson^vffle in February comes the spring event not to rffiss, hosted by experienced Firsties Chris and Walt Baskin '59.We wffl meet at the Natchez Trace C o m e Around, March 14-19,2OO6.Y0U can make your reservations now at Raver View RV Park, 100 River View Parkway Vidffia, LA 318 3361400. Mention the RV Chapter for special rates. T h e park is right on the Mississippi River overiooking Natchez.

Give Chris or Walt a jingle at wbaskin@davtv,com or 843 705-9050.

There is so much to do in the area. Just accessing Natchez web sites wffl give members w h o are not farffiUar with the area a clue. See the Chapter web site for detafls, phone numbers, web addresses.

Bring your camera.

Rhode Island Newport Chapter ADM James R. Hogg '56, USN (Ret.) 2556 West Mam Rd., Portsmoudi. RI 02871 H:4tl 1-841-2625

Corr. Sec'y: Ben Katz '51 E; becat5^@msn.coni

Our October guest speaker was C D R David Barker. RJVI. On ffie occasion of ffie 200 anffiversan.- of Nelson's \ictor)' at Trafalgar, C D R Barker shared some ffioughts wiffi us about Lord Nelson and about ffie batde. C D R Barker joined the Royal Navy m 1984 as a heUcopter Observer and after several tours ashore and afloat m ffiat specialty; he went on to serve ffi various sffipboard tours m fiigates, eventaaUy taking command of HMS St ALBANS ffi September 2001. and ffien command of HMS SOMERSET m February 2003. C D R Barker is now stationed m Newport RI as Dffector of ffie Sea Strike Warfare Innovative Development Team at ffie US Naval Warfare Development Command.

At ffie outset of his taUc, C D R Barker exanflned some of ffie myths surroimdmg ffie Na\"al hero: Nelson had c o m m o n origins and rose through the ranks on merit.

Nelson was bom the son of a parson, but his moffier's Great Uncle, Sff Robert Walpole, was ffie first Prime Minister of England. His Uncle, Maurice SuckUng, was a successfffi Naval Captam who ffist took ffie young Nelson to sea. He later became CompttoUer of the Navy, second in power offiy to ffie Sea Lords, and helped Nelson's career to flourish.

Nelson lost an eye and arm at sea. At age 36, Nelson lost an eye whfle commandmg LAND forces to take Cal^vi in Corsica from the French. Tffiee years later, whfle leaffing a commando action ashore against the Spanish at Santa Cruz, Tenerffe, he lost ffis right arm.

Nelson had infaUible instincts. In 1780, whfle m HINCHINBROOK as a newly promoted Post Captain, he was ordered to escort ttoop sffips from Jamaica to the San Juan River. Against orders, he contmued up river with 50 of ffis sffip's company. Not enough troops and madequate suppUes. Many lost theff Uves to YeUow Fever, malaria and dysentery.

Nelson was offiy saved because he was puUed out early to take command of a larger sffip Nelson befriended Prince WflUam Henry (later WflUam FV) and aUowed him to ffisobey Admiralty mstructiom. Nelson later wrote to him asking

for help •with ffis career, but rffissed ffie point that WiUiam was out of favor with both the Adnflraltv' and the King.

Nelson was a saint. Seen that way by ffis men and a devout Christian, but ffis biggest weaknesses were vaffity and women. A pretty snffie, a shapely ankle and some flattery could make him ffizzy At 24, in Quebec, he feU for the 16 year old Mary Simpson and almost deserted his sffip to be with her. Twro years later he was smitten by EUzabeth Anffiews, the beautifiil daughter of a clergyman he met whfle touring France. He even WTOte to ffis wealffiy uncle asking for money in order to marry her. Less than a year later he was in love again, tffis time with Mary Moutray, the young wffe of the British comrffissioner m Antigua. Witffin a few months he met Frances Nisbet and they were married two years later. Emma remamed devoted to Nelson aU his lffe, despite the fact that he had several affairs.

As the years passed. Nelson graduaUy ffistanced himseff from Frances who ttied m vam to win ffim back. Her final pleaffing letter to Nelson was retarned — he had wxitten on the envelope "Opened in error— not read".

adjustment after the Congressional schedule for 2006 comes out. Other than that, Senator Reed is confirmed 28 Mar / N C C Stadent Captain Wflson Rereira de LIMA FILHO, Brazffian Navy.

25 Aprfl / Commandant of Midsffipmen (Tentative) 30 May / John Farley, Executive Director, Energy Councfl of RI 27 June / Kent WflUver, Execurive Director and Chief Prosecutor, RI Etffics Commission Prayers and Best Wishes Our prayers and best wishes go to Fred and Dot Stevenson '46. Fred is m the Dana-Farber facffity in Boston.

Welcome Aboard To Jack Flanagan '70. Jack and ffis •wffe Carol reside in Midffieto^wn Coming Attraction On 31 January 2006 our guest speaker wffl be Shefla McCurdy who wffl share with us her experiences making ocean saffing voyages •with USNA Midsffipmen.

Beat Army!

South Carolina Charleston Chapter

CDR Barker gave us many more CDR H. Richard Stein '82, USNR (Ret.) details about ffie real Nelson, and then 784 Preservation PL, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-5196 H: 843-856-6591; E: rstein@sandbppergroup.com went on to discuss ffie Batde ofTrafalgar.

I've run out of steam and space. So you'U have to go to ffie history books for ffie rest! The 2005 Army-Navy Goff ChaUenge was contested on Friday, December 2nd, Joinmg us for our October meeting at the Charleston Naval Weapons Starion were chapter members Sid & Terry Course. Participants, from left to right: MerriU '34;Tom &Trina Weschler '39; Ken Lyons '46, Jack & Mary Burney USMA '46; Earie Trickey and WuT Thayer '47; Frank & Maggie Snyder '48; Bob & Pud ConneUy andTom Lyons'52;Arme Hogg (Jim '56) Ben Katz & Katie Ahearne '57; Jun & Bobbi Wright andWayne Robinson '58; Peter &Judy Tarpgaard '59; Jerry & Joanne O'DoimeU '69;Jack Flanagan '70; Charley CoUins '74; Duane & ArUne John Cannon '64, Bernie Magdelain '67, Paul Lankau '85, Fuzzy Knight '53, Charles Arentrout '67, PhiUips '75; Lou Sposato and Bffl Rick Stein '82, Dick Dalla Mura '51, Trey Oats '02, Glenny '76; Corey &: Susan Turner and Joe Coen '85. Navy defeated Army 8.5 to 7.5, to and Joe & Charlotte Greeson '95 and reclaim the Cup! associate members Affita Con^way Qim The chapter enjoyed the Army-Na^vy '55) Loma Lewis (Chantee '48) & game at Dick DaUa Mura's Daughter her guest Jean Klasemer and Fred & SaUy Arnold's House. In attendance: Carol-Ann Lantz.

Tom '51 & Minffie Mayberry, Dick '51 Speaker Schedulefor 2006 and Catffie DaUa Mura, Max HiU '51, Date / Speaker Fuzzy Kffight '53, Jim Rogers '53, 31 Jan /Shefla McCurdy Subj: Ocean Jun '55 & Noel Blandford, Ed Parent '56 SaiUng with USNA Midsffipmen & Ann Hoffiauer, Cffic '58 & Rat Day 21 Feb / Senator Jack Reed Jim '58 & Nancy Flately Offie OUver '61 Note: 21 Feb is one week earlier that our & Conffie Brinkman, Berme Magdelain normal and previously announced dinner meet'67, Jim '67 & Susan Welsch, Bffl '71 & ing. Tltere may have to be a further one day January-February 2 0 0 6

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CHAPTER N E W S Saffle Nold, Jim '73 and Lynne Beltz, Craig Solem '75, Rick Stein'82, Rat Hunkler '89, and Bffl & Maggie DuU (Parents of Bffl DuU '01) T h e Charleston Chapter meets on the 3 r d Monday of each month at 11:30AM at T h e Point Grffl, part of the O m a r Shrine Temple, near Patriot's Point in M o u n t Pleasant. N o reservarion required.

J i m / N a n c y Gay '79, Bob "Whaler" Walsh'79,John "Ring" Scaffion '83, Isiah Martinez'Ol, Sarah Woodman-Kanstewer '01 Stacy Spigler-Crockett '02.

Low Country Chapter CAPT Peter M. Hyers '11

South Carolina Midlands Chapter President: LCDR A. EdTilden '11, USN (Ret.)

75 Port Tack, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-5237 H: 843-842-6167; E: hyersp@cs.com

Tffis year the Low country's Army-Na^vy acti-vities mcluded gatherings at two venues. O n e was the M C A S in Beaufort where both active and retired graduates from a wide range of years celebrated Na-vy's on field success with fight songs from a long ago Na-vy songbook. Denny TomUn '63 and Col Bob "Whaler" Walsh'79(CO MAG 31) are shown here leaffing the loud — somewhat off key — effort.

Palmetto William B. Swent '88 Leatherwood, Walker,Todd & Mann, P.C. 100 E. Coffee St., PO. Box 87 GreenviUe, SC 29602-0087 W: 864-242-6440; E; WSwent@LWTM.com

4040 Bloomwood Rd, Colombia, SC 29205-2847; H: 803-254-0425; E: aetilden@sc.rr.com Web site; www.usna.com/chapters/us/sc/midlands

Secretary: Katie Hirsch E: mkh5325@aol.com

The Souffi CaroUna Midlands Chapter held their 10-year anffiversary dinner on November 11 at ffie Sumnflt Club m Columbia, South Carolina. President Ed Tflden read a citation from the President of ffie Aumffi Association recognizmg ffie group for its 10 years of existence, and summarizing the vision of the late George Hirsch '54 and Aris Metrakos '78 m founding ffie Chapter Several members then related stories of ffieir experience as members of ffie Armed Forces and how it impacted their Uves and offien. Katie Hirsch, -wffe of the co-founder George Hirsch, brought a scrapbook ffiat showed pictures and articles throughout ffie Chapter's history.

Finally, a cake-cutting ceremony was held to Denny Tomlln and Col Whaler Walsh lead the singing commemorate ffie occasion.

At ffie same time m Montana's Bar & Grffl, more of the faithful were gathered - also enjoymg Navy's fourffi straight Victory

Joiffing us for the 10th Anffiversary celebration were chapter members Dick &Tut Robertson '48, Mflce & Cary Bonner '49, Osmand & Barbara Dixon '53, CUfford & Marie Thomas '53, Katie Hirsch (George '53), George & Jeaffie Davis '55, JVhke & Nancy Waite '57, Ken & Joanne Clarke '60, R o b i n &Janie Wffite '62,

Navy victory!

Some of the attendees at both sites included: Art/Barb Morrow '46, J o e / Beth Curi '48, Dan Darnels '49, Phfl Monahan '55, Roger/Muriel Lyle '56, Jim/Chariotte Srffith '56, A / D i a n e Wattay '57, Lee/Arden Poffifl '58, Bffl Renffiey '58, Edna FeUx '58, George Stubbs '58, Kelson/Susan Slayman '58,Walt Baskin '59,Tom/Carol Anderson '60,Tom/Carol Anderson '60, Dave/Sondra Woodward '60, D e n n y / C i n d y TomUn '63, D o u g Tozour '63,Ted MacDermott '65, Doug/Deffise Ogden '67, Bffl/Candi Spadafora '67, David/Sharon Jermings '69,

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Craig & Pandra Lemrow '69, Ed & PoUy Tflden '71, Dave & Debbie Maslow '75, R o n & Deborah Ruys '67, and Perry & Nancy Rarfficone '83.

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T h e Miffiands Chapter typicaUy meets the tffird Thursday of the m o n t h at the Sumnflt Club for lunch, a guest speaker, and feUowsffip. If you Uve in the Columbia, SC area and are interested in joiffing us for lunch, please contact Ed Tflden (aeffiden@1971.usna.com) or-visit the chapter website (-www.usna.com/ chapters/us/sc/nflffiands).

Tennessee Chattanooga Chapter Mr.John R. Rodman '66 1302 Peter Pan Rd., Lookout Mountain, GA 30570 W: 423-756-0285; E; rodman@usit.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter CAPT Carl N. Strawhridge, USN (Ret.) 17 Rivers Run Way. Oak Ridge.TN 37830-9005 H: 865-220-8861; E; cns@ornl.gov

Secretary-Treasurer: CAPT Mark Kohring '13, USNR (Ret.) E: kohringmw@omI.gov

Memphis Chapter CAPT Jack Quinlan '61, USNR (Ret.)

were the guests of the Mempffis Kiwanis club. That eveffing Vice Adnflral R e m p t adffiessed a gathering of alumffi, parents, prospective nfldsffipmen and friends of the academy at the Cffickasaw Country Cffib, arranged by Walker U l h o r n '58, in celebration of Founders Day. At this event the Superintendent took the opportuffity to present parents Tom and Fran Hesse -with a recogffition for their superior service as Blue and Gold Officers.

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D e o n n a N e w m a n '84, John and Sheila Olesn '68, Judd and Betsy O s t e n '64, J i m and R u t h O w e n '56, B o b and Karen PhiUips (parents o f R o b '08), Mike and Carol P r i n c e '68, Jack and Mary QuitUan '67, B o b R a c h o r '69, Eric and M i n d y RandaU '81, B o b and Cynthia R o b y (parents o f Brad '07), John and D e b b i e R o g e r s '78, Paul and S h a n n o n Schuhlein '85, AUen and Katherine S o m e r s '53, and Walker and A n n U l h o r n '58.

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M a r i o n BaUey (mother o f Pam and Buddy Chapman '61 with Ann and Walker B e n j a m i n '04) Whom '58 and her husband D a v i d Hulbert, H e r b and Frances Barnett '65, B u d d y and P a m Chapman '61, Vice Admiral Rempt Craig and AUcia with parent Mike McManus Clutts '99, Pat Da-vidson -wife o f Al '46, MUse and EUen Fifer '78, Chris and Carol Vice Admiral Rempt '66 with parents Tom and Fran Frame, W.T. and Hesse Mary FuUer '46, J i m G o o g e '57, BiU and Y v o n n e Hardin (parents o f WUUam '08), Patrick Harkey '84, T o m and Fran Vice Admiral Rempt H e s s e (parents o f wiffi RADM Gove '75 Taylor '06), Jack and Edye H o l t '79, D a v e Hostetler '86, Ave-Marie H o w a r d '81, Harold and Janet Vice Admiral Rempt with Mike and Carol Prince '68 Knight (parents o f Trevor '06), La Verne and P e g g y LoveU '75, On October 12 Vice Adrffiral R o d n e y R A D M D a v e Gove '75, Cindy Rempt came to Mempffis to celebrate the M a i m i n g '88, Mike M c M a n u s (father Navy birthday and Founders Day. H e o f WUson '09), J o h n and Cathy spoke to a fuU house luncheon at the M o o r e (parents o f John '08), famous Peabody Hotel for the Navy Fred M o r g a n '68, Mark and Buthday where 75 officers and enUsted

880 Lakemont Dr., NashviUe.TN 37220-2124 H: 615-370-1441; w: 800-242-8613 E: jolihnger@worldnet.att.net

Texas Alamo Chapter President: CAPT Ron A. Sandoval '81 USN 18010 Keystone Blf, San Antonio,TX 78258-34361

Please send Shipmate Submissions and all correspondences to: Secretary: Dave Driskell '63 PO. Box 461564, San Antomo,TX 78246-1564 E: info@alamogoats.org

SPECIAL A N N O U N C E M E N T : Beginffing in January 2006 our regffiar meeting date wffl be the third Friday of the month at 1130 hours at Cha Cha's Mexican restaurant, 2026 Babcock, p h 210-615-7000. Check our web site for last rffinute changes, alamogoats,org.

October was another eventfiil m o n t h for the A a m o Chapter with the RaceNavy game and the annual tti-service goff tournament. O n e bit of ffisappointing news was that due to the re-scheduUng of the Rice-Na-vy game our Founders Day celebrarion was canceUed. Mo-ving the Founders Day dinner was not a viable oprion and several members had made plans for the game.

L to R: Ruth Carpenter, Robert Cabana '71 (Astronaut and Director of the Space Center), Tom Monaghan '59, Art Carpenter '53, Carl Peterson '55 at USNA birthday onboard USS Texas

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CHAPTER N E W S Austin Chapter to his regular practice George is under RADM William A. Heine '62, USNR (Ret.) retainer to the local Mexican Consffiate 8704 Blue Creek Cv., Austin,TX 78735-1431 for inmflgration issues. George also H: 512-327-5619; E: blieine@acite.\as.coni attended USMA class of '74 and wore his Corresponding Secretary: Don McAlister '63 Army "A" for a win over Na-vy during his H: 512-365-7068; E: don.mcahster@skyvueusa.com stint at West Point. Our attendees gave Chapter meetings are always on the George the appropriate response for this fourth Tuesday of every month, typicaUy egregious break of etiquette. His anecat the Marie CaUender's Restaurant at dotes and perspectives on border issues 9503 Research Blvd. #400, Austin, TX. were poignant and fflustrated that tffings 2005golf: Steve Shaw, Mike Leschinsky '89, Jim Traaare not always what they nflght seem to Our November chapter meeting ffid '88, J K Minton '66 w/2005 Tri Sen/ice Golf Trophy see a venue change - we moved a little be in the pubUc media. Aumni attending farther North to the Cool Raver Cafe in the November meeting were: Round Rock. AU meeting times and David Bafley '81, Richard Boggs '83, locations are emafled to local members Ruth & Art Carpenter '53, Dave DriskeU who have registered at www.usna.com.

'63,Jim Droste '62, LeRoy Haenze '58, The November meeting saw a nice Utde Mike Leschinsky '89, Phfl Meurer '58, turnout, with some good food and ffiscusRuth and JK Minton '66, Elaine and sion of recent reunions and Navy footbaU. Joe Rope '56, Carlos Rosende '77, The foUowing members were in attenRon Sandoval '81, Ron Shaw '52, Bea dance in November: Pete Baker '57, and Dick Trippe '59 and welcome to Bing Bassett, Tony Breard '63, Robert Wffl Morris '82 our newest member.

Calhoun '87, George Denny '58, Marty Once again we teamed up with the Carlos Rosende '77 and LeRoy Haenze '58 discuss Green '63, Bob Jones '64, Gary West Point Society of San Antonio for a November speaker.

Lundeen '75, Liz McQuinn '00,John joint viewing of the Army Navy game.

Rogers '70, Curt Sorenson '54, Vern This year the WooRooers arranged for the WUUams '74, Joe Wright '59. use of the/ffiierican Legion Post 2. An Early December brought, of course, anonymous sponsor funded the hamburgthe Army-Navy game, and Austin was in ers, fries and cake for the event. Our fuU support mode.

Our USNAAA Chapter is most appreciative of the Chapter coorffinated with our frienffiy WooPoos aUowing us to join them esperivals from West Point to meet at the Cool cially since we are having the most fun.

Raver Cafe to watch the game. Of The area alunmi that joined in the victory course, we enjoyed the outcome, but we watch were: new member J.P. Ayubi '91 also enjoyed the get-together, and we'U be with his famfly, Bffl Bradford '63 and ffis Wendy Rivers '52, Ron Shaw '52, and Phil Meurer brother David, Dave DriskeU '63, Jim doing it again with the Woops next year.

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Upcorffing events include a Poinsettia Kieffie '62, Ruth and JK Minton '66 with Bowl get-together as we watch Navy beat Ruth and Art Carpenter '52 attended the daughter in law and grandson, Phfl CSU, and then a Christmas/New Years Houston chapter Founder's Day celebraMeurer '58 and his granddaughter, event. As of printing, those events wiU tion on board USS Texas and attended the Wendy Rivers '52, Carlos Rosende '77, have come and gone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; however, to be game along with president Lawrence Ron Sandoval '81, Bea and Dick Trippe included and in-vited, please register your StovaU '84, Jim Traa '88 and Dave DriskeU '59, and new member Rosemary and emafl address for news of upcoming '63, We congratulate the Houston Wayne WarUck '47. events. Or, come to our montffiy Chapter Chapter and Parent's club for a wonderful Other scheduled events as of this meetings, detafls above. tailgate. Unofficiafly from tffis writer's subnflssion are: perspective Na-vy appeared to have more January 20, Blue and Gold report North Texas Chapter fans at the game than Race. (note tffis is the third Friday of the month) Mr. James M. Bethmann '11, USNR Every year in the San Antonio area February 17,Valentine celebration, 3825 Marquette St., Dallas,TX 75225 Army, Na-vy and Air Force acaderffies honoring widows and spouses. Guest W; 214-754-0019 ext. 222 sponsor a tri service golf tournament on a speaker Juffith Markelz, Program Manager E: Jim.Bethmann@highlandpartners.com rotaring basis. This year the tournament Soldier and Fanflly Assistance Center, LCDR Kurt Metcalf'91, USNR was hosted by Army at Ft. Sam Houston.

Brooke Army Medical Center.

9718 Enmore Ln., Frisco,TX 75035 e: kurt.metcalf@1991.usna.com We are proud to announce that the Naval March 17, Guest Speaker: Prof Jeffrey http://www.usnaa.i-ntx.coni Academy team ofJim Traa '88, JK Minton Addicott, Director, Center for Terrorism '66, Steve Shaw (son of Ron Shaw '52) Law, St Mary's University.

November 1,2005 and Mike Leschinsky '89 won the Please visit our website The USNAAA North Texas Chapter held tournament. Congratulations to our Aamogoats.org for the latest information its montffiy luncheon on November 6th Na-vy team. on our Chapter. at the Park City Club. Keith Tibbits led J. D. (Dave) Driskell '63, Chapter Secretarythe meeting and discussed recent events Our November meeting featared Mr. George Shaffer a local lawyer specialand upcorffing activities. izing in immigrations issues. In addition

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(Lucien Hunt '40) with help from the junior alum (Eric Biggers '97),

Navy's Flag Football team MDIN Cliff Adams and Nick Schmitz

-JohnWroten spoke briefly about the upcorffing Blue Chip Dinner on Dec 20.

The Superintendent wffl be ffie featured speaker, and we expect over 40 canffidates as weU as several current rffidshipmen to attend. Local alumffi are sttongly encouraged to attend, and to provide financial support ff they cannot attend.

- Dave Rach asked that local alumni send any adffiess/phone/emafl changes to ffim,ffienDave wffl forward to USNAAA. Dave's contact info is avaflable on ffie chapter website -www.usnaaa-ntx. com. This is the quickest way to ensure ffiat the local and national orgaffizations are updated.

In attendance Bffl LavaUee '55, Courdand Gray '65,Jim NorveU '65,John Wroten '65, Denny Connor '66 John Hamflton '68, Daffiel Weaver '72, Keith Tibbits '77, Mark Lambright '75, Dave Rich '81, Chuck Earle '85 Mark CrambUsh '86 and guest Sue EUen, Roger Bivans '88,Jim Schwab '88, Brandon (Randy) Neisius '90, Bryan Wright '90 and Debbie Race.

November 19,2005 InffieNorth Texas Service Academy Hag FootbaU Champiomffip, Navy spUt their games -with Army and Aff Force, defeating Army 21-20 m the fost game but losing to Air Force 20-7 m the ffightcap. Navy's crack squad includedVal Srffith '52, Roger Staubach '65, Mark Lambright '75,Jim Bethmann '77, Jmi Fawcett '79, Dave Rach '81, Rat Walsh '84,John Dorn '85, Roland Towers '87,Darryl Smith '88, Steve Sflva '90, Mark Roppolo '92, Jason Rich '93, CUnt Bruce '97 and Pete Jayroe '99.

December 3,2005 As they have for several years, the North Texas Army and Navy Aumni chapters got together to watch the big game. Tffis year Army hosted the watcffing party at the Cool Raver Cafe in Irving with approximately300 Army and Navy alumni, wives and farrffly in attendance. For the fourth year in a row Na-vy left with a much bigger smfle than the Army alumni did. Let's hope that string continues.

December 6,2005 The USNAAA North Texas Chapter held its montffiy luncheon on December 6th at the Park City Club. The turnout was lower than normal, probably an indication of the season, but the quaUty of the luncheon did not suffer. Future events and the 2006 calendar were discussed.

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter

Jeffrey C. Hogan '64 4010 Belvoir Park Dr., Katy.TX 77450-5288 H: 281-599-8933; E: Hogan,J@sbcglobal.net Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/Texas/GulfCoast /default.htm

USNA Birthday & Navy-Rice football, Oct 21-22 We celebrated the Academy's birthday with a Social Hour and Dinner on board our state's historic battleship, U.S.S.Texas (BB35), www.usstexas Capt Grooms bb35.com, with CAPT Bruce Grooms '83, USN, USNA Commandant of Midshipmen, as the eveffing's Guest of Honor and featured speaker. Our other guests included Midn 1/C CUff Adams '06, USNA Brigade Commander, and Midn 1/C Nick Schmitz '06, First Regimental Commander, and members of the USNA Drum & Bugle Corps.

We had a number of ceremonial toasts ... to the Commander-In-Cffief (given

by Carl Peterson of the RV Chapter), to the Na-vy (given by Bob Cabana '71), to the Marine Corps (given by Erik Woods '64), to the Spouses and Dates (given by Buddy WeUborn '59), to our Distinguished Guests (given by Zeb Alford '48), to the Naval Academy and the Brigade of Midshipmen (given by Hal Dantone '68), and to the memory of Rob Brown '65 (given by Lynn Wegner '65).

After dinner, the first sUce of USNA birthday cake was cut, with a Navy sword, of course, by the senior alum

Lucien Hunt '40 and Eric Bigges '97

Dan Holsberg '92 introduced our guest speakers, Midn Cliff Adams and Nick Schmitz. Dan then introduced CART Grooms, who spoke about his fleet experiences and his retarn to USNA as Commandant of Midshipmen.

On Saturday, with the Parents Club, we hosted a taflgate party (over 1400 Aumffi, parents, and guests, plus 300 Mids) at the Na-vy-Race footbaU game.

Towards the end of the game, the USNA Cheerleaders were joined on the field by VADM Rodney P. Rempt '66, USNA Superintendent, and CART Bruce Grooms '83, USNA Commandant of Midshipmen, as Na-vy fiffished a spectacular 41-9 victory USNA Golf Classic, Nov 1 Our chapter's 4th Armual USNA Aumffi Association & Foundation Goff Classic was held on November 7th at Raveneaux Country Club. AU proceeds from tffis tournament went to the USNA Foundation.

During lunch, Chet Gladchuk, USNA Atffietic Director, spoke to us about the Navy footbaU team's incredible season and the potential (at that time) bowl possibfflties. Our guest, ENS BiU Hurley '04, one of the most decorated players in Navy goff history, recently played in the U.S. Amateur Tournament where he was one of the final 32 golfers. Prior to that, he was a member of the Walker Cup Team. ENS Hurley is now stationed at the Academy, working in the Econorffics Department.

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Chapter Luncheons Chapter luncheons are USUALLY held on the first Fridays of specific months (Feb 3, Mar 3, Aprfl 7, & May 5) at Brennan's Restaurant, 3300 Srffith St. (11:30am refreshments, and noon to 1:00pm lunch). For additional information, please visit www.usna.com/ chapters/us/tx/guffcoast, or send an emafl to me at kleinl985@sbcglobal.net.

Ed Klein'72

Turkey Turkey Chapter LTJGArifCirtlik '98,Turkish Navy Vehefendi Mah,75/6 Sok.No:51/2 Zeytinburnu, Istanbul Turkey 34765 H: 212-510-5805; E: acirdik@hotmail.com

Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming Intermountain NA Alumni Chapter J. Kevin Dolan '11 2415 East 10305 South, Sandy UT 84092-4416 H: 801-942-7240; E: kevin.dolan@1971 .usna.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/UT

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NAVY SOARS AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS O n Saturday, 3 December, Army and Navy grads gathered at the Buffalo Wfld Wings restaurant in Roanoke,VA, for a celebration of the annual footbaU tussle. As host, the Blue Radge Chapter made a welcome for the West Point Society of Southwest Virginia, with w h o m this Chapter has enjoyed a most cordial relationship for the

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DARJC AGES Happy H o u r that wffl be past four years. A detafled in the H a m p t o n Roads Chapter total of 24 Army and web site www.usnaaahrc.org in the near 22 Na-vy rooters future. For any comments on the Events, occupied haff the please contact D e n n i s Plank '69, ffiffing room, eagerly denem.plank@verizon.net. watching the game From Dan Lear '68, Trustee and Golf Chair: unfold on CBS, each T h e annual faU goff ouring was held on side cheering wflffiy Thursday October 20,2005 at N A B Litde when the ref Creek's Eagle Haven Golf Course. signaled "touchRecently, the event has been a competidown" for their Oldest Army graduate, Dan Ludwig '55 and the rion between the West Point Society and team. At haflrime, yougest Navy Alumna, U S N A Aumffi in the area.The proceeds the oldest Army Joanne Ernst '98 from the event are eveffiy divided between graduate, Dan shared the honors of both Aumffi orgaffizations based upon the Lud^wig '55, and the cutting the cake number of attendees. Tffis year we had an youngest Navy exceUent turn out of 86 goffers, 20 Army alunma, Joanne Ernst '98, shared the and 66 Navy, Whfle no ffirect competition honors of cutring a large cake decorated as is scored. Army ffid place a winffing foura footbaU field, complete with model-size some and one of the closest to the pin players and a big A and N . Facffities and awards went to Army. Army also ran a refreshments provided by the restaurant special raffle to benefit the upcoming â&#x20AC;˘visit were exceUent, and aU present chowed of the West Point Choir. down on the spicy wings and fries. A Once again, Al Galvani ' 43 was the number of attenders brought their chflseffior man present and Walt C o l e y ' 96 dren, and to say that "a good time was had represented the junior class. M u c h affieu by afl" is to stretch a cUche, It was about which class had the most attendees GRJEAT, especiaUy the grand and glorious was made at the awards presentation afterNa^vy outcome, and we hope to repeat in wards with '77 clairffing the prize with the same restaurant next year seven of their classmates attending (Chris T h e Blue Ridge Chapter has laid out Ryan, Scott T h o m a s , D a v e P a d d o c k , a tentative program of events for the JeffWeddle, G e o r g e H e r n i n g , Cal corffing year, including attendance at the B a g b y and John Geary).

West Point Founder's Day dinner in This year, the Board of Directors March, and the Bancroft Banquet in agreed that part of the proceeds woffid be October. We also maintain contact with utffized to sponsor a Hole at the the Naval Academy Parents'Association, Homeconflng Aumffi Goff outing to and are happy to help them give the new benefit the U S N A Goff Team. T h e sponplebes a good sendoff. This latest group sorsffip placard wffl have a request to join can now Carry O n tffl Christmas! And a the local chapter.

Happy N e w Year to aU! Dick Raymond Special thanks to Fred M u n i z ' 68, '54, President Pro Tem Kermy Berger ' 73 and Pete Glasier ' Central Virginia Chapter 62 for pro^viffing aU the admin check-in CAPT Anthony A. Hastoglis '55, USN (Ret.) support.

102 Shawnee Ct.lottesviUe,VA 22901-1034 D a n Lear ' 68, (757) 473-2378 H: 434-973-7846; E: ah,istoglis@earthlink.net (work), (757) 721-2063 (home) and Treas: Eric Lindenbaum '81 emafl: omegadaffi@aol.com.

E: eric.lindenbauni@sperry.ngc.com From Tom Paulk '80, Director and Army Dulles Chapter Navy Chair: LCDR Eric C. Ruttenberg '88, USNR T h e Chapter celebrated our blitz of Army 20445 Needleleaf Wy,Asliburn,VA 20147-2389 by meeting at the NAS Oceana O ' Club, P: 703-858-4404; E: eruttenberg@titan.coiii where a new attendance record was set, of w^vw. usna.com/chapters/us/va/dulles/ weU over 200 party-ers! T h e Chapter Hampton Roads Chapter once again hosted members of the LCDR Jack Kasiski '19, USN (Ret.) U S M A A u n m i Chapter, however they VP Business Development, AMSEC LLC have yet to show up in significant force.

P:757-631-2239; C:757-753-5563; It's good to know that, if things got out of E: jack_kasiski@amsec.com hand at the bar, that the Na^vy forces Corresponding Sec'y: Dave Paddock '11 3833 Prince Andrew Ln..Virginia Beach, VA could stffl overwheUn those Army P: 757-498-8060; E: dgpaddock@1977.usna.coni doggies, just Uke in the J o h n Wayne movies.., at least T H I S year W h o knows From Dennis Plank '69,2"^VPfor Events: when the tables rffight turn?

We are also planning many great events this year including the near traditional

Tradififfly, ffie party •was a rcsounffing success. NAS Oceana's Club sports a recent remodeUng, wffich has improved ffie look dramaticaUy. It is an outstanffing venue.

Chapter President, Jack Kasiski '79 walked around wiffi an aff of corffidence in ffie footbaU teams ffitimate victory, and some of ffiose attenffing included Jim Van Pek '44, BUI &; Marie Chipman '48, John KUenfelter '48, Andy Mclntyre '48, and Karl TheUe '48.The biggest year group was deUvered by Sarah Standard '88, who brought numerous reservists in, and numbered 21 m aU! How coffid we forget the introducing ofjeff Hoobler '77, by ffis classmate Dave Paddock '77, wffio rerffinded aU of usffiatJeff was awarded ffie Defensive Player of ffie Game a few years ago.... weU, make that about 30 years ago. Seems like yesterday for some of us. Tom

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February 15th- Mr. Bffl Unairis, Manager Homeland Security CUents, CoUege ofWifflam and Mary, "Protecting Hampton Roads", For forther information, please contact Bob Byles '69 at bob.byles@ agedwards.com or (757) 622-8261 As always go to •www.usnaaahrc.org where you can now join the Chapter onUne or renew your membership; check on current Chapter events' time and place; read ffie latest Main Mast (our Chapter Newsletter); Unk to USNA Sports, Blue and Gold Program and Parent's Club.We wffl soon be adding Unks to local Chapter Aumffi businesses, and more, so check by often! or contact Dave Paddock '77, dgpaddock@ 1977.usna.com, (757) 498-8060 Richmond Chapter

Mr.John J Driscoll, Jr. '90 207 N. Behnont Ave., Richmond,VA 23221-2811 P: 804-353-0165; E: john.driscoll@genworth.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Rich Polek 5543 Fox Vale Ct., Midlothian,VA 23112 H: 804-639-2860;W: 804-743-3239 E: richpolek@aol.com

Captain Aan "Blues" Baker '78 CHC USN, Seffior Chaplain at USNA, and ffis HRC Football players: Hoobler '77, YagieUo '76, Earl wife, Maria, were Richmond's guests for a '51 and 'Paulk '80 fine dinner event held at the Uffiversity of Richmond Jepson Aumffi Center on Wednesday, 2 November. FoUowing a social hour, aU were seated and Jim Fioreffi '78 said a prayer to commence the ffinner. Dinner was of exceUent quaUty and quantity, and was weU served by the banquet facffity staff. The foUo^wing alumffi and friends were in attendance: Nancy & Bob HUl '52, Ada & Doc Smith '52, Carolyn & Jim Whelan '56, CaroUne & Jim Brown '59, Catherine & Army Navy Party Co-Chairs: Wally Bransford '74 Bob Oakes '59, Phyffis Theroux & and Patti (USMA)—Tom Paulk '80 and Sonia Ragan PhiUips '59, Harry Marxen '61, Diana &John O'Connor '61, The Jomt Service Academy Phyffis Galanti (wife of Raul '62) and Busmesspersons Networking Breakfast friend Conffie Richeson,Jane & WiU contmues its 13th year of assisting Settle '63, Nita & Jack Parry '67, Academy graduates to find ci^vfflan Kimberly & BUI Ruch '68, Rob Casey employment and promoting business '73, Dave Faulders (Uffiversity ofVirgiffia amongst Academy graduates. We meet '74), Maria & Alan Baker '78,Jan & 0700-0830 at the USAA cafeteria, Jim FioreUi '78, Mark James '78, corner of Northampton and North Jenffifer & Rich Polek '78 and guest Mffitary Hwy, Norfolk. No reservations Pastor CharUe Fink (Columbia Uffiversity requffed. Attire- what you wear to work.

'73), Brook Schurman '83,John AU Academy graduates, mcluding Kings DriscoU '90 and guest Lenore Dauchess, Point, The Citadel and VMl and their Eric LoweU '91, Chet RUey '94, Bette guests are mvited.

Abert (mother ofTemple '05) January 18th- M r Bud Wffitehouse, After dinner Jim Fioreffi introduced Director of CUent Services, Second Captain Baker as a classmate and brother in faith, a husband to Maria, a father of

two daughters Hannah & Nike, and as a man fulfiffing his destiny as a Navy Chaplain. Jim reviewed A's 27 plus year career to date, which began as a surface warfare officer graduating with the class of 1978, and leading to ffis current assignment as Senior Chaplain at USNA for a Utde over one year now. A thanked Jim for the laudable introduction by asking Jim to deUver his effiogy, when the day comes.

A spoke to the chapter for weU over an hour about the chaplain program at USNA and its relevance to the moral development of Midsffipmen. The moral aspect of development is one-tffird of USNA's rffission: to develop Midshipmen moraUy, mentaUy and physicaUy. A recent survey of the Brigade revealed that over 90 percent of Midshipmen are interested in faith or spiritual matters. In addition to providing AU American atffietes, USNA should pro^vide AU American moral graduates. A also gave a statas report on the physical conffition of the Chapel, Mitscher HaU and the new Le^vy Center.

The Chapel was constructed between 1904 andl 908, so the structare is in its hundred-year anffiversary window. Quite a bit of repair and renovation has affeady been accompUshed, and more is to come during the next few years.The auffience was very engaged, and a thought provoking period of question and answer developed.

The chapter presented Chaplain Baker with a token of appreciation: a repUca of the Gold Medal awarded by the US Congress in year 2000 in honor of the late Carffinal John O'Connor. RADM O'Connor served as a Navy Chaplain for nearly 30 years and retffed as Chief of Chaplains. As Captain O'Connor he was the Seffior Chaplain at USNA during Chaplain Baker's plebe year.

Mark James, Blues Baker, Rich Polek and Jim Fiorelli

The Richmond area gathering of Army and Navy fans at Champps Restaurant for the Army - Navy footbaU game was HUGE with over 150 fans in attendance.

The event started in typicaUy patriotic fasffion as aU present stood for the singing of the national anthem. Tffis is not January-February 2006

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Be on the look out for an emafl announcement of a Dark Ages social event in the first quarter of 2006.

Rich Polek '78

Shenandoah Valley Chapter

members attended tffis enUghteffing presentation and came away •with an enhanced understanffing of ffie ttemendous work being carried out in our "back yard."

December 3rd saw an influx of fifiyfive U S N A grads and a Uke number from the Hudson gather in front of an oversized T V to watch the activities on the field of frienffiy strffe in Phfladelpffia.

Happfly, the rffidsffipmen overwhelmed the cadets for the fourth straight year, winffing the Commander-in-Chief's trophy yet again as they then tarned their thoughts to their upcorffing tffird bowl appearance in as many years.

CAPT George O. Glavis '61, USNR 3446 Browntown Rd., Front Royal,VA 22630 H: 540-636-3802 E; glavisgo@state.gov

Williamsburg Chapter Col. Paul E. Roush '51 USMC (Ret.) 140 Roger Smith, WUhamsburg.VA 23188 H: 757-229-9281; E: peroush@cox.net

T h e faU segment of the 2005-2006 series of meetmgs got off to a fine start on October 1st with over forty members attendmg a deck party at the home of Dick Swanenburg on the Cffickahorffiny River. Great weather, good food, and splenffid boat rides up and down the river tarned the day into a deUghtfol outing.

Then, to celebrate Founder's Day. Brigaffier General Thomas Draude, U S M C (Ret.) adffiessed sixty members of the WflUamsburg Chapter on October 20th as the alumffi marked the 160th anffiversary of the founding of the academy in 1845. General Draude compared some of the differences between ffis graduating class (1962) and the current graduating class (2006).Whfle the acadenflc and other programs have changed substantiaUy, the same core moral values remain the centtal factors in producing graduates w h o are prepared for their duty as leaders to serve the nation.

H e cited examples from ffis three tours of duty in Viet N a m to demonstrate how commitment to doing the hard right ffitimately ttiumphs over choices that circumvent the right. H e ffiscussed ffis experience as a member of the Presidential Comnflssion on the assignment of Mffitary Women as an example of right triumpffing over ttaffition in the expansion of opportaffities for women.

O n November 15th, Rear Adnflral Henry Tonflm, Commander, Naval Expeffitionary Logistics Support Force at Cheatham Annex near WflUamsburg, described the many ways in wffich those forces are involved in support of the combat operations in the rffid-east.Tffirty 158

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Washington Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter CAPT Edward Schwier '69, USNA (Ret.) 1196 Brentwood Ave., Richland, WA 99352-8540 H: 509-627-7288;W: 509-372-0176 E: Edward_G_Ed_Schwier@rl.gov; eschwier@charter.net; egschwier@aol.com

Puget Sound Chapter Pres:CDR Robert E. Partrick '62, USNR (Ret.) 2899 South NeweU Rd., Camano Island,WA 98282 H: 360-387-9257; E: sounderbob@hotmaU.com

Corres. Sec'y: CAPT Walter S. Draper IV '61, USN (Ret.) 3725 Bahia Vista Dr., Bremerton, WA 98310 P: 360-479-3945; E: WSDRAPERrV@aol.com

We were honored at the end of October to have VAdm. Rodney P. R e m p t , U S N , the 59™ Superintendent of the Naval Academy, •visit the Puget Sound area. H e attended several local events, the ffighUght of wffich was a ffinner at the Seatde Yacht Club hosted by the Puget Sound Chapter.

In attendance were 133 Aumffi, Parent's Club members, Seatde Yacht Club members, and guests. T h e Uffiversity of Wasffington and its N R O T C uffit were weU represented. Bob Rartrick, the Chapter President, made a Founder's Day presentation to commemorate the 160'-^ anniversary of the founffing of the Naval Academy on 10 October 1845.Tffis consisted of a •video presentation pro^vided by the A u m n i Association and the Foundation. Bob made some comments regarffing the composition of the initial class and how it faired. A key point was the success of our graduates, both as leaders in the Na^vy and our sister services, but also when active duty tours were complete, as leaders in business, industry, and our community.

VAdm. Rempt's comments started with a review of the ethics, leadersffip, and academic success the Naval Academy is currendy experiencing. Midshipmen

continue to face a very demanffing program wffich includes a sttong physical education and sports program. Summer ttaiffing is geared to prepare rffidsffipmen for their careers as Naval or Marine Corps Officers and leaders.

VAdm. R e m p t stated that the Puget Sound Aumffi Chapter, the Seattle Yacht Club, and the Na^vy Saffing Coaches at the Yacht Club are aU leadersffip donors to the R o b e r t Cro^wn Saffing Center renovation and expansion at the Naval Academy.

T h e Ubrary at the Cro^wn Center was made possible by these generous gifis. The Lively, a former U S N A yawl n o w part of Na^vy Saffing at the Seatde Yacht Club, pro^vides tangible e^vidence of tffis partnersffip in Seatde.

We are gratefffi to VAdm. R e m p t for spendmg several days out of ffis busy schedffie to visit •with us here in the Pacific Northwest H e pro^vided us wiffi clear evidence that the state of the Naval Academy is exceUent, and that we can aU be very proud to be graduates.

O n Army Na^vy game day, 125 excited Na^vy fans, plus a few ever hopefffi West Point grads gathered for yet another demonsttation of Na^vy footbaU superiority. T h e Chapter hosted a terrific party at the Sam Adams Brewhouse at Naval Station Kitsap m Bremerton. T h e attendees were corffident of victory and we were not ffisappointed. Thanks to Jim Adkins, '58 for making aU of the arrangements For aU of you in the Puget Sound area, the Chapter •wffl be pubUsffing ffie 2006 schedffie of events in the next effition of the Newsletter. We hope you wffl attend as many as possible. If you are not yet a member of the Chapter, we hope you •wffl come aboard.

Washington, DC Area Greater Washington Chapter Dr. Steve Hudock '69 6006 Woodlake Ln.,Alexandria,VA 22315 E: shudock@1969.usna.com; P; 703-989-4606

West Virginia West Virginia Chapter Stephen S. Shumlas '69 105 Brierwood Dr., Hurricane,^WV 25526 E: shunilas@niarshall.edu

Wisconsin Wisconsin Chapter President: Mr. Dan LaFave '85 djl@quarles.com

Secretary Mr. Bob Simi '88 (USMCR) P: 414-577-1058; E; bnscsimi@e.xecpc.com

ISIMEMORIAM

Vice Adrffiral Wffliam P Lawrence '51

From A Psalm of Life

By Henry Wadsworffi LongfeUow

"J-^irts df^rtat m.tn. ait rcmKcl KS "Wt ccLK Miike dnr Urcs SHOUMC^ ^KJ,, dcinrtiyu, Unrc bcLpKcl us ^ddtyriKts VK tkcsnTids njUw^c; ^GdHriKis^ ikdt itrknu ciKdiktr, Sadiju o'er life's SOUMK w^aiK, Mfo rid rK ^Kcl skijrwreckm o rd tkcr, SttiKt, skali take ktart ^IZ^PK. "

f>^n. 2000,Vice Adrffiral WflUam P. Lawrence '51, ^ / USN (Ret.), was recogmzed as a ^ ^ Distinguished Graduate. Lawrence also won the gold medal from the National FootbaU Foundarion and Hafl of Fame and the National CoUegiate Atffietic Association Theodore Award.

In October 2005, the Vice Admiral WflUam P. Lawrence " N " Room was defficated at

Na^vy-Marine Corps Memorial Staffium in honor Lawrence's conttibutions to the Naval Academy, the Navy and the nation. At the deffication ceremony.

Admiral James L. HoUoway III '43, USN (Ret.), former Cffief of Naval Operations, said, "WflUam Porter La'wrence is a hero among heroes."

Please see Adrffiral La^wrence's obitaary on page 172.

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LAS CALL 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going dotvn of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."

—Laurence Binyon, 1914 ADAMSON, J O H N CHAUNCEY '68

DAMBERG, BENNIE VERN

*

HACKETT, D O N A L D EDWARD J R . '64

'48

CDR, USN (Ret) 14 November 2005

30 November 2000

AsHWORTH, FREDERICK LINCOLN '33 *

19 June 2005

VADM, USN (Ret.) 3 December 2005

DONALDSON, PAUL HOWARD

CDR, USNR 17 December 2005

DEMCHUK, FREDERICK '61

HAY, RICHARD R O S S '31

CART, USN (Ret.) 26 August 2003

'66

CAPT, USN 9 December 2005

ATKINS, BARRY KENNEDY '32

RADM, USN (Ret.) 15 November 2005

H E A T H , RICHARD M A R K

DURAND, PAUL H E N R I '42

BARNES, JAMES HOWARD '62

CART, USN (Ret) 19 December 2005

30 October 2005

ELA, D E N N E T T KEITH '38

BEAUREGARD,THEODORE HENRY '52

CART, USN (Ret.) 11 November 2005

*

Maj, USAFR (Ret.) 27 October 2005

HICKMAN, J O H N AVERY '62

CDR, USN (Ret.) 3 August 2005

*

HOLSTEIN, DUDLEY '48

18 December 2005 HOLT, WILLIAM JAFFREY J R . '39

CDR, USNR (Ret.) 27 November 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 8 January 2005

HOOVER, WILLIAM HOWARD

4 December 2005

CART, USN (Ret.) 7 December 2005

EVERHARD,WIIX DUGUID J R . '46

BELL, GEORGE BROOKER '36

*

23 November 2005

EVANS, FREDERIC HIEGE '56

BECKMANN, ARCHIBALD BAKER J R . '54

'40

4 December 2005

'45

Col, USMC (Ret.) 10 December 2002

FALCONER, JAMES ALBERT '38

H O W E , ROBERT EDWARD '47

28 August 2000

BOWLING, MARTIN LUTHER '42

FARMER, THOMAS JOSEPH '67

CART, USN (Ret.) 11 November 2005

3 March 2001

10 November 2005

HUNNICUTT, WILLIAM REESE J R . '38

BROWN, KENNETH STIRLING '38

FARRELL, JOSEPH ALOYSIUS n i '52

CDR, USN (Ret.) 3 September 2001

24 November 2005

CART, USN (Ret.) 18 November 2005

6 December 2005

RADM, USN (Ret.) 20 December 2005

B Y E , TIMOTHY KENNEDY SR. '40

FERRIS, WILBUR GLENN '47

18 November 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 1 December 2005

CARROLL, J O H N DOUGLAS '56

'50

VADM, USN (Ret.) 24 November 2005

LCDR, USN (Ret) 15 November 2005

CART, USN (Ret.) 27 December 2005

CART, USN (Ret) 13 December 2005

5 January 2006

FREDRICKS, ROBERT EMMETT '47

6 December 2005

COLLYER, DONALD CROMWELL '24

20 November 2005

7 Aprfl 2001

GARVER, H U G H CARLTON J R . '36

CRATER, RAY FARRELL '53

24 March 2001

CART, USN (Ret.) 2 January 2006 GULP, WILLIAM N E W T O N J R . '46

8 December 2005 CURLEY, THOMAS JOSEPH J R . '45

LAWRENCE, WILLIAM P O R T E R '51

GOODYKOONTZ, JAMES RICHARD

GURLEY, THOMAS CARLTON '40

CART, USN (Ret.) 5 March 2003

*

VADM, USN (Ret.) 2 December 2005

FRIEL, ROBERT CORNELIUS '67

2 October 1994

'38

CART, USN (Ret.) 25 December 2005

4 November 2005 *

'57

19 November 2005

LAUERMAN, HENRY C O N R A D

FLEMING, JOSEPH PATRICK '50

CART, USNR (Ret) 22 November 2005

JONES, TERRELL MONTGOMERY

JuRON, NICOLAS JAMES '02 LT, USN 13 December 2005

FITZGERALD, WILLIAM H . G . '31

CHEW, ROBERT SMITH J R . '48

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JOHNSTON, J O H N MACKINTOSH '53

FITZGERALD, THOMAS W O O T E N J R . '53

CHARBONNET, PIERRE NUMA J R . '41

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CDR, USNR (Ret,) 14 December 2005

*

27 August 2005

24 November 2005

JENSEN, J O H N EDWARD '49

FERRARO, NIEL PATRICK '54

BURGESS, JOSEPH L E R O Y O ' N E I L

CLAYTON, J O H N WESLEY '47

*

*

L E E D S , J O H N MICHAEL '59

CART, USN (Ret.) 29 October 2005 '44

LINEHAN, DONALD BALDWIN '55

CDR, USN (Ret.) 29 October 2005 LOVELESS, D A M O N WILLIAM '76

28 October 2005

*

*

LOWELL, ROBERT LEROY '42

PAPP, DAVID G O R D O N '95

SPECTOR, HERMAN '39 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 22 December 2005

7 November 2005

CDR, SC, USN (Ret.) 3 November 2005

MARA, RAY A N T H O N Y '55

CDR, USN (Ret.) 3 November 2005

PERKINS, P E T E R RAYMOND '45

CDR, USN (Ret) 27 October 2005

SULLIVAN, JOSEPH BOWEN '43

P O L K , MATTHEW T O D D '90 *

MATTSON, GEORGE T H O R B U R N '49

11 December 2005 MAUNEY, LOUIE ALTON '64

CDR, USN (Ret.) 19 December 2005

6 November 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 21 August 2005 SULLIVAN, J O H N MCGRATH '47

RAWUNGS, FRANK TRUMAN J R . '45 *

19 December 2005

CART, USN (Ret.) 13 October 2005

SWENSON, CARL FREDERICK '42

11 December 2005 REEVE, WILLIAM FOSTER W . '48

24 October 2005

LCDR, USNR 18 Jffiy 2003

23 November 2005

M C K N I G H T , J O H N HOWARD '46

REINHART, GEORGE R I T T E R HI '38 *

TREMAINE, MARK GEORGE '45

6 December 1997

CART, USN (Ret.) 30 November 2005

CART, USN (Ret.) 20 December 2005

MCCALLUM, CHARLES PHILLIP J R . '49

McNiCHOLL, MICHAEL CDR. USN (Ret.) 15 November 2005

PAUL

'57

R I C C I , WnuAM J O H N

TEPPER, LEONARD ALBERT '47

'50 *

TREMBULA, DANIEL ALLEN '05

MEYER, GEORGE ROBERT '43 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 20 November 2005

ENS, USN 19 November 2005

20 November 2005

RICHARDSON, LAURENCE BAXTER J R . '44

TRUMBULL, CHARLES PENDLETON '41

CDR, USNR (Ret.) 14 December 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 26 December 2005

MORENO, J O H N A. '30

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 9 December 2005 MORFORD, JAMES R I C H A R D IEI '65

CART USN 27 Oaober 2005

RuGGLES, HOWARD EDWIN n '51

CDR, USNR (Ret.) 23 December 2005

ULLMAN, CHARLES DAVID '46

16 October 2005 U R I C K , W I I X L \ M J O H N HI '62

8 December 2005 SALENE,JOHN FREDERICK '61

MORRA, J O H N ALOYSIUS '55

Maj. USMCR (Ret.) 18 December 2005 MULLEN, GEORGE MICHAEL '63

Col, USA (Ret.) 10 December 2005 M U U J N S , HENRY J R . '31

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 July 2002

7 December 2002 SANDERS, JAMES CLIFFORD '66 *

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 16 March 1995 SANTOS,VALENTINO '69

9 November 2005

NICK, FREDRIC WILLIAM '62

20 December 2005 NOLAN, GEORGE F R E D '63 *

W E B E R , RICHARD DAVID '38 *

WILHELM, J O H N RAYMOND J R . '71 '*"

ScHEFFER, CORNELIUS '44

LCDR, USN (Ret) 11 November 2005

LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 30 October 2005 ScHNORR, CHARLES HENRY J R . '47

21 December 2005

NovrrsKi, FRANCIS J O S E P H '34

SMITH, EARL MICHAEL '60

ENS, USN 29 November 2005

3 November 2005

SAPP, N E I L CARLETON '62

3 November 2005

PALMER, JEFFREY ALAN '05

WALKER, EARL EDWARD J R . '46

3 November 2005

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 29 November 2005 CDR, USN (Ret.) 6 August 2001

CDR, USN (Ret.) 20 December 2005

Col, USMC (Ret.) 14 November 2005

MURPHY, T H O M A S WATSON '39

CART, USN (Ret.) 24 December 2005

ViNEY, IRWIN J O H N '47

SHELTON, CHARLES ROBERT HI '42

26 October 2005

YEICH, LLOYD GEORGE '44

CART, USN (Ret.) 5 December 2005 ZARIQUIEY, GUILLERMO '58

VADM, PN 3 November 2005 ZnsTN, DANIEL MAYER '45

3 August 2005

SNYDER, CHRISTOPHER H U G H '00

LTUSN 13 December 2005

• obituary appears in this issue

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LASTI :ALL FREDERICK LINCOLN ASHWORTH '33

Vice Adrffiral Frederick L. Ashworth, USN (Ret.),ffiedon 3 December 2005 from compUcations foUowing heart surgery m Phoenix, AZ. He was 93 years old, "Dick" Ashworth was born in Beverly MA, on 24 January 1912. He graduated from the Naval Academy â&#x20AC;˘with the Class of 1933, served briefly aboard WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48), and was designated as a naval aviator after completing ffight ttaiffing m Jffiy 1936. During World II Two, he commanded Torpedo Squaffion Eleven (VT-11) before being assigned to Los Aamos, NM, as deputy commander and operations officer of the Manhattan Project. Commander Ashworffi was the weaponeer on board the B-29 Bock's Car wffich dropped the second atorffic bomb, fficknamed "Fat Man," on Japan, on 9 August 1945. It was ffis responsibffity to arm the weapon and make the critical decision to overfly the primary target of Kokura, wffich was obscured by low clouds, and fly to and attack the secondary target of Nagasaki. Ashworth said that during the retarn ffight to Okinawa, the crew heard a raffio report that the Japanese had approached the Swiss about surrender. "That gave us a pretty good inkUng that maybe, by goUy the war rffight be over," he recaUed. Japan surrendered unconffitionaUy on 15 August 1945.

Ashworth's major post-war commands mcluded the seaplane tender CORSON (AVP-37); the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Cffina Lake, CA; the aircraft carrier FRANKLIN D, ROOSE'VELT (CVB-42); Commandant of Midsffipmen, USNA; Attack Carrier Di^vision One; and the Uffited States Sixth Fleet. During ffis a'viation career,Vice Adnflral Ashworth was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Army Sflver Star, the Legion of Merit Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Bronze Star Medal withV for Valor.

Vice Adnflral Ashworth retired from active duty in 1968 and, after a brief stay in Seatde, WA, moved to Santa Fe, NM, where he founded and was appointed cffief of the Hondo Hffls Volunteer Fire Department. He Uved in Lincoln, NM, for a short time before retarffing to Santa Fe in the early 1990s.

He is survived byffiswife, Ercie BeU Ashworth; sons. Rick, Dave and Steve; three grandchfldren; and one great-grandson.

Vice Adnflral Ashworth was buried on 8 December 2005 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery with fiffl mffitary honors.

The Ashworth Family MALCOLM JAMEESON ODELL '37

"Jim" OdeU ffied on 3 September 2005 at his home in Exeter, NH. He was 93 years old.

Mr. OdeU was the son of May Janfleson OdeU and Colonel Irving OdeU and grew up in Winnetka, IL. He attended North Shore Country School, New Trier High School, the Evanston Academy of Art, and the Naval Academy (1932-1935).

In 1937, he married Marjorie "Peggy" Rahmann of Sumrffitt, ISTJ.

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In spite offfisNa^vy ttaiffing, Mr. Odefl was comrffissioned a captain in the U.S. Army and was appointed as an expert consultant to the Secretary ofWar at the start ofWorldWar II.As cffief of the packing and packaging section and chairman of the Jomt Services Packaging Board with the Quartermaster Corps and War Production Board, he helped to develop Ughtweight sWpping containers for rations, clotffing and equipment to be sent overseas. He served in Wasffington, London and Paris, obtairflng ffis discharge as Ueutenant colonel in 1946.

In later years,Jfln OdeU opposed ffie use of mffltary force and he and Peggy were deeply mvolved mffie"Beyond War" movement.

FoUowing the war, Mr. OdeU worked with Dewey and Almy Chenflcal Co. and Angler Corp. before fornflng KoUer, OdeU and Worden, packaging engineering consffitants. In 1959, he jomed Crocker Burbank Paper Co (later bought by Weyerhaeuser Paper Co.), in Fitchburg, MA. In 1972, he moved to Kingston, Jamaica, to help bring the island's first paper mffl on Une, remaiffing there unffi retiring in 1976.

Mr. OdeU then purchased LoweU's Boat Shop m Amesbury MA, Founded in 1793, it is the oldest continuously operated wooden boat shop in this country and birthplace of the dory.

Because of Mr. OdeU's efforts, LoweU's Boat Shop is now a National Historic Landmark, and remains a working museum and sho^wplace of beautififfly crafted boats, Mr. OdeU buflt, safled, and raced boats for 80 years. He buflt ffisfirstboat when he was offiy 13 and created a series of hydroplanes. He was a devotee ofjazz, particffiarly Dixieland, a talented dancer as weU as an mspired host and chef.

His â&#x20AC;˘wffe of 65 years, Peggy, ffied in 2003. He is survived by ffis sister, Ann OdeU Schoetder; brother, Gordon OdeU; daughter, Susan OdeU Hand; sons, Malcolm J. OdeU J r and George R. OdeU; seven grandchflffien; and many ffieces and nephews.

Memorial conttibutions in memory of both Jim and Peggy OdeU may be sent to LoweU's Boat Shop Trust, P.O. Box 1793, Amesbury MA 01913.

D E N N E T T KEITH ELA '38

Captam Dennett K. Ela, USN (Ret.), ffied on 11 November 2005 in Grand Junction, CO. "Deke" was born in Grand Junction on 6 Aprfl 1915 toWendefl Dennett and Lucy Ferrfl Ela. He attended Grand Junction schools, and then Mesa Juffior CoUege, before entering the Naval Academy. Deke was a member of ffie First Company and active in inttamural sports.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1938, he reported to BROOKLYN, then CLAXTON and N E W Y O R K with duty in ffie Adantic, before marrying Janet DeVflbiss and earffing a master's degree in naval arcffitecture and marine engineering at MIT. A tour at Boston Naval Sffipyard was interrupted by a uffique assignment -with the US. Army to coUect inteffigence on Nazi ship and submarine consttuction.Thereafter, he served a tour on the China Station with the Seventh Fleet staff.

In 1948, Deke reported to Wasffington in the Bureau of Sffips, desigmng new missfle sffips and angled-deck aircraft carriers.

His uiterest in special weapons development sent him first to ffie Bffl was married to Barron Blewett of Phfladelphia on 9 June Armed Forces Special Weapons Project in Abuquerque in 1953; 1948. He had lived in the Washington area from the mid 1950s and ffien back to Wasffington, where he became a key member of until his retirement, when he became a gendeman farmer in Adnflral Red Raborn's Polaris team—ffie foremnner to Trident.

Wfflow Hffl, PA, on ffis 280-acre Keystone Mffl Farm. He was a He •was awarded ffie Legion of Merit for ffis pioneermg work. member of the Lion's Club and a Ufetime member of the Che^vy After a tour as plannmg officer at Puget Sound, he was ffirected to Chase Club. close down ffie Na^val Repair Facffity in San Diego. His final tour He is survived byffisffieces,Linda Laffier Ramsey of Adanta, was back m Wasffington as commanffing officer and ffirector of GA, and Nancy Laffier Cooper of Loudon County,VA; and ffie David Taylor Model Basin. nephew, John Reese Laffier ofWhitesburg, GA. He is also survived by 14 great-great ffieces and nephews.

Upon retirement in 1967, Deke joined ffie Westinghouse Oceaffic Division in AnnapoUs, where he was program manager The foneral was held at Mt. Carmel Uffited Methoffist for deep ffivmg smaU submersibles and environmental conttol Church on 12 December 2005 in Norcross, GA, with burial in systems. In 1977, he became a consffitant to the Marine Board of an adjacent fanffly cemetery with ffis grandparents, parents, sister ffie National Academy of Engineers, ffie National Research and her husband, and beloved wife who ffied in 1983.

Coimcfl, and Wheeler Industties.

Memorial conttibutions may be made to the Rath VaUey Lions Club,PO.Box 57,Wfflow Hffl,PA 17271.

His reffiement m AnnapoUs lasted tmffi ffis beloved Janet The Hunnicutt Family & 1938 Classmates passed away m 1994. He ffien retarned to ffis roots in Colorado, where he was a member of SCOR^, and TROA. He successfiffly GEORGE R I T T E R REINHART HI '38 served as a Blue & Gold Officer and •was an mveterate traveler.

Captain George R. Reirffiart III, USN He is survived by two broffiers, one son, two daughters, eight (Ret.), of Southern Pines, NC, ffied on grandchflffien, incluffing Midsffipman 1/C Ayssa Saunders '06; 30 November 2005 at St. Joseph Health and four great-grandchflffien.

Center. He was 90 years old.

A celebration of ffis lffe was held m Grand Junction on 19 Born on 24 Aprfl 1915m November. Inurnment with ffis wffe at the Naval Academy Phfladelpffia, PA, he was a son of ffie late Columbarium is schedffied for 8 February 2006.

George R. and Effiel (Haslam) Reinhart Jr Memorial contributions may be made to ffie Naval He entered the Naval Academy in Academy Fotmdation.

The Ela Family & 1938 Classmates 1934 as a member of the Second Company of the Class of 1938.

He was a gymnast for four years, and active in several comnflttees such as Ring Dance and ffie FareweU BaU. WILLIAM REESE HUNNICUTT J R . '38 Upon graduation, he reported to PENSACOLA, then WICHITA, Captam WflUam R. Hunmcutt, USN WISCONSIN and HOUSTON. After a tour in BuPers, and attenffing (Ret.), ffied on 18 November 2005 of ffie Armed Forces Staff CoUege, he served on the staff of compUcations of a sttoke at the Arleigh CinCPacFlt before commanffing Escort Squadron Eleven. In Burke Pa^vffion in McLean,VA. He was 1952, he took command of RICHARD B , ANDERSON. He later 91 years old. had command of the Sonar School in Key West, FL, before Captain Hunfficutt was born in Fort attenffing the National War CoUege. George served in OpNav Meade, FL, and attended the Uffiversity (Op-06), and then had command of SiERRA and Destroyer of Horida for a year before graduating Squadron Two. The ffighUght of ffis final years at sea was as cffief from ffie Naval Academy with the Class of 1938. Bffl was a of staff to Commander Sixth Fleet m the Med. He reffied in member of the Eighth Company, a spffited atffiete and a room1968, ha^ving been awarded the Legion of Merit. mate of'38's famed Butch Player. He played on the 1937 He retired to the sandhffls of North CaroUna, where he was a B-Squad footbaU team, the best ever; and participated, too, in member and past president of the Country Club of boxmg and ttack.

Wffispering Pines.

His ffist tour of duty was m TENNESSEE, then m BAGLEY, m George is survived by ffis wife of 65 years, Jane Morrison wffich he earned a commendation medal as a gunnery officer Reinhart; ffis son, George R. Reinhart Jr. and ffis •wffe, Doris of defendmg Read Harbor on 7 December 1941. Whfle serving as Gaithersburg, MD; two grandchfldren, Sean Morrison Reinhart executive officer in BuRKE, he received a Bronze Star for the and Laura Reinhart Deiner; and four great-grandchfldren. sinking of a four-sffip Japanese convoy. As commanffing officer of Inurnment wffl be at a later date at the Naval Academy AULICK off Okinawa, he was awarded the Sflver Star.

Columbarium.

After World War II, he earned an ordnance postgraduate Memorial conttibutions in George's name may be made to degree at the Na^vy Postgraduate School and the Uffiversity of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundarion, 291 Wood Road, Beach Pennsylvaffia; and attended the Armed Forces Staff CoUege. Bffl HaU,AnnapoUs,MD 21402. commanded WINSLOW and O ' H A R E from 1953 to 1955 and The Pflot (Southern Pines, NC) & 1938 Classmates then served at the Pentagon in the office of the Cffief of Naval Operations. As ComDesRon 26, he played a pivotal role in the Cuban Missfle Crisis.

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RICHARD DAVID WEBER '38

Colonel Richard D.Weber, USMC (Ret.), ffied on 14 November 2005 in Hampton,VA, After a year at Perm State Uffiversity, Dick was comrffissioned in the Marine Corps mjune 1938 upon ffis graduation firomffieNaval Academy, where he had been a member of ffie Sevenffi Company.

After Marme Corps Basic School, he had a tour at the Boston Naval Sffipyard, and ffien m ffie Marme Detachment in Tientsm, Cffina.

During World War II, he was captured by the Japanese wffile on duty beffind their Unes in North Cffina and was a prisoner of war until August 1945. After a tour at Camp Lejeune, NC, he earned a master's degree in business adnflnistration from Stanford University. Dick then served as head of the General Supply Section, Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington.

Upon ffis retirement from the Marine Corps in 1960, he was employed by Girard Trust Bank in Phfladelpffia, PA. There, he estabUshed and headed the bank's computer planning and operations ffivision. During tffis time he was also a member of a smaU group of bankers, wffich iffitiated and organized procedures for a national network of automated bank clearing houses. Tffis network is now used for the ffirect deposit of government payments to inffividuals such as Social Security payments and other money transfers between banks. He retired from the bank in 1977 and moved to the Northern Neck ofVirgiffia, and finaUy to Hampton,VA. Dick was a member of the WflUamsburg Presbyterian Church, a former Kiwaffian and a volunteer at The Mariners' Museum. He was also a Ufe member of the Naval Academy Aumffi Association, The Reffied Officers Association, the Marine Corps League and the Marme Corps Historical Foundation.

He is survived by ffis wife, Ruth Dorsey Weber; two daughters, Gretchen Weber Mayne and Uffike Dorsey; three sons, Richard Weber Jr., Joacffim Dorsey and Richard Dorsey; sister, Maryann Weber Lockyer; and eight grandchildren.

A memorial service to celebrate Colonel Weber's Ufe was held on 17 November 2005, with Chaplain Lee Guarnieri, USN (Ret.), officiating. Inurnment with foU mffltary honors was at ArUngton National Cemetery on 13 January 2006.

Memorial conttibutions may be sent to Marine Corps League, c/o RusseU Fenn, 107 Bridge Crossing,Yorktown,VA 23692.

TTje Weber Family & 1938 Classmates

Upon graduation with the Class of 1939, Jim was assigned to N E W ORLEANS and shortly thereafter to command BUCHANAN, safl her to Canada, and turn her over to the British for use in Worid War II before the United States entered the war. He joked that he served in Worid War I because BUCHANAN was comrffissioned in 1919.

He later served on NiBLACK, NORTH CAROLINA, FRANKLIN, MISSOURI and KENNEBEC, then was executive officer of BRIAREUS and commanffing officer of HYADES. He also taught in the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery at the Naval Academy FoUowing retirement, Jim earned a master's degree in mathematics from the Uffiversity of Mianfl, then worked as a computer analyst for Douglas Arcraft's Missile Space Systems Division in Santa Monica, CA. In ffis later years, Jim enjoyed a quiet Ufe near the ocean in Indialantic, FL. He bowled, swam in the ocean, and played tenffis enthusiasticaUy three rimes a week against much younger players untfl shortly before his death. He read a lot and was concerned about national and world problems.

He was predeceased by ffis first wffe, Martha E. Utter, in 1984; ffis father. Rear Affiffiral Abel T. BidweU, '09, in 1980; and ffis brother. Commander Robert G BidweU, '38, in 2003. Jim is survived byffiswife of nearly eight years, Josepffine Hodgins BidweU of Inffialantic, FL; two daughters, Dorcas L. BeU ofVirgiffia Beach, VA, and Martha Lynne BidweU of Inffialantic, FL; grandson, Glenn B. BeU of Efflcott City, MD; and two great grandsons.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Naval Academy Foundation.

HERMAN SPECTOR '39

Commander Herman "Spec" Spector, SC, USN (Ret.),ffiedon 21 November 2005.

Born in Los Angeles, CA, he was a 1939 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, The major part of his World War II service was in the Pacific.

He is survived by ffis -wffe of 62 years, Ursffia Spector of Sydney, AusttaUa; sons, Quentin andWayne; daughter, Patticia; two brothers; five grandchfldren and one great-grandcffild.

At his request, his ashes wffl be scattered over the Pacific.

Memorial donations may be made to Chflffien's Health Councfl, Palo Ato, CA;ffieAlzheuner's Association, Mountam View, CA; or ffie Naval Academy Aumffi Association, AnnapoUs, MD. The Spector Family

JAMES COLLINS BIDWELL '39

Commander James C. BidweU, USN (Ret.), ffied of mesotheUoma on 5 August 2005 in Rockledge, FL. He was 88 years old.

Jim was born on 13 Aprfl 1917 in NewYork, NY, into a Na-vy fanflly. He Uved in many places whfle growing up and entered the Naval Academy before graduating from ffigh school. At the Naval Academy, he was active in the Boat Club.

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WILLIAM HARRIS WILLIAMS '39

WiUiam H. WiUiams died of congestive heart failure on 19 July 2004 at ffis home in Linden, CA. He was 89 years old.

A native ofWashington, NC, "WflUe" attended Mfflsaps CoUege in Jackson, MS, before receiving a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy in 1935. At the Academy he rowed with the Plebe 150-pound crew and played BattaUon basketbaU, footbaU, tennis and wrestUng. He was a member of the 12th Company.

Upon graduation -wiffi ffie Class of 1939, he was assigned to OKLAHOMA and in 1941, he transferred toffieSupply Corps and was sent to Supply School in Cambridge, MA. He was later assigned to MASSACHUSETTS and participated in the lanffings m Norffi Africa in 1942. He was ffien assigned to NASTfflamook, OR, and later to MCAS H Centto, CA, His last active duty assignment was -wiffi ffie Pacific Service Forces m Okinawa and Shanghai.

He resigned ffis commission as a Ueutenant commander in 1946 to retarn to ci-vffian Ufe in Linden, CA, where he began ffis career at American Forest Products, a timber company based in Stockton, CA. He retired in 1972 as assistant manager of Stockton Box Company, an affiUate of American Forest Products.

In retirement, he remained active in the management of famfly-operated waffiut and catde ranchos in the Linden area.

WflUe mamtamed contact over ffie years wiffi many USNA Classmates, mcludmg ffis roommate and good fiiend,Jack Beard '39.

He was an a^vid fly fisherman and conservatioffist and with anoffier Academy friend, Fred Bush '39, made several trips to the stteams of Montana, British Columbia and Alaska in pursuit of the elusive ttout. WflUe also loved saffing and spent many happy years saffing a racmg Sffipe on Rinecrest Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

At one time an avid hunter of smaU bffds and waterfowl, he became a conservator of wfldUfe, especiaUy the CaUfornia Wood Duck. He biffit and maintained several wooden nesting boxes for ffiem and was instrumental m raismg several generations of wood ducks on ffie Calaveras River.

His wffe, the former Marjorie Florence Webster, passed away m 1993. He is survived by their three chfldren, Liffi, Bonner and Webster; ten grandchflffien; and one great-grandchfld.

Memorial services were held on 21 July 2004 at Morris Chapel m Stockton and he was buried alongside ffis wife of 52 years m ffie Mohawk Cemetery in Graeagle, CA. The Williams Family EVERETT ALLEN MALCOLM '41

Commander Everett A. Malcolm, USN (Ret.), died in San Jose, CA, on 2 September 2005.

Everett was born in MaxweU, NM, in Aprfl 1916, to Loren and Ernest Everett MalcoUn. He graduated from Raton High School and attended the New Mexico Mffitary Institate (1934-1936), where he was an outstanding footbaU player and a Gold Glove boxing champion (1934-1936).

At the Naval Academy, he exceUed again m boxing and footbaU. Coach Rip Mffler gave him the ffickname,"Sinbad," for being the oldest saflor on the bench.

Upon graduation m 1941, he reported to ARIZONA m Read Harbor. He iffissed the last launch back to the sffip on 6 December 1941 and upon hearing the attack, raced to assist with the fire suppression operation on VESTAL. In January 1942, he attended chemical warfare school in Bayonne, NJ.That May he married Marion Shaffer in Washington, DC. He commissioned INDIANA in June 1942, and participated in over 12 major campaigns, including Guadalcanal, Gflbert and Marianas islands, IwoJima and Okinawa.

After the war, he had tours in Guam, Bremerton, NewYork Naval Shipyard and San Diego. In 1956, he received his master's degree in pettoleum from the Uffiversity of Pittsburgh, After two years in the private ofl industry. Commander Malcolm returned to Pearl Harbor, adffiessing the petroleum needs of the Pacific Seventh Fleet. In 1960, reported to the Pentagon in naval supply operations. His last duty station was Aameda NAS, and he retired from the Navy in January 1962.

In February 1962, he went to work for Microwave Electroffics orgaffizing and stteamUffing the material procurement system. He also began playmg tenffis and goff more regffiarly.

When he retired in 1972,ffishobbies became photography, lapidary, metalworking, cooking and gardening. He and Marian traveled extensively â&#x20AC;˘with "People to People." He particularly loved Asia.

He moved to San Jose, CA, in 1998 and played goff untfl his Parkinson's ffisease made it difficult for ffim to play up to his standards.

He was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Marian, in 1994 and by his brothers,Wiffiam, Jack and Gflbert. He is survived by his chfldren, Lauren, Sanffia and Howard (Becky); ffis brother, Robert (Rosemary); nephews, Michael and John; ffieces, Lena and Nikki; grandchfldren, Lisa, KaitUn and Logan; and great-grandsons. Pierce and Malcolm.

A celebration of Ufe was held in San Jose, CA and Inurnment was at the Naval Academy.

Memorial donations may be made to the Parkinson's Research Fund.

WELLLVM SERGEANT BUSIK '43

Captain WflUam S. Busik, USN (Ret.), died after a brief fflness in AnnapoUs, MD, on 16 October 2005.

"Bffl" was born on 22 October 1919 to John and LflUan Busik in Pasadena, CA, As a Midsffipman, he participated in footbaU (holding Na^vy's career punting record), basketbaU, track and was Class vice president. He graduated in three years with the war-accelerated Class of 1943.

Captain Busik, who served in the Marine Corps Reserve (1938-1939), spent most ofWorldWar II aboard SHAW ( D D 373).After serving as gunnery officer instructor and inteffigence officer, he returned to USNA as assistant coach for footbaU and basketbaU. He left to serve on BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887).

He then served on staff of Commander Destroyers, Pacific Fleet; U.S. Naval Gun Factory; executive officer and navigator on WILLIS A. LEE (DL-4); and commanded HANSON p D R - 8 3 2 ) . In

1957, he attended the Naval War CoUege, foUowed by duty at the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

Jffiy 1959, he was personal aide to the CNO, Adrffiral Arleigh Burke '23, untfl he commanded MAHAN (DLG-11). He was director of atUetics at USNA through August 1965, and moved to Destroyer Squadron 25, and Destroyer Flotifla Five.

After attenffing Harvard University, he became special assistant for Uaison and pubUc affairs in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He retired from active duty on 1 Aprfl 1971.

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LASTI :ALL As executive ffirector of the Aumffi Association, ffis crowffing acffievement was Aumffi HaU, where the Bffl Busik Wing, or "Barnacle Bffl's Single Wing," was defficated in 1991.

He chaired "First Night AnnapoUs," was a board member for the AnnapoUs Symphony and chairman of the Robert Means Thompson Society. He was active in the Ginger Cove Retirement Commuffity Board; Aumffi Association Board; Naval Academy Foundation, Atffietic & Scholarsffip Programs; AnnapoUs Rotary Club and Na^vy League.

He was awarded Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service and Purple Heart Medals; American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal •with seven operational stars; Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp; National Defense Service Medal •with bronze star; Cffina Service Medal and Rhfflppine Liberations Medal with Star.

Captain Busik married Margaret Anffius in 1943 and was •widowed m 1967. He is survived byffis•wife of 36 years,Vffgima Read Busik;ffischflffien, Susan Busik Kern, Wffliam Busflc and Thomas Busflc;ffisstepchflffien, LesUe Wfllmott and Robert Wood; seven grandchflffien; and 10 great-grandchflffien.

The Busik Family GEORGE ROBERT MEYER '43

Commander George R. Meyer, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefoUy on 20 November 2005 in San Diego, CA, with ffis wife, Margie, and daughter, Gafl, by ffis side.

George was born on 16 August 1919 in Oakland, CA, the son of Lieutenant George WflUam Meyer and Louise (Kersten), spending most of ffis chfldhood years in San Diego. At age 17, he enUsted in the Naval Reserve, where he made two cruises aboard ZANE and CINCINNATI. Whfle attending the Uffiversity of CaUforffia at Berkeley, he was appointed to the Naval Academy, Class of 1943, where he enjoyed saffing and battaUon footbaU, and met the love offfisUfe, Margie Cox of Long Beach, CA, After graduating a year early, they were married at the Naval Academy Chapel on 20 June 1942.

He reported to CALIFORNIA ( B B - 4 4 ) in Bremerton, WA, and served in MONTPELIER ( C L - 5 7 ) in the South Pacific during six major campaigns, including the battles of Empress Augusta Bay and the Marianas. He completed flight traiffing in 1945 and was assigned to PhoTron One. He participated in the first aerial survey of the Naval Petroleum Reserves in Aaska. Subsequent assignments were to CarDiv One staff and ESSEX (CV-9) during the Korean War He was detafled to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, the Army Special Weapons unit in Abuquerque, as OinC of Naval A r Weapons School at NAS North Island, and ComNavArPac as nuclear weapons chief mspector for CNAP and PacFlt. He served as navigator aboard TICONDEROGA ( C V A - 1 4 ) . His final assignment was at the Nuclear Weapons Training Center at NAS North Island.

After ffis Na^vy retirement, George had a successfol ci^vfflan career and earned ffis master's degree from San Jose State CoUege, He worked at Lockheed Missfles and Space Company on Poseidon weapons systems re-entry vefficles. FoUowingffisemployment at

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Lockheed, George took a position at ffie Naval Raffiation Lab m San Francisco, CA, and as a civfflan systems analyst at ffie Naval Ocean Systems Center m San Diego, where he reffied.

He is survived by Margie,ffis•wffe of 63 years; their four chfldren, Gafl Meyer, Jim Meyer, Rob Meyer '70 and Theresa Andrews; six grandchfldren; and seven great-grandchfldren.

The foneral Mass was held at Sacred Heart CathoUc Church in Ocean Beach, CA. He was buried with foU mffltary honors on 26 November 2005 at Holy Cross Cemetery in San Diego, CA. Hie Meyer Family JOHN CLARENCE KANE JR. '44

Captain John C. Kane Jr., USN (Ret.), died suddeffiy at ffis home in St Louis, MO, on 11 October 2005. He was 83 years old, in good health and active to the end.

John was born on 25 March 1922 in Ironwood, MI. After graduating from St. Ambrose High School, he attended Michigan Tech for one year before receiving an appointment to the Naval Academy. He graduated in 1943 •with the wartime Class of 1944 as a member of the 14th Company.

FoUowing graduation, he attended ffight traiffing and earned ffis Wings as a Ughter-than-air pflot. He spent ffis war years flying ASW patrols protecting the Atlantic convoys, and was a crewmember of the first bUmp to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. Subsequent to the war, he transitioned to fixed-wdng aircraft. He went on to earn an aeronautical engineering degree from Cal Tech and served in a variety of aviation bfflets, with posts in CaUforffia, Texas, New Jersey, North CaroUna, Panama and Triffidad. His last active duty bfflet was as the Navy Plant Representative at McDonneU Arcraft Corp., where he super•vised the testing and acceptance of aircraft destined for the fleet, primarfly the Phantom II jet. During his flying career, John was checked out in 19 ffifferent aircraft and accumffiated more over 3,400 ffight hours, John retired from the Navy in 1968 and was successfffi in several subsequent careers incluffing executive positions with McDonneU-Douglas, General Dynarffics and the Carlson Travel Company. FoUowing ffis second retirement in 1990, he became an active volunteer in a variety of orgaffizations. Among many other positions, he was the local chairman of SCORE, commanding officer of the Gateway Squadron, secretary of the local USNA Aumffi Chapter, and tteasurer of the Naval Arsffip Association. He was especiaUy proud of ffis involvement with a local ffigh school Na^vy Junior ROTC program, where he spent coundess hours helping to mold young students for success. He maintained an active tenffis schedule aU his Ufe and accumffiated more trophies than the shelves coffid hold.

John is survived by his wife of 61 years, Dorothy B. Kane; chfldren, Mark Kane, Michaela Rodeno, Captain James Kane '73 and EUzabeth Kelsey; and eight grandchfldren.

A memorial service held in St Louis, MO, was attended by a large gathering of famfly and friends as he had touched and shaped so many Uves over the years. FoUowing that, ffis ashes were interred at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

The Kane Family

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GLENN EARL LAMBERT SR. '44

Captain Glenn E. Lambert Sr., USN (Ret,), of Pensacola, FL,ffiedpeacefiffly on 29 September 2005, He was 83 years old.

On 8 September 1922, Captain Lambert was born on the fanffly farm in Uriah, AL. After graduatingfrromUriah High School, he attended one year at Marion Institate. Captam Lambert was appomted to ffie Naval Academy and graduated as a member of ffie Class of 1944. He served on active duty wiffi ffie U.S. Navy as a naval aviator and participated in World War II, the Korean War andffieViemam War. Upon completmg 30 years of meritorious service, Captam Lambert retired in 1973 as Commander,Traiffing Air Wmg Seven.

Captam Lambert went on to a second successfiil career for 15 years with First Navy Bank, rising from teUer to office of the president. He served on the executive boards of the Mffitary Bankers of America and Financial Transaction Systems, Incorporated. Captam Lambert was proud to be a charter member of Pensacola's Naval Aviarion Museum Foundarion, and he served as its tteasurer for 16 years. A member of Suburban Rotary West smce 1969, Captam Lambert was named a Raul Harris FeUow for ffis exemplary service with Rotary. He enjoyed playing goff with ffis wffe and friends at Pensacola Country Club. An active member of First Uffited Methodist Church, he served m many positions. His favorite role was ffis service as a minister for Stephen Miffistties.

Wiffi aU of ffis accompUshments, Captain Lambert's famfly remamed his greatest love and joy. He was preceded in death by his parents, George E. Lambert and Anffie Z. Lambert, and ffis sister, Anffie George Penny He is survived by ffis chfldhood sweeffieart and devoted •wffe, Frances Robinson Lambert; son, Glenn E. Lambert Jr., MD, of Louisvffie, KY (ffis wffe, Carol, and ffieff daughter, Madeleine); daughter, Susan Lambert Howe of Coronado, CA (her husband. Hank, their daughters, Rachel Aexander, Jessica CasseU and Errffly Howe; and son-in-law, Rocco Aexander).

A celebration of Captam Lambert's Ufe was held on 3 October 2005 at Fffst Uffited MethocUst Church m Pensacola, FL. In Ueu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Naval A^viation Museum or to the American Red Cross Hurricane ReUef Fund.

The Lambert Family JOHN BENTON LIVINGSTON JR. '44

John B. Livingston ofVero Beach, FL, died in his sleep on 24 September 2005.

He was 84 years old.

"Doc" was born on 24 August 1921 in Rlattsmouth, NE. He attended the Uffiversity of Nebraska and graduated from the US. Naval Academy m 1943 with the Class of 1944.

A veteran ofWorid War II and the Korean War, he was also an observer at the Bikiffi AtoU bomb tests. Between wars he owned and operated a construction company in Fort Wayne, IN.

FoUowing Korea, he began a long career in Washington, DC, as an engineer with the Department of the Na^vy. He was a ffistinguished chief engineer in special projects, working with the Polaris/Poseidon submarine project before retiring in 1973. He worked as a consultant for several years before retffing to Vero Beach, FL, in 1978.

John was a long time and pre-construction supporter of the Center for the Arts and Holy Cross CathoUc Church and was more currently a member of St. John of the Cross CathoUc Church. He was also an early supporter of the Crisis Pregnancy Center, a 12-year member of the Indian River County RepubUcan Executive Comnflttee and he loved playing poker the last 27 years with a group of close friends.

John is survived by ffis •wife of 62 years, Ruth E. (Baker); chfldren, Joan Johnson and her husband. Bob ofVero Beach, FL, Janet Carney and her husband, Steve of North Kingstown, RI, John Livingston III and ffis wife, Heather of Newport News,VA, James Livingston ofVero Beach, FL, and Jeanne Marie Jacobs and her husband. Lance ofTucson,AZ. Aso surviving are 14 grandchfldren and six great-grandchfldren.

Funeral services were held on 3 October 2005 at St. John of the Cross CathoUc Church in Vero Beach, FL. Memorial donations may be made to the St. John of the Cross Buflffing Fund, 950 82 nd Ave.,Vero Beach, FL 32966.

The Livingston Family GEORGE G O S E PEERY J R . '44

Commander George G. Peery Jr., USN (Ret.), died on 6 October 2005.

Born on 24 October 1921 in Salem, VA, he was the second chfld of D r George G, Peery and NeUe Hartmann ^^^™ " ' ^ ^ Peery. He attended Anffiew Le^wis High l(^f^ i School in Salem, graduating in 1937.

Commander Peery attended Roanoke CoUege for three years, where he was a member of Sigma Cffi Fraterffity He received an appointment to the Naval Academy Class of 1944. He graduated with honors in June 1943, receiving a bachelor of science degree.

During World War II, Commander Peery served in the Atlantic Theater on board the destroyer SoMERS (DD-381) from September 1943 untfl December 1945. During this period, SOMERS participated in convoy escort and patrol operations in both the South Atlantic and North Adanric. SoMERS pro^vided fire support during the invasions of Normandy and Southern France and he received, among other honors, the Bronze Star •with Combat V. Foflowing World War II, Commander Peery stuffied marine engineering at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, then located in Annapolis, MD, from January 1946 untfl December 1947.

From January 1948, untfl retirement from active duty in Jffiy 1969, Commander Peery served in various shipboard and shore assignments including cruisers, destroyers, ampffibious and anrisubmarine forces with the US, Atlantic and Pacific fleets.These assignments included command of LST-551, based in Norfolk, VA, and ROWAN (DD-782), based in San Diego, CA.

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LASTL .ALL Commander Peery was a 1961 graduate of the Seffior Course at the U.S. Naval War CoUege in Newport, RI. He completed graduate courses and received ffis teacffing certification from The George Wasffington Uffiversity. Commander Peery taught mathematics at Herndon High School in Fairfax County,VA, from 1970 to 1984. He was active in the Optimist Club of Fairfax and the county and state RepubUcan parties.

FoUowing graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1943, Commander Peery married BeUe Mason Montgomery of Salem, VA.They were married for 47 years, unffi her death in Aprfl 1990.

In May 1991, Commander Peery married Margaret Turner Spaulffing, widow of Naval Academy Classmate WflUam H. Turner '44.

Commander Peery is survived by ffis wife, Margaret Peery; two chfldren from his first marriage, George G Peery III of New Bern, NC, and Bette P. Ries ofVirgiffia Beach,VA; four grandchflffien; and three great-grandchfldren. He is also survived by ffis sister, Jeanne Peery Becker of Roanoke, VA. The Peery Family KENNETH BERESFORD ERKENBRACK '45

Kenneth B. ErkenBrack ofVirgiffia Beach, VA, died on Tuesday, 18 October 2005, after a long battle with cancer He was 83 years old.

He was born on 4 January 1922, in Long Island, NY, the son of the late Kenneth and Agnes (Fassnacht) ErkenBrack.

Ken entered the Naval Academy in 1941 as a member of the Class of 1945 and graduated on 7 June 1944, in the 15th Company. Whfle at the Academy, he was active in company lacrosse and the radio club.

Upon graduation. Ken was assigned to CANBERRA ( C A - 7 0 ) , wffich was on duty off the coast of Formosa. His GQ station was damage control repair three, where five days later, a torpedo ffit.

The ship survived and returned to Pearl Harbor, where he was transferred to N E W MEXICO ( B B - 4 0 ) to participate in the invasion of Okinawa. When he retuned to the United States, he appUed for and was accepted for Submarine School, but after that, elected to leave the Navy for medical reasons.

His ci^vfflan employment began with Sperry Gyroscope Company in marketmg, and he left 21 years later for a career m real estate. He also had a passion for inventing tffings and holds several patents for a wide range of products, from a vacuum pump with many appUcations, to a device to pm patterns onto fabric.

He is survived by his wife, Joan, whom he married in 1948; his daughters, Susan and Donna of Atlanta, GA; his sons and daughter-in-law,Jeff,Jon andValerie ofVirginia Beach,VA; daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Patrick Fisher of New Hope, PA; sister, Keatha; brother. Captain PhflUp ErkenBrack '43; and six grandcfoldren. One son, Kenneth Jr., preceded him in death, A private ceremony was held on Friday, 21 October 2005, at the US. Naval Academy.

In Ueu of flowers, the farffily suggests that donations be made to the Naval Academy Foundation.

T/je ErkenBrack Family

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FRANK TRUMAN RAWLINGS JR. '45

Captain FrankT. RawUngs Jr., USN (Ret.), died on 13 October 2005, at ffis home at Adantic Shores in Virgiffia Beach,VA, Born on 7 August 1921, he was the son of the late Frank T. and LflUan RawUngs ofAnnapoUs, MD. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1945 in 1944. After serving on BENNINGTON (CV-20) in Worid War II, he went on to have a distinguished career in the U.S. Naval Submarine Force. Whfle on active duty he commanded SARDA (SS-488), GRENADIER ( S S - 5 2 5 ) , HOWARD

W GiLMORE (AS-16), and Submarine Squadron Ten in New London, CT. At Squadron Ten, he became the offiy non-nuclear submariner to command a nuclear squadron.

Captain RawUngs was a member ofAU Samts' Episcopal Church.

He was also a past president ofThe Reffied Officers Association, and he was a past president of the Beachcombers Kiwanis Club.

Captain RawUngs is survived byffiswife of 61 years, Frances N RawUngs; daughters, Tmdy R, Adams of Fort Myers, FL, and Lmda R. Sa^wyer and her husband the Rev. Dr. Staffiey W Sawyer of Virgiffia Beach,VA; brother, Gflbert D RawUngs andffis•wffe, Mary of Hflton Head, SC; grandchflffien, MicheUe and her husband.

Captain Fred Rowers ofVero Beach, FL, Brian Adams and ffis •wffe, MicheUe of Henderson, NY James Adams andffis•wffe. Raffia of Las Vegas, NVTruman Adams of Sarasota, FL, Cffiis Sawyer and ffis •wffe, Ryan of Chesapeake,VA, and Ryan Sawyer and ffis •wffe, Carrie of Herndon,VA; and rflne great-grandchfldren.

A Requiem Eucharist was held on 17 October 2005, at AU Saints' Episcopal Church,Virgiffia Beach,VA, with Lieutenant Commander Robert C. Sawyer, CHC, USNR, and the Rev. Dr. Segar Gravatt officiating. After a reception in the church parish haU, burial with mffltary honors foUowed in Wooffiawn Memorial Gardens.

The famfly has requested that memorial donations be made to AU Saints'Episcopal Church, 1969Woodside Lane,Virgiffia Beach,VA 23454, The Rawlings Family JOHN WESLEY CLAYTON '47

Captain John W Clayton, USNR (Ret.), died on 22 November 2005 in Litde Rock, AR. He was 83 years old.

John Clayton was born and raised in Effina, MO, graduated from Huntington Park High School in Los Angeles, CA, and effiisted in the Navy in 1940. He served before Worid War II first in SARATOGA ( C V - 3 ) , then in TENNESSEE ( B B - 4 3 ) and was aboard her during the Read Harbor attack; he was wounded and received the Purple Heart. His last enUsted job was aboard RC-776, by this time as electtician's mate first class. He was appomted competitively from the Fleet by the Secretary of the Navy to the Naval Academy and graduated in 1946 with the 20th Company.

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After graduation, he served in IOWA ( B B - 6 1 ) and on the staff of Com Sixth Fleet before resigning in 1950 and immeffiately entering ffie Naval Reserve.

In 1952 he completed a bachelor's degree in education and received a teacffing certificate from Arkansas State Teacher's CoUege; then under the GI Bffl, earned private and commercial flying Ucenses.

He founded and operated The Clayton Co., deaUng in Fire and Casualty Insurance and mortgage banking, and for several years operated Clayton Health Stores.

Throughout ffis business career, he continued very active pamcipation and ffiilUng wiffi ffie orgaffized Reserve, undertook numerous periods of active duty for traiffing purposes, attended courses at ffie National War CoUege, the Naval War CoUege, and ffie Industtial CoUege of ffie Armed Forces. He conttibuted extensively to the growffi and strengffi effing of ffie Naval Reserve officer ttaiffing program, boffi in Arkansas and nationffly and in 1980 served as president of ffie Naval Reserve Association.

He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, and a member of the Optimists and the American Legion, an amateur raffio operator, and a director of the Class AA Texas League of Professional BasebaU. John was predeceased by ffis first wife, Mfldred, and by his second, Caffierine, as weU as by ffis sisters, OUve Hardke and Nma Mffler. He is survived by ffis son, John W Clayton Jr. and ffis wffe, Regma of Rachmond,VA; grandsons, John W III and Jason Clayton of Adanta, GA; and by three nephews.

Funeral services on 28 November were foUowed by burial at Roselawn Cemetery in Litde Rock.

Chet Shaddeau '47 PAUL FRANCIS FITZGERALD '47

Lieutenant Commander Raul F. Fitzgerald, USN (Ret.) died of compUcations from pneumoffia at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD, on 20 October 2005, his 81st birthday Raffi was born and raised in Cfficopee, MA. He graduated from high school ffiere m 1941, and received a congressional appomtment to USNA, graduating wiffi the Class of 1947 in June of 1946. As a Midsffipman, he became an avid saflor, skippering the 88-foot schooner FREEDOM, and beguining a Ufelong love of sailing sffips.

On graduation, he served first as a Une officer in ANTIETAM (CV-36), then spent a year teaching Plebe "Steam" at USNA before entering Webb Institate at Glen Cove, NY, where he earned a master's degree in naval arcffitecture and marine engineering, and was designated an engineering duty officer.

He married the former Martha Wffliamson, of Flusffing, NY, fll 1950.

Paul served as an EDO at, among other places, the Bureau of Ships, the Naval Shipyard in Charieston, on the Board of Inspection and Survey and at the Naval Experiment Station in AnnapoUs. He retired from active duty in 1966 after a tour as Superintendent of SWpbuflding for the nuclear-powered frigate TRUXTON pLG(N)-35) at the Camden, NJ, sffipyard of New York Sffipbuflding.

He spent the next 30 years as part of the firm created by his brother-in-law and Classmate, John SuUivan'47, as a manufacturer's representative. He also found time to pursue his intense love of sailing, owning and saiUng his own 41-foot fiberglass sloop. ALERT, all over the Chesapeake, both cruising and racing, and participating in offshore races at Newport, HaUfax, Bermuda, and in transatiantic events.

Raul was a member of the Society of Naval Arcffitects and Marine Engineers, the Glen Mar Safling Association, The Storm Trysafl Club, and many other saffing organizations, serving as chief measurer for the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association for nearly 15 years; he became a member of the Knights of Columbus in 1956.

He is survived by ffis •wife of 55 years, Martha; and by four sons, Robert,Vincent and ffis wife, Shefla; Pattick and ffis wife, Lauri; and WflUam and •wffe CoUeen; and by seven grandchflffien.

A foneral Mass was held on 29 October 2005 at Immacffiate Conception Church in Towson, MD, and final inurnment is to be at the Columbarium of the Naval Academy at a date not yet avaflable at this writing.

The Fitzgerald Family ROBERT EDWARD HOWE '47

Captain Robert E. Howe, DC, USN (Ret.), died on Veterans Day, 11 November 2005, in Pasadena, CA. Bob was born to Dr. Henry and Marguerite Howe on 30 July 1923, in St, Joseph, MI.The famfly, wffich included ffis brothers. Jack and Dick, moved to Ama, MI, where Bob completed high school m 1941. He completed two years at AUna CoUege before enUsting in the Army Air Corps. In 1943, he received an appointment to the Uffited States Naval Academy, where he was captain of the varsity basketbaU team, and graduated in 1946 with the Third Company, Class of 1947, Whfle serving as an instructor at the US. Naval School, General Line, at Ne^wport, RI, Bob met and feU in love with a WAVE ensign, Mary Wflkinson, who also hafled from St. Joseph, MI. Bob and Mary wed in Washington, DC, in 1950.

Bob briefly left the Navy to continue ffis education at the Uffiversity of Micffigan School of Dentistry, graduating in 1957.

After a short period of private practice in St. Joseph, he returned to active duty in the Navy Dental Corps and retired as a captain in 1983. Higffiights of his 30-year Navy career included graduation from the Naval War CoUege in Newport, RI, as weU as tours of duty on Guam, onboard ORISKANY ( C V - 3 4 ) , PROVIDENCE (CLG-6) and HANCOCK (CV-19);as executive officer of the Yokosuka, Japan, dental clinic; and as commanding officer of the Naval Traiffing Center, San Diego, dental cUffic, After ffis retirement. Bob and Mary setded in San Diego, CA, where he was an avid tenffis player untfl a year before his death.

Bob and Mary were also regffiar participants m bowUng leagues and bridge groups, and were active members of RaUsades Presbyterian Church. Bob volunteered several days a week at San Diego's Presbyterian Crisis Center as their volunteer business manager

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Surviving are ffis â&#x20AC;˘wife, Mary Wflkinson Howe; brother, D r Richard H. Howe; sons, Thomas Howe and James Howe; daughter, EUzabeth Faber; and grandchfldren, Matthew Faber, Ayssa Howe, Kelsey Howe, Daffiel Howe and Cffiistopher Howe.

Interment of ffis ashes with mffltary honors was at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, on 15 December 2005. Memorial services were held on 16 December at RaUsades Presbyterian Church, San Diego.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Azheimer's Association or to the Uffited Mitochondrial Disease Foundation.

The Howe Family HAROLD WILLL\M JESSE '48

Commander HaroldWJesse, USN (Ret.), on 27 September 2005 m Lebanon, NH, of heart faflure. He was 79 years old.

Commander Jesse was born on 11 June 1926 in Hackensack, NJ, to Louis and Henriette Jesse. He graduated from Hackensack High School in 1944 and was appointed to the Naval Academy, He graduated with the Class of 1948A. He went to ffight school in Pensacola, FL, and became a naval a^viator. He received a degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. During the Korean War, he flew R2Vs in maritime reconnaissance and was stationed at NAS Cubi Point in the Rhffippines, the Naval A r Development Center in Johnsvffle, PA, and NAS Rt. Mugu in Oxnard, CA. He was one of the pioneers of modern mffitary airborne electroffics, serving as a member of the U.S. Na^vy team responsible for the development of the E-2 carrier-borne AWACS plane. He also worked on the development of the F-14 Tomcat aircraft. Commander Jesse was decorated for his work on classified airborne electroffics projects during Vietnam. He retired from the Navy in 1969.

Commander Jesse then moved to Amherst, NH, where he resided for the next 28 years, serving for a time as a selectman on the town councfl. He was co-founder ofTME, Inc. of Hudson, NH. He continued with the firm and its subsequent parent compames for over 20 years in various positions, spedaUzing in electroffics research and development. Commander Jesse had a Ufelong passion for contract bridge and cribbage, and later, became an avid golfer. He was a member of the Nashua (NH) Country Club, the JeckyU Island Goff Club, and the Hooper Goff Club in Walpole, NH. In 1948, Commander Jesse married ffis ffigh school sweetheart, AUce Srffith Pool of Bogota, NJ.They were married for 49 years unffi her death in 1997. In 1999, he married Helen Daigle of Keene, NH.They resided in Keene, where they had spent the last few years renovating a Victorian home. They enjoyed traveUng extensively.

Hal is survived by ffis wife, Helen; brother, Ed^win Jesse; chfldren, H.WflUam Jesse Jr. Qessica), Robert L.Jesse, MD, PHD, Qanice), Mary J. Petersen (Robert), and Rhfflp D.Jesse (Kay); and mne grandchfldren.

Commander Jesse was buried in ArUngton National Cemetery on 4 November 2005 with fffil mffitary honors.

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Memorial donations may be made to ffie American Heart Association, Northeast AffiUate, 2 WaU St, Manchester, N H 03101.

KEITH O'KEEFE '48

Colonel Keith O'Keefe, USMC (Ret.), ffied on 26 October 2005 of heart faflure. He was 80 years old.

"KO" was born on 22 May 1925, in Dighton, KS, to Eugene and Mfldred O'Keefe.Whfle growing up in Hutcffison, KS, Keith was actively involved in the Boy Scouts and acffieved the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of 13. Keith graduated from Benson High School in Omaha, NE, and in 1944 entered the Uffited States Naval Academy. Graduating with the Class of 1948, he was comrffissioned a second Ueutenant in the Marine Corps and reported to Quantico,VA. Whfle at The Basic School, Keith courted NataUe Brown of Fairfax Station,VA, and they were married on 20 February 1950.

KO was then assigned to the Marine Barracks, 8th and I, in Wasffington, DC, for the next year. In 1952, he attended ffight school and quaUfied as a naval a^viator. He was then stationed in Korea flying combat rffissions in F-4Us. From 1964 to 1966, he served as commanffing officer of VMA-214, ffie uffamous Blacksheep Squaffion flymg A-4s at Chffi-Lai,Viemam. He attended the Navy War CoUege m Newport, RI, from 1971 to 1972, In 1972, he received a master's degree m international affaffs from The George Wasffington Umversity.

In 1972-1973, Colonel O'Keefe was ffie commandmg officer of Marme Aff Group 15, First Marme ArWmg, tffiee squaffions of F-4s and one squaffion ofA-6s,flyingout of Danang,Viemam, and the Rose Garden (Namfong) Thafland. In 1976, KO attended ffie National War CoUege, Fort McNair, Wasffington, DC. He reffied on 30 June 1978 foUo^wmg 30 years of active service.

His decorations and awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit with Combat V, three A r Medals, Navy Marine Corps Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and the Na^vy Commendation Medal.

FoUowing ffis retirement, KO engaged in real estate and land development.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Natffie O'Keefe; sister, KatUeen Sikes; four chfldren, Shawn Klupchak, Gene O'Keefe, Eatty MacFadden and RD O'Keefe; seven grandchfldren.

Heather, Kefly Kyle, Erin, Jessica, Nichols and Adam; and one great-grandcffild, Kyleigh.

The O'Keefe Family BENTON EDGINGTON REAMS '48

Lieutenant Commander Benton E. Reams, USN (Ret.), went to be with ffis Lord Jesus Christ on 26 March 2005 at home in AnnapoUs, MD. It was a gende passage, with dogs sleeping nearby and ffis son-in-law quietly reaffing ffis beloved Scriptures. ^^S^ He was born in Memphis, TN, and woffid have soon been 80 years old. He attended the Uffiversity of Chattanooga, theV-12 uffit at Carson Newman, and then the

Naval Academy graduating in 1947 wiffi ffie Class of 1948. He was active on ffie Tridetn and had a yawl command his First Class Year. He was an exceUent saflor, alffiough he once turned over a knockabout in firont of ffie board of visitors!

Toward ffie end of ffis Second Class Year, he became deathly ffl and returned to Bancroft HaU •with ffis Christian faith grounded on soUd bedrock. It remamed so the rest of ffis lffe.

Always a qffiet stabffizing influence, he began to fonction as a lay chaplain at duty stations too smaU for a chaplain and got involved wiffi Officer's Christian FeUowsffip.

His first orders were to RESOLUTE and ffie NewportAnnapoUs race. Then came SEMINOLE, SPANGLER, Sub School, MEDRIGAL, PICUDA, ICEFISH, Postgraduate School in Monterey CA, and a master's degree in mechaffical engineering, back to the boats and X O of CUTLASS, transferring later to EDO, Portsmouffi, N H sffipyard, NEREUS as repair officer, and reffiing firom BuSffips m 1966.

His next 20 years were withWestinghouse's Underseas Division m AnnapoUs, MD. Wiffi a less mobfle Ufestyie, he started a Cub Scout pack and later used ffis boorffing, bass voice as Scout Master for Troop 1283, an aU-weather camping and ffiking bunch. "Cancel" was a four-letter word! He was also an expert equestrian photographer and business manager (10 years) for ffis daughter's equme vetermary practice, wffich she operated from her truck and our house, unffi there were too many people commg to work at our house!

In reffiement, he published in Aviation History, worked •with his stamp coflection, became a Bible scholar and led a Bible study for 35 years.

He is survived by ffis •wffe of 57 years, Nancy Slaven Reams (daughter of Captain F.W"Red" Slaven '25); son. Commander Hugh Edgmgton Reams, USN (Ret.); daughters, Suzanne Bridges Mattson and Nancy Reams Deibert, DVM; eight grandchflffien (mcluffing one granddaughter he comrffissioned who is now a Ueutenant); and one great-grandchfld.

The Reams Family ROBERT LESTER VAN H O R N

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Robert Van Horn ffied on 23 August 2005 m ffis home state of Iowafiroma recurrence of cancer. He was 80 years old.

He was bom on 2 February 1925 to Jim and JuUaVan Horn in Samt Louis, MO. He was one of five chfldren. He attended the V-12 program at Iowa State Uffiversity, where he met ffis wffe, Efleen Dudgeon. Whfle at Iowa State, he received his appomtment to the Naval Academy from wffich he graduated in 1947 •with the Class of'48A. Married m 1947, Robert and Efleen recendy had celebrated theff 58th wedffing anffiversary.

After a medical discharge from the Navy, Robert and Efleen founded Van Horn Plastics in Des Moines, lA, in 1948. He innovated plastic fabrication techffiques and continued to produce creative plastic products over the 50 years they operated the business. Robert also founded Foam Molding Company, where he pioneered stmctaral foam products and manufactaring processes.

Bob's Ufe-long passions mcluded the love of building with great crafbmansffip, includmg everytffing from art to houses.

In his years after retirement in 1997, he devoted fiffl time efforts to Habitat for Humaffity projects in both Iowa and South CaroUna. He was insttumental in buflffing more than 100 houses for Habitat in South CaroUna. Robert was a creative, kind and gende man. He was happiest when he was helping others.

Survivors include his wife, Efleen Van Horn; daughter, Barbara Svandoe of Urbandale, lA; brother, Tom Van Horn of Morris, IL; and sister, Betty Blanffin of St Louis, MO. Memorial services were held m both Iowa and South CaroUna. Memorial conttibutions may be made to Habitat for Humaffity, 3487 McGffl Ct,Johns Island, SC 29455. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B WILLIAM JOHN R I C C I '50 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H Lieutenant Commander Wiffiam J. Ricci, ^ ^ ^ ^ H L ^ . . , ^ ^ ^ 1 USN (Ret.), passed away on 20 • • • ^ ^ H ^P^^^H November 2005 at ffis home in Phoenix, P ^ ^ ^ | A j ' •'^^™ AZ, with ffis wffe and chfldren at ffis ^^^j, side. He was 78 years old. _^ ^ ^ r Bffl was born on 17 August 1927 to 1^^ ^ ^ ^ Emfl and Gladys Ricci in Hartford, CT. *• He graduated from BuUceley High School in Hartford in 1945 and erffisted in the Navy after graduarion. Bffl received ffis appointment to the Naval Academy in 1946, graduating with honors with the Class of 1950. He went on to obtain postgraduate degrees in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School m Monterey, CA, in 1957 and in nuclear engineering from Iowa State Umversity in 1959.

Bffl's Na^vy career included service on STRONG (1950-1952), after wffich he appUed to naval ffight school. He received ffis Wmgs m 1954 and subsequendy served in many squaffions mcludingVS-39 andVH-123. Bffl reffied from the Navy in 1969, After reffiement, Bffl retarned to Centerbrook, CT, beginffing a new career in commercial real estate, eventaaUy foundmg ffis own company, Ricci Investment Realty. He ran ffis successfffi company m Cormecricut when, m 1984, he and the famfly moved to the warmer cUmate of Phoenix, AZ, where Bffl contmued to acrively operate ffis real estate business unffi early 2005.

Bffl was an a^vid goffer and loved tinkering to bufld the perfect goff club. He enjoyed music, singing in numerous choirs, and loved working in ffis yard. Bffl was the first president of the Essex Rotary Club in 1976 and was very active in the Boy Scouts as an organizarion advisor. One of ffis favorite hobbies was pubUc speaking at Toastmasters, where he became the Eastern Regional champion in 1980.

Bffl is survived by ffis wife of 49 years, Phyffis; and four chfldren, WflUam Ricci Jr. ofWyUe,TX, Michael Ricci of Phoenix, AZ, Mariarme (Ricci) Rayburn of Litdeton, CO, and Raffi Ricci of Higffiands Ranch, CO. He also leaves beffind two brothers, Peter Ricci of Long Beach, CA, and Walter Ricci of Rocky Hffl, CT; as weU as six grandchfldren, Katy Brianna, Kyle, Mfleah, Aeigha and Connor, afl of whom he dearly loved.

Funeral services were held on 12 December 2005 •with burial at Phoenix Memorial Gardens wiffi fuD miUtary honors on 13 December Donations in Bffl's memory may be made to Hospice of the VaUey 1510 East Flower St., Rhoenix,AZ 85014.

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Vice Adnflral WflUam P. Lawrence, USN (Ret.), aVietnam prisoner ofwar, former Naval Academy Superintendent, husband and father, ffied of nataral causes at his home on 2 December 2005, He was 75 years old.

As a Midshipman, Lawrence played three varsity sports, graduated eighth acaderfficaUy, and served as Class president and Brigade commander. His most proud conttiburion as a stadent, however, was the estabUshment of the Brigade Honor Concept, a key element m rffidsffipman moral development, de^vised in partnersffip â&#x20AC;˘with feUow Midsffipman, H. Ross Perot '53.

FoUowmg graduarion with the Class of 1951, Adrffiral La^wrence reported to ffight school, earned his aviator wings and was assigned to VF-193. His foUow on orders took ffim to the Naval Test Pflot School, where he graduated with honors and later became an instructor. As a test pflot, Adnflral La^wrence became the first naval aviator to fly at twice the speed of sound.

He was also among the final 32 canffidates selected for the Mercury Space Program.

Adrffiral Lawrence's succeeffing tours woffid prove to be rewarffing, yet chaUenging, His assignments included, flag Ueutenant to Commander, Carrier Division Six; Squadron Pflot, VF-101; na^vigator, NE^WPORT NEWS; squadron pflot,VF-14; and seffior aide and execurive assistant to Commander, U.S. Sttike Command and Midffie East Force.

In June 1967, Adrffiral Lawrence became the commanffing officer ofVF-143 whfle deployed to Vietnam. After offiy a few weeks m command, he was shot down over North Vietnam and held as a ROW. unffi March 1973. FoUowing ffis repattiation and convalescence, he attended the Narional War CoUege, where he was recogmzed as a ffisringuished graduate whfle earffing a master's degree in international affairs from The George Wasffington Uffiversity.

FoUowing promotion to flag rank m Jffiy 1974, Admiral Lawrence was assigned as Commander, Light Attack Wmg, U.S. Padfic Heet. In August 1978, he became ffie 49ffi Supermtendent of the Naval Academy. In August of 1980, he was promoted to ffie rank of â&#x20AC;˘vice admffal. He later became the Cffief of Naval Personnel, the last bfflet that he woffid fffl whfle on acrive duty.

Adrffiral Lawrence retired from active service m January 1986 and occupied the Chair of Naval Leadersffip at AnnapoUs for the foUowing six years. Adrmral Lawrence's service to ffis country continued weU after ffis retirement from active duty.

Adrffiral Lawrence is survived by his wife, Diane Wflcox Lawrence and four cffildren, Wffliam Jr., Frederick, Laurie and Captain Wendy Lawrence '81, USN. The Lawrence Family

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Captain Jim McNerney USN (Ret.), ffied on 13 October 2005.

Durmg ffis chfldhood in Lancaster, PA, he developed a curiosity for a^viation and began buflffing flying model airplanes. After graduating from CathoUc High School, he enUsted in the Navy and I* earned a Fleet appointment to the Naval Academy Upon graduation with the Class of 1951, he proceeded to Pensacola, FL, where he married Norma Neumarm and earned his Navy Wmgs m March 1953.

Jim and Norma moved to Virgiffia Beach, VA, where he ttansitioned to jet aircraft and served inVF-84, thenVF-86.

In June 1956, he reported to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, and received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering, foUowed by stuffies at MIT and a master's degree in aeronautical engineermg. In 1959, the famfly moved to Cffina Lake, where Jim was a test pflot atVX-5. In 1961, he was assigned toVX-5 Detachment A, wffich moved to Sanford, FL, and six months later, on to Abuquerque, NM. In August 1963,ffieymoved to San Diego, where he served m ORISKANY. In December 1965, Jim began a tffiee-year ComNav AffLant staff assignment in Virgiffia Beach;ffien,on to Wasffington, DC, where he was an A-7 Class desk officer, responsible for A-7 aircraft changes. Many changes he pioneered were later mcorporated m theYF-17 (later the F/A-18) fighter. He also worked wiffi ffie Jomt Cffiefs of Staff on mtegration of the Contmental Defense System and served in ffie office of the Secretary of Defense. He reffied from the Navy on 31 December 1974.

The famfly moved to San Diego, where Jim became a surface effects sffip project engineer at Roffi Corporation, and ffien a Tomahawk Cruise Missfle project engineer at General D^ynarffics Convair Division. Upon deployment ofTomahawk, Jim helped form the mffitary a^vioffics ffivision for TRW Systems. He retired in 1993.

Jim was active in the Miramar Raffio Conttol aircraft club, where he was an insttuctor and financed many of the facffity improvements that make it a prerffier R / C club. He was ffie dri^ving force behind the club inttoducing jet aircraft, wffich have severe restrictions, due potential dangers in control at ffigher speeds. Despite many roadblocks, he flew his jet quaUfication ffight, donated a ttaiffing jet to the club and helped other members qualify in jets.

Predeceased by his wffe. Norma, Jim is survived by ffis sons, Steven and David; and five grandchflffien, Jermifer, Meghan, Lindsey, Michael and Sean.

THEODORE HENRY BEAUREGARD '52

Major "Ted" Beauregard, USAFR (Ret.), ffied in Bruns^wick Hffls, OH, on 27 October 2005 foUo^wing a heart attack.

He was 75 years old.

Born in Montreal, Canada,Ted came to the United States in 1943 and graduated from Stamford High School in Stamford, CT. He graduated from the

Naval Academy wiffi ffie Class of 1952 as a member of ffie 12th Company. He was comnflssioned as a second Ueutenant in the Ar Force and was assigned to Strategic A r Command bases in Georgia and England. In 1959, he was transferred to SAC Headquarters in Nebraska as a staff procurement officer. In 1962, after ten years of active duty, he accepted a Reserve comnflssion and subsequendy retired as a major.

After leaving active duty, Ted joined Westinghouse Atronuclear Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA, subcontracting nuclear reactor components for a fotaristic manned Mars mission. He earned an M.B.A. degree at ffie University of Pittsburgh in 1966. LeavmgWestinghouse in 1968,Ted joined IBM in Westchester County, NY, where he held various headquarters staff posirions in data processing, primarfly in systems design and strategic planmng. He received an IBM Outstanffing Conttibution Award m recogffition of ffis acffievement in the design of plannmg systems. He retired from IBM in 1987. Whfle at IBM,Ted Uved m Fairfield County, CT, and was active in the Norwalk Lions Club. He was elected ffisttict governor for Faflfield and New Haven Counties (1983-1984). He moved to Hudson, OH, m 1992, where he continued ffis participation in Lions as an active member of ffie Stow-Munroe Falls Lions. He moved to Brunswick Hffls, OH, rflne months before his death.

Preceded m death by ffis parents, Theodore and Lffiann Beauregard, he is survived by ffis •wffe, Joan; son, Robert Beauregard of Fiffiand; grandson, Thomas Beauregard; and stepdaughter, Emfly Henry of NewYork.

Services were conducted at the Redmon Funeral Home on 2 November 2005 with mterment at Offio Western Reserve National Cemetery.

Contributions m memory ofTed may be made to the Stow-Mumoe FaUs Lions Club, RO. Box 1681, Stow, O H 44224.

The Beauregard Family J O S E P H ALOYSIUS FARRELL HI

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Joseph A. FarreU III died on 24 November 2005 m ffis home m Santa Rosa, CA, after compUcations from a faU. Joe was born m Long Beach, CA, on 29 June 1929. He was the tffird generation of a long Une of famfly members to graduate from the Naval Academy, mcluding ffis grandfather, Roy Leclaff Stover '07, father, Joseph A. FarreU Jr. '24, and uncles, Arthur FarreU '25 and Edwin FarreU '27. Another uncle, WflUam FarreU, was mjured on Fffst Class Crffise, but taught at the Academy for many years.

As a Navy juffior, Joe grew up in Cffina, Pearl Harbor and various locations in the Uffited States. Graduating from St. Mary's High School m Berkeley CA, he entered the Naval Academy as a member of the 14th Company. He served as Midsffipman Company Commander during ffis First Class Year.

FoUowmg graduation with the Class of 1952 and an assignment at sea, he went to Pensacola to become a naval a^viator, but found his tme railing m ffie submarme service. He served m the nuclear power program for 10 years, cuUffinating m a tour as executive officer of the nuclear submarme WoODROW WiLSON. However,

ffie defirflng experience of his Ufe was service aboard SEADRAGON. Joe loved ffie Navy and the men with whom he served.

Upon leaving the Navy, Joe served in the Peace Corps in Honduras and later at headquarters as head of Peace Corps Volunteer Selection. Joe was weU known in Wasffington for 30 years. He served as chief of staff and adrffiffistrative assistant to Senator Charles H. Percy (R-IL) (1968-1977), and managed Percy's 1972 record-breaking Iffinois reelection campaign. Joe also served as •vice president of government relations for the RuUman Corporation's Washington office in the late 1970s and as president offfieAmerican Waterways Operators (1983-1994), He served on ffie board of Petroleum Services Corporation (1994-2004).

Joe's first marriage was to Linda Friedricks SmaU. His second was to Clauffia Bourne. Joe is survived by ffis wife, Carol RandaU FarreU; eight chfldren, Joe Farrefl of Santa Rosa, CA; Monica Rawles of Richmond, VA; Kevin and Denffis FarreU of Maryland; Stephen FarreU of Redwood City, CA; Kathy Jordan of Aexanffiia,VA; Linda Townsend of Massachusetts; JVIichael of New Jersey; and 14 grandchfldren.

A wake and Mass were held on 3 December 2005 in Santa Rosa. As Joe requested, ffis ashes wffl be awash in the Pacffic.

The Farrell Family W I L U A M LEROY KIRK '52

WflUam L. Kirk ffied on 10 Aprfl 2005 in Abuquerque, NM, of respffatory faflure.

After graduating from the Naval Academy •with the Class of 1952, Bffl served eight and one-haff years in USAF ground, starting in nuclear weapons.

After obtaimng a master's in nuclear engineering, he worked in nuclear propffision. Bffl's duty stations included Abuquerque, Japan, Guam,Wright-Patterson (twice). Oak Ridge and Los Aamos.

During ffis assignment to Los Aamos, he worked as a mffltary staff member on advanced nuclear rocket reactor designs. When he was ffired there in 1961, after a brief civffian stint at Rocketdyne, Bffl became leader of the advanced design team, then served as program manager for two test reactor programs.

Once the nuclear rocket program ended, Bffl moved into power reactor safety, nuclear safeguards and a variety of other energy appUcations. Bffl remained in Los Aamos National Laboratory for 30 years in numerous techffical management jobs.

Bffl married the love offfisUfe, Patticia Laffier, m 1953. After he retired in 1991, they traveled the country as fiffl-time RVers for two years and then settled down m Green VaUey, AZ, where they were both actively mvolved m St. Francis Episcopal Church, but Bffl always found time for computers and goff. Rat was ordamed as a deacon in the Episcopal Church in 2000. Before ffis death.

Rat and Bffl moved to Abuquerque, NM, to be close to famfly.

Classmate Bffl Evans summed up Bffl as,".. .a man for aU seasons and quick study." He recaUs that, "Bffl graduated #22 m the Class and was a nationaUy ranked bridge and chess player. He coffidn't read anytffing •without also memorizing it and coffid recite long passages from forgettable cowboy novels or mmffiess Usts of naval ordinance parts. He completed the final fiU-in the blanks test on Naval Orffinance and Gunnery in about ten January-February 2006

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Bffl is survived byffiswffe. Rat; chflffien, Aan, Kathryn Nelsen and Lisa Meyer; and grandchflffien, Aex, Erm, Susan and Kaidyn.

His memorial service was in Los Aamos, NM, and his ashes were comrffitted at St. Francis in Green VaUey, AZ. THOMAS FREDERICK MULLANE '52

Captam Thomas FMuUane,USN (Ret.), ffied on 18 August 2005 at his home in '1 '^ ^^^m^ ,-iss Longwood, FL. He was 77 years old. k AL^^HI^I^ "'^°"^ ^^^ born in Bridgeport, CT, ^ p P ^ W^ ^ ^ ^ and enUsted in the Navy in 1946. After W ^^.MoSi serving one year aboard DAYTON, he was f w^ l^ai appointed to the Naval Academy and 'i graduated •with the Class of 1952.

A ffigffiy decorated Vietnam veteran, he had a long and ffistinguished career in our surface Une force serving aboard the desttoyers HARWOOD (DD-861), ROBINSON (DD-562), DEWEY (DLG-14), DAMATO pD-871), and tank lanffing ships PIMA COUNTY ( L S T - 1 0 8 1 ) and TRAVERSE COUNTY (LST-1160) and ultimately commanffing the guided rffissfle destroyer CLAUDE V RICKETTS ( D D G - 5 ) from August 1967 to Aprfl 1969.

During ffis three tours in Vietnam, he served as the assistant cffief of staff for plans to Commander, Naval Forces Vietnam, commanded the Cambodian Border Survefflance Group from December 1969 to Aprfl 1970 and then commanded the Market Time Forces in Vietnam from Aprfl 1970 to September 1970 earffing the Legion of Merit with Combat V and the Bronze Star with CombatV among other various unit action awards.

Captain MuUane graduated from the Naval War CoUege and retarned to the Naval Academy as First BattaUon Officer and subsequently as the executive assistant to the Superintendent. He served tours as a detafler at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Chief of Staff for Naval Techmcal Traiffing, and retired as the commanffing officer of Service School Command in Orlando, FL,in 1982.

After retirement, he enjoyed ffis Ufe with fanffly and friends as he took to the Unks at Roffing Hffls Goff Course in Longwood, FL, where he became president in 1987. A consummate professional, warrior, and gentlemen who was adrffired and respected for his character, he wffl be known for ffis big laugh, Irish smile, and great storyteUing. He wffl be saffiy rffissed by aU who knew and loved him.

Captain MuUane is survived byffisloving •wife of 50 years, the former Joyce D. Gibson; their four devoted chflffien, Susan SeUnan of Martinsvffle,VA, Timothy MuUane of Boston, MA, and Thomas and Terence MuUane of Longwood, FL; their ten beautifol grandchfldren;ffisbrother, Bffl MuUane; and sister Carol LaPrise.

Services were held on 23 August 2005 at St. Mary Magdalen CathoUc Church with a fuU mflitary honors burial. Joyce Muflane was presented the flag of our gratefol nation by their niece. Commander Karin (MuUane) Vernazza '90, USN.

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DONALD EARL DALGLEISH '53

"Don" Dalgleish ffied at his home on 3 September 2005, after a brief batde with liver cancer. He was 76 years old and had been a resident of Cherry HiU, NJ, for 42 years before moving to Westmont, NJ, just prior to his death.

A native of Port Huron, MI, he joined the Navy in 1946. After attendmg NAPS at Bainbridge, MD, he was sworn in at the Naval Academy m 1949 and a member of the Class of 1953 in the 16th Company.

He resigned in 1951 and transferred to Johns Hopkins Umversity, graduating in 1954 with an industrial engineering degree. He began his career with Hazelrine, Inc. in NewYork. In 1957, Don joined RCA in Moorestown, NJ. He was instrumental in the development and implementation of the U.S. Navy's AEGIS radar and missfle guidance system. He retired in 1990.

Don began his long association with the Township of Cherry Hffl, NJ, as president of his neighborhood civic association. He served eight years as a Cherry Hffl councilman; a member of the planffing board for 20 years; and on the Cherry Hffl Library Board for 15 years. He also served as assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 170. Don remained a merit badge counselor for aU three citizenship merit badges, even after leaving the troop.

Don was predeceased by two sisters. He is survived by ffis wife of 53 years, Ourania (Astor) Dalgleish; two daughters, Diane Johnston and Elaine Taylor; and one son, Bruce Dalgleish. He is also survived by five grandsons.

A private funeral was held on 12 September 2005.

The Dalgleish Family EDWARD JAY LEAVITT '53

Colonel Edward J. Leavitt, USMCR (Ret.), passed away on 15 October 2005 in San Diego, CA. He was 73 years old.

Ed was born on 20 November 1931, in BrookUne, MA, and graduated from the Naval Academy •with ffie Class of 1953.

Upon graduation, he was comrffissioned a second Ueutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and subsequendy served on active duty for 10 years. He then resigned ffis regffiar commission in 1963 to complete law school in San Diego, CA. He retained a Reserve commission, and after 20 years service, retired as a colonel in 1983.

As a Reserve officer, Ed was instrumental in estabUshing a Marine Corps Reserve legal unit in San Diego, CA. During his rffiUtary career, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards) and the Navy Commendation Medal. He received the Orgamzed Marine Corps Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal (two awards), Korean Service Medal,Vietnam Service Medal (with one Battle Star), Armed Forces Reserve Medal, U.S. Na^vy Expert Rifle Medal, Republic ofVietnam GaUantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal, eight awards of the Marine Corps Expert Rifle Badge and seven awards of the Marine Corps Expert Pistol Badge.

Colonel Leavitt practiced law in San Diego, CA, for more than 20 years before retiring in 1983. As an attorney he was a partner in the law firm of Rudick, Levin, Piatt & Leavitt.

In adffition to ffis successfffi law practice, Ed served as a judge pro tem in ffie San Diego Superior Court and was a judge on the Calflbrnia State Bar Court that was responsible for tiying ffiscipUnary cases against attorneys.

After reffiement from ffie Marines and ffie practice of law, he pursued his hobby of International (Ol^ympic) trap and American ttap shooting, winning numerous awards and trophies, incluffing Calfforffia State Senior Champion (1998), CaUfornia State Class Champion (1995), and National Senior Champion (1995) in International (Olympic) trap shooting.

Ed was exttemely proud of ffis older broffier, former Sergeant Howard J. Leavitt, USMC, who served as his inspiration in joinmg ffie Marine Corps and of their deceased father, Saffi Leavitt, who served in the U.S. Na^vy during World War I. Colonel Leavitt leaves beffind many friends and famfly who wffl dearly rffiss him.

Services were held on 28 November 2005 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. excerpts from The San Diego Union-Tribune DONALD BALDWIN LESEHAN '55

Commander Donald B. Linehan, USN (Ret.), ffied on Satarday, 29 October 2005 at ffis residence in Oakham, MA. He was 71 years old.

Donald was born m Jersey City, NJ, the son ofJoseph D and Hester (Presho) Lmehan. Donald entered the Naval » Academy m 1951, appomted by Congressman John F. Kennedy. He later graduated with the Class of 1955 •wiffi a degree m nuclear engmeermg.

He was an engmeermg officer on NICHOLAS (DD-499), and LONG BEACH ( C G N - 9 ) where he was a plarflco'wner on the commissionmg crew, and an officer on SCULPIN (SSN-590). Donald •was executive officer of GEORGE C . MARSHALL (SSBN-654), commandmg officer of TECUMSEH (SSBN-628), submarme staff officer m Carrier Group Four and he was Navy Department Head, logistics plannmg for developmg weapons systems, reffiing in 1980.

After retiring, he worked forVitto Corp as group leader supportmg ongomg Naval programs in computers. Trident commuffications, and NATO SeaSparrow, Commander Linehan was head of book conservation and repau: at the Mystic Library from 1987 to 1997, a member of the Quabbm Regional School Comrffittee, and a member and secretary of the Oakham Councfl on Aging from 1997 to 2005.

Donald was also a volunteer at Henry Heywood Hospital for carffiac rehabffitation patients.

He leaves ffis •wife, Patticia (Croffin) Linehan; son, Peter C. Linehan of San Francisco, CA; three daughters. Kadi Workman and her husband, Kim of BeUvue, CO, Lisa Bosch and her husband, James of Phoenix, AZ, and Megan Castfflo and her husband, Joseph of Houston, TX; brother, Jeffery Linehan and ffis wife, Anne ofWflnflngton, MA; and six grandchfldren, Ryan, Benjamin and Cariey Bosch and Jared, MadeUne and Jordan CastiUo. He was predeceased by a brother, David Linehan; and sister, Lois Linehan.

A memorial service was held on 7 November 2005 in the Oakham Congregational Church.

Memorial donations may be made to the Fobes Memorial Library RO. Box 338, Oakham, MA 01068; or to the Oakham Historical Society, PO. Box 236, Oakham, MA 01068.

JOHN DOUGLAS CARROLL '56

John D. CarroU died of a stroke in Ventura, CA, on 27 August 2005. He was 73 years old.

John was born in Portsmouth, NH, and attended local schools, graduating from Portsmouth High School in 1950.

He joined ffie Na^vy in the faU of 1950, was accepted into NAPS in the faU of 1952 and eventaffly received a SecNav appointment to the Naval Academy in the summer of 1952, entermg with ffie Class of 1956.

A member of the 14th Company John resigned from the Academy upon completion of Tffird Class Year. He returned to the Umversity of New Hampsffire to complete his education in the Uberal arts field. FoUowing a short teacffing career, he worked for the U.S. Naval Education Program in Pensacola, FL, for 35 years prior to retiring.

John was a Ufelong, avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and was able to attend a game in Anaheim, CA,just two weeks before ffis deaffi.

He also enjoyedfisffing.New England seafood and good music.

John was predeceased by ffis vvife,Judy. He is survived by ffis three chfldren, son, James and ffis •wife, Tammy and their two chfldren of Stratham, NH, Doug and Isobel and her three chfldren of Rohnert Park, CA, and Doug and Amy ofVentara, CA; two sisters, Ruth Rlaisted of EUot, ME, and Betty Mattson of Stratham, NH; and several ffieces and nephews A famfly celebration of ffis life was held.

Portsmouth Herald & Byron A. Cyr '56 JOHN AVERY HICKMAN '62

John A. Hickman died of cancer on 23 November 2005 at his home in Laurel, MD. He was 67 years old.

John was born and raised m Reeves, TN, m Obion County As a youth, he jomed the Boy Scouts ofAmerica and became an Eagle Scout. John graduated with Honors from Reeves High School, where he •was president offfisseffior class, captam of the varsity basketbffl team, and was voted most Ukely to succeed. After graduation, John joined the U.S. Navy •with a buddy and took off to see the world. He was stationed m San Diego, CA. Early on he was recogffized as a leader and was assigned to a specialffifflteam. Whfle servmg in the Heet, he appUed to the U.S. Naval Academy. He was sent to the Naval Academy Prep School for one year to prepare for the enttance exam to the Academy, wffich he passed. He received two appointments, one fleet and one congressional from Representative Robert "Fats" Everett. John graduated from USNA •with the Class of 1962 and received ffis comnflssion in the U.S, Aff Force, where he ttamed in electtoffics intelUgence, His last tour of duty in the A r Force was in Tampa, FL, with the 422nd Squadron.

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and respected by ffis co-workers as he served in top management posirions. He retired from the NSA in 1993. John was a resident of Laurel, MD, for 39 years and was an honor to ffis fanffly and country.

After retirement, he took up ffis Ufelong love of photography and developed a business using digital photography.

John is survived byffisJune Week bride of 43 years, Darlene; and two daughters,Tammy and Cindy. His sister, Reba Moss, Uves in Uffion CityTN. His famfly requests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

A foneral Mass was held at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel on Friday, 2 December 2005 and John was laid to rest at the Crowns^vffle Veterans Cemetery in Crownsvffle, MD. The Hickman Family GEORGE FRED NOLAN '63

Lieutenant Commander George F. Nolan, USN (Ret.), passed away on 29 November 2005 in Rlacervffle, CA, whfle attending a famfly reuffion. He had batded colon cancer for a year George was born m Honolffiu, HI, m November 1940, the second son of Cffief Sffipfitter James Francis and Nancy Sybenga Nolan. He was raised and graduated ffigh school in San Reffio, CA. Each summer he •visitedffisuncle's ranch in Rlacervffle and that remamed ffis special place. At the Naval Academy, ffis infectious spffit and outgomg personaUty made him a stalwart m the Fourth and 14th compames. He parricffiarly loved singmg fight songs at footbffl games, pep ralUes and whfle marcffing.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1963, George served on BENNER in Long Beach, CA, and met Bonffie Armes, who was attenffing coUege nearby. After graduation from Destroyer School Class 14,ffissecond tour was on TAYLOR in Pearl Harbor, during wffich time Bonffie and George were married in 1966; it was ffis favorite sea duty tour. At the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, George took the demandmg course in nuclear effects, wffich became ffis sub-specialty and he earned a master's degree in physics. Subsequently, he served on the East Coast with ComCruDesFlot Six and ComDesRon Four staffs. He then retarned to ffis native CaUfornia for duty with ENTERPRISE in Aameda, CA. During tffis time he was diagnosed with narcolepsy, wffich curtafled ffis career options. George then served with the Defense Nuclear Agency in Los Aamos and Abuquerque, NM, wffich became their permanent home. He earned a second master's degree in business adrffiffisttation at the University of New Mexico.

Retiring from the Navy in 1983, George worked as a consultant for the Department of Energy in Abuquerque, Los Aamos, Hanford, and Las Vegas for 21 years. He also served as a USNA information officer for Abuquerque; his love of the Navy and Naval Academy remained sttong throughout his Ufe. George is survived by his wife, Bonffie; daughters, Marcey Nolan, Beth Raiz, and Katy Cardenas and their husbands; adoring grandchflffien, Matthew, Moffie, Maggie, Aan and Garrett;

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and numerous Sybenga cousins in a close-kffit and lo^ving famfly He was predeceased by ffis older brother John Nolan in 2005.

George's ashes wffl be scattered at the Rlacervffle ranch m late spring 2006.

JAMES CLIFFORD SANDERS '66

Lieutenant Commander James C. Sanders, USN (Ret.), passed away on 16 March 1995 of a heart attack.

Jim came to the Naval Academy from DaUas, TX, but by the way of the San Diego Naval Traiffing Center and Bainbridge. He was a standout Uneman in ffigh school footbaU and played Plebe footbaU at the U.S. Naval Academy before an injury sideUned ffim from pursuing varsity footbaU. He stffl gained a reputation as a hard charger and worthy foe on the Battffion and Company fields of footbaU and field baU. Jun retired from the Navy in the late 1970s. He became a Ucensed realtor and managed a Red Carpet Realty office in San Diego, CA, for several years before going into business for ffimseff. Jim retarned to the Na^vy in a different capacity durmg the late 1980s, working as a civfflan engineer for Q.E.D Systems, Inc in San Diego, CA.Jun worked for the engineermg company unffi ffis sudden death.

Jim's favorite pastimes were computers, reaffing, and woodworking.

Jim is survived by ffis ex-wffe, Kaye Templeman ofYuma,AZ; sister, Margaret Cole of DaUas, TX; son, James Sanders Jr. of San Diego, CA; daughter, Jennffer Sanders of San Diego, CA; and two grandchfldren.

AU of us rffiss Jim and we wffl always remember him as a good friend and a faithfiil supporter offfisfamfly, sffipmates and the Na^vy JOHN CHAUNCEY ADAMSON '68

Commander John C. Adamson, USN (Ret.), ffied on 14 November 2005 at ffis home in MountVernon,VA, after a twoyear batde with colon cancer. He was 61 years old.

Born m Waynesburg, PA, m 1944, "Jack" iffitiaUy entered ffie Naval Academy wiffi the Class of 1966. After departing m June 1963, he attended Waynesburg CoUege for a year before receivmg another congressional appomtment to ffie Academy.

"Hawk," as he was known to many offfisClassmates, graduated with the Class of 1968 as a member of ffie 23rd Company.

Upon graduation, he completed ffight ttaiffing and was designated a naval aviator in 1969. His 20-year naval career included heUcopter squadron tours in the Rhffippines,Vietnam, Lakehurst, NJ, Rataxent River, MD, NorfoUc,VA, and Hawaii, a sffipboard tour aboard the amphibious assaffit ship Iwo JiMA, and staff tours in Washington, DC, and Key West, FL. In 1988,Jack joined Booz AUen Hamflton in McLean,VA, rising to a principal position managing command-and-conttol contracts •with the Navy and Marine Corps. He also was ffie

owner and operator of Hffl House Vineyards m LurayVA, a project he carved firom ffie hffls overlooking ffie Shenandoah River.

He was a graduate of ffie Naval War CoUege and received a master's degree in international relations from Salve Regina Umversity in Newport, RI. A i elder in ffie Heritage Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon, he was a member of the Officers Christian FeUowsffip, Ducks UnUnflted, and the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

ReUgion -was central to Jack's Ufe, and ffis faiffi and prayer helped to sustain hmi during ffis long batde with theffiseaseffiat ultimately claimed ffis lffe. In a letter to a member of ffis Bible Stady group, wxitten early in ffis iUness to express his appreciation for ffie prayers offered on ffis behaff. Jack said of his sitaation, "It's not ffl about me. It's about our good, loving, powerfiil and sovereign God; famfly, friends, and offier beUevers, the faith we share, and watcffing God's hand m afl of tffis."

Jack is survived by ffis wffe of 36 years, the former Kristma "Tina"Tabb; sons, John, Anffiew and Matthew; and two grandchflffien.

Memorial services were conducted on 19 November 2005 at Heritage Presbyterian Church. Interment with fiffl mffitary honors was conducted at ArUngton National Ceremony on 6 January 2006.

The famfly requests ffiat memorial donations be made to The Adamson Famfly Endowment at Waynesburg CoUege, Waynesburg, PA 15370.

Miles M. Staley '68 J O H N RAYMOND WILHELM J R . '71

Lieutenant Commander John R. "Skip" WflheUn Jr., USN (Ret.), ffied on 11 November 2005 in AnnapoUs, MD. Born on 25 March 1947, in Washmgton, DC, to John Raymond WiffieUn '45 and Sffirley E.Wiffielm, Skip attended The Buffis School under a Naval Academy Foundation Scholarsffip, and entered the Naval Academy. At Navy, Skip lettered m crosscountry, honed his goff skills, caught the saffing bug and earned a bachelor's degree m analytical management. He also met and courted his fotare wffe, the former Jane Cleveland of AnnapoUs. Through it aU, his surmy ffisposition and ready greetmg never fafled to raise spffits among Classmates.

After graduation with the Class of 1971, Skip briefly stayed at USNA to mttoduce the new Plebe class to saiUng, before reportmg to WACCAMAW ( A O - 1 0 9 ) for his ensign crffise-awaitmg-ffight -ttainmg. Earrflng ffis Wings in 1973, Skip retarned to Pensacola as a primary ffight uastructor Jane joined ffim in January 1974, foUowing ffieff weddmg m December. After a successfol instractor tour. Skip ttained m P-3s, and reported to VR-11 at NAS Branswick, deploying to North Adantic sites, whfle earffing ffis designation as a pattol plane commander and rffission commander. Next, Skip reported to the Naval Academy serving in Adrffissions as a candidate guidance officer. From AnnapoUs, he ttansferred toVR-49 at NAS Jacksonvffie, simated at a latitade more m sync with ffis sunny natare. He deployed to North Atlantic and Meffiterranean sites, and circumna^vigated South America in the annual UNITAS exercise. After a tour with the

Naval Safety Center in Norfolk,VA, Skip retarned to the Academy and canffidate guidance for ffis final tour of duty.

Retiring in 1991, Skip earned ffis teacffing degree, and taught ffigh school math in Anne Arundel County. He retired from fiffl-time teacffing, continuing as a tator in 2005.

Since ffis first tour with canffidate guidance. Skip served as a Blue & Gold officer, guiding interested high school juffiors and seffiors through the Naval Academy appUcation process. Skip never tired of helping young people. For several years, he coached ffigh school girls' voUeybaU teams in the area. For the last three years, he volunteered as assistant coach for the Naval Academy's women's voUeybaU team.

He was a member of the Class of 1971 Reumon Planffing Committee for the 25th, 30th and 35th Reuffions.

Skip is survived by Jane,ffiswife of 32 years; son, John R. WiffieUn III; daughter, Katie WiffieUn; ffis father, John Raymond WflheUn; and tffiee brothers.

JAMES EDWARD B U R D

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Commander Jarffie Burd, USN (Ret.), ffied unexpecteffiy at ffis home in AimapoUs, MD, on 1 October 2005.

"The Burdman" conttibuted afifflUfe of spirit to the Na^vy service to ffis country and love to ffis famfly during ffis 51 years with us.

Born in Harrisburg, PA, Jarffie was raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Jarffie was a leader in spirit, creati^vity and acaderffies whfle at the Naval Academy. He helped iffitiate the "SuperSttaight" mascots tffiough the Brigade Acti^vities Comrffittee. He brought ffis ffigh school sweetheart, Nancy, whom he woffid later marry, to many of our Academy events. He used ffis wonderfiil artistic abffities to create many watercolors of the classic buflffings and monuments we remember. He graduated with a degree in naval arcffitectare as a member of what he termed "GoodTimeTen,"Tenth Company.

Jarffie knew he wanted to fly before Plebe Summer As a heUcopter pflot, he received four separate citations for various at-sea rescues and emergency recoveries whfle pfloting both H-46 and H-53s. In 1980,Jarffie received ffis master's degree in aeronautical engmeermg from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. Durmg ffis career, Jarffie issued more than 2,200 inffividual engmeermg safety clearances for almost every aircraft and a-viation weapons system in the Navy and Marine Corps. In 1994, he became the heUcopter class desk officer for Naval Aff Command Pacific in San Diego, CA, in charge of more than 700 Navy and Marme Corps heUcopters in the Pacific Fleet. Jarffie ultimately served as the commanffing officer of the Naval A r Techmcal Services Facffity m Phfladelpffia, PA. He was also Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 230 inYarffiey, PA, gi-ving back to the people of the home state he loved.

FoUowing ffis command tour, Jarffie retarned to AnnapoUs and became a freelance artist. He was an integral part of ffis son, Andy's Naval Academy experience. He and Nancy also generously opened their home, sponsoring coundess Midsffipmen and friends.

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Lieutenant (juffior grade) Andrew Burd '03 of San Diego, CA; he is survived by ffis mother, Henrietta Burd of A k e n , SC; two brothers, J, Scott Burd of IdyUwfld, CA, and Jeffiey Burd ofWest Lebanon, IN; and a sister, Judy Burd of Holmes Beach, FL. A memorial Mass and inurnment were offered at the Naval Academy, attended by a large number of his Classmates, famfly and friends.

Zack Wilhoit '75 MATTHEW T O D D POLK

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Matthew Todd Polk ffied tragicaUy on 6 November 2005, whfle seeking shelter for his girlfriend and her chfldren during a tornado that struck Evans-vffle, IN. He was 38 years old.

A native of Bridgeport, IL, he was a 1985 graduate of R e d Hffl High School.

H e attended N e w Mexico Mflitary Academy prior to ffis appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

U p o n entering the Naval Academy, he spent Plebe Year in 24th Company. Earmng a degree in naval arcffitecture, he graduated with the Class of 1990, as a member of 15th Company.

After graduation, he served a brief stint in the nuclear power pipeUne, but ultimately transferred to the Ci-vfl Engineering Corps in 1991. H e reported to Naval A r Station Meriffian, MS, where he assumed duties as a pubUc works officer. H e was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1994, attaining the rank of Ueutenant.

H e entered civfflan Ufe as a project engineer, ultimately being ffired by the Toyota Motor Corporation. H e had worked ffis way through the ranks to become the warranty engineer in the quaUty department of the Toyota Motor manufacturing plant in Princeton, IN. H e wffl be fonffiy remembered as a loving father, and devoted friend, w h o was always there to lend a helping hand.

H e became a true brother to ffl of us he touched. An avid Harley motorcycle enthusiast, he participated in local benefit rides and Roffing Thunder in Wasffington, D C .

H e is survived by ffis 13-year-old son, Garic; ffis parents, Jack and Anna Polk of Bridgeport, IL; and ffis sisters, Cameffla Abendroth andjeffifer Hearn.

Memorial services were held on 10 November 2005, with interment at Price Cemetery in Lawrence-vffle, IL.

J O H N SFH'ONG L I N

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Lieutenant C o m m a n d e r John S. Lin, U S N R , passed away on 31 August 2005 at his residence in Brighton, M I . H e had fought a tough batde against cancer for two years with the same spffit and enthusiasm that he maintained throughout his Ufe. John was born in Dettoit, M I , on 14 Aprfl 1970 and graduated from Genesee High School in 1988.

Having graduated from the Naval Academy -with a degree in aerospace engineering in 1992, John became a naval ffight officer and defended the Iraq "no-fly zone" from the. deck of CONSTELLATION. Whfle stffl in the Na-vy, he earned ffis M.B.A. at the University of Micffigan, Dearborn. John left active duty in 2002 for a seffior engineer position at the General Motors Tech Center after completing a tour of duty as a recruiter in ffis hometown area.

John was vice-chairman of the Li-vingston C o u n t y RepubUcan Party and worked for U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R) in evaluation of Academy appUcants. H e was a member of St. Patrick's CathoUc Church in Brighton and a member of the Navy League. John also sang in the church choir and was seff-taught on both the piano and guitar. H e enjoyed watcffing and participating in sports (John was an M H S A A AUState Atffiete). Above aU,John was devoted to God and ffis famfly.

As John sttuggled to know and understand ffie -wffl of God at the end, he recounted how his Ufe had been blessed and h o w God had even brought some positive tffings out of ffis cancer.

That kind of sttength of character, taking tffings as they came, and making the most of each sitaation were exacdy the kinds of tffings we wffl remember about John. John's attitade was an inspiration to many - he took each opportaffity and found a way to make a positive impact.

H e was a husband, father, son, brother, and friend w h o wffl be sorely nflssed and fonffiy remembered. H e leaves beffind ffis wife, Rebecca, w h o m he married in December 1993; three chflffien, Courmey Ryan and Austin; and a large extended famfly.

Aaron Johnson '90 & Mike Polidoro '90

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• Emailed photos must be at least 300 dpi in resolution.

• We have Lucky Bag photos here (for graduates only) and they may be scanned in-house, but must be specifically requested.

• Our "how to" document, "A Fiffing Tribute: How to Write an Obituary" is avaflable onUne (search •www.usna.com), or via USPS upon request.

• Although we encourage people to write their own obituary in advance, we DO NOT keep them here at Alumni House.

We suggest that you keep a copy with your important papers for your famfly to update and send in when the time comes.You may also wish to contact your class secretary to see if he/she is keeping files.

• Direct submissions or inquiries to: Shipmate obituaries, 247 King George Street, AimapoUs, MD 21402-5068; obits@usna.com; 410-295-4064.

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Exploring Iceland (12-22 Sept. 2006)—Visit amazing Lake Waterways and Canals of Holland and Belgium (28 April 7 May 2006)—Springtime tuUps and colorful canals; including -visits to Keukenhof Gardens, The Hague, Delft Antwerp, Bruges and much more. ($1,995plus air) 9 days/Alumni Holidays

Myvatn -with its lavafieldsand lunar-Hke volcanic craters. Glacier River Canyon National park, Akureyri, Reykja-vik and much more. Optional extension to Greenland. ($3,595from NY) 11 days/Odysseys Unlimited

Alaska's Inside Passage (2-9 Sept. 2006)—Our armual sell-out Treasures of Southern Africa (10-23 April 2006)—Begin in Cape Town, then three nights at Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, then Johannesburg and Livingston. From two days of game viewing to a fifll day winery tour, see the jewels of Africa in luxury and comfort. ($4,795plus air) 13 days/Alumni Holidays

South Pacific WWII Campaign aboard the Clipper ODYSSEY (30 March - 14 April 2006)—The batdefield islands and history; from Sydney to Guam with stops along the way at Coral Sea, Guadalcanal,Tokyo Bay, Savo Island and much more. (From $6,430plus air) 16 days/Clipper Cruises Islands of Antiquity (Sicily to Rome) (2-17 June 2006)— Begin m Istanbul, then cruise to Rhodes, Crete, Malta, Sicfly, Spain and France on this delightful two week journey aboard the stunning MINERVA II. Ends in Italy with optional two days in Rome. (From $4,395plus air) 16 days/Alumni Holidays International Alumni College in Ireland (26 June - 7 July 2006)—Our Alumm Campus Abroad format updated to include two locations for the best of Ireland. Stays in Ennis and Kflkenny aUow you great day trips to all the towns and sites you want to see. Great for a first trip to Ireland or a wonderful return visit. (From $2,195 plus air) 12 days/Alumni Holidays The Baltic Sea and the Norwegian Fjords (6-18 July 2006)—

trip aboard the YORKTOWN Clipper to see the best of the beauty and wfldUfe of Alaska. Optional pre-cruise extension to DenaU National Park. (From $2,530 plus air) 7 days/Clipper Cruises

Alumni College in Italy (11-22 Oct. 2006)—another two location Campus program with stays in Sorrento and Orvieto; allowing visits to Capri, Pompeii, Amalfi, Florence, Assisi and much more. AU inclusive program with great lecturers and the site you want to see. ($2,295plus air) 12 days/Alumni Holidays Passage of Lewis and Clark (21-29 Oct. 2006)—A sternwheeler cruise through the great Pacific N W and along the Columbia and Snake rivers. Includes a visit to Mt. St. Helens and Astoria, plus WaUa WaUa and Lewiston. (From $2,995 plus air) 9 days/Alumni Holidays (With Joint Academy Travel) Galapagos (7-16 Oct. 2006)—One of the Earth's greatest natoral treasures. Cruise aboard the M/V EVOLUTION and see the islands and their magnificent animals up close. From the sea lions, blue footed boobies,Ughtfoot crabs, tortoise and much more. (From $4,440plus air) 10 days/International Expeditions

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In Search of Alexander the Great (17 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2006)— Explore up close the jewels of the Eastern Mediterranean, and rettace the voyages of Alexander the Great. Travel with us and alumni fixsm Harvard, Yale and more; with great Ivy League lectures and guides.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS U.S. NAVAL A C A D E M Y ALUMNI A S S O C I A T I O N

Board of Trustees 2006-2007 Officers Chairman of the Board Through Spring 2006 ADM Carlisle A.H. Trost '53, USN (Ret.) Vice Chairman Through Spring 2008 Corbin A. McNeill Jr. '62 President & CEO George R Watt Jr. 73 Past Chairman of the Board ADM Leighton Smith Jr. '62, USN (Ret)

Non-Voting Members Superintendent's Representative Col David A. Vetter '67, USMC (Ret) Rrst Class President MIDN 1/C Andrew M. Lukich '06, USN Board Counsel John E. Nolan '50

Regional Trustees Eastern Region Trustee Through Spring 2008 CAPT William 0. Rentz '55, USN (Ret) MId-AtlantIc Region Trustee Through Spring 2006 RADM John W. Adams '58, USN (Ret) Central Region Trustee Through Spring 2008 CAPT Leonard R. Wass '64, USNR (Ret) Western Region Trustee Through Spring 2006 CAPT Robert G. Stevenson '60, USN (Ret)

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Pensacola CAPT Glenn H. Montgomery '71, USN (Ret) Puget Sound CAPT Colin H. Saari '60, USN (Ret) San DIego/Coronado CAPT Thomas J. Hammons III 71, USN (Ret.) St. Louis Raese V.Simpson'61.

Tampa Bay RADM Leroy Collins Jr '56, USNR (Ret) Texas Gulf Coast Lynn A. Wegner '65

Officers President and CEO, USNA Alumni Association and Foundation George P Watt Jr'73 Captain, USNR (Ret) Chief Operating Officer, USNA Alumni Association Executive Vice President of Operations Terrence R Murray'68 Major General, USMC (Ret.) Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, USNA Alumni Association and Foundation Henry J. Sanford Captain, USN (Ret.) Secretary, USNA Alumni Association Vice President, Communications Lawrence Heyworth III '70 Commander, USN (Ret)

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Gen Robert T Herres '54, USAF (Ret) * Retired Chairman of the Board USAA; Former Vice-Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff James W. Kinnear III'50 Retired President & CEO, Texaco CAPT James A. Lovell Jr '52, USN (Ret) President Lovell Communications; Astronaut RADM Thomas C. Lynch '64, USIM (Ret) * Senior Vice President, Director of Federal Programs, The Staubach Company; Former Superintendent U.S. Naval Academy J. Willard Marriott Jr Chairman & CEO, Marriott International, Inc. Charles H.McGill III Panner, Saratoga Partners Michael J. Moore'61 Chairman and CEO, Nova Fuels John E. Nolan '50, General Counsel Panner, Steptoe & Johnson Peggy V. Phillips Retired Executive Vice President & COO, Immunex Christian H. Poindexter'60* Retired Chairman of the Board, Constellation Energy Group Admiral Joseph W. Prueher '64, USN (Ret) * Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S Pacific Command (CINCPAC) David M. Robinson '87 Professional Basketball Player, Retired: Founder, The Carver Academy Thomas C. Schievelbein '75 Retired President NewponNews Nonhrop Grumman Corporation Kevin W. Sharer'70 Chairman & CEO, Amgen Corporation J. RonaldTerwilliger'63* CEO & National li/lanaging Panner, Trammell Crow Residential Roger E. Tetrault'63 Former Chairman of the Board and CEO McDermott International, Inc.

Thomas 0. Wagner II '97

Chairman of the Board CDR Maurice B. Tose '78, USNR ADM Charles R. Larson '58, USN (Ret) * President & CEO, Telecommunication Systems, Inc. Former Superintendent U.S. Naval Academy; Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific CommandADM Carlisle A.H. Trost '53, USN (Ret) * Chairman, USNA AA Board of Trustees President and CEO Former Chief of Naval Operations George R Watt J r ' 7 3 * John K.Welch'72* Secretary President & CEO, USEC Inc Richard W.Johnson II MajGen Leo V Williams III '70, USMCR (Ret) Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Medifast Inc. CEO, Take Shape for Life, Inc. and Members Consumer Choice Systems Daniel F. Akerson Managing Director, The Carlyle Group Chairman Emeritus ADM James L Holloway III '43, USN (Ret) * Maj Gen William A. Anders '55, USAFR (Ret) * Former Chief of Naval Operations Former Chairman & CEO, General Dynamics; Chairman Emeritus, USNA Foundation Astronaut

Capt Jeffrey V. McCarthy, USMC '00

Michael R. Bonsignore '63 Retired Chairman & CEO, Honeywell

MajGen Leo V. Williams III '70, USMCR (Ret) LT Barton L Phillips'96, USN

Class Trustees VADM Gerald E. Miller '42, USN (Ret) RADM Roy D. Snyder '50, USN (Ret) Chairman, Council of Class Presidents VADM Michael D. Haskins '66, USN (Ret) CAPT Perry J. Martini Jr 71, USN (Ret) CDR Daniel J. Proulx '82, SC, USN (Ret)

Chapter Trustees Atlanta Carl R McCallum '60 Boston Frederick J. Sheehan Jr. 78 Greater Washington, DC CDR Edward J. Sullivan Jr '68, USNR (Ret) Hampton Roads CAPT Daniel B. Lear '68, USN (Ret) Knoxvllle-Oak Ridge CDR Arvel J. Popp '62, USN (Ret) Los Angeles Joseph W. Koch Jr '57

Edward A. Brennan Retired Chairman & CEO, Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Former Executive Chairman, AMR & American Airlines ADM William J. Crowe Jr '47, USN (Ret) Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Former Ambassador to the Court of St James RADM Marsha J. Evans, USN (Ret) Former President & CEO, American Red Cross The Honorable Louis J. Freeh Senior Vice Chairman and General Counsel MBNA American Bank, N.A. Eric R Grubman '80 Executive Vice President for Finance & Strategy, National Football League

Member Emeritus The Honorable John E. Sheehan '52 Chairman, GlobalLIFT Technologies, Inc. Member Emeritus, USNA Foundation

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